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Oral pain after stopping tobacco use : a prospective study on the relationship of predictors of oral pain with paan tobacco chewing and cessation in UK resident Bangladeshi adult women
(2010)
Background: Oral pain has been reported to prevent successful tobacco
cessation in Bangladeshi paan tobacco chewers. Aim: to investigate oral pain
associated with paan tobacco chewing cessation. Objectives: to identify ...
Obesity and oral health among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates
(2010)
Aims: To investigate the relationship between oral health and obesity in adolescents attending Public and Private Schools in Sharjah City, United Arab Emirates. Methods: 1094 adolescents attending secondary school in Sharjah ...
Novel roles of human desmoglein 3 in the regulation of E-cadherin-mediated adherens junctions and the reorganisation of actin cytoskeleton.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013-04)
Desmosomes and adherens junctions are intercellular junctions crucial for epithelial cell-cell adhesion and maintenance of normal tissue architecture. Desmoglein 3 (Dsg3), a member of the desmoglein sub-family, serves as ...
Investigations into the use of nano-based antimicrobial and osteoconductive coatings for bone implants.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-06)
Objectives: Orthopaedic and dental implants are prone to frequent infections. This can lead to detrimental and often irreversible outcomes for many patients. The objective of this study was to develop a novel system using ...
Children's classics translated from English under Franco: the censorship of the William books and the Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1997)
The thesis documents the censorship histories of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer and Richmal Crompton's William books under Franco, and analyses these
censorship histories in terms of the changing character of ...
PRODUCTION AND ASSESSMENT OF OVINE ANTIVENOMS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SNAKE ENVENOMING IN SAUDI ARABIA
(Queen Mary University of London, 1996)
Venoms from the most poisonous snakes found in Saudi Arabia were assessed for their
physical and chemical characteristics and for their enzymatic and biological activities.
Venom from Atractaspis microlepidota was the most ...
Characterisation of a novel in vitro model of Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) through stable PTCH1 suppression in immortalised human keratinocytes
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the skin is predominantly associated with mutational inactivation
of the PTCH1 tumour suppressor gene resulting in constitutive activation of the Hedgehog (HH)
developmental pathway. Tumour ...
BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES IN A HARMONIOUS WORLD: CHINA’S PARADIGM
(Queen Mary University of London, 29/06/2014)
China’s ascent up the echelon of the
contemporary interstate system is often
debated by reference to its implications
for the US designed neoliberal world order.
A ‘cauldron of anxiety’ appears to be brewing around what ...
Statistical modelling for facial expression dynamics
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012)
One of the most powerful and fastest means of relaying emotions between humans are facial expressions.
The ability to capture, understand and mimic those emotions and their underlying dynamics
in the synthetic counterpart ...
Geographies of Contemporary African Art
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)
This thesis explores how the art world negotiates what contemporary African art
means, in the context of the international contemporary art system and in relation to
the histories of Western perspectives on Africa. Using ...
