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Evaluation of miR-497 & miR-219 as non-invasive biomarkers for meningioma and glioma
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Introduction: The current WHO classification aids in predicting meningioma and glioma recurrence and prognosis. However, there is a dearth of circulating biomarkers with clinical value for meningioma diagnosis and ... -
Hauntological Videogame Form: Nostalgia and a "High Technology" Medium
(University of Plymouth, 2023)This thesis introduces the term Hauntological Form as a means of examining the contemporary form of mainstream videogames. The increasing presence of nostalgia is deemed paradoxical to a forward-facing high technology ... -
Development of two disease specific scales to assess the impact of severe asthma on patients' lives
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Joseph W Lanario Title: Development of two disease specific scales to assess the impact of severe asthma on patients’ lives Asthma is a disease of the airways, characterised by airway obstruction, inflammation, ... -
Performance Writing, Objects and Millennial Precarity: A co-authored PaR exploration between friends
(University of Plymouth, 2023)This practice-as-research project uses performance writing to understand, illustrate and work through aspects of millennial experience, with a specific interest in precarious housing and labour. For us, experiencing ... -
Performance Writing, Objects and Millennial Precarity: A co-authored PaR exploration between friends
(University of Plymouth, 2023)This practice-as-research project uses performance writing to understand, illustrate and work through aspects of millennial experience, with a specific interest in precarious housing and labour. For us, experiencing ... -
Metabolism, Swimming Performance, and a Behavioural Syndrome in Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus)
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Commercial overexploitation and climate change can alter the physiology and behaviour of affected marine organisms, although depending on the environment, species, and severity, intraspecific phenotypic response to such ... -
Single-System and Dual-Process Accounts of Explicit and Implicit Memory
(University of Plymouth, 2023)While some expressions of memory are accompanied by conscious awareness, others do not elicit this awareness yet still impact task performance. Theorists have long questioned whether these explicit and implicit forms of ... -
An Isotopic Analysis of Carbon Dynamics in Sphagnum Peat
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Methane and carbon dioxide produced in peatlands can be held temporarily in dissolved surface waters and accessible to aquatic plants. The primary peat building plant in northern peatlands, Sphagnum moss, grows in these ... -
Examining the Sociolinguistic Expression of Moral Disgust, and Investigating the Role of the Emotion in Inter- and Intra-Group Processes.
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Informed by Tybur et al’s (2009) Three Domains of Disgust Model, I used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to develop and test a prototypical model of Moral Disgust and investigate how the emotion ... -
COOPERATION AND COLLECTIVE ACTION AND ITS PROSPECT TO COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE IN GLOBAL GERMAN COMPANIES
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Contemporary business organisations face a fierce struggle to survive in a global economic environment which is increasingly characterised by rapid change and transitions. Against the backdrop of such burgeoning competition, ...