Rassizadeh, Leila (Date of defense: 2024-04-19)
Recent studies have underscored the significance of extracellular DNA (eDNA) as a trigger for defense responses in plants. Our results demonstrated that Arabidopsis thaliana responds to the application ...
De la Hoz Rodríguez, Sergio (Date of defense: 2024-04-17)
The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has increased the development of new antiviral drugs to stop its spread. This work focused on synthesizing specific inhibitors of the Mpro protease, ...
Gomez Borges, Ari (Date of defense: 2024-04-29)
The doctoral thesis explores the importance of self-care in daily life, focusing on academic, professional, and functional diversity contexts. Three key questions guide the research: 1) Do self-care ...
Casanova-Marqués, Raúl (Date of defense: 2024-04-29)
In response to escalating privacy concerns and the need for secure digital communication, cryptographic mechanisms have been developed to ensure impervious information exchange. However, traditional ...
Castro Ruiz, Sergio (Date of defense: 2024-05-20)
This thesis seeks the direct conversion of heat into electricity more efficiently using porous materials and electrochemical concepts in thermoelectricity and thermo-electrochemical cells. The amount ...
Sawayfa, Khalil Abdalaziz Khalil (Date of defense: 2023-06-02)
As part of this thesis, a conceptual and analytic framework for understanding economic diplomacy is presented, so that its missions, tools, and activities are better understood. Economic diplomacy can ...
Wen, Zhihui (Date of defense: 2023-06-06)
Thin plate structures are widely used in dynamic platforms. The artificial modulation of elastic waves in thin plates has always been one of the most important factors affecting the dynamic performance ...
Feijoo Domínguez, Patricia (Date of defense: 2024-06-18)
This thesis focuses on addressing the environmental impact of conventional plastics, by the development of biodegradable plastic materials with enhanced performance. From a biocircular economy perspective, ...
Calleja-Anta, Daniel (Date of defense: 2024-06-25)
This doctoral thesis explores alternative refrigerant mixtures to isobutane (R-600a) for vapor compression refrigeration systems, aiming to improve energy efficiency and reduce flammability. Isobutane, ...
Monzonís-Carda, Irene (Date of defense: 2023-07-03)
The balance between optimal mental health and adequate academic performance during secondary school period is considered an important challenge from a psychological and educational point of view, due ...