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A conceptual history of the idea of self-causation: from Plato's forms to Hegel's concrete universal
(2015-09-29)
The dissertation is a historical-cum-conceptual examination of the idea of self-causation (causa sui). In the Western metaphysical tradition, self-causation has been understood in two ways: (i.) as an individual existent’s ...
The kinesin KIF18B interacts with 53BP1 and is required for efficient double strand break repair
(2015-11-19)
Genetic changes can lead to detrimental genomic instability, mutagenesis, oncogenesis and premature aging. The DNA damage response (DDR) is responsible for safeguarding the genome from such harmful alterations.
53BP1 ...
Generational understanding of social support, youth civic engagement and coping as aspects of resilience in socialist and post-socialist Slovenia (1980-2011)
(2015-09-30)
This thesis explores the link between protective factors and youth coping as aspects of resilience within the context of social change. The most recent evidence from resilience research shows there is a significant link ...
The use of ensemble techniques in multiclass speech emotion recognition to improve both accuracy and confidence in classifications
(2015-09-30)
Creating machines with the ability to reason, perceive, learn and make decisions based on a human like intelligence has been an interest of artificial intelligence researchers for decades, with the long term goal of ...
The glycosylation signature of human urinary extracellular vesicles
(2015-12-22)
Cells of virtually all organs and tissues are known to release large numbers of subcellular particles called extracellular vesicles (EVs) into bodily fluids such as blood and urine. There has been a growing interest in ...
Being played
(2015-09)
This thesis is an examination of kinaesthetic play from the lived experience of the player. The aim of this work is to show that the value of play runs much deeper than its applications and that play should be understood ...
Physical and bio cellular response of laser induced periodic surface structures formed using a femtosecond laser on a platinum alloy
(2015-09-30)
Minimally invasive implantable medical devices represent a major advance in the treatment of obstructive coronary artery disease with stent implantation becoming the standard coronary angioplasty procedure. Such devices ...
Non-linear anisotropic mechanical behaviour of hard and soft tissues
(2015-09-30)
The overall objective of this thesis is to develop accurate and rigorous constitutive formulations for the non-linear anisotropic behaviour of soft tissue (arterial) and hard tissues (trabecular bone) at large strains.
The ...
A systems engineering approach to equipment qualification in healthcare
(2015-08)
Equipment Qualification is a formal quality assurance process in manufacturing which establishes confidence that specified equipment is ‘ready for its intended use’. This thesis, in drawing parallels between requirements ...
An investigation of employee security behaviour in organisational settings: the effect of procedural security countermeasures and cultural factors
(2015-08-18)
An increasing number of information security breaches in organisations presents a serious threat to the security of personal and commercially sensitive information. Recent research shows that humans are the weakest link ...