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    Framework for the design and development of motivational augmented reality learning experiences in vocational education and training 

    Bacca Acosta, Jorge Luis (Date of defense: 2017-06-12)

    One of the advantages of Augmented Reality (AR) in education is that AR increases student motivation. However, there is a lack of research on guidelines to inform the design and development of motivational AR learning ...

    Estudi dels patrons de colonització postincendi en vertebrats al llarg de gradients ambientals i espacials 

    Puig-Gironès, Roger (Date of defense: 2016-12-22)

    Wildfires are natural perturbations that affect the structure of the landscape and biodiversity. In the Mediterranean basin, wildfires occur especially in hot seasons. However, in recent years the number of fires with the ...

    Influence of individual dynamic managerial capabilities over business sustainability commitment, stakeholder engagement and gender 

    Buil Fabregà, Marian (Date of defense: 2017-06-22)

    In today's dynamic environment, which is characterized by continuous and unpredictable changes, companies need new strategies to maintain their competitive advantage in the market, ensure long-term sustainability and ...

    Characterization of the translaminar cohesive law 

    Ortega Novillo, Adrián (Date of defense: 2017-04-20)

    When a fibre-reinforced composite laminate is subjected to traction or compression, it develops a relatively large Fracture Process Zone where material toughening mechanisms such as matrix cracking, ...

    Determinants moleculars de la mort sobtada cardíaca en una gran família de les Illes Canàries 

    Bosch Calero, Cristina (Date of defense: 2016-03-08)

    Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a sudden cardiac death (SCD) associated disease characterized by the presence of polymorphic or bidirectional ventricular tachycardia during emotional or ...

    High-valent iron complexes supported with tetradentate and pentadentate ligands based on the triazacyclononane scaffold 

    Sabeña Vila, Gerard (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)

    In this work we have prepared octahedral non - heme iron species in high oxidation states. Iron (IV) - oxo and iron (IV) - imido complexes based on triazacyclononane scaffold had been synthesised and all of them had been ...

    Desenvolupament de la intersubjectivitat secundària a través del joc compartit mare-infant 

    Pérez Burriel, Marc (Date of defense: 2017-06-19)

    Intersubjectivity is a primary system of motivation that around the ninth month of life changes and goes from a "person to person" to a "person-person-object" relationship. Although there is a scientific consensus on this ...

    Carbon and nitrogen treatment in industrial wastewaters using bioelectrochemical systems 

    Vilajeliu Pons, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-05-26)

    The doctoral thesis has focused on the simultaneous removal of carbon and nitrogen in BES for future application in the treatment of industrial wastewater as swine manure. The bacteria that use the electrode as electron ...

    Sentido de coherencia, resiliencia y salud mental positiva en los profesionales del Sistema de Emergencias Médicas 

    Mantas Jiménez, Susana (Date of defense: 2017-06-06)

    In this study,the Salutogenic Models, Multifactorial Model of Positive Mental Health and Resilience in the population of professionals of the Medical Emergency System (SEM) have been proposed. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ...

    Los casos inaudita parte 

    Roig Mateo, Betlem (Date of defense: 2017-06-02)

    The legal provision that the Spanish legislator makes about absence at trial is adequate and proportionate to its ultimate goal, which is to fully guarantee the rights of those who are party to a process in all branches ...

    Eficàcia, seguretat i abandonament del tractament farmacològic del trastorn per dèficit d’atenció amb hiperactivitat en pacients adults 

    Cunill Clotet, Ruth (Date of defense: 2017-05-08)

    There are concerns about the benefit-risk ratio of pharmacologic interventions for ADHD in adults, especially in patients with ADHD and substance use disorder (SUD). Four systematic reviews of randomized placebo-controlled ...

    Aquaporins in boar and bull spermatozoa: identification and functional implications 

    Prieto Martínez, Noelia (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)

    Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins involved in the transport of water and some other solutes across plasma membranes. The fact that mammalian spermatozoa are highly permeable to water suggests the presence of these proteins. ...

    Insights into the distribution and ecological role of members of the archaeal Phylum Bathyarchaeota. From the global to the local scale 

    Fillol Homs, Mireia (Date of defense: 2017-03-23)

    The Phylum Bathyarchaeota is currently one of the most studied uncultured archaeal phyla. Bathyarchaeota are phylogenetically diverse, globally ubiquitous and especially abundant in marine subsurface sediments. Despite ...

    Els factors GATA4 i GATA5 en la regulació transcripcional del gen que codifica pel canal de sodi cardíac (SCN5A) 

    Tarradas Pou, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-03-14)

    The SCN5A gene encodes the alpha subunit of the cardiac sodium channel (NaV1.5), which is responsible for the influx of sodium ions through membrane of cardiomyocytes. Different evidences suggest that an aberrant expression ...

    Ensayos sobre excelencia operacional: una interpretación evolucionista del papel de las tecnologías de la información y de los retos medioambientales 

    Sartal Rodríguez, Antonio (Date of defense: 2015-06-16)

    Lean practices have been associated with high firm performance in terms of productivity, quality and safety at work, and in fact there is still a long way to spread these practices in SMEs and support activities in the ...

    Gaziel (1887-1964): un retrat ideològic: racionalitat, catalanitat i compromís 

    Cullell i Ramis, Josep (Date of defense: 2014-11-21)

    Aquest treball de tesi repassa la trajectòria intel·lectual d'Agustí Calvet, a partir de la seva obra periodística fins al 1936, així com també a través de la seva obra catalana de maduresa. La tesi recull les polèmiques ...

    Effects of global change on fish assemblages in Mediterranean streams 

    Merciai, Roberto (Date of defense: 2016-09-30)

    L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és de'explorar alguns aspectes de l'impacte humà sobre les poblacions de peixos i altres components dels ecosistemes fluvials Mediterranis de Catalunya. Es va mostrar com els peixos del Riu Llobregat ...

    Decision support framework for space-use optimization and arrangement of public services 

    Rusek, Robert (Date of defense: 2017-05-24)

    The thesis concentrates particularly on how to enhance space-use in the case of public facilities. This issue has been approached by repurposing existing facilities and introducing additional services, thereby creating ...

    Study of brain complexity using information theory tools 

    Bonmatí Coll, Ester (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

    The human brain is a complex network that shares and processes information by using the structural paths between areas in order to perform a function. The connectome models the brain as a graph where nodes correspond to ...

    La presencia de producciones etruscas en el extremo nordeste de la península ibérica: estudio arqueológico 

    Varenna, Alba (Date of defense: 2017-03-10)

    This doctoral thesis is devoted to the study of the presence of Etruscan products in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula through the collection, analysis and interpretive synthesis of the data provided by archaeological ...