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The generation of cell diversity in the embryonic brain relies on the balance between cell proliferation and differentiation. The hindbrain boundary cells specify at the interface between adjacent compartments. Boundary ...
Understanding the determinants of childhood obesity has never been more urgent given the high levels across the world. It is increasingly recognized that the urban environment may affect childhood growth and obesity, and ...
Urban environments are very complex systems with a myriad of factors intricately related. Built environment, transport, physical activity and sedentary behaviours, air pollution, and social contacts and feelings of loneliness ...
Urban design influences how we go about our lives and even how we feel about our neighbors. Using data from the Copernicus Urban Atlas, I find that residents of cities across Europe that have more continuous urban fabric ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
