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Determinant physical factors of stroke velocity and their relationship with fatigue in young tennis players

Colomar Axup, Joshua (Date of defense: 2022-05-19)

Several physical abilities are considered as determinant performance factors that can differentiate the level and success of a tennis player. Alongside technical proficiency, tactical awareness and certain psychological ...

Determinantes de las concentraciones de cotinina en saliva, dependencia a la nicotina y estadios del cambio en fumadores

Fu Balboa, Marcela (Date of defense: 2011-09-13)

Antecedentes La adicción a los cigarrillos se debe principalmente a la nicotina que contienen, pero poco se conoce sobre su dosificación en fumadores. La medición de la cotinina, el principal metabolito de la nicotina, ...

Determinantes genéticos del fenotipo clínico y neuropatológico en el espectro demencia frontotemporal – esclerosis lateral amiotrófica

Borrego Écija, Sergi (Date of defense: 2021-04-15)

[spa] La demencia frontotemporal (DLFT) y la esclerosis lateral amiotrófica (ELA) son un grupo de enfermedades clínica, neuropatológica y genéticamente muy heterogéneas. Esta enorme heterogeneidad conlleva importantes ...

Determinantes Socioeconômicos e Interações Espaciais do Crime: O caso da Região Sudoeste da Bahia – 2000 a 2010

Souza dos Anjos Neta, Maria Madalena (Date of defense: 2017-02-09)

A violência tem crescido no Brasil desde o início dos anos de 1960. Não é apenas o resultado de profundas mudanças na sociedade, uma consequência inesperada da transição de um governo autoritário para um democrático, mas ...

Determinants de l'èxit cinematogràfic. Model d'anàlisi de la producció catalana 2008-2014

Castells Ros, Ramon (Date of defense: 2017-07-19)

Cada divendres les cartelleres cinematogràfiques s’omplen de nous títols que cerquen atraure el màxim nombre d’espectadors al cinema. Poques pel·lícules aconseguiran mantenir-se a la gran pantalla durant algunes setmanes; ...

Determinants de la competitivitat de les petites i micro empreses en un entorn d'innovació

Fernández Ardèvol, Mireia (Date of defense: 2009-03-17)

L'objectiu de la recerca és analitzar alguns dels factors que afavoreixen la competitivitat de les petites i les micro empreses; en concret, l'obtenció de competitivitat a través de la relació entre el sistema universitari ...

Determinants de la unió a glicogen i translocació de la glicogen sintasa

Martínez Pons, Carlos (Date of defense: 2011-12-01)

La glicogen sintasa (GS) és un enzim cabdal en el metabolisme de carbohidrats, catalitzant l’addició d’un residu glicosil a l’extrem no reductor d’una cadena de glicogen preexistent. Les GSs eucariotes són enzims altament ...

Determinants de pèrdua de pes en persones amb obesitat intervingudes amb tècniques bariàtriques endoscòpiques. Desenvolupament i validació d’un nou qüestionari curt d’hàbits saludables d’alimentació i d’activitat física

Miranda Peñarroya, Maria Gemma (Date of defense: 2022-11-28)

[cat] Les teràpies endoscòpiques bariàtriques (TEB) són estratègies prometedores per al tractament de l'obesitat. No obstant això, hi ha una gran variabilitat en la pèrdua de pes i els individus sovint recuperen el pes ...

Determinants estructurals i implicacions funcionals de l'interactoma proteic d'hCNT1

Viel Oliva, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-06-16)

Els nucleòsids són metabòlits imprescindibles per a la cèl·lula ja que són els precursors d’un gran nombre de biomolècules. Aquests nucleòsids poden ser sintetitzats per la cèl·lula o es poden recuperar del medi extracel·lular ...

Determination of mercury and antimony in environmental and food matrices: development of analytical methodology and migration studies

Carneado Moreno, Sergio (Date of defense: 2017-02-03)

Food safety is an issue of vital importance in the world. It must be sustained so as to avoid pollution episodes in food, which subsequently could cause potential risks to health. The main approach of this thesis consist ...

Determination of the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy using variable stars

Vilardell Sallés, Francesc (Date of defense: 2009-03-09)

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is an excellent distance calibrator in the Cosmological Distance Ladder. We present the first direct distance determination to M31 using eclipsing binaries (EBs). EBs provides direct distance ...

Determining the Three-dimensional Structure of Genomes and Genomic Domains Integrating Chromosome Conformation Capture Data and Microscopy Images

Castillo Andreo, David (Date of defense: 2023-03-01)

[eng] Microscopy and Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) are the two main techniques for studying the three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome. Microscopy, allowing the visualization of genomic loci in individual ...

Deterritorialising patriarchal binary oppositions: Deleuze & Guattari, Virginia Woolf, Masculinities and Film Adaptations

Ortega, Dolors (Date of defense: 2013-01-30)

This thesis aims to problematise the hegemonic set of relations that has been aligned to gender and sex within the framework of binary thought when reading Woolf’s narrative of gender. Woolf’s elusive and intense style, ...

Deuda de intereses, La

Villagrasa Alcaide, Carlos (Date of defense: 1998-02-20)

La deuda de intereses carece de regulación legal unitaria. Esta tesis tiene por objetivo destacar aquellas peculiaridades estructurales y sustanciales que le confieren un tratamiento específico dentro del Derecho de ...

Developing a management strategy for the red shrimp Aristeus antennatus fishery in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea = Desarrollo de una estrategia de gestión para la pesquería de la gamba roja Aristeus antennatus en el Mediterráneo Noroccidental

Gorelli, Giulia (Date of defense: 2017-10-05)

The deep-sea red shrimp Aristeus antennatus is one of the main target species for bottom trawl fishery in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. In the Catalan region, this species is fished along the continental margin of a ...

Developing Advanced Photogrammetric Methods for Automated Rockfall Monitoring

Blanch Gorriz, Xabier (Date of defense: 2022-03-17)

In recent years, photogrammetric models have become a widely used tool in the field of geosciences thanks to their ability to reproduce natural surfaces. As an alternative to other systems such as LiDAR (Light Detection ...

Developing of new stress-tolerant rice varieties for the Mediterranean region

Ramos de Fuentes, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)

Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important crop for human direct consumption, but its yield and production are strongly affected by biotic and abiotic stresses. Rice is the most salt-sensitive cereal and in addition, salinity ...

Developing supramolecular polymers for drug delivery

Fuentes Fuentes, Edgar (Date of defense: 2023-02-17)

[eng] A strategy that is being intensively explored to efficiently deliver pharmaceuticals involves drug delivery systems. These carriers should greatly improve the pharmacokinetics of drugs, while providing a selective ...

Development & Implementation of an Electron Diffraction Approach for Crystal Structure Analysis

Plana Ruiz, Sergi (Date of defense: 2021-01-27)

The application of electron diffraction to crystallographically characterize all kinds of materials has experienced new developments that have attracted some attention in recent years. A large number of structural analyses ...

Development and application of analytical and chemometric methodology for environmental metabolomic studies based on one-and two-dimensional liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry

Pérez Cova, Miriam Carolina (Date of defense: 2022-09-05)

Chemical exposure to emerging contaminants (ECs) is a major concern nowadays. These ECs have recently become a global environmental threat, and an in-depth characterization of their occurrence and toxic impact is needed. ...