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    Understanding the impact of Management Control Systems over capabilities and organizational performance, under the influence of perceived environmental uncertainty 

    Ballesteros Orozco, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-02-03)

    La literatura de los sistemas de control administrativo muestra que en general las empresas creen que los sistemas de control administrativo ayudan a entregar valor (Ittner et al., 2003), facilitando la implementación de ...

    Understanding the Influence of Institutional Dimensions on Entrepreneurship Phenomenon 

    Lopez Orozco, Tatiana (Date of defense: 2021-12-13)

    La perspectiva institucional resalta la relevancia del contexto social dentro del cual ocurre el comportamiento humano y operan las organizaciones. El emprendimiento no se excluye de este contexto, y la literatura previa ...

    Understanding the interaction of metal complexes with their biomolecular targets 

    Sciortino, Giuseppe (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)

    Caracteritzar la interacció entre complexos de metalls de transició i proteïnes és fonamental en camps d’investigació com la farmacologia i la química mèdica i per al disseny de metal·loenzims artificials. La difracció de ...

    Understanding the intracellular mechanisms leading to motoneuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy disease 

    Sansa Zaragoza, Alba (Date of defense: 2023-01-27)

    L’Atròfia Muscular Espinal (AME) és una malaltia neuromuscular degenerativa greu i la primera causa genètica de mort infantil. L’AME s’origina per la pèrdua o mutació del gen Survival Motor Neuron 1 (SMN1) i la disminució ...

    Understanding the link between chromatin structure, chromosome conformation and gene regulation 

    Buitrago Ospina, Diana Camila (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)

    Understanding the connection between DNA organization in the nucleus, and cell functioning is one of the most intriguing problems in biology. Although many interdisciplinary efforts have been developed for this aim, the ...

    Understanding the measurements and variability of aerosol optical properties in NE Spain 

    Yus Díez, Jesús (Date of defense: 2022-12-20)

    [eng] Atmospheric aerosol particles are key for regulating Earth’s atmosphere processes, and are estimated to present an overall cooling effect on the Earth’s climate. Given the current climate change crisis, and the need ...

    Understanding the mechanisms of de novo gene evolution using transcriptomics data 

    Ruiz Orera, Jorge (Date of defense: 2017-01-19)

    Aquesta tesi investiga els mecanismes de formació i evolució de gens de novo utilitzant seqüenciació massiva de transcrits complerts i de fragments protegits per ribosomes. Hem identificat milers de gens de novo en humans ...

    Understanding the mechanisms of drought-induced mortality in trees 

    Garcia Forner, Núria (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)

    Les plantes estan exposades a diversos estressos ambientals incloent la sequera i temperatures extremes els quals poden limitar el seu creixement i supervivència. La disponibilitat d'aigua es considera el principal factor ...

    Understanding the mechanisms of food intake and obesity in Down syndrome is supported by behavioral and neurochemical abnormalities 

    Fructuoso Castellar, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-09-18)

    Obesity prevalence is higher in Down syndrome (DS) than in the general population. Beyond metabolic alterations, individuals with DS present increased impulsivity, a trait observed in obese people and in compulsive eaters ...

    Understanding the mobility of caesium, nickel and selenium released from waste disposal : chemical retention mechanisms of degraded cement 

    Borkel, Christoph (Date of defense: 2016-01-21)

    Cementitious materials are used to condition or stabilise waste and to build infrastructure in disposal sites. Moreover, they are envisaged to form part of engineered barrier systems as container, backfill or liner materials ...

    Understanding the molecular basis of neuronal 3'UTR length-dependent mRNA sorting 

    Grawenhoff, Julia (Date of defense: 2024-01-24)

    The local translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) within different neuronal compartments is a prerequisite the formation of long-term memories. mRNAs are localized via active transport along microtubules, however, the ...

    Understanding the motivational mechanisms of value congruence 

    Bao, Yuanjie (Date of defense: 2012-09-21)

    Antecedents:Malgrat la importància oferta en la literatura, el concepte de congruència de valors és encara poc conegut. La literatura és ambigua i el tema és encara poc conegut. La congruència de valors es tracta a les ...

    Understanding the nationalization of party 

    Simón Cosano, Pablo (Date of defense: 2011-11-03)

    This thesis is focused on the nationalization of party systems in Western Europe and combines four different approaches. Despite the literature claiming that political decentralization reduces party system nationalization, ...

    Understanding the optical and electronic properties of organic semiconductors using high pressure 

    Schmidt, Malte (Date of defense: 2013-04-30)

    En esta tesis se estudian las propiedades ópticas de semiconductores orgánicos, que pueden usarse en diodos orgánicos de emisión de luz (OLEDs; de la expresión inglesa) y células solares orgánicas (OSCs; de la expresión ...

    Understanding the physical origin, topology and strength of noncovalent interactions by means of computational tools 

    Velasquez Benites, Juan Diego (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

    The structure and stability of molecules, the formation of supramolecular aggregates in the solid state or in solution and, therefore, many chemical and biological processes in which they participate depend heavily on ...

    Understanding the physiological mechanisms of drought-induced decline in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) 

    Aguadé Vidal, David (Date of defense: 2017-02-22)

    Durant les darreres dècades s’han documentat arreu del món múltiples casos de mortalitat forestal produïda per sequera i és probable que aquests augmentin amb el canvi climàtic, particularment en aquelles zones on la ...

    Understanding the political integration outcomes of enfranchised and high socioeconomic status immigrants in host societies 

    Nguyen, My Land Do (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)

    The purpose of this dissertation is to systematically investigate the theoretical perspective that political power derives from socioeconomic power—a fundamental tenet of both sociological theories of assimilation and ...

    Understanding the processes that controlled rifting of the Tyrrhenian basin 

    Guzman Vendrell, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2015-11-30)

    This thesis is focused in the processes that took place in the Tyrrhenian Sea, which is a Neogene basin belonging to the Western Mediterranean realm. Its formation is related with the subduction system of the African plate ...

    Understanding the processes that shape the genetic diversity of freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) = Estudi dels processos que modelen la diversitat genètica en les planàries d'aigua dolça (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) 

    Leria Florensa, Laia (Date of defense: 2019-10-28)

    The main goal of the present thesis has been to shed light into the processes that shape the genetic diversity of organisms, focussing in the following factors: the type of reproduction, the morphological diversity of ...