Costanzo, Maria (Date of defense: 2024-06-26)
Stem cell-based in vitro systems have recently been used to complement the study of developmental processes in the embryo. Somitogenesis, which segments a vertebrate body axis to establish its characteristic ...
Sabalic, Alda (Date of defense: 2024-06-21)
This thesis examines inflammation from the perspective of systems biology in two different situations: cellular senescence resulting from unresolved tissue damage and the acute immune response to the ...
Häkkinen, Hanna-Maria (Date of defense: 2022-07-01)
Cellular errors can spontaneously occur during vertebrate embryo development and can lead to apoptosis. Recent work in our lab revealed a novel function of the embryonic epithelium as an efficient ...
Chiavari, Andrea (Date of defense: 2022-07-01)
This thesis documents novel firm-level facts and shows their implication for aggregate phenomena. The first chapter documents an increase in returns to scale in production. It proposes a novel ...
Delgado Ortiz, Laura (Date of defense: 2024-07-02)
Background: Walking is crucial for an active and healthy ageing. Aim: To understand walking in ageing populations, and, as a case study, in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods: ...
Valenzuela Seba, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2024-07-02)
In the current genomics era, it is essential to understand how the existing genomics diversity across evolution is linked to the enormous diversity we observe at the phenotypic level. Until now, Genome-wide ...
Gignac, Florence (Date of defense: 2022-07-07)
The short-term effects of air pollution on brain health have come under investigation only recently. Since environmental health studies are often developed entirely by scientists, citizen science is a ...
Gómez Gómez, Àlex (Date of defense: 2022-07-08)
Els biomarcadors són un conjunt de signes mèdics objectius que són molt rellevants en l'àmbit clínic. La metabolòmica és la tècnica d'elecció per a establir biomarcadors. Centrar-se en una família ...
Raya Palmer, Adriana (Date of defense: 2024-02-16)
This dissertation describes youth language as it is represented in contemporary novels published in English and its subsequent translation into Catalan. Youth language is especially appealing for the ...
Slidders, Charles Winton (Date of defense: 2023-07-10)
Localization and Participation: Democracy from Below analyses the emerging normative value of local governance and participatory democracy. Democratic legitimacy has, historically, been of little relevance ...