• Modeling timbre for neural singing synthesis: methods for data-efficient, reduced effort voice creation, and fast and stable inference

  Blaauw, Merlijn (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-22)

  Singing synthesis has seen a notable surge in popularity in the last decade and a half. Music producers use this technology as an instrument, there is an audience for music with synthetic vocals, and an entire range of ...
• Theoretical models and measures of conscious brain network dynamics : an integrative approach

  Signorelli, Camilo Miguel (2021-06-11)

  En el área de la neurociencia de la conciencia, actualmente existe una tendencia de contrastar y comparar modelos de conciencia. Aunque la palabra final es empírica, esfuerzos teóricos son esenciales para poner en contexto ...
• A data driven framework for mental health states assessment in social platforms

  Ramírez Cifuentes, Diana (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-14)

  The link between mental disorders and social media usage has led researchers to work on the development of automated methods to detect mental health issues in social platforms. This thesis proposes a framework for mental ...
• Using EEG-based BCI settings and brain-state dependent stimulation as research tools for hypothesis-testing in cognitive neuroscience: a test-bench for brain-behavioural

  Vigué-Guix, Irene (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-19)

  Spontaneous oscillations in the alpha band (α, 8–12 Hz) reflect ongoing fluctuations in cortical excitability. Several theoretical frameworks and empirical studies have supported the notion that distinct features of ...
• Modelling the dawn of simple multicellularity : Cooperation, physics and evolutionary branching

  Bonforti, Adtiano, 1981- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-27)

  L'aparició de la pluricel·lularitat (MC) va definir un esdeveniment evolutiu important en la història de la vida al nostre planeta. Ha tingut lloc diverses vegades dins de grups independents i diferents enfocaments han ...
• Why do negotiation processes matter?: informal capabilities as determinants of EU member states bargaining success in the Council of the EU

  Perarnaud, Clément (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2021-07-29)

  How do differences in the informal capabilities of Member States impact their bargaining success at the EU level? Based on new datasets collected via 145 semi-structured interviews with national negotiators and EU officials ...
• Exploration of music collections with audio embeddings

  Tovstogan, Philip (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-12)

  Music recommendation systems (RecSys) are integral to modern music streaming services. While there is much research on many aspects of RecSys, there is not enough research on exploration and discovery that contributes to ...
• La Producción periodística en contextos de alta complejidad: periodismo deportivo en Cuba durante los Juegos Olímpicos (1976-2016) y periodismo deportivo en la fase más aguda de una pandemia mundial (covid-19)

  Hasbani, Víctor (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-06)

  Esta tesis estudia la producción periodística en contextos de alta complejidad: Periodismo deportivo en Cuba durante los Juegos Olímpicos (1976-2016) y periodismo deportivo en la fase más aguda de una pandemia mundial ...
• Social media analysis for situational awareness and impact assessment in flood risk management

  Lorini, Valerio (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-07)

  The interactions among people on social media are a form of distributed intelligence, as they allow people to make sense of a developing event collectively. Social media users can contribute to creating a "sensor" for ...
• International animal law: the case of farm animal welfare

  Prasličková, Aurélia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-19)

  Animal welfare has emerged as a pervasive concern in modern international law. Although the question of animal welfare is one of the greatest social justice issues of our times, there is a surprising lack of legal research ...
• Gene expression regulation in fission yeast : from splicing to MBF-dependent transcription

  Borao Arriazu, Sonia, 1993- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-22)

  Schizosaccharomyces pombe initiates sexual development under nitrogen starvation, changing the transcription patterns of many genes to allow sexual differentiation. MBF transcription factor recognize specific sequences ...
• Cellular senescence in skeletal muscle regeneration, ageing and disease

  Moiseeva, Victoria, 1992- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-21)

  Este proyecto se centra en el papel de las células senescentes durante la regeneración muscular desde varios ángulos. Para llevarlo a cabo, hemos desarrollado una técnica novedosa para poder aislar células senescentes ...
• El Concepto de sistema jurídico: una crítica a la teoría de Alchourrón y Bulygin

  Álvarez, Alejandro Julián (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-06-29)

  La presente investigación tiene por objeto someter a examen aspectos centrales de la teoría iusfilosófica de Alchourrón y Bulygin. La hipótesis consiste en que, luego de dilucidar la definición estática de «sistema jurídico» ...
• Mineral violence and the struggles of a Fragmented international law: a case study of the limits of human rights protection

  Cardona Valles, Mariona (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2020-12-16)

  This work argues that in mineral exploitation we encounter recurring forms of violence, referred to as “mineral violence”. This mineral violence is perpetrated by industries, armed groups, criminal organizations and States, ...
• Essays on long-run economic development and political economy

  Artiles, Miriam (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2021-07-23)

  In the first chapter, I study how human populations adapt to ethnically diverse societies. Using new data on a natural experiment from Peru’s colonial history, the results show that ethnic diversity need not spell poor ...
• Robótica quirúrgica y derecho de daños

  García Micó, Tomàs Gabriel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-05)

  La cirugía robótica con el Da Vinci se está convirtiendo en una alternativa cada vez más común para la práctica de procedimientos quirúrgicos en todo el mundo. Este robot no constituye un ejemplo de inteligencia artificial, ...
• Fundamento y límites de la responsabilidad jurídico-penal del superior jerárquico de organizaciones delictivas por los delitos cometidos por sus subordinados: sobre

  Rojas Salas, Jose Manuel (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-05)

  En esta investigación doctoral se estudian los fundamentos y límites de la responsabilidad jurídico-penal del jefe o superior jerárquico de organizaciones delictivas por los delitos cometidos por sus subordinados. En ...
• Role of brain-muscle circadian clock communication in skeletal muscle homeostasis and aging

  Vaca Dempere, Mireia, 1994- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-07-21)

  Daily time-keeping of tissue functions promotes efficient organ function and systemic metabolic homeostasis, processes integral to life which are subject to decline with aging. To ensure the correct functional coordination ...
• La recepción de la literatura hispanoamericana en China: traducción y difusión

  Gong, Yuexin (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-03-15)

  La literatura hispanoamericana traducida al chino ha ocupado una posición relativamente céntrica durante largo tiempo en el polisistema cultural del país receptor, proporcionando recursos nuevos y provocando el surgimiento ...
• Aguialdo’s British Men: defending the Philippine Revolution through the Hong Kong and Singapore Press, 1896-1902

  Díaz Esteve, Laura (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-03-31)

  This dissertation examines the transimperial intellectual exchanges between Britons from Hong Kong and Singapore and Filipinos during the Revolution of 1896-1902. It reveals that British newspapermen supported the Filipino ...

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