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    Urban renewal and health : the effects of the Neighbourhoods Law on health and health inequalities in Barcelona 

    Mehdipanah, Roshanak (Date of defense: 2014-05-23)

    Urban renewal interventions aim to improve physical infrastrucutres, promote social integration and increase economic gains. However, they also have the potential to improve the wellbeing of residents. The objective of ...

    Urbanismo moral: La destrucción de los bajos fondos de Barcelona a principios de siglo XX: Similitudes y diferencias con el Vieux Port de Marsella 

    Marín, Celia (Date of defense: 2018-01-29)

    Press reports and stories about the idea of the asocial have taken place successively in Barcelona since the beginning of the twentieth century. They range from the Lliga Regionalista’s fear of the barbarians to the ...

    US Latina/o/x migrations, translations and routes of reception: an integrated critique 

    Cussel, Mattea (Date of defense: 2023-01-23)

    The object of study of this thesis is a special case of translation: the Anglophone literature of writers of Caribbean or Latin American origin in the United States translated into Spanish. This case is special because of ...

    Use of mouse models to establish genotype-phenotype correlations in Williams-Beuren syndrome 

    Segura Puimedon, Maria (Date of defense: 2012-11-20)

    Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by the common deletion of 26-28 contiguous genes in the 7q11.23 region, which poses difficulties to the establishment of genotype-phenotype correlations. ...

    The Use of Twitter in online political communication: Barcelona en Comú case study during 2015 city council election 

    García-Carretero, Lucía (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)

    This thesis aims to analyse the use of digital networks as a tool for electoral communication by new political organisations. Thus, the research study is focused on Barcelona 2015 city council election and the political ...

    User behavior in microblogs with a cultural emphasis 

    García-Gavilanes, Ruth Olimpia (Date of defense: 2015-02-26)

    The main objective of this thesis is to carry out a multidisciplinary study of the behavior of microblog users. To that end we first explore several user behavior patterns employing data mining techniques. Then we use ...

    User involvement in FTTH deployments as a key to success 

    Domingo Vilar, Albert (Date of defense: 2015-11-26)

    Les connexions de banda ampla estan esdevinguent un servei essencial per a qualsevol llar. Estar connectat a més de 100Mbps, a 1Gbps, o a 10Gbps, és més un problema econòmic que no pas un de tecnològic. Aquesta Tesi té com ...

    Using annotated discourse information of a RST Spanish-Chinese treebank for translation and language learning tasks 

    Cao, Shuyuan (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)

    As one of the essential elements for Natural Language Processing (NLP), discourse has called much attention during recent years. Many studies explore the role of how discourse elements affect in different NLP research ...

    Using deep mutagenesis to understand genetic and physical interactions 

    Domingo Espinós, Júlia (Date of defense: 2020-02-21)

    The first aim of this thesis was to tackle a core question in biology—to understand how large numbers of mutations combine together to influence phenotypes. In order to do so, we built a combinatorially-complete library ...

    Using EEG-based BCI settings and brain-state dependent stimulation as research tools for hypothesis-testing in cognitive neuroscience: a test-bench for brain-behavioural 

    Vigué-Guix, Irene (Date of defense: 2022-07-19)

    Spontaneous oscillations in the alpha band (α, 8–12 Hz) reflect ongoing fluctuations in cortical excitability. Several theoretical frameworks and empirical studies have supported the notion that distinct features of ...

    Using patient reported outcomes (PROs) to improve recognition of common mental disorders in primary care 

    Olariu, Elena (Date of defense: 2016-01-12)

    The main objective of this thesis was to generate evidence on the recognition of common mental disorders (mood and anxiety disorders) in non-specialized healthcare settings and to explore solutions for its improvement. We ...

    Using the hands to embody prosody boosts phonological learning in a foreign language 

    Baills, Florence (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)

    Prosodic features of language such as prominence, melody, and rhythm, are frequently embodied by hand movements in face-to-face communication. However, little is known on the role of embodied techniques encoding the ...

    Using virtual reality to train public speaking skills in a secondary school setting 

    Valls-Ratés, Ïo (Date of defense: 2023-05-05)

    Training adolescent students to speak in public is crucial for the development of their oral competence but also beneficial for their social abilities, as it empowers them to engage in learning opportunities among their ...

    Uso de los cambios en el soporte ventilatorio no invasivo durante la insuficiencia respiratoria aguda hipoxémica 

    Parrilla Gómez, Francisco (Date of defense: 2024-03-01)

    El soporte respiratorio no invasivo (SRNI) es utilizado ampliamente en los Servicios de Medicina Intensiva para el tratamiento de la Insuficiencia Respiratoria Aguda Hipoxémica (IRAH). A pesar de los múltiples estudios ...

    La usurpación pacífica de inmuebles 

    Mirapeix Lacasa, Nuria (Date of defense: 2016-02-01)

    En el presente trabajo de investigación, se realiza el análisis jurídico de la denominada “usurpación pacífica de inmuebles”. Para llevar a cabo un estudio global de la cuestión, se realiza un examen tanto sustantivo como ...

    Utilización de los servicios sanitarios en población infantil y adolescente europea 

    Berra Ramos, Silvina del Valle (Date of defense: 2008-07-29)

    La utilització de serveis sanitaris en població infantil i adolescent europea ha estat fins ara poc analitzada. Aquest treball de recerca es va centrar en l'anàlisi de la utilització de serveis sanitaris en població infantil ...

    Validación y caracterización de un método inmuno-electroforético para la detección de eritropoyetina recombinante y análogos 

    Belalcazar Guerrero, Viviana (Date of defense: 2007-12-14)

    El objetivo principal de esta tesis fue el de realizar una validación y caracterización de las posibles variables que pueden afectar la metodología empleada para identificar las isoformas presentes en algunas de las especies ...

    Vallée du Khabour. Quartiers d'habitation et premiers moments de l'urbanisme en Mésopotamie du Nord 

    Sánchez, Cruz (Sánchez Ruiz) (Date of defense: 2012-04-19)

    Este trabajo está dedicado al estudio de la arquitectura doméstica de los yacimientos del valle del Habur (Siria), durante el periodo que va desde el Neolítico hasta el segundo milenio a.C. Basándonos en la información ...

    El Valor como eje de los discursos publicitarios y propagandísticos audiovisuales: Acercamiento a la naturaleza persuasiva de los valores 

    Hernández Olmedo, José Luis (Date of defense: 2015-05-29)

    Este trabajo se realizó con el objetivo de conocer cómo funcionan los valores en la publicidad comercial y en la propaganda política, específicamente en el spot televisivo. Se parte de pensar que los valores son ideas ...

    Value creation through the exploitation of knowledge assets: economic implications for firm strategy 

    González Olmedo, Raúl Aníbal (Date of defense: 2006-04-26)

    Los ensayos contenidos en esta disertación doctoral estudian como la explotación activos intangibles tales como patentes y propiedad intelectual pueden contribuir a la creación de valor y fortalecer las ventajas competitivas ...