• Development of an affinity sensor for prostate cancer diagnosis 

  Uludag, Yildiz (2010-11)

  Prostate carcinoma is a fatal malignancy and is a major cause of death in men in the population aged 55 and over. Early diagnosis of prostate cancer is very important for successful treatment of the disease. The increase ...
• Ecological factors affecting growth and ochratoxin A production of Aspergillus section Nigri species on grapes 

  Mitchell, D. (2006-05)

  This study investigated the effects of interacting environmental factors on the ecophysiology of Aspergillus carbonarius and ochratoxin A (OTA) production, to facilitate the building of a database of knowledge for risk ...
• Extraction of genetic network from microarray data using Bayesian framework 

  Kumuthini, Judit (2007-04)

  The aim of the work described in this thesis was to develop novel methods for the extraction of gene regulatory networks (GRN) from gene expression data, and use these methods to capture previously unknown relationships ...
• An investigation into the effects of bacterial fermentation in autism 

  Bilbao Montoya, Maria Pilar (2006-11)

  Gastrointestinal symptoms have been observed to be present very often in autistic children. These symptoms are very similar to those observed in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). An investigation to investigate whether ...
• Towards the development of an electrochemical immunosensor for the identification of transient ischemic attack via the labeless detection of biomedical markers. 

  Barton, Andrew Charles (2006)

  The thesis describes the development of generic platforms for labeless transduction of binding events. A particular application of the project is the labeless detection of biochemical markers for stroke, specifically ...
• A study of the cyber security awareness and use of protective cyber security practices in defence settings 

  Sherchan, Sundar (2018-07)

  The UK Strategic Defence and Security Review (2015), places ‘cyber’ in the highest category tier-one risk. The threats from cyberspace is ever increasing as UK Armed Forces is becoming increasingly dependent on its’ ...
• The hydraulic lung 

  Prime, David (2004-10)

  A Hydraulic Lung has been designed and constructed. The Hydraulic Lung can inhale through a Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI) with a pre-determined level of inspiratory effort, and the characteristics of the inhalation profile ...
• Nanofunctionalised orthopaedic implants 

  Mirza, Farhan A. (2018-01)

  Due to an aging population and younger patients presenting with musculoskeletal disorders, there is a need for orthopaedic implants with improved healing rates and longer implant life. Numerous research has developed implant ...
• Biosensor stabilization using hypersolutes 

  Loose, Elizabeth (Cranfield University, 2009-06)

  Introduction A biosensor may be described as a sensor incorporating a biological element such as an enzyme, antibody, nucleic acid, microorganism or cell. A biosensor should exhibit both shelf-stability and operation ...
• In vitro toxicity of new engineered nanoparticles through their life cycle 

  Irfan, Muhammad Adeel (Cranfield University, 2013-11)

  The rapid development of nanotechnology has caused concerns about nanoproducts on human health throughout their lifecycle. As part of the consortium NEPHH (nanomaterial related environmental pollution on human health ...
• Study of phenolic content and antioxidant activity of Greek red and white wines by means of classical methods and FTIR 

  Strataridaki, Argiro E. (Cranfield University, 2015)

  Phenolic and antioxidant contents of wines are very important in terms of both flavour attributes and health benefits. Changes occur during ageing of wine in containers (e.g. wooden barrels) in relation to their antioxidant ...
• Vertebrate somite development and neural patterning 

  De Sousa, C. A. Ferreira (Cranfield University, 2013-09)

  The segmentation of the axial skeleton and peripheral nervous system involves a complex integration of multiple patterning molecules. For the latter, axon-repelling molecules in the posterior half-sclerotome are particularly ...
• Temporal changes in vase water 

  Salih, Magdi (Cranfield University, 2013-02)

  This study investigated the influence of flower food on vase water quality with the attempt to correlate this with the flowers’ appearance and microbial growth occurring in the vase water. A mixed bouquet of different cut ...
• Effect of controlling ethylene on ripening of avocado cv. hass fruit 

  Meyer, Marjolaine D. (Cranfield University, 2010-05)

  Rigorous control of ethylene inside storage atmosphere is cardinal to maintain quality of climacteric fruit, including avocado cv. Hass. This can be achieved using the ethylene action inhibitor, 1-methylcyclopropene ...
• The clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of non-bone mineral density based prognostic tests for osteoporotic fracture 

  Poku, Ernest Kofi (Cranfield University, 2012-06)

  This thesis investigated a number of aspects of the clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of clinical risk factors, online multivariate algorithms, DXA and a nail-based Raman spectroscopy test, BQT for fracture risk using ...
• Elucidating ethylene-mediated physiology and biochemistry in selected climactic and non-climacteric fruits using e+® ethylene remover 

  Elmi, Fardusa (Cranfield University, 2013-05)

  The presence of ethylene in a storage environment can undermine both quality and postharvest life of many fruits, often generating significant waste and associated economic losses. A demand for discovering alternative ...
• Sonochemically induced reactions of oils 

  Mercantili, Laura (Cranfield University, 2012-10)

  This work will describe the use of the ultrasonic power for the modification of a wide range of oils from vegetable, through to mineral and synthetic oils. It will be shown that ultrasound is effective in cleaving the ...
• Development of a database and its use in the Investigation of Interferences in SRM assay design 

  Dokpesi, Oshiobugie (Cranfield University, 2013-04)

  Selected Reaction Monitoring (SRM), is a form of mass spectrometry that guarantees high throughput and also a high level of selectivity and specificity. Performing SRM experiments requires the development of assays to ...
• The biochemistry and physiology of different hybrid and grafted eggplants in response to NaCL salinity in soil and hydroponic systems 

  Panagiotakis, Giorgos D. (Cranfield University, 2013-12)

  The major problem of salinity n regions of intensive cultivations such as Ierapetra, has started to affect the crop production. This project was designed to study the effects of salinity on several biochemical and ...
• Electrochemical immunosensors for personal care product development applications 

  Holford, Timothy Richard John (Cranfield University, 2011-09)

  This thesis describes the fabrication, characterisation and validation of two novel immunosensors for the detection of the inflammation markers nerve growth factor-β (NGF) and psoriasin (S100-A7). The initial phase of ...

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