Garreta Domingo, Muriel (Date of defense: 2018-07-25)
To improve and innovate education, a novel conception of the role of design in this realm is needed. Human-centered design (HCD), a problem-solving framework underpinned by the user perspective in ...
Jofre-Bonet, Mireia (Date of defense: 1998-02-09)
Esta tesis estudia la interacción entre el sistema público y el sector privado en la provisión de servicios de salud. Consta de una introducción y tres capítulos. El primero es teórico y utiliza un ...
Ruiz Ovejero, Adrià (Date of defense: 2017-11-23)
In this Thesis we focus on Automatic Facial Behavior Analysis, which attempts to develop autonomous systems able to recognize and understand human facial expressions. Given the amount of information ...
Pápai, Márta Szabina (Date of defense: 2017-10-26)
Diariamente recibimos mucha información que procede simultáneamente de distintos sentidos, que se combina en el cerebro para conseguir una respuesta rápida y precisa. Muchas veces, esto ocurre mediante ...
Rode, Julian (Date of defense: 2007-10-25)
The dissertation employs laboratory experimental methodology to study decision-making when people face trade-offs between ethical and economic values. More explicitly, the three chapters investigate 1) ...
Armaos, Alexandros (Date of defense: 2020-01-23)
Despite what was previously considered, the role of RNA is not only to carry the genetic information from DNA to proteins. Indeed, RNA has proven to be implicated in more complex cellular processes. ...
Burballa Tàrrega, Carla (Date of defense: 2021-05-14)
Dent disease 1 (DD1) is a rare renal tubulopathy caused by CLCN5 mutations and characterized by low molecular weight proteinuria, variable hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis and/or nephrolithiasis and ...
García Appendini, Maria Emilia (Date of defense: 2007-09-03)
Esta tesis empírica investiga algunas razones por las cuales los bancos y los proovedores desempeñan un papel central en el financiamiento de pequeñas empresas. La primera parte de la tesis refiere a ...
Urrios Garcia, Arturo (Date of defense: 2017-11-27)
Biological systems gather information from the environment and perform computations at multiple levels. Advancements in molecular biology and techniques for cell manipulation, genome engineering and DNA ...
Ambrocio, Gene (Date of defense: 2015-09-29)
This dissertation focuses on learning and expectations formation in Macroeconomics and Finance and the role of information production in shaping macroeconomic fluctuations. The first chapter provides ...