Beleza, Jorge (Date of defense: 2022-04-05)
Maternal environmental exposure during gestational period may affect offspring risk for chronic diseases. Accordingly, maternal metabolic disturbances induced by high-fat high-sucrose (HFHS) diets can ...
Garrido Antequera, Georgina (Date of defense: 2014-09-16)
Heterotrimeric G proteins are masters regulators of cell homeostasis. They coordinate the signaling between G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their intracellular effectors. Heterotrimeric G proteins ...
Herrera-Idárraga, Paula (Date of defense: 2014-07-18)
1) Informality and Overeducation in the Labor Market of a Developing Country This chapter explores the connection between labor market segmentation in two sectors, a modern protected formal sector ...
Sebő, Marianna (Date of defense: 2022-11-10)
[eng] This dissertation is composed of four empirical studies on local public service provision, production, and local politics. The first study, Chapter 2, looks at inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). ...
Michel Todó, Lucas (Date of defense: 2023-03-28)
[eng] The most severe form of malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasites, still kills over half a million people every year, most of them children under the age of five. Despite huge research ...
Romero Durana, Miguel Alfonso (Date of defense: 2018-11-26)
Proteins play a crucial role in virtually every biological process taking place within our cells. Most of the times, proteins do not participate in these processes alone but forming complexes of two or ...
Valls Ruiz, Natàlia (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
This dissertation focuses on volatility in financial markets, with a special concern for: (i) volatility transmission between different financial markets and asset categories and, (ii) the effect of ...
Pinart Gilberga, Mariona (Date of defense: 2009-09-17)
Las enfermedades pulmonares intersticiales difusas (EPID), constituyen un grupo variado de trastornos inflamatorios difusos de las vías aéreas inferiores causadas por inflamación, fibrosis (cicatritzación) ...
Amo Maestro, Laura del (Date of defense: 2021-06-11)
The present thesis has established a new and state of the art mammalian protein expression system at the laboratory which has then contributed with high-yield expression for the purification and ...
Tirado Mauri, Marta (Date of defense: 2022-06-14)
This PhD thesis, entitled “Ethical Intentionality in Sarah Kane’s Blasted: Dramaturgy, Performance and Reception / Intencionalitat ètica a Blasted, de Sarah Kane: dramatúrgia, escenificació i recepció,” ...