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    Decay of Doubly Strange Hypernuclei 

    Maneu Victoria, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)

    Double § hypernuclei are bound systems of several nucleons and two § hyperons. These systems are unstable with respect to the weak interaction and chiefly decay through two-body processes that conserve neither parity, ...

    Decentralisation, corruption, and inflation: The case of Neopopulism in Venezuela 

    Lecuna Bueno, Antonio José (Date of defense: 2012-05-04)

    La tesi doctoral monogràfica basada en articles que es presenta és un compendi de quatre papers complementaris: Corrupció i Descentralització Administrativa; Descentralització viciada i Corrupció a Veneçuela; Estagflació ...

    Decentralized cellular networks: Towards blockchain enabled cellular overlays 

    Platt, Steven (Date of defense: 2021-09-27)

    This thesis undertakes an investigation into the fit and utility of blockchain technologies within cellular networks. The core of this writing is a new 5G core network blockchain designed to be compatible with, and paired ...

    Decentralized control techniques applied to electric power distributed generation in microgrids 

    Vásquez Quintero, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2009-12-04)

    Distributed generation of electric energy has become part of the current electric power system. In this context a new scenario is arising in which small energy sources make up a new supply system: The microgrid.<br/><br/>The ...

    Decid si por vosotros ha pasado: La recepción creadora de Juan de la Cruz en poetas españoles e hispanoamericanos del siglo XX 

    Aguilera Gómez, Luis Jorge (Date of defense: 2020-07-09)

    La presente investigación germina en la necesidad de estudiar la recepción creadora de Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591) en la lírica iberoamericana del siglo XX. Partiendo de una perspectiva metodológica orientada por la ...

    Deciphering adaptation in the human genome : the case of CaSR in south-east Asian hunter-gatherers 

    Sinigaglia, Barbara (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)

    Several rainforest hunter-gatherer groups in south-east Asia are characterized by specific morphological features including a particularly dark skin color (D), an extremely short stature (S), the development of woolly hair ...

    Deciphering B lymphocyte dynamics in health and disease through the integrative analysis of multi-modal single-cell data 

    Aguilar Fernández, Sergio (Date of defense: 2024-04-24)

    The intrinsic complexity and dynamic nature of B-lymphocytes make them ideal for in-depth analysis using single-cell technologies. Secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs) are central in B-lymphocyte activation and differentiation, ...

    Deciphering ischemic stroke: multi-omic techniques to discover new biomarkers and therapeutic targets 

    Ramiro Pascual, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-04-22)

    L’ictus isquèmic és una causa de mort i discapacitat majoritària al món. Una millor comprensió de la seva fisiopatologia és fonamental per millorar aquestes dades devastadores. Més enllà de les teràpies trombolítiques ...

    Deciphering mechanisms underlying Mycorrhizal Induced Resistance in tomato plants 

    Sanmartín Martínez, Neus (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)

    En esta tesis doctoral he tratado de descifrar algunos de los mecanismos tras la Resistencia Inducida por Micorrizas (MIR). Las plantas micorrizadas son más sensibles y perciben más rápido un futuro estrés. Esto está ...

    Deciphering the developmental and environmental cues influencing ripening and colour development in apples 

    Fernández-Cancelo, Pablo (Date of defense: 2023-12-05)

    Les pomes tipus 'Golden' cultivades a la Vall de l'Ebre presenten certes minves de qualitat com, per exemple, la inhibició del canvi de color. L'estudi de la fisiologia del cultivar de poma 'Golden Reinders' en dues regions ...

    Deciphering the functional organization of molecular networks via graphlets-based methods and network embedding techniques 

    Doria Belenguer, Sergio (Date of defense: 2023-10-07)

    [eng] Advances in capturing technologies have yielded a massive production of large-scale molecular data that describe different aspects of cellular functioning. These data are often modeled as networks, in which nodes are ...

    Deciphering the genetic architecture of prolificacy related traits in an experimental Iberian x Meishan F2 intercross 

    Balcells Ortega, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2012-06-18)

    Els caràcters reproductius són de gran interès en la indústria porcina per tal de millorar l’eficiència productiva. En estudis previs, utilitzant un creuament experimental F2 entre les races Ibèric (Ib) i Meishan (Me) es ...

    Deciphering the interaction between Kvl.3 and Caveolin 

    Pérez Verdaguer, Mireia (Date of defense: 2015-01-26)

    The voltage-dependent K+ channel Kv1.3 participates in many physiological events like proliferation and activation of immunitary cells, membrane repolarization in sensory neurons, vascular smooth muscle tone, insulin ...

    Deciphering the molecular and phenotypic effects of a Drosophila melanogaster transposable element located in a unique insertional cluster 

    Merenciano, Miriam (Date of defense: 2020-03-06)

    Understanding how organisms adapt to their environment remains an open question in Biology. So far, most projects focus on the study of single nucleotide polymorphism variants, while other types of mutations, likely to ...

    Deciphering the nuclear function of folate enzyme MTHFD2 in cancer: a novel role for nuclear MTHFD2 in mitosis 

    Pardo Lorente, Natalia (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)

    Subcellular compartmentalisation of metabolic enzymes may elicit specific cellular functions by establishing a unique metabolic environment. Indeed, the nuclear translocation of certain metabolic enzymes impacts epigenetics ...

    Deciphering the role of alternatively spliced microexons during vertebrate nervous system development and function 

    López Blanch, Laura (Date of defense: 2021-04-30)

    Neural microexons are the most conserved type of alternative splicing, suggesting a strong functional relevance. Consistently, mutation of their master regulators leads to dramatic neurodevelopmental alterations and ...

    Deciphering the role of endothelial cells in the regulation of physiological and pathological white adipose tissue remodelling 

    Monelli, Erika (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)

    In response to nutritional variation, white adipose tissue (WAT) undergoes a physiological remodelling that involves qualitative and quantitative changes in resident cells and is coordinated with angiogenesis. In a condition ...

    Deciphering the role of innate immune response in the model of tuberculosis in Drosophila melanogaster 

    Arch Sisquella, Marta (Date of defense: 2022-03-31)

    Actualment, s’estima que una tercera part de la població mundial està infectada per Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Tot i això, només un petit percentatge desenvoluparà la malaltia activa. S’ha demostrat que aquesta ...

    Deciphering the role of peripheral and central nervous system metabotropic glutamate receptors in neuropathic pain with photoactivable ligands 

    Font Ingles, Joan (Date of defense: 2017-06-09)

    Pain is one of the main medical problems that in several cases results into a chronic disease with limited effective treatment, thus the discovery of new drugs to fight against constitutes a big challenge nowadays. Metabotropic ...

    Deciphering the role of RBM10 in development and cancer using a genetic mouse model 

    Maldonado Barragán, Ana Margarita (Date of defense: 2021-03-26)

    Short explanation English To reveal how RBM10 loss contributes to development and cancer we have established Rbm10 constitutive and conditional knockout mouse models and have analyzed phenotypes at the organismal and ...