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    The effect of instruction on the development of pragmatic competence in the English as a foreign language context: A study based on suggestions 

    Martínez Flor, Alicia (Date of defense: 2004-12-16)

    This dissertation investigates the effects of instruction on the acquisition of pragmatic competence in the classroom setting, and specifically in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. In particular, we examine ...

    The effect of intensity of content and language integrated learning programmes on students’ multilingual writing 

    Guzmán Alcón, Irene (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)

    The study examines how the intensity of CLIL programmes and out of school activities influence students’ communicative appropriateness in writing from a multilingual perspective. It follows a mixed-method research approach, ...

    The effect of out-of-school media contact on language attitudes in multilingual adolescents: a complex psychosociolinguistic system 

    Nightingale, Richard (Date of defense: 2016-11-21)

    Esta tesis analiza las actitudes lingüísticas de los adolescentes multilingües en función de su contacto con los idiomas a través de los medios de comunicación. El estudio utiliza la teoría de Sistemas Dinámicos y Complejos ...

    The effects of adenosine antagonists on distinct aspects of motivated behavior: interaction with ethanol and dopamine depletion. 

    López Cruz, Laura (Date of defense: 2016-05-18)

    La adenosina es un neuromodulador del sistema nervioso central involucrado en numerosos procesos y que actúa principalmente en dos tipos de receptores adenosinérgicos (A1 y A2A). La cafeína es una metilxantina que actúa ...

    The Employers' responsibility towards employees in group healt insurance plans in Israel: analysis of the perception of the insurance companies, the employers and employees 

    Luttinger, Shlomi (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)

    This comprehensive study uses mixed methods research. The study reveals how each of the “participants” in group health insurance arrangements interpret the term “faith and diligence” and how they perceive an employer’s ...

    The Empowerment of Perceptual Learning Styles with the Use of Social Media in the University Foreign Language Classroom 

    Gargallo Camarillas, Noelia (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

    The integration of new media technologies in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom has contributed to the evolution of the 21st century educational system towards multimodal communication. This doctoral ...

    The Feedback between Real and Credit Markets 

    Ciola, Emanuele (Date of defense: 2019-03-14)

    The main purpose of this thesis is to extend the theoretical knowledge on the relationship between the financial and the real sectors. Speciffically, we investigate how the allocation of capital affects the dynamics of ...

    The Five-Factor Model and the Dark Tetrad of Personality: Psychometric Properties of Brief Instruments in Youth 

    Walker, Jordi Ortet (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)

    Short questionnaires assessing personality traits are lacking, especially in youth. Our aim was to cover the need for psychometrically sound, brief tools of FFM and “dark” personality. To this end, four studies were carried ...

    The Five-Factor Model of Personality and the Structure of Psychopathology in Adolescence 

    Etkin, Paula (Date of defense: 2021-06-16)

    This work aimed to study the structure of psychopathology in adolescents, its associations with the Five-Factor Model of personality, the convergence between a general factor of psychopathology (p) and a general factor of ...

    The Impact of Lockdown in Emotion and Behavior using Time Series: Distress, Depression and Anxious Arousal 

    Flor Arasil, Patricia (Date of defense: 2022-05-26)

    The COVID-19 lockdown that struck Spain during March 2020 ended up with a period of 60 days of lockdown, a natural context where to study the effects of isolation or its feeling. It is known that long periods of isolation ...

    The Impact of Parental Migration on Emotional Health of Left Behind Children: A Study with Brazilian Immigrants in The United States 

    Lopes Clark, Liliane (Date of defense: 2022-09-11)

    This study conducted in the USA investigated the parental migration impact on the emotional health of Brazilian left behind children. Fifty individuals participated. The mean separation time found was 7.33 years. The ...

    The implications of FinTech for traditional banking and regional economic development in China 

    Wu, Minzhi (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)

    Over the past decade, the emergence of FinTech has reshaped the landscape of the financial sector worldwide. Although there are several alternative approaches to defining FinTech, a worldwide and generally accepted definition, ...

    The influence of new marketing approaches on the export performance of Spanish firms 

    González Ferriz, Fernando (Date of defense: 2018-10-03)

    This thesis pretends to determine the variables that have an influence on the export performance of Spanish companies in the fashion sector. To do so, a special attention has been paid to new marketing approaches, considering ...

    The investigation of illicit drugs and their metabolites in water by liquid chromatography coupled to low and high resolution mass spectrometry 

    Bijlsma, Lubertus (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)

    La investigación de drogas ilícitas (IDs) en aguas se ha convertido en tema de actualidad en los últimos años. Las IDs pueden entrar en las aguas residuales, inalteradas o como metabolitos, después de su consumo y excreción. ...

    The logic of markets: From Micro to Macro Dynamics 

    Caferra, Rocco (Date of defense: 2022-03-21)

    This thesis proposes a series of experimental and empirical works considering traders from "isolate atoms" to heterogeneous "interacting particles" operating into the marketplace. Part I discusses the risk propensity of ...

    The methodologies in psychology of gender and health: An integrative journey from different approaches to diverse realities 

    Santamaria Dávila, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-07-16)

    This thesis is a methodological exploration to achieve the integration of methods through psychological research on gender, exploring different controversial topics currently reflected by psychology of gender using diverse ...

    The nature of noise in single-pixel cameras and their application in imaging through scattering media 

    Jáuregui Sánchez, Yessenia (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)

    Imaging through scattering media has been a longstanding issue in many scientific fields and several optical techniques have emerged to retrieve the information of objects hidden in highly scattering media. Single-pixel ...

    The polysemy of prepositions at, beside, by, near and next to: The horizontal axis of spatial relations 

    Flor Fabregat, Nuria (Date of defense: 2022-04-04)

    Even though some prepositions may appear similar in meaning to others, slight and subtle nuances exist. Thus, exploring the contrasts in their senses is fundamental to developing a description of these distinct meanings. ...

    The positive affect regulation in an online transdiagnostic protocol for emotional disorders 

    Díaz García, Amanda (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)

    The general objective of the present dissertation was to analyze, in a randomized controlled study, the efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet-based treatment for emotional disorders (ED) in a community sample. This study ...

    The power of efficacy beliefs: Looking for teachers' well-being 

    Vera Perea, María (Date of defense: 2010-09-27)

    El objetivo de esta tesis ha sido examinar el importante papel desempeñado por las creencias de eficacia dentro de una profesión determinada, como es la enseñanza. Además, y con el Modelo Demandas-Recursos Laborales (D-RL) ...