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Optimization of sperm concentration for in vitro production of mouse embryos
(2018-04-18)
[EN] In vitro fertilization (IVF) is an important technique developed from assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). Although it has been investigated since years, some optimizations should be done in order to determinate ...
The Influence of CLIL on Receptive Vocabulary: A Preliminary Study
In the last two or three decades, being able to communicate in a foreign language has become an essential trait of any European citizen due to globalisation and migration, resulting in a multi-ethnic and multilingual ...
The Boltzmann distribution: Economic Applications
(2018-04-18)
[EN] This work is focused on two applications to economy of the Boltzmann probability distribution of statistical mechanics. The first one describes the distribution of money while the second one the allocation of CO2 ...
Horror Literature
Howard Philips Lovecraft is considered one of the most influential horror writers in
literature, and since studies focusing on the author are already common, it
might
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interesting to take a ...
Lucretia or Lucrece? The woman in the myth and her impact on Shakespeare
The myth in charge of issuing the story of the rape of Lucretia has played an important role in history. The fall of the ideal Roman matron has been reproduced in multiple ways from classical times onwards, including a ...
Peter Pan’s Wendy as a standardized model of a woman in the Victorian era
Considered one of the most famous stories ever written among children’s literature, Peter Pan (1904) reflects some experiences James Matthew Barrie had in his life. The aim of this dissertation is to provide an analysis ...
Beliefs about Individual Differences and Instructional Settings in Secondary Education Learners
(2017-11-21)
During the last few decades, social-psychological theories have gained popularity in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), as they consider individual differences, which are often disregarded by linguistic approaches, relevant ...
Relative clause production in Basque-Spanish bilinguals with aphasia: material testing in a control group
(Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea/Universidad del país Vasco, 2014)
Research on the comprehesion of relative clauses (RCs) in participants with agrammatism has revealed that although this population encounters difficulties with momevent-derived constructions in general, subject relatives ...
The Classical Hero’s Journey in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
(2017-11-24)
Although several academic studies have extensively analyzed J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, there might not be many studies examining the traits of the classical hero’s journey in this specific ...
Simple Sequence Repeat Allelic Diversity in Zoysiagrass Released from 1910 to 2016
(2017-01-10)
[EN] Z. japonica know as Zoysiagrass has been cultivated in China, Japan and Korea for centuries. 11 different species have been found to be part of Zoysiagrass but when it comes to commercial varieties Zoysia japonica ...