Ferran i Ferrer, Núria (Date of defense: 2010-02-09)
To better understand information behaviour and how to make information delivery systems more usable, this dissertation endeavours to investigate how people search, manage and use information resources. ...
Jarque, Maria Josep (Date of defense: 2019-01-22)
[eng] This dissertation is framed in the overlap of two disciplines: educational linguistics and theoretical linguistics. We will focus on signed languages, the visual-gestural linguistic systems of the ...
Colomar Axup, Joshua (Date of defense: 2022-05-19)
Several physical abilities are considered as determinant performance factors that can differentiate the level and success of a tennis player. Alongside technical proficiency, tactical awareness and ...
Barrero Franquet, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-09-16)
This thesis presents the results of two research studies related to the physiological demands, the energy balance and the muscle damage induced by an ultra-endurance triathlon. The first study of this ...
Zanatta, Anne Marie (Date of defense: 2018-02-08)
The recent surge in studies and literature on the use of wikis and other Web 2.0 tools in language learning emphasizes the pedagogical benefits of using these tools for collaborative writing tasks in ...
Montull Pola, Lluc (Date of defense: 2022-05-12)
Sports monitoring, based on excessively simplistic theoretical assumptions and methodological techniques, has limitations for capturing and assessing athletes’ behaviour. This thesis, conceptualizing ...
Dehdarirad, Tahereh (Date of defense: 2016-11-08)
The main objective of this thesis work is to assess and map international research concerning gender in science and higher education. To do this, two different studies were designed: first, to examine ...
Rodríguez Zamora, Lara (Date of defense: 2013-12-10)
Synchronized swimming (SS) is a sports discipline combining swimming, dancing and gymnastics. Synchronized Swimmers perform a choreography called routine consisting of elaborate moves in the water ...
Sibayan, Anna Marie (Date of defense: 2017-07-11)
The present dissertation, which contributes to the dearth of research on the acquisition of Spanish as a foreign language by Filipinos, is a pseudolongitudinal study of their Spanish interlanguage (IL) ...
Wilson Daily, Ann E. (Date of defense: 2021-04-16)
This thesis brings together five accepted, and one submitted, articles, along with a seventh in process of completion, all written and revised during a second doctoral candidacy. Quantitative, qualitative ...