García-Moreno, Aracelys (Date of defense: 2022-03-01)
Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) refers to the delivery of electrical stimuli to nerves or muscles to enhance, modify or restore motor functions. Despite their invasiveness, implantable ...
Militti, Cristina (Date of defense: 2013-07-26)
En Drosophila, el desequilibrio en cuanto al contenido de genes ligados al cromosoma X entre hembras (XX) y machos (XY) es corregido mediante la duplicación de la transcripción del único cromosoma X del ...
Lunazzi, Giulia (Date of defense: 2013-06-06)
Stimulation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in cells of the innate immune system activates the expression of a proinflammatory and antimicrobial gene program controlled by a network of transcriptional ...
Albareda Castellot, Bàrbara (Date of defense: 2010-06-01)
The present dissertation aims at analyzing the interplay between initial acoustic biases and language exposure during acquisition of language in the first year of life. This is a critical period in ...
Soler Vila, Paula (Date of defense: 2019-12-09)
High-throughput Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) techniques have provided a comprehensive overview of the genome architecture. Hi-C, a derivative of 3C, has become a reference technique to study the ...
Nadal Ribelles, Mariona (Date of defense: 2013-11-25)
A fundamental property of living cells is the ability to sense and robustly respond to fluctuations in their environment. In budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) changes in extracellular osmolarity ...
Zantedeschi, Francesca (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
The purpose of this thesis is to formulate a coherent history of Roussillon in the nineteenth century in an attempt to explain the causes for the weaknesses underpinning its Catalan cultural revival. ...
Özdemir, Gülce Şafak (Date of defense: 2023-11-23)
This dissertation investigates the responses of European cities to irregular migrants. The first chapter uses a localist approach to understand variations in local policies and practices. A typology of ...
Sandoval Mendoza, Karla (Date of defense: 2010-04-25)
Mesoamerica is one of the main centers of New World civilization. It represents today a large geographical area exhibiting one of the highest genetic, cultural, and archeological diversity in the Americas. ...
Fumagalli, Chiara (Date of defense: 2000-09-26)
Esta tesis estudia el comportamiento estratégico de las empresas en mercados oligopolísticos y su interacción con otros agentes como compradores potenciales y autoridades públicas. En el Capítulo 2 se ...