Dynamics of Shigella intracellular replication and plasmid maintenance by Martyn, J

“…Limitations of fluorescence dilution became apparent when it was used to examine interactions of bacteria with non-phagocytic cells.…”

Human nature, after all: affective realism in Russian foreign policy by Edinger, H

“…To supplement prevailing perspectives, this thesis proposes the use of affect as a conceptual lens.</p> <p><em>Affective realism</em> combines classical realist scholarship on human nature with research in the life sciences. …”

Markers of synovial inflammation in cohorts at risk of knee osteoarthritis by Kluzek, S

“…</b> These results support the use of the studied biomarkers in complex predictive models for development of KOA and associated premature mortality. …”

Elevated basophil count is associated with increased risk of endometriosis by Feng, Q, Shigesi, N, Guan, J, Rahmioglu, N, Bafadhel, M, Paddon, K, Hubbard, C, Zondervan, K, Becker, C, Hellner, K

“…Logistic regression models were used to investigate the association of leukocyte subtype alterations with endometriosis status, adjusting for confounding factors. …”

Structure and function of atypical BTB domains in health and disease by Cruz Walma, DA

“…Three complementary approaches were used to achieve the aims of this thesis and included 1) characterising the morphogenic role of the tandem BTB protein BTBD7 in 3D cell culture, 2) investigating the biophysical properties and molecular mechanisms of the tandem BTB protein class, and 3) characterising the structural, biophysical, and mechanistic alterations caused by mutations in the pentameric BTB protein KCTD15. …”

Ribbon braids and related operads by Wahl, N

“…In the first part, we define a notion of semidirect product for operads and use it to study the framed $n$-discs operad (the semidirect product $f\mathcal{D}_n=\mathcal{D}_n\rtimes SO(n)$ of the little $n$-discs operad with the special orthogonal group). …”

Network analysis and data science for finance: from traditional markets to decentralised exchanges by Miori, D

“…The trading activity of agents on multiple tokens is used to construct a network of transactions for each one of them, and clustering the set of such graphs allows us to identify interpretable “species” of traders. …”

Multisensory processing in the ferret auditory cortex by Hammond-Kenny, A

“…Our results show that the integration of auditory and visual cues results in significantly more accurate and faster localisation responses and that spatial information can be used to merge different sensory stimuli and resolve conflicts between them. …”

Tileable superconducting quantum circuits with magnetic flux control by Fasciati, SD

“…The addition of flux tunability fully retains the simplicity of the fabrication and packaging process of the original, fixed-frequency coaxial architecture. We then use this experimental platform to study the inductively shunted transmon (IST), an interesting qubit species based on a radio-frequency (RF) SQUID loop with a small linear shunting inductance. …”

Genetic, natal, and spatial drivers of social phenotypes in wild great tits by Satarkar, D, Sepil, I, Sheldon, BC

“…</li> <li>In this study, we partitioned genetic, developmental and spatial environmental variation in repeatable social network traits derived from foraging events. We used a multi-generational pedigree and social data for 1823 individuals with over 800,000 observations from a long-term monitored great tit population.…”

Meeting in the middle: a multi-level analysis of Chinese HIV civil organisations by Galler, S

“…I observe that market relationships can buffer against associative stigma transfer for organisations, with many leaders re-positioning their organisations relative to stigmatised individuals, recasting them as employees, customers, and users rather than constituents. Second, these groups use hybrid organising to better manage political risks and build partnerships through selective coupling of organisational components. …”

The schooling of irregular migrant children in Canada by Passarelli, D

“…This research finds that public authorities at the sub-state level made use of normative arguments that fall outside common theoretical approaches in moral and political theory. …”

Small-island interactions: pottery from Roman Malta by Anastasi, M

“…The archipelago’s locally produced vessels, its range of ceramic exports, and the quantification of the types of amphorae, fine, and cooking wares the islands imported, were studied and the data were used to compare with the pottery available from the small islands of Pantelleria, Lampedusa and the Kerkennah isles.…”

Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants by Mulder, T, Mortimer, B, Ferwerda, J, Vollrath, F

“…In our study site, lightning to the North and East often preceded local rainfall and could possibly be used to anticipate local wet periods, but local rainfall appears a more likely trigger of behavioural change. …”

Synthesis and properties of porphyrin nanotubes by Haver, R

“…The inner porphyrin nanoring is used as a template to direct the synthesis of the outer nanoring from its linear precursor.…”

Regulation and function of innate-like T cells by Hagel, JP

“…In summary, the findings of this study expand the knowledge of the regulation and function of CD161-expressing immune subsets and their role in cancer, setting the stage for their use as a clinical biomarker or in cancer immunotherapy.…”

Investigation of the effects of Anti-Müllerian Hormone on preventing Doxorubicin-induced primordial follicle loss by Wei, X

“…Doxorubicin (DXR) is a gonadotoxic chemotherapy agent commonly used in childhood cancers. For pre-pubertal girls, ovarian tissue cryopreservation is the only fertility preservation option, however it is invasive and currently experimental. …”

Particle systems on the positive half-line under different boundary conditions by Meier, J

“…We also consider models driven by independent noises that have a stronger interaction with the boundary and experience feedback through elastic stopping times.</p> <br> <p>The use of these particle systems is motivated through applications in financial modelling. …”

Cultural transmission of fitness in mathematical population genetics by Kvasznicza, I

“…Here we observe a phase transition in family size frequency at the point α = 1; and we report multiple mergers occurring in the model's coalescent dual. We also use the data to approximate the coalescent's natural time scale. …”

Of blood and belonging: the practice of antiretroviral treatment among HIV-positive youth in South Africa's Eastern Cape by Vale, B

“…Through an exploration of the ways in which some HIV-positive adolescents use, appropriate, or reject ART care; this thesis contributes to a much-needed evidence-base on the needs and survival strategies of adolescent ART users. …”