Cabanillas Costa, Josep (Date of defense: 2002-12-13)
The context of this thesis is the design of CMOS low power RFIC's suitable for direct conversion architectures. Our starting point is the analysis of the characteristics of the integrated passive ...
Wijsen, Nicolas (Date of defense: 2020-04-30)
Our modern society is becoming increasingly dependent on the constant stream of information sent out by satellites orbiting Earth. However, highly energetic rays traversing the near-Earth space environment ...
Lutfi Royo, Esmail (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)
Obesity is traditionally defined as a complex and chronic health condition characterized by an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in the body that relies upon the homeostatic relationship between ...
Escolà Jané, Anna (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)
Somatostatin (SST or SRIF14) is a peptidic hormone secreted throughout the central nervous system and in the gastrointestinal tract which has anti-secretory, anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic ...
Guelman, Leo (Date of defense: 2015-03-02)
In many important settings, subjects can show significant heterogeneity in response to a stimulus or “treatment". For instance, a treatment that works for the overall population might be highly inefiective, ...
Portella Moll, Maria J. (Date of defense: 2005-06-01)
OF THE THESIS: <br/><br/>Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common of the affective disorders and ranks among the major causes of disability worldwide. Some vulnerability factors for the ...
Ruiz Mejías, Marcel (Date of defense: 2013-09-23)
The present Thesis addressed different questions concerning spontaneous oscillatory activity in the cerebral cortex, including functional comparative studies, studies of mechanisms generating this ...
Hernández Del Valle, Karla Paola (Date of defense: 2021-03-05)
Nowadays entrepreneurs deal with new technological, social and environmental challenges. Faced with this unpredictable environment, personal values can help to understand the decisions that have to be ...
Ocampo-Corrales, Diego B. (Date of defense: 2020-09-30)
El núcleo de la tesis consta de tres capítulos en los que se explora la naturaleza de los flujos de conocimiento que influyen en la innovación en energías renovables. En los tres capítulos se utiliza ...
Silva, Rui Gonçalo Teixeira da (Date of defense: 2022-09-16)
Steatotic livers are considerably more prone to IRI, in which turn, it is known to impair mitochondrial function. Our working hypothesis lies on the fact that impaired mitochondrial function and reduced ...