Rose, Raffaella (Date of defense: 2021-03-01)
Thanks to its pedoclimatic pre-conditions and the great anthropogenic modification of the natural environment of the coastal plain due to the "integral bonification" (1930-1950), the territory of the ...
Marín Marín, Lidón (Date of defense: 2022-05-18)
Multiple studies have found that bilinguals show the first symptoms of dementia later than monolinguals. Therefore, it is hypothesized that bilingualism could protect against dementia, but the neural ...
Cerqueira, Andreia Filipa Lages (Date of defense: 2022-04-04)
Titanium is among the most commonly used metals as a standard treatment for bone defects. Despite its excellent mechanical and biocompatibility properties, Ti is relatively bioinert and surface modifications ...
Peláez, María Josefina (Date of defense: 2020-01-30)
The main objective of this thesis project is to advance the stream of research on coaching-based leadership by providing theoretical and empirical evidence for its value and role within the organizational ...
Vidal Arenas, Verónica (Date of defense: 2022-10-17)
This doctoral dissertation aims to increase the knowledge of relevant factors involved in the aetiology of internalising psychopathology, and to improve their assessment. To this end, five studies have ...
Alba Pérez, Andrés (Date of defense: 2020-12-03)
We developed a plasma polymerization equipment and process that uses a low power radio frequency glow discharge to coat surfaces with plasma polymerized Poly(ethyl acrylate) (PEA). Our set-up has ...
Stamou, George (Date of defense: 2021-09-13)
The overall objective of this research project was to explore the combination of a traditional treatment for postnatal depression (PND), such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), with the use of virtual ...
Almora Rodríguez, Osbel (Date of defense: 2020-06-19)
In the present work, anomalous distortions occurring in the current-voltage characteristic of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), usually called J-V curve hysteresis, are studied by several methods. This ...
Marín Lora, Carlos (Date of defense: 2022-10-06)
Video game development is a multidisciplinary process that requires both technical and artistic knowledge. Even though there are tools to ease the creation of video games, they are still complex ...
Biz, Chiara (Date of defense: 2022-02-24)
Fuel cells represent one of the most promising energy storage system nowadays. Nonetheless, several obstacles need to be overcome in order to commercially exploit this technology. One of them lies in ...