Oller Moreno, Sergio (Date of defense: 2018-03-06)
Recent progress in analytical chemistry instrumentation has increased the amount of data available for analysis. This progress has been encompassed by computational improvements, that have enabled new ...
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 ...
López Acosta, María (Date of defense: 2018-09-21)
Silicon (Si), in its dissolved form of silicic acid (DSi), is a key nutrient in the ocean. The availability of such nutrient in marine ecosystems is regulated through its use by silica-secreting ...
Marin Benito, Carla (Date of defense: 2018-04-04)
The main goal of this thesis is to test the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics through the experimental analysis of rare processes, those that are suppressed in the SM. In particular, radiative b ...
González Piñero, Manel (Date of defense: 2018-11-07)
In recent years, ecosystems of innovation have gained substantial momentum in academic research. As a response to recent calls in open innovation literature for novel research, this doctoral thesis ...
López Guimet, Júlia (Date of defense: 2018-04-25)
The aorta is the main artery of the body, whose function is to collect the blood ejected by the heart and distribute it to all tissues. The elastic degree of the aortic wall necessary to withstand blood ...
Gorrochategui Matas, Eva (Date of defense: 2018-04-20)
Lipidomics is a subset of metabolomics, which in turn, is one of the categorical platforms that constitute omics. Omic sciences aim at the study of the abundance and (or) structural characterization of ...
Rafels Ybern, Àlbert (Date of defense: 2018-07-17)
Inosine is a guanosine analogue that when is found at the wobble position of the tRNAs (I34) expands its codon recognition capability. Inosine can wobble pair with cytosine, adenosine and uridine. Because ...
Walls, Francesca (Date of defense: 2018-12-07)
This thesis assesses how languages are managed in families with at least one transnational anglophone parent (TAP) resident in the metropolitan region of Barcelona. The languages chosen by TAPS for use ...
Mata Casanova, Noel (Date of defense: 2018-04-18)
Superfamily Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) includes two very different groups of organismes. Macrocynipoids is a paraphyletic group of parasitoids of wood-bearing beetle larvae, characterized by its ...