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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Thesis Abstract"”.
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Imperial Germany and the Politics of the International Gold Standard, 1834-1879
Thesis abstract redacted (under embargo).
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Investigating the clinical value of hyperactivation and intracellular calcium signalling of human spermatozoa and their value in drug screening
Confidential thesis. Abstract and full text under embargo until 12/03/2015.
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We Are Not Thieves
Thesis Abstract: The Problem to be UndertakenThis poetry manuscript is about place and displacement. Focused on architecture and the environment, I will explore that many facets of a once booming, but now silent industrial town. How does a place shape a person? Change this person? Alter …
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Organ Trade in India - The Grey Area
Master Thesis Abstract Institute of Political Studies Faculty of Social Sciences Charles University in Prague Author: Pavithra Ramesh Supervisor: Janusz Salamon, Ph.D. E-mail: Pavithra.ramesh14@gmail.co m E-mail: janusz.salamon@univ- oxford.com Phone: +420774960096 Phone: +420731816202 …
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Investigation of projectile coherence effects in fully differential studies of 75 keV proton - H₂ collisions
… performed within the research project for this thesis"--Abstract, page iv.</p>
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Colonialism and the Dialectics of Islamic Reform in a Malay State: Pengasoh and the Making of a Muslim Public Sphere in Kelantan, 1915 - 1925
Thesis Abstract This dissertation focuses on an important Muslim periodical "Pengasoh" and the role it has played in the Muslim ‘reform’ discourses in early 20th century Malaya. The periodical was first published by the Majlis Agama Islam Kelantan (Kelantan’s State Islamic Council) in 1918. Within …
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Interpreting Female-Female Love in the Early Poetry of Michael Field
Thesis abstract Michael Field was the pen-name of Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper, an aunt and niece who wrote closet drama and lyric poetry from the 1880s through to the 1910s. The two women also conducted an intense love relationship, which caught the interest of feminist scholars from the …
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Drivers of productivity in a subarctic seabird: Arctic Terns in Iceland
Thesis abstract Marine ecosystems are changing rapidly in response to anthropogenic and environmental stresses, and seabird populations that depend on marine resources are in decline in many areas of the world. Iceland supports internationally important populations of many seabird species and, …
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Cognitive Abilities in Fish: Biological Predictors and Impact on Reproductive Success
… Predictors and Impact on Reproductive Success Thesis Abstract Cognitive abilities underpin almost every animal behaviour and allow them to gather, store, process, and use information essential for survival and reproduction. Great variation in cognitive abilities exists not only between …
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Cognitive Abilities in Fish: Biological Predictors and Impact on Reproductive Success
… Predictors and Impact on Reproductive Success Thesis Abstract Cognitive abilities underpin almost every animal behaviour and allow them to gather, store, process, and use information essential for survival and reproduction. Great variation in cognitive abilities exists not only between …
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Random delamination of graphite/epoxy laminated composites : stress analysis, failure criteria, experimental characterization and stochastic modeling
… demonstrated by the experiments in the present thesis. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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An exploration of the development of a Network of Health Promoting Schools in the Mid-west region of Ireland 2005-2015: a complex adaptive systems approach.
Alanna O'Beirne PHD THESIS ABSTRACT This thesis explores the development of a Network of Health Promoting Schools in the Midwest region of Ireland between 2005 and 2015. It identifies supports and barriers to developing the Health Promoting School concept and process with school communities. The …
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Shakespeare in Present-Day British Theatre: Where Text Meets Practice
Thesis Abstract Shakespeare in Present-Day British Theatre: Where Text Meets Practice Tobias Andrew Giles Wright An actor today, beginning rehearsals for a Shakespeare play, is faced with the challenge of diachronically assigning character-based acting techniques to a rich network of dramatic …
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An Investigation of Cognitive Deficits Related to Surgery for Glioblastoma using a Computerised Assessment Tool
Thesis Abstract An Investigation of Cognitive Deficits Related to Surgery for Glioblastoma using a Computerised Assessment Tool - Rohitashwa Sinha Glioblastoma, the most aggressive type of primary brain cancer, causes abysmal survival rates and high risks of cognitive deficit to its sufferers. …
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Nitrogen cycling in the South Atlantic and South Indian Oceans investigated using nitrate isotopes: implications for nutrient supply, ocean fertility, carbon export, and climate
… is yet to be confirmed by measurements. In this thesis, four new nitrate isotope datasets from the South Atlantic and South Indian Oceans are presented alongside coincident nutrient and hydrographic data, and other published nitrate isotope datasets. Combined, these data provide a means of …
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Investigación sobre procesos avanzados de tratamiento y depuración de las aguas mediante electrocoagulación
… y bajo consumo energético lo avalan. DOCTORAL THESIS ABSTRACT The ultimate goal of this research is to find a system that remains simple and occupying little space, that can be applied to wastewater output or to water from fluvials flows achieving quality for different uses. This work …
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Analogy M. F. A. Thesis
ABSTRACT What if we are all trapped in our own worlds, like a matrix, and we can not see the true world? Analogy in definition is a resemblance and comparison between two things. This research focuses mainly on alternative perspectives through which my body of work could be analyzed and interpreted …
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The battle over deficits : the struggle to maintain Canada's social welfare state : a thesis /
Abstract This thesis seeks to answer a number of questions concerning the deficit and debt in Canada. It focuses pri.arily on the federal level of government but with SOBe discussion of provincial governaent policy as well. In ~997, Canada's federal debt caae close ro six hundred billion dollars - …