Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana (Date of defense: 2018-05-07)
Although universal and unavoidable, aging does not occur in a uniform way. In this dissertation, we assessed the effects of early life exposure to pro-inflammatory risk factors (air pollution and obesity) ...
Buehlmann, Andrés (Date of defense: 2010-07-20)
Les oscil·lacions d'activitat neuronal són un fenomen omnipresent a l'escorça cerebral. La funció d'aquestes oscil·lacions, però, no està clara. ¿Són només un epifenomen de les elevades taxes de descàrrega ...
Umbert Morist, Martí (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
This thesis focuses on the control of a singing voice synthesizer to achieve natural expression similar to a real singer. There are many features that should be controlled to achieve natural expression ...
Martínez Bosch, Neus (Date of defense: 2011-09-26)
Pancreatic cancer is nowadays one of the neoplasms with worst prognosis, so research towards the discovery of new molecular targets for therapy and diagnosis is more than urgent. In this direction, ...
Ullrich, Sebastian (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
Gene regulation orchestrates the development of different cell types and organs from the same genetic blueprint. While the basic mode of gene regulation is driven by transcription factors, there are a ...
Soto, Paul Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-07-02)
This thesis contributes to the understanding of how banks shift their supply of credit when confronted with uncertainty, regulatory supervision and macroprudential policies. The first chapter proposes ...
Coleman, Graham Keith (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Sampling, as a musical or synthesis technique, is a way to reuse recorded musical expressions. In this dissertation, several ways to expand sampling synthesis are explored, especially mosaicing synthesis, ...
Mac Dougall, Lola (Date of defense: 2016-10-24)
This research looks at the contributions made by some Indian women photographers to the representation of privacy. Indian women photographers have enjoyed a privileged access in their bid to depict ...
Demidov, German (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Germline copy-number variants (CNVs), as well as somatic copy-number alterations (CNAs), play an important role in many phenotypic traits, including genetic diseases and cancer. Next Generation Sequencing ...
Alberdi Ibarzabal, Maria (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)
CD4+ T cells can adopt specific functional programs in response to changes in microenvironment variables, such as cytokine availability, cell-to-cell contacts and stress conditions. It has been described ...