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A solution to the Problem of Evil: Advaita Vedanta and the challenge of horrendous evil (2022)
Thesis
O’Neill-Adkins, H. E. A solution to the Problem of Evil: Advaita Vedanta and the challenge of horrendous evil. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/425032

The problem of evil is possibly the most difficult question facing the theist. How are we to resolve the presence of evil in the world with the belief in an all loving, all powerful, God? For generations Western theists have offered possible solution... Read More about A solution to the Problem of Evil: Advaita Vedanta and the challenge of horrendous evil.

‘A Hellish Knot of Witches’: a regional approach to early-modern witchcraft beliefs and accusations in and around Selwood Forest (2022)
Thesis
Pickering, A. D. ‘A Hellish Knot of Witches’: a regional approach to early-modern witchcraft beliefs and accusations in and around Selwood Forest. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/425036

List of publications submitted in the order published

1) Pickering, Andrew, ‘Witchcraft and evidence in a seventeenth century Somerset parish’, The Local Historian: Journal of the British Association for Local History, Volume 48, Number 1, Januar... Read More about ‘A Hellish Knot of Witches’: a regional approach to early-modern witchcraft beliefs and accusations in and around Selwood Forest.

Investigating the interaction between dengue viral envelope proteins and host receptor molecules (2022)
Thesis
Hyatt, J. G. Investigating the interaction between dengue viral envelope proteins and host receptor molecules. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/425037

Infection of dengue remains to this date a major socio-economic and public health challenge for large parts of the world, especially low- and middle- income countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite the prevalence of the associated neglected... Read More about Investigating the interaction between dengue viral envelope proteins and host receptor molecules.

Religious symbols in public spaces: the politics of regulation in England and France (2022)
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Ibiši, S. Religious symbols in public spaces: the politics of regulation in England and France. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424578

This thesis examines the regulations of religious symbols in public spaces in England and France. It contends that these cannot be understood just by reference to historical and cultural contexts, and argues they can only be more fully explained by t... Read More about Religious symbols in public spaces: the politics of regulation in England and France.

An investigation into the functional roles of protein phosphatase 4 regulatory subunits PP4R3A and PP4R3B in leukemic T-cells (2022)
Thesis
Kavousi, N. An investigation into the functional roles of protein phosphatase 4 regulatory subunits PP4R3A and PP4R3B in leukemic T-cells. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/425034

The serine/threonine protein phosphatase 4 holoenzyme consists of PP4 catalytic subunit (PP4c), which interacts with four different regulatory subunits (PP4R1, PP4R2, PP4R3, PP4R4). Previous studies have shown that PP4c acts as a tumour suppressor an... Read More about An investigation into the functional roles of protein phosphatase 4 regulatory subunits PP4R3A and PP4R3B in leukemic T-cells.

Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars (2022)
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Miller, N. J. Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/425030

Modern high-precision spectroscopy and photometry has made it possible to directly measure masses and radii for stars in detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) to 0.5% or better. These stars, due to their wide orbits, are suitable for testing models of s... Read More about Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars.

The relative dominance of allo-controls and local-scale sedimentary processes upon preserved successions of aeolian-marine margins (2022)
Thesis
Cross, S. L. The relative dominance of allo-controls and local-scale sedimentary processes upon preserved successions of aeolian-marine margins. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424529

The sedimentology, controls and efficiency of central erg environments are wellconstrained, however marginal relationships are less understood and often underrepresented. The Moab Member of the Curtis Formation is a well-exposed, laterally continuous... Read More about The relative dominance of allo-controls and local-scale sedimentary processes upon preserved successions of aeolian-marine margins.

The chemical ecology of a model aphid pest, Myzus persicae, and its natural enemies (2022)
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Ali, J. The chemical ecology of a model aphid pest, Myzus persicae, and its natural enemies. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424546

The peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae, is a serious crop pest with a worldwide distribution. It has short generation time, high reproductive rate and the ability to adapt to new hosts and develop resistance against major class of insecticides. There... Read More about The chemical ecology of a model aphid pest, Myzus persicae, and its natural enemies.

Developing tools for inter-site transport of brain tissue models in tissue engineering research (2022)
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Kabiri, B. Developing tools for inter-site transport of brain tissue models in tissue engineering research. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424547

Penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) remains one of the leading causes of death in the younger population in the UK, as no clinical regenerative therapies are available. Experimental therapies currently being screened for efficacy are wide rangi... Read More about Developing tools for inter-site transport of brain tissue models in tissue engineering research.

Remote control healing for osteoarthritis repair (2022)
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Echevarria, I. Remote control healing for osteoarthritis repair. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424544

Articular cartilage is a key tissue for the normal functioning of the joints, with a trend for degradation with aging and physical activity. The lack of vascularisation hinders the self-repair, and often a scar tissue replaces the damaged cartilage,... Read More about Remote control healing for osteoarthritis repair.

Heparin: an established anticoagulant drug with therapeutic potential for COVID-19 (2022)
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McIntosh, O. G. Heparin: an established anticoagulant drug with therapeutic potential for COVID-19. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424531

The biologically and medically important heparan sulphate and heparin polysaccharides have been previously shown to mediate viral cell entry for enveloped viruses. Furthermore, heparin and its analogues have been shown to have anti-inflammatory and a... Read More about Heparin: an established anticoagulant drug with therapeutic potential for COVID-19.

Sustainable integration: an ethnographic study of a British Muslim community in Birmingham (2022)
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Elsayed, S. Sustainable integration: an ethnographic study of a British Muslim community in Birmingham. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424530

Drawing upon ethnographic research undertaken in an area of Birmingham, this thesis investigates meanings and understandings of integration in a community deemed nonintegrated, namely the Muslim community. Exploring real-world stories and mundane exp... Read More about Sustainable integration: an ethnographic study of a British Muslim community in Birmingham.

Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation (2022)
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Unver, H. Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424528

Through a series of six studies (Studies 1, 5, and 6 involves two groups), this thesis focuses on a relatively understudied dimension of intergroup contact, i.e. secondary transfer effect (STE; Pettigrew, 2009). More specifically, the thesis investig... Read More about Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation.

Living in a plastic world: problems, places, people, and perspectives on developing ‘Plastic Literacy’ through participatory arts (2022)
Thesis
Lei, X. Living in a plastic world: problems, places, people, and perspectives on developing ‘Plastic Literacy’ through participatory arts. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424567

Creative practice is experiencing a revival as both research method and vehicle for impact and public engagement in geographical research. Academics are increasingly collaborating with artists to deliver public engagement and impact with an emphasis... Read More about Living in a plastic world: problems, places, people, and perspectives on developing ‘Plastic Literacy’ through participatory arts.

Factors influencing the commissioning and provision of community pharmacy Emergency Hormonal Contraception services in England (2022)
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Thayer, N. M. Factors influencing the commissioning and provision of community pharmacy Emergency Hormonal Contraception services in England. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424548

In England, community pharmacies provide services commissioned either nationally or locally. Local commissioning exhibits variation in specification and implementation, exemplified by Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) services. A literature revi... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and provision of community pharmacy Emergency Hormonal Contraception services in England.

Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015 (2022)
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Khan, S. Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424525

Informed by the critique of Eurocentrism in the discipline of International Relations, this thesis investigates the relationship between knowledge production defined as expertise, the ‘global war on terror’, and coloniality. It conducts a critical su... Read More about Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015.

Determining the role of epigenetics in telomerase regulation (2022)
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Dogan, F. Determining the role of epigenetics in telomerase regulation. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424526

Telomeres are guanine-rich 5'-TTAGGG-3' repeats found at the ends of human chromosomes that protect chromosomes from degradation and also provide stabilization. Telomerase macromolecule is the primary enzyme responsible for telomere elongation. Telom... Read More about Determining the role of epigenetics in telomerase regulation.

Ecoaesthetics: Environmental aesthetics and Kant's deduction (2022)
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Kings, A. E. Ecoaesthetics: Environmental aesthetics and Kant's deduction. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424527

This thesis is designed to develop an understanding of the problems, limitations and potential uses of Kant's aesthetic deduction. Motivated by an interest in environmental aesthetics, this thesis offers a critical analysis of Kantian aesthetics in o... Read More about Ecoaesthetics: Environmental aesthetics and Kant's deduction.

A genealogy of rights: emancipatory rights-claiming as a conscious act of freedom (2022)
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Holder, S. D. A genealogy of rights: emancipatory rights-claiming as a conscious act of freedom. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424545

This project seeks to excavate and explore the emancipatory potential of rights and rights language. Public international law, and its most powerful normative concept, sovereignty, helped manufacture a distinct brand of freedom and equality in the ro... Read More about A genealogy of rights: emancipatory rights-claiming as a conscious act of freedom.