Mabunda, Samuel José Alvés (Date of defense: 2006-10-30)
Malaria occurs mostly in the tropical regions of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa is the area most affected. The occurrence of a very efficient mosquito vectors Anopheles gambiae complex and Anopheles ...
Robert Moreno, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2007-09-28)
The process that gives rise to all the mature blood cells from the HSCs (Hematopoietic Stem Cells) is known as hematopoiesis. In the adult, hematopoiesis takes place in the bone marrow although the HSCs ...
Martínez Llordella, Marc (Date of defense: 2009-11-27)
EN CATALÀ:<br/><br/>L'acceptació indefinida dels òrgans trasplantats mantenint el correcte funcionament de l'empelt sense necessitat d'administrar l'agressiu tractament immunosupressor constitueix el ...
Gómez Puerta, José Alfredo (Date of defense: 2007-10-03)
The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired prothrombotic syndrome characterized by venous or arterial thromboses and pregnancy morbidity. It can present as primary APS without any discernable ...
Mestres Missé, Anna (Date of defense: 2007-11-15)
The series of studies that comprise this dissertation are aimed at simulating vocabulary learning and meaning acquisition of different types of words, namely words which differ in imageability. For this ...
Kurtz, Katryn Lucille (Date of defense: 2008-12-12)
The study of chromatin structure in several simple sperm models of increasing complexity was performed. Species demonstrating different types of sperm nuclear protein transitions and structural changes ...
Cámara Mancha, Estela (Date of defense: 2008-11-13)
Current views in cognitive neuroscience assume that many high level cognitive functions, such as learning, language, or memory are anatomically widely distributed across the whole brain, interacting and ...
O'Brate Grupp, Aurora Marie (Date of defense: 2005-07-11)
The focus of this thesis has been four-fold. On one hand it has been to decipher, understand and manipulate the role of microtubule-trafficking in the cell. Secondly we have concentrated on the mechanism ...
Narberhaus, Ana (Date of defense: 2007-02-08)
1. INTRODUCCIÓN<br/><br/>La definición de prematuro es la de recién nacido de edad gestacional inferior a 37 semanas (American Academy of Pediatrics y American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ...
Garcia Alvarez, Gisela (Date of defense: 2005-03-10)
Whether a cell enters the cell cycle, undergoes apoptosis or survives is a consequence of the integration of several cellular and environmental signals. Growth factors, cell contact, and apoptotic ...