Huang, Xiang (Date of defense: 2023-02-06)
Obesity is a pressing health issue and a popular topic in Chinese media. This PhD thesis investigates the metaphors used to talk about obesity in Chinese media. Specifically, this thesis compares the ...
Dyballa, Sylvia (Date of defense: 2015-09-22)
The inner ear is the sensory organ for hearing and balance. Its functional unit is the sensory patch that comprises: i) hair cells, which are the mechano- transducers sensing the stimuli and are embedded ...
Garda, Paula (Date of defense: 2013-06-27)
This thesis sheds light on several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. The first chapter focuses on the impact of dual labor markets on human capital investment. Using a large dataset of the Spanish ...
Bawaked, Rowaedh Ahmed (Date of defense: 2018-10-08)
La obesidad infantil sigue siendo una importante carga para la salud pública. Comprender e identificar la compleja relación entre la calidad de la dieta y los factores del estilo de vida es importante ...
Mealla Cincuegrani, Sebastián (Date of defense: 2016-02-10)
La interacción persona-ordenador (HCI) estudia la relación entre usuarios y sistemas computacionales. Sin embargo, se concentra primordialmente en el control explícito, mediante dispositivos como el ...
Miñana Gómez, Belén (Date of defense: 2008-03-06)
Para avanzar en el entendimiento de las vías de señalización moleculares involucradas en la progresión de cáncer tumoral, se construyo una plataforma personalizada de cDNAs, la cual contiene genes de ...
Navarrete Terrassa, Antonio (Date of defense: 2006-09-05)
Els datasets geogràfics representen la realitat mitjançant un conjunt d'entitats temàtiques que sovint no estan definides d'una manera precisa i que diferents persones poden entendre de diferents formes. ...
Horváth, Vivien (Date of defense: 2020-09-28)
Environmental stress is a major aspect of life and a limiting factor for the survival and distribution of species. Understanding the organismal stress response and the developed coping mechanisms is ...
Stahl, Jörg Rolf (Date of defense: 2017-07-13)
This thesis explores the interactions between the political and corporate environment. In the first chapter, I examine the high concentration of headquarters in capital cities and the incentives for ...
Qasrawi, Radwan (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)
Two treatment modalities based on the electroporation phenomenon, electro-chemotherapy and irreversible electroporation, have been developed in the last decades to destroy solid tumors. These treatments ...