Muiños Gimeno, Margarita (Date of defense: 2009-12-18)
We have investigated genetic variation in microRNA-mediated regulation as a susceptibility factor for anxiety disorders following two different approaches. We first studied two isoforms of the candidate ...
Morancho Armisen, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2008-06-19)
NFAT5 is the main regulator of an osmoprotective gene program that is switched on by osmotic stress. Hypertonicity causes a harmful increase in the intracellular concentration of inorganic ions and ...
Pérez Grau, Laura (Date of defense: 2009-11-23)
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 ...
Coma Camprodón, Mireia (Date of defense: 2007-06-08)
En aquest treball de tesis doctoral s'estudia el paper de l'estrès oxidatiu tant a la etiologia com a la patofisiologia del dany vascular associat a la malaltia d'Alzheimer. Es demostra la capacitat de ...
Sáez Borderias, Andrea (Date of defense: 2009-02-20)
This work is centered on the study of the NKG2 C-type lectin-like receptors on NK and CD4+T cells. We provide evidence supporting that CD4+T cells specific for Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) may express ...
Sidorova, Julia (Date of defense: 2009-12-15)
Hay tres aspectos innovadores. Primero, un algoritmo novedoso para calcular el contenido emocional de un enunciado, con un diseño mixto que emplea aprendizaje estadístico e información sintáctica. ...
Farooqui, Shikeb Arslan (Date of defense: 2009-11-20)
This thesis is a collection of three principal chapters split into two parts. The first part presents chapter 1 on network design when effort decisions are global substitutes but communication through ...
Eliscovich, Carolina (Date of defense: 2008-06-11)
La progresión meiótica y el desarrollo embrionario temprano están programados, en parte, por la activación tradcuccional de mRNAs maternos como lo son los que codifican para las proteinas de ciclina B1 ...
Savino, Carlo (Date of defense: 2008-11-18)
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 ...
Nunes, Ricardo (Date of defense: 2007-07-05)
The three chapters of this thesis analyze different issues regarding the role of expectations in macroeconomics. The first two chapters consider that private economic agents can either be rational and ...