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Natural experimental approach to vulnerability, resilience and adaptation in historic Greenland
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Student teachers’ narrative (re)construction of teacher professional identities in relation to the concept of creativity during initial teacher education in the Scottish context
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Over the past two decades, the concept of creativity has gained prominence in educational policies, exhorting nations to engage with learners in order to cultivate innovative citizens with a potential to produce new ideas ... -
Exploring Beijing's urban environment: air quality, haze effects and climate
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)Towards the end of the last century, significant increases in coal burning for electricity at power plants and for domestic heating purposes led to rapid increases in the levels of harmful gaseous and particulate pollutants ... -
Forging ahead as an anti-corruption agency: the case of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Nigeria (2000– 2017)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-06)This thesis investigates how the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Nigeria has carved a niche for its operations, to forge ahead within the Nigeria’s anti-corruption landscape, ... -
Beyond Formalism: developing dramaturgy as the basis for a freer formal expression in music related to the natural world
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-24)Having as a background the unique Bulgarian folk music with its irregular rhythms, and the system of the East European and Middle Eastern maqams, as well as the traditions of central European music, these compositions ... -
Characterizing in vitro and in vivo the expression and function of the long noncoding RNA CARMN and miR-143/145 in atherosclerosis
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Atherosclerosis is a progressive and chronic condition that belongs to the group of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) which represents the first cause of death worldwide. Although recent advances in strategies for studying ... -
Role of the Scottish devolution ‘settlement’ in the recognition of constitutional statutes and Britain’s unwritten constitution
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-01)Because the British constitutional order is notoriously uncodified, though not truly ‘unwritten’, we must excavate a little deeper to expose the roots of the constitution. That the British constitutional order includes ... -
Relationship between chromatin structure and distal regulation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Mammalian genomes are organised into topologically associated domains (TADs) and chromatin loops through a loop extrusion process. Structuring of chromatin within these highly conserved TADs is believed to both facilitate ... -
Short-term measurements and proxies for ruminant methane emissions
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Livestock production is the largest anthropogenic contributor to the global methane (CH4) budget, with enteric emissions estimated to account for 87–97 Teragrams of CH4 per year. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with a ... -
Dissecting and disrupting the interactions between host cells and the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is the most economically important disease to the swine industry worldwide. PRRS causes reproductive failure and abortion in sows and gilts and respiratory disease, ... -
Using embryonic stem cell-derived ureteric buds for ureter engineering and developing methods to connect them to host kidneys in culture
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-07)Chronic renal disease is a global health care burden that has a high mortality rate. The only cure available is either life-long renal dialysis or to replace the damaged organ using human donor kidneys which have ... -
Exploring the role of Entrustable Professional Activities in assessing final year medical students
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)The concept of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) has been introduced in postgraduate medical education to try to bridge the gap between theoretical aspects of competency-based education and real-life clinical ... -
Elite laywomen and the Ideals of Crusade support in England, c.1187-1291
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)Defining exactly what crusade was and what it meant to participate in it has become an archetypal quandary of medieval study. Scholars have increasingly sought to examine the ideals of crusade, typically focusing on the ... -
Systematic approach to work-life balance research: theoretical development and empirical examination
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-02)Work–life balance research has been extensively studied in Western contexts with a focus on high-income and industrialized societies. However, it is not clear whether this largely Western conceptualization of work–life ... -
Efficient methods and architectures for deep neural network sequence models
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)The recent resurgence of neural networks, termed "Deep Learning", has led to a reinvigoration of the artificial intelligence research field and all related sub-fields; from robotics and vision to natural language processing ... -
Levelised cost of energy site selection tool for tidal stream energy devices
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-09-02)In order for the tidal stream energy sector to achieve commercial maturity, procedural improvements must be made in order to increase economic viability. This thesis targets the site selection procedure specifically. ... -
Ignition of solids exposed to transient irradiation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-27)This work investigates the ignition of solid materials. Ignition is important for fire safety not only as the initiation of a fire event, but because it plays a critical role in all the phenomena of interest, such as fire ... -
Monolithic CMOS photoluminescence lifetime microsensors for oxygen concentration measurement
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-27)The oxygen partial pressure within a cancer tumour is a key factor which determines the prognosis and the effectiveness of cancer treatments; particularly radiotherapy. Due to the unregulated growth of cancer cells, the ... -
Exoskeleton-assisted locomotion: design, control and evaluation of wearable robotic devices
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-30)Assistive robotic devices such as exoskeletons and prosthetic limbs have great potential as tools for both augmentation and rehabilitation. However, due to the complexity of controlling these devices, especially in ... -
Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity for aqueous organic Redox flow batteries
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-11-27)Redox flow batteries (RFBs) based on aqueous organic electrolytes are promising technologies for large-scale, safe and cost-effective electrical energy storage. The membrane separator is the key component in a RFB system ...
