Singh, Manish Kumar (Date of defense: 2018-06-15)
This thesis consists of four self-contained but related papers trying to uncover different aspects of banking and sovereign risk in the member countries of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). ...
Ruiz Cánovas, Eugenia (Date of defense: 2018-12-10)
Compound F has been reported to possess important antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti- diabetic and anti-cancer effects, among other interesting properties. Although Compound F has been extensively ...
Benabou Zdaou, Sanae (Date of defense: 2018-10-31)
The i-motif is a DNA structure formed by cytosine-rich sequences that consists of parallel- stranded duplexes held together by intercalated base pairs. The in vitro formation of this structure in DNA ...
Neyret, Solène (Date of defense: 2018-11-27)
One fundamental aspect of the human brain is that it is highly shaped by experience and interaction with the surrounding environment. Signals coming from different sensory streams are integrated to ...
Puigvert Sànchez, Marina (Date of defense: 2018-06-05)
The plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is the causal agent of bacterial wilt, a highly aggressive disease responsible for important worldwide economic losses. Many virulence factors in R. solanacearum ...
Díaz Sánchez, Juan Pablo (Date of defense: 2018-04-25)
This thesis provide a complete and updated understanding of the household overcrowding phenomenon, covering the topic all the way starting in its causes. This dissertation is organized in three ...
Cuscó Marigó, Cristina (Date of defense: 2018-03-22)
The Thesis is based on the development of a potentially-scalable methodology to prepare polyurethane/polyurea polymers to nanoencapsulate bioactive molecules. In the first part of the project, the design, ...
Oliveira Nunes, Sdena (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)
Despite their small size, phytoplankton represents up to 50% of the global primary production of the Earth and serves as a connector between oceanic and atmospheric processes. Therefore, phytoplankton ...
Serrano i Gras, Eduard (Date of defense: 2018-02-19)
Shallow-water rocky ecosystems in temperate areas are dominated by macroalgae, whilst zooxanthellate corals are extremely rare. In an era of global change, sea warming plays a crucial role in the ...
Bertran Junqué, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2018-10-25)
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc-containing endopeptidases involved in the degradation of the extracellular matrix. They make a major contribution to the progression of a vast number ...