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Evaluation of the heart using quantitative imaging techniques
Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world. Its diagnosis and treatment have undergone a plethora of changes, moving from historical methods of ... -
Machine Learning in Container Orchestration Systems: Applications and Deployment
In recent years, machine learning methods, particularly Reinforcement Learning, have become increasingly popular for addressing resource management challenges, notably in resource allocation and optimizing scheduling ... -
On the fundamentals of pure ionic emission in electrospray thrusters
Electrospray thrusters are a type of in-space electric propulsion system, suitable for missions requiring micro-thrust levels. Electrospray thrusters generate thrust by accelerating a charged beam emitted from a conductive ... -
Intelligent Biomimetic Actuating Materials
Soft actuators, inspired by natural organisms, have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their potential applications in various fields including robotics, biomedical devices, and wearable electronics. ... -
Towards robust and efficient representation learning with imperfect labels
In this thesis, we delve into the realm of weakly supervised learning, focusing on the challenges and innovations required for effective and robust training in computer vision tasks. Specifically, our research addresses ... -
Improving pesticide risk assessment for social bees: a case study using the butenolide flupyradifurone
Current lower-tier pesticide risk assessment for bees suffers from an overreliance on individual-level, mortality-based studies performed in one species. This failure to assess sub-lethal effects in a broader range of ... -
Engineering tumour microenvironments with controlled expression of extracellular matrix proteins
It is now widely recognised that the tumour microenvironment (TME) is playing a crucial role in promoting tumour immune evasion by modulating the local immune infiltration. A growing body of evidence highlights the crucial ... -
Near-Field Communications and Sensing With Extremely Large-Scale Arrays
With the advance of information and wireless technologies, the next-generation 6G wireless network is envisioned to go beyond the data transmission and meet the requirements of emerging environment-aware applications, such ... -
Exploring orthodontists’ perceptions of social media marketing of orthodontics: A qualitative study
Introduction: Social media and its subsequent application within healthcare has prompted a revised approach to orthodontic marketing. Concerns exist around the veracity of information available and the potential for ... -
Utilising Mendelian Randomisation to Explore Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
Cerebral small vessel disease is a contributing factor in up to 45% of all dementias. However, knowledge is still limited, affecting both diagnosis and treatment, with current measures only focusing on managing risk factors. ... -
The Ethnic and Social Determinants of Dementia
Background Currently, more than 25,000 people live with dementia from Black and Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups in the United Kingdom (UK), with an expected increase to over 172,000 people by 2051, highlighting a ... -
Localization Algorithm Design for RIS-Aided Wireless Localization System
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) offer several advantages over traditional base stations (BSs) for localization systems, such as lower hardware costs and energy-efficient, high-precision estimation capabilities ... -
Investigating obesity disease mechanisms through application of human genetics and stem cell modelling
Obesity is a burden of epidemic proportions, and we understand it to be largely influenced by genetic factors. Nearly all known obesity genes are involved in the hypothalamic leptin-melanocortin pathway. Therefore, disease ... -
Carrying on the Work: Thoreau and Poetic Transmission
(2024-07-12)Carrying on the Work revises popular understandings of the writings of Henry David Thoreau, proposing that methods of poetic transmission—reference, allusion, echo—inform his work to a degree not previously observed. Often ... -
Plastic pollution: Can artificial weathering help us to understand the chemistry of degradation and its environmental impact?
Plastic pollution and its effects on the environment are reaching disaster levels on a global scale, as a result of the extensive use of synthetic polymers, especially polyolefins, and their mismanaged recycling. It is ... -
The Aryan Other: A Conceptual History of Connection
The ways in which the West and Hindu India are connected through alliances of reactionary politics puzzles both political commentators and academics – whether it is white supremacist Anders Behring Breivik’s comparison ... -
Adaptive immunity in dilated cardiomyopathy: a target for diagnosis and therapy
There is significant evidence that patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) have active myocardial inflammation and dysregulated adaptive immunity. Despite a multitude of successful animal studies, clinical trials of ... -
Three dimensional facial changes with functional appliance treatment: A Randomised clinical trial
Introduction There is a limited amount of information on the comparison of three-dimensional (3D) soft tissue facial changes between fixed and removable functional appliances. Stereophotogrammetry is a non-invasive, accurate ... -
Understanding the beliefs and behaviours of adults presenting to the Emergency Department with asthma with a view to developing guidance for a medication optimisation intervention
Background: The goal of asthma management is to achieve optimal asthma control. New medications, e.g. Maintenance and Reliever inhaler Therapy (MART), are increasingly being recommended to achieve optimal asthma control ... -
Reconfigurable Antennas for MIMO Wireless Communications Systems
This doctoral thesis investigates the transformative potential of reconfigurable antennas in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, addressing the critical need for adaptability in time-varying environments. While ...
