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Comparative genomics of recent adaptation in Candida pathogens

Schikora Tamarit, Miquel Àngel (Date of defense: 2023-11-03)

[eng] Fungal infections pose a serious health threat, affecting >1,000 million people and causing ~1.5 million deaths each year. The problem is growing due to insufficient diagnostic and therapeutic options, increased ...

Comparative genomics to unravel virulence mechanisms in fungal human pathogens

Pryszcz, Leszek Piotr (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)

Las Candidas forman uno de los grupos con mayor n´umero de hongos pat´ogenos en humanos. La relaci ´on que tienen desde un punto de vista filogen´etico demuestra que la capacidad de infectar humanos ha surgido varias ...

Comparative genomics: chromosome and gene evolution in two cactophilic Drosophila species, D. buzzatii and D. mojavensis

Guillén Montalbán, Yolanda (Date of defense: 2014-07-04)

Las bases genéticas de la adaptación ecológica han sido investigadas durante muchos años mediante la exploración de regiones particulares del genoma tales como las reordenaciones cromosómicas, los polimorfismos morfológicos ...

Comparative immunoendocrine responses to stressors in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

Khansari, Ali Reza (Date of defense: 2017-09-18)

Els peixos d'aqüicultura habiten un mitjà potencialment estressant que pot suposar un desafiament addicional a l'animal. En els peixos, la resposta a l'estrès comporta l'activació de l'eix Hypothalamic-Hipofisari-Interrenal ...

Comparative spatial advantage between microfinance institute and banking in reaching rural enterprise financial services in Bangladesh

Uddin Mahmud, Azim (Date of defense: 2017-07-24)

L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és explorar la realitat poc coneguda de la Intermediació Financera Rural, la seva situació i els acords per poder-hi accedir l’Empresa Rural, les activitats econòmiques rurals i l’explotació ...

Comparative study of dedicated Monte Carlo simulation codes for the performance evaluation of the small animal PET systems

Popota, Foteini D. (Date of defense: 2014-11-27)

Positron emission tomography (PET) has been well established the last years as a powerfull tool in research and clinical applications. Advances in technology have enabled the use of small animal PET imaging in preclinical ...

Comparative study of Final Focus Systems for CLIC and other luminosity enhancement studies for future linear colliders

García Morales, Héctor (Date of defense: 2015-01-16)

The 4th of July 2012 was a milestone date in the history of physics of the last decades. The discovery of the Higgs boson at the ATLAS and CMS experiments thanks to the proton collisions delivered by the LHC not only has ...

Comparative study of in vitro cell based assays versus in vivo toxicity tests to monitor environmental hazard of pesticides

Alañón Ribas, Maria del Pilar (Date of defense: 2006-10-27)

Carbofuran and chlorpyrifos are two well-known pesticides widely investigated, and its effects on different organisms have been previously reported in separate studies. For this reason were considered to be good model ...

Comparative study of nanocarriers targeted to different transport pathways into and across the endothelium for brain delivery of therapeutic enzymes

Loeck, Maximilian (Date of defense: 2022-09-16)

[eng] The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a major obstacle for the treatment of neurological diseases such as common Parkinson’s disease or rare lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). LSDs are characterised by deficiency of ...

Comparative study of the crafts traditions in the Batanes islands (Philippines) and Lanyu (Taiwan, Republic of China) based on plant anatomy-phytolith analysis and ethnobotany

Kerfant, Celine (Date of defense: 2020-10-08)

Aquesta tesi doctoral pretén donar a conèixer nous coneixements botànics i artesania tradicional utilitzada per dissenyar cistelleria a les illes Bashiic, ubicades al sud de Taiwan i nord de Filipines. Aquestes illes són ...

Comparative study of the factors involved in the mother-infant bonding in women with and without postpartum depression

Palacios Hernández, Bruma (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)

Estudios previos han identificado una mayor prevalencia de trastornos del vínculo materno-infantil en mujeres con depresión posparto. Sin embargo, no todas las madres deprimidas desarrollan una alteración en su vinculación ...

A Comparative Study of the Funeral Wall Paintings from Ancient Rome and the Han Dynasty of China

Liu, Zhenhu (Date of defense: 2022-06-08)

L’antiga Roma i l’Imperi Han van ser les dues grans civilitzacions de la mateixa època. D’una banda, tots dos tenien una rica cultura material i formaven de manera integral els seus sofisticats sistemes d’art funerari. ...

Comparative study on the treatment of a high-strenght p-nitrophenol wastewater

Martín Hernández, Mariángel (Date of defense: 2012-09-28)

El p-Nitrophenol (PNP) es un compuesto que tiene numerosas aplicaciones en la industria química; es empleado como materia prima en la industria farmacéutica, de pesticidas y en la manufactura de cuero. Sin embargo, es un ...

Comparative transcriptomics of hemimetabolan and holometabolan metamorphosis

Ylla Bou, Guillem (Date of defense: 2018-01-24)

The evolutionary success of insects was particularly shaped by the innovation of the metamorphosis, especially by the transition from hemimetaboly to holometaboly. The mechanisms underlying this evolutionary transition ...

Comparative transcriptomics of host-pathogen interactions and hybridization in Candida pathogens

Hovhannisyan, Hrant (Date of defense: 2020-12-15)

Candida pathogenic yeasts represent a global healthcare problem. They comprise phylogenetically diverse species, including newly emerged pathogens. How human-Candida interactions vary across species, and what processes ...

Comparative translation analysis of ecological culturemes in Hong Lou Meng: A multilingual approach to the translation study of classical Chinese literature

Zhou, Sirui (Date of defense: 2021-09-20)

As one of the Four Great Classical Novels in China, Hong Lou Meng (HLM) marks the summit of classical Chinese literature. The present research proposes a multilingual approach by bringing into comparison the English version ...