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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-07-09)Understanding the neural correlates of intellectual disability is still a central and unresolved problem in neuroscience. Here we have unravelled several candidate neural substrates of memory impairment and rescue using a ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-06-26)In female mammals, one of the X chromosomes is epigenetically inactivated through X chromosome Inactivation (XCI) during the epiblast differentiation. However, XCI is later specifically reversed in female germ cells by ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-07-03)One of the main evolutionary transitions is the origin of animal and fungal multicellularity from single-cell ancestors. To address this change, it is necessary to study the extant unicellular relatives of animals (Metazoa) ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016-10-13)Adult skeletal muscle has a remarkable capacity of self-repairing after damage. The cellular communication processes and mediator molecules in the regenerative microenvironment that control muscle stem cell functions are ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-07-01)Chromatin organization and gene expression are interdependent. Previously, our group showed that nucleosomes form groups, termed clutches, whose size correlates with cell state. In this thesis, we carried out 3D, 2-color ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-06-19)The transition from maternal to embryonic control is a crucial time in an organism’s life cycle, with an overhaul of the epigenetic marks, targeted mRNA degradation and the initiation of transcription. Yet, not only do ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-06-21)White matter hyperintensities (WMH) have been associated with increased risk and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the range to which this association can be extended to AD risk factors and WMH burden in ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-06-20)DYRK (dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinases) is an evolutionary conserved family of protein kinases involved in the regulation of cellular processes, such as proliferation and survival, which play pivotal role in ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-07-18)In principle, contracts are enforceable mutually beneficial agreements. In the event of a breach of contract, many national, supranational, and international legal systems—as well as recent European harmonization projects ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-12-13)En adultos, 10 minutos de actividad física (AF) tres veces al día, previene enfermedades no transmisibles y prolonga la esperanza de vida. El Plan de Actividad Física, Deporte y Salud (PAFES) busca incrementar el nivel de ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-01-18)En aquesta tesi ens centrem a estudiar l’actuació del docent d’ELE quan treballa textos a classe, tant abans com durant i després de la seva lectura. Per fer-ho, hem dut a terme una recerca etnogràfica, mitjançant mètodes ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-07-17)El objetivo de esta tesis doctoral es observar si la prostitución callejera influye en la percepción de seguridad. El ámbito de investigación se ha centrado en dos barrios de Barcelona en los que la prostitución callejera ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-07-03)This thesis consists of three chapters on macroeconomic policy and business cy-cles. In chapter 1, I estimate a time-varying structural VAR to study the effects of government spending shocks on a number of U.S. macroeconomic ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-06-12)In the first chapter, I analyze the consequences of increased prenatal exposure to marijuana on infant health in the US. I combine individual-level information on birth outcomes with novel data on the location and opening ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-06-21)This thesis consists of three chapters on topics in development economics. In the first chapter, I study the impact of family planning policies on gender-specific outcomes. I find positive impacts of the FPP on improv-ing ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-01-16)The secondary structure of an RNA molecule is fundamental for its function. However, structural conservation and the structure of RNA in vivo are still poorly understood. Data from recent high-throughput experiments can ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-07-12)The purpose of this research is to elucidate the philosophical foundations of the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights. For this, two basic problems are distinguished: the conceptual problem ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-07-10)Este trabajo analiza la insolvencia como un problema de gobierno corporativo que puede aparecer cuando el desequilibrio financiero reduce el valor razonable de la empresa a una cifra inferior al pasivo exigible de la ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-01-10)Cancer cells undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to dissociate from the primary tumor and to survive to chemotherapy. EMT is controlled by Snail1, a transcriptional factor also required for the activation ...
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(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-07-10)Every animal on our planet wanders around when looking for something. Whether it is in search of food, a mate, or home, navigation is one of the most performed cognitive behaviors in Nature. Nevertheless, our understanding ...
