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 ...
Yang, Fengrong (Date of defense: 2019-10-04)
In this dissertation we propose a new mapping theory within the OT-LFG framework to account for the fact that in Catalan and other Romance languages, the direct argument of intransitive verbs (whether ...
Castells Jauregui, Madalen (Date of defense: 2023-03-02)
This dissertation consists of three chapters centred on safe assets, shedding light on different aspects of the growing literature on the subject. Chapter 1 introduces the set of assets that falls ...
Andrés Aguayo, Luisa de (Date of defense: 2017-05-05)
The life-long production of blood cells is enabled by hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) residing in the bone marrow. An understanding of the genes that control how HSPCs work to sustain the ...
Gardner, Michelle (Date of defense: 2007-06-25)
El treball presentat en aquesta tesi és un estudi de la diversitat genètica en un conjunt de gens implicats en funcions neurològiques ("Gens cerebrals"). Hom ha examinat vint-i-dos gens implicats en els ...
Rozas Belmonte, Miquel (Date of defense: 2022-10-03)
Certain skin disorders are associated with skin microbiome dysbiosis, highlighting the importance of the microbiome in the maintenance of the skin's healthy state. Modulating the microbiome to reestablish ...
Sánchez Reina, Jesús Roberto (Date of defense: 2020-01-16)
This dissertation analyzes the representation of body image in television advertising and its mediating role in children’s body imaginaries. Based on a theoretical framework supported on the social ...
Pérez Carrillo, Alfonso Antonio (Date of defense: 2009-11-05)
In this work we investigate new sound synthesis techniques for imitating musical instruments using the violin as a case study. It is a multidisciplinary research, covering several fields such as spectral ...