Martorell Domínguez, Agustín (Date of defense: 2013-09-19)
This work explores the multidimensional, ambiguous and temporal characteristics of tonality. The approach relies on interfacing pitch-spaces with time vs. time-scale descriptions. In this combined ...
Vigo, Eugenio M. (Date of defense: 2016-10-03)
In this thesis I propose an explanation for the facts of copular inversion in Spanish, Catalan, and other Romance languages, as well as in German. Copular inversion is a phenomenon found in some languages, ...
Bogu, Gireesh K. (Date of defense: 2017-01-13)
Widespread transcription in mammals revealed unexpected discovery of non-coding elements like long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and repetitive elements. First, lncRNAs were previously identified in limited ...
Chapsal, Antoine (Date of defense: 2015-02-06)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate different topics in competition policy. The first chapter empirically analyzes the consequences of the subsidies that were granted to some coalfields during ...
Fernández Iturrate, Íñigo (Date of defense: 2016-05-20)
This thesis evaluates whether the increasing socioeconomic resources of women and men and the distribution of work within the couple have an effect on union instability. On the one hand, it assesses ...
Arbués Sangüesa, Adrià (Date of defense: 2021-10-08)
Although tracking data have completely revolutionized the whole data science paradigm in sports competitions with the largest economic resources, its use in a European context is still unexplored. In ...
Agirre Ortiz de Guzmán, Eneritz (Date of defense: 2013-06-21)
Generalment s'ha pensat que la regulació de l'splicing alternatiu està controlada principalment per la interacció entre els factors reguladors de l'splicing i la taxa d'elongació de la ARN polimerasa ...
Mateu Huertas, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2013-11-15)
Male premutation carriers (PM) presenting between 55-200 CGG repeats in the Fragile X-associated (FMR1) gene are at risk to develop Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS), and females to undergo ...
Reis, Kadri (Date of defense: 2016-03-23)
Una gran proporción del genoma de la mayoría de eucariotas superiores está formado por secuencias repetitivas de DNA que contienen señales de represión de la transcripción. Para entender mejor cómo ...
Calvé Pérez, Pablo (Date of defense: 2022-07-04)
Food addiction is closely associated with eating disorders including obesity and binge eating. However, the neural alterations underlying this disorder have not been yet clarified. We have trained ...