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A Smart Wearable Sensing Platform for Gait Monitoring and Real-Time Haptic Feedback
(2022)Doctoral Thesis -
Establishing CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
(2022)Doctoral Thesis -
Wearable luminescent solar concentrators employing amphiphilic polymer conetworks
(2022)Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have attracted considerable attention in recent years for their advantages in absorbing diffusive light and increasing the cost-effectiveness of solar cells; however, the compatibility with flexible photovoltaics and the energy transfer (ET) efficiency still require improvement. In this thesis, amphiphilic polymer conetworks (APCNs) are employed as polymer matrices for wearable LSCs owing to their ...Doctoral Thesis -
Structural studies of human ABC transporters ABCB1 and ABCB4
(2022)Human organs have to be protected from a myriad of xenobiotic compounds. One of the mechanisms mitigating the toxic effects of drugs is to actively extrude them from the cell. ATP-binding cassette transporters play a major role by harnessing the energy from binding and hydrolyzing ATP molecules to translocate these xenobiotics across the membrane. ABC transporters can also be overexpressed in cancer cells, where they contribute to multi-drug ...Doctoral Thesis -
Alternative protein and energy sources for intensive production of high-quality beef in Switzerland
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Colonial Mercenaries: Swiss Military Labour and the Dutch East Indies, c. 1848–1914
(2022)This dissertation follows the traces of around 5,800 Swiss mercenaries who entered the service of the Dutch Colonial Army (KNIL) between 1848 and 1914. In doing so, it explores three closely related sets of questions. First, to what extent did these military labour migrants contribute to the formation of the Dutch colonial empire in Southeast Asia as well as to the development of a transimperial infrastructure that served to recruit and ...Doctoral Thesis -
"The History that is Made in the Streets": Architecture and Images of Public Space in Revolutionary Russia
(2022)This thesis studies the Soviet remaking of the Russian imperialist city. It presents a revisionist history of Russian revolutionary architecture as well as reconsiders the writing of architectural history between material form and representation, culture and politics. In place of a master narrative, it posits individual objects and narratives related to particular cultural or material products, questioning general problematics on the basis ...Doctoral Thesis