Goicoechea Barrenechea, Leire (Date of defense: 2021-06-16)
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a rare neurometabolic disease characterized by the loss of function of the peroxisomal transporter ABCD1, which leads to an accumulation of very long-chain fatty ...
Laporta-Hoyos, Olga (Date of defense: 2018-10-08)
INTRODUCCIÓN: La parálisis cerebral es una de las causas más frecuentes de discapacidad física en niños y supone una condición que persiste a lo largo de la vida (Krageloh-Mann & Cans, 2009). Concretamente, ...
Docampo Martínez, Elisa (Date of defense: 2013-04-16)
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a highly disabling syndrome defined by a low pain threshold and a permanent state of pain. Widespread pain is accompanied by a constellation of symptoms such as fatigue, sleep ...
Dosta Parras, Joan (Date of defense: 2007-10-23)
The conventional Biological Nitrogen Removal (BNR) process consists on the oxidation of ammonia to nitrate (nitrification) and the subsequent reduction of nitrate to nitrogen gas (denitrification) using ...
Rubio Patiño, Camila (Date of defense: 2012-10-31)
Glucocorticoids (GC) induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in different cell types and therefore are widely used to treat a variety of diseases including autoimmune disorders and cancer. This effect ...
Hui, Fei (Date of defense: 2018-07-23)
Dielectrics are insulating materials used in many different electronic devices (e.g. capacitors, transistors, barristors), and play an important role in all of them. In fact, the dielectric is probably ...
Ibarretxe Bilbao, Naroa (Date of defense: 2009-12-21)
According neuropathological research limbic changes occur in Parkinson's disease with and without dementia. Structural MRI have reported atrophy of limbic structures including amygadala and hippocampus, ...
Lafzi, Atefeh (Date of defense: 2020-05-29)
Single-cell RNA sequencing has revolutionized the way molecular mechanisms were being studied by allowing the dissection of gene expression at single-cell resolution. The data acquired from scRNA-seq ...
Sabaté Vidal, Víctor (Date of defense: 2021-03-08)
This doctoral dissertation consists of a catalogue of those inscribed lead tablets found in the Western Mediterranean which can be dated to between the late sixth and the late first centuries BCE. In ...
Gil Escolano, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)
Marine natural products (MNPs) are, undoubtedly, highly valuable starting points for drug-development programs. Generally, MNPs show a well-defined spatial orientation that have evolved for thousands ...