• La monarquía franquista: discursos doctrinales y legislativos (1936-1947)

  Cerdà Serrano, Jordi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2023-06-26)

  Esta tesis aborda cómo se construyó jurídicamente la monarquía de la Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado (1947) en la España franquista desde una perspectiva tanto formal como doctrinal. Primero, considerando el ...
• Sleep in the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: a multimodal biomarkers approach

  Stankeviciute, Laura (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2023-12-19)

  This Thesis delves into the intricate relationship between sleep disruptions and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sleep disturbances are a prevalent feature of AD, and evidence suggests they may accelerate cognitive decline. ...
• When P. falciparum meets the brain microvasculature: a 3D blood-brain barrier model to study cerebral malaria

  Piatti, Livia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-12-10)

  La alteración de la barrera hematoencefálica está relacionada con la malaria cerebral, una complicación de la infección por Plasmodium falciparum asociada con la acumulación del parásito en los vasos sanguíneos cerebrales. ...
• Analyzing the role of activated fibroblasts in the activation of macrophages

  Bruch Oms, Marina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-12-15)

  Tumors are complex masses composed by multiple cell types, such as cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and macrophages, that interact with each other promoting the tumor progression. Snail1 is a transcription factor ...
• The Functional role of theta oscillations in visual working memory performance

  Pileckyte, Indre (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-01-24)

  Oscillations at theta frequency (4-7 Hz) have been hypothesized to play an important functional role in brain processes associated to working memory. In this thesis, I investigate how the systematic manipulation of different ...
• The Representation and reception of mental and neurological disorders in Britidh-US coming-of-age dramedy TV series

  Lopera Marmol, Marta (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2023-02-06)

  Las representaciones de los trastornos mentales en las series de televisión han sido a menudo inexactas. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo analizar la representación y la recepción de los trastornos mentales y ...
• Phase-based signal analysis measures applied to electroencephalographic recordings from epilepsy patients

  Espinoso Palacín, Anaïs (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-01-22)

  This thesis presents new phase-based signal analysis techniques to study brain dynamics from patients with pharmacoresistant focalonset epilepsy. We analyze electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings from seizure and ...
• El Fantasma de lo real: relación cine-teatro en tres obras de investigación práctica. Estudio de las películas Kopfkino y Pienso casa digo silla de la Cía. Los Detectives y del Film Ensayo Bellas Artrópodas a través del cine de Jaques Rivette y Mariano Llinás

  García Vera, María (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-12-16)

  Esta tesis trata ciertas relaciones entre el cine y el teatro desde mi práctica escénica y fílmica como actriz y creadora. La perspectiva de género, la performatividad y la interdisciplinariedad (la traslación de códigos ...
• Empowering educators' inspiration during the learning design process with citizen science data and technology-enhanced learning

  Calvera Isabal, Miriam (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-28)

  The creation of learning designs (LD) represents a pivotal aspect of pedagogical practice, as it entails the integration of subject-matter knowledge with the pedagogical expertise of individual educators. Furthermore, the ...
• Dissecting motor behaviour alterations in Parkinson's disease using genetically modified zebrafish models

  Tzotzolaki, Tanita Maria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-12-10)

  Los trastornos neurodegenerativos como la enfermedad de Parkinson (EP) implican la degeneración progresiva del sistema nervioso, lo que provoca alteraciones tanto motoras como cognitivas. La EP afecta a millones de personas ...
• Temperature impacts on mortality at different spatial and temporal scales

  Quijal-Zamorano, Marcos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-20)

  This PhD thesis investigates the relationship between temperature and mortality at different spatial and temporal scales, addressing a crucial issue in the context of rising temperatures due to anthropogenic climate change. ...
• Contributions to fully homomorphic encryption

  Rovira Cisterna, Sergi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-07-22)

  In recent years, the field of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) has become one of the main pilars for privacy-preserving technologies. However, many challenges still remain to be tackled before this technology can be ...
• Manual d'apocalíptica contemporània: Epistemologia, ontologia i ètica per a temps de tribulació

  Calvera Cabeza, Ignasi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-27)

  The most recent technological advances, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), have generated a new eschatological framework; now, however, of a secular nature. Philosophers, politicians, engineers, ...
• Plant processing activities and the use of domestic space at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey: A microbotanical perspective

  Santiago-Marrero, Carlos G. (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2023-04-12)

  Çatalhöyük is a 9,000-year-old settlement located in the Konya Plain, Turkey. Thanks to the remarkable preservation of its material culture, Çatalhöyük expanded our understanding of the neolithic lifeways in what was one ...
• Evaluation of tumor mutational burden in follicular lymphoma

  Lafuente Sánchez, Marta (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-12-03)

  El linfoma folicular (LF) es el subtipo más frecuente de linfoma no-Hodgkin indolente, caracterizado por un buen pronóstico a pesar de considerarse incurable. Sin embargo, algunos pacientes presentan un curso clínico más ...
• Sostenibilidad de los medios de comunicación investigación conceptual y operacional sobre la relevancia y el engagement

  Castells Fos, Llúcia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-12-05)

  La sostenibilidad económica de los medios de comunicación es una prioridad para las sociedades democráticas. Ahora bien, en un entorno digital de alta competencia, es un hecho establecido que, por un lado, los medios han ...
• Novel transcription mechanisms used by dendritic cells in the tumor immune microenvironment

  Krasko, Anastasia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-12-10)

  Interferon is essential for eliciting adaptive immunity against cancer cells. Type I interferon (IFNI) activates proinflammatory responses in dendritic cells (DCs) and this promotes specific anti-tumor T cell responses. ...
• Paclitaxel: new insights into its regulation, biosynthesis and biotechnological production

  Escrich Montañana, Ainoa (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-12-15)

  The emergency to obtain effective substances against cancer, and the awareness to protect natural resources make plant biofactories a promising alternative for obtaining plant-derived compounds. In this context, the ...
• Contamination effects in mixed-member electoral systems: a dissemination of measurement techniques

  Gómez Díaz, Abelardo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-12-15)

  This dissertation is about ‘contamination’, or the interaction between the two built-in arenas found in mixed-member electoral systems: the single-seat district (SSD) and proportional representation (PR) arenas. Contamination ...
• Machine learning methods of property prediction in drug discovery

  Schapin, Nikolai (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-12-10)

  Molecular properties are highly important in drug discovery with binding affinity being crucial for selecting hit and lead candidates. Existing machine learning models often lack speed for large-scale screening or lack ...

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