González Chapela, Jorge (Date of defense: 2004-09-17)
This thesis studies from the theoretical and empirical points of view the allocation of time by part of rational individuals motivated by technological changes in the economy. Drawing upon the labor ...
Whitmarsh, Tristan (Date of defense: 2012-09-25)
In this thesis a method was developed to reconstruct both the 3D shape and the BMD distribution of bone structures from Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) images. The method incorporates a statistical ...
Mana, Ludovica (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)
Psychotic disorders are highly heterogeneous, complicating diagnosis and treatment. The mechanisms underlying these disorders are still unclear, and bridging the gap between neural properties and ...
Tovar, Antonia (Date of defense: 2022-11-11)
Language is a core aspect of human cognition and richly interacts with aspects of nonverbal cognition, as evidence from normal development (Perszyk & Waxman, 2018), abnormal development (Schroeder et ...
Ros i Rocher, Núria (Date of defense: 2019-02-15)
The origin of animal multicellularity is a major evolutionary question. Recent genome data from the closest extant unicellular relatives of animals revealed that they actually possess and express a ...
Garcia Lausin, Laura (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)
Perineal injuries during childbirth, especially severe perineal injuries, can lead to adverse health outcomes for women both in the short and longer term and can significantly affect women´s quality ...
Zapata Ortiz, Luis (Date of defense: 2016-10-05)
Tumors are composed of fast-growing cells that become malignant under selection of biological functions needed for cancer development. In this thesis, I intend to uncover the basic evolutionary principles ...
García-Rapp, Florencia (Date of defense: 2018-03-02)
This thesis is submitted as a compilation of five publications. With the aim of contributing to the theorizing of digital media culture and practices, I explore the current phenomenon of online popularity ...
López Seguí, Francesc (Date of defense: 2020-10-09)
In the Catalan public health system, the provision of services through the use of digital health tools has gone hand in hand with the increasing digitalization of society as a whole. Since these services ...
Breschi, Alessandra (Date of defense: 2016-11-28)
Mice are the premier model organisms to study human biology and disease, but there is still debate about the extent to which molecular mechanisms are conserved between human and mouse. With the advance ...