Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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El conegut supressor tumoral p53 regula un ampli programa transcripcional que protegeix envers el càncer. No obstant, la complexitat d’aquest programa fa difícil determinar el rol de cada gen regulat per p53. Deplecionar ...
Studies have shown that linguistic and perceptual constraints are important for speech processing. First, rule-like structures are more easily learned over vowels than over consonants. Second, sequences varying in pitch ...
The work of this thesis aims to develop of a new workflow to predict potential Sites of Cleavage (SoCs) in new candidate peptide drugs. The main goal of this workflow is to understand the protease specificity rules from ...
The differential role that airborne particulate matter (PM) size fractions, sources, and components play in producing adverse health effects is not fully understood. Specific gaps include the role of PM generated by traffic ...
The primary objective of this doctoral dissertation is to examine the phenomenon of citizenship by investment programs (CIPs) thoroughly by analyzing the existing programs within the European Union (EU) as of 2018. ...
En el primer capítulo de la tesis se estudian las propiedades dinámicas de un contrato de crédito sostenible # es decir, robusto a episodios de insolvencia # entre una institución financiera y deudores soberanos que pueden ...
En el área de la neurociencia de la conciencia, actualmente existe una tendencia de contrastar y comparar modelos de conciencia. Aunque la palabra final es empírica, esfuerzos teóricos son esenciales para poner en contexto ...
The purpose of this PhD thesis is to understand the role of Crete in the economic exchange between Phoenicians and Greeks in the Aegean during the 1st millennium BC. An analysis of the materials found at the site of Kommos ...
En esta tesis estudio cómo los agentes económicos forman creencias en situaciones de interacción estratégica repetida. En economía, los modelos de formación de creencias suelen ser deterministas en el sentido de que las ...
Una de les àrees més prometedores en recerca biomèdica i farmacèutica és el disseny molecular computacional, que intenta establir relacions entre propietats físico-químiques i activitat biològica. <br/>L'èxit d'aquestes ...
In this dissertation, first, I study the effects of broadband internet on individual and regional outcomes. Second, I provide an overview of the political espionage activities of the former East German secret service, ...
This thesis investigates different social and political aspects of modern economies. The first chapter contributes to the natural resource curse debate, by showing that the impact of resource windfalls is different among ...
This thesis revolves around financial instability and banking regulation. The first chapter examines whether the disclosure of information about banks maximizes welfare in times of crisis. Contrary to conventional wisdom, ...
This dissertation investigates two issues: (1) banks' funding liquidity risk and its implications, and (2) the optimal design of CEO compensation contracts. The first chapter analyzes the interaction between banks' funding ...
The three chapters of this thesis investigate different topics in competition policy. The first chapter empirically analyzes the consequences of the subsidies that were granted to some coalfields during the first years of ...
This thesis is composed of three essays. In the first essay (joint with Janet Jiang and Xiping Xu) we study asset price bubbles in a laboratory experiment. By introducing interest payments on cash we separate the effect ...
This thesis consists of three essays. In the first essay, I show that information about dividends implied in derivative markets predicts future dividend growth and thereby improves the forecasts of short-run returns on the ...
El primer capítol, titulat "PROMETENT FRACÀS: Retòrica Política i Empresatial com a Determinant de l'Èxit" estableix una relació negativa entre el número de promeses fetes per polítics i companyies i el seu conseqüent ...
This dissertation investigates economic persistence in the Americas. The first chapter shows the positive long-term economic impact of the Guarani Jesuit Missions in South America. I find that municipalities in Argentina, ...
This thesis consists of three chapters on topics in macroeconomics and finance. In the first chapter, I use texts from corporate filings of US companies to investigate if liquidity shortages that occurred during the late-2000 ...
