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Study of the transport mechanism of the melibiose permease from Escherichia coli

Ying Wang, Li (Date of defense: 2015-12-15)

El transportador de melibiosa d'Escherichia coli (MelB) pot utilitzar l'energia electroquímica tant de H+, Na+ o Li+ per transportar la melibiosa a l'interior de les cèl·lules en contra del seu gradient de concentració. ...

Study of the tumor sensitivity of the marine compound elisidepsin and her3 receptor in breast carcinomas

Teixidó Febrero, Cristina (Date of defense: 2012-04-23)

Elisidepsin es un nuevo depsipéptido sintético resultante del programa de investigación interna de PharmaMar para la obtención de productos sintéticos derivados de compuestos naturales de origen marino. Elisidepsin es un ...

Study of the Ultra High Pressure Homogenization (UHPH) technology for producing high quality soymilk

Poliseli Scopel, Fábio Henrique (Date of defense: 2012-11-16)

El consumo de licuado de soja está experimentado un notable incremento debido a su consideración de producto saludable. El licuado de soja, además de ser una alternativa a la leche de vaca, sobre todo para las personas que ...

Study of the vμ interactions via charged current in the T2K near detector

García Soto, Alfonso Andrés (Date of defense: 2017-07-18)

T2K es un experimento de largo recorrido situado en Japón que pretende medir oscillación de neutrinos. Los neutrinos se producen usando un acelerador y son detectados en un detector lejano (Super- Kamiokande) y un complejo ...

Study of thermal transitions in polymers by a multifrequency modulated DSC technique

Fraga Rivas, Iria (Date of defense: 2010-02-26)

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is one of the most widely used thermal analysis techniques for the study of transitions and relaxation processes in polymers and also in other materials. It measures the heat flow ...

Study of thyroid hormone disruption by the environmental contaminant bde-99 in perinatal rats

Blanco Pérez, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-10-25)

Los contaminantes ambientales difenil éteres polibromados (PBDEs) se encuentran en altas concentraciones en mujeres. El propósito de la presente tesis es el estudio de la toxicidad ocasionada por el traspaso materno de ...

Study of transition metal carbide catalysts of group 5 in the RWGS reaction

Pajares Rojas, Arturo Javier (Date of defense: 2021-07-16)

Nowadays there is a growing interest in the capture and utilization of CO2 because of the increase of its concentration in the atmosphere. Captured CO2 can be recycled through different processes to obtain several value-added ...

Study of two analogues of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide as novel therapeutic compounds for Huntington’s disease

Solés Tarrés, Irene (Date of defense: 2023-06-14)

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder with no effective treatment characterized by motor discoordination, deficits in cognitive function (acquiring new knowledges, memory, understanding…), and ...

Study of urine extracellular vesicles-derived protein biomarkers for the non-invasive monitoring of kidney-transplanted patients

Carreras Planella, Laura (Date of defense: 2020-12-21)

El rebuig crònic en el trasplantament renal és la causa principal de fallada de l’empelt. Donat que la biòpsia renal (l’actual mètode diagnòstic considerat com a el ‘gold standard’) és invasiva, costosa, implica una alta ...

Study of vaccines and new strategies for the control of goat tuberculosis

Arrieta Villegas, Claudia Cecilia (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)

La tuberculosi (TB) és una malaltia infecciosa causada per diferents membres del complex Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTBC), que pot afectar un ampli ventall d’hostes, inclosos els éssers humans i diferents espècies d’animals ...

Study of vegetation dynamics from satellite: phenological responses to climate change

Bórnez Mejías, Kevin (Date of defense: 2021-09-23)

La fenologia és la clau per a controlar els processos fisicoquímics i biològics, especialment l’albedo, la rugositat superficial, conductància de les fulles, fluxos de carboni, aigua i energia. Per tant, l’estimació de la ...

Study of viscoelasticity and adhesion of human alveolar epithelial cells by atomic force microscopy. The importance of probe geometry

Rico Camps, Félix (Date of defense: 2006-01-27)

During the last century, cellular biology has been mostly assessed from the biochemical point of view: studying how biochemical stimuli modify the biochemical composition of living cells. However, most of the cells that ...

Study on adsorption behavior of rare earth elements onto magnetic nanocomposites of carboxymethyl chitosan, alginate and novel biodegradable polyamide

Javadian, Hamedreza (Date of defense: 2020-07-16)

Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are known as the remarkable components in many technologies that are driving the modern world. They are widely used in chemical engineering, permanent magnets, fluorescent lighting, sensors, cell ...

A study on autocatalysis through synthetic biology. Exploration of spatiotemporal dynamics in the presence or absence of synthetic autocatalytic Hepatocyte Growth Factor signaling in mammalian cells

Bárcena Menéndez, Diego (Date of defense: 2016-10-17)

Una de las preguntas sin resolver en la biologia celular, es como las células mamíferas logran generar patrones estables como organos o seres vivos, en un entorno variable. El concepto matemático del bucle de retreoalimentación, ...

Study on conduction mechanismes of mediun voltage cable XLPE insulation in the melting range of temperatures.

Orrit Prat, Jordi (Date of defense: 2012-03-07)

D’ençà que el polietilè reticulat (XLPE) es va començar a utilitzar com aïllament elèctric per cables de subministrament elèctric, s’han destinat molts esforços a l’estudi de les propietats dielèctriques del polietilè i ...

Study on crystallinity, properties and degradability of poly-4-hidroxybutyrate and related polyesters

Keridou, Ina (Date of defense: 2021-04-14)

In the last decades, polymeric biomaterials, due to their advanced physical and mechanical properties, have been used in a vast variety of surgical and pharmaceutical applications. In this thesis, a study on crystallinity, ...

A Study on Ph.D. Chinese Students’ Academic Adaptation at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Cai, Lin (Date of defense: 2016-11-11)

Actualmente, un número creciente de estudiantes chinos participan en el mercado educativo global. Sin embargo, debido a la gran disparidad cultural entre los países occidentales y asiáticos, su adaptación resulta particularmente ...

A Study on public-private collaboration: motivations and consequences, measuring success with key dimensions, comparing leadership

Alsina Burgués, Victòria (Date of defense: 2017-12-21)

Public-private collaboration (PPC) is a phenomenon that has grown spectacularly since the early 1980s. Currently, policy-making processes usually develop in complex networks of public and private institutions, and public ...

Study on safety and efficacy of inulin and oligofructose in neonates.

Gispert Llauradó, Mariona (Date of defense: 2014-07-16)

Antecedents: L'aparell digestiu del nounat és ràpidament colonitzat després del naixement. El tipus d'alimentació podria influïr aquest procés. Les fórmules infantils tracten d'imitar l'efecte bifidogènic de la llet humana ...

Study on the biological air quality in Bellaterra (Barcelona) and Vitoria-Gasteiz: pollen and spores and their allergens

Ussama Elbastaweesy, Mohammed Hirhish (Date of defense: 2019-02-13)

Los alérgenos aerovagantes están entre las partículas atmosféricas con mayor influencia en la salud respiratoria humana. La alergia al polen de Poaceae y al polen de Betula se encuentran entre las alergias respiratorias ...