Galán Cascales, Teresa (Date of defense: 2015-05-14)
This thesis aims at providing a better understanding of the micro- and nanofabrication of conducting polymers for biomedical devices and presents novel processes that widen the application range of ...
Feu i Coll, Sònia (Date of defense: 2019-03-28)
This thesis investigates the mechanisms that are activated in response to replication stress induced with hydroxyurea, an agent that causes deoxyribonucleotides depletion and arrest cells in S phase, ...
Sadian, Samuel (Date of defense: 2018-02-12)
This study proposes a novel approach to understanding the contribution that consumer action makes to social change, both at the level of conceptual generalisation and when applied to institutionalised ...
Maynou Felker, Marc (Date of defense: 2021-02-24)
There is a debate in the international literature between two differing conceptions of the Energy Transition: the so-cal led «energy ladder approach», according to which societies transit from ...
Requena Osete, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-09-08)
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) can be made from adult somatic cells by reprogramming them with Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 and c-Myc. IPSC have given rise to a new technology to study and treat human disease ...
Weber, Marc (Date of defense: 2014-06-06)
Stochastic fluctuations, or noise, are ubiquitous in biological systems and play an important role in many cellular processes. Experimental evidences have shown that noise affects the reliability of ...
Llopart Serra, Jaume (Date of defense: 2016-11-22)
The development of two Arctic Trough Mouth Fans (TMFs), the Storfjorden and Kveithola TMFs, is investigated by means of sub-bottom and seismic reflection profiles, multibeam bathymetry and sediment ...
Botet Carreras, Adrià (Date of defense: 2022-03-21)
The research in this thesis aimed to study and generate an engineered formulation that can fuse with cell membranes and carry drugs or other compounds into cells. HeLa cells were chosen as the target ...
Vasilopoulou, Foteini (Date of defense: 2021-09-21)
The identification of imidazoline receptors (IR) as a novel class of receptors has posed manifold research questions regarding their pharmacological and potential therapeutic properties. Among them, ...
Liutsko, Liudmila (Date of defense: 2013-10-10)
This PhD thesis contributes to a synthesis of the bibliographic material reviewed from original sources written in various languages (and thus sometimes unknown in the scientific community at international ...