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A data driven framework for mental health states assessment in social platforms
The link between mental disorders and social media usage has led researchers to work on the development of automated methods to detect mental health issues in social platforms. This thesis proposes a framework for mental ...
Using EEG-based BCI settings and brain-state dependent stimulation as research tools for hypothesis-testing in cognitive neuroscience: a test-bench for brain-behavioural
Spontaneous oscillations in the alpha band (α, 8–12 Hz) reflect ongoing fluctuations in cortical excitability. Several theoretical frameworks and empirical studies have supported the notion that distinct features of ...
Modelling the dawn of simple multicellularity : Cooperation, physics and evolutionary branching
L'aparició de la pluricel·lularitat (MC) va definir un esdeveniment evolutiu important en la història de la vida al nostre planeta. Ha tingut lloc diverses vegades dins de grups independents i diferents enfocaments han ...
International animal law: the case of farm animal welfare
Animal welfare has emerged as a pervasive concern in modern international law. Although the question of animal welfare is one of the greatest social justice issues of our times, there is a surprising lack of legal ...
La Producción periodística en contextos de alta complejidad: periodismo deportivo en Cuba durante los Juegos Olímpicos (1976-2016) y periodismo deportivo en la fase más aguda de una pandemia mundial (covid-19)
Esta tesis estudia la producción periodística en contextos de alta complejidad: Periodismo deportivo en Cuba durante los Juegos Olímpicos (1976-2016) y periodismo deportivo en la fase más aguda de una pandemia mundial ...
Exploration of music collections with audio embeddings
Music recommendation systems (RecSys) are integral to modern music streaming services. While there is much research on many aspects of RecSys, there is not enough research on exploration and discovery that contributes to ...
Social media analysis for situational awareness and impact assessment in flood risk management
The interactions among people on social media are a form of distributed intelligence, as they allow people to make sense of a developing event collectively. Social media users can contribute to creating a "sensor" for ...
Cellular senescence in skeletal muscle regeneration, ageing and disease
Este proyecto se centra en el papel de las células senescentes durante la regeneración muscular desde varios ángulos. Para llevarlo a cabo, hemos desarrollado una técnica novedosa para poder aislar células senescentes ...
Gene expression regulation in fission yeast : from splicing to MBF-dependent transcription
Schizosaccharomyces pombe initiates sexual development under nitrogen starvation, changing the transcription patterns of many genes to allow sexual differentiation. MBF transcription factor recognize specific sequences ...
Role of brain-muscle circadian clock communication in skeletal muscle homeostasis and aging
Daily time-keeping of tissue functions promotes efficient organ function and systemic metabolic homeostasis, processes integral to life which are subject to decline with aging. To ensure the correct functional coordination ...
Robótica quirúrgica y derecho de daños
La cirugía robótica con el Da Vinci se está convirtiendo en una alternativa cada vez más común para la práctica de procedimientos quirúrgicos en todo el mundo. Este robot no constituye un ejemplo de inteligencia artificial, ...
Fundamento y límites de la responsabilidad jurídico-penal del superior jerárquico de organizaciones delictivas por los delitos cometidos por sus subordinados: sobre
En esta investigación doctoral se estudian los fundamentos y límites de la responsabilidad jurídico-penal del jefe o superior jerárquico de organizaciones delictivas por los delitos cometidos por sus subordinados. En ...
El Concepto de sistema jurídico: una crítica a la teoría de Alchourrón y Bulygin
La presente investigación tiene por objeto someter a examen aspectos centrales de la teoría iusfilosófica de Alchourrón y Bulygin. La hipótesis consiste en que, luego de dilucidar la definición estática de «sistema jurídico» ...
Aguinaldo’s British Men: defending the Philippine Revolution through the Hong Kong and Singapore Press, 1896-1902
This dissertation examines the transimperial intellectual exchanges between Britons from Hong Kong and Singapore and Filipinos during the Revolution of 1896-1902. It reveals that British newspapermen supported the Filipino ...
The development of Transcultural Competence in a multilingual and multicultural univesity classroom: A case study from a social interaction perspective
With a social interaction perspective, this research investigates the development of Transcultural Competence in a multi-dimensionally internationalized university classroom. Adopting a mixed-method approach and a longitudinal ...
La recepción de la literatura hispanoamericana en China: traducción y difusión
La literatura hispanoamericana traducida al chino ha ocupado una posición relativamente céntrica durante largo tiempo en el polisistema cultural del país receptor, proporcionando recursos nuevos y provocando el surgimiento ...
Measuring financial protection of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants when accessing health services : (From asylum to resettlement)
Refugees and asylum-seekers often encounter situations in which their health and well-being are compromised. Despite their health needs, access to healthcare is often restricted in host countries, and this is aggravated ...
Establishing carbonyl-containing biomarkers of clinical relevance through metabolomics
Els biomarcadors són un conjunt de signes mèdics objectius que són molt rellevants en l'àmbit clínic. La metabolòmica és la tècnica d'elecció per a establir biomarcadors. Centrar-se en una família específica de compostos ...
Air pollution, brain health and citizen science
The short-term effects of air pollution on brain health have come under investigation only recently. Since environmental health studies are often developed entirely by scientists, citizen science is a promising approach ...
The cultural gifting dynamics of Valentine’s Day in Kuwait: the adoption of western Practices in muslim majority countries
This thesis is a study of historical anthropology that explores gift-giving practices in Kuwait, a multicultural Islamic country, with a focus on Valentine’s Day. The research is conducted among five age groups, allowing ...
