Macho García, Sergio (Date of defense: 2023-10-26)
[eng] Weight discrimination (WD) has existed for decades, and it is well spread in our societies. However, it has received less attention from authorities and society than other forms of discrimination. ...
Renes, Cornelis Martin (Date of defense: 2010-01-28)
[eng] This dissertation and its prequel, my minor thesis, have their seeds in a concern with a certain uncanniness embedded in multicultural developments in Western society. In his 1919 essay “The ...
Santiago Piera, Raul (Date of defense: 2024-02-16)
[eng] Organic chemistry is recognized for its ability to arrange a limited set of atoms in numerous ways, a quality that is crucial in molecular magnetism. This branch benefits from the adaptability of ...
Arias Díaz-Faes, Diego (Date of defense: 2023-11-29)
[eng] Bias-motivated violence encompasses various types of targeted violence against underrepresented groups and is considered more potentially harmful than non-based biasmotivated violence. Research ...
Pavlov, Goran (Date of defense: 2023-11-24)
[eng] Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a versatile framework that allows researchers to estimate systems of equations and test theoretical models. A significant portion of the literature on SEM ...
Folle, Camila (Date of defense: 2021-11-26)
The skin is major organ of the human body, and its function is to protect the internal tissue from environmental changes, maintains the body temperature and avoid penetration of contaminants. Therefore, ...
Blasco Sierra, Montse (Date of defense: 2023-12-01)
[eng] Cerebral palsy is a chronic condition that affects movement and posture and is the leading cause of physical disability in children, with an overall prevalence of 1.6 per 1000 live births. In ...
López-Gamundí, Paula (Date of defense: 2023-12-11)
[eng] What drives behavior? This fundamental inquiry has been the cornerstone of disciplines spanning from philosophy to biology. In neuroscience and economics, however, the prevailing viewpoint posits ...
Ezquerra González, Carlos (Date of defense: 2024-02-15)
[eng] We live surrounded by emergencies in a context of economic uncertainty: environmental damage, economic crises, and political conflict are only some examples that cast serious doubts about the ...
Diéguez Docampo, Andrea (Date of defense: 2023-03-02)
[eng] Cancer is one of the most common diseases worldwide. Despite that a lot of time and resources have already been spent in this topic, there is still a long way to go to be able to cure every patient ...