Bel-Piñana, Paula (Date of defense: 2018-07-10)
In recent decades, public-private partnerships has converted in an alternative way of providing transport infrastructures that has been traditional delivered by public sector. Between 1990 and 2017, ...
Ramos de Fuentes, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)
Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important crop for human direct consumption, but its yield and production are strongly affected by biotic and abiotic stresses. Rice is the most salt-sensitive cereal and ...
Alert Zenón, Ricard (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
In this thesis, we have studied mechanical aspects of some biological processes in cells and tissues, which we addressed by developing theoretical models based on the physics of soft active matter. The ...
Ballester Plané, Júlia (Date of defense: 2018-10-18)
The term cerebral palsy (CP) encompasses a group of disorders of movement and/or posture and of motor function due to a non-progressive injury, interference or abnormality in an immature or developing ...
Roura Frigolé, Helena (Date of defense: 2018-07-27)
Adenosine deaminase acting on transfer RNA (ADAT) is a human heterodimeric enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of adenosine (A) to inosine (I) at the first position of the anticodon of transfer RNAs ...
Katuri, Jaideep (Date of defense: 2018-09-20)
Living organisms and systems are continually converting energy, either internally stored or transduced from their surroundings, into motion. This activity and the resulting self-propulsion constantly ...
Armstrong, Ryan (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
Within management and organizational studies, researchers and practitioners alike have maintained a constant interest in the topic performance management as a means of improving individual and organizational ...
Verdolini, Norma (Date of defense: 2018-11-29)
The poorest outcomes in bipolar disorder are represented by self-aggressive (i.e. deliberate self-harm, attempted or completed suicide) and hetero-aggressive violent behaviors. A better understanding ...
Pintanel Costa, Pol (Date of defense: 2018-11-26)
Temperature is likely to be one of the most important abiotic factors given how it affects the physiology of the whole organism and as a consequence, it has an essential role in ecology and evolution. ...
Banjer, Hamsa Jameel (Date of defense: 2018-07-06)
Transportome alterations have been associated with oncogenesis. The loss of human Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (hCNT1) during carcinogenesis seems to be a relatively common event in tumors and ...