Ramírez Guinart, Josep Oriol (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)
The assessment of the potential radiological risk for the human health and the environment that a radioactive contamination episode may entail is one of the most concerning issues in the current society, ...
Santiago Morcillo, Gerard (Date of defense: 2019-06-12)
The massive industrial production exploited by our society since the XIX century has growth at expenses of the planet. Environmental damages are already visible, and they urge us to find new and sustainable ...
López Ferrando, Víctor (Date of defense: 2019-12-11)
Single amino acid variants (SAVs) are one of the main causes of Mendelian disorders, and play an important role in the development of many complex diseases. At the same time, they are the most common ...
Leiva Martinez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-11-20)
Benthic organisms inhabiting the shallow waters of the Southern Ocean are considered excellent models to study evolutionary processes, population connectivity patterns, and adaptation. They have evolved ...
Ejarque Gonzalez, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2014-11-17)
Rivers play a key role in the global biogeochemical functioning, as they link the biogeochemical cycles of the terrestrial and oceanic systems. In the framework of the carbon cycle, streams and rivers ...
Gutiérrez-Roig, Mario (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)
The revolution of ICT technologies in Digital Era combined with progress of ComplexitySciences have lead to the emergence of Computational Social Science, whose purposeis to analyze society in a ...
Morón Tejero, Víctor (Date of defense: 2011-11-11)
The elementary processes of atomic and molecular oxygen over the solid surfaces of graphite and β–cristobalite have been studied theoretically. The aim of the study is to widen the knowledge about the ...
Carreras Seguí, Paz (Date of defense: 2013-03-22)
The objective of the present work is to provide a better understanding of magnetron sputtered transparent conducting oxides based on ZnO in order to use them as electrodes in thin film silicon solar ...
Jiménez de Contreras, Diana Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2019-11-20)
The purpose of this PhD thesis is to evaluate the volcanic risk associated with San Miguel Volcano, one of the most active volcanoes of El Salvador, through assessing volcanic hazard, that is, identify ...
Pi Roig, Aina (Date of defense: 2018-04-06)
Tbx5 is a transcription factor expressed in the developing eyes, heart and upper limbs. Mutations in human TBX5 cause Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS), a condition characterised by heart and upper limb ...