The brain can be conceptualized as a thermodynamic system and as an information processor. Consequently, brain activity can be modelled in terms of thermodynamics and cognitive activity in information theoretic terms. The...
Concepts such as environmental racism, popular epidemiology, environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous, biopiracy or food sovereignty, and many others, serve to describe and participate in ecological distribution conflicts. They are conflicts related to the extraction...
The links between climate change, economic development, and poverty reduction have gained increasing attention over recent years. However, most of the existing literature tends to focus on direct, short-run...
Drosophila buzzatii and D. koepferae are two fruit fly species coexisting in the arid zones of Bolivia and the Argentine Northwest. The two species are capable of producing hybrids in laboratory when D. buzzatii males are crossed with D. koepferae females. UAB scientists observed...
The aim of shelters for women in situations of intimate violence is to ensure assistance and protection of the physical and psychological integrity of women and their minor children who are in imminent risk of death. Based on...
Collectivist values, based on the idea of egalitarian social compromise, tend to break. For those profiles which have made up the traditional working class, social closure is a defence mechanism against competition...
In Europe, pork is the most widely consumed meat with an annual average of almost 32 kg per capita, and it is also responsible for around 26 per cent of total CO2 emissions by the farming sector. This study...
This doctoral thesis analyses the influence of family and school in the acquisition of reading habits of adults belonging to two groups: active teachers and adults studying to obtain a secondary education diploma. As highlighted...
This research analyses how university dropout is addressed in America and Europe in order to design actions aimed at increasing student retention and achievement. The results show the difficulty in creating a unified approach to this...
With the help of archaeological and iconographic sources and archival documentation, this thesis studies shipbuilding in Catalonia from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. Galleys, ships and boats, the three types of vessels from that time, were different in form, which...
