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Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Antifungal Agents Targeting the Fungal Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase
(2020-04-06)
Fungal infections now contribute significantly to microbe-related morbidity and mortality due to there being a limited number of available antifungal agents and limited modes of delivery. Over the past two decades, many ...
Institutional Complementarities in the Performance of UK and French Cooperative Firms: a Comparative Analysis
(2020-04-05)
This thesis attempts to identify institutional arrangements that allow cooperative firms to overcome the underinvestment problem identified in the theoretical literature. The comparative institutional analysis focuses on ...
Assessing Variability of EEG and ECG/HRV Time Series Signals Using a Variety of Non-Linear Methods
(2020-03-13)
Time series signals, such as Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram
(ECG) represent the complex dynamic behaviours of biological systems.
The analysis of these signals using variety of nonlinear methods is ...
Body Shame, Body Compassion and Physical Activity
(2020-03-12)
Participation in physical activity in the population and especially in young people has been frequently highlighted as a concern, given the increased risk of serious health issues in people who are insufficiently active. ...
Trust and its Consequences: A Regional Senior Manager's Experiences of Meaning Making in the Canadian Public Service
(2020-03-11)
This thesis explores the role of trust in meaning making in the Canadian Federal Government from the perspective of a senior manager based in regional operations. I take a pragmatic approach to my research, using the ...
Adult Sibling Stories of Parental Mental Distress
(2020-03-10)
There is a limited body of research that focuses on the experiences of families of people with mental distress. While there is research regarding children’s experiences of parents with mental distress, there are few ...
The Lord Byron/John Polidori Relationship and the Foundation of the Early Nineteenth-Century Literary Vampire
(2020-03-09)
John William Polidori (1795-1821) was appointed as the personal physician to Lord George Noel Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) in April 1816. Byron was not in the best of health, and Polidori was recommended to him by ...
Understanding Young People's Experiences and Perceptions of Relational Bullying: a Mixed Methods Study
(2020-03-02)
Aim
This research sought to understand the experience and perception of relational bullying among young people in England.
Background
Bullying among young people has been widely acknowledged as a public health concern. ...
Submillimetre Observations of Clusters of Galaxies
(2020-03-01)
Advances in submillimetre astronomy has opened the doors to carrying out surveys and high-resolution imaging of intense star forming galaxies out to and beyond the cosmic star-formation peak (ɀ ≈ 1- 4). The Submillimetre ...
Understanding r-process Nucleosynthesis in the Milky Way
(2020-02-16)
Elements heavier than Fe are formed by neutron capture processes when fusion becomes energetically unfavourable; the slow s-process and site are reasonably well understood, but the
rapid r-process site is still a highly ...