Roig Merino, Sara Raquel (Date of defense: 2017-05-05)
Voltage-gated potassium channels are proteins that allow the flux of potassium ions across the plasma membrane in response to a voltage stimulus. Those proteins were initially described in nervous system ...
Mondelo González, José María (Date of defense: 2001-07-13)
This works has been organized in three parts. The first (Chapter 1 to 5) is dedicated to the development and study of a procedure for the accurate computation of frequencies, as well ans the related ...
Avireddy, Hemesh (Date of defense: 2019-07-11)
The thesis is focused on the development and enhancement of the electrochemical properties of the carbon based supercapacitors and pseudocapacitors. To overcome the capacitance loss at the condition of ...
Solorzano Soria, Ana Maria (Date of defense: 2020-03-05)
In some types of fire, namely, smoldering fires or involving polymers without flame, gases and volatiles appear before smoke is released. Most of the fatalities registered for fires, are caused due to ...
Villanova de Benavent, Cristina (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)
Ni-bearing Mg-phyllosilicates (commonly known as garnierites) are significant ore minerals in many Ni-laterite deposits worldwide. However, the characterisation of these mineral phases is complex, as ...
Benítez i Porras, Francesc (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
Plasma Polymerization is a novel technique for the preparation of polymer-like thin film coatings at low temperatures onto almost any type of substrates: plastic, metal, semiconductors, wood, textile ...
González Tarragó, Víctor (Date of defense: 2019-07-11)
This thesis is a study on the integrin-mediated mechanoresponse by binding partners and force loading rates. Regarding the binding partners, here we demonstrate an alternative and counter-intuitive ...
Sánchez Castañeda, Cristina (Date of defense: 2009-11-27)
La enfermedad de Parkinson (EP), la enfermedad de Parkinson con Demencia (EPD) y la Demencia con Cuerpos de Lewy (DCL) presentan una alteración del metabolismo de la alfa-sinucleína que provoca la ...
Suñé Simon, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-11-25)
Brownian motion refers to the random movement that undergo mesosized particles suspended in a simple sol- vent. Einstein’s probabilistic approach to the Brownian motion is founded on the principal that ...
Gavara i Casas, Núria (Date of defense: 2007-02-22)
THESIS SUMMARY:<br/><br/>GENERAL AIM<br/><br/>The general aim of this thesis was to study the generation of contractile force by human alveolar epithelial cells in culture in response to biochemical or ...