Werner, Konstantin (Date of defense: 2023-01-13)
In this dissertation, first, I study the effects of broadband internet on individual and regional outcomes. Second, I provide an overview of the political espionage activities of the former East German ...
Kranas, Hanna (Date of defense: 2023-11-03)
Living cells are exposed to naturally occurring DNA-damaging agents that promote the loss of genome integrity, threatening the proper functioning of the cell. To counteract the toxic accumulation of DNA ...
Muševič, Sašo (Date of defense: 2013-09-10)
Muchos tipos de señales que encontramos a diario pertenecen a la categoría de sinusoides no estacionarias. Una gran parte de esas señales son sonidos que presentan una gran variedad de características: ...
Perez, Marcos Francisco (Date of defense: 2018-01-30)
For unknown reasons, genetically identical animals often differ substantially in their phenotypic traits, even in a controlled environment. Here I investigate the causes of inter-individual physiological ...
Romo Saladrigas, Neus (Date of defense: 2011-12-21)
We comparatively analyzed the natural killer (NK) cell response against HCMV-infected pro-inflammatory (M1) and anti-inflammatory (M2) M[Fi] derived from autologous monocytes. M1 M[Fi] were more resistant ...
Tripathy, Jagdish (Date of defense: 2016-11-22)
This dissertation includes three chapters on the macroeconomic effects of the financial system, particularly the credit market. In the first chapter, I show a causal link between household credit ...
Bassaganyas Bars, Laia (Date of defense: 2013-09-20)
Over the last ten years, improvements in molecular techniques and the arrival of the next-generation sequencing technologies have revealed a large amount of structural variation (SV) in the human genome. ...
Ritschka, Birgit (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
Cellular senescence has mainly been associated with tumor suppression and aging, mediated through cell intrinsic cell-cycle inhibition and arrest. However, through secretion of specific proteins, termed ...
Domènech Guil, Alba (Date of defense: 2018-03-02)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe, com tots els organismes aeròbics, requereix l’oxigen per viure i té que lidiar amb la conseqüent toxicitat associada dels productes derivats de l’oxigen. Per mantenir l’ambient ...
Ollé Vila, Aina (Date of defense: 2020-02-12)
Les grans transicions evolutives han transformat profundament la manera com la informació s'organitza i es transmet, a vegades en la forma d'un nou nivell jeràrquic que conté entitats que prèviament es ...