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Impact of chemotherapy on the release and function of extracellular vesicles in the pre-pubertal testis
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-16)INTRODUCTION: Childhood cancer affects nearly 2,000 children in the UK each year and encompasses a range of pathologies. The incidence of childhood cancer is rising, and the peak age of onset occurs between 0 - 4 years ... -
Expectations and expertise in artificial intelligence: specialist views and historical perspectives on conceptualisation, promise, and funding
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-13)Artificial intelligence’s (AI) distinctiveness as a technoscientific field that imitates the ability to think went through a resurgence of interest post-2010, attracting a flood of scientific and popular expectations as ... -
First language attrition in late bilingualism: lexical, syntactic and prosodic changes in English-Italian bilinguals
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-16)Among the most notable findings in recent bilingualism research is that the two languages are constantly active, thus giving rise to complex interactions, in the bilingual mind. One of the natural consequences of these ... -
Young Eco's library: mass culture and interpretive freedom in the Fascist period
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-12)This thesis carries out an in-depth study of Umberto Eco’s novel The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2004) and highlights its contribution to two fundamental yet inadequately explored aspects of Eco’s oeuvre: its links ... -
Hardest conflict: morale in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)This thesis carries out an in-depth study of Umberto Eco’s novel The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2004) and highlights its contribution to two fundamental yet inadequately explored aspects of Eco’s oeuvre: its links ... -
Reformed yet Catholic: the ecclesiology of Samuel Rutherford reflecting conciliarism, the Scottish banding tradition, and Covenant theology
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)The ecclesiastical polemics of Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661), champion of the Scots Presbyterian Covenanters, has been criticised for inconsistency. It has been argued that Rutherford’s anti-tolerationism rejecting the ... -
Using local linguistic context for text-to-speech
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)Synthetic speech generated by state-of-the-art Text-to-Speech (TTS) models achieves unprecedented levels of naturalness. Training, inference and evaluation of TTS models has consistently been performed on isolated utterances ... -
Gifts from the world: bringing Dumitru Staniloae in conversation with some prominent themes in majority world theologies
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)This thesis engages the theological topic of the “gift” and “gift-giving” that has become popular within Euro-American theological discourse. While the academic discourse is traced back to an anthropological work that ... -
Hate speech in the British press: a theoretical and practical assessment of the case for broader regulation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)This thesis is concerned with the justifiability of regulating hate speech disseminated by the British press. It explains why the narrow scope of current regulation is at odds with prominent theories of press freedom, ... -
Polybius' characterisation of Hannibal. A study on personality, character and narrative identity in the Histories
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)This research offers a re-evaluation of Polybius’ literary style through an analysis of his characterisations. Using narratology, psychology, and philosophy I study the depiction of Hannibal Barca to illustrate some ... -
Values and attitudes in the Early American 9/11 novel: representing the terrorist, the 'war on terror', and the reactions to 9/11
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)The 9/11 novel has already enjoyed extensive scholarly interest in the previous decades, and while the earlier research has offered some great insights, it has focused on a rather limited set of novels, revolved around ... -
Educating slaves: a comparative approach to education in Roman slavery
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the role of education in Roman slavery. In doing so, it seeks to establish how Roman slavers, primarily of elite status, conceptualised their willingness to educate (some of) ... -
Collective motion in microswimmer suspensions
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)The main distinction of active matter from its passive counterpart is the ability to extract energy from the environment (consume food) and convert it into directed motion. One of the most striking consequences of this ... -
Itinerary of William of Malmesbury: a study of a Benedictine Monk’s mobility in the Early Twelfth Century
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)As one of the most famous English monastic historians in the early twelfth century, William of Malmesbury is believed to have travelled widely in order to collect information and materials for his writings. Despite ... -
Identification of KLF1-E325K as a loss-of-function mutation in iPSC-derived macrophages
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)With over two million red blood cells produced every second, erythropoiesis is one of the bodies most demanding processes. It is therefore unsurprising that multiple hereditary and acquired red blood cell disorders arise ... -
Fatigue life reassessment of monopile-supported offshore wind turbine structures
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)The UK has seen a rapid growth of the offshore wind industry over the past two decades, from a single 4MW project commissioned in 2000 to more than 11GW installed capacity in the UK waters by 2022. The majority of existing ... -
Okanagan story and Women in the woods: a critical reflection on pioneer women and their legacy in Canadian literature
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)AN OKANAGAN STORY: A NOVEL Historian Mike Dunbar is at a crossroads in his career: it’s publish or perish. He chooses publish, his subject: Scottish Settlers in the Okanagan, British Columbia, a fertile valley in the ... -
Chromatin structure and dynamics at different phases of the cell cycle
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)In this thesis I present some results from my research into eukaryotic chromatin structure and dynamics. Chromosome organisation is studied through a simulation approach and at different stages of the cell cycle. Throughout ... -
Circles, an experimental approach to film music composition through sonification of moving images
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)In this paper an experimental approach to film music composition through sonification is discussed. Sonification [7], the practice of transforming moving images into sounds, is not a new concept. There are several attempts ... -
Fire risk associated with photovoltaic installations on flat roof constructions: experimental analysis of fire spread in semi-enclosures
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-13)An increase of photovoltaic (PV) installations facilitated by a significant cost reduction give rise to the utilization of commercial flat roof constructions, as unexploited surfaces elevated above ground level are ideal ...
