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    Synthetic peptides that target key processes of Xylella fastidiosa and its host for the leaf scorch control in almond plants 

    Moll Dos Santos, Luis Alejandro (Date of defense: 2024-12-18)

    ENG- Food security is critical for sustaining the growing global population, but it is increasingly threatened by plant diseases that lead to significant food losses. The frequency of emerging and reemerging plant disease ...

    Impact of bio-reduced graphene oxide on the anaerobic transformation of emerging pollutants 

    Casabella-Font, Oriol (Date of defense: 2024-12-11)

    ENG- Human society has developed around a central pillar that enhances our well-being, increases life expectancy, and improves health. However, while medicines have been instrumental in solving many health issues, they ...

    La biblioteca escolar a l’educació secundària: un entorn d’aprenentatge per millorar la competència mediàtica i informacional 

    Baena Argudo, Júlia (Date of defense: 2024-12-16)

    ENG- The research delves into the relationships between media and information literacy (MIL) and secondary school libraries within the Catalan context, incorporating the perspectives of teachers, librarians, and students ...

    (Bio)monitoring of pharmaceuticals in the Mediterranean aquatic environment and interactive effect with microplastics. Insights from field and laboratory studies 

    Castaño-Ortiz, Jose Maria (Date of defense: 2024-12-16)

    ENG- Pharmaceuticals have been broadly detected in aquatic systems, including rivers, lakes, and coastal areas. Their widespread occurrence and accumulation in aquatic organisms have raised concerns about their ecotoxicological ...

    Discursos y prácticas educativas en tres modelos educativos flexibles de una institución estatal rural de Cali-Colombia y su contribución al mejoramiento de la inclusión educativa 

    Sánchez, José Eduardo (Date of defense: 2024-12-16)

    ENG- In this doctoral thesis, the educational discourses and practices developed around three flexible educational models (FEM) in a public educational institution in Cali, Colombia, are identified and analyzed, considering ...

    Efectividad de la aplicación de un programa de intervención enfermera en el manejo de la ansiedad parental y el dolor infantil en el proceso quirúrgico de los niños que van a ser circuncidados 

    Andrusenko Kalchenko, Lyudmyla (Date of defense: 2024-12-11)

    ENG- Spain is the fifth country in the European Union in terms of the number of Muslim residents, for whom a surgical intervention such as circumcision is part of their culture. Circumcision is the total or partial removal ...

    El cançoner F: estudi codicològic i literari 

    Rodríguez Winiarski, María Victoria (Date of defense: 2024-12-04)

    ENG- The Spanish Manuscripts 487 of the National Library of France (Fa) and 381 of the Inguimbertine Library (Fb) form a single codex that tradition has designated with the name Cançoner de Carpentràs. Compiled between the ...

    Desenvolupament i implementació clínica d’un nou dispositiu en tècniques d’inspiració forçada mantinguda en tractaments de càncer de mama esquerra amb radioteràpia externa per reduir la dosi al cor 

    Romera Martínez, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2024-12-05)

    ENG- The radiotherapy treatment for left breast cancer is widely described. One of the long-term undesirable effects of radiotherapy is heart disease, which often manifests as ischemia or myocardial infarction, especially ...

    Voxel-based real-time global illumination 

    Cosin Ayerbe, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2024-12-05)

    ENG- In this PhD we work in the area of real-time global illumination, proposing three algorithms which contribute to advance in this direction. There are several families of techniques within this area based on research ...

    Educación sexual integral en Chile: barreras, oportunidades y desafios para su implementación en escuelas públicas y concertadas 

    Poblete Inostroza, Roxana Nicol (Date of defense: 2024-12-04)

    ENG- This doctoral thesis follows the format of a compilation of articles and focuses on the multiple challenges faced by the implementation of Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) in the Chilean context. This format was ...

    Development and application of new strategies to facilitate informed consumers' food choices 

    Giró-Candanedo, Mar (Date of defense: 2024-12-04)

    ENG- Food selection and consumption play a fundamental role in the health and well-being of the population. Various studies have shown that people make many food choices every day, and selecting conscious and healthy options ...

    L’elastografia ecogràfica per avaluar l’elasticitat muscular en els infants amb paràlisi cerebral 

    Casellas-Vidal, Dolors (Date of defense: 2024-11-27)

    ENG- Introduction: Children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) suffer from biomechanical changes in their muscles, causing excessive spasticity. These changes in muscle tone can be estimated by means of clinical scales or ...

    Estudi de la malaltia ateroscleròtica subclínica en pacients amb diabetis tipus 1 de la regió sanitària de Girona 

    Sojo Vega, Lidia (Date of defense: 2024-12-02)

    ENG- Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death and illness in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, the traditional prediction models for cardiovascular events, which are based on common risk ...

    TGFβI gene promoter methylation as a biomarker of resistance to anti-HER2 therapies in HER2-positive breast cancer 

    Pla-Juher, Helena (Date of defense: 2024-12-02)

    ENG- HER2 positive breast cancer represents approximately 15-20% of breast cancer and it is associated with higher grade, more aggressive phenotype and worse prognosis. The prognosis of these patients has dramatically ...

    Prospecció, identificació i relacions genètiques de les varietats d’olivera (Olea europaea L.) de Catalunya per marcadors moleculars tipus SNPs i SSRs 

    Ninot, Antonia (Date of defense: 2024-11-29)

    ENG- Biodiversity is the result and the expression of a historical, ancient natural process. It guarantees the well-being and the equilibrium of the biosphere. Additionally, it represents a possible primary source of ...

    Analysis of the fracture properties of additively manufactured carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites 

    Santos, Jonnathan D. (Date of defense: 2024-11-28)

    ENG- The primary objective of this thesis was to experimentally determine the elastic in-plane mechanical properties and interlaminar fracture toughness in modes I and II of Markforged® continuous Carbon Fiber reinforced ...

    Creencias de la población española sobre la relación de sus aptitudes frente a su salud 

    Young-Silva, Yudy (Date of defense: 2024-11-25)

    ENG- Primary Care faces the challenge of promoting healthy behaviors in the Spanish population. Human behavior is complex since several variables can affect a person’s health and quality of life. However, by understanding ...

    Bio-electro CO2 recycling into added value compounds: insights, routes, strategies and performance improvements 

    Romans Casas, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2024-11-22)

    ENG- In recent years, the decarbonization of industry has emerged as a key strategy for fostering a sustainable and eco-friendly economy. One promising approach is the conversion of CO2, a major contributor to climate ...

    Ética animalista y feminismo. Pensamiento filosófico y social en la España contemporánea 

    Vericat Torné, Marta (Date of defense: 2024-11-22)

    ENG- The oppression and domination suffered by women and animals obeys the same pattern. There are many parallelisms in the treatment and moral categorization that affect both of them under the framework of the patriarchal ...

    Development of comprehensive non-target bioinformatics and chemometric tools for data filtering and management of mass spectrometry datasets and the chemical compound identification in environmental omics (proteomics, metabolomics, and exposomics) 

    Pérez López, Carlos (Date of defense: 2024-11-18)

    ENG- Environmental omics is a valuable source of knowledge concerning the chemical compounds and biomolecules occurring in the environment and their molecular effects on the exposed biota. Mass spectrometry (MS), usually ...