Doctoral Theses
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Patient and staff experience of ambulatory emergency care on the surgical assessment unit
(University of Exeter Health and Community Sciences, 24 June 2024)Introduction Ambulatory emergency care has been widely adopted in acute medicine in the last two decades and more recently there has been rapid expansion of this service in general surgery. There are challenges when trying ... -
Assessment of advanced MRI techniques within the spinal cord as applied to Multiple sclerosis patients
(University of Exeter Medical Imaging, 24 June 2024)Rationale: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by inflammation, demyelination, and axonal damage. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a ... -
Evaluating and maximising the environmental benefits of seaweed farming in the southwest of the United Kingdom
(University of Exeter Biological Sciences, 24 June 2024)Aquaculture promises to contribute towards future food security, and algal biomass, principally from seaweeds, constitutes > 20% of total global aquaculture production. Seaweed farming is expanding rapidly in many regions, ... -
Adapting to life in metal polluted rivers: implications for conservation, genetic diversity and fisheries management in the brown trout (Salmo trutta)
(University of Exeter Biological Sciences, 17 June 2024)During an era of unprecedented biodiversity loss, conservation ecology seeks to understand the drivers of declines, scale of impact and how to best mitigate and minimise ongoing threats to biodiversity. Within this ... -
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation and the Signal-to-Noise Paradox
(University of Exeter Mathematics and Statistics, 24 June 2024)This thesis investigates climate model errors in the simulation of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its teleconnections and their relevance to the ‘signal-to-noise paradox’ in climate predictions. ENSO is highly ...