Universitat de Girona
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Tissue Engineering plays a vital role in tissue construct to repair, maintain or replace tissues. Those tissues can be cultivated in vivo or in vitro using devices such as bioreactors. There are several approaches to ...
Volume visualization is a method of extracting information from volumetric data using interactive graphics. Volume visualization aims to assist visual interpretation of data by creating three-dimensional models that reproduce ...
Minor histocompatibility antigens (mHAgs) are peptides derived from polymorphic intracellular proteins that can be recognized in an allogeneic setting by the donor T-lymphocytes leading to the appearance of graft-versus-host ...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate, analyze and interpret the results of a series of interventions applied in the surgical area with the aim of increasing the productivity and efficiency of the care activity. A ...
This thesis deals with the detection of new multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions in longitudinal brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. This disease is characterized by the presence of lesions in the brain, predominantly in the ...
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease of the central nervous system with unknown, autoimmune mechanism, and a progressive and disabling course. Lipid-specific oligoclonal IgM bands in cerebrospinal fluid ...
Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is currently the only FDA-approved drug for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke. However, the application of this therapy is limited to <5-7% of patients due to the ...
Sarcopenia is a multifactorial entity characterized by loss of muscle mass, strength and functionality. People with sarcopenia are more at risk of developing insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and excess fat in the muscle ...
This dissertation focuses on the development and improvement of the minimally invasive continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS). This dissertation gives emphasis in solving the problem of the accuracy and reliability ...
The pandemic situation experienced by COVID-19 has made discriminatory attitudes towards older people visible, especially in gerontological centers. Knowing which are the stereotypes regarding aging and old age in the ...
The sodium in 24H urine is the standard to quantify the intake. The objective is to develop a method to stimate using isolated urine sample, analyze the reliability, concordance and clinical utility. Observational, ...
The main aim of this thesis is to study the expectations and preferences of the Catalan population regarding the public health system, and an appraisal of the influence played by factors such as age, gender, geographical ...
The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of economic conditions on health using advanced micro-econometric techniques applied to survey data. The dissertation examines the consequences of the current ...
To gain insight in the relationship between innate immune system and metabolic disease, we aimed to investigate the effects of lactoferrin in obesity-related metabolic disturbances. Circulating lactoferrin concentration ...
Los sistemas de atención sanitaria tienden en la actualidad a migrar de formas de organización fragmentadas por líneas o niveles, que al mismo tiempo compiten e intentan coordinarse entre sí, hacia formas que integran todos ...
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a cardiac electrical disease with high susceptibility to sudden cardiac death. Approximately 25-30% of BrS patients are explained by pathogenic variants in coding sequences of cardiac ion channels, ...
he relationship between the practice of physical activity, diet and consumption of substances in young university students allows the establishment of healthy lifestyle patterns that can improve health in adulthood. This ...
Serious games are video games designed to provide specific expertise, knowledge and skills to the player, going beyond pure entertainment. In this thesis we present a classification of serious games for health and medicine ...
Serious games are games designed to entertain and also to teach or transmit some knowledge. They are present in many areas such as military, health, manufacturing, education or medicine, just to name a few. One of their ...
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), regarded as the third gasotransmitter, plays diverse physiological and pathological roles in the body along with another two gasotransmitters, including nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO). ...
