Sánchez de la Sierra, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
The philosophical discussion on climate change and migration to date has focused mainly on the case ‘sinking islands’. Though critical, this case represents only a small fraction of the empirical and ...
Mantovani, Cristiano (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)
This dissertation contains three essays on macroeconomics and economic geography. In the first Chapter, I study the evolution of hours worked. I develop a model of the labor market and use the model ...
Altadill Balsells, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-06-30)
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes a prevalent lifelong infection in all human populations. Although the course is generally mild and the virus remains latent, HCMV can cause severe disorders in ...
Balbastre Català, Borja (Date of defense: 2022-10-27)
Dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinases (DYRKs) are a conserved family of protein kinases present in all eukaryotes. In mammals, the association of DYRKs with a wide variety of putative substrates ...
Grawenhoff, Julia (Date of defense: 2024-01-24)
The local translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) within different neuronal compartments is a prerequisite the formation of long-term memories. mRNAs are localized via active transport along microtubules, ...
Tudela Pi, Marc (Date of defense: 2022-10-27)
Although the use of volumetric conduction to power wireless implants has been experimentally validated in recent years, a theoretical framework to determine the power and efficiency obtained by minimally ...
Martínez Ara, Guillermo (Date of defense: 2022-09-19)
During embryonic development, cellular forces synchronize in space and time to generate functional tissue shapes. Apical constriction is a force-generating process necessary to provoke the folding of ...
Chapin, Kayla (Date of defense: 2023-06-30)
Linguistic characteristics of spontaneous connected speech are showing increasing potential for detecting and tracking cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease, and could be particularly suitable to ...
Palomo Lario, Carlos (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
This doctoral dissertation analyses the differences between young people with an immigrant background and natives (without an immigrant background) in educational expectations and the educational pathways ...
Ohanyan, Narek (Date of defense: 2023-06-07)
This thesis studies the optimal conduct of monetary policy in the presence of nominal and informational frictions. The first chapter studies the optimal policy in a small open economy model with ...