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    Exploring graphic pathographies construction: a multimodal analysis 

    Santamaría Martínez, Mezteli Suyapa (Date of defense: 2023-02-08)

    In the last couple of years, medical information has been presented across different digital and visual forms of communication. Mainly, comics are published on various social media platforms and websites to submit a ...

    Exploring heterocyclic scaffolds in the development of multi-target anti-Alzheimer and multi-trypanosomatid compounds 

    Di Pietro, Ornella (Date of defense: 2015-11-06)

    The aim of this PhD thesis consists of the synergistic combination of both highly efficient synthetic approaches and molecular modelling tools for the structure-based drug design and synthesis of novel bioactive heterocyclic ...

    Exploring individual differences relations between executive function and parenting styles 

    Cruz Alaniz, Yuria (Date of defense: 2015-11-20)

    En los últimos años una creciente investigación se ha enfocado en comprender cómo el ambiente social y las funciones ejecutivas del infante interactúan entre sí. La parentalidad esta clasificada como el agente social más ...

    Exploring interactions between music and language during the early development of music cognition. A computational modelling approach. 

    Salselas, Inês (Date of defense: 2013-04-26)

    This dissertation concerns the computational modelling of early life development of music perception and cognition. Experimental psychology and neuroscience show results that suggest that the development of musical ...

    Exploring intersubbands in 2D materials 

    Schmidt, Peter, 1989- (Date of defense: 2019-04-16)

    Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are semiconducting layered materials that can be isolated up to the limit of a single atomic layer. Next to graphene, they are some of the most intensively studied materials within ...

    Exploring lifelong learning motivational ecologies through the narratives of senior language users 

    Darnault, Bérénice (Date of defense: 2023-07-11)

    [eng] In the context of an ageing and increasingly more independent learning population, a narrative inquiry into the life stories of highly motivated senior language users remains a promising yet relatively unexplored ...

    Exploring liver and adipose tissue alterations in the natural course of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A lipidomic Approach 

    Baiges Gaya, Gerard (Date of defense: 2022-10-25)

    L'obesitat és un problema de salut mundial on el 60-90% dels pacients desenvoluparan la malaltia del fetge gras per causa no alcohòlica (NAFLD), sent la principal manifestació hepàtica de la síndrome metabòlica. Tenint ...

    Exploring metallosalen complexes in materials science and catalysis 

    Wezenberg, Sander Johannes (Date of defense: 2011-07-01)

    Los complejos “metalosalen” [salen = N,N’-bis(salicilideno)etilendiamina] han sido objeto de estudio en la catálisis homogénea y últimamente también en la ciencia de materiales y catálisis multimetálica. En cuanto a esto, ...

    Exploring Molecular Diversity: There is Plenty of Room at Markush's 

    Manén Freixa, Leticia (Date of defense: 2022-12-22)

    L'estratègia de les etapes inicials del descobriment de fàrmacs està normalment basada en un procés anomenat hit-to-lead que implica un extens estudi entorn de la síntesi de derivats d'una molècula original que prèviament ...

    Exploring molecular mechanisms of key targets in metabolic and infectious diseases 

    Aledavood, Elnaz (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)

    This doctoral thesis is focused on disclosing molecular factors that regulate the functional mechanism of key targets in i) metabolic disorders, such as diabetes and obesity, and ii) tuberculosis (TB). These diseases have ...

    Exploring new approaches in urban water governance: case studies in mediterranean areas 

    Ridolfi, Elena (Date of defense: 2014-07-25)

    Muchas de las ciudades costeras del mundo se están volviendo cada vez más urbana y muchas de ellas están cambiando hacia el turismo, uno de los sectores de mayor crecimiento de la economía mundial. El agua es un elemento ...

    Exploring new gold-catalyzed cyclization reactions of 1,5-enynes and development of an intermolecular phenol synthesis 

    Huguet i Subiela, Núria (Date of defense: 2013-03-08)

    Las sales de oro se han convertido en uno de los catalizadores por excelencia en una gran variedad de transformaciones orgánicas mediante la activación selectiva de alquinos, alenos y alquenos. Parte del trabajo de esta ...

    Exploring novel dye concepts in dye sensitized solar cells 

    Pellejà i Puxeu, Laia (Date of defense: 2014-06-05)

    Aquesta tesi es basa en un tipus de dispositius fotovoltaics, les cel•les solars sensitivitzades amb colorant. Des de fa un parell de dècades, l’estudi d’aquests dispositius ha anat en augment i actualment ja s’han publicat ...

    Exploring protein structure changes due to somatic mutations in cancer 

    Diéguez Docampo, Andrea (Date of defense: 2023-03-02)

    [eng] Cancer is one of the most common diseases worldwide. Despite that a lot of time and resources have already been spent in this topic, there is still a long way to go to be able to cure every patient and improve their ...

    Exploring quantum many-body systems from an entanglement and nonlocality perspective 

    Aloy López, Albert (Date of defense: 2020-07-16)

    Entanglement and non-local correlations give rise to unprecedented phenomena with no classical analogue. As a result, they have settled themselves as fundamental properties in the study of quantum many-body systems, as ...

    Exploring quantum memory schemes in cold atoms for quantum repeaters 

    Heller, Lukas (Date of defense: 2023-11-06)

    (English) Quantum memories are devices that are able to store photonic quantum states and entanglement. Future quantum networks, which could enhance cybersecurity through quantum key distribution, improve the precision in ...

    Exploring Rubisco molecular evolution and kinetics temperature dependency 

    Hermida Carrera, Carmen (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)

    Rubisco, the enzyme that catalyzes the assimilation of atmospheric CO2 and sustains the vast majority of food chains in the Biosphere, presents functional inefficiencies limiting the photosynthetic process. Rubisco is ...

    Exploring Signatures of New Physics in Cosmology 

    Bellomo, Nicola (Date of defense: 2020-01-24)

    Cosmology is the study of the origin and evolution of our Universe as a whole. Even if the theoretical framework of Cosmology was developed a century ago, with the formulation of General Relativity by Albert Einstein, it ...

    Exploring standardization and integration in the implementation of industry inter-organizational information systems: a case study in the seaport of Barcelona 

    Rodon Mòdol, Joan (Date of defense: 2007-10-02)

    Aquesta tesis presenta un estudi interpretativista sobre els processos d'estandardització i integració relacionats amb la implementació d'un sistema d'informació inter-organitzatiu (SIIO) sectorial en el Port de Barcelona. ...

    Exploring structure-function relationship of the mitochondrial DNA packaging protein Abf2p and its dialogue with the DNA 

    Chakraborty, Arka (Date of defense: 2016-07-08)

    Mitochondria are intracellular double-membrane bound organelles in eukaryotic cells that act as the major suppliers of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). They possess their own DNA (mtDNA) that codes for components of the ...