Agarwal, Girish (Date of defense: 2021-05-17)
Civilian drones are increasing in their use. One of the reasons for their rising popularity and increased use, is affordability. They are used for recreational photography, delivering medicines, dousing ...
Pinho, Andreia V. (Date of defense: 2011-07-14)
Pancreatic acinar cells display plasticity to acquire distinct differentiation programs, being involved in diseases as chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. This work shows that ...
Pérez García, Débora (Date of defense: 2015-11-16)
Williams-Beuren syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a heterozygous deletion of 26-28 genes in 7q11.23. Despite the great advances on the knowledge of the clinical phenotype and the ...
Sprenger, Carsten (Date of defense: 2007-07-06)
La tesis estudia la evolución de la estructura de propiedad de compañías y de sus efectos sobre resultados económicos reales. El capítulo 1 proporciona un análisis empírico de la privatización en Rusia ...
Hernández Prat, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)
El càncer de bufeta avançat s'associa amb un mal pronòstic i amb opcions limitades de tractament. Tot i l’èxit recent amb l'ús d'inhibidors immunitaris, no tots els pacients responen a la teràpia i ...
Gutiérrez-Sacristán, Alba (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)
Estudios clínicos y epidemiológicos muestran que la comorbilidad, la coexistencia de varias enfermedades en un mismo paciente, tiene un gran impacto en la evolución de su estado de salud. Por lo tanto, ...
Santos, Vanessa Sonia (Date of defense: 2017-02-03)
This thesis investigates the design process of mobile-based narratives to verify whether the affordances and constraints of the supporting medium have contributed to shaping specific discursive strategies ...
Miquel Ribé, Marc (Date of defense: 2017-03-24)
Internet i la tecnologia mòbil s'han consolidat com una esfera pública de la vida, on l'èxit sovint s'equipara a la participació. En aquesta tesi s'estudia la influència d’una motivació basada en la ...
Güney, Emre (Date of defense: 2012-09-25)
The cell is governed by the complex interactions among various types of biomolecules. Coupled with environmental factors, variations in DNA can cause alterations in normal gene function and lead to a ...
Dan, Yuzhen (Date of defense: 2022-02-24)
p38α (encoded by MAPK14) is a major regulator of cellular responses to almost all types of environmental and intracellular stresses. Upon activation, p38α phosphorylates various substrates both in the ...