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Essays in the Resourcing and Financing of Cleantech Firms

Liu, Ziqi

Entitled “Essays in the Resourcing and Financing of Cleantech Firms”, this thesis comprises three empirical studies examining how UK Cleantech small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) secure, deploy, and benefit from external finance and ecosystem support while operating under conditions of high uncertainty, long deve...

Modification of faba bean protein isolate (FPI) and lentil protein isolate (LPI): structure, properties and application in emulsions

Wang, Shuyang

Proteins play key roles in food systems, yet growing sustainability concerns are accelerating the shift from animal to plant proteins. Legume proteins such as faba bean protein isolate (FPI) and lentil protein isolate (LPI) are promising alternatives, but their wider use is limited by poor solubility, sensitivity to pr...

Breaking the Mould: Ireland's Replicas of Cultural Objects From the Historic to the Digital

Bevivino, Michael Ann

This thesis is the culmination of a larger research project that began in 2015. The Breaking the mould: Ireland’s replicas of cultural objects from the historic to the digital project emerged in response to two simultaneous developments: a resurgence of interest in historic replica collections, such as those made up of...

Tibetan Beyonds: Towards New Imaginaries of Collective Resistance and Liberated Futures in Contemporary Tibetan Novels in English

Chodon, Thinley

This thesis primarily examines the construction of Tibet and Tibetan resistance in exile through the fictive worlds of contemporary Tibetan English-language novels. These novels portray communal and spiritual belief systems, which are incorporated into the fabric of the narratives, as recurrent formal patterns in the s...

Preventing undernutrition in older adults: Investigating associations between body composition and appetite and exploring the acceptability of personalised diet and physical activity interventions

Quinn, Anna

Population ageing represents a major global demographic shift, presenting major public health challenges, notably regarding the prevention and management of age-related conditions. Undernutrition is a significant concern among older adults and is associated with multiple adverse outcomes. A key contributor to undernutr...

Molekulare Analyse einer ARID1A-Defizienz in KZT und deren Sensitivierung bei einer Behandlung mit Romidepsin

Miklyaeva, Alisa

Pronóstico de los pacientes con insuficiencia respiratoria aguda y SpO2/FiO2 entre 280 y 400 según el tipo de soporte respiratorio no invasivo

Gil Rosa, Isabel

This doctoral research examines the treatment of the so-called Discovery of America and pre-Columbian cultures in Social Sciences textbooks used in Primary Education. Starting from the persistence of Eurocentric and weakly problematized school narratives, the study explores how Indigenous American societies are represe...

Fundamentos filosóficos para una propuesta de educación en valores éticos en la Educación Secundaria

Vallés Arándiga, Antonio

La formación en valores éticos ha desempeñado históricamente un papel clave en la organización y el progreso de las sociedades. Desde la Antigüedad, la enseñanza de principios como la justicia, el respeto y la responsabilidad ha favorecido la creación de personas capaces de convivir con los demás y de tomar decisiones...

ENDURING SOLIDARITIES. SPACES, PRACTICES, AND RELATIONS OF MIGRANT SUPPORT ALONG THE BALKAN ROUTES.

MARTINI, CHIARA

This thesis examines grassroots solidarity practices along the Balkan migration routes in the context of increasingly restrictive European border regimes. Focusing on Greece, Bulgaria, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the study investigates how bordering processes shape migrants’ trajectories and lived experiences, and how...

EPISTEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PRODUCING EVIDENCE IN THE 'SPACE BETWEEN FIELDS'

LENOIR, THEOPHILE MARC HENRI

This thesis examines how evidence about the environmental footprint of artificial intelligence is produced in the space between the fields of science, journalism and politics. Between 2018 and 2025, a body of reports emerged to quantify both the energy use of AI and its potential positive effects on the environment, ci...