Álvarez Marimón, Mª Elena (Date of defense: 2014-10-27)
Heteromeric amino acid transporters (HATs) mediate the transport of amino acids through the plasma membrane. They are composed of two subunits (a heavy and a light one) linked by a conserved disulfide ...
Kogan, Vita (Date of defense: 2020-02-21)
Adult language learners often experience difficulty acquiring a new sound system. Empirical studies have shown that native phonetic categories function as a filter that removes specific acoustic cues ...
Huguet Casades, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2011-02-04)
[eng] Molecular biophysics is a scientific discipline that studies biomolecules. This discipline has experienced a revolution thanks to the development of single- molecule techniques. These techniques ...
Khorsandi, Danial (Date of defense: 2021-11-19)
Dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, described by intensive pruritus and eczematous lesions of skin. In most of the patients with Dermatitis, a long-lasting cycle of itch-scratch roots ...
Serrano Novillo, Clara (Date of defense: 2020-01-17)
Voltage gated K+ channels (Kv) are transmembrane proteins that allow the pass-thorugh of potassium ions, regulating the electrochemical gradient of the cell membrane. This way, they modulate several ...
Arimany Nardi, Cristina (Date of defense: 2013-12-03)
Nucleoside-derived drugs are used for the treatment of haematological malignancies, viral infections and autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. These drugs require membrane transporters to be internalised ...
Abás Prades, Sònia (Date of defense: 2018-05-31)
The distinctive reactivity of isocyanides has been recognised as an advantageous characteristic for the formation of heterocyclic compounds. In the present manuscript new synthetic possibilities are ...
Haddad, Nidal (Date of defense: 2012-10-27)
However successful classical general relativity is, it faces non-normalizability problems at the quantum mechanical level. Nevertheless, it predicts the existence of black holes, which are thermal objects ...
Brancato, Sabrina (Date of defense: 2001-06-01)
The quest for an autonomous and authentic self is the founding theme of the narrative of Caribbean writer Jamaica Kincaid. In our study, we analyse the mother-daughter relationship, which is the focus ...
Cuesta Torralvo, Elisabeth (Date of defense: 2021-04-22)
Dental wear is a natural, complex, physiological process of gradual enamel tissue loss that occurs during an individual’s life span and provides information about dietary habits, food processing techniques ...