Judging with common sense: George Eliot's Romola and the exemplary life by Hayes, PR

“…Here I propose an approach which takes its initial bearings from Kant’s aesthetic theory, and is filled out by George Eliot’s Romola (1862-3), an unusual but richly significant biographical novel which stages the act of judgment-forming.…”

On the total synthesis of complex alkaloids by Shennan, BDA

“…<p><strong>Chapter 1</strong> introduces the synthesis of natural products and the <em>Daphniphyllum</em> family of alkaloids. …”

The Athenian dramatic chorus in the fourth century BC by Jackson, LCM

“…The first section addresses the important testimony of Aristotle concerning the choruses of his day, particularly in the <em>Poetics</em> (chapter one). The second section analyses the choral text in the (probably fourth-century) <em>Rhesus</em> (chapter two), the interpolated choral passages in the <em>Iphigenia at Aulis</em> and <em>Seven Against Thebes</em> (chapter three), and the choruses of Aristophanes’ <em>Assemblywomen</em> and <em>Wealth</em>, as well as extant fragments of fourth-century comedy (chapter four). …”

Adventures in low-valent germanium chemistry by Mangan, R

“…<p>This thesis explores the use of boryl, terphenyl and amido ligands in a variety of interesting areas of low-valent germanium chemistry. </p> <p>In Chapter 1, a general introduction to the state of the art in this field is provided. …”

Synthesis and properties of porphyrin nanotubes by Haver, R

“…Enhanced conjugation is found compared to analogous bis-acetylene linked tubes. </p> <p>Chapter 6 explores DFT calculations on large p-conjugated porphyrin nanostructures. …”

Catalytic divergent synthesis of quinazolinone alkaloids by Wei, T

“…</p> <p><b>Chapter 3</b> mainly illustrates the second-generation total synthetic approach towards tryptoquivaline F.…”

Surface engineering of layered double hydroxides for advanced applications by Laney, K

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Chapter Six</strong> presents the overall conclusion of this thesis.…”

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Hydrogen production and storage: fundamentals and recent advances by Nikolova, Nikoleta D., Ganguly, Priyanka

“…Chapter 11 presents an overview of both established and emerging technologies in hydrogen production and storage. …”

Beyond the pause by Loke, Eden Hui Yi, Leong, Nicia Qiao Xin, Priyanka D/O Tamilarasan Thevar, See, Wenwei

“…Despite being a critical life phase for nearly half of the population, perimenopause remains shrouded in ambiguity, contributing to significant delays in seeking and receiving appropriate care and support. …”
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How ready is general practice to improve quality in chronic kidney disease? A diagnostic analysis by Crinson, I, Gallagher, H, Thomas, N, de Lusignan, S

“…Interventions in primary care, particularly the lowering of blood pressure in individuals with CKD and proteinuria and diabetes, can slow disease progression. …”

Response to Comment on “Unique in the shopping mall: On the reidentifiability of credit card metadata” by de Montjoye, Yves-Alexandre, Pentland, Alex

“…The synthetic data set that they “successfully anonymize” bears no resemblance to modern high-dimensional data sets on which their methods fail. …”
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Lubrication mechanisms in offshore wind turbines by Gadgil, Abhiruchi

“…Lubricant interaction with the bearing and gears has been studied extensively to improve design parameters. …”
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Post-truth blame games in public diplomacy and media by Raspopina, Aleksandra

“…By focusing on these events, this chapter takes a new look at the role of crises in blame attribution and avoidance, looking at the international rather than the domestic level. …”
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Studies towards the synthesis of bioactive natural products and development of new synthetic methods by Khanizeman, Rabi’ah Nisha

“…Therefore the content of this thesis describes the syntheses and development of new synthetic methods towards bioactive natural products containing 1,3-amino alcohol, 1,3-diamine, THP-ring as well as tri-aryl ethylene unit which represent the key themes of (+)-negamycin (Chapter 1), (-)-cernuine and (+)-cermizine D (Chapter 2), enigmazole A (Chapter 3) and tamoxifen (Chapter 4), respectively.…”
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Compressive strength of cemented sand by Chong, Ying Jie.

“…Also known as Sandcrete, this material is widely used as a principal load-bearing and non-load bearing material in African countries due to its affordability, simple constructability and adaptability in tropical countries. …”
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Development of novel chemical ligation methods for the synthesis of posttranslationally modified proteins by Yang, Renliang

“…In chapter 3, we introduce a novel chemical ligation method named dual native chemical ligation at lysine. …”
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Indo-European youth priesthoods and the Männerbund theory: a study of the Vedic Vrātyas and their ancient Indo-European analogues by Elby, T

“…Chapter Two analyses the origin of the concept of the Männerbund. …”

The interrelation of EU law with inter se international agreements of the EU member states by Georgaki, K, Eleftheriadis, P

“…Against this background, Chapter Two examines and discards the premise that EU law constitutes a ‘new legal order’, highlighting the nature of EU law as international law. …”

Advanced Structural Materials

“…The analysis of the application of various techniques and materials for reinforcement, assessment of hardness, wear behaviour and machinability of polymeric and composite materials are also research subjects in this chapter. The second chapter is devoted to evaluating the properties and analysing some processing technologies of structural metals. …”
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