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...
Created in 1966, ELIZA was a computer programme which simulated conversations with users. Since then, other chat bots have been created, and are more advanced. This study comparatively analyses five chat bots highly valued in the Turing Test and...
Through questionnaires, classroom observations and interviews with teachers, this thesis has studied in detail the use of multiple devices in science education at the secondary level and the influence that...
Of the innovations Barcelona absorbed from the European continent and overseas at the turn of the twentieth century, this thesis studies the kitchen, and does so mainly through the analysis of dramatic literature of Santiago Rusiñol. He, like other coetaneous...
This thesis analyses the factors affecting transport and mobility in the metropolitan area of...
Scots pine is the tree species with the greatest latitudinal distribution between Siberia and the Iberian Peninsula. A study carried out by researchers from the National Museum...
Gold nanoparticles have attracted much interest because of their size-related properties and applications in the fields of biomedicine, as sensors and catalysts. The potential for nanoparticle...
This study based on information from Catalan university students has found several profiles of students who drop out of university and later return. The results suggest, among other things, the need to establish plans for the transition to college,...
