Pauné i Xuriguera, Eduard (Date of defense: 2002-11-15)
The subject of this thesis is viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells, or Hele-Shaw flows. We look for insights into the fundamental mechanisms<br/>underlying the physics of interface dynamics, which we ...
Rodríguez, Miguel (Date of defense: 2003-05-30)
Up until relatively recently, the discharging of waste in the environment was the way of eliminating them, until the auto-purifying capacity of the environment was not sufficient. The permitted levels ...
Grau Olivares, Marta (Date of defense: 2008-06-25)
L’infart cerebral és la segona causa de mort, així com d’incapacitació a nivell mundial (Di Carlo et al.,2000), essent responsable de múltiples seqüeles físiques i cognitives, incloent la demència. ...
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 ...
Sevene, Esperança Júlia Pires (Date of defense: 2009-01-20)
Research involving human subjects must be performed with standards that promote protection of their rights. Several codes were developed and all are unanimous in the following ethic principles: respect ...
Martí Martí, Sara (Date of defense: 2008-11-26)
La capacidad de <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> para causar infecciones nosocomiales se relaciona con su habilidad para desarrollar rápidamente resistencia a los antibióticos, junto con la capacidad que ...
Cabanillas Costa, Josep (Date of defense: 2002-12-13)
The context of this thesis is the design of CMOS low power RFIC's suitable for direct conversion architectures. Our starting point is the analysis of the characteristics of the integrated passive ...
Portella Moll, Maria J. (Date of defense: 2005-06-01)
OF THE THESIS: <br/><br/>Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common of the affective disorders and ranks among the major causes of disability worldwide. Some vulnerability factors for the ...
Sánchez Tilló, Ester (Date of defense: 2006-05-18)
Macrophages are key regulators of immune system connecting innate and specific immune responses. Macrophages proliferate in presence of their growth factor, M-CSF. The addition of bacterial lipopolysacharide, ...
Balaguer Núñez, María Dolores (Date of defense: 2006-01-16)
The aim of this thesis, devised as a collaboration between Spain and China, is the characterization of the open clusters NGC 1807, NGC 1817, NGC 2548 and NGC 2682, as well as the analysis of the results ...