Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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This thesis studies tax competition from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. In chapter 1 we develop a dynamic two-country optimal taxation model to study tax competition. We find that tax competition is ...
This thesis explores the problem of compatibility between generations in the field of Digital Television, and proposes solutions to this problem. Since its inception, the DTV has been under development without taking ...
Collaborative Learning is the pedagogical approach that considers social interactions as key means to trigger rich learning processes. Collaborative Learning Flow Patterns define best practices to orchestrate collaborative ...
This research approaches the understanding of Monte de Perfección diagram drawn by the Spanish Catholic priest Juan de la Cruz, from the study of the prayer methods coming from the ancient contemplative order of Carmel ...
Este trabajo pretende reflexionar sobre cómo el aburrimiento se ha convertido en un recurso estético en la novela contemporánea; cómo, a través de una serie de estrategias, los autores consiguen despertar en los lectores ...
The specialised literature has suggested the intermediate position of television dialogue and subtitling along the continuum from spoken to written language (e.g. Díaz-Cintas 2003; Quaglio 2009; Forchini 2012). This ...
This PhD thesis aimed to understand the impact of temperature at different levels (biology to physics) while performing live-cell imaging. A study and characterization of the role of the temperature during the cell division ...
In the context of the ongoing climate change emergency, there is growing concern about the impacts of increasingly extreme temperatures on children’s health, but the effects of extreme temperatures on children's brain ...
This PhD thesis investigates the relationship between temperature and mortality at different spatial and temporal scales, addressing a crucial issue in the context of rising temperatures due to anthropogenic climate change. ...
En aquesta dissertació es fusionen dos dels temes tradicionals de la Visió per Computador: la segmentació i el seguiment d'objectes. Per a la segmentació s'utilitzen mètodes basats en "Active Contours (AC)" i per al seguiment ...
The objective of this thesis is to provide a temporal analysis of the structural and interaction dynamics of large evolving graphs. In this thesis we propose new definitions of important graph metrics in order to include ...
Dynamic brain states, temporal functional unions of diverse brain areas, are the driving force in our everyday cognition. They help us to flexibly integrate and segregate the assorted information that the environment is ...
Acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs) are a type of cancer where undifferentiated myeloid cells abnormally proliferate. Such phenotype can be caused by the expression of chimeric proteins like PML-RARα and MLL-AF9. Many studies ...
La tesis presenta un estudio de la fundación ontológica de la temporalidad y la historicidad en el pensamiento filosófico occidental. Realiza una revisión teórica del dominio del tiempo sobre el espacio y argumenta ...
Aquesta tesi presenta una aproximació teòrica a l'estudi del temps cinemàtic en l'audiovisual interactiu, des de dues perspectives: la de l'estructuració narrativa, els seus usos i tractament temporal; i la de la seva ...
Este trabajo de investigación doctoral tiene por objeto analizar el «paradigma constitucionalista» y su relación con la cultura constitucional mexicana. En el paradigma constitucionalista están implicados dos fenómenos ...
Undoubtedly, spectrum scarcity constitutes the main bottleneck of current wireless networks. It is therefore imperative to move beyond the sub-6 GHz band in order to overcome this limitation. Toward this direction, terahertz ...
Esta tesis pretende analizar en profundidad la obra de Miguel de Unamuno, Teresa. Rimas de un poeta desconocido, presentadas y presentado por Miguel de Unamuno (1924), sin duda una de las obras unamunianas que menos atención ...
En aquesta tesi es duu a terme una anàlisi de la implantació de la terminologia en l’ús amb l’objectiu de trobar les causes que expliquen l’èxit o el fracàs de les propostes denominatives. Partim de la premissa que existeix ...
El desenvolupament de la indústria de les flors tallades ha aconseguit una notorietat considerable dins de l'àmbit econòmic mundial com a sector emergent. Xina i Espanya són al centre del creixement d'aquest sector, amb ...
