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    Multi-colony approaches to study migratory and foraging strategies in pelagic seabirds 

    Morera Pujol, Virginia (Date of defense: 2020-01-17)

    Movement is a widespread characteristic in the animal kingdom —occurring at many spatiotemporal scales— with consequences at an individual, population, species, and even ecosystem level. It is a very diverse character, ...

    Multi-functionalization of micro- and nanoparticles for cancer theranostics 

    Amirthalingam, Ezhil (Date of defense: 2018-10-01)

    This thesis has its main focus on developing multi-functional nanomaterials, that we called nano- and microtools through two different approaches, top-down to provide support and bottom up to give functionality to prepare ...

    Multi-hazard assessment and risk management in volcanic islands 

    López Saavedra, Marta (Date of defense: 2023-10-25)

    [eng] Our planet is impacted by diverse natural and human-induced events, including weather-related events (floods, droughts, forest fires, etc.) and geological events (landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.). ...

    Multi-isotopic and statistical approaches to trace nitrate pollution sources and assess natural attenuation in groundwater: examples from nitrate vulnerable zones in Catalonia (NE Spain) 

    Puig Caminal, Roger (Date of defense: 2014-05-19)

    In the last decades, anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen to groundwater have dramatically increased, and they nowadays represent one of the most important water resources concerns as NO3-N has become the most ubiquitous ...

    Multi-Level Integrated Analysis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) heterogeneity 

    Noell, Guillaume (Date of defense: 2019-02-22)

    Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including cancer, cardiovascular (heart diseases or stroke), respiratory (COPD or asthma) and metabolic diseases (diabetes) are chronic conditions that represent a major global health ...

    Multi-scale and multi-sensor remote sensing in international agricultural development 

    Buchaillot, Maria Luisa (Date of defense: 2023-02-10)

    [eng] Personal food security means that they have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and quality food. On the other hand, there are three main causes of food insecurity: 1. the high vulnerability of agriculture ...

    Multi-sensor remote sensing detection of biotic stress for crop phenotyping and management guidance 

    Hamdane, Yassine (Date of defense: 2023-09-14)

    [eng] The main driving force behind crop research is to ensure food security. Climate change, which affects most crops and increases the risk of disease and famine, is addressed in this notion. The Food and Agriculture ...

    Multichannel optical correlators: analysis, evaluation, and development of procedures for pattern recognition 

    Montes Usategui, Mario (Date of defense: 1995-06-30)

    Los objetivos del trabajo son, en primer lugar, analizar las limitaciones que presenta la correlación monocanal para tratar con problemas complejos de reconocimiento de imágenes. Con este propósito se ha adaptado el ...

    Multiculturalismo y crítica postcolonial: la diáspora artística latinoamericana (1990-2005) 

    Marín Hernández, Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2005-12-14)

    La presencia del arte contemporáneo latinoamericano en el mundo contemporáneo, es concebida y movilizada a través de la existencia de una diáspora que ha perdido toda clase de arraigo en sus lugares territoriales definitorios. ...

    Multidisciplinary characterization of diapiric basins integrating field examples, numerical and analogue modelling: Central High Atlas Basin (Morocco) 

    Moragas Rodriguez, Mar (Date of defense: 2017-06-12)

    The complexity of the interplay between tectonics and sedimentation increases when salt tectonics is involved because of the ductility of salt and its ability to flow. Discrimination between extensional tectonics and ...

    Multidisciplinary Studies of the Genus "Cystodytes" (Ascidiacea): From Molecules to Species 

    López Legentil, Susanna (Date of defense: 2005-04-01)

    Intraspecies variability is widespread in marine invertebrates. Previous reports of <I>Cystodytes</I> (Ascidiacea, Polycitoridae) in the Mediterranean have been routinely attributed to the nominal species <I>Cystodytes ...

    Multifraccionamiento en radioterapia antineoplásica 

    Moreno Sala, Fernando (Date of defense: 1990-07-05)

    Las investigaciones en relación al fraccionamiento de la dosis y la administración de varias sesiones diarias, iniciadas de forma totalmente empírica por H. Coutard en 1919 (Regato, 1987), han alcanzado a partir del final ...

    Multifuncionalidad de la adenosina desaminasa de superficie y de sus proteínas de unión 

    Ginés Padrós, Silvia (Date of defense: 2000-03-09)

    Todos los resultados expuestos en esta Tesis Doctoral sugieren que la ADA de la superficie celular así como sus proteínas de unión tienen un carácter multifuncional. Esto abre nuevas perspectivas en el estudio de la ...

    Multifunctional self-stratified polyurethane-polyurea nanosystems for smart drug delivery 

    Rocas Alonso, Pau (Date of defense: 2016-02-25)

    This thesis, entitled "Multifunctional Self-stratified Polyurethane-Polyurea Nanosystems for Smart Drug Delivery" is structured as a compendium of publications, being organized around a methodological synthetic patent and ...

    Multigraded Structures and the Depth of Blow-up Algebras 

    Colomé Nin, Gemma (Date of defense: 2008-07-14)

    A first goal of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge of cohomological properties of non-standard multigraded modules. In particular we study the Hilbert function of a non-standard multigraded module, the asymptotic ...

    Multilingüísme i obertura multilingüe. Gènesi, enfocaments i estratègies d'un programa de desconstrucció 

    Marbà Mas, Teresa (Date of defense: 2021-04-26)

    El problema central sobre el qual s’estructura aquesta tesi és la voluntat de suggerir una resposta no dicotòmica al conflicte unilingüisme/bilingüisme, tal com es viu i es llegeix des de la societat catalana, posant ...

    Multimodal characterization and modulation of large-scale memory networks: Implications for cognitive aging 

    Vidal Piñeiro, Dídac (Date of defense: 2014-11-07)

    As neurocognitive decline is probably the greatest threat to healthy aging in our society it is necessary to know the factors that are associated with neurocognitive frailty or protection such as the expression of brain ...

    Multimodal MRI Study of Human Brain Connectivity: Cognitive Networks 

    Sala Llonch, Roser (Date of defense: 2015-01-13)

    Aquesta tesi inclou 6 estudis en els quals s’han utilitzat diversos mètodes d’imatge per ressonància magnètica (IRM) per caracteritzar la connectivitat cerebral i la seva relació amb l’estat cognitiu en joves sans, persones ...

    Multimodal Neuroimaging of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Clinical and Healthy Control Samples 

    Picó Pérez, Maria (Date of defense: 2018-10-11)

    Emotion regulation is a critical process for dealing appropriately with emotions in our daily lives. An important part of adaptively regulating emotions is being able to maintain a balance between short-term and long-term ...

    Multimodalitat i dixi d’espai en joves catalans multilingües 

    Fitó Pardo, Jaume (Date of defense: 2009-12-04)

    Aquesta tesi se centra en l’estudi del fenomen de la dixi, concretament de la dixi d’espai en català, castellà i anglès, des d’una perspectiva multimodal que té en compte tant la part verbal com la part no verbal d’aquest ...