Mas Ferrer, Josep (Date of defense: 2023-09-18)
This thesis explores social inequalities during the late preindustrial era, based on a case study from la Selva Interior. The work is organized into three distinct parts. In the first one, inequalities ...
Calvó-Tusell, Carla (Date of defense: 2023-06-02)
Enzymes are molecules that play a crucial role in many biological and chemical processes. To understand how they work and how to design enzymes with specific functions, it is important to study their ...
Fernández-Vilar, Andrés Lucas (Date of defense: 2023-07-10)
Inland waters are amongst the most diverse and impacted ecosystems globally, and they host many endangered taxa. Cyprinodontiforms are at the forefront of endangered freshwater fishes in Europe, with ...
Viñolas Vergés, Estel (Date of defense: 2023-07-27)
Male fertilising capacity has traditionally been predicted by the assessment of sperm concentration, motility and morphology. During the last few decades, however, research has been particularly focused ...
Meyerhofer-Parra, Rafel (Date of defense: 2023-09-05)
This doctoral thesis is the result of the conceptual and practical analysis of the uses of transmedia narratives in education. Storytelling, narration or the art of storytelling is a key element of human ...
Vicens Serra, Laia (Date of defense: 2023-07-18)
Most of the organic molecules used in chemical industry (and their synthetic precursors) contain oxygen atoms in their structure. One of the most convenient methods for the preparation of oxygenated ...
Hernández Vallés, Marc (Date of defense: 2022-12-16)
The main goal of this PhD thesis is to deepen the knowledge of the processes of identification and production of otherness that change according to the context and the objective conditions in which they ...
Soler i Parpal, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-09-19)
Enzymes are a type of proteins that help chemical reactions happen faster in living organisms. Scientists have been able to modify these enzymes using a technique called protein engineering, which allowed ...
Carrera, Eduard (Carrera Fossas) (Date of defense: 2023-06-26)
The bursting of the real estate bubble in 2008 triggered a widespread socio-economic crisis that particularly affected Spanish cities and towns. It was a crisis that spread to countries all over ...
Breton Coll, Fèlix (Date of defense: 2023-02-27)
Globalisation has intensified uncertainty and complexity given the changes produced by the increase in unpredictable events, hazards and adversities, such as the climate emergency, social inequality, ...