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Methods and policy pathways to optimise production of multiple interacting fish stocks
In a time when food security and sustainable development are prominent societal and international concerns, the literature underlines the importance of ecosystem or multispecies fisheries management to perpetually safeguard ... -
Predicting Hypertension-mediated Subclinical Left Ventricular Hypertrophy using Machine Learning Techniques
Hypertension is the commonest cause of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, four hypertension-mediated LVH phenotypes have been reported: normal left ventricle (LV), LV ... -
Mapping the complex care pathways for personality disorder in South London
Abstract Personality disorders (PDs) are broadly understood to exhibit high service utilisation, however individual patterns of engagement within complex needs are poorly understood. The clinical relevance of engagement ... -
Guitar Tablature Generation with Deep Learning
The burgeoning of deep learning-based music generation has overlooked the potential of symbolic representations tailored for fretted instruments. Guitar tablatures offer an advantageous approach to represent prescriptive ... -
Investigating the effects of inorganic nitrate and sex on vascular function and inflammatory responses in healthy volunteers and patients with coronary artery disease and in-stent restenosis
Inflammation is a critical mechanism for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and it is thought that central to its impact is endothelial dysfunction. Nitric oxide (NO) is antiinflammatory and improves vascular ... -
An evaluation of the relative contribution of incisor inclination, overjet and soft tissue relationships on the decision to undertake orthodontic camouflage
Objective: To evaluate the relative contribution of incisor inclination, overjet and soft tissue relationships on the decision to undertake orthodontic camouflage. Design: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. ... -
The Dynamic Interaction Between Silver Diammine Fluoride And Dental Hard Tissue During Remineralisation– An In Vitro Study
Clinical trials have proven the cariostatic efficacy of silver diammine fluoride in primary teeth. Many clinicians are promoting its use worldwide since it has earned a place in "Minimally Invasive Dentistry." However, ... -
Population and community ecology in large marine vertebrates
Why species are where they are is a central question in ecology. Distributions can be determined by a combination of individual requirements, environmental variables, and intra and interspecific interactions. Yet, it is ... -
Liberal Masquerade: Settler Colonial Pedagogies in Israeli Legal Education
The case of the Israeli juridical field poses a puzzle. The political situation in Israel/Palestine deteriorated over the years from a temporary conquest, to an abiding belligerent occupation, and lately, to an apartheid ... -
Comparing Legislative Powers: A new comparative method focused on legislative operational rules and conventions
The Parliamentary Powers Index (PPI) is the most recent and best-known index of legislative powers. Published in 2009, the PPI analysed 32 legislative powers, covering areas from executive removal to legislative staffing. ... -
Navigating the everyday crisis of multimorbidity: an ethnographic study of working-age adults with multiple long-term health conditions
Multimorbidity, commonly defined as the co-occurrence of two or more long-term health conditions, is considered a major challenge to contemporary care services. Why multimorbidity poses such a challenge and what kind of ... -
Deep Learning Methods for Affect and Schizophrenia Symptom Estimation
Human communication encompasses a rich mixture of verbal and non-verbal cues, significantly contributing to conveying emotion and mental state. While humans instinctively recognise such cues, explaining and defining them ... -
Multimodal Imaging and Data Retrieval through a Multimode Fibre
The multimode fibre (MMF) is a promising tool for high-resolution, minimally invasive imaging, attributed to its miniaturized structure, extensive data transmission density, and exceptional light collection capabilities. ... -
Robust Tactile Slip Detection, Using the uSkin Sensor Applied to Autonomous Robotic Grasping
There is a growing interest in leveraging tactile sensing and data-driven methods to generate more robust robot grasps for effective autonomous tasks (e.g. object pick-and-place). In this context, slip detection is a ... -
From Robust to Generalizable Representation Learning for Person Re-Identification
Person Re-Identification (ReID) is a retrieval task across non-overlapping cameras. Given a person-of-interest as a query, the goal of ReID is to determine whether this person has appeared in another place at a distinct ... -
Strong gravity beyond general relativity
This thesis focuses on the application of numerical relativity methods to the solutions of problems in strong gravity. Our goal is the study of mergers of compact objects in the strong field regime where non-linear dynamics ... -
Touching Difference: Human and Animal Skin in Early Modern Drama (1576-1642)
This thesis focusses on human and animal skin in early modern drama in London, between the opening of the first permanent theatre in 1576 and the advent of the Civil War in 1642. Analysing a corpus of 466 printed play-texts, ... -
Cuts, Ties and Pins: Making Home on London’s Waterways as an Itinerant Liveaboard Boater
Itinerant liveaboard boaters in London hold a licence from the Canal & River Trust (CRT) which means they must move every two weeks, and move a minimum distance of twenty miles per year. They live off grid and find alternative ... -
The Role of Lipid Mediators in the Regulation of Macrophage Differentiation and Immune Function
Inflammation is a necessary process in fighting infection or during injury. Subsequently, the active process of resolution of inflammation occurs, which assists in clearance of cell debris and dead cells and in tissue ... -
The Shrine, the Marketplace and the Home: Forms of Lay Devotion in London during the Long Fifteenth Century (c.1370-c.1530)
This thesis studies the production, trade and use devotional objects in London during the long fifteenth century (1370-1530). This period saw vibrant and complex developments in the creation and dissemination of devotional ...