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Temporal resolution by multiomic approaches of acute myeloid leukemias

Gamarra Figueroa, Gianni Paolo (Date of defense: 2024-01-26)

Acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs) are a type of cancer where undifferentiated myeloid cells abnormally proliferate. Such phenotype can be caused by the expression of chimeric proteins like PML-RARα and MLL-AF9. Many studies ...

Temporalitats digitals. Aproximació a una teoria del temps cinemàtic en les obres audiovisuals interactives

Sora Domenjó, Carles (Date of defense: 2015-11-23)

Aquesta tesi presenta una aproximació teòrica a l'estudi del temps cinemàtic en l'audiovisual interactiu, des de dues perspectives: la de l'estructuració narrativa, els seus usos i tractament temporal; i la de la seva ...

Teorías neoconstitucionalistas: un análisis de los constitucionalismos garantista, principialista e incorporacionista desde la cultura constitucional mexicana

Vázquez Sánchez, Omar (Date of defense: 2017-10-31)

Este trabajo de investigación doctoral tiene por objeto analizar el «paradigma constitucionalista» y su relación con la cultura constitucional mexicana. En el paradigma constitucionalista están implicados dos fenómenos ...

Terahertz communications: Physical layer enablers and analysis

Dovelos, Konstantinos (Date of defense: 2021-11-05)

Undoubtedly, spectrum scarcity constitutes the main bottleneck of current wireless networks. It is therefore imperative to move beyond the sub-6 GHz band in order to overcome this limitation. Toward this direction, terahertz ...

Teresa, de Miguel de Unamuno : entre la tradición y la renovación

Belda Vázquez, María Consuelo (Date of defense: 2012-12-13)

Esta tesis pretende analizar en profundidad la obra de Miguel de Unamuno, Teresa. Rimas de un poeta desconocido, presentadas y presentado por Miguel de Unamuno (1924), sin duda una de las obras unamunianas que menos atención ...

Terminologia i implantació : anàlisi d'alguns factors que influencien l'ús dels termes normalitzats de la informàtica i les TIC en llengua catalana

Montané March, M. Amor (Date of defense: 2012-12-11)

En aquesta tesi es duu a terme una anàlisi de la implantació de la terminologia en l’ús amb l’objectiu de trobar les causes que expliquen l’èxit o el fracàs de les propostes denominatives. Partim de la premissa que existeix ...

Terminology planning evaluation: the case of Persian language

Fathi, Besharat (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)

The strategic importance of terminology planning, its complexities, and implementation of the policies have been tackled in the literature from distinct points of views. The diversity of discussions and methodologies ...

Terraforming Earth's ecosystems : engineering ecosystems to avoid anthropogenic tipping points

Vidiella Rocamora, Blai (Date of defense: 2022-03-10)

The idea of Terraformation comes from the science fiction literature, where humans have the capability of changing a non-habitable planet to an Earth-like one. Nowadays, Nature is changing rapidly, the poles are melting, ...

Terrorismo y "guerra" contra el terror: límites de su punición en un estado democrático

Llobet Anglí, Mariona (Date of defense: 2009-01-16)

Como es sabido, España es uno de los países que más de cerca ha vivido la barbarie del terrorismo de la mano de la banda armada ETA, que, en los más de 40 años de acciones indiscriminadas, ha matado a centenares de personas. ...

Testing two evolutionary theories of ageing by using public genome-wide data

Rodríguez Pérez, Juan Antonio (Date of defense: 2017-01-24)

Old age comes coupled with frailty and disease and, thus, the ageing of the World’s population have spurred the interest on the causes and mechanisms of senescence. Senescence has long been a mystery, with no single ...

Text in context : Chromatin effects in gene regulation

Corrales Berjano, Marc (Date of defense: 2018-01-19)

This thesis reports the study of chromatin composition and conformation on the expression of integrated reporters at thousands of genomic locations in the Drosophila genome. We have adapted and improved a technology ...

Textos especialitzats i variació vertical: la diversitat terminològica com a factor discriminant del nivell d'especialització d'un text

Domènech Bagaria, Ona (Date of defense: 2006-04-28)

Aquesta tesi doctoral es proposa contribuir a la delimitació del nivell d'especialitat d'un text a partir de l'anàlisi quantitativa de la terminologia que conté, amb la voluntat, d'una banda, de contribuir a l'estudi i ...

Textual and interpersonal pragmatic markers in full- and semi-English- medium instruction: their acquisition and the impact of learners' motivational profiles

Ament, Jennifer (Date of defense: 2018-11-06)

This doctoral dissertation has three main aims: firstly, to investigate the acquisition of pragmatic markers (PMs); secondly, to investigate the effect of either full- or semi-English-medium instruction (EMI) course on ...

Thai TV series brought to Spanish-speaking audiences: a study of fansubbing practices

Leksawat, Animmarn (Date of defense: 2023-01-16)

This thesis investigates the complexities of the fansubbing of Thai TV series into Spanish as a representative case of two underexplored areas in Translation Studies: non-professional translation and pivot translation. ...

The Action of natural selection in recently duplicated genes

Lorente Galdós, Maria Belén (Date of defense: 2011-11-11)

Identification of signatures of positive selection has long been a major issue for understanding the unique features of any given species. However, only a fraction of human genes have been interrogated. Genes within ...

The Anatomical, physiological and computational principles of adaptive learning in the cerebellum: the micro and macrocircuits of the brain

Zucca, Riccardo (Date of defense: 2015-02-13)

The human brain is undoubtedly the most complex product of evolution. Understanding how complex behaviour is generated by the intricacy of hundred billion of neurons and synapses fascinated scientists and philosophers for ...

The antiquarians of the nation: archaeologists and philologists in nineteenth-century Roussillon

Zantedeschi, Francesca (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

The purpose of this thesis is to formulate a coherent history of Roussillon in the nineteenth century in an attempt to explain the causes for the weaknesses underpinning its Catalan cultural revival. In order to do so, I ...

The Aurora B-dependent NoCut checkpoint prevents damage of anaphase bridges after DNA replication stress

Amaral, Nuno (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)

La coordinació de la citocinesis amb la segregació cromosòmica és essencial per mantenir l’estabilitat cromosòmica durant la proliferació cel•lular. Tant en llevat com en cèl•lules animals, els ponts de cromatina en anafase ...

The Bilingual cost in speech production : studies of phonological and articulatory processes

Sadat Schaffai, Jasmin (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)

The main objective of this dissertation is to examine the consequences of bilingualism on speech production. Previous research has shown that bilingual speakers experience a cost compared to monolinguals in a variety of ...

The calculation of damages in EU intellectual property law: an assessment of the harmonisation approach used in article 13(1) of Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of IPRs

Wolsing, Daniel (Date of defense: 2023-05-05)

The claim for compensation is a key tool in any legal system. Due to their ubiquitous nature, the calculation of damages for the infringement of intellectual property rights exhibits significant peculiarities. In its ...