Isasa Catalán, Marta (Date of defense: 2012-07-19)
Targeted protein degradation plays a central role in eukaryotic cell regulation and homeostasis. The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) is involved in a large number of cellular events, being, day by ...
López Legentil, Susanna (Date of defense: 2005-04-01)
Intraspecies variability is widespread in marine invertebrates. Previous reports of <I>Cystodytes</I> (Ascidiacea, Polycitoridae) in the Mediterranean have been routinely attributed to the nominal species ...
Gisbert Pinto, Guillem (Date of defense: 2012-06-18)
During the Cenozoic the western Mediterranean area underwent a complex geodynamic evolution driven by the interaction between the African and Eurasian plates. The Corsica- Sardinia microplate played a ...
Cruz Lemini, Mónica Cristina (Date of defense: 2013-10-30)
Most risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease are already present in childhood and the importance of early identification of pediatric cardiovascular risk factors is now well recognized. Hypertension ...
Torrens Armengol, Antonina (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)
The aim of the thesis is to examine the viability of the subsurface constructed wetlands for the treatment of wastewater derived from three different sources (treatment ponds, pig farms and car wash ...
Fröb, Markus Benjamin (Date of defense: 2013-12-09)
In this thesis we studied quantum effects in de Sitter space coming from the interaction of gravitons and matter. We derived the lowenergy effective action for metric perturbations which includes ...
Ubach Permanyer, Andreu (Date of defense: 2023-01-10)
[eng] The current context of global change is causing many threats to biodiversity worldwide, and the profound and rapid transformations of the environment have led to a severe insect decline. Because ...
Guo, Xiaohui (Date of defense: 2016-09-23)
There is a consensus that CVD has been the leading cause of death worldwide in recent decades, and it is predicted that will raise from 17.5 million in 2012 to 22.2 million in 2030. Besides, CVD is a ...
Farré Foix, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-07-15)
The study of morphology of organisms has become a widely extended scientific discipline since the beginning of the 20th century, when the scientific community began to establish direct relationships ...
Plotnikova, Anastasiia (Date of defense: 2022-05-19)
This doctoral dissertation explores the effects of prolonged exposure to audio-visual input on learning a variety of English L2 grammatical constructions. The thesis is organised around three interconnected ...