Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Potentiation of the production of wind energy as a source of financing for the drive of the economic sectors of the department of La Guajira
Published 2022The Colombian government opted to construct a variety of wind farms to develop energy efficiency policies and programmes that will aid in the energy-saving project's implementation. The majority of these farms are being ...Open AccessThesis -
Modelling Brittle Fractures with Finite Elements: A Time-independent Phase-field Model
Published 2020The objective of this paper is to propose a 2-D time-independent phase-field model with validating its performance as well as applying it for simulating existing representative experiments. Firstly, the section of the ...Open AccessThesis -
Echoes of Maria Clara: Memory, (Im)materiality, and Poetics in Filipino Dress
Published 2022-05-23This thesis explores the politics of materiality and memory in the national dress of the Philippines, the Maria Clara gown, which rose to prominence during the late Spanish colonial period. The dress was inspired by and ...Open AccessThesis -
Side Effects May Depend on the Framing of a Warning: But Does this Framing Effect Depend on Absolute Risk?
Published 2019Side effect warnings contribute directly to the burden of side effects. This occurs via the nocebo effect whereby negative outcomes are shaped by features of the treatment context, beyond the direct actions of the active ...Open AccessThesis -
Does Choice Matter? Exploring Generalisation of Socially Induced Nocebo Effects and the Potential of Choice as an Intervention
Published 2021The nocebo effect is a powerful psychobiological phenomenon, where negative expectancies exacerbate symptoms unattributable to any active component of an intervention. Social modelling has been proposed as a strong ...Open AccessThesis