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The interaction landscape of amyloid beta-Zn(II) from molecular dynamics simulations
(2021-02-26)Abstract (English) Amyloid fibrils are stable forms of misfolded proteins associated with numerous neurode-generative diseases. Among these, Alzheimer’s disease may be the most prevalent, with over 50 million dementia ... -
The mechanical behavior of the metal sheet facades
(2017-11)[EN]Building construction is an ancient human activity. Human shelters were at first very simple and, perhaps, lasted only a few days or months. Over time, however, they began more durable and then spreaded, appearing ... -
The Memory Behind the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
(2023-04-17)This work aims to study the memory of one of the most challenging wars in the recent history of the United States of America through the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. Vietnam was not like other wars. It ... -
The Monsters Within: Gothic Monstrosity in Dracula, Frankenstein, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and its Role in Nineteenth Century English Society
Since ancient times, monsters have populated the human mind and, along with us, they have evolved throughout the centuries. This evolution was finally delineated in the nineteenth-century, when monsters ... -
The Mutually Unbiased Bases problem via the Bloch representation
(2021-12-03)[EN] During the last decades, the term “Second Quantum Revolution” has been widely used among authors to refer to the emerging quantum science and technology, such as quantum computation, quantum metrology or Quantum ... -
The never-ending myth: revision of the western frontier in U.S. contemporary dystopias
(2020-11-24)Even though dystopian literature transports the readers into futuristic fictional scenarios, its undertone mirrors the concerns and fears of the authors’ time of existence. Thus, the genre does not describe the incoming ... -
The Newsroom. Análisis de la comunicación en una organización
(2016-09-26)[ES] “El punto inicial de la actual Edad de Oro de las series en TV se suele situar en el momento en que la cadena HBO se decidió a producir sus propias series dramáticas de larga duración (primero Oz, después The Sopranos, ... -
The origins of women's rights movement in the United States: the Seneca Falls Convention
(2020-05-25)In the 19th century, women had very limited or almost inexistent rights. They lived in a male dominated world where they had restricted access to many fields and they were considered to be an ornament of their husband in ... -
The outset of mental torture. Through the lens of the Ticking Time Bomb Scenario
(2016-07-21)No doubt shall be placed when qualifying torture as one of the cruellest crime offences against human beings. It is widely known that the first torture practices go back to the Middle Ages, where torture mechanisms and ... -
The potential of writing for L2 learning: Collaborative writing
This TFG focuses on how collaborative writing in an L2 can be an effective opportunity for L2 acquisition. For that, it revises six pieces of research that investigate how different variables (such as proficiency, corrective ... -
The problem of multilingualism in the European Union: a historical perspective and evolution
(2022-03-08)The reality of multilingualism in the European institutions is a more complex issue than its motto: United in Diversity. The increasing penetration of English in the everyday use of European citizens and its establishment ... -
The Progress of the English Progressive
This paper addresses the diachronic development of the periphrastic construction, beon/wesan + the participial ending -ende in Old English, into the progressive construction in Modern English. Even though there are two ... -
The propagation of nerve pulses: From the Hodgkin-Huxley model to the soliton theory
(2014-06-23)The present project aims to describe and study the nature and transmission of nerve pulses. First we review a classical model by Hodgkin-Huxley which describes the nerve pulse as a pure electric signal which propagates due ... -
The queen of Carthage and her trojan lover: a comparative study of the relationship between Dido and Aeneas from antiquity to modernity
(2020-12-21)The relevance of Virgil´s The Aeined has prevailed over time and specifically Dido´s story has awaken the interest of several authors that have rewritten their version in different periods. From Virgil´s passive characterization ... -
The Queer West: Homophobia in The Power of the Dog and Brokeback Mountain
(2024-05-06)[EN] The cinematographic success of the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain and the 2021 film The Power of the Dog symbolises the public’s interest in LGBTQ+ stories about the American West and the need for appreciation and ... -
The reported use of grammar learning strategies by L3 english learners at secondary school
(2023-04-17)Language Learning Strategies (LLS) and their implication in language acquisition have been researched for decades now (Rubin, 1975; Oxford, 1986; Wenden and Rubin, 1987; Larsen-Freeman, 1995; Chamot, 2001; Oxford, Lee ... -
The representation of magic in the germanic literature of the Middle Ages
(2020-11-24)Magic is something that has always been known and has always been performed. There are many different kinds of this practice such as witchcraft, astrology or tarot, that have been explored from various perspectives. But ... -
The Riemann zeta function and zeta regularization in Casimir effect
(2020-12-15)[EN] This work is divided into three chapters. The aim of Chapter 1 is to introduce some basic tools that will be used throughout the rest of the dissertation, in order to make it as self-contained as possible. In Chapter ... -
The right to privacy whithin criminal investigations: an approach from Strasbourg
(2019-06-16)The final degree paper analyzes the protection to the right to privacy within the criminal investigation process. During the investigations, the right to privacy of the suspect might be in danger due to the necessity of ... -
The role of nudges in decision making
(2024-06-14)The impact of nudges on decision-making has been explored in many contexts of socio-economic interest, revealing the effectiveness in influencing people's behavior. The present study investigates experimentally the effect ...