As the natural habitats of many species are degraded or disappear, there is scope for these species to be established in urban habitats. To ease the establishment and maintenance of urban populations of more species we ...

The role of the gut microbiota in host health has been established in recent years and has been shown to be altered in numerous disease states, including Cystic Fibrosis (CF) cohorts. This thesis investigates the gut ...

Wireless communication networks have in no small part affected our everyday lives. They revolutionized the way humans interact with each other and with the world around them. The ubiquitous use of the available spectrum ...

The involvement of young novice drivers in road crashes and violations has remained a significant transport and public health issue worldwide. Despite extensive evidence that multiple individual, social, and environmental ...

The contemporary world is one of contingency and risk. We face a range of social and political problems barely imaginable to previous generations. Here the technique of critical social theory is applied to some of the most ...