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, ...
Moreno Manzo, Jessenia (Date of defense: 2023-09-20)
This doctoral thesis focuses on the studies of tourist destinations with heritage characteristics to investigate the perspectives of the perceived value of the tourist demand and to explore the direct ...
Estévez-Gay, Miquel (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)
Enzymes are the best catalysts. They are the main catalysts in cells and have been exposed to millions of years of natural evolution by including random mutations in their sequence and posterior selection. ...
Martins, Frederico F. (Date of defense: 2023-10-09)
Density functional theory (DFT) was postulated almost 60 years ago and equipped chemists with a powerful framework to simulate, in silico, the behavior of chemical systems. Despite its widespread utility, ...
Miró Domènech, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-01-13)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) presents a dismal prognosis mainly due to its delayed diagnosis, its aggressiveness, and resistance to existing therapies. Aberrant glycosylation and, in particular, ...
Grande, Kévin (Date of defense: 2022-07-18)
This doctoral thesis studies competitiveness and performance as complementary but distinct elements in strategic management. From the point of view of the literature review in hospitality management, ...
Varo Barranco, Anaïs (Date of defense: 2022-09-09)
The research is built around the idea of energy precarity as an "umbrella" concept in which various manifestations linked to difficulties of access to energy can be included. This thesis dissertation ...