Dasti, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2020-01-22)
The molecular basis that sustain embryonic stem cell (ESCs) pluripotency and their differentiation in all the types of somatic cells is subject of intensive research. Recently, the potential involvement ...
Brouwer, Claire (Date of defense: 2023-03-17)
Individuals who deviate from majority practices based on moral objections can be crucial catalyzers of social change. However, according to prior work, these “moral rebels” are commonly met with ...
Yamamoto, Shohei (Date of defense: 2020-06-29)
This thesis consists of three chapters exploring how individuals make decisions (mostly in relation to time), how decisions are influenced by subtle behavioral interventions called nudges, and under ...
De Freitas, João (Date of defense: 2021-05-10)
This thesis explores a peculiar phenomenon of urban governance: namely, the recent rise of strategic city planning. Over the last decades, a growing number of cities adopted strategic plans that—following ...
Vaca Dempere, Mireia (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)
Daily time-keeping of tissue functions promotes efficient organ function and systemic metabolic homeostasis, processes integral to life which are subject to decline with aging. To ensure the correct ...
Rodríguez Coll, Pablo (Date of defense: 2021-06-29)
El "Questionnaire for Assessing the Childbirth Experience (QACE)" busca identificar mujeres con una experiencia negativa del parto y evitar que tenga repercusiones en siguientes embarazos o en su relación ...
Pinto Gil, Kevin (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)
Despite the investment of vast amounts of money over the last decades, drug discovery and development remains an inefficient process, which can be stopped at different steps, leading to the loss of ...
Urru, Andrea (Date of defense: 2022-07-28)
Perinatal medicine has drawn increasing attention by the neuroscientific research community, as an early detection of most pathologies leads to more effective therapies and treatments. Monitoring fetal ...
Cherubini, María Belén (Date of defense: 2023-04-17)
Este trabajo propone un análisis sobre la guarnición militar de Montevideo desde su creación hasta el estallido de la Revolución Oriental en 1811. Su objetivo es analizar la actuación del ejército y ...
Soler-Font, Mercè (Date of defense: 2021-07-08)
Objectiu: Dissenyar, implementar i avaluar una intervenció multifacètica en el lloc de treball per prevenir i gestionar el dolor musculoesquelètic (DME). Mètodes: Es va dissenyar, implementar i avaluar ...