Escrichs, Anira (Date of defense: 2022-12-12)
Spontaneous brain activity persists and transitions between brain states, such as from wakefulness to sleep, from development to ageing, or it may transition to pathological states such as coma. ...
Alajami, Abdussalam A. (Date of defense: 2023-05-03)
The study in this thesis presents new solutions for increasing the performance of RFID-based inventory robots. The first novel solution is the design of an RFID-based inventory aerial robot for the ...
Victor, Pedro Sousa (Date of defense: 2012-02-27)
Muscle aging, in particular, is characterized by the reduction of tissue mass and function, which are particularly prominent in geriatric individuals undergoing sarcopenia. The age-associated muscle ...
Oswal, Natasha Nikhil (Date of defense: 2023-06-08)
El envejecimiento implica un aumento de la fragilidad en función del tiempo que resulta en la aceleración de la mortalidad. Para comprender el papel temporal de varias proteínas en el envejecimiento, ...
López Sánchez, Marcos (Date of defense: 2018-02-05)
Neurodevelopmental disorders are a group of conditions with impairments of the personal, social, academic or occupational behaviour. Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a high ...
Daniels, Lesley-Ann (Date of defense: 2016-02-12)
This thesis examines the use of amnesty as a tool for ending civil wars. The thesis is innovative in its focus on amnesties during civil wars and their impact on conflict termination. I examine the ...
Blanco Casares, Ángel David (Date of defense: 2021-09-28)
Mastering the violin and other bowed string instruments requires special considerations compared with other musical instruments. The process of good sound generation in the violin is a notoriously complex ...
Val Casals, Maria (Date of defense: 2020-07-09)
Els ritmes circadians són oscil·lacions diàries en paràmetres fisiològics necessaris per a què els organismes adaptin la seva activitat als cicles de llum i foscor. A nivell molecular, la maquinària ...
Domínguez Bajo, Mónica (Date of defense: 2017-11-17)
This dissertation presents an empirical study on the information structure– prosody interface based on: (i) a formal description of hierarchical thematicity within a systematic language model for ...
Bauer-Mehren, Anna (Date of defense: 2010-11-08)
Despite some great success, many human diseases cannot be effectively treated, prevented or cured, yet. Moreover, prescribed drugs are often not very efficient and cause undesired side effects. Hence, ...