Roessler, Abeba (Date of defense: 2012-09-14)
The present dissertation set out to investigate how the linguistic environment affects speech perception. Three sets of studies have explored effects of bilingualism on word recognition in adults and ...
Ruiz Tada, Elisa (Date of defense: 2019-01-28)
As the world experiences increased international mobility, we encounter those from different racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. Therefore it is increasingly crucial to examine the ways we ...
Corrales Berjano, Marc (Date of defense: 2018-01-19)
This thesis reports the study of chromatin composition and conformation on the expression of integrated reporters at thousands of genomic locations in the Drosophila genome. We have adapted and improved ...
Storer, Mekayla (Date of defense: 2014-12-18)
Cellular senescence is an irreversible form of proliferative arrest, historically linked to tumour suppression and aging. Recent discoveries, however, have extended its known role to include complex ...
Guinjoan Cesena, Marc (Date of defense: 2012-10-26)
According to the Duvergerian theories, only viable parties would be expected to stand for elections alone in the long run, whereas nonviable parties would be thought to join a pre-electoral coalition ...
Schlaepfer, Alain (Date of defense: 2016-06-10)
In the first chapter, I examine both theoretically and empirically how income uncertainty affects the effectiveness of monetary policy. I consider income risk from potential unemployment, and find that ...
Crowley, Valerie Margarita (Date of defense: 2011-11-02)
Clonally variant gene expression (CVGE) is a common survival strategy used by many pathogens, including the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Among the genes that show CVGE are several members of ...
Brambilla Pisoni, Cecilia (Date of defense: 2022-02-11)
Auricular transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (atVNS) is an evolving non-invasive neuromodulation technology, which is under investigation for therapeutic applications, including cognitive improvement. ...
Garreta Domingo, Muriel (Date of defense: 2018-07-25)
To improve and innovate education, a novel conception of the role of design in this realm is needed. Human-centered design (HCD), a problem-solving framework underpinned by the user perspective in ...
Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (Date of defense: 1998-02-09)
Esta tesis estudia la interacción entre el sistema público y el sector privado en la provisión de servicios de salud. Consta de una introducción y tres capítulos. El primero es teórico y utiliza un ...