Riera-Punet, Nina (Date of defense: 2019-03-01)
INTRODUCTION: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by progressive degeneration of the lower (LMN) and upper motor neurons (UMN) in the spinal cord and brain, ...
Arrese Carrasquer, Javier (Date of defense: 2019-07-23)
The main goal of this doctoral thesis is the development and optimization of inkjet- based technologies for hybrid electronic circuits manufacturing, as well contribute on the development of the incoming ...
Garcia Puig, Anna (Date of defense: 2019-03-22)
Adult zebrafish (Danio rerio), in contrast to mammals, are able to regenerate their hearts in response to injury or experimental amputation. Our understanding of the cellular and molecular bases that ...
Pacheco Mateo, Daniel (Date of defense: 2019-04-30)
The Sun is the main source of all kind of solar energetic particles in the Solar System, electrons, protons and ions with energies from few keV to several GeV. These particles are released from the solar ...
Torres i Albà, Núria (Date of defense: 2019-10-14)
This thesis has as an objective the study of very energetic phenomena in the central regions of active galaxies. Intense star formation is triggered by mergers of galaxies, and the funneling of large ...
Kuntman, Ertan (Date of defense: 2019-12-19)
Jones matrix and nondepolarizing Mueller matrix are the basic elements of the calculus of polarization optics. In this thesis we discus other forms that can be used to represent optical properties of ...
Riera Heredia, Natàlia (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Aquaculture needs to develop new strategies and tools to face challenges as the reduction of fish oil use in fish feeds and climate change, to assure the obtention of a valuable high-quality product ...
Hernaiz Llorens, Marc (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
During brain development, UNC5 receptors play a key role in controlling axonal extension through their sensing of the guidance molecule Netrin-1. The correct positioning of receptors into specific ...
Pantoja Suárez, Luis Fernando (Date of defense: 2019-09-20)
The ability of humans to study, manipulate and understand matter at the nanoscale has enabled us to develop materials that can combine physical, chemical, optical, magnetic and mechanical properties ...
Antolin Fontes, Albert (Date of defense: 2019-03-07)
The mitochondrial Seryl-tRNA Synthetase (SerRS2) is a member of the class II tRNA synthetase family. The mature enzyme catalyses the ligation of serine to tRNASer in mitochondria. During the process of ...