• Effects of variability in second language learning in adults

  Sánchez López, Rebeca (2020-12-02)

  Learning a second language is a difficult task for adults. The present thesis explored how variability in the number of teachers influences second language learning and how this process is modulated by the similarity of ...
• Revisió i actualització de les entrades de fàrmacs indispensables en el nou Diccionari enciclopèdic de medicina (DEMCAT)

  Cerillo Moya, Carlota; Escala Crusells, Clara (2020-12-02)

  D’ençà que es va publicar el Diccionari de medicina de Manuel Corachan, l’any 1936, la terminologia mèdica en català no ha evolucionat a un ritme constant; ans al contrari, ha hagut de superar nombrosos entrebancs. Gairebé ...
• Pavel Florensky, reverse perspective and the neurosciences

  Díaz Calvete, Júlia (2019)

  The way we perceive the world has always been a major concern of philosophy and art. Pavel Florensky was a Russian polymath who wrote Reverse Perspective (1920), a rather unique essay on perception and art. His analysis ...
• Spontaneous neuronal activity is correlated to statistical learning performance: computation of ALFF and fALFF indices on resting-state fMRI

  Sanahuja Irene, Sandra (2019-08-01)

  Statistical learning (SL) is a mechanism that enables us to detect and learn probabilistic regularities and patterns from the environment. Previous studies have explored the role of SL in resting-state functional connectivity, ...
• Dispositiu mèdic per combatre la falta de sacietat en pacients amb Síndrome de Prader-Willi

  Figueras Cervera, Marta; Garcia Codina, Gal·la (2019-08-01)

  La Síndrome de Prader-Willi (SPW) és un trastorn poc freqüent causat per una falta d’expressió del cromosoma 15. Els afectats pateixen afectacions mentals, físiques i conductuals. Els resultats d’una enquesta realitzada ...
• Targeting acute myeloid leukemia stem cell: current status and clinical application

  Gutierrez Tordera, Laia (2019-08-01)

  Since the discovery of leukemic stem cells by Dick and Bonnet in 1996, therapeutic targets have been searched to specifically eliminate this population and, thus, avoid recurrent episodes of relapse in these patients. To ...
• Analysis of the cholinergic system in Alzheimer’s disease: a study of toxicity and regulation of stress response in cholinergic cells

  Salvador i Mata, Bertran (2015-06-19)

  Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that slowly impairs the cognitive abilities of the patient, leading to a progressive neuronal loss. The main molecular ...
• Identification of war victims of the 20th century from Poland through DNA testing from skeletal remains

  Badell Garcia, Irina (2018-09-13)

  Identification through forensic methods is crucial in crime investigations. The Polish Genetic Database of Victims of Totalitarianism (PBGOT) is allowing the positive identification of many victims of Communist and Nazi ...
• Nanoheaters and amoeboid-like motile cells: designing a new delivery system

  Bellot Herrero, Carlota (2018-09-13)

  Pharmacological success is strongly determined by how a drug is delivered to its target structure. This is the reason why the development of improved and new drug delivery strategies is one of the greatest pharmacological ...
• Environmental enrichment and epigallocatequin-3-gallate normalize aberrant neural activity in a murine model of Down Syndrome

  Vilademunt Alcaide, Marta (2018-09-13)

  Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic disease underlying intellectual disability. It is characterized by memory impairment and brain morphological and molecular alterations resulting in poor executive performance. ...
• El nou repte de les addiccions conductuals: l’ús problemàtic del mòbil: estudi transversal en l’alumnat de Barcelona

  Olivella Cirici, Marc (2018-09-13)

  En un món on el mòbil és la millor eina per estar sempre disponible, el seu consum es pot convertir en un problema quan s’utilitza d’una manera injustificada i desmesurada. Malgrat ser la millor eina per un gran nombre de ...
• Efectividad de una intervención educativa basada en la autoeficacia para mejorar la adherencia terapéutica en pacientes con hipertensión arterial del CAP de la Barceloneta

  Iglesias Álvarez, Nora (2018-07-20)

  Introducción: la hipertensión arterial sigue constituyendo unos de los grandes retos de la medicina moderna, figurando entre los problemas de salud más prevalentes en el mundo contemporáneo. La mayoría de los esfuerzos ...
• Factores que impiden a las enfermeras de la UCI incorporar la cultura de UCI abierta a su práctica clínica

  Cordero Jaramillo, Yessenia (2018-07-20)

  Introducción: a pesar de los numerosos estudios que demuestran los beneficios de la UCI abierta, las UCI españolas continúan bajo la cultura de UCI en régimen de visitas familiares. Objetivos: conocer los factores ...
• Estudi observacional retrospectiu de les característiques clíniques dels pacients de la comunitat gitana sotmesos a cirurgia bariàtrica

  Dacosta Pova, Marta (2018-07-19)

  L’obesitat és considerada una pandèmia d’escala mundial, amb una prevalença actual a Espanya d’un 21,6%, destacant un percentatge més elevat quan s’estudia la comunitat gitana. Quan l’obesitat assoleix el grau III o obesitat ...
• Lowering effects of hydroxytyrosol on homocysteine plasma concentrations after wine intake in humans

  Guerra Albà, Mercè (2018-07-19)

  Homocysteine is considered to be a risk factor for atherosclerosis. Moderate alcohol consumption has been associated with beneficial effects on cardiovascular diseases. However, whether these effects are due to ethanol ...
• Vagus nerve stimulation as a therapy for treatment resistant depression

  Martínez Martínez, Andrea (2017)

  The major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent chronic disease considered one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. MDD is predicted to be the leading cause of disability by the year ...
• Neuroinflamació i sistema opioide endogen en el dolor neuropàtic experimental

  García Guillén, Júlia (2017-11-13)

  El dolor neuropàtic és degut a una malaltia que afecta al sistema somatosensorial, produint-se canvis en les vies nociceptives que alteren la conducció normal dels impulsos nerviosos. Es caracteritza per percebre com a ...
• Impacts of climate change on global health: a scoping review on the case of malaria

  Güil Oumrait, Núria (2017-10-25)

  Anthropogenic climate change is having a potential impact on human health, being one of the main environmental and health challenges of our time. Malaria, the major killer of children worldwide, is critically the most ...
• Apropem la recerca a batxillerat: una aproximació didàctica per elaborar treballs de recerca de l'àmbit de la biomedicina

  Núñez Garcia, Gemma (2017-10-20)

  L’aprenentage de les ciències mitjançant la indagació promou el desenvolupament de la competència científica, però actualment hi ha escassos recursos destinats a l’alumnat de batxillerat per fer recerca des d’un punt de ...
• Assessing neural circuit dynamics of antipsychotic drugs

  Chanovas Colomé, Jordi (2017-10-18)

  In vivo extracellular recording of simultaneous neural responses from different neurons at the same time allows to understand the interaction between neurons and to determine neural dynamics in different brain circuits. ...

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