For most of recent history, Tuberculosis (TB) has been the leading cause of death by an infective agent worldwide. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which infects human lungs following respiratory ...

Metallic glasses (MGs) and high-entropy alloys (HEAs) are both emerging multi-component alloys with unique microstructures and extraordinary properties. Cold spray, as a burgeoning solid-state material deposition process, ...

Oral cancers (OC) are cancers that arise in several regions within the oral cavity such as the lips, gums, tongue, lining of the cheeks, and the floor or roof of the mouth. Approximately 400,000 cases were diagnosed worldwide ...

Background: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are a universal problem with serious impacts on mental and physical health. The current literature suggests that ACEs have a detrimental impact on college student's mental ...

This thesis aimed to produce a critical reanalysis of Norse activity during the early Viking Age, c. 793-920, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). By mapping and analyzing selected contemporary written and material ...

This thesis examines human mobility patterns in developing countries. It leverages different types of mobile phone data enabling the observation of individuals' movements and locations at spatio-temporal scales which are ...

Sex differences in immunity have been observed in many contexts including infectious diseases, cancer, and autoimmunity. Females generally mount stronger innate and adaptive responses, and as a result tend to have lower ...

This thesis examines the diverse and contested representations of Republican historical figures in mainland China. This research project was designed to discuss public history in mainland China, particularly how histories ...

Materials discovery has always been constrained by the classic approach to scientific discovery, often characterized by a combination of either human intuition or luck. Machine learning (ML) gives us the opportunity to ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory skin disease characterised by painful lesions at hair follicles of the inframammary fold, genitals, groin, buttocks and perianal areas. Follicular ...