Whissell, Gavin (Date of defense: 2013-12-03)
The recent discovery that intestinal adenomas are built on a stem cell hierarchy has raised great interest in understanding the signals that maintain tumor stem cells. We unveiled the existence of a ...
Heineken, Janko (Date of defense: 2021-10-15)
My dissertation consists of three essays with the common theme of analyzing economic models of financial assets markets featuring heterogeneous market participants and testing the predictions of these ...
Caballero de la Torre, María (Date of defense: 2021-09-09)
Retinoblastoma protein (RB) is a negative regulator of the cell cycle. In response to environmental stress, p38 MAPK phosphorylates RB in the N-terminal region, increasing the affinity of RB for E2F, ...
Szabó, Barna Elek (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
This dissertation consists of three chapters investigating the role of information and beliefs in financial markets and the macroeconomy. In the first chapter, I build a sequential trading model to ...
Martins Dias, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2016-10-28)
Predictions about the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the next years are optimistic. The number of interconnected devices will continue to grow exponentially, as well as the amount of ...
Reutskaja, Elena (Date of defense: 2008-12-10)
Whereas people are typically thought to be better off with more choices, large sets may lead to "choice paralysis". This thesis explores the processes underlying the choice from multiple alternatives ...
Nadimpalli, Hima Priyanka (Date of defense: 2017-12-11)
Cytoplasmic polyadenylation is a widespread mechanism to control mRNA translation. In vertebrates, this mechanism requires two sequence elements in the 3’ UTR of substrate mRNAs, the U-rich Cytoplasmic ...
Barceló Vicens, Jaume (Date of defense: 2009-03-20)
Aquesta tesi suggereix usar un compte enrere determinista després de les transmissions exitoses en les xarxes d'àrea local sense fils. Com que les estacions que han transmès amb èxit en el seu darrer ...
Kubesch, Nadine Janet (Date of defense: 2015-07-16)
Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Physical activity (PA) in polluted air may increase pollutant uptake and hence affect health. The main ...
Biagini, Simone Andrea (Date of defense: 2019-07-17)
This work explores the genetic landscape of the Western Mediterranean basin. Genome-wide data have been used in order to describe the genetics of the Island of Ibiza and France. In the first case, we ...