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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Not just being an autocrat or an empowerer :investigating hierarchical-decentralization and its effects on team outcomes
Jieying Xu
Department of Management.
Population connectivity, local adaptation, and biomineralization of deep-sea mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in Northwestern Pacific
Ting Xu
Department of Biology.
Distribution alignment for unsupervised domain adaptation: cross-domain feature learning and synthesis
Baoyao Yang
Department of Computer Science.
Interaction of molecules and helical nanoparticles characterized by electronic circular dichroism
Lin Yang
Department of Physics.
Numerical methods for data assimilation in weather forecasting
Hanjun Yan
Department of Mathematics.
Characterization of the biological function of AtEXO70E2
Zhao Yin
Department of Biology.
Graph query autocompletion
Peipei Yi
Department of Computer Science.
Spectral collocation methods for the fractional PDEs in unbounded domain
Huifang Yuan
Department of Mathematics.
Synthesis, Characterization and application studies of new aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active materials
Wai Hong Yu
Department of Chemistry.
Linking consumer: endorser relationship with source credibility and consumer brand-related responses: a para-social interaction perspective
Ke Zhang
School of Communication.
Developed countries or developing countries?: MNEs' geographic diversification and corporate social performance
Ying Zhang
Department of Management.
Measure the effectiveness of fear appeal in health communication: a regulatory fit model approach
Yiqian Zhan
School of Communication.
Increased bile acid-metabolizing bacteria contributes to enhanced gastrointestinal motility in irritable bowel syndrome
Ling Zhao
School of Chinese Medicine.
The causality orientations scale for physical activity : development, validation and initial application among Chinese adults
Tao Zhong
Department of Physical Education.
Inter-generational changes in activity-travel behavior and auto-mobility in the chinese context
Meng Zhou
Department of Geography.
Structural engineering of porphyrin small molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cell applications
Xuan Zhou
Department of Chemistry.
Lip password-based speaker verification system with unknown language alphabet
Yichao Zhou
Department of Computer Science.
Cytotoxic dynamics of natural killer cell at the single cell level
Yanting Zhu
Department of Physics.
One country, two teams: the cultural politics of football in Hong Kong
Tobias Zuser
Department of Humanities and Creative Writing.
明代唐宋派文學思想研究= A research on literary theory of Tang-Song school in Ming dynasty
何梓慶
中國語言文學系.
清代女性詩詞的日常化書寫研究= A study of women's poetry on everyday life in the Qing dynasty
劉陽河
中國語言文學系.
《淮南子》中的「治道」問題研究 = An exploration of "the Dao of rulership" in the Huainanzi
張羽軍
宗教及哲學系.
尋找蕭紅: 作家多重形象跨文本研究= In search of Xiao Hong: an intertextual study of a writer's multiple images
彭依伊
中國語言文學系.
招商局在香港發展的研究 (1949-1999) = The development of China merchants in Hong Kong (1949-1999)
程妍琪
歷史學系.
青銅禮器與周代婚姻研究= A study of the bronzes and Zhou marriages
金方廷
中國語言文學系.
「墨家之謂教」: 墨學「宗教性」抉微= Faith or not faith: on the religiosity of the Mohist school
黃蕉風
中國語言文學系.
西周金文所見「師某」名稱研究= A study of names in the form "Shi X" as seen in Western Zhou bronze Inscriptions
龐琨
中國語言文學系.
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Investigation of optical properties of one-dimensional nanostructures with engineerable heliciity and surface modification
Fan Bai
Department of Physics.
A Material Evidence Base for Investigating the Evolution of Chinese Medicinal Varieties and Cross-cultural Exchange
Eric Joseph Brand
School of Chinese Medicine.
Server selection for heterogeneous cloud video services
He Chang
Department of Computer Science.
Three essays on cyberbullying on social networking sites: understanding the effects of technological factors
Kam Ho Chan
Department of Finance and Decision Sciences.
Therapeutic potential of a Wnt modulator ICG-001 on nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Lai Sheung Chan
Department of Biology.
The fine-tuned universe and the existence of God
Man Ho Chan
Department of Religion and Philosophy.
Empowerment and vampire literature: an examination of female vampire characters as a cultural response to oppression
Pui Nam Chan
Department of Department of Humanities and Creative Writing.
In the periphery of the margin: white masculinity in contemporary American fiction /Chan Suet Ni.
Suet Ni Chan
Department of English Language and Literature.
Conflicts in the newsroom: analyzing journalistic creativity
Wing Lam Chan
School of Communication.
Transformational leadership and innovation behavior : the mediating role of readiness for changeand the moderating role of high commitment work system and learning capability
Kai Hung Cheng
Department of Management.
Design, synthesis and characterization of A-D-A structural porphyrin small molecules for bulk heterojunction organic solar cell applications
Song Chen
Department of Chemistry.
The state and labour organisation in China: the dynamics of labour protest outcomes
Wei Chen
Department of Government and International Studies
Local organizations and efficiency of state extraction in rural China: a case study of a county in Guangdong Province, 1949-1956 /Chen Zetao.
Zetao Chen
Department of Sociology.
What are student and teacher perspectives on motivation at an undergraduate university in Hong Kong
Allan Chu Lam Cheung
Faculty of Arts.
We had no urge to do away an ex-colony: the changing views of the British government over Hong Kong's future, 1967-1979
Wai Li Chu
Department of History.
An investigation into some novel areas of optical manipulation
Liyong Cui
Department of Physics.
Structural modifications to optimise lanthanide luminescence
Lixiong Dai
Department of Chemistry.
Numerical and analytical studies of ciricular dichroism of plasmonic nanospirals generated by glancing angle deposition /Deng Junhong.
Junhong Deng
Department of Physics.
Certified inside directors and tax avoidance: international evidence
Lyu Fan
Department of Accountancy and Law.
I am a reporter and you are not: how legacy and digital-only journalists in Hong Kong negotiate their professional boundaries
Serban Florin Constantin
Department of Journalism.
Market strategies of the furniture and garment industries in the Pearl River Delta, China
Tianlan Fu
Department of Geography.
A study on the involvement of TLR4/STAT3 signaling in the antimelanoma effects of atractylenolide II /Fu Xiuqiong.
Xiuqiong Fu
School of Chinese Medicine.Teaching and Research Division.
Numerical methods for backward stochastic differential equations with applications to stochastic optimal control
Bo Gong
Department of Mathematics.
Bayesian surrogates for functional response modeling and metamaterial rapid design
Xiao Guo
Department of Mathematics.
Legal interpreters for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: identities and cultural mediation /Gurung Sangi.
Sangi Gurung
Department of English Language and Literature.
News violence and desensitization of news viewers in Pakistan
Amrat Haq
School of Communication.
Synthesising media, politics and foreign intervention: an examination into Malawi's media system transformation
Suzanne Temwa Harris
School of Communication.
The influence of Chinese news in English on mass media in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Kenyan and South African journalism and media content
Elisabet Helander
School of Communication.
Toward better performing organic solar cells: impact of charge carrier transport and electronic interactions in bulk heterojunction blends /Ho Hoi Yi, Carr.
Carr, Hoi Yi Ho
Department of Physics.
Active plasmonic nanostructures /Fatemeh Hosseini Alast.
Fatemeh Hosseini Alast
Department of Physics.
Systematic characterisation of temporal and fate asymmetries and its regulation during Caenorhabditis elegans Embryogensis /Ho Vincy Wing Sze.
Vincy, Wing Sze Ho
Department of Biology.
The common self-polar triangle of conics and its applications to computer vision
Haifei Huang
Department of Computer Science.
How the regional water cycle responds to recent climate change in northwest aridzone of China ?
Junyi Huang
Department of Geography.
Toward novel therapeutics for functional constipation: from traditional Chinese medicine herbal formula MaZiRenWan to cyclic spexin analogues
Tao Huang
School of Chinese Medicine.Teaching & Research Division.
Critical discourse analysis of keynote addresses delivered by Barack Obama and Xi Jinping
Yi Gang Hu
Master of Arts in Language Studies
From purification of "sins" to negotiation of boundaries: exploring assimilation of children of Mainland new arrivals in Hong Kong secondary school context
Ping Lam Ip
Department of Sociology.
Luminescent bioprobes for imaging and inhibition of EBV associated cancers /Jiang Lijun.
Lijun Jiang
Department of Chemistry.
New product introduction and cross-functional integrations: does procedural justice matter?
Wanxing Jiang
Department of Management.
Jewish merchants' community in Shanghai: a study of the Kadoorie Enterprise, 1890-1950
Yuk Chui Kong
Department of History.
Synthesis and photophysical studies of metal complexes for biological applications /Lambidis Elisavet.
Elisavet Lambidis
Department of Chemistry.
Housing discourses of young people in Hong Kong
Siu Mei Lau
Department of Social Work.
A qualitative study on recovery experience of people with schizophrenia in Hong Kong
King Keung Law
Department of Social Work.
The economics of gold price
Lai Ming Lee
School of Business.
Overlapping community detection exploiting direct dependency structures in complex networks
Fengfeng Liang
Department of Computer Science.
Synthesis, characterization and application studies of ionic platinum(II) complexes
Jun Li
Department of Chemistry.
The delivery of triptolide to non-small cell lung cancer with CA IX and CPP conjugated liposomes
Congcong Lin
School of Chinese Medicine.
Anti-melanoma effects and mechanism of action of a herbal formula comprising Sophorae flos and Lonicerae Japonicae flos
Ting Li
School of Chinese Medicine.Teaching & Research Division.
A novel nucleolin aptamer-celastrol conjugate (NACC) with super antitumor activity on advanced pancreatic cancer
Biao Liu
School of Chinese Medicine.Teaching and Research Division.
The study of the responses of lalas to social exclusion in China
Hongshuo Liu
Department of Social Work.
Optical properties of chiral plasmonic nanoparticles and mesoporous silicon nanowires
Junjun Liu
Department of Physics.
Land use, job accessibility and commuting efficiency under the hukou system in urban China: a case study in Guangzhou
Yi Liu
Department of Geography.
Conservative and non-conservative optical forces
Xiao Li
Department of Physics.
An empirical analysis of factor seasonalities
Ya Li
Department of Finance and Decision Sciences.
Mass spectrometry based metabolomics for biomarkers of Parkinson's disease
Hemi Luan
Department of Chemistry.
Toward the next generation of smart anti-tumor drugs: a highly water-soluble Nucleolin Aptamer-Paclitaxel conjugate with a Cathespin B-labile linker for tumor-specific targareting in ovarian cancer
Jun Lu
School of Chinese Medicine.Teaching & Research Division.
Statistical learning of median in meta-analysis
Dehui Luo
Department of Mathematics.
Therapeutic potential of nucleic acid aptamers against sclerostin in the treatment of osteoporosis
Quanxia Lyu
School of Chinese Medicine.Teaching and Research Division.
Residential mobility in the early years of the twenty-first century: the case of Guangzhou, China
Sanqin Mao
Department of Geography.
The magician of reason, the plaything of enlightenment: grotesque fantasy and tabloid speculative fiction, 1900-1911 /Marling Thomas Oliver.
Thomas Oliver Marling
Department of History.
Late Quaternary diatom and palynomorph stratigraphies and palaeoenvironments of the Koora Graben and Lake Magadi Basin, Kenya Rift Valley
Veronica Mwihaki Muiruri
Department of Geography.
How prosocial and alarm words predict online reads, responses, and relays
Yu Leung Ng
School of Communication.
Hedging against energy insecurity: a comparison between China and the EU
Efstratios Pourzitakis
Department of Government and International Studies.
Continuous methods for convex programming and convex semidefinite programming
Xun Qian
Department of Mathematics.
Light-driven molecular rotary motors
Fei Qi
Department of Physics.
The endogeneity of the separation between the ownership right and control right, evidence from Hong Kong stock market
Yaohua Qin
Department of Finance and Decision Science.