• The Role of adult stem cells in tumor formation : mutations in Sox2+ cells induce lineage-specific proliferation

  Vázquez Ferrer, Eric, 1990- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-11-10)

  It has been well-established that progressive accumulation of genetic mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressors induces cancer. However, the early molecular mechanisms leading to tumor initiation remain elusive. ...
• Sota el signe de l'Odissea: el viaggio in Italia del cinema modern: de Rossellini a El menyspreu

  Llorca, Vicenç, 1965- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015-10-30)

  Aquesta tesi pretén demostrar que l’Odissea constitueix un dels eixos vertebradors del cinema modern, ja que actua com a signe des del qual s’estableix un paradigma interpretatiu de la pròpia modernitat cinematogràfica i ...
• Exposición al humo ambiental de tabaco en población infantil : prevalencia, intensidad y factores asociados a la exposición en casa

  Arechavala Roe, Teresa, 1987- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-11-08)

  El objetivo principal de esta tesis es estimar la prevalencia de exposición al humo ambiental de tabaco (HAT) en la población infantil y caracterizar la exposición en casa. Para ello, se han diseñado 4 estudios a partir ...
• Creactive subtitles: subtitling for ALL

  Sala Robert, Èlia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016-11-07)

  L’objectiu d’aquesta tesi és contribuir a la pràctica i la teoria de la subtitulació per a persones sordes (SPS), més concretament, per a nens i nenes sords. Després de l’anàlisi de les pràctiques de subtitulació actuals, ...
• Long-term exposure to greenspace and healthy ageing

  Keijzer, Carmen de, 1992- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-25)

  As the world population is rapidly ageing and experiencing an ongoing urbanization, there is an emerging need for environments that are supportive of healthy ageing. Greenspace exposure may foster healthy ageing by promoting ...
• Teorías neoconstitucionalistas: un análisis de los constitucionalismos garantista, principialista e incorporacionista desde la cultura constitucional mexicana

  Vázquez Sánchez, Omar, (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-10-31)

  Este trabajo de investigación doctoral tiene por objeto analizar el «paradigma constitucionalista» y su relación con la cultura constitucional mexicana. En el paradigma constitucionalista están implicados dos fenómenos ...
• Collective phenomena in networks of spiking neurons with synaptic delays

  Devalle, Federico (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-05-03)

  A prominent feature of the dynamics of large neuronal networks are the synchrony-driven collective oscillations generated by the interplay between synaptic coupling and synaptic delays. This thesis investigates the emergence ...
• Bonobo evolution : from the perspective of genomes

  Han, Sojung, 1984- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-16)

  Bonobos are an interesting species to study due to their unique evolutionary features such as a peaceful social nature and hypersexual behavior. The prolonged exaggerated sexual swelling in females is a notable difference ...
• Machine learning in structural biology and chemoinformatics : Driving drug discovery one epoch at a time

  Jiménez Luna, José, 1993- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-24)

  Deep learning approaches have become increasingly popular in the last years thanks to their state-of the-art performance in fields such as computer vision and natural language understanding. The first goal of this thesis ...
• Behavioral and electrophysiological correlates of cross-modal enhancement for unaware visual events

  Pápai, Márta Szabina, 1987- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2017-10-26)

  Diariamente recibimos mucha información que procede simultáneamente de distintos sentidos, que se combina en el cerebro para conseguir una respuesta rápida y precisa. Muchas veces, esto ocurre mediante la integración ...
• El Yo en serie: variaciones identitarias en el drama televisivo contemporáneo norteamericano

  Crisóstomo Gálvez, Raquel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-07-17)

  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 ...
• Essays in applied microeconomics

  Lerche, Adrian (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-08)

  This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters that empirically evaluate the influence of capital costs and occupational regulation on labor demand. In the first chapter, I study the effects of investment tax credits ...
• Essays on international trade, geography and borders

  Santamaría, Marta (Santamaría Monturiol) (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-09)

  This thesis explores how different types of trade costs shape trade patterns and the distribution of economic activity across space. In the first chapter, I study how the choice of transport infrastructure after the division ...
• Essays on monetary policy and labor markets

  Diz, Sebastian (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-03)

  This thesis consists of three self-contained essays. The first chapter investigates the redistributive role minimum wages can play over the cycle and the implied effects on macroeconomic stability. To this end, I develop ...
• Essays on infraestructure and economic growth

  Yang, Guohao (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-03)

  This thesis aims to better understand China’s structural change and productivity growth in recent decades. In the first chapter, I study the impact of infrastructure, i.e, highway construction, on China’s participation in ...
• The Economics of financial information in young firms

  Guasch Mercadé, Martí (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-10)

  This thesis focuses on the use of accounting information to mitigate the severe information asymmetries existing between young firms and capital providers. The first chapter studies the importance of debt in early stage ...
• Social determinants of health and the health system of Mozambique : Towards a comprehensive analysis of health inequalities

  Llop Gironés, Alba, 1987- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-11-21)

  The present thesis aims to give a critical overview of the health care and health inequalities for the Mozambican case. The thesis is divided into four articles, two of them are quantitative articles analysing data from ...
• Early screening of dyslexia using a language-independent content game and machine learning

  Rauschenberger, Maria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-10-11)

  Els nens amb dislèxia tenen dificultats per aprendre a llegir i escriure. Sovint se'ls diagnostica després de fallar a l'escola, encara que la dislèxia no estigui relacionada amb la intel·ligència general. En aquesta tesi, ...
• Origins of recursive phrase structure through cultural self-organisation and selection

  Garcia Casademont, Emília, 1987- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018-09-17)

  Many human languages in the world exhibit phrase structure. Phrase structure combines words, phrases, and both, into phrases, and it may empower language systems to exploit recursion. This thesis pushes forward the hypothesis ...
• La Botánica de los PGM

  Ballesteros Catañeda, Blanca (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019-09-13)

  Esta Tesis tiene dos objetivos: en primer lugar, realizar una clasifica-ción de los nombres griegos de plantas que aparecen en las fórmulas de los Papiros Mágicos Griegos y proponer una identificación que responda a una ...

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