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Importància de la centralitat tumoral en el carcinoma pulmonar no cèl·lula petita

Martínez Palau, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-09-15)

[cat] Introducció: En pacients amb càncer de pulmó cèl·lula no petita (CPNCP) i mediastí normal en proves d'imatge, els tumors de localització central presenten major afectació mediastínica oculta. Per això, les guies ...

The Impossible Trinity and Financial Stability. The Incidence of Trilemma Regimes on the (In)stability of Stock Markets and Credit Aggregates (1922-2013)

Forero-Laverde, Germán (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)

This dissertation discusses the accumulation and unwinding of financial imbalances in stock markets and credit aggregates in advanced economies since the interwar years until the present. The project is framed within the ...

La impostura contemporánea. Enrique Vila-Matas y Juan Gabriel Vásquez a la luz del “Exemplo XXXII” de El Conde Lucanor

Pizarro Granada, Maite (Date of defense: 2024-02-02)

[spa] Esta propuesta de investigación se adentra en el mundo de la impostura –entendida como el engaño con apariencia de verdad– y establece una relación de equivalencia entre el “Exemplo XXXII” de El conde Lucanor y seis ...

Improved Preparative Chemical Methodologies to Address Challenging Targets: Synthetic, Semi-synthetic and Multicomponent Approaches

Pedrola Teixell, Marina (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

In the context of facilitated methodologies for the obtention of bioactive compounds, in this thesis we have explored the possibility of introducing reliable, pot-economic and semi-synthetic approaches in the quest of ...

Improvement of seasonal forecasting techniques applied to water resources and forest fires

Marcos Matamoros, Raül (Date of defense: 2016-02-09)

This thesis studies the benefits of different calibration approaches on seasonal forecasting and the improvement of seasonal prognosis of water resources and forest fires. Droughts and wildfires are an inherent problem to ...

Improving diagnostic strategies for latent tuberculosis infection in populations at risk for developing active disease

Muñoz López, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-06-19)

BACKGROUND Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) management is a crucial component of tuberculosis prevention in high-risk individuals. A global approach including diagnosis and treatment completion ensures good ...

Improving islet-graft revascularization

Alves Figueiredo, Hugo Jorge (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)

El trasplante de islotes ha sido reconocido como una prometedora opción de tratamiento de la diabetes tipo 1 (DT1) tras la introducción del protocolo de Edmonton, el cual enfatiza el requerimiento de un adecuado número de ...

Improving Performance and Interpretability in Recognizing Facial Action Units with Deep Neural Networks

Corneanu, Cipiran Adrian (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)

Facial expressions are vital ways of communication between humans in social contexts. They are used as conversational markers and they convey information about affective and cognitive state. Many applications would benefit ...

Improving Self-Regulation for Learning in EFL Writing in Secondary Education in Blended Environments

de Salvador de Arana, Núria (Date of defense: 2018-07-09)

This study aims at improving English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing instruction at secondary level by implementing a blended instructional design that may foster self-regulation through public online learning diaries ...

Improving the description of protein-protein association energy

Romero Durana, Miguel Alfonso (Date of defense: 2018-11-26)

Proteins play a crucial role in virtually every biological process taking place within our cells. Most of the times, proteins do not participate in these processes alone but forming complexes of two or more proteins. ...

Impulsivity and compulsivity as transdiagnostic clinical features in gambling and eating disorders

Mestre-Bach, Gemma (Date of defense: 2019-03-04)

Dimensional theoretical models suggest that gambling disorder and eating disorders have two essential shared risk factors: impulsivity and compulsivity. In order to delve into the association between these factors, the ...

Imputación extraordinaria. Elementos conceptuales y normativos para un modelo de responsabilidad jurídico-penal

Valiente Ivañez, Vicente (Date of defense: 2018-06-02)

La presente investigación pretende ofrecer elementos conceptuales y normativos para demostrar el rendimiento explicativo de un modelo de imputación extraordinaria. Este modelo es aplicable a varios grupos de casos que se ...

In Defense of Implicit Times

Rey Sampedro, David Alejandro (Date of defense: 2016-12-20)

The present dissertation explores the hypothesis that English is a language with time-shifting grammatical devices. According to this hypothesis, the linguistic objects of English grammar which serve as the inputs to ...

In loco horroris et vastae solitudine? Necròpolis i poblament entre els segles V I XII a l'ager tarraconensis occidental/Camp de Tarragona, Conca de Barberà i Priorat

Menchon i Bes, Joan Josep (Date of defense: 2021-03-16)

Es presenta un estudi de l'evolució del poblament del sector occidental de l'ager tarraconensis (comarques del Camp De Tarragona, Conca de Barberà i Priorat) entre els segles V i XII a partir de les necròpolis. Es tracta ...

In silico design of antibodies for biomedical applications

Amengual-Rigo, Pep (Date of defense: 2021-02-15)

Proteins are large macromolecules constituted by amino acids that are responsible for most of the biological processes within a cell. Proteins showing high complementary affinity may bind forming protein-protein complexes. ...

In silico molecular modelling and design of heme-containing peroxidases for industrial applications

Cañellas Fontanilles, Marina (Date of defense: 2018-07-17)

It is widely known that the development of modern chemistry and the consequent world industrialization have improved our quality of life to unimaginable levels. However, these advances have come with a high cost, causing ...

In vitro Ly6Chigh monocyte generation as a novel tool for a infalmatory diseases research = Generación In vitro de monocitos LyC6high para el estudio de enfermedades inflamatorias

Calatayud Subias, Juan Antonio (Date of defense: 2016-07-19)

Monocytes are composed of several subsets which differ in sizes, morphology, ontogeny, localization, gene expression, fates and functions. Two principal and functionally distinct subsets have been identified in human, mice ...