Puigdellívol Cañadell, Maria del Mar (Date of defense: 2014-11-27)
Understanding the molecular underpinnings of neuronal dysfunction and degeneration involved in Huntington’s disease is a goal of increasing urgency for society and scientific community. In this Thesis ...
Torrecillas Jódar, Juan (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)
Esta tesis estudia la relación entre costes de movilidad y desigualdad de género en el mercado laboral. Se argumenta que, en un contexto de roles de género tradicionales, que imponen en las mujeres mayor ...
Castells-Quintana, David (Date of defense: 2015-04-10)
This thesis focuses on the study of two global trends characteristic of modern economic development, namely increased agglomeration and inequalities within countries. The thesis contributes to the ...
Rodríguez-Vida Rodríguez, Alejo (Date of defense: 2017-10-23)
Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in men. Despite, the above mentioned incidence and mortality, the existence of a small ...
Martín Flores, Núria (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)
Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are devastating neurodegenerative diseases that progress with the death of selective neuronal subpopulations. Neuronal dysfunction and death are ...
Gómez Núñez, Alberto (Date of defense: 2018-02-08)
Although an extensive number of investigators, during the arise of this printed materials technology, were devoted to make very interesting discoveries concerning the most used sol-gel precursor to ...
Rodón Ahnert, Laura (Date of defense: 2012-11-28)
The TGF-β pathway is currently considered a therapeutic target in advanced tumors, including glioblastoma (GBM), and several anti-TGFβ agents are in clinical trials and have shown promising results .A ...
Roura Fornells, Esther (Date of defense: 2018-10-22)
The objective of this thesis is to estimate prospectively the association between environmental cofactors and the risk of developing cervical cancer and pre-cancer, including tobacco smoking, hormonal ...
Canal de la Iglesia, Mercè (Date of defense: 2016-06-01)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the Substantia Nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and the presence of cytoplasmic protein inclusions named Lewy Bodies. Current ...
Pagès Casas, Josep M. (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)
Particles dispersed in nematic liquid crystals (NLCs), also called nematic colloids, are nowadays typical experimental systems studied in the field of Soft Matter. In this scenario, the interactions and ...