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Blevins, William Robert (Data de defensa: 2020-01-17)
All living organisms respond to environmental stimuli by modulating the activity of different genes. This response can occur across many locations throughout the cell such as at the level of transcription, translation, and ...
Gigli, Elena (Data de defensa: 2011-06-20)
The evolutionary history of H. neanderthalensis, interwoven with that of H. sapiens, has always fascinated the scientific world. Recent adavncess in paleogenetics shedds new light on the phylogenetic relationship between ...
Sikora, Martin (Data de defensa: 2010-06-04)
Una de les forces selectives més fortes que han afectat a les poblacions humanes en la història més recent és el paràsit de la malària: Plasmodium falciparum, que és la causa de varis exemples d'adaptació induïda per ...
Hernando Herráez, Irene (Data de defensa: 2015-07-24)
DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic modification involved in numerous biological processes. However, despite its functional importance, the evolutionary history of this modification and the mechanisms diving such changes ...
Esteller Cucala, Paula (Data de defensa: 2023-04-18)
Changes in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression have important implications for evolution. However, the study of these changes (i) has not been consistently assessed across closely related species, (ii) oftentimes ...
García Pérez, Raquel (Data de defensa: 2019-01-29)
The evolution of the human phenotype involved gene regulatory innovations. Comparative functional epigenomic studies are a powerful tool with potential to shed light on many long-standing questions regarding human evolution. ...
Gambetti, Luca (Data de defensa: 2006-07-03)
The present thesis is a collection of three separate essays, each corresponding to a chapter.Each essay represents an application of structural dynamic analysis within TVC-VARmodels. In the first chapter, coauthored with ...
Hernández Ibarzábal, José alberto (Data de defensa: 2016-02-04)
This thesis consists of three articles that study qualitatively investment in natural gas infrastructure with emphasis on regulatory governance, regulatory and energy policies and governability using different research ...
Bordallo Montalvo, Luis (Data de defensa: 2006-12-18)
El trabajo realizado pretende profundizar en la configuración jurídica de la exención tributaria en el ámbito de los impuestos locales. Para ello se estructura en dos grandes partes, diferentes pero íntimamente relacionadas.En ...
Balañá Corberó, Ana (Data de defensa: 2016-05-09)
Els pacients amb malaltia respiratòria crònica (MPOC) presenten manifestacions sistèmiques com disfunció muscular i alteracions nutricionals. Aquests tenen impacte en la qualitat de vida i la mortalitat. La seva rellevància ...
Pesaresi, Martina (Data de defensa: 2019-11-25)
Retinopathies are a heterogeneous group of conditions that inevitably lead to vision incapacitation and blindness. Currently, they are incurable. Cell therapy has been proposed as a potential solution, but further development ...
Campos Mata, Leire de (Data de defensa: 2019-12-18)
The highly conserved exonuclease Xrn1 plays a dual role in gene expression by degrading cellular mRNAs and promoting their transcription initiation and elongation. In this thesis we uncover an unanticipated role of Xrn1 ...
Gallardo Grassot, Daniel (Data de defensa: 2015-03-26)
L’augment de popularitat de les taules i superfícies interactives està impulsant la recerca i la innovació en una gran varietat d’àrees, incloent-‐hi maquinari, programari, disseny de la inter ...
Nunes, Ricardo (Data de defensa: 2007-07-05)
The three chapters of this thesis analyze different issues regarding the role of expectations in macroeconomics. The first two chapters consider that private economic agents can either be rational and forward looking or ...
Ferrero, Giuseppe (Data de defensa: 2005-02-04)
El tema genérico de la tesis es el estudio de modelos dinámicos que departen del supuesto tradicional de mercados perfectos y expectativas racionales. En el primer capitulo se estudia la política monetaria en un modelo de ...
Vidal, María Sol (Data de defensa: 2024-04-15)
Organisms need to integrate its previous experience with its current internal state in order to deliver a suitable response to dynamic changes in their environment. This thesis is devoted to analyze, using a mathematical ...
Žakelj, Blaž (Data de defensa: 2012-03-23)
This thesis is a collection of three essays on inflation expectations, forecasting uncertainty, and the role of uncertainty in sequential auctions, all using experimental approach. Chapter 1 studies how individuals forecast ...
Rode, Julian (Data de defensa: 2007-10-25)
The dissertation employs laboratory experimental methodology to study decision-making when people face trade-offs between ethical and economic values. More explicitly, the three chapters investigate 1) consumer behaviour ...
Maras, Marta (Data de defensa: 2012-09-03)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate the decision-making processes behind financial and donation behaviour of individuals. Chapter One studies the impact of prior learning and competition on the presence of the ...
Reutskaja, Elena (Data de defensa: 2008-12-10)
Whereas people are typically thought to be better off with more choices, large sets may lead to "choice paralysis". This thesis explores the processes underlying the choice from multiple alternatives in different settings. ...