DECLARATION BY THE AUTHOR OF THE THESIS

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I DECLARE

That I am the author of the doctoral thesis entitled "

" which I present for deposit, to be defended and evaluated at public proceedings.

That the thesis is an original work.

That I am aware that Article 14 of Royal Decree 99/2011 of 28 January, which regulates official doctorate courses, states that once approved, the thesis will be included in an institutional repository to be made available for free consultation.

That I am aware that in order to meet this legal obligation, the thesis will be disseminated by the repository TDX: Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (http://www.tdx.cat), according to Article 19.1 of the Agreement of the Board of Governors of 20 June 2012, approving the Academic regulations for doctorate courses at Pompeu Fabra University.

That I request that once the thesis has been defended and approved, it is disseminated:

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That I am aware that by signing this document, I am not under any circumstances exclusively transferring my copyright over the thesis, and I can therefore publish it elsewhere.

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Raw or research data* (only if compiled)

I authorize the entry of the primary data that I have compiled to produce the thesis in the e-Repository, at (http://repositori.upf.edu/) under a Creative Commons CC0 public domain licence, and I undertake to provide the pertinent files. These data do not infringe rights of third parties and I therefore assume any liability that may arise from them or from their publication.

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That the thesis does not infringe intellectual or industrial property rights, trade secrets or any other rights held by third parties, including with its publication, and that I exonerate UPF of any liability or responsibility for any legal action that may arise as a result of the work or its publication.

* Raw or research data is data obtained directly from first-hand experience, like facts, observations or experiences, and is the basis for justifying research.

The thesis contains a contract for the assignment of rights (published articles), whichaffects (chapters of the thesis). I therefore request that this part is NOT published.

I request that publication of the thesis is delayed (for instance, because there is a plan to publish parts of the thesis as an article or book). form its defence and approval

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