ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Assistant Professor Dr. Isabelina Nahmens, who is my advisor, for her constant support and encouragement in the research and preparation of this thesis. Under her supervision I was able to accomplish my goals and gain knowledge on various research aspects. his help during the implementation of my research. I would like to th...

Abstract In On Empirically Equivalent Systems of the World from 1975, Quine formulated a thesis underdetermination roughly to effect that every scientific theory has an empirically equivalent but logically incompatible rival, one cannot be discarded merely as terminological variant former. For Quine, truth this was open question. If true, some would argue it undermines any belief in theories is...

Acknowledgements I would like to thank Henrik Rønnow for his supervision of this master thesis work and for introducing me to the field of quantum magnetism. My thanks also to Kruno Prsa from the LQM and Monica Jimenez from the ILL for their precious help in guiding me through my first TAS experiment. I thank also Ross Stewards and Russel Ewings from ISIS for the time they took to introduce me ...

The authors describe the extraordinary contribution to science made by José Dantas de Souza Leite, who graduated from the Bahia School of Medicine and trained in Prof. Charcot's Neurology Service under the supervision of Charcot's most able pupil, Dr. Pierre Marie. Souza Leite presented his doctoral thesis on acromegaly, in Paris in 1890, and in the following year both him and Pierre Marie publ...

1 This report contains the MS thesis of the same title written by Lloyd Noronha under the supervision of Eric Hanson, September 1999. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Eric Hanson, for giving me an opportunity to work on this challenging project and also for providing continuous guidance, advice, and support throughout the course of my work. for ...

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Enhanced Computer Assisted Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography Robert Sadleir Under the supervision of Prof. Paul F. Whelan at Dublin City University Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Dublin City University, 2006 This thesis presents a novel technique for automatically detecting colorectal polyps in CT colonography (CTC). The objective...