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Mapping of plasticity and stress-related markers in acute and chronic stress in rats
(2023-04-05)
[EN] Stress is a physiological response to any kind of demand or threat that challenges the homeostasis of the organism. Although stress increases alertness and performance, excessive stress often negatively affects cognitive ...
Social class segregation in upper-secondary school choice in Canada
(2020)
The aim of this work is to analyze how the spoken language at home influences the parental decision on school choice in Canada. There is a vast literature on the factors affecting school choice, but very little research ...
Asset pricing: analysis of multi-factor models using Fama and French factors
(2021)
The present paper considers the five factors proposed by Fama and French (1992, 2015), plus the factor proposed by Carhartt (1997): market premium, size, book-to-market ratio, profitabil- ity, investment, and momentum. The ...
Physical Activity on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cardiovascular Risk in Pre and Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
(2023-09-05)
Importance: The apparent cardioprotective effects of endogenous estrogens to prevent cardiovascular disease in premenopausal women are reduced with the loss of hormonal effects. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and ...
Reseach and Implementation of Network Reduction Methods for District Cooling Systems
(2021-11-23)
Los District Energy Systems son una de las formas más eficientes de suministrar calor y frio a un grupo de consumidores. Aun así, es necesario hacer funcionar estos sistemas de la manera más eficiente posible, sobre todo ...
Women Prosecuted for Terrorism in the Basque Country: Deconstructing Judicial, Media, and NGO Discourses from a Feminist Perspective
(2023-09-17)
This thesis aims to analyze how ‘women terrorists’ are produced as subjects by existing discourses (Foucault, 1986), such as those produced by the justice system, the media, or statements published by victims of terrorist ...
Law in police culture: a study on how interaction with legal institutions shapes the occupational culture of Brazil’s military polices
(2023-12-21)
This master’s thesis aims to explore, by means of an empirical study, the ways in which
contact with law, legal institutions and legal actors acts as a molding factor for police culture
in the context of Brazil’s Military ...
The coloniality of international law: the Agreement between Argentina and the IMF as a case study to critically rethink the relationship between law, power and politics”
(2023-10-17)
In this dissertation, I seek to contribute to the critical legal studies on international law and colonialism. I will focus my analysis on the Agreement signed between Argentina and the IMF in July 2018. This Agreement has ...