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    Interplay between cancer cells, fibroblasts, immune cells, and resistance to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition in breast cancer 

    Soria Jiménez, Luis (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

    Although the dual anti-HER2 blockade with trastuzumab and pertuzumab monoclonal antibodies has improved the outcome of patients with HER2+ breast cancer, a significant number of patients relapse. Additional strategies for ...

    Interplay of human adaptative NKG2C+ NK cells with specific antibodies and T cells in the response to cytomegalovirus infection 

    Costa García, Marcel (Date of defense: 2018-06-11)

    Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection induces persistent changes in the host immune system, namely a sustained expansion of effector memory and cytotoxic specific T lymphocytes, the production of antibodies (Ab) and, in ...

    Interpretable deep-learning models for sound event detection and classification 

    Zinemanas Frieti, Pablo (Date of defense: 2023-10-20)

    Deep-learning models have revolutionized state-of-the-art technologies in many research areas, but their black-box structure makes it difficult to understand their inner workings and the rationale behind their predictions. ...

    Interpretable machine learning through radiomics and attribute-regularized neural networks for cardiology 

    Cetin, Irem (Date of defense: 2022-05-23)

    El diagnóstico asistido por ordenador de enfermedades cardiovasculares (CVD) con resonancia magnética cardíaca (CMR) es un campo importante de investigación para el fenotipado avanzado de imágenes cardíacas. Las mediciones ...

    Una interpretación de la esclavitud africana en Honduras siglos XVI-XVIII 

    Velásquez Lambur, Rosa Mélida (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)

    En las páginas siguientes se presentan los resultados del estudio de la población de ascendencia africana sometida a esclavitud en la provincia de Honduras en la época colonial. Este esfuerzo está encaminado a analizar sus ...

    The Interrelationship between migration and family behaviours: internal migration within China and international migration from China to the U.S. 

    Nie, Wanli (Date of defense: 2019-10-31)

    The dissertation investigates the interrelationship between migration and family behaviours, marriage and fertility, in the Chinese context. I apply event history techniques using data from an ethno-survey, several ...

    Intervenció reial i resistència institucional: El control polític de la Diputació General de Catalunya i del Consell de Cent de Barcelona (1654-1705) 

    Puig Bordera, Eduard (Date of defense: 2012-03-01)

    La tesi analitza el grau de control polític a que foren sotmeses les institucions catalanes (Diputació del General i Consell de Cent de Barcelona), per part de la monarquia, després de la Guerra dels Segadors. Des del reial ...

    Intervención basada en conceptos sobre elementos de la conversación oral en estudiantes de ELE 

    Vílchez Veleda, Alberto (Date of defense: 2021-04-15)

    La tesis que aquí se presenta tiene como objetivo principal documentar la ampliación de la toma de conciencia comunicativa de dos estudiantes de ELE de nivel B2 mediante la aplicación de una secuencia didáctica en CBI ...

    Intervención delictiva: significado y función del principio de accesoriedad 

    Vacchelli, Ezequiel (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)

    De la mano de una teoría de las normas integradora, este trabajo somete el principio de accesoriedad de la participación a un doble análisis: por un lado, en el nivel de la norma primaria, aspira a elucidar su significado ...

    Intrinsic and environmental influences on DNA methylation and gene expression in fish 

    Anastasiadi, Dafni (Date of defense: 2016-11-14)

    Epigenetic mechanisms, influenced by intrinsic and environmental factors are crucial for the regulation of gene expression and, ultimately, the phenotype. The European sea bass is used as a model to study these influences ...

    Introducció del portafoli de l'estudiant i del portafoli docent a la Facultat de Ciències de la Salut i de la Vida de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra 

    Valero Marcet, Mireia (Date of defense: 2006-10-03)

    S'ha introduït el portafoli com a instrument d'autoprenentatge i acreditació en dues modalitats diferents: el portafoli d'aprenentatge de l'estudiant i el portafoli docent del professor. El primer s'ha aplicat per al ...

    La Investigación científica sobre el microbioma en la prensa e internet: impacto mediático y calidad de la información 

    Prados-Bo, Andreu (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)

    El microbioma ha despertado un creciente interés científico, mediático y económico. Esta tesis examina hasta qué punto la información del microbioma en la prensa e internet está alineada con la ciencia. Durante el ...

    Investigación evaluativa para el diseño de una propuesta de intervención en edu-comunicación para la ciudadanía activa: análisis de los proyectos La Cruïlla Comuna y Desmuntamites 

    Cohen Montoya, Alfredo E. (Date of defense: 2016-10-21)

    Este trabajo es un compromiso para acercar la academia a las necesidades de la sociedad. Se trata de una investigación evaluativa, de corte cualitativo, realizada en el Instituto de Educación Superior Menéndez i Pelayo ...

    Investigating a role for p63 in prostate stem cells, cancer and metastasis 

    Di Giacomo, Valeria (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)

    P63 is a transcription factor of the p53 family with key roles in embryonic development, stem cells and cancer. P63-deficient mice fail to form stratified and glandular epithelia, including the prostate, demonstrating a ...

    Investigating protein complexes potentially governing microtubule-dependent MBP mRNA distribution 

    Jagiełło, Bogumiła (Date of defense: 2018-12-05)

    La localització de molècules d'ARNm permet regular la síntesi de proteïnes localment i temporalment i això és vital per molts processos cel·lular fonamentals. A Oligodendròcits el transport de l'ARNm de la proteïna bàsica ...

    Investigating senescence in cellular plasticity and tissue regeneration 

    Ritschka, Birgit (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)

    Cellular senescence has mainly been associated with tumor suppression and aging, mediated through cell intrinsic cell-cycle inhibition and arrest. However, through secretion of specific proteins, termed the senescence-associated ...

    Investigating sperm RNA dynamics in intergenerational inheritance using nanopore sequencing 

    Lucas, Morghan C. (Date of defense: 2023-04-24)

    The aim of this thesis is to delve into sperm RNA dynamics during maturation and paternal inheritance. To obtain an integrative multi-omics view of sperm RNA during these processes, I turned to the new direct RNA sequencing ...

    Investigating the molecular basis of Drosophila L(3)mbt and pins malignant tumors 

    Rai, Madhulika (Date of defense: 2018-01-29)

    Genetically tractable model organisms may help to identify new approaches to stop malignant growth. During the first part of my doctoral thesis, I have participated in a high content screen carried out to this end taking ...

    Investigating the role of Gli2 in mouse embryonic stem cells and mouse embryogenesis 

    Tu, Xiaochuan (Date of defense: 2023-07-27)

    Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are derived from the inner cell mass of the pre-implantation embryo and can recapitulate early developmental stages of the embryo. ESCs have the ability to continuously propagate while maintaining ...

    Investigating the role of transcription factor Nkx1-2 in mouse embryonic stem cell pluripotency, self-renewal and differentiation 

    Cortés Albarracín, Paola Andrea (Date of defense: 2019-12-02)

    Mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) require extracellular signals to induce the expression of intrinsic core pluripotency factors: Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog, known as the OSN triad. Notably, the Wnt/β-catenin pathway has been ...