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N-isopropylacrylamide nanogels for drug delivery to the brain: synthesis and characterisation, in vitro internalisation in human endothelial cells, and in vivo studies using zebrafish
(2023)Neurodegenerative disorders currently are a major burden to society, expected to grow and impact populations world-wide. Access to the brain is strictly controlled by the blood brain barrier (BBB), which allows the permeation ... -
N-type Organic Materials for Thermoelectric Applications
(2023)Harvesting waste heat as a renewable energy source could allow us to power small devices in everyday life, from medical devices to wireless networks from heat sources all around us. In particular, the use of organic materials ... -
Naming and Understanding the Opposites of Desire: A Prehistory of Disgust 1598-1755.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2018-05-14)In the early 17th century, Aristotelian ideas about the passions came under scrutiny. The dominant, if not only, understanding of the passions before that time came from Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas split most of his main ... -
Nanofabrication and Engineering of Gene Delivery Vectors
(Queen Mary University of London, 24/09/2019)Coaxial electrospray is an encapsulation method in use in biomedical research for the encapsulation of drugs and genes. In this thesis, its ability to produce polymer capsules with a core-shell structure was investigated ... -
Nanoindentation as a method to interrogate the mechanical properties of polymer coatings
(2011)Polymer coatings are widely used in many industrial applications such as coatings on car bodies and refrigerators, and as varnishes on floor coverings and wood. As protective coverings polymer coatings are subject to ... -
Nanoparticle Mediated Heating for Non-invasive Thermal Therapies A
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013-06)Nanomaterials have unique physics and chemistry properties compared with their bulk counterparts and have been widely studied in different fields ranging from energy to biomedicines. This thesis investigates controlled ... -
Nanoscale mechanics of collagen in articular cartilage
(Queen Mary University of London, 23/02/2018)Articular cartilage is a mechanically important soft tissue whose organisation at the micro- and nanoscale is critical for healthy joint function and where degeneration is associated with widespread disorders such as ... -
Nanoscale mechanics of collagen in articular cartilage
(Queen Mary University of London, 14/02/2018)Articular cartilage is a mechanically important soft tissue whose organisation at the micro- and nanoscale is critical for healthy joint function and where degeneration is associated with widespread disorders such as ... -
The Nanostructure of Implant-Induced Fibrosis
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013-01-27)Fibrosis or the formation of fibrotic tissue is a product of chronic inflammatory reactions induced by a variety of stimuli and occurs when there is a dysfunction in the wound healing process. This typically ensues ... -
National Cultures and Employee Commitment in Nigerian Organisations: Exploring Conflicts and Relationships
(Queen Mary University of London, 03/06/2019)This PhD thesis explores how core national cultural values of ethnically diverse employees in Nigeria influence their understanding/views of organisational values and their commitment to these values. The study is motivated ... -
National diversity and social cohesion: the impact of Scottish devolution on social and political cohesion in Britain
(2010)Within a number of Western nation-states, internal national minorities are advancing demands for political recognition and a measure of autonomy short of full independence. General acceptance of democratic ideals places ... -
Natural childbirth in twentieth century England : a history of alternative approaches to birth from the 1940s to the 1990s.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2010)It is well-established that a medical model of childbirth shaped maternity policy during the second half of the twentieth century. However, alongside this narrative of medicalised childbirth, an idea emerged that was to ... -
Natural convection from a vertical plane surface
(Queen Mary University of London, 1966)Theoretical studies of turbulent natural convection phenomena have for some time been hindered by a lack of any reliable experimental data. The primary objective of this investigation was the provision of such data... ... -
Natural history and management of hepatitis C in East London
(Queen Mary University of London, 2006)Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) affects over 170 million individuals worldwide. In this thesis the natural history and management of hepatitis C in North- East London was investigated. The ... -
Natural rubber/organoclay nanocomposites
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012)Natural rubber (NR)/organoclay nanocomposites were prepared using organomontmorillonite (OMMT) and organo-sepiolite (OSEP). Both were found to improve modulus significantly more than equivalent amounts of conventional ... -
Naturally Inspired Multi-layer Composite Films on Planar and Modulated Surfaces
(Queen Mary University of London, 2016-03-22)Biomimetics is a field of engineering which aims to mimic what has been present in nature. High ceramic-content biomineralized structures like abalone nacre and antler bone have a layered-architecture at the nano- and ... -
The Nature of the Relationship Between Comprehensive Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Physicians: A Case Study in Ontario.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)The purpose of this thesis was threefold – First to investigate the emergence from the existing health system of nurse practitioners as a new occupation. Second to make sense of how nurse practitioners developed as ... -
Near-integrable behaviour in a family of discretised rotations
(Queen Mary University of London, 19/05/2014)We consider a one-parameter family of invertible maps of a twodimensional lattice, obtained by applying round-o to planar rotations. All orbits of these maps are conjectured to be periodic. We let the angle of rotation ... -
Necessity or Pragmatism? The Development and Use of the Justification of Necessity in Medical Law.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)Traditionally, the courts have been very reluctant to permit the use of necessity as a defence in civil or criminal cases. However, following the case of F v.West Berkshire Health Authority [1990] 2 A.C. 1 and up until the ... -
Necro-policy and the EU: An Analysis of the Deportation and Deterrence of Afghan Asylum Seekers
(2023)After the summer of 2015, one of the European Union’s (EU) migration policy priorities was to increase the rate of deportations of people who did not have the right to stay in the EU, which it pursued through existing EU ...