Universitat de Girona: Recent submissions
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Data-driven models for type 1 diabetes using generative deep learning
Modeling biological systems has always been challenging given the complexity of the processes involved in them. Experts have been employing physiological models to approximate the dynamics of biological systems; however, ...
Multiscalar strategies for the characterization of engineered P450 enzymes
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 to increase the ...
El nivell i la variació del risc cardiovascular en la prevenció primària de la demència
Dementia causes progressive cognitive impairment and inability to lead an independent life. Currently, there is no curative treatment for it, and thus primary prevention is essential. Age is the main risk factor for ...
Aplicación del control interno en los procesos administrativos y financieros: una comparativa entre el sector público y el privado
The purpose of this research is projected to promote strategies to achieve efficient and effective management in the public or private organizational context. For this purpose and from the field of scientific research, ...
Estudio del manuscrito 10260 de la BNE: una traducción española de las "Mémoires" de Philippe de Commynes
This doctoral thesis studies the manuscript 10260 of the Spanish National Library called: Corónica del Rey Luis de Françia, onzeno deste nombre, hecha y compuesta por un caballero borgoñón llamado Felipo de Comines, Señor ...
Del transmedia storytelling al transmedia learning. Reflexions entorn l'ús de les narratives transmèdia com a estratègia didàctica
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 communication. In ...
Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) as an alternative and sustainable source of novel antimicrobial compounds to improve food safety
Macroalgae have been recognized as an interesting source of compounds with multiple applications in different fields due to their various bioactivities since current trends are moving towards the use of alternative compounds ...
Revisiting STEAM in the interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic goals of education: Implications for teaching and teacher training
Considering non-consensual understandings, we aim to revisit STEAM exploring its distinctiveness as an educational approach embedded within the broader discourses of education and tensions between the extrinsic and intrinsic ...
Seguridad alimentaria y bienestar subjetivo de niños y niñas participantes del programa familias en Chile
The research aims to examine the relationship between food security and subjective well-being of girls and boys participating in the Families Program of the Metropolitan Region in Chile. A cross-sectional explanatory ...
Caracterización del conocimiento matemático para la enseñanza del álgebra en edades tempranas en los futuros profesores de educación infantil y primaria
The purpose of this research is to characterise the mathematical knowledge mobilised by future early childhood and primary pre-service teachers for algebra instruction at an early age. To achieve this purpose, we use the ...
Relevance of sperm chromatin protamination, condensation and DNA integrity for sperm function and fertility: the role of toroid linker regions
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 on the analysis of ...
Implementing amino acids in manganese-catalyzed biologically inspired oxidations: g-lactonization and ligand design
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 compounds is the ...
La Transliteracy degli studenti del Liceo classico Italiano
The integration of new media literacies and, consequently, of strategies such as transmedia learning in teaching-learning processes has been a topic of interest among various types of national and international institutions ...
Inicios del pensamiento algebraico en educación infantil a través de los patrones de repetición
The purpose of the doctoral thesis presented in this report is to provide knowledge that allows us to situate the way in which 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children are initiated in the understanding of repetition patterns in ...
Desarrollo de algoritmos de control para terapia MDI en pacientes con diabetes tipo 1
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered one of the fastest-growing global health emergencies in the XXI century. According to the World Health Organization, it was estimated in 2021 that 537 million people were suffering from ...
L’impacte de l’aproximació dels fons de coneixement en les relacions família-escola. Un estudi qualitatiu
The present doctoral thesis is part of a large number of research studies that have highlighted the benefits of good family-school relationships in the development and learning processes of children (Blasco, 2018; ...
'Flexing muscles'. L’ambigüitat de gènere en el bodybuilding, entre la pràctica esportiva i l’exploració artística
This research studies how the body resulting from the practice of bodybuilding can become an element of transgression of traditional gender roles. To do so, we focus especially on the potential we find in the case of female ...
Conservation biology of the Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus): mechanisms of coexistence with eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)
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 more than 80% of the ...
Computational exploration and design of HHDH variants with novel synthetically useful functionalities
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. Some enzymes ...
Combined application of experimental and predictive modelling approaches towards the microbial safety of ready-to-eat meat products
The food safety challenges derived from the market demands towards convenient food, such as ready-to-eat meat products with extended durability, motivate food business operators to explore and adopt new intervention ...
