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    Mitochondrial implication in intrauterine growth restriction and cardiovascular remodelling 

    Guitart Mampel, Mariona (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)

    Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is an obstetric complication characterized by placental insufficiency and secondary cardiovascular remodeling that may lead to cardiomyopathy in adulthood. Its etiology and potential ...

    Mitochondrial profile and amyloidogenic molecules in sporadic inclusion body myositis 

    Catalán García, Marc (Date of defense: 2017-03-20)

    Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is the most common myopathy in elderly. This disease causes muscle wasting with both distal and proximal affectation. Quadriceps and finger flexors are muscle typically affected. At ...

    Mitochondrial quality control in neurodegenerative diseases: focus on Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease 

    Franco Iborra, Sandra (Date of defense: 2018-04-19)

    Darrerament s’han produït avanços importants que han contribuït al coneixement dels mecanismes de disfunció cel·lular i mort en la malaltia de Parkinson (MP) i en la malaltia de Huntington (MH). Ambdues malalties són ...

    Mitosis based speculative multithreaded architectures 

    Madriles Gimeno, Carles (Date of defense: 2012-07-23)

    In the last decade, industry made a right-hand turn and shifted towards multi-core processor designs, also known as Chip-Multi-Processors (CMPs), in order to provide further performance improvements under a reasonable power ...

    Mitosis exit regulation by Cdc5 and PP2A-Cdc55 

    Moyano Rodríguez, Yolanda (Date of defense: 2019-11-28)

    In this thesis we studied the role of PP2ACdc55 in the cytokinesis regulation and the contribution of Cdc5 kinase in the mitosis exit using budding yeast as model. Previously, it was suggested a putative PP2ACdc55 role in ...

    Mixed finite element formulations for strain localization and failure in plasticity 

    Benedetti, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 2017-05-11)

    Strain localization and quasi-brittle failure in frictional-cohesive materials is still an open and challenging problem in computational mechanics. Owing to its complexity and the significant implications on numerous ...

    Mixed finite elements with independent strain interpolation for isotropic and orthotropic damage 

    Barbat Vlad, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2021-02-11)

    The numerical modelling of fracture has been an active topic of research for over five decades. Most of the approaches employed rely on the use of the Finite Element Method, which has shown to be an effective and cost-efficient ...

    A Mixed Methods Approach to Identity, Investment, and Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Case of Erasmus Students in Finland, Romania, and Catalonia 

    Mocanu, Vasilica (Date of defense: 2019-06-17)

    La recerca al voltant de l'impacte de les estades a l'estranger sobre la identitat i de la relació entre l'estudi a l'estranger, la identitat i l'aprenentatge d'idiomes, majoritàriament duta a terme mitjançant mètodes ...

    Mixed models and point processes 

    Serra Saurina, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)

    The main objective of this Thesis is to model the occurrence of wildfires and, in particular, knowing the factors with more influence, to evaluate how they are distributed in space and time. The Thesis presents three major ...

    Mixed neurodegenerative dementia: the coexistence of dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer´s disease: Expanding our knowledge about the interaction of brain proteinopathies 

    Abdelnour Ruiz, Carla (Date of defense: 2022-01-14)

    La demència amb cossos de Lewy (DCL) és la segona causa més freqüent de demència neurodegenerativa, i un alt percentatge de casos mostra copatologia amb la malaltia d’Alzheimer (EA). Els pacients amb DCL i EA concomitant ...

    Mixed quantum and classical simulation techniques for mapping electron transfer in proteins 

    Wallrapp, Frank (Date of defense: 2011-04-04)

    El objetivo de esta tesis se centra en el estudio de la transferencia de electrones (ET), una de las reacciones más simples y cruciales en bioquímica. Para dichos procesos, obtener informaci ...

    Mixed Reality Human-Robot Interface for Robotic Operations in Hazardous Environments 

    Szczurek, Krzysztof Adam (Date of defense: 2023-10-23)

    This thesis addresses the need for reliable and immersive human-robot interfaces in hazardous environments. Three key goals were achieved. Firstly, techniques were developed to provide immersive interactions while ensuring ...

    Mixed-signal alternate test and binning using digitally encoded signatures 

    Gómez Pau, Álvaro (Date of defense: 2017-07-11)

    Integrated circuit industry has always faced the necessity of testing and verifying the fabricated ICs in order to guarantee that no faulty circuits reach the market as well as the fabricated devices function within design ...

    Mixing and chemical reaction hotspots in saline-freshwater mixing zones 

    De Vriendt, Kevin (Date of defense: 2021-07-16)

    Seawater intrusion presents one of the most unique and ubiquitous groundwater problems in the field of hydrogeology. Its complex boundary conditions coupled with variable density flow results in non-uniform flow which lead ...

    Mixing and speciation algorithms for geochemical and reactive transport problems 

    De Gaspari, Francesca (Date of defense: 2015-04-30)

    Geochemical and reactive transport modelling are essential tools in hydrogeology. They help to identify and assess geochemical processes occurring in applications such as groundwater contamination, water-rock interactions ...

    Mímesis y construcción : ensayo de fundamentación preliminar para una teoría de la expresión gráfica 

    Monedero Isorna, Javier (Date of defense: 1987-06-30)

    El propósito de la investigación es establecer un marco conceptual , un marco teórico de máxima generalidad desde el que pudieran sentarse hipotéticamente las bases de una teoría de la expresión gráfica. La ...

    Mística y Ética. Deconstrucción del sujeto moral a partir de la experiencia mística 

    Yúfera, Júlia (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)

    El creciente interés de nuestra sociedad contemporánea por la espiritualidad y, más particularmente, por la mística está haciendo emerger una espiritualidad laica o bien una espiritualidad enmarcada en el espacio de las ...

    Mlearning: la aceptación tecnológica como factor crítico del desarrollo de modelos de negocio de formación online. 

    Yañez Luna, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2014-12-05)

    Actualment les organitzacions i institucions han adoptat noves formes de capacitació i desenvolupament. Les tecnologies mòbils, xarxes de comunicació i les aplicacions basades en web 2.0 estableix un nou desenvolupament ...

    MLG-R: Nova proposta de classificació per les lesions musculars (Lesions dels isquiotibials) 

    Valle López, Francisco Javier (Date of defense: 2023-05-19)

    ABSTRACT INTRODUCCIÓ: Aquesta tesis doctoral proposa dissenyar un sistema de classificació de les lesions musculars basat en l'evidència científica actual, i testar-lo en una mostra d'esportistes. JUSTIFICACIÓ CÈNTIFICA: ...

    Mobile 5G millimeter-wave multi-antenna systems 

    Ballesteros Sánchez, Christian (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)

    Massive antenna architectures and millimeter-wave bands appear on the horizon as the enabling technologies of future broadband wireless links, promising unprecedented spectral efficiency and data rates. In the recently ...