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CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES-QUANTUM DOT HYBRIDS: SELF-ASSEMBLY AND PHOTO-PHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF SINGLE-MOLECULE HETEROSTRUCTURES
(Queen Mary University of London, 30/09/2018)The possibility of integrating materials with different properties into heterostructures is crucial in the field of nanotechnology and can lead to new functionalities and emergent behaviour at the interfaces. In this regard, ... -
Carbon nanotubes filled with continuous ferromagnetic -Fe nanowires and surface- functionalized with paramagnetic Gd(III): A candidate magnetic hyperthermia structure and MRI contrast agent
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-12-19)The main goal of this project was the development of carbon nanotubes as a candidate for dual-functioning magnetic hyperthermia structure and magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. This was achieved by lling carbon ... -
Carbon Nanotubes Under Pressure
(Queen Mary University of London, 2015-10-09)Graphene has been investigated intensively since its discovery in 2004, for its unique mechanical and electrical properties. Strain modi es these properties to meet speci c scienti c or technological needs. Therefore, ... -
Carbonation of Cement-Solidified Hazardous Waste
(Queen Mary University of London, 1996-12)Solidification technology can be an effective process for treating a variety of difficult to manage waste materials containing heavy metals prior to reuse or disposal. There are numerous commercial solidification techniques ... -
Cardiovascular Dysfunction and the ATP-Adenosine Axis in Trauma
(Queen Mary University of London, 2023)Introduction Trauma is a significant contributor to global mortality and morbidity. Outcomes have improved over the last several decades, but there are still a population of patients who die after surviving their initial ... -
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Deformation Imaging By Feature Tracking For Assessment Of Left And Right Ventricular Structure And Function
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-08-17)Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the gold standard imaging technique for assessment of ventricular dimensions and function. CMR also allows assessment of ventricular deformation but this requires additional ... -
Cardiovascular risk factors for perioperative myocardial injury
(Queen Mary University of London, 2018-01-12)Background: Myocardial injury affects up to one in three patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. However, very little is known about the underlying pathophysiology. In the general population, patients with elevated ... -
Carnivals of Transition: Cuban and Russian Film (1960-2000)
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012-05-21)This thesis focuses on ‘carnivals of transition’, as it examines cinematic representations in relation to socio-political and cultural reforms, including globalization, from 1960 to 2000, in Cuban and Russian films. The ... -
Carotenoids and their role in the non-photochemical quenching of higher plants
(Queen Mary University of London, 04/05/2019)Photosynthesis drives the majority of life on earth. It involves the conversion of light energy into stable chemical energy which can be used to fuel metabolic processes. The bioenergetics of light capture have been well ... -
Carotid atherosclerotic plaque characterisation by measurement of ultrasound sound speed in vitro at high frequency, 20 MHz
(Queen Mary University of London, 2010)The first part of the study was to characterise the acoustic properties of an IEC agar-based tissue mimicking material (TMM) at ultrasound frequencies centred around 20 MHz. The TMM acoustic properties measured were the ... -
Cas9-Assisted Tag Switching of yeast libraries for systematic exploration of protein-protein interactions
Following the publication of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) genome sequence, the yeast community compiled a near complete collection of deletion strains for every open reading frame (ORF). This library of ... -
THE CASE FOR SOLIDARITY RIGHTS: APPLYING CHARLES BEITZ’S POLITICAL APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-09-13)Solidarity rights protect interests of individuals that can only be meaningfully experienced in the context of society as a whole (“common-good interests”). This thesis applies Charles Beitz’s approach, in which rights are ... -
THE CASE FOR THE SOUTH: PRO-CONFEDERATE ARGUMENTS IN BRITAIN DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
This dissertation rectifies a major omission in the scholarship of Britain during the American Civil War by interrogating, analysing and contextualising pro-Confederate arguments as the tools of persuasion they were designed ... -
The Case for Virtual Property
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-09-27)Virtual assets should be treated as a species of property. Users of virtual environments have legitimate expectations about acquiring legal interests in virtual assets as they would in their physical counterparts under ... -
A Categorical View of Difference-Differential Algebra
(2023)We approach differential algebra and differential algebraic geometry from the point of view of topos theory and categorical logic, following the initial steps made by Keigher and Bunge in the early 80s. We consider the ... -
Catheter ablation of fractionated electrograms for atrial fibrillation: does it improve outcomes and can it be refined based on electrogram morphology or knowledge of the remodelling process?.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)Catheter ablation complex or fractionated atrial electrograms (CFAE) may improve outcomes for persistent AF. However, it is unclear whether CFAE are important in maintaining AF or whether targeting of CFAE can be refined ... -
Cationic Polymer Brush Coated Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery
(Queen Mary University of London, 28/11/2018)Polymer brushes generated via “grafting-from” approach emerged as an attractive surface modification tool offering chemical stability, synthetic flexibility and unprecedented control over the polymer grafting density, ... -
CD95R-Fc coated Microparticle Delivery to Cancer Cells
(Queen Mary University of London, 13/06/2019)Triple-negative breast cancers lack the three main breast cancer biomarkers; oestrogen-, progesterone- or HER2-receptors and chemotherapy is the only established treatment option for patients. Chemotherapies are associated ... -
Celebrity privacy and the development of the judicial concept of proportionality: How English law has balanced the rights to protection and interference
(Queen Mary University of London, 10/11/2014)This thesis examines how English law has, and has not, balanced celebrities’ legal expectations of informational and seclusional privacy against the press and media’s rights to inform and publish. Much of the litigation ...