Núñez García, Marta (Date of defense: 2018-11-21)
Many aspects related to the pathogenesis and progression of atrial fibrillation (AF) are still not fully understood. In this thesis we have contributed with (1) an automatic framework to segment the ...
Zucca, Riccardo (Date of defense: 2015-02-13)
The human brain is undoubtedly the most complex product of evolution. Understanding how complex behaviour is generated by the intricacy of hundred billion of neurons and synapses fascinated scientists ...
Santiago-Marrero, Carlos G. (Date of defense: 2022-12-09)
Çatalhöyük is a 9,000-year-old settlement located in the Konya Plain, Turkey. Thanks to the remarkable preservation of its material culture, Çatalhöyük expanded our understanding of the neolithic lifeways ...
Ellingsen, Sebastian (Date of defense: 2021-06-28)
This thesis studies the role of policies aimed at facilitating communication on economic and political development. In the first chapter, I explore the relationship between long-term spatial persistence ...
Nadal i Roura, Xavier (Date of defense: 2011-09-23)
This work is focused in the study of the pathophysiology of neuropathic pain, particularly in the role of the endogenous opioid and cannabinoid systems. Neuropathic pain is a chronic illness with a high ...
Espinosa-Carrasco, José (Date of defense: 2016-11-08)
New high-throughput behavioral systems enable the recording of continuous behavioral sequences with an unprecedented richness of signals and a deep temporal resolution. Automated systems offer neuroscience ...
Dueñas-Espín, Iván (Date of defense: 2016-10-13)
The current PhD thesis consists in a compilation of three papers aimed to analyze core drivers of Integrated care (IC) scale-up, namely: (i) assess the effects of anxiety and depression on physical ...
Fernández Nicolás, Ana (Date of defense: 2018-01-30)
In the present thesis, we have studied the metamorphosis of the cockroach Blattella germanica, focusing on two main periods of development, the embryonic and the postembryonic. In the embryonic development, ...
Diego del Río, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-02-08)
On the 50th anniversary of the creation of the first medicines information center, the core of this PhD Thesis offers an insider perspective and provides several examples of independent drug information, ...
Cantacorps Centellas, Lídia (Date of defense: 2019-11-15)
Maternal alcohol binge drinking during pregnancy can be deleterious for the developing foetus, leading to a wide range of long-lasting morphological and neurobehavioural disabilities known as foetal ...