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    The Impact of Lockdown in Emotion and Behavior using Time Series: Distress, Depression and Anxious Arousal 

    Flor Arasil, Patricia (Date of defense: 2022-05-26)

    The COVID-19 lockdown that struck Spain during March 2020 ended up with a period of 60 days of lockdown, a natural context where to study the effects of isolation or its feeling. It is known that long periods of isolation ...

    The Impact of Parental Migration on Emotional Health of Left Behind Children: A Study with Brazilian Immigrants in The United States 

    Lopes Clark, Liliane (Date of defense: 2022-09-11)

    This study conducted in the USA investigated the parental migration impact on the emotional health of Brazilian left behind children. Fifty individuals participated. The mean separation time found was 7.33 years. The ...

    The implications of FinTech for traditional banking and regional economic development in China 

    Wu, Minzhi (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)

    Over the past decade, the emergence of FinTech has reshaped the landscape of the financial sector worldwide. Although there are several alternative approaches to defining FinTech, a worldwide and generally accepted definition, ...

    The influence of new marketing approaches on the export performance of Spanish firms 

    González Ferriz, Fernando (Date of defense: 2018-10-03)

    This thesis pretends to determine the variables that have an influence on the export performance of Spanish companies in the fashion sector. To do so, a special attention has been paid to new marketing approaches, considering ...

    The investigation of illicit drugs and their metabolites in water by liquid chromatography coupled to low and high resolution mass spectrometry 

    Bijlsma, Lubertus (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)

    La investigación de drogas ilícitas (IDs) en aguas se ha convertido en tema de actualidad en los últimos años. Las IDs pueden entrar en las aguas residuales, inalteradas o como metabolitos, después de su consumo y excreción. ...

    The logic of markets: From Micro to Macro Dynamics 

    Caferra, Rocco (Date of defense: 2022-03-21)

    This thesis proposes a series of experimental and empirical works considering traders from "isolate atoms" to heterogeneous "interacting particles" operating into the marketplace. Part I discusses the risk propensity of ...

    The methodologies in psychology of gender and health: An integrative journey from different approaches to diverse realities 

    Santamaria Dávila, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-07-16)

    This thesis is a methodological exploration to achieve the integration of methods through psychological research on gender, exploring different controversial topics currently reflected by psychology of gender using diverse ...

    The nature of noise in single-pixel cameras and their application in imaging through scattering media 

    Jáuregui Sánchez, Yessenia (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)

    Imaging through scattering media has been a longstanding issue in many scientific fields and several optical techniques have emerged to retrieve the information of objects hidden in highly scattering media. Single-pixel ...

    The polysemy of prepositions at, beside, by, near and next to: The horizontal axis of spatial relations 

    Flor Fabregat, Nuria (Date of defense: 2022-04-04)

    Even though some prepositions may appear similar in meaning to others, slight and subtle nuances exist. Thus, exploring the contrasts in their senses is fundamental to developing a description of these distinct meanings. ...

    The positive affect regulation in an online transdiagnostic protocol for emotional disorders 

    Díaz García, Amanda (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)

    The general objective of the present dissertation was to analyze, in a randomized controlled study, the efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet-based treatment for emotional disorders (ED) in a community sample. This study ...

    The power of efficacy beliefs: Looking for teachers' well-being 

    Vera Perea, María (Date of defense: 2010-09-27)

    El objetivo de esta tesis ha sido examinar el importante papel desempeñado por las creencias de eficacia dentro de una profesión determinada, como es la enseñanza. Además, y con el Modelo Demandas-Recursos Laborales (D-RL) ...

    The Quality of Medical Interpreting Services Against the Backdrop of Health Tourism in the Valencian Community, Spain, Viewed Through the Lens of the Sociology of Professions 

    Gavlovych, Nina (Date of defense: 2023-03-08)

    The thesis investigates the concept of medical interpreting through the lens of the Sociology of Professions and Freidson's (2001) theory of professional knowledge in the light of the lack of recognition of the figure of ...

    The relationship between economic freedom and economic growth in EU countries 

    Brkić, Ivana (Date of defense: 2020-07-06)

    The concept of economic freedom is based on the existence and functioning of a market economy, with minimal intervention and the role of the state in the market and the private sector. The Index of Economic Freedom by the ...

    The Role of instruction, lenguage proficiency and motivation in second language writing 

    Sánchez Muñoz, Gloria (Date of defense: 2022-12-21)

    This thesis explores 2nd year Baccalaureate students’ L2 writing development from a holistic communicative perspective during a whole academic year. In particular, it examines the impact the instructional treatment used, ...

    The role of internet in stock market 

    Shen, Dehua (Date of defense: 2016-05-23)

    This dissertation introduces the concept of Internet Information and highlights its crucial role in stock market. At the beginning, I discuss the intrinsic relations between market efficiency and Internet Information ...

    The Role of News Consumption on Influencers’ Facebook Pages in Threat Perception and Political Conservatism During Times of COVID-19: A Comparative Study between the USA, Spain, and Egypt 

    Omar, Reham Gamal Ahmed Salem (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)

    We explore the news consumption on influencers' Facebook pages and the impact of such exposure on shaping threat perception. Also, the correlation between the cultivated threat perception and political conservatism. We ...

    The story flows on: A multi-study on the flow experience 

    Rodríguez Sánchez, Alma María (Date of defense: 2009-05-26)

    Esta tesis doctoral se enmarca en el contexto de la Psicología Positiva ya que explora la experiencia de flow (o fluir) en el trabajo. Concretamente, el objetivo ha sido describir, operacionalizar, explorar la dinámica y ...

    The UJI online robot: a distributed architecture for pattern recognition, autonomous grasping and augmented reality 

    Marín Prades, Raúl (Date of defense: 2002-05-24)

    The thesis has been developed at the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory of the University Jaume I (Spain). The objectives are focused on the laboratory's interest fields, which are Telerobotics, Human-Robot Interaction, ...

    Theoretical modelling of electrons and holes in semiconductor nanostructures 

    Royo Valls, Miquel (Date of defense: 2010-10-22)

    En esta tesis se utiliza la aproximación de masa efectiva y función envolvente para estudiar teóricamente las propiedades optoelectrónicas de una gran variedad de nanoestructuras semiconductoras, muchas de las cuales son ...

    Theoretical Studies of the Catalytic Mechanism of the Dihydroxyacetone Kinase 

    Bordes Pastor, Isabel (Date of defense: 2017-09-27)

    Dihydroxyacetone kinases (DHAKs) catalyse the transfer of the phosphoryl group from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to dihydroxyacetone (Dha) generating Dha phosphate (Dha-P), a very important specie for C-C bond formation ...