Sevene, Esperança Júlia Pires (Date of defense: 2009-01-20)
Research involving human subjects must be performed with standards that promote protection of their rights. Several codes were developed and all are unanimous in the following ethic principles: respect ...
Valdivieso Muñoz, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2020-03-05)
In many organisms, sex is determined by a combination of genetic and environmental influences. Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms such as DNA methylation integrate both types of influences. However, ...
Rocha de Oliveira, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2022-01-20)
With the emergence of Industry 4.0 and the increasing availability of sensors and data acquisition systems, modern manufacturing processes are now generating large amounts of process data on a scale as ...
Ciruela Castillo, Carmen (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)
Research on the acquisition of English by immigrants is abundant when it takes place in second language (SL) contexts. However, few studies deal with immigrant learners’ acquisition of English as a ...
Soria Extremera, Maria (Date of defense: 2021-05-07)
Temporary rivers (TRs) are dynamic systems that typically shift between flowing, disconnected-pools and dry phases, and represent nearly 50% of the current global river network. Despite TRs support ...
Pellegrino, Gabriele (Date of defense: 2014-12-01)
The main aim of my doctoral thesis has been to provide new insights regarding the determinants, nature and effects of the barriers to innovation. The thesis is structured in three different but strictly ...
Vega Núñez, Adriana Patricia (Date of defense: 2018-10-18)
The dissertation deals with the analysis of informality in developing countries considering both the worker’s and the firm’s perspective. Within a context of a strong presence of this phenomenon in the ...
Romarri, Alessio (Date of defense: 2021-07-02)
Understanding what drives individuals to vote for parties or individuals who have often used violent rhetoric toward women and minorities and enacted discriminatory laws is critical. At the same time, ...
Llovet Ximenes, Xavier (Date of defense: 1998-07-21)
Theoretical methods to compute accurate x-ray spectra emitted from targets bombarded with kV electrons are required for quantification in Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA), especially for the analysis ...
Fonoll i Rubio, Robert (Date of defense: 2023-03-06)
[eng] The thesis Advanced Characterization of Interfaces of the Chalcogenide-Based Absorbers for the Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies is based on six articles that are published in high impact factor ...