Serrano Serrano, Raquel (Date of defense: 2007-11-23)
The purpose of the present dissertation is to investigate the effect of time distribution of practice (or instruction hours) on the acquisition of English as a foreign language. The general objective ...
Bernal Berenguer, Susana (Date of defense: 2006-06-30)
The amount of dissolved inorganic nitrogen delivered to streams and groundwater has substantially increased in the last decades due to anthropogenic impacts. This fact has stimulated research on processes ...
Izquierdo García, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2020-09-14)
Sphingolipids (SLs) are one of the major classes of lipids in eukaryotes. In addition to being essential structural components of cell membranes, SLs also play capital roles as signalling molecules. ...
Diéguez Moure, Lorena (Date of defense: 2012-07-27)
Biosensors are nowadays a powerful tool to enable the detection of specific biological interactions and to evaluate the concentration dependence in the response. A biosensor usually consists of three ...
Alcalde Martín, Juan (Date of defense: 2014-07-04)
This thesis is organized as a compendium of three scientific articles, describing the geological characterization of the Hontomín site for Geological Storage of CO2 by means of 3D seismic data, acquired ...
Ortega Cano, Juan Alberto (Date of defense: 2011-09-30)
Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a chemokine which levels are regulated by neuronal activity and could act as a sensor in front of distinct physiologic stimulus, activating the transcription ...
Bonet Carné, Elisenda (Date of defense: 2014-11-20)
This Thesis consists of different studies focused in advancing towards the development of noninvasive imaging biomarkers to predict perinatal clinical outcomes. The structure of the PhD Thesis is divided ...
Jiménez Panizo, Alba (Date of defense: 2021-12-14)
El receptor de glucocorticoides (GR) es un factor de transcripción que se expresa de forma ubicua y controla procesos esenciales para la vida como el metabolismo, la inflamación y la homeostasis. Aunque ...
Valenzuela Alcaraz, Brenda I. (Date of defense: 2016-11-28)
BACKGROUND: Approximately, five million children have been born as a result of using assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Although the majority of ART children are born healthy; there are several ...
Madaula i Giménez, Aurora (Date of defense: 2017-07-18)
This research focuses on the evolution of Basque nationalism in exile during the period 1956- 1977. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent establishment of Franco dictatorship, forced ...