Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Recent submissions
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Culturally diversifying experiences: new methodologies, diverse samples, integrated perspectives
This dissertation explores the structure and impacts of culturally diversifying experiences, on a series of intra- and interpersonal outcomes. It extends prior research by using diverse conceptualizations (experimentally ...
Lingue romanze e inglese: nemici o amici?. L'intercomprensione romanza come strumento strategico e motivazionale per apprendenti preadolescenti in contesto scolare
Pur nel vastissimo corpus di studi condotti in un trentennio di ricerca sull’intercomprensione (IC), poca attenzione è stata ancora dedicata alla sua apertura extra-familiare — nel nostro caso dalle lingue romanze (LR) ...
Risk assessment in complex data settings: algorithmic fairness and causal inference
We try to address some challenges in structured risk assessment tools in two application areas of recidivism risk in criminal justice and dropout risk in higher education domain. Using Machine Learning (ML) methods, we ...
Characteristics and uses of dual-spiral dual-energy CT in radiotherapy of the head and neck
Dual-Spiral Dual-Energy Computed Tomography is an emerging technology that is being introduced in Radiotherapy Departments of hospitals because of its cost and simplicity. There is still a lack of literature about its ...
A temporal and pragmatic analysis of gestures-speech association: a corpus-based approach using the novel Multimodal MultiDimensional (M3D) labeling system
Human language is essentially multimodal in that speakers use multiple channels to convey meaning, including speech prosody and gesture (e.g. Mondada, 2016; Perniss, 2018). In the last decades, studies within the field of ...
Brain states in health and disease: insights from neuroimaging and theoretical neuroscience
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. Nevertheless, a consensual ...
Atenuació de la crítica en llengua de signes catalana (LSC): l'opinió restringida com a estratègia mitigadora
Aquesta tesi estudia la cortesia en llengua de signes catalana (LSC), concretament, l’atenuació de la crítica a través de l’estratègia discursiva de restringir l’opinió personal. Amb aquest propòsit, hem elaborat un corpus ...
La atmósfera de terror en la literatura de Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovercraft, Shirley Jackson y Thomas Ligotti
The objective of this investigation is to elucidate some of the narrative strategies authors employ to create an atmosphere of terror. To do so, we have resorted to four writers: Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, ...
Joan Pérez-Jorba: Cronista, passeur i poeta en les avantguardes catalana i francesa
The starting point of this research is a transnational vision of the avant-garde production of Joan Pérez-Jorba (Barcelona, 1878 − Paris, 1928), which includes both his journalism and poetry, from a receptive and creative ...
Incidència, mesures de prevenció i particularitats de la reparació de l'hèrnia incisional de l'orifici del tròcar laparoscòpic
Es realitza estudi observacional que descriu una incidència d’ HIOT (Hèrnia incisional de l'orifici del tròcar) del 23,7%. L’edat>70 anys, el IMC ≥30 i la mida de la incisió són factors de risc per a HIOT. La incidència ...
Cutibacterium acnes strain improvement and establishment of skin microbiome sequencing technologies
Certain skin disorders are associated with skin microbiome dysbiosis, highlighting the importance of the microbiome in the maintenance of the skin's healthy state. Modulating the microbiome to reestablish its healthy state ...
Clustering of somatic mutations across cancer genomes
Sequencing of cancer genomes reveals the story of mutational events shaping the distribution of somatic mutations across the nucleotide sequence. A particular pattern of such distribution, mutational clustering, can inform ...
DNA-based precision gene writing and viral-free in vivo delivery
The need for efficient targeted integration of large DNA fragments in mammalian genomes is indisputable, although several nuclease-based technologies have been lately developed for small allele genome editing. In this ...
Paraules de president: Model d’Estat i discurs nacional dels presidents de Catalunya entre 1914 i 1933, a través d’una proposta d’anàlisi dels seus discursos orals i altres textos doctrinals
Paraules de president busca descobrir si els presidents de Catalunya entre 1914 i 1933 defensaven la secessió durant el seu mandat al capdavant del govern. Per això, formulem una proposta d’anàlisi dels seus discursos ...
City networks in global governance: practices, discourses and roles
The doctoral thesis City Networks in Global Governance: Practices, Discourses and Roles analyses the implications of the revamping international activism of cities for global governance. The central argument is that the ...
The kitchen and the forum: nonhuman animals and their political representation
This thesis provides a systematic analysis and a defense of the claim that at least some nonhuman animals (i.e. mammals) ought to be granted political standing, understood here as a (pro tanto) duty of political institutions ...
Commodification of celebrity endorsements to humanitarian sentiments: a case study of Africa
The relationship between humanitarian campaigns and celebrity industry is complex and debatable. The pervasiveness of celebrity led campaigns has recently become a prominent issue in the non-profit sector. The current study ...
El Fantasma de lo real: relación cine-teatro en tres obras de investigación práctica. Estudio de las películas Kopfkino y Pienso casa digo silla de la Cía. Los Detectives y del Film Ensayo Bellas Artrópodas a través del cine de Jaques Rivette y Mariano Llinás
Esta tesis trata ciertas relaciones entre el cine y el teatro desde mi práctica escénica y fílmica como actriz y creadora. La perspectiva de género, la performatividad y la interdisciplinariedad (la traslación de códigos ...
Prevención de la hernia incisional tras laparotomía urgente mediante malla profiláctica
Esta Tesis Doctoral estudia la prevención de la hernia incisional en la cirugía urgente abdominal mediante el uso de malla profiláctica de refuerzo en la pared abdominal en posición suprafascial. Este aspecto está poco ...
Sarcopenia: replanteando las estrategias en el abordaje diagnóstico y terapéutico
La presente tesis doctoral se basa en el compendio de tres estudios de investigación, que tenían como objetivo evaluar: (1) la factibilidad y la fiabilidad de la medición del grosor del músculo del antebrazo (MT), (2) los ...
