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Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposures among Stoneworkers involved in Stone Restoration Work
(2014-05-02)
Exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can result in the development of a range of adverse health effects including silicosis and lung cancer. Although exposure to RCS has been characterised in many occupational ...
Semi-automated segmentation of pleural effusions in 3D thoracic X-ray computed tomography
(2014-09-27)
A pleural effusion is excess fluid that collects in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. Surplus amounts of such fluid can impair breathing by limiting the expansion of the lungs during ...
A study of turbulence and infall over multiple scales of star formation
(2014-09-28)
The understanding of the processes of star formation informs the understanding and investigation of questions of galactic dynamics and the formation of stellar systems of exoplanets and so sits between the galactic and ...
A fibre based quad-cell wavefront sensor for high speed adaptive optics
(2014-05-20)
The genesis of this thesis came out of the difficulties encountered when trying to
apply adaptive optics correction to optical fields that contain scintillation (specklelike
amplitude fluctuations). These scintillated ...
Observations of turbulent dynamics in the ocean surface boundary layer
(2014-03-26)
Turbulence and mixing processes are investigated in the ocean surface boundary layer (OSBL) using microstructure measurements from the Air-Sea Interaction Profiler (ASIP) a vertically rising, autonomous instrument equipped ...
Wavelength dependence of femtosecond laser ablation of thin gold films
(2014-05-26)
The demand for efficient laser processing of materials is as strong as ever and this requires a deep understanding of the fundamental laser-material interactions. There has been a recent upsurge in the number of studies ...
Multi-wavelength and Polarisation Studies of Pulsars: the Crab, Vela, and PSR J0205+6449
(2014-12-11)
This thesis outlines the findings of a multi-wavelength and polarimetric study of
a number of rotation-powered pulsars. Polarisation studies of pulsars are just one
example of obtaining insight into the geometry of their ...
Development of a Probabilistic Multi-Zone Multi-Source Computational Model for Indoor Air Pollution Exposure Assessment
(2014-02-12)
Airborne Particulate Matter (PM) is a major environmental concern because of its known impacts on human health, and since the developed world population spends approximately 89% of its time indoors, PM in the indoor ...
Computational development of a particle-In-cell computer code for the simulation of plasma Instabilities around rotation powered pulsars
(2014-09-03)
This thesis reports on the design and development of DYMPHNA3D, a 3D particle-in-cell (PIC) plasma simulation code. It also focuses on the field of radio emission and the discovery of rotation powered neutron stars, ...