Investigating the Signs and Sounds of Cypro-Minoan 

Valério, Miguel Filipe Grandão (Date of defense: 2016-04-08)

The aim of this dissertation is to advance our knowledge of Cypro-Minoan, a group of undeciphered syllabic inscriptions dated roughly to the 16th or 15th through the 11th centuries BCE and found mostly on Cyprus, with small ...

Investigation of branched and linear polymers as oral delivery systems of antimalarial drugs 

Martí Coma-Cros, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)

Malaria is an infectious disease that affects nearly half of the population in 90 countries around the world. In 2017 it was estimated that there were 219 million cases and 435,000 deaths disproportionately distributed ...

Investigation of continuous-wave range-resolved lidar systems for gas detection and concentration measurement 

Batet Torrell, Óscar (Date of defense: 2011-07-27)

The techniques for detection of the atmosphere constituents and their distribution in the space have evolved in the last years driven by needs in the environmental, meteorological and climate science fields and backed by ...

Investigation of protein-ligand interactions using high-throughput all-atom molecular dynamics simulations 

Buch Mundó, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2012-06-29)

Investigation of protein-ligand interactions has been a long-standing application for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations given its importance to drug design. However, relevant timescales for biomolecular motions are orders ...

Investigation of reflective optical network units for bidirectional passive optical access networks 

Arellano Pinilla, Cristina (Date of defense: 2007-07-25)

Esta investigación está conducida a la resolución del problema de encontrar soluciones rentables para el despliegue de redes de fibra hasta el hogar (Fibre to the Home - FTTH). En una red de FTTH, el equipo transmisor-receptor ...

Investigation of the antioxidant properties of five aromatic plants in model food systems 

Azman, Nurul Aini Binti Mohd (Date of defense: 2015-12-22)

In this PhD it has been analyzed the antioxidant activity of five plants: Camelia sinensis, Gentian lutea, Betula pendula, Convolvulus arvensis and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. An Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance has been ...

Investigation of the influence of the membrane lipid environment on g protein-coupled receptor activation by molecular dynamics simulations 

Bruzzese Novoa, Agustín Alberto (Date of defense: 2021-02-24)

Els receptors acoblats a proteïnes G (GPCRs) són importants dianes terapèutiques per a nombroses malalties. Si bé els GPCRs s’han estudiat àmpliament en les últimes dècades, els mecanismes moleculars que determinen la seva ...

Investigation of the phospholipid peripheral region of lactose permease in model membranes 

Suárez Germà, Carme (Date of defense: 2013-11-07)

The interaction between a membrane protein and its surrounding phospholipids is thought to be crucial for the correct folding and function of the protein. This thesis is focused on the investigation of the interplay between ...

Investigation of the role and modulation of autophagy for neuroprotection and nerve regeneration using models of peripheral nerve injury 

Leiva Rodríguez, Tatiana (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)

Lesiones en el nervio periférico causan una disrupción axonal que puede producir una neurodegeneración retrograda. Las neuronas axotomizadas sufren una serie de cambios fenotípicos a nivel molecular y celular, algunos de ...

Investigation of the telomere maintenance system in Cushing’s syndrome: A contribution to the phenomena of early ageing and specific morbidity 

Aulinas Masó, Anna (Date of defense: 2015-06-19)

La síndrome de Cushing (SC), una malaltia minoritària per secreció excessiva de cortisol, s'associa a augment de morbi-mortalitat, inclús després del tractament, comparat amb població de referència i s'associa a processos ...

Investigation of thermal bremsstrahlung emission from hot and fragmenting nuclear matter formed in (129) Xe (+) natSn reactions at 50A MeV 

Ortega Comino, Raquel (Date of defense: 2003-06-27)

Investigation on force detection methods for optical trapping and sensing inside living cells 

Mas Soler, Josep (Date of defense: 2017-01-09)

Optical Tweezers (OT) are a light-based non-invasive tool that has played an important role during the last decades in the field of biophotonics, together with the advances in optical microscopy techniques. Optical trapping ...

Investigations in animal models of anti-NMDAR encephalitis 

García Serra, Anna (Date of defense: 2021-09-14)

[eng] BACKGROUND: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a neuronal antibody-mediated disease that associates with prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms and predominantly affects women of childbearing ...

Investigations into the role of translations in abstract algebraic logic 

Moraschini, Tommaso (Date of defense: 2016-06-08)

This memoir is divided into two parts, devoted to two topics in (ab-stract) algebraic logic. In the first part we develop a hierarchy in which propositional logics “L” are classified according to the definability conditions ...

Investigations of topological phases for quasi-1D systems 

Tirrito, Emanuele (Date of defense: 2020-07-13)

For a long time, quantum states of matter have been successfully characterized by the Ginzburg-Landau formalism that was able to classify all different types of phase transitions. This view changed with the discovery of ...

Investment, perception of risk and financial constraints 

Ugarte Ruiz, Alfonso (Date of defense: 2011-03-21)

This thesis studies how firms’ investment and credit are affected by different financial imperfections related to firm and bank learning, relationship lending and financial wealth. After reviewing in chapter 2 the related ...

Invierno, primavera y otoño del Carlismo (1939 - 1976) 

Rodon Guinjoan, Ramón María (Date of defense: 2015-10-10)

Aquesta tesi la portava reflexionant el seu autor des de feia força temps; és una visió del Carlisme com a col·lectiu polític, des de la Guerra Civil fins a 1976, a través de tot el Règim franquista i els inicis d’una ...

La invisibilidad de la mujer en las campañas publicitarias de prevención del VIH 

Lluva-Castaño, Alicia (Date of defense: 2023-04-20)

Introducció: Quan es parla del VIH, queda implícita la creença que el seu contagi és per transmissió sexual i que es majoritàriament en homes gai, bisexuals i altres HSH. Les estratègies de prevenció han anat encaminades ...

Invisible structures = Estructures invisibles 

Milne, Joanne Leonie (Date of defense: 2016-01-14)

This thesis is an investigation into the visualization of cosmological propositions associated with string theory. Research into the work of contemporary theoretical physics led to the question, how does one visualize what ...

Invoice factoring through blockchain technology 

Mohammadzadeh, Nasibeh (Date of defense: 2022-10-06)

(English) Invoice factoring has been a popular way to provide cash flow for businesses. The primary function of a factoring system is to prevent an invoice from being factored twice. In order to prevent double factoring, ...