Stegun Vidigal, Vera Cristina (Date of defense: 2015-01-21)
The short-tailed opossums of the genus Monodelphis Burnett, 1830 are small-bodied semifossorial marsupials which inhabit almost all major biomes of South America up to 2200 m. Even though it is one of ...
Ogaya Garcia, Xènia (Date of defense: 2014-09-30)
The electromagnetic methods are especially interesting for the characterisation and monitoring of geological storage of CO2 sites. The electrical resistivity is a physical parameter that depends on the ...
Falcão Dantas, Renato (Date of defense: 2007-07-05)
ENGLISH SUMMARY:<br/><br/>In this work, the ozonation of emergent contaminants represented by pharmaceuticals (Sulfamethoxazole and Bezafibrate) and surfactants (Quaternary Ammonium Compounds) was ...
Alagia, Adele (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)
To direct post-transcriptionally gene silencing, RNAi machinery exploits the formation of base pairs between the loaded guide strand and the complementary mRNA. The Ago2 protein is the “slicer” effector ...
Bernat Ubiaga, Ivan (Date of defense: 2013-11-08)
Esta tesis doctoral resume el trabajo realizado en el Departamento de Electrónica de la Facultad de Física, en la Universidad de Barcelona. El objetivo de la misma se centra en el diseño y fabricación ...
Rizzo, Valeria (Date of defense: 2015-10-08)
The general aim of this dissertation is to investigate the evolution, the diversification and some ecological traits of the species of the strictly subterranean genus Troglocharinus Reitter, 1908. ...
Canals Buj, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2004-04-16)
Adenosine and dopamine receptors are members of the GPCRs family for which a significant segregation between their A2A and D2 subtypes has been demonstrated in the GABAergic striopallidal neurons of the ...
Canals Merseburger, Mª Goretti (Date of defense: 2006-04-24)
A full understanding of nutrient cycling in lotic ecosystems is crucial given the increasing influence of human activities on the eutrophication of streams and rivers. However, existing knowledge about ...
Busquet Rico, Gemma (Date of defense: 2010-12-20)
[spa] Diversos estudios observacionales, principalmente de regiones de formación estelar de baja masa, muestran que el cociente NH3/N2H+ es bajo en núcleos asociados con objetos estelares jóvenes mientras ...
Feiner Gracia, Natalia (Date of defense: 2020-01-23)
The precise delivery of therapeutic agents to their specific site of action is a big challenge in cancer treatment, which would enhance the efficacy and reduce the side effects of drugs. In this framework, ...