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Chinese internal rural migrant children and their access to compulsory education
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)
During a period of unprecedented rapid urbanisation and social transformation in China, this thesis considers the children of internal rural migrants and their access to compulsory education in the regions where they ...
Investigating the role of TCR signalling during T cell development
(Queen Mary University of London, 23/11/2015)
The thymus generates multiple T cell populations from an early common CD4(-)
CD8(-) double negative (DN) progenitor. Conventional αβ T cells, such as CD4(+)
and CD8(+) T cells undergo thymic positive selection on partial ...
The Impact of FDI into the South African banking sector: Spillover Effects and Efficiency
(Queen Mary University of London, 06/02/2015)
This disssertation investigates spillover effects in the South African SA banking sector using a number of different perspectives and methods. First, I used an adapted model developed by Claessens et al., (2001) and extended ...
Dental aspects of stigma in relation to mental and physical handicap in a Chinese population of Hong Kong.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1998)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the stigma of mental
and physical handicap and its affects on the provision of dental
care.
Three groups of mentally and physically handicapped children, 4
year olds (n = ...
ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZATION OF VISCOUS LIQUIDS AND CERAMIC SUSPENSIONS
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
The research carried out in this thesis describes the processing of liquids and
ceramic suspensions, having a viscosity >100mPa s, using electrostatic
atomization, mainly in the stable cone-jet mode.
Electrostatic ...
Bolshevism, Islamism, Nationalism: Britain’s Problems in South Asia, 1918–1923
(Queen Mary University of London, 28/04/2014)
As many scholars have noted, in the immediate years after the First World War, the British Empire faced important challenges to its future survival, not least of which was the growth of three key movements: Bolshevism, ...
Investigating and reversing T-cell dysfunction in the Eμ-TCL1 mouse model of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)
(Queen Mary University of London, 13/02/2015)
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is the most common adult leukaemia, and despite recent introduction of targeted therapies, remains incurable. An important hallmark of CLL is severe immune deficiency, including the ...
Genetic variation at the apolipoprotein B gene and associations with coronary heart disease and its factors.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1996)
Coronary heart disease (CED) is the major cause of mortality in Western societies.
The main risk factors are plasma lipoprotein concentrations, smoking, blood pressure and
family history. The effect of family history ...
A study of matrix metalloproteinases in cancer and atherosclerosis
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012)
Background: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been shown to be involved in cancers and atherosclerosis, the leading causes of present day mortality. The objectives of the cancer element of this project were to investigate ...
Laminar separation bubbles in two and three dimensional incompressible flow.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1968)
A theoretical and experimental study is made of the
closed 'bubbles` of separated flow formed when a laminar
boundary layer separates from an aerofoil surface and,
after undergoing transition to turbulence, subsequently
...