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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"University of Oxford"”.
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The Origin of the University of Oxford
The purpose of this study on the origin and early history of the Oxford University is to trace the development of this English university during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and to outline the steps by which it gradually approached an independent position. Any attempt to describe the …
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Lost in the Long Books: Revealing the organisation, operations and uses of the collegiate gardens in the University of Oxford between 1733 and 1837
This is the first scholarly assessment of the collegiate landscapes of the University of Oxford based in their organisation, operation and use between 1733 and 1837. The thesis was a localised case study using primary data from archival sources and contemporary literature. The identified material …
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Congregationalism in Oxford : The growth and development of Congregational Churches in and around the city of Oxford since 1653
… thesis contends that the growth and development of Congregationalism in Oxford was different from elsewhere because of the presence of both the University of Oxford and Mansfield College. It explores fully the progress of Congregationalism in Oxford during the three hundred and fifty years from …
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A House for the Families of Abraham: A Multi-Faith Community Center for Interfaith Dialogue
Religion has the ability to bring a diversity of people together in a way that crosses political, social, and economic boundaries, but divides them through conflicting worship practices, rituals, and teachings. This is especially true with the three Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and …
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Margaret Thatcher. Formazione e ascesa di un leader.
The thesis sets out to examine the character of British politician Margaret Thatcher, following the path of her life and her career since her years at the University of Oxford, where she studied chemistry, to her election as the leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. The investigation has been …
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Understanding the crystal landscape of primary sulfinamides and predicting cocrystallization
… in crystal engineering, from the development of our knowledge of understudied functional groups, to the synthesis of cocrystals. Chapter one is a brief introduction to the concepts and development of the field of crystal engineering over the past 30 years, including the definition and …
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Malaria immunology and vaccine development
… describes work undertaken by the author at the University of Oxford. It<br/>begins by providing an introduction to malaria infection and pathophysiology, and<br/>a review of the latest attempts to produce an effective malaria vaccine. It goes on<br/>to describe the rationale behind the vaccines …
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British botanic gardens and the biodiversity crisis, c.1960 – c.2000
This PhD project explores the integration of the idea of a biodiversity crisis into the research, governance, and outreach of four British botanic gardens: the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Cambridge University Botanic …
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Remembering Arkansas Debate: The Use of Collective Memory in Analyzing the Role of Intercollegiate Debate at the University of Arkansas
<p>As one of the most successful organizations on campus for nearly a century, the University of Arkansas debate team created many memories and stories from their time in competition. According to the framework of collective memory, the production and dissemination of these stories is what connects …
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Life, achievements and influence of Thomas Combe of Oxford (1796-1872)
… his wife, Martha, bequeathed their collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and a few other paintings, to the University of Oxford. Most of these had been bought from the artists themselves at a formative time in their careers and it is not surprising that books on Pre-Raphaelite art, from that …
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Differential expression of proteins involved in sEV biogenesis and secretion in Parkinson’s disease and Dementia with Lewy bodies
… valuable in diagnosing and treating disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). To fully utilise sEVs potential, more attention is needed to understand not only the cargo, but also proteins and pathways involved in the biogenesis of EVs, particularly in the context of diseases. This thesis …
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The Poverty of China's Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Case Study of Shanghai
… migration has attracted a great deal of research attention since the late 1980s, but migrants' poverty has not been properly understood. Previous studies have mostly regarded China's rural-to-urban migrants as a disadvantaged or marginalized group in the city. However, despite showing …
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The Poverty of China's Rural-to-Urban Migrants: A Case Study of Shanghai
… migration has attracted a great deal of research attention since the late 1980s, but migrants' poverty has not been properly understood. Previous studies have mostly regarded China's rural-to-urban migrants as a disadvantaged or marginalized group in the city. However, despite showing …
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Meekly Kneeling Before Wisdom: Labouring for revelation in an Anglo-Catholic chaplaincy
This dissertation is a study of the effort required to know God as it takes shape in Anglo-Catholic theological practice. It presents divine revelation as a processual relationship between humans and God, which is developed through the individual’s engagement with social forms and practices …
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Proteomic investigation of blood-based biomarkers for the diagnosis of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
… South Africa has the fourth highest prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the world, with over 340 000 new infections in 2013 alone. Implementation of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART) regimens, has improved the lives of many HIV-infected individuals, and has led to a …
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Frequency space analysis in General Relativity
… General Relativity. The common theme is the use of frequency analysis as a tool to exploit fine structures within the partial differential equations. However, the two parts are structured so as to be read independently. The first part concerns the classical stability problem for black holes in …
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Teaching natural philosophy and mathematics at Oxford and Cambridge 1500-1570
… mathematics was radically changed in the course of the sixteenth century with new subjects, textbooks and methods introduced. Education became more practical and less dependent on medieval antecedents. Printing technology improved textbooks and made it possible to replace them with newer …
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“Picb’il”: digital repatriation and textile production as cultural revival in the Alta Verapaz of Guatemala.
… on back strap looms in the Maya region of Central America has continued uninterrupted for over three thousand years. Forming the backbone of a rich cultural tradition, the craftwork of Maya women remains an indigenous tradition in the Maya region to survive the Spanish conquest and …
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Development of Novel PET Radiotracers for Neuroinflammation and COVID-19: Targeting FPR2, I2BS and ACE2
… means for the assessment and early detection of various diseases such as neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Neuroinflammation is an inflammatory response to insults such as injury, infection or toxic protein deposits in the central nervous system (CNS). Chronic …
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