Pottery of the colonial world: the study of European porcelain in Istana Kampong Gelam, Singapore (IKG) by Sim, Sxuann Mei Xuan

“…A set of hypotheses has been constructed to determine the connection between these different variables, which are tested in the thesis chapters. The utilization of statistical probability tests allows the level of confidence we can have in these conclusions to be measured. …”
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Organocatalytic asymmetric mannich, formal [4+1] and [4+2] annulation reactions by Shi, Zugui

“…In this doctoral thesis, the research work that was carried out during the last four years will be divided into 5 chapters. Firstly, an introduction to the field of organocatalysis will be described in chapter 1. …”
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Offshore renminbi market. by Peh, Derrick Chin Kiat., Heng, Zoey Peishan., Sei, Sin Yee.

“…Chapter 3 examines the offshore renminbi market from the borrowers’ point of view. …”
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Audio coding application by Chan, Gary Xin Hao

“…A comparison of Mp3 coding with the some what earlier method which is known as Perceptual Coding will also be discussed in the chapters to come. Finally a conclusion section will also be included, stating what I have personally achieved from this experiment as well as from this project itself. …”
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Portfolio management system by Hemang, Hitesh Shah

“…By using the powerful Data Solver Add-In for Microsoft Excel, I have met the objectives laid out in the upcoming chapters, by being able to generate as much as 45% Return on Investment in a single year when the index rose by just 5%. …”
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Evaluation of popular science translation : a case study on the Universe in a Nutshell by Huang, Qingling

“…It identifies 810 errors in the translated text under review, categorizes them according to the evaluation components, and visualises the findings in terms of severity of mistreatment and distribution across chapters highlighting ‘hard-hit’ aspects that would rip and tear apart a translation. …”
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The mechanisms of sleep restriction therapy for insomnia disorder by Maurer, LF

“…Furthermore, medium to large impairments are reported for subjective and objective vigilance measurements.</p> <p>Finally, chapter five synthesises and critically reflects on results from the preceding chapters. …”

Make it orijinal: literary modernism and the novel on the Turkish-British axis 1908-1948 by Staudt, K

“…</p> <p>Organized into four chapters, each chapter compares a pairing of Anglo-European and Ottoman-Turkish authors and addresses debates central to the definitions of literary modernism to which both Turkish and Anglo-European modernism contribute. …”

New methods in 18F-fluorination and fluoroalkylation by Ford, J

“…<p><strong>Chapter 1</strong> (<em>Introduction</em>) summarises the key concepts surrounding Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging, including the underlying physical principles and its applications and the use of fluorine-18 as a PET radioisotope. …”

Literary metatranslation: understanding the multiple in post-communist Poland by Szymanska, K

“…Then, in the three core chapters of the thesis, I focus on literary translation practice in the Polish post-1989 context and show how a multiplicity of interpretative angles could also be read in pluralist terms: as opening a forum for discussion about the original, introducing different viewpoints through translation, and undermining the authoritative legacy of the Communist literary order. …”

Endogenous institutionalism and the puzzle of gender quotas: insights from Latin America by Gatto, MLAC

“…</p> <p>To evaluate the plausibility of my theory, I employ a series of multi-method and multi-level analyses presented across five substantive chapters, each of which is respectively based on: 1) a cross-sectional analysis of Latin America countries; 2) an elite survey experiment with Brazilian state legislators; and, in-depth process tracing of the cases of gender quota adoption in 3) Costa Rica; 4) Brazil; and, 5) Chile.…”

Visitation returns and nineteenth-century Anglicanism in Oxford and its surrounding parishes by Lancaster, S

“…At Oxford dissent and Roman Catholicism struggled during this time. Chapter five measures seating capacity, communicants, and service attendees. …”

Stereoselective cyclisation cascades mediated by carbon electrophiles to access novel polycyclic scaffolds by Aynetdinova, DA

“…The results and all the experimental data are discussed in detail in the corresponding chapters.</p> <p><strong>Chapter 1</strong> provides a literature overview of the current stereoselective polyene cyclisation and heterocyclisation methodologies. …”

The intellectual scope of the 'mester de clerecía' by Curtis, F

“…Over an introduction and four chapters, I combine close reading of the <em>"Libro de Alexandre"</em> (Chapter 1), Berceo’s <em>Vidas</em> of Millán, Domingo and Oria (Chapter 2), the <em>"Libro de Apolonio"</em> and <em>"Poema de Fernán González"</em> (Chapter 3), and the <em>"Libro de buen amor"</em> (Chapter 4), with research into intellectual, pedagogical, and religious contexts. …”

Italian literature in the US and UK since 1945: translation and interaction by Saroldi, A

“…</p> <p>Across its three chapters, the thesis traverses the realms of prose, poetry, and theatre, examining for the first time the case studies of William Weaver’s translation of Giorgio Bassani’s <em>Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini</em> (1977), Charles Tomlinson’s translation of Attilio Bertolucci’s <em>Selected Poems</em> (1993), and Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s American tour of 1986, featuring on-stage translators Ronald Jenkins and Maria Consagra.…”

Space use patterns and population dynamics in two common European rodents, Apodemus sylvaticus and Myodes glareolus by Dressen, S

“…In chapter 4, I analyse the density dependence of body weight and life history parameters in our wood mice population by constructing an integral projection model. …”

A pure world: moral cognition and spiritual experiences in Chinese World of Warcraft by Hornbeck, R

“…Chapter 6 summarises the key points made in the preceding chapters and concludes that in the contexts sampled here, high-contingency aspects of C<em>WoW</em> gameplay may be viewed as Durkheimian religious rituals.…”

Delay-and-pay: prolonging pharmaceutical patent protection without paying the ‘price’ by Foss-Solbrekk, K

“…It starts by showing how actors now protect medicines with large patent portfolios comprising several different patents, which lays the basis for the structure of subsequent chapters. Following the traditional patent filing timeline of pharmaceutical patent portfolios, each chapter shows the relevant patent and/or ensuing procedural right forms one part of the delay-and-pay strategy and proposes targeted solutions. …”

Mapping tissue magnetic susceptibility and its biological correlates in the human brain by Wang, C

“…The second and third research chapters discuss implementing QSM in a large-cohort study. …”

Pharmaceutical applications of layered double hydroxides by Fisher, H

“…A selection of drug intercalated LDHs from Chapters 2 and 3 are encapsulated in several enteric polymers typically used for drug delivery. …”