Soria Jiménez, Luis (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)
Although the dual anti-HER2 blockade with trastuzumab and pertuzumab monoclonal antibodies has improved the outcome of patients with HER2+ breast cancer, a significant number of patients relapse. ...
Capouskova, Katerina (Date of defense: 2023-02-03)
Dynamic brain states, temporal functional unions of diverse brain areas, are the driving force in our everyday cognition. They help us to flexibly integrate and segregate the assorted information that ...
Duarte Salles, Talita (Date of defense: 2012-07-31)
Introduction: Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and to acrylamide has been suggested to reduce fetal growth. The role of diet, the main source of exposure to these compounds ...
Ruíz Hernández, Diego (Date of defense: 2007-04-13)
In this Thesis, we first deploy Gittins index theory to establish the indexability of inter-alia general families of restless bandits that arise in problems of stochastic scheduling with switching ...
Plana Carmona, Marcos (Date of defense: 2021-03-17)
Continuous C/EBPa expression converts B cells into macrophages while its transient upregulation before the Yamanaka factors yields highly efficient iPSC reprogramming. C/EBP members regulate Il6 ...
Tovstogan, Philip (Date of defense: 2022-07-12)
Music recommendation systems (RecSys) are integral to modern music streaming services. While there is much research on many aspects of RecSys, there is not enough research on exploration and discovery ...
Zhang, Chong (Date of defense: 2011-07-28)
Over the last decade, there has been a growing interest in assessing cerebral aneurysmal wall motion, because of its potential connections to the biomechanical conditions of the vessel wall, which could ...
Khan, Abdul Kareem (Date of defense: 2009-03-05)
La preorganització electrostàtica del centre actiu s'ha postulat com el mecanisme genèric de l'acció dels enzims. Així, alguns residus "estratègics" es disposarien per catalitzar reaccions interaccionant ...
De Keijzer, Carmen (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
As the world population is rapidly ageing and experiencing an ongoing urbanization, there is an emerging need for environments that are supportive of healthy ageing. Greenspace exposure may foster healthy ...
Rowe, Kelly T. (Date of defense: 2014-06-26)
The number of people choosing to vote or abstain varies over elections and across countries. The reasons why individuals may choose to vote in one election but not the next are not completely known. ...