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Macro- and micro -symbioses involving sponges: Ecological roles in the marine benthos

Turon Rodrigo, Marta (Date of defense: 2020-01-17)

The symbiotic lifestyle represents a fundamental contribution to the diversity of marine ecosystems. Sponges are ideal models to study symbiotic relationships from evolutionary and ecological points of view since they are ...

Macro- and microscopic analysis of the internet economy from network measurements

Mikians, Jakub (Date of defense: 2016-01-20)

The growth of the Internet impacts multiple areas of the world economy, and it has become a permanent part of the economic landscape both at the macro- and at microeconomic level. On-line traffic and information are currently ...

Macro- and nanoscale self-assembled amino acid derivatives as reduction-sensitive and photoactive materials

Navarro Barreda, Diego (Date of defense: 2022-05-23)

Amino acid-based systems are attractive for biomedical applications given their high biocompatibility and functionality. Amino acids self-assemble into various structures ranging from a few nanometers to hundreds of microns ...

Macro-prudential policy via network analysis

Provenzano, Giulia (Date of defense: 2017-09-11)

The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 has demonstrated that the financial system should be regarded as a complex network whose nodes are financial institutions and links are financial dependencies. Since the financial ...

Macroalgal forests ecology, long-term monitoring, and conservation in a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area

Medrano Cuevas, Alba (Date of defense: 2020-02-21)

All marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea are highly threatened by anthropogenic stressors that can alter their structure and function, especially in rocky shores. Moreover, extreme climate events are becoming more ...

Macroalgal-dominated coastal detritic bottoms of the Mediterranean Sea and the Northeastern Atlantic: description, distribution and sampling methodologies

Joher Sais, Sergi (Date of defense: 2016-01-14)

En aquesta tesi es van descriure els principals fons algals del detrític costaner de la plataforma continental de Mallorca i Menorca (illes Balears, Espanya), i es van proposar mètodes efectius per al seu mostreig tant a ...

Macrocicles nitrogenats contenint unitats de ferrocè i llurs complexos de Pal·ladi(0). Estudi estructural i aplicacions en catàlisi

Pla i Quintana, Anna (Date of defense: 2004-11-23)

La present tesi doctoral s'ha basat en la caracterització estructural i en l'estudi de les propietats catalítiques de nous complexos de pal·ladi(0) amb lligands olefínics contenint unitats de ferrocè. En una primera fase ...

Macrocicles que contenen la unitat 2,2’-bipiridina: síntesi i estudis de complexació

Jurado Hidalgo, Silvia (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

El nombre d’estudis realitzats dins del camp dels macrocicles amb àtoms donadors tous, com el sofre o el fòsfor, és molt inferior en comparació amb els macrocicles que contenen àtoms donadors més durs com l’oxigen o el ...

Macrocircuitry and microcircuitry of the Tac2 pathway in fear conditioning

Florido Torres, Antonio Luis (Date of defense: 2022-07-01)

Els trastorns basats en la por són condicions altament incapacitants i els tractaments actuals no tenen èxit en molts casos. Les dones presenten gairebé tres vegades més prevalença vital d’aquests trastorns que els homes. ...

Macrocriminalidad y política de priorización en el marco de la justicia transicional: Ley de Justicia y Paz

Cuervo Criales, Beatriz del Pilar (Date of defense: 2017-02-02)

El modelo de justicia transicional en la forma como fue concebido en la Ley de Justicia y Paz no configura una verdadera transición de un estadio de guerra a un estadio de paz, sino que obedece a una política de delación, ...

Macrocyclic chemistry. From anion recognition to the reactivity of their copper complexes

Arbusé Font, Arnau (Date of defense: 2020-11-12)

Macrocyclic ligands and its complexes have been studied in a wide variety of fields, among them bioinorganic chemistry. In this work it is reported three studies of macrocyclic species under three points of view. Firstly, ...

Macrodinàmica i sistemes de seguretat social

González Calvet, Josep (Date of defense: 1994-03-08)

Les reformes dels sistemes de protecció social i les retallades que, en general, han sofert les diverses institucions de l'Estat de Benestar durant la dècada dels 80 s'han justificat per raons de tipus "tècnic", basades ...

Macroeconomic essays on Vietnam economy

Pham, Thai Binh (Date of defense: 2020-03-05)

The dissertation is structured into four chapters (Chapters 2 to 5) corresponding to four independently empirical papers. Together, these provide a panoramic view of Vietnam’s economy from various standpoints. The first ...

The Macroeconomic implications of learning by shopping

Gutiérrez-Daza, Ángelo (Date of defense: 2022-06-08)

Empirical evidence suggests that consumers rely on their shopping experiences to form beliefs about inflation. In other words, they learn by shopping. This dissertation studies the implications of this information friction ...

Macroevolutionary patterns of habitat transitions in aquatic Coleoptera

Villastrigo Carbajo, Adrián (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)

Understanding the evolutionary processes underlying extant biodiversity may help us to comprehend why species richness is not equally distributed between clades. One of the main causes to explain the disparity of species ...

Macrofilosofia da Coesão e Teleologia da paz: Sobre o Conceito de Coesão Econômica, Territorial e Social na União Europeia

Miranda, Rodrigo Marzano Antunes (Date of defense: 2025-03-19)

[por] Nesta tese, investigamos a formação da ordem jurídico-filosófica da coesão, utilizando uma abordagem macrofilosófica para compreender a construção teleológica da paz. Para isso, a pesquisa é estruturada em dois eixos ...

Macrofilosofía de la crisis del coronavirus. Análisis comparativo de la gestión de la pandemia con énfasis en EE.UU., Brasil, Reino Unido, Nueva Zelanda y China

González Guillem, David (Date of defense: 2023-04-17)

[spa] La pandemia de la Covid 19 es la mayor crisis que ha sufrido el planeta desde la II Guerra Mundial, como así la calificó el Secretario General de Naciones Unidas. Después de casi tres años de ser declarada como tal ...