• Educational institutions and their effect on inequality: three papers on educational systems and inequality of achievement and opportunity

  Cimentada, Jorge (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-25)

  By placing particular attention to the socio-economic dimension, this thesis explores the role of three pillars of an educational system: decentralization, early education and curricular tracking. The first article focuses ...
• Learning mechanisms of uncertainty and neuromodulation

  Puigbò Llobet, Jordi-Ysard (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-01)

  Learning systems are, by default, adaptive. Experience shapes the parame- ters of artificial systems, as well as it changes the connectivity of biological brains. Nonetheless, our attempts to create artificial learning ...
• The Politics of discrimination: a comparative study of the situation of Christian Arab minorities in Egypt and Syria

  Anouti, Hani (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-04-16)

  This thesis investigates the puzzle of why the level of discrimination against religious minorities was higher in Egypt than in Syria, and therefore why the transition from "Arab" nationalism to "re-Islamization" of politics ...
• Neural mechanisms of abstract rule changes in speech : exploring phonologic and attentional constraints

  Monte Ordoño, Julia, 1989- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-04-13)

  L’extracció de regles de la parla és crucial per a l’adquisició del llenguatge. La present dissertació estudia el mecanisme d’aprenentatge de regles explorant com el cervell detecta regularitats rellevants dins del senyal ...
• Error exponent analysis for the multiple access channel with correlated sources

  Rezazadeh, Arezou (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-13)

  Due to delay constraints of modern communication systems, studying reliable communication with finite-length codewords is much needed. Error exponents are one approach to study the finite-length regime from the ...
• How do infants represent others?: biases towards native language and rational agents

  Colomer Canyelles, Marc (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-02)

  Much of the information infants acquire they learn it by observing and interacting with others. However, not all individuals provide information that is functionally and/or culturally relevant. Infants’ capacity of identifying ...
• Analysis of interaction design and evaluation methods in full-body interaction for special needs: collaborative virtual environments for improving socialization in children with autism

  Crowell, Ciera (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-20)

  This thesis is focused on the specific properties and evaluation of full-body interaction design of multi-user mixed reality environments to aid in intervention strategies for children with autism, to improve their ...
• El Yo en serie: variaciones identitarias en el drama televisivo contemporáneo norteamericano

  Crisóstomo Gálvez, Raquel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-17)

  Esta investigación persigue aproximarse a las distintas formas, variantes, matices y consecuencias de la narración subjetiva, identitaria, en el drama norteamericano contemporáneo de la tercera edad de oro. El objetivo ...
• Dibújame internet: una exploración, desde el análisis de metáforas, de las definiciones de los maestros sobre internet

  Hafner Táboas, Amalia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-16)

  Esta tesis aborda las representaciones de los maestros sobre internet mediante la identificación y análisis de las metáforas construidas para definirlo. Prestamos especial atención a la presencia de emociones en las metáforas ...
• Llenguatge jurídic català: estat de la qüestió i propostes de futur : estudis sobre la variació terminològica, la història, els recursos, el model lingüístic i l'ús del LJC

  Arnall Duch, Anna (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-07-17)

  El llenguatge jurídic català (LJC) viu una etapa d’estancament a causa del poc ús que se’n fa, el retrocés en el marc jurídic i la perduració dels obstacles que n’impedeixen el desenvolupament. La finalitat que persegueix ...
• New insights into the role of the RNA binding proteins CPEBs in cancer

  Gibert Fernandez, Joan 1988- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-11-08)

  Cytoplasmic polyadenylation binding proteins (CPEB) are a family of RNA binding proteins which control the translation of its target mRNAs by modulating the length poly(A) mRNA tail. Cytoplasmic polyadenylation was originally ...
• Essays in economic forecasting

  Odendahl, Florens (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-10-08)

  This thesis consists of three chapters on forecasting techniques in economics. In chapter 1, I use copulas to estimate multivariate density forecasts based on univariate densities from survey data. Survey-based predictions ...
• Identification of the sphingolipid desaturase DEGS1 as a novel gene for a leukodystrophy in therapeutic hope

  Pant, Devesh Chandra, 1987- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-10-05)

  In spite of recent advances in understanding the genetic bases of leukodystrophies, a large number of clinical cases remain unexplained, suggesting that many leukodystrophy-associated genes have yet to be identified. Here ...
• The Role of macroH2A1 histone variant in muscle metabolism and development

  Hurtado-Bagès, Sarah, 1990- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-27)

  In the eukaryotic nucleus, DNA, wrapped around a core of histone proteins. Replication-coupled histones can be exchanged by histone variants. In mammals, H2A can be replaced by three distinct macroH2A proteins. Alternative ...
• La Proyección social de los primeros avances en la farmacología antimicrobiana del siglo XX : El caso de la arsfenamina, las sulfamidas y la estreptomicina

  Serés Escot, Elisabet, 1984- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-09-15)

  La arsfenamina, las sulfamidas y la estreptomicina son tres de los antimicrobianos que revolucionaron la terapia antiinfecciosa durante el siglo XX. Este estudio analiza cuantitativa y cualitativamente la difusión de la ...
• Distribución del tiempo de trabajo e igualdad efectiva: la inspección de trabajo como garante

  Vega Felgueroso, Telma (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-04-06)

  Este trabajo tiene como finalidad recordar que el tiempo que se distribuye en el mercado laboral no es sólo el tiempo de trabajo remunerado, sino también el tiempo de cuidados, lo que genera, en el ámbito de la relación ...
• Patterns of accumulation of persistent organic pollutants in human populations

  Garí de Barbarà, Mercè, 1982- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2013-04-15)

  The present research explores the levels and patterns of accumulation of a wide range of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the human population. It assesses two major families of POPs, namely organochlorine compounds ...
• Mechanisms of synaptotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease : Pre- and postsynaptic differences to amyloid beta-induced injury

  Vicario Orri, Elena, 1989- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-10-03)

  The mechanisms by which amyloid beta (Aβ) causes synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remain elusive. Aβ is derived by sequential cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and released from neurons, but ...
• Atomicity and distributive reference

  Wohlmuth, Kata (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-06-19)

  Mereological models are often used to account for distributive reference, which arises when the denotation of a linguistic expression holds of certain parts of the plurality to which it is applied. It is general praxis in ...
• El Siglo XX en viñetas: relaciones internacionales y humanismo en el cómic europeo

  Alcantarilla Hidalgo, Fernando José (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015-04-17)

  This PhD thesis draws the constant tension line between international conflicts and humanist values resulting from Western comic books published during 20th Century. The dissertation adopts a novel and daring multidisciplinary ...

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