• Germanofilia y <neutralismo>: Un estudio sobre los germanófilos españoles durante la Primera Guerra Mundial

  López Mirabet, Víctor (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-12)

  Esta tesis tiene como objetivo estudiar a los germanófilos españoles durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. En ella se examinan las iniciativas llevadas a cabo por este sector de la opinión pública española, que se formó poco ...
• Somatic and germline mutational processes and the evolution of cancer drives genes

  Serrano Colomé, Claudia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-06)

  Cancer develops from healthy cells due to mutations in around 600 cancer driver genes. These mutations, along with neutral ones, are generated from DNA mutational processes, creating distinct patterns known as mutational ...
• Analyzing the role of cancer-associated adipocytes in brest tumor metastasis

  Garrido Jiménez, Laura (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-08)

  In breast cancer, the tumor microenvironment includes adipocytes and fibroblasts. When in contact with breast tumor cells, adipocytes undergo lipolysis and dedifferentiation. This thesis demonstrates that cancer-associated ...
• Al modelling of real-world patients: applications in prostate cancer

  Matos-Filipe, Pedro (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-08)

  This thesis investigates the integration and analysis of OMICs data to enhance in silico modelling of real-world patients, with a special focus on prostate cancer. By leveraging publicly available transcriptomics data, ...
• 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. ...
• Temporal Topographies: an analysis of a colonial present

  Appel, Serafina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-12)

  La tesis presenta un estudio de la fundación ontológica de la temporalidad y la historicidad en el pensamiento filosófico occidental. Realiza una revisión teórica del dominio del tiempo sobre el espacio y argumenta ...
• High resolution 3D modelling of lumbar spine from MRI using deep learning

  Ranganathan, Sai Natarajan Thrissur (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-19)

  This thesis addresses the growing problem of degenerative disorders of the intervertebral discs (IVD). Intervertebral Disc Degeneration (IDD) represents a progressive degradation of the IVDs compromising their biomechanical ...
• Phylogenetic applications of ancient protein sequences

  Krüger, Johanna (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-15)

  The resilience of proteins against degradation makes them the longest surviving resource for genomic information. Knowing how much information we can obtain from an ancient sample is crucial because most sampling strategies ...
• Genomic analysis of demographic changes in Southern Europe during Roman colonization and Late Antiquity

  Carrión, Pablo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-20)

  The expansion of the Roman Empire throughout the Mediterranean region and West Eurasia severely shaped the world culturally and politically. This period has been traditionally studied and researched by historians and ...
• Urban heat islands and nature-based solutions: insights into health impacts and urban planning determinants

  Iungman Bensignor, Tamara (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-08)

  The current and projected rapid urbanization rates underscore the critical role of cities and the urgent need to prioritize the development of healthy and sustainable urban environments. Rising temperatures, intensified ...
• Object naming from lexical systems to language use and back

  Gualdoni, Eleonora (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-13)

  When referring to the objects they see, speakers choose a word from the lexical system to name them. This process involves using a word with a general meaning to refer to a specific object, which possesses unique features ...
• Industrial augmented reality prototypes in the field of art authoring, dissemination, and consumption tools for artistic content on mobile devices with a focus generation Z

  Pérez Gómez, Antonia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-10-31)

  The advent of spatial content and increasingly advanced mixed reality devices is set to revolutionise the manner in which we interact with digital content, becoming the predominant human-computer interface in the not-too-distant ...
• Promoting socio-emotional interactions and regulation in computer supported collaborative learning: design, implementation and evaluation of technology features and affordances to facilitate the socio-emotional side of CSCL

  Velamazán Martínez, Mariano (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-07-22)

  This thesis, a compendium of publications, aims at contributing knowledge to better design CSCL tools for promoting socioemotional interactions and regulation. We started with a field study in which we observed groups of ...
• La derivació en llengua de signes catalana (LSC): per una morfologia de l'LSC

  Villaécija, Aida (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-01-22)

  Aquesta tesi estudia la morfologia de la llengua de signes catalana (LSC) des d’un punt de vista lexicalista i morfofonològic a través del procés de la derivació. Les anàlisis es basen en un model integrat a partir de ...
• Colonial threads: Clothing and identity in Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth-Century Lima and Mexico City

  Silva Blanc, Luisina (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2020-03-04)

  Attention toward textile production and clothing consumption in Spanish Latin American increased during the end of the colonial period and was reflected in new regulations, newspaper articles, tighter control by the Catholic ...
• Grounding brain mechanisms in the spatiotemporal properties of cerebral and behavioral networks

  Ulysse, Laura (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-11-14)

  The spatiotemporal properties of the cerebral and behavioral networks are key elements to understand normal brain functioning and their breakdowns. This dissertation focuses on the cerebral networks of the brain regions’ ...
• Tedio y narración: Contribución al estudio de la estética del aburrimiento en la novela contemporánea

  Aljaro Fontalva, Immaculada (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-02-09)

  Este trabajo pretende reflexionar sobre cómo el aburrimiento se ha convertido en un recurso estético en la novela contemporánea; cómo, a través de una serie de estrategias, los autores consiguen despertar en los lectores ...
• A multiscale spatiotemporal map of protein-RNA assemblies in human cells

  Guo, Xiangpeng (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2024-11-06)

  RNA metabolism is dynamically orchestrated by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) in different subcellular spaces. Aberrant regulation of the subcellular RNA-protein interactions leads to severe diseases, such as neural degenerations ...
• The Process of political professionalisation in small scale democracies: a comparative study of European micro-states

  Paneque Martin, Andreu (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2022-12-14)

  This thesis is focused on studying the causes and consequences of political professionalisation, by analyzing empirically the cross-country differences. Despite the literature claiming that political professionalisation ...
• Edición anotada y estudio del Epítome historial del Reino de China (1960), de Francisco de Herrera Maldonado

  Feng, Shi (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2023-02-14)

  Esta tesis consiste en la edición anotada del Epítome historial del Reino de la China (1620) de Francisco de Herrera Maldonado y en la investigación sistemática sobre aspectos textuales y contextuales de la obra. El ...

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