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Investigations of mycoviruses from Leptosphaeria species and their effects on pathogenicity
(2018-09-10)
The aims of this research were to assess the incidence of dsRNA viruses in five different plant pathogenic fungi, including Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, Dothistroma septosporum, Leptosphaeria species (Leptosphaeria maculans ...
Preparation for the Novel Crisis: A Curriculum and Pedagogy for Emergent Crisis Leadership
(2018-09-10)
The context for this study is the convergence of global trends and risks, especially environmental and social changes, with the interconnectedness of the modern world leading to new, larger-scale, and unforeseeable crises. ...
Characterising the Quality Journey of Total Quality Management in Relation to the Financial Performance of SMEs Under Crisis Conditions: the Case for Greece
(2018-09-10)
During the last few years Greece is coping with severe economic and financial crisis
conditions. Since the Greek SME are the largest productive and economic sector in the Greek economy, they bear the brunt of consequences ...
Automatic Object Detection and Categorisation in Deep Astronomical Imaging Surveys Using Unsupervised Machine Learning
(2018-09-05)
I present an unsupervised machine learning technique that automatically segments and labels galaxies in astronomical imaging surveys using only pixel data. Distinct from previous unsupervised machine learning approaches ...
Adapting Shakespearean Drama for and in the Middle East: Process and Product
(2018-08-29)
This dissertation chronicles the development of a series of plays, collectively referred to as The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy, from the perspective of their playwright Sulayman Al-Bassam. Together, The Al-Hamlet Summit ...
The Paradoxes of Project Management: a Project Management Consultant’s Inquiry into the Social Reality of Technology-Driven Change Projects
(2018-08-22)
This thesis is a practice-based inquiry into project management. It adds to the critique of more traditional discourse in project management literature (PMI 20013, IPMA 2010, Prince2 2009, Agile Alliance Organisation 2001) ...
Analysis and Coordination of Mixed-Criticality Cyber-Physical Systems
(2018-08-20)
A Cyber-physical System (CPS) can be described as a network of interlinked, concurrent computational components that interact with the physical world. Such a system is usually of reactive nature and must satisfy strict ...
A Qualitative Study of Midwifery Practices During the Second Stage of Labour
(2018-08-10)
This qualitative study explores midwifery practice during the second stage of labour focusing specifically on whether midwives adopt a directed or physiological approach to maternal pushing. It was undertaken against the ...
Adapting Shakespearean Drama for and in the Middle East: Process and Product
(2018-08-03)
This dissertation chronicles the development of a series of plays, collectively referred to as The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy, from the perspective of their playwright Sulayman Al-Bassam. Together, The Al-Hamlet Summit ...