Garcia-Elias Heras, Anna (Date of defense: 2011-06-30)
TRPV4 is a non-selective cation channel with a wide expression and multiple cellular and systemic functions. Described initially as an osmosensor, it can also be activated by temperature and cell swelling. ...
Carnero-Montoro, Elena (Date of defense: 2013-10-25)
The genetic basis of phenotypes that have contributed to the adaptation of species and organisms to new environments is a central question in evolutionary genetics. The recent accumulation of genetic ...
Moret Miranda, Karina (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)
During the nineteenth century, the secret societies Ekpe (Egbo) of the Cross River and Cuban Abakuá, were called "a kind of black masonry." Ekpe (Egbo) had a social, political and economic function ...
Salaverria Izaguirre, Pablo G. (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
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 ...
Bosch Morató, Mònica (Date of defense: 2015-07-17)
The Amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) is accumulated in several diseases including GNE myopathy and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). GNE myopathy is a skeletal muscle disorder caused by biallelic mutations in the ...
Vázquez-Calvo, Boris (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Este informe doctoral, de marcado cariz cualitativo, pretende cubrir un nicho vacío sobre los usos de los recursos lingüísticos en línea que los aprendices de lengua exploran. Por tanto, se trata de un ...
Fukukawa, Misa (Date of defense: 2019-06-18)
Recently, multiliteracy has received lots of attention. Due to increased migration, globalisation and intermarriage, as of 2017, there are 203 Hoshukos (Japanese school located outside of Japan) spread ...
Martínez Corral, Rosa (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)
In this Thesis we have studied how dynamics and space modulate cellular behaviour, by means of mathematical modelling of particular biological examples. At the single cell level, we show how pulsatile ...
Gabaldà Sagarra, Marçal (Date of defense: 2017-01-23)
Living beings strive to survive and reproduce. To do so they need to monitor and adapt to a dynamic environment, taking advantage of the opportunities and dodging the threats that they may encounter. ...
Ibáñez Soria, David (Date of defense: 2018-09-13)
In the last decade recurrent neural networks have revolutionized the field of artificial intelligence. Their cyclic connections provide them with memory and thus with the capability of modeling processes ...