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Exhibiting the Written Word
(National Library of Scotland / Edinburgh University, 2011)Guidelines on practice for exhibiting books, periodicals and manuscripts. Produced as a result of the AHRC Making Our Connections project, which was a partnership between the University of Edinburgh and the National Library ... -
Elite women and power in Late Medieval Scotland, 1296 to 1458.
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis is a case study of elite women in late medieval Scotland, which contributes to the ongoing re-assessment of women and power in medieval Europe called the ‘Beyond Exceptionalism’ movement. The debate around ... -
Bilingualism in autism: A neurocognitive investigation of the influence of bilingualism on perspective-taking in autistic adults
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Autism spectrum disorder (hereafter autism), is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition with current prevalence estimates ranging around 1/100 worldwide. Autism is manifest in multiple forms, but always entails differences ... -
Studies with the bacteriophages of Escherichia coli
(The University of Edinburgh, 1966)In this Thesis a study is made of a number of episome-host relationships, with emphasis placed on use of the recombination-deficient bacterial cell as a new tool for examining the phenomena of transduction, lysogenization ... -
Paediatric schistosomiasis: dynamics and consequences
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Urogenital schistosomiasis, caused by the parasite helminth Schistosoma haematobium, is one of the major parasitic diseases affecting millions of preschool-aged children (PSAC), i.e. aged 5 years and below, in sub-Saharan ... -
On forms and fictions: a critical biography of Steven Campbell (1953-2007)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The thesis is a definitive critical biography of Scottish artist Steven Campbell (1953-2007) underpinned by extensive archival research, semi-structured interviews, and relevant critical and historical secondary sources. ... -
Studies on the excited electronic states of fullerenes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This work focused on investigating the excited electronic states of fullerenes. Due to their highly symmetric nature and elemental purity, fullerenes are ideal model systems for studying and understanding the excitation ... -
Urbes Thraciarum in Late Antiquity: an archaeological assessment of the cities of Thracia from Diocletian to Maurice (284-602)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis is a critical analysis of the archaeological remains of the major urban centres of the late antique province of Thracia between the late 3rd and early 7th century. The first part presents the material ... -
Urbanism, environment and the building of the Anglo-Egyptian Nile valley, 1880s-1920s
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis examines the ways in which imperial officials and others transformed the built environment in Egypt and Sudan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This history is used as a way to read the ... -
Role of emotions in the production of literature: an exploration of Edinburgh's creative entrepreneurial ecosystem
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The main objective of this three-paper thesis is to explore the role of emotions in the production of culture, examining how books and writers are selected to be part of the production of literature. It focuses on small ... -
On finite-difference time-domain sub-gridding algorithms for efficient modelling of ground-penetrating radar
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Introducing finely detailed models of GPR antennas into finite-difference time-domain forward models often results in large computation overheads. In many cases the solution becomes intractable. The overhead increases ... -
Investigating the recovery of rare earth elements by ionic liquids and bacteria
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The work presented in this thesis focuses on developing and understanding practices and reagents that can be more efficient at rare earth element (REE) recovery and separation than current industrial reagents and ... -
Staging queer feelings: the affective economy of fashion photography at the turn of the twenty-first century
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)“Staging Queer Feelings: The Affective Economy of Fashion Photography at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century” tracks the circulation of queer feelings, moods and atmospheres in alternative fashion magazines in the ... -
Understanding autonomous behaviours in children: an investigation of self-directed cognitive control development
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Gaining autonomy is a key aspect of growing up. However, little is known about how children engage cognitive control in an autonomous (or self-directed) fashion to achieve goals. The aim of this dissertation is to better ... -
Genetics and conservation of the southern South American conifers
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Coniferous trees dominate many northern forests, and globally there are around 627 species of conifers, from eight families and 70 genera. Although the largest abundance of conifers is in the great boreal forests of Eurasia ... -
Investigating the role of interferon—γ signalling for malaria dyserythropoiesis
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)In innate and adaptive immunity, the proinflammatory type 1 cytokine interferon gamma (IFN-γ), is well known for its protective role particularly against intracellular pathogens. However, this type 2 interferon has been ... -
Evolution of floral diversity in the genus Croton and related genera (Crotonoideae, Euphorbiaceae)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Croton, a mega-diverse genus with about 1,200 species, has great variation in floral and inflorescence structures. Flowers of Croton are unisexual with great dimorphism between male and female flowers. Previous studies ... -
Snakes and ladders: a critical examination of blocks in the talent pathway
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)There has been increasing interest in the nature of challenge variables in talent development (TD). Along with the attendant recognition that individual TD trajectories are typically non linear in nature, there is also ... -
Effect of rib cage deformity in primary thoracic idiopathic scoliosis on pulmonary function, airway morphology and lung volumes
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Although scoliosis is defined as a Cobb angle of 10° or more as measured in the coronal plane, the combined three-dimensional distortions to both the spine and rib cage in scoliosis are best conceptualised as a thoracic ... -
Establishing outer membrane Integrity in Klebsiella pneumoniae
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The Outer Membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is the primary barrier for the cell, with its asymmetric composition of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) at the outer leaflet and glycerophospholipids (GPL) at the inner ...
