Hortigüela Lázaro, Verónica (Date of defense: 2017-06-30)
Cells in tissues are exposed to extracellular signals that integrate and appropriately translate into specific responses. Receptors at the cell membrane recognize a variety of soluble ligands, extracellular ...
Petit Pedrol, Mar (Date of defense: 2018-07-25)
BACKGROUND: The autoimmune encephalitis represents a new category of immune- mediated diseases of the brain that are mediated by antibodies against neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels or neuronal ...
Melguizo Cháfer, Celia (Date of defense: 2018-07-09)
This thesis analyses the impact of the recession on the regional labour markets in Spain by considering three different aspects: the regional unemployment sensitivity to economic variations, the minimum ...
Gutierrez Prat, Núria (Date of defense: 2018-10-03)
Cells often need to respond to damaging internal and external stimuli. One of the pathways that is frequently activated by stress stimuli involves activation of the kinase p38alpha, which can phosphorylate ...
Burgués Calderón, Javier (Date of defense: 2019-07-09)
Chemical source localization (CSL) by autonomous robots has been a topic of research since the early 1990s and still today remains elusive beyond simple scenarios. It has numerous potential applications, ...
Ortiz Carbonell, Ada Natalia (Date of defense: 2003-10-10)
The aim of this thesis is the study of the total and spectral solar irradiance variability induced by the presence of small magnetic elements that emerge into the solar photosphere. It is important to ...
Cabrera Brufau, Miguel (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)
[eng] Marine phytoplankton are responsible for approximately half of the photosynthetic production of organic matter (OM) and oxygen in Earth. The composition and reactivity of phytoplankton- derived ...
Mira Martínez, Sofía (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)
Malaria is responsible of almost half a million deaths every year. Currently, campaigns for the control and elimination of malaria are implemented in malaria endemic areas. However, drug resistance is ...
Bartumeus i Ferré, Frederic (Date of defense: 2005-06-17)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT:<br/><br/>The general aim of this thesis was to develop a theoretical framework in order to study large-scale animal movements and/or dispersal processes as random search strategies. ...
Granados Sánchez, Cristian (Date of defense: 2018-11-07)
In the last few decades Creative Industries (CIs) have been gaining ground as an important topic in academic and political agendas. CIs have their origin in creativity and individual talent to produce ...