Queen Mary University of London Theses: Recent submissions
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Programmable Microwave Devices (PMDs) based on Liquid Metal
This thesis presents microwaves device which we term a programmable microwave device (PMD). This thesis presents building block elements (BBEs)/PMDs which can realize functional and parametric reconfiguration. This thesis ... -
Acts of Passage: Making rights claims in the Franco-Italian borderzone
This thesis concerns how citizens and noncitizens act together in solidarity and how the state criminalises such actions, focusing on a case study of the Franco-Italian borderzone. Taking a performative approach to ... -
Interdisciplinarity, collaboration and publishing patterns in modern science: A network study of scientific performance
Over the last few decades, the increasing availability of digital data on scholarly output has offered unprecedented opportunities to explore patterns characterising the evolution of science as well as the collaboration ... -
Aquatic-terrestrial linkages in tropical and temperate riparian ecosystems
Aquatic ecosystems influence adjacent terrestrial ecosystems through the export of emerging aquatic insects. These insects transition from an aquatic-larva to a terrestrial adult and become potential prey for terrestrial ... -
Uraemic toxins and the vascular endothelium
The mortality for end stage kidney disease has remained at an unsatisfactory level for many years. The leading cause for mortality in this large and growing group of vulnerable patients remains cardiovascular disease. ... -
The Gregory-Laflamme Instability of Black Strings and Violation of the Weak Cosmic Censorship Conjecture
Einstein's general relativity is a remarkably successful theory of space, time and gravitation. Over a hundred years since its birth, it has been verified by all of the experiments and observations with incredibly high ... -
Biophysical biomarkers to characterise cancer-associated fibroblasts in breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer type that affects women and although several therapy improvements have been made in the last decades, it is still estimated that nearly 11,400 women die each year of this type of ... -
Modelling Perception of Large-Scale Thematic Structure in Music
Large-scale thematic structure—the organisation of material within a musical composition—holds an important position in the Western classical music tradition and has subsequently been incorporated into many influential ... -
“Them without the capital get the punishment”: A rhetorical move analysis of death row final statements and their structural, grammatical, and pragmatic features
Linguistic research that focuses on the last words of death row inmates typically concludes that there is a systematic pattern of language use among the final statements (e.g., Schuck & Ward, 2008). Building on that point, ... -
Responding to Populism: Anti-Populism in the French and British Governments’ Framing of the Gilets Jaunes and Brexit Crises
In the face of crisis, defenders of liberal democratic regimes regularly dismiss popular politics as a populist threat. This thesis is concerned with this defensive liberal response to populism and what it implies for ... -
Polymer-based dielectric films with high thermal conductivity
This thesis aims to develop novel polymeric based dielectric composites with simultaneously enhanced dielectric properties and thermal conductivity, which have great potential in applications like capacitors and electronic ... -
Passionate Politics: Mary Wollstonecraft and Germaine de Staël on Emotions and the French Revolution
This thesis investigates the place of passions, sentiments, and affections in political life during the French Revolution. Specifically, I examine the writings and activities of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–98) and Germaine ... -
Essays on Applied Microeconomics and Causal Inference
This dissertation consists of three self-contained chapters in applied microeconomics and causal inference. In the first chapter, I extend the conventional regression-discontinuity (RD) design to the case where assignment ... -
Interaction of EU State Aid and Taxation: The Principle of Equal Treatment in Fiscal State Aid Law
This doctoral thesis demonstrates how a principle derived from EU competition law can serve as a normative benchmark for examination of Member State tax ruling practices. Using the prism of equal treatment and the Arm’s ... -
Do bumblebees play?
Bees display seemingly complex cognitive abilities as well as emotion-like states. Bees have been observed to show seemingly functionless behaviour in the form of repeated object manipulation - rolling wooden balls - that ... -
Defining the high-risk surgical population in the National Health Service
Introduction Concealed among the 5 million operations performed in the United Kingdom (UK) each year are an estimated 250,000 high-risk patients. This group experience most of the deaths after surgery but have only been ... -
Role of endoplasmic reticulum in cord blood Haematopoietic stem cells ex-vivo expansion
As a standard treatment for many life threating diseases including leukaemia, bone marrow failure and auto-immune diseases, haematopoietic stem cells transplantation (HSCT) is often the only cure. There are three main ... -
Deep Learning Methods for Instrument Separation and Recognition
This thesis explores deep learning methods for timbral information processing in polyphonic music analysis. It encompasses two primary tasks: Music Source Separation (MSS) and Instrument Recognition, with focus on applying ... -
Essays on the Economics of Health Care Workforce
This thesis conducts a extensive examination of healthcare workforce behavior, with a central emphasis on physicians. Across three distinct chapters, the research aims to advance our understanding of the motivations and ... -
Low Dimensional Halide Perovskite Derivatives and Metal Halides for Thermoelectric Applications
High energy expectations and CO2 emissions resulting from non-renewable energy sources are the issues that require humanity to find sustainable energy solutions. Additionally, a huge amount of waste is produced in the form ...
