Fonoll Almansa, Xavier (Date of defense: 2015-12-17)
The energy demand increase and the generation of wastes is being the major problem regarding the next generation sustainability. Both problems can be corrected through the implementation of anaerobic ...
De Nigris, Valeria (Date of defense: 2015-12-03)
INTRODUCTION. It has been demonstrated that Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GPL-1) has a protective effect on endothelial cells. GLP-1 improves endothelial function in diabetes, however the mechanisms underlying ...
Pérez-Maciá, María Ángeles (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)
Di-n-butyl ether (DNBE) is considered a very attractive oxygenate compound to reformulate diesel fuel. The research work performed along this thesis has clearly proven that sulfonic P(S-DVB) ion exchange ...
Carbonell Cortés, Carla (Date of defense: 2012-06-22)
The work presented in this thesis consists of two distinct parts. The first years of my work focused on the development and improvement of a new equipment built to study magnetic and electrical ...
Calvo Lozano, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2015-10-23)
Discovering the master genes necessary to build the eye in an invertebrate model such as S. mediterranea could help us to understand numerous retinopathies and age-related degeneration of the human eye. ...
Martínez González, José Luis (Date of defense: 2020-12-22)
La presente tesis doctoral muestra evidencias claras de que la variabilidad climática y la energía fueron factores relevantes en la Revolución Agrícola, así como en el mercado de trabajo y la economía ...
Larrañaga Carricajo, Enara (Date of defense: 2021-05-25)
Intestinal cells self-organize into 3-dimensional (3D) organoids that recapitulate the in vivo structural and functional characteristics when embedded in a 3D cell-derived protein mixture (Matrigel). ...
Hernández Navarro, Lluís (Date of defense: 2018-05-08)
Spatial embedding and inherited metric constraints are a fundamental trait of biological neuronal circuits. However their role in shaping connectivity and dynamics has been often disregarded, with models ...
Corneanu, Cipiran Adrian (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Facial expressions are vital ways of communication between humans in social contexts. They are used as conversational markers and they convey information about affective and cognitive state. Many ...
Poveda Ruzafa, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2020-11-09)
The present dissertation is a contribution to the field of Mathematical Logic and, more particularly, to the subfield of Set Theory. Within Set theory, we are mainly concerned with the interactions ...