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. …”

Nuptial journeys: A cultural history of wedding travel in selected Habsburg unions ca 1450–1550 by Pastrnak, P

“…Chapter Four looks into the marital transition and dissects the acts of separation and incorporation. …”

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. …”

Elizabeth Bishop and the styles of writing by Dickinson, A

“…The features of style focused on in subsequent chapters—<em>correctio</em>, cliché, simile, and allusion—have been chosen in part because they are used extensively, powerfully and originally by Bishop. …”

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. …”

Integration of genetic data and genomic annotation in the analysis of genome wide association studies by Ng, E

“…</p> <p>In the second and third chapters, we identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with pollutant and metabolic phenotypes. …”

Development of an application to improve mental health (A) by Khor, Chin Yi

“…It is crucial to implement peer support in tackling mental health issues, as information provided by peers is usually seen as more credible and up-to-date than that offered by professionals. …”
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Gum Arabic and breast cancer biology: Biotechnology perspective

“…It explores the history, extraction, characterization, and biological applications of secondary metabolites (SMs) extracted from AGs. The chapters cover topics such as the physicochemical properties of AGs, advanced extraction methods for secondary metabolites, and their diverse biological applications, including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. …”
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