Oriolo, Giovanni (Date of defense: 2019-09-12)
INTRODUCTION. Sickness behavior is a highly organized adaptive strategy elicited by inflammation to support the organism’s defense against pathogens. It is characterized by changes in behavior, mood and ...
Roldán Marín, Alba (Date of defense: 2019-10-16)
This PhD analyses the causes and consequences of Spain’s non adoption of the gold standard. Chapter 1 is a state of the art about the costs and benefits of the gold standard in Spain. Chapter 2 is about ...
Torra Massana, Marc (Date of defense: 2019-07-10)
La ICSI és una tècnica de reproducció assistida molt eficient, però la fallada de fecundació (FF) pot ocórrer en un 1-3% dels cicles. La FF té un elevat impacte en els pacients i és molt difícil de ...
Francese, Tommaso (Date of defense: 2019-03-25)
In this work, we characterized and studied the properties associated to DTA-based bistable organic molecular magnetic systems, namely PDTA and TDPDTA, respectively. In both cases, the low and high ...
Clapés i Sintes, Albert (Date of defense: 2019-02-04)
Action recognition is a very challenging and important problem in computer vision. Researchers working on this field aspire to provide computers with the ability to visually perceive human actions – ...
Bazyaran, Fatemeh (Maryam) (Date of defense: 2019-04-01)
The main objective of this research work was to produce environmentally friendly cermets coatings, Ni and Co free matrix, alternative to conventional WC- Co, by thermal spray processes. WC-Co cermets ...
Markina, Elena (Date of defense: 2019-02-01)
The present study explores the impact that task-supported language teaching (TSLT) and task- based language teaching (TBLT) have on the acquisition of case forms and verbs of motion in Russian and on ...
León, Guillén (Date of defense: 2019-12-03)
Despite the literature on corporate social responsibility of small and medium enterprises has grown in recent years, knowledge on the subject is still fragmented and has not yet achieved a coherent ...
Esposito, Flavia Lorena (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)
In the first years of life, there is a dramatic unfolding of cognitive abilities supported by the progressive control of gaze behaviour. The early development of oculomotor control is presumably closely ...
Vázquez Galván, F. Javier (Date of defense: 2019-01-11)
Along this Thesis dissertation book, which is focused on the topic of Redox Flow Batteries, many efforts have been done in order to improve different aspects of the all-Vanadium Redox Flow batteries ...