Serrano Gutiérrez, Mònica (Date of defense: 2008-10-20)
In this study we analyse some aspects of the interdependences between the economy and the environment by applying the input-output approach. Although economic activity affects the environment in many ...
Turquet, François-Xavier (Date of defense: 2018-12-17)
ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species), such as H2O2, HO● and O2-●, are naturally produced by the metabolism of living beings. However, they can appear in large quantities in the case of certain diseases ...
Aseeri, Mazen (Date of defense: 2023-03-13)
[eng] The main goals of this PhD thesis are closely related within the field of CDases and their key role in the regulation of sphingolipid metabolism. Thus, the roles of ACER3 and AC in different human ...
Diego Creixenti, Rosa (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)
Spin crossover (SCO) complexes and single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are promising prototypes that can reach magnetic bistability within the molecular scale required for data storage. Despite the extensive ...
Pruna Morales, Raquel (Date of defense: 2019-09-18)
There is an increasing need for developing innovative, versatile and low-cost point-of-care (POC) systems capable of screening for at early stages of development. POC systems usually consist of a biosensor ...
Jorba Grau, Marta (Date of defense: 2013-04-11)
The aim of this dissertation is to provide a non-reductive account of cognitive phenomenology and the experience of thinking. The nature of conscious thought is an issue that has occupied philosophers ...
Morén Núñez, Constanza (Date of defense: 2012-04-11)
It is widely known that HIV and ARV drugs trigger mitochondrial impairment in adults. However, their effects in perinatally-infected children have been poorly explored. For this reason, the main hypothesis ...
da Rocha, Pedro Filipe Simões (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)
[eng] Treatment landscape in early-stage NSCLC is rapidly changing after approval of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings, respectively. However, biomarkers for patient selection, ...
Masqué Saumell, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2012-03-23)
The region GGD 27, located in Sagittarius at a distance of 1.7 kpc, is an active star forming region. The most well-known observational signature of this region, the HH 80/81/80N jet, is one of the ...
Rosado-Méndez, Nadihuska Y. (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)
This work is part of a line of research focused on the zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of leporid remains (rabbits and hares) recovered in prehistoric sites in the Iberian Peninsula. To that ...