The University of Hong Kong


Titles of Theses 2008

 

Department/ School

 

Degree

Name

Title of Thesis

 

Anaesthesiology

PhD

Guo Xiaoxi

The Functions of Cyclooxygenase 1 and 2 in Fracture Repair

Anaesthesiology

MPhil

Yu Che Kwan

Remifentanil induces delayed cardioprotection in the rat against ischaemic and reperfusion injury via Kappa, delta, mu- opioid receptors and inducible heat shock protein 70

Anatomy

PhD

Cheung Kwok Ho Alvin

Genetic and pharmacological approaches to study the role of the polyol pathway enzymes in diabetic and ischemic retinopathy

Anatomy

PhD

Cheung Pak Yan

Esophageal carcinogenesis: Immortalization, Transformation and Epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Anatomy

PhD

Chiu Kin

Immune modulation on retinal ganglion cell survival in experimental glaucoma

Anatomy

PhD

Chu Tak Ho

Trophic Influences on Axon Regeneration in a Rodent Model of Avulsion Injury and Repair

Anatomy

PhD

Leung Wai Chung

Investigations into the role of endothelial endothelin-1 on transient focal cerebral ischemia

Anatomy

PhD

Liao Subin

Leptin expression in embryos sired by male golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) with all accessory sex glands removed

Anatomy

PhD

Qiu Guang

Assessment of the Role of Corticosterone and Adiponectin in the Neuroprotective Effect of Dietary Restriction

Anatomy

PhD

Su Huanxing

Transplantation of neural stem cells for motoneuron degeneration due to axonal injury

Anatomy

PhD

To Kit Wa

MAD2 inactivation on chromosomal instability and tumorigenesis in prostate epithelial cells

Anatomy

MPhil

Kai Ka Lun Alan

Targeted Disruption of Exchange Protein Directly Activated by cAMP 1 in Mice Leads to Altered Glucose Homeostasis

Anatomy

MPhil

Lau Kwok Wai

Evaluation of using all-trans-retinoic acid to differentiate human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells in neurodegeneration research

Anatomy

MPhil

Tse Wan Wai

A study of genomic DNA methylation in immortalized human epithelial cell lines

Anatomy

MPhil

Wu Gang

Telomerase Expression in the Adult Rodent Central Nervous System and Telomeric Characteristics of Neural Stem Cells from Adult Brain

Anatomy

MPhil

Xiao Qi

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) mediate cellular response and regulate neural stem cell differentiation after acute spinal cord injury in the adult mice

Architecture

PhD

Chang See Chen

Two Decades of Planning Guangzhou, 1918-1938: The Advent of Modern City Planning in China in the Early-Twentieth Century

Architecture

PhD

Chen Wenzhe

Neighborhood Scale and Market-Responsive Urban Design - A Study of Large-Scale Suburban Private Residential Developments in the Transitional Economy in China

Architecture

PhD

Coorey Shaleeni Bernadette Ajanthi

Design of Open Spaces in High Density Zones: Case Study of Public Housing Estates in Hong Kong

Architecture

PhD

Herr Christiane Margerita

From Form Generators to Automated Diagrams: Using Cellular Automata to Support Architectural Design

Architecture

PhD

Khan Tareef Hayat

Living with Transformation: A Study of Self-Built Houses in Dhaka

Architecture

PhD

Ling Xiaohong

Accessibility of Open Space: A Study of Urban Morphology and its Relation to Open Space Use in the Wanchai District of Hong Kong

Architecture

PhD

Ou Yingqing

The effects of neighborhood compactness on residents' sense of community in Guangzhou

Architecture

PhD

Wang Haoyu

Mainland Architects in Hong Kong after 1949: A Parallel History of Modern Architecture in China

Biochemistry

PhD

Chan Kui Ming June

MT1-MMP in Craniofacial Development and FGF Signaling

Biochemistry

PhD

Choi Mei Yee

Functional studies on sedlin and its involvement in spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda

Biochemistry

PhD

Choy Yee Wai Elizabeth

A study of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded small regulatory RNAS

Biochemistry

PhD

Lai Wai Lung

The role of unfolded protein response in the cytotoxicity mechanism of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide

Biochemistry

PhD

Li Jun

Indian hedgehog Stimulates Chondrocyte Hypertrophic Differentiation in Endochondral Bone Formation

Biochemistry

PhD

Li Yan

Genetic Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease Associated Genes - A Perspective from Abnormal Cholesterol Metabolism

Biochemistry

PhD

Tsang Siu Wai

Involvement of Pdzd2 in the regulation of pancreatic beta-cell functions

Biochemistry

PhD

Wang Jing

The study of KIF5B-mediated intracellular transport in neurons

Biochemistry

PhD

Zhang Yi

Studies of heparanase (HPA) gene expression, cellular localization and functions in neural tissues of the rat

Biochemistry

MPhil

Chan Ching

Axon-restrictive Chondroitin Sulfates at the Schwann Cell-astrocyte Interface

Biochemistry

MPhil

Chee Ming Chu Daisy

Studying the roles of conserved domains of the transcription factor Sox10 in neural crest development

Biochemistry

MPhil

Lee Bok Chun Bob

Probing the molecular mechanisms of how polymorphisms in Cerberus-like result in low bone mineral density

Biochemistry

MPhil

Mok Kwai Lung

Computational Discovery of Cis-regulatory Modules in Human Genome by Genome Comparison

Centre of Buddhist Studies

PhD

Chan Ngan Che

A Study of Yogacara Theory of the Ten Causes

Centre of Buddhist Studies

PhD

Liu Gin Ling

The nature of Humanistic Buddhism – Ideal and Practice as Reflected in Xingyun's Mode

Centre of Buddhist Studies

PhD

Rangama Chandawimala Thero

The Impact of the Abhayagiri Practices on the Development of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Chemistry

PhD

An Xiao Meng

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CELL CYCLE RELATED KINASE (CCRK) IN GLIOBLASTOMA AND COLON CANCER CARCINOGENESIS

Chemistry

PhD

Chan Kwok Wai Queenie

SYNTHESIS AND PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF OLIGO(ARYLENE-ETHYNYLENE)S, OSMIUM(II) DIIMINE AND PLATINUM(II) CALIX[4] ARENE COMPLEXES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS AS SENSORY MATERIALS

Chemistry

PhD

Chan Lai Fung

SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIES ON METAL-METAL BONDED TRANSITION METAL WITH ORGANOTHIOLATE LIGANDS

Chemistry

PhD

Chan Tak Chung

DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT OXIDIZING AGENTS FOR DISINFECTION, POLLUTANT DEGRADATION AND PEPTIDE MODIFICATION

Chemistry

PhD

Chen Zhihang

LANTHANIDE COMPLEXES FOR LUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND THE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) CONTRAST AGENTS

Chemistry

PhD

Cheng Kai Wing

POLYMERS WITH PENDANT TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS AND NANOFABRICATIONS

Chemistry

PhD

Cheung Chi Chuen

DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC THIN FILM DEVICES (OLEDs AND OTFTs) BASED ON Pt(II) COMPLEXES

Chemistry

PhD

Choi Kwok Wai Matthew

CARBENOID TRANSFER REACTIONS CATALYZED BY ARENE RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES AND POLYMER SUPPORTED RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS

Chemistry

PhD

Chung Wan Ying

DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPOLYMER REACTION AND POLYFUNCTIONAL POLYMERIC CATALYSTS

Chemistry

PhD

Du Yong

TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF THE PHOTOPHYSICS AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF SELECTED BENZOIN AND BENZOPHENONE COMPOUNDS

Chemistry

PhD

Hung Ling Ling

NOVEL LUMINESCENT CYCLOMETALATED GOLD(III) ALKYNYLS - DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, PHOTOPHYSICS AND THEIR MULTINUCLEAR ASSEMBLIES

Chemistry

PhD

Lau Chi Yin

REDUCTIVE ALDOL CYCLIZATIONS USING STRYKER'S REAGENT AND POLYSTYRENE-SUPPORTED TRIPHENYLARSINE IN CARBON-CARBON BONG FORMING REACTIONS

Chemistry

PhD

Law Ka Lun

SYNTHESIS OF SPIROLACTAMS VIA PHENYLSELENO GROUP TRANSFER RADICAL CYCLIZATION AND SECONDARY AMINE FORMATION VIA REDUCTIVE AMINATION USING InCl3/Et3SiH PROMOTED BY LEWIS ACID

Chemistry

PhD

Lee Yui Bing

tHE CHEMISTRY OF OSMIUM-SILVER AND OSMIUM-IRIDIUM MIXED-METAL CLUSTERS

Chemistry

PhD

Li Chengyong

TOTAL SYNTHESES OF (-)-5-DEMETHOXYFUMAGILLOL, (-)-FUMAGILLOL, (-)-RK-805, (-)-FR65814 AND ANALOGUES

Chemistry

PhD

Li Ka Lei Carrie

IN VITRO AND IN VOVO STUDIES OF CYTOTOXIC AND ANTI-ANGIOGENIC CYCLOMETALATED GOLD(III) AND GOLD(III) PORPHYRIN COMPLEXES

Chemistry

PhD

Li Ling

CATALYTIC METHANE REFORMATION AND AROMATIZATION REACTION STUDIES VIA CAVITY RINGDOWN SPECTROSCOPY AND TIME OF LFIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY

Chemistry

PhD

Li Xiang

USING ALPHA-AMINOXY ACIDS AS BUILDING BLOCKS TO CONSTRUCT ANION RECEPTORS AND SYNTHETIC CHLORIDE CHANNELS

Chemistry

PhD

Shen Zan

THE KRINGLE I DOMAIN OF HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR EXPERTS BOTH ANTI-ANGIOGENIC AND ANTI-TUMOR CELL EFFECTS ON HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Chemistry

PhD

Siu Shiu On

BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY OF PEPTIDES AND GLYCOPEPTIDES

Chemistry

PhD

Wang Hui

STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF THE NEURONAL GROWTH INHIBITORY FACTOR, HUMAN METALLOTHIONEIN-3

Chemistry

PhD

Xue Jiadan

TIME-RESOLVED RESONANCE RAMAN AND DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES OF SELECTED ARYLNITRENIUM IONS AND THEIR REACTIONS WITH GUANOSINE DERIVATIVES AND ARYL AZIDES

Chemistry

PhD

Yan Kun

PROTEOMIC AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF CYTOTOXIC GOLD(I), SILVER(I) AND RHODIUM(II) COMPLEXES

Chemistry

PhD

Yang Nan

BISMUTH BASED AGENTS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE SARS HELICASE AND ITS METAL BINDING DOMAIN

Chemistry

PhD

Zhu Mingxin

SYNTHESES, CHARACTERIZATION AND PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PLATINUM(II) AND GOLD(I) COMPLEXES CONTAINING ORTHO- AND META- OLIGO (PHENYLENEETHYNYLENE) LIGANDS

Chemistry

MPhil

Choy Tsz Shan Jacqueline

ENHANCING THE SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF PIEZOELECTRIC QUARTZ CRYSTAL SENSOR BY NANO-GOLD AMPLIFICATION AND MOLECULARLY IMPRINTING TECHNOLOGIES

Chemistry

MPhil

Chu Lai Man

TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF CHLOROANILINE AND OXETANE RELATED COMPOUNDS

Chemistry

MPhil

Chuang Yung Ping

TIME-RESOLVED RESONANCE RAMAN AND DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES OF THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF (S)-KETOPROFEN

Chemistry

MPhil

Fu Yunyi

DEVELOPMENT OF A POLYMER-SUPPORTED REAGENT FOR TROST-LU ISOMERIZATION REACTIONS AND REAGENTS FOR MITSUNOBU REACTIONS

Chemistry

MPhil

Li Xiaobo

NEURAL NETWORK BASED EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONAL

Chemistry

MPhil

Tse Bun Luen

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BOTTOM-VIEWED INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY

Chemistry

MPhil

Yang Die

DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMERS FOR ELECTROPLATING WASTE WATER PURIFICATION, POLYMER-SUPPORTED REAGENTS FOR ORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND HETEROGENOUS CATALYSTS FOR AEROBIC ALCOHOL OXIDATION REACTIONS

Chinese

PhD

Chiu Cheung Ki

A Study of the Chunqiu Baishu of Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692)王夫之(1619-1692)《春秋稗疏》研究

Chinese

PhD

Dung Chau Hung

Poetics of Ye Xie and of the Lingnan Master Poet Trio: A Comparative Study 葉燮與嶺南三家詩論比較研究

Chinese

PhD

Leung Cho Nga

To Serve the Government or Not: A Study of the Views of Chinese Literati in the Jiangnan Region during the Late Yuan and Early Ming Periods 元末明初江南地區知識分子的 '' '' 觀念研究

Chinese

PhD

Ng Kam Lung

A Study of the Yuan Period Criticism of the Song Poems 元代對宋詩評價之研究

Chinese

PhD

Poon Hon Fong

Dating the Extant Version of Kongcongzi: A Linguistic Exploration 今本《孔叢子》成書年代新考-從語言角度的考察

Chinese

PhD

Tsui Man Hon

Official Historical Compilations in Early Qing: Xu Qianxue's (1631-1694) Leadership and Contribution 清初的官史編修 : 徐乾學的領導與貢獻

Chinese

MPhil

Fong Sing Ha

Continuity and Transcendence of Jing School: A Critical Study of Wang Zengqi's Fiction 京派的承傳與超越 - 汪曾祺小說研究

Chinese

MPhil

Li Men Dik

The Unfolding and Transformation of Daoism in Hong Kong 香港道教的發展與蛻變研究

Chinese

MPhil

Lun Yan Lai

A Study of Chen Xianzhang's Poetry 陳獻章詩歌研究

Chinese

MPhil

Sheh Wai Ting

A Study of Wang Zhu's (1485-1550?) Song Shi Zhi 王洙《宋史質》研究

Chinese

MPhil

Tao Ching Sin

A Critical Study of Yishi yuyan

Chinese

MPhil

Wan Yu Pui

Time and Space in Zheng Chouyu's Poetry 鄭愁予詩的時間與空間

Chinese

MPhil

Wang Baorong

Shaoxing Dialect in English Translations of Lu Xun's Fiction 魯迅小?中紹興方言英譯研究

Chinese

MPhil

Wong Wai Han June

Huangchao Dashiji and the Imperial Examination of the Southern Song Dynasty《皇朝大事記》與南宋科舉

Chinese

MPhil

Yeung Ka Ying

Pursuit and Exploration: The Theme and Art of Liu Sola's Fiction 劉索拉小說的 "尋找" 意識和藝術探索

Chinese

MPhil

Yim Wing Ha

Onomastics Translation: With Reference to Chinese-English and English-Chinese Examples in Hong Kong Street Names

Civil Engineering

PhD

Anvuur Aaron Maano

Cooperation in Construction Projects: Concept, Antecedents and Strategies

Civil Engineering

PhD

Li Ruying

Biohydrogen Production by Photo Fermentation from Wastewater

Civil Engineering

PhD

Li Wentao

An agent-based negotiation model for the sourcing of construction suppliers

Civil Engineering

PhD

Ng Yu Ting Ivan

Performance and Robustness of Self-Consolidating Concrete

Civil Engineering

PhD

Sze Nang Ngai

Quantitative Analyses for the Evaluation of Traffic Safety and Operations

Civil Engineering

PhD

Wang Yuexing

Sediment Nutrient Flux for a Pulsed Organic Load: Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Verification

Civil Engineering

MPhil

Chan Ka Ho Enoch

Experimental and Numerical Studies of Concrete Beams Prestressed with Unbonded Tendons

Civil Engineering

MPhil

Chen Wen

A membrane bioreactor (MBR) for an innovative biological nitrogen removal process

Civil Engineering

MPhil

Li Difu

Fermentative hydrogen production from wastewater by immobilized biomass

Civil Engineering

MPhil

Mu Feng

Analysis and prediction of the axial capacity and settlement of displacement piles in sandy soil

Civil Engineering

MPhil

Sun Wenjun

Front tracking algorithm for the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards model for a traffic network

Civil Engineering

MPhil

Tam Candy Chung Yan

STUDY OF ROCK JOINT ROUGHNESS USING 3D LASER SCANNING TECHNIQUE

Civil Engineering

MPhil

To Chiu Yin

A Unified Elasto-plastic Model for Saturated Loosely Compacted Completely Decomposed Granite

Clinical Oncology

PhD

Tang Nin Fai Francis

Monte Carlo Dose Calculations in Quality Assurance for IMRT of Head and Neck Cancers

Community Medicine

PhD

Hou Wai Kai

Psychosocial resources and adaptation among Chinese people with colorectal cancer

Community Medicine

PhD

Kwok Kin On

Models of directly transmitted respiratory pathogens in hospitals and households

Community Medicine

PhD

Lao Xiangqian

Inflammation, metabolic syndrome and vascular diseases in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Community Medicine

PhD

Lee Wing

Body dissatisfaction, depressive symptoms, and pubertal timing in Hong Kong Chinese girls and boys

Community Medicine

PhD

Ou Chunquan

Individual risk factors that modify the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality: A population-based study of Chinese population

Community Medicine

PhD

Wang Xuelai

Post-myocardial infarction depression, inflammatory markers and cardiac prognosis in Chinese patients

Community Medicine

MPhil

Liao Qiuyan

Live Poultry Exposure and Avian Influenza (H5N1) Risk Perception in Guangzhou, 2006-2007

Community Medicine

MPhil

Ma Xiaoguang

The Association between Socioeconomic Status and Health-Related Quality of Life among Older People in Hong Kong

Computer Science

PhD

Choi Yi King

Collision Detection for Ellipsoids and Other Quadrics

Computer Science

PhD

Li Wei

A Study of an Active Approach to Speaker and Task Adaptation based on Automatic Analysis of Vocabulary Confusability

Computer Science

PhD

Liang Chen

3D Model Reconstruction from Silhouettes

Computer Science

PhD

Liu Yang

Optimization and Differential Geometry for Geometric Modeling

Computer Science

PhD

Tsang Cheuk Kan Ken

Vertical Handoff in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks with mSCTP

Computer Science

PhD

Tsang Cheuk Man Mark

Multicast Techniques for Bandwidth-demanding Applications in Overlay Networks

Computer Science

PhD

Wong Ka Yan

Positioning patterns from multidimensional data and its applications in meteorology

Computer Science

PhD

Zheng Dayue

Studies on Motion and Deformation in Graphics

Computer Science

MPhil

Cheng Kai Ho

The Chi-square Test when the Expected Frequencies are Less than 5

Computer Science

MPhil

Chui Chun Kit

Mining Frequent Itemsets and Order Preserving Submatrices from Uncertain Data

Computer Science

MPhil

Ho Chun Yin

Group-based Checkpoint/Rollback Recovery for Large Scale Message-passing Systems

Computer Science

MPhil

Li Shuda

Combining Silhouettes and Shading Cues for Model Reconstruction

Computer Science

MPhil

Mak Kin Sum

Energy Efficient Online Deadline Scheduling

Computer Science

MPhil

Siu Man Hung

Finding Motif Pairs from Protein Interaction Networks

Computer Science

MPhil

Siu Wing Yan

Multiple Structural Alignment for Proteins

Computer Science

MPhil

Tam Ming Wai

Scalable Collaborative Filtering using Updatable Indexing

Computer Science

MPhil

Tang Wai Hung

An Anonymity Scheme for File Retrieval Systems

Computer Science

MPhil

Wong Wai Kit

Security in Association Rule Mining

Computer Science

MPhil

Yan Li

On The Traffic Flow Control System

Computer Science

MPhil

Yuk Shun Cho

A Probabilistic Framework for Real-Time Head Shape Detection and Tracking

Computer Science

MPhil

Zhang Hui

Temporal subtraction of chest radiograph using graph cuts and free-form deformations

Dept of Urban Planning & Design

PhD

Wu Yu

Development Zones: The Making of New Industrial Spaces in Transitional China

Earth Sciences

PhD

Beroya Mary Antonette Angue

DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPROACH TO LIQUEFACTION HAZARD ZONATION IN THE PHILIPPINES: APPLICATION TO LAOAG CITY, NORTHERN PHILIPPINES

Earth Sciences

PhD

Chen Kouping

IMPACT OF LAND RECLAMATION ON HYDROGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN COASTAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY IN SHENZHEN, CHINA

Earth Sciences

PhD

Chen Yongye

STUDY ON LUMINESCENCE SIGNALS FROM QUARTZ AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN GEOTHERMOMETRY

Earth Sciences

PhD

Guo Haipeng

GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT AND SUBSURFACE AIR FLOW INDUCED BY LAND RECLAMATION AND TIDAL FLUCTUATION IN COASTAL AQUIFERS

Earth Sciences

PhD

Li Bo

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF OPTICAL DATING USING QUARTZ AND POTASSIUM-FELDSPAR FROM QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS

Earth Sciences

PhD

Pang Kwan Nang

ORIGIN OF THE PERMIAN PANZHIHUA LAYERED GABBROIC INTRUSION AND THE HOSTED Fe-Ti-V OXIDE DEPOSIT, SICHUAN PROVINCE, SW CHINA

Earth Sciences

PhD

Shen Wenlue

POST-OROGENIC EXTENSION IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION (SOUTH CHINA): AN INTEGRATED MORPHOLOGICAL, STRUCTURAL, GEOPHYSICAL AND THERMOCHRON-OLOGICAL STUDY

Earth Sciences

PhD

Zhang Jian

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF THE HENGSHAN-WUTAI-FUPING MOUNTAIN BELT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE TRANS-NORTH CHINA OROGEN

Earth Sciences

PhD

Zhao Junhong

GEOCHEMISTRY OF NEOPROTEROZOIC ARC-RELATED PLUTONS IN THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE YANGTZE BLOCK, SOUTH CHINA

Earth Sciences

MPhil

Chan Mei Ki

GRAVITY AND AEROMAGNETIC MODELLING OF THE LONGMENSHAN FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT, S W CHINA

Earth Sciences

MPhil

Huang Kuan

GEOLOGICAL STUIDES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ALONG THE KYRENIA RANGE, NORTHERN CYPRUS

Earth Sciences

MPhil

Lee Ting

HOLOCENE EVOLUTION OF A HYPERSALINE LAKE: LAGKOR TSO, WESTERN TIBET

Earth Sciences

MPhil

Wong Ping Mei

GEOCHEMISTRY, U-PB AND SR-ND-HF ISOTOPES OF THE BAIJUHUAJIAN A-TYPE GRANITES IN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE: BEGINNING OF THE EXTENSION SINCE LATE JURASSIC

EDU Fac-Speech & Hearing SCI Division

PhD

Fuente Contreras Adrian Nestor

Auditory Damage Associated with Solvent Exposure: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study

EDU Fac-Speech & Hearing SCI Division

MPhil

Chan Shuk Kwan

Effectiveness of a multimedia-based voice therapy program for teachers with voice disorders

EDU Fac-Speech & Hearing SCI Division

MPhil

Han Na

Development of a self-report questionnarie to evaluate hearing aid outcomes in Chinese speakers

Education Faculty

PhD

Che Man Wai

Effects of Mentoring on Teacher Mentors' Development of Expertise in Teaching: Some Experiences from Hong Kong

Education Faculty

PhD

Chow Yin

Investigating and Measuring Motivation in Collaborative Inquiry-based Project Settings

Education Faculty

PhD

Gao Xuesong

From the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong: Understanding Shifts in Mainland Chinese Students' English Learning Strategy Use

Education Faculty

PhD

Gu Ming Yue

The Discursive Construction of English Language Learners' Motivation in China: A Multi-level Perspective

Education Faculty

PhD

King Mark Edward

Transpredjudice in Hong Kong: Chinese Attitudes towards Transgenderism and Transgender Civil Rights

Education Faculty

PhD

Lai Mun Yee

An Exploratory Study into Chinese and English Speaking Children's Visual Perception and Their Spatial and Geometric Conceptions in Piagetian Tasks

Education Faculty

PhD

Lau Chui Shan

From Factional Nationalism to Functional Nationalism - The Transformation of Hong Kong's Nationalism in a Patriotic School

Education Faculty

PhD

Luo Wenshu

The Self-Complexity of Chinese College Students: Conceptualization, Measurement and Adaptational Consequences

Education Faculty

PhD

Mtahabwa Lyabwene

Pre-primary Educational Policy and Practice in Tanzania: Observations from Urban and Rural Pre-primary Schools

Education Faculty

PhD

Niu Ruiying

Effects of Collaborative Output on Chinese EFL Learners' Lexical Learning

Education Faculty

PhD

Sim Seok Hwa

The Use of Blogging to Enhance the Learning of Chinese Writing in Secondary School Students in Singapore中文網誌寫作對提升新加坡中學生寫作能力與態度之成效研究

Education Faculty

PhD

Suen Lee Wa

A Conceptual Model of Private School Leadership - A Study of DSS Secondary Schools in Hong Kong and Minban Middle Schools in Shanghai

Education Faculty

PhD

Tao Hsu Hwa

Cross-border Higher Education in China: Case Study of Learners' Perspectives of a Graduate Business Programme in Shanghai

Education Faculty

PhD

Ye Shengquan

A Longitudinal Study of Subjective Well-being among Chinese University Students: the Roles of Personality, Attribution, and Coping

Education Faculty

PhD

Yu Baohua

Cross-cultural Adaptation and Second Language Acquisition: A Study of International Students in Universities of the People's Republic of China

Education Faculty

PhD

Yu Haibo

Identity and Schooling among the Naxi - Becoming Chinese with Naxi Characteristics

Education Faculty

PhD

Zhang Xiaofeng

The Role of Teacher Appraisal in Teacher Professional Development: A Case Study in Schools in Shanghai

Education Faculty

MPhil

Wong Yuet Ping Vivian

Awareness and Preparedness of Parents and Teachers Concerning Students' Health Education in Hong Kong

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Chen Jianwu

Frequency Synchronization In OFDM-based Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Chen Zhiqiang

Cyclic Prefix in OFDM systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Du Zhaobin

Area COI-based Slow Frequency Dynamics Modeling, Analysis and Emergency Control for Interconnected Power Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Kong Zhen

Design and Analysis of Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Resource Management Algorithms in High Performance Wireless Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Kwok Tai On

Multi-Core Design and Resource Allocation: from Big Core to Ultra-Tiny Core

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Leung Yee Pan

A Study on the Fabrication and Applications of Quasi-One-Dimensional Zinc Selenide Nanostructures

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Mai Fei

3D Reconstruction of Lines, Ellipses, and Curves from Multiple Images

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Ngai Chi Kit

Reinforcement-Learning-Based Autonomous Vehicle Navigation in a Dynamically Changing Environment

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Ngan Yuk Tung

Motif-based Method For Patterned Texture Defect Detection

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Pang Yong

Advance in Two-dimensional RF Pulse Design and Transmit SENSE

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Peng Wei

Non-linear Detection Algorithms for MIMO Multiplexing Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Sun Fanglei

Resource Allocation in Broadband Wireless Networks

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Tang Wing Man

MISiC Schottky-Diode Hydrogen Sensors with Different Gate Insulators

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Tsui Kai Man

Efficient Design and Realization of Digital IFs and Time-interleaved Analog-to-digital Converters for Software Radio Receivers

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Wang Zheng

Chaoization and Stabilization of Electric Motor Drives and Their Industrial Applications

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Wong Yuk Sum

System Design And Energy Management Strategy For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Wu Bin

Algorithm Design in Optical Networking

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Wu Qing

Object-based Coding and Transmission for Plenoptic Videos

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Wu Yin

Investigation of Left Ventricular Heart Structure and Functions Using Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Ye Shuang

Electrical Chaoization and Its Application in Industrial Mixing

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Zhang Zhi

Error Rate Evaluation and Optimization for Space-Time Codes

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Zhang Zhiguo

On Bandwidth and Scale Selection in Processing of Time-varying Signals with Applications

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Zheng Gan

Optimization In Linear Multiuser MIMO Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

PhD

Zhou Huafeng

Design of Grid Service-based Power System Control Centers for Future Electricity Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Chen Liyong

Joint Image/Video inpainting for Error Concealment in Video Coding

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Chen Quan

Efficient Numerical Modeling of Random Surface Roughness for Interconnect Internal Impedance Extraction

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Cheung King Yin Henry

Applications of Photonic Parametric Processors in Optical Communication Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Cheung Wing Tai

Geometric Programming and Signal Flow Graph Assisted Design of Interconnect and Analog Circuits

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Chu Ming Hei

Solder Paste Inspection and 3D Shape Estimation Using Directional LED Lightings

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Fung Cheuk Wai

A Diagrammatic Algorithm for Minimum Sampling Frequency and Quantization Resolution for Digital Control of Power Converters

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Fung Wai Lam

A Novel All-optical Wavelength Exchange in Highly Nonlinear Fiber

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Hui Tak Wai

Solder Paste Inspection Based on Phase Shift Profilometry

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Lui Siu Hong

Analog Circuit Design By Nonconvex Polynomial Optimization: Two Design Examples

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Ma Lingjun

Employment of Scheduling Algorithms and Grouping Scheme for Performance Improvement in Peer-to-Peer File Distribution

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Ng Wai Nap

Micro- and Nano- Light-Emitting Diodes Arrays

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Pan Xinyue

Symbol Synchronization in OFDM-based Systems

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Shen Yijiang

Binary Image Restoration by Positive Semidefinite Programming and Signomial Programming

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Sun Yijiang

Distributed Scheduling in Multihop Ad Hoc Networks

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Zhao Xiaoguang

Probing Biological Structures with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MPhil

Zheng Ying

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Twin Drivers and Biopsy Needle Driver in MR Elastography Applications

English

MPhil

Lau Hor Ying Esther

The Migrant Experience, Identity Politics, and Representation in Postcolonial London: Contemporary British Novels by Zadie Smith, Hanif Kureishi and Monica Ali

English

MPhil

Lee Hoi Ling

Trespassing and Re-defining Boundaries: Edith Wharton's Mobilization of Her Characters against Prejudice and Reproduction

English Centre

PhD

Chik Hsia Hui Alice

How experience shapes individual differences among second language learners: A biographical study of Hong Kong learners in five age groups

Faculty of Dentistry

PhD

Athukorala Arachchi Seneviratne C. J.

Molecular Microbiology of Candida Biofilms

Faculty of Dentistry

PhD

Chai Lei

The Association Between Fc gamma Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Periodontitis

Faculty of Dentistry

PhD

Pan Haobo

Solubility of calcium phosphates and related oral minerals by solid titration

Faculty of Dentistry

PhD

Shi Xiaojian

Reconstruction of ankylotic and resected mandibular condyle by transport distraction osteogenesis

Faculty of Dentistry

PhD

Wong Ho Hang Anthony

Dental care for primary school children in a rural area in China

Faculty of Dentistry

MPhil

Chan Pui Sze

Effects of modified Yunu Jian, a Traditional Chinese Medicine formula, in non-surgical periodontal treatment of smokers with periodontitis

Faculty of Dentistry

MPhil

Lau Wai Ha

Structural Equation Modeling of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire measuring oral health-related quality of life of children in Hong Kong

Geography

PhD

Chan Wing Ho Michael

URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION IN HONG KONG: RECIPROCITY BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE

Geography

PhD

Lee Fung

Climate Change and Chinese Population Growth Dynamics over the Last Millennium

Geography

PhD

Tian Yuhong

Landscape Ecology Assessment and Planning of Urban Green Spaces in Hong Kong

Geography

PhD

Zheng Yanting

China's Extended Metropolitan Regions: Formation and Delimitation

Geography

MPhil

Liao Haifeng

Industrial Cluster of Taiwanese Electronics Firms in Dongguan, China

Geography

MPhil

Low Chien Tat

An Exploratory Study of Environmental Risk Factors to Elderly Falls in Hong Kong - A GIS Case Study of Mong Kok, 2006-2007

Geography

MPhil

Luk Yim Mei

Sport Tourism and Public Health: The Implications of the 4th East Asian Games for Hong Kong

Geography

MPhil

Xie Liou

A Transitional City: the Case Study of Shenzhen, China, 1980-2005

Humanities

PhD

Chan Wai Chung

The Insistence of Literature in Blanchot and Derrida

Humanities

PhD

Cheng Chi Wai Louella Maria

Between History and Fiction: Making Sense of Lao Can You Ji as a Text in Ruins

Humanities

PhD

Chung Fiona

Music Composition and Creative Writing: Exploration and Application of Frames in Music and Word

Humanities

PhD

Elbeshlawy Ahmed Farouk Mohamed K

Imagoes of America: Perceptions, Representations, and the Problems of the Ideal Ego

Humanities

PhD

Fok Siu Har Silvia

Performance Art and the Body in Contemporary China

Humanities

PhD

Jordan Peter Edward Rees

The Pantalone Code: Patrician Fatherhood Unmasked in Sixteenth-Century Venice

Humanities

PhD

Koh Eun Kang

Behavior and Self-Constitution in Early Chinese Ethics

Humanities

PhD

Pei Kong Ngai

Fictional Characters and their Names: A Defense of the Fact Theory

Humanities

PhD

Yang Yuanzheng

Japonifying the Qin: The Appropriation of Chinese Qin Music in Tokugawa Japan

Humanities

MPhil

Carroll Catherine Jing Yi

An examination of expressivist accounts of normativity and motivation

Humanities

MPhil

Chan Ming Kei Kevin

The Perception and Production of Lexical Stress by Cantonese Speakers of English

Humanities

MPhil

Ching Hoi Lam Helen

The Advantages of Topicalization: An Experimental Study of Sentence Processing in Cantonese

Humanities

MPhil

Ding Wen

A Developmental Study of Phonological Activation in Chinese Character Recognition

Humanities

MPhil

Fu Lok Yi Alice

Contemporary Cantopop: Reception of Crossover Music in Hong Kong

Humanities

MPhil

Ho Yi Hsing Joan

Art and the Taiping Rebellion

Humanities

MPhil

Ko Yeung Katherine

From 'Slavery' to 'Girlhood'?: Age, Gender and Race in Chinese and Western Representations of the Mui Tsai Phenomenon, 1879-1941

Humanities

MPhil

Kwok Yin Ning

Concepts of Realism and the Reception of John Constable's Landscape Paintings

Humanities

MPhil

Leung Tai Wai David

Memory, Aesthetics and Musical Quotation: Four Case Studies in 20th Century Music

Humanities

MPhil

Maetani Masumi

Transformation in the Aesthetics of Tea Culture in Japan

Humanities

MPhil

Mok Kei Hon

Algorithmic Music Composition Using XML: A Constraint-Based Approach

Humanities

MPhil

Stephens Daniel Jeremy

Realism, Relativism and Dao: A Look at Language and Normative Social Philosophy in Rorty and Ancient China

Humanities

MPhil

Sung Ka Yee Rosa

On the Prosodic and Thematic Properties of Post-Completion Constituents in Focus-First Constructions in Cantonese 粵語焦點先行句句末後成分韻律及信息結構特徵研究

Humanities

MPhil

Tam Ho Leung

Realism, Death, and the Novel: Policing and Doctoring in the Nineteenth Century

Humanities

MPhil

Tang Man Ching Tiffany

Punctuating Experience: Memory in Faulkner, Proust, Resnais

Humanities

MPhil

Tsang Chiu Long

The Limits of Fertility: Birth Control in Hong Kong, 1945-1997

Humanities

MPhil

Tsang Wing Yi

Jewish Imagery and Orientalism in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century European Art

Humanities

MPhil

Tse Ping Ping

Homophone Effects in Cantonese-English Bilinguals

Humanities

MPhil

Wong Chun Leung

Empire And Identity: British Elite Representations Of "Colonizer" And "Colonized" In Hong Kong, 1880-1941

Humanities

MPhil

Wong Yu Bon Nicholas

The Pomobody: Body Parts, Desire and Fetishism

Humanities

MPhil

Yung Kai Chung Kenneth

Personal Sympathy and National Interests: The Formation and Evolution of Congressman Walter H. Judd's Anti-Communism, 1925-1963

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

PhD

Li Li

Evolutionary Optimization Methods for Mass Customizing Platform Products

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

PhD

Su Wei

Partner Selection and Production-Distribution Planning for the Design of Optimal Supply Networks

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

PhD

Wong Tse Chiu

An Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for Assembly Job Shop Scheduling with Lot Streaming Technique

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

MPhil

Chen Wanli

GAME-THEORETIC INVESTIGATION INTO COMPETITION AND COORDINATION IN TOURISM SUPPLY CHAINS FOR PACKAGE HOLIDAYS

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

MPhil

Ngai Ka Kui

Web-Based Intelligent Decision Support System for Optimization of Polishing Process Planning

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

MPhil

Poon Chun Hin

An RFID-Based Track-and-Trace Anti-Counterfeiting System

Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

MPhil

Xu Duo

An Agent-based Tool for China's Express Delivery SMEs

Journalism & media studies centre

PhD

Cho Li-fung

The Emergence, Influence and Limitations of Watchdog Journalism in Post-1992 China: A Case Study of Southern Weekend

Journalism & media studies centre

MPhil

Feng Guangchao

A Technical Analysis of China's Internet Censorship

Law

PhD

Shao Li

Corporate Governance in China's Listed Companies : Ownership Structure and Market Disciplines

Law

PhD

Tiba Firew Kebede

Multiplicity of International Courts and Tribunals: Implications for the Coherent Application of Public International Law

Law

PhD

Xia Chunli

Autonomous Legislatures under China's Regional Ethnic Autonomy: Law, Reality and Potential

Law

MPhil

Li Jing

China's Antitrust Measures on Foreign Mergers and Acquisitions

Law

MPhil

Yu Yueting

Realization of Mortgage Rights amid PRC Bankruptcy Proceedings

Mathematics

PhD

Gong Shengjun

LINEAR COORDINATES, TEST ELEMENTS, RETRACTS AND AUTOMORPHIC ORBITS

Mathematics

PhD

Yau Chin Ko

SUPERRESOLUTION IMAGING: MODELS AND ALGORITHMS

Mathematics

MPhil

Chan Tsz On Mario

ON HILBERT MODULAR SURFACES WHICH ARE OF THE GENERAL TYPE

Mathematics

MPhil

Cheong Chi Weng

SEPARATING MAPS BETWEEN FUNCTION SPACES

Mathematics

MPhil

Li Tang

MARKOV CHAIN MODELS FOR RE-MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT

Mathematics

MPhil

Ng Ka Chun

TOTAL POSITIVITY IN SOME CLASSICAL GROUPS

Mathematics

MPhil

Tsang Chiu Yin

FATOU-SHISHIKURA INEQUALITY

Mathematics

MPhil

Wang Mingxi

FACTORIZATIONS OF FINITE MAPPINGS ON RIEMANN SURFACES

Mathematics

MPhil

Xu Chen

ON A MEAN VALUE OF TWISTED AUTOMORPHIC L-FUNCTIONS

Mathematics

MPhil

Zhu Minyue

MANPOWER PLANNING FOR AIRPORT BAGGAGE SERVICE: DATA MODELS, GOAL PROGRAMMING MODELS AND DSS

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Chow Hon Nin

Computer Aided Modelling of Porous Structures

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

He Xuejian

Haptic Modeling for Virtual Manufacturing

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Hu Ruilong

Scale and stress effects on the behavior of ferromagnetic materials

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Li Xianxiang

Large-Eddy Simulation of Wind Flow and Air Pollutant Transport inside Urban Street Canyons of Different Aspect Ratios

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Mok Hing Tung

Online Fault Detection and Isolation of Nonlinear Systems based on Neurofuzzy Networks

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Shu Zhan

Exponential Estimates and Synthesis of Dynamic Systems with Time Delay and Stochasticity

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Song Yicheng

The behavior and properties of ferroelectric single crystals and ferroelectric nano-composites

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Xie Xiaojian

Evaporation and Movement of Respiratory Droplets in Indoor Environments

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Xie Yinghong

MD SIMULATIONS OF BIO-NANO-SYSTEM: CONTROLLABLE TRANSLOCATION AND SELECTIVE SEPARATION OF SINGLE-STRANDED DNAS THROUGH A POLARIZED CNT MEMBRANE

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Xu Ziwen

Phase transformation and properties of magnetron co-sputtered GeSi thin films

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Yang Zaiyue

Fault Detection, Estimation and Control of Periodically Excited Nonlinear Systems

Mechanical Engineering

PhD

Zuo Le

A Statistical Study on Incipient Plasticity of Metals

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Chan Cheuk Ming

Controlled Protein Release from Collagen Matrix

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Deng Yun

Design Optimization of a Micro Wind Turbine using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Fu Yongxiao

A Haptic-Based Approach for the Conceptual Design of Multi-Material Products

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Hui Ting Yan

In Vitro Chondrogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Collagen Gels

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Lam Chun Kit

The Dynamics of Wave Propagation in an Inhomogeneous Medium: the Complex Ginzburg-Landau Model

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Lam Tsz Fung

Nesting of 2D parts with Complex Geometry and Material Heterogeneity

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Tang Libo

Compliant Mechanism Modeling and Applications with Haptic Aided Evaluation

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Yang Jiazhen

On the development of water waves generated by a submerged moving body in a two-layer fluid system

Mechanical Engineering

MPhil

Zhuang Houlong

First-Principles Studies of Metal-Carbon Nanotube Systems

Medicine

PhD

Chan Yau Chi

Cellular Electrophysiology of Cardiac Pacemaker Channel - Implications on Novel Drug and Gene Therapies Development

Medicine

PhD

Cheung Ching Lung

Genetic Linkage and Association Studies to Identify Candidate Genes for Bone Mineral Density Variation in Southern Chinese

Medicine

PhD

Cheung Man Sze

Characterization of leukemic stem cells in acute myeloid leukemia

Medicine

PhD

Cheung Ting Kin

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in Chinese: its management and impact

Medicine

PhD

Chu Chi Yuen Andrew

A study on mitochondrial uncoupling protein 4 (UCP4) in parkinsonian models

Medicine

PhD

Jin Ou

The role of Peripheral Dendritic Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Medicine

PhD

Kee Francis

Molecular Pathology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Medicine

PhD

Lui Sing Leung

Therapeutic Potential of Rapamycin in Renal Parenchymal Diseases - insights from murine models of lupus nephritis, adriamycin nephropathy and renal ischemia reperfusion injury

Medicine

PhD

Tao Rong

The Physiological Roles of Ca2+ Signaling and Functional Ion Channels in Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Medicine

PhD

Zhou Huali

Reverse Cholesterol Transport in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Medicine

MPhil

Chan Chu Fung

Neuroprotective effects of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in a mice stroke model

Medicine

MPhil

Chan Wai Long

The protective role of bone morphogenetic protein-7 against mesangial cell injury in IgA nephropathy

Medicine

MPhil

Chen Hua

Relationship between Psychological Status and Vascular Function in Subjects with and without Cardiovascular Diseases

Medicine

MPhil

Chen Jingbo

Calcium Signaling Pathways and Cell Proliferation in Human Cardiac Fibroblast

Medicine

MPhil

Cheung Kwok Fan

Anti-Fibrogenic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine 319 Recipe

Medicine

MPhil

Kavikondala Sushma

Dendritic Cell and B Cell Interactions in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Medicine

MPhil

Lau Tik Yan Ivy

Macrophage-adipocyte cross-talk in the initiation of obesity-related insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: role of adiponectin

Medicine

MPhil

Ng Kit Ying

Neuroprotective effects of adiponectin in focal cerebral ischemia

Microbiology

PhD

Chen Hon Kwan Jonathan

Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 and Characterization of Drug Resistant HIV-1 in Hong Kong

Microbiology

PhD

Huang Yi

In silico analysis of a novel human coronavirus, coronavirus HKU1

Microbiology

PhD

Jayawardena Shanthie

Control of Influenza: Detection and Antivirals

Microbiology

PhD

Wong Hiu Ling Beatrice

Development of Antibody and Antigen Detection Assays and Vaccines for SARS Associated Coronavirus

Microbiology

PhD

Xu Kemin

Prevalence of H9N2 Influenza A Viruses in Poultry in Southern China: Implications for the Emergence of a New Pandemic Influenza

Microbiology

MPhil

Lam Suk Fun

Discovery and complete genome sequence of a novel group of coronavirus

Microbiology

MPhil

Lau Lai Shan

Identification of small molecule inhibitors of influenza A viruses by chemical genetics

Microbiology

MPhil

Wong Chun Wai

Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from food animals and humans

Modern Languages and Cultures

PhD

Macnaughton Andrew Stewart

Company and Personal Character in the Eikaiwa Industry: An Ethnography of a Private Language School in Japan

Modern Languages and Cultures

MPhil

Fukue Natsuko

Young, Cute and Sexy: Constructing Images of Japanese Women in Hong Kong Print Media

Modern Languages and Cultures

MPhil

Young Hiu Tung

Problems of Translating Contemporary Japanese Comics into Chinese: The Case of Crayon Shinchan

Modern Languages and Cultures

MPhil

Zhou Fang

Once were Japanese: a Study of the Elder Native Taiwanese

Nursing Studies

MPhil

Guo Nan

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice (KAP) and Organizational Support on delivering smoking cessation services on Guangzhou Health care professionals

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Chan Yuk Ling

Effects of hypoxia and hyperglycemia on proliferation and expression of glucose-related signaling molecules in extravillous trophoblast cell line in vitro

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Chow Wang Ngai

A study on the in vivo and in vitro Embryotrophic Effect of Complement-3 (C3)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Gao Jing

Effect of acupuncture on the spermatogenesis of heat-treated rodent testis

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Lee Boon Hang Simon

Ethical decision-making of advanced maternal age pregnant women in prenatal testing for Down syndrome: a quantitative-qualitative study

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Lee Chi Wai

Impact of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Placental Thioredoxin System

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Tam Vernon Craig Goodheart

Identification of a Glycodelin-C binding molecule on Human Spermatozoa

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Wei Na

Oestrogen receptor subtypes in ovarian cancer

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

MPhil

Yeung Tin Wai

Use of three-dimensional ultrasound in the prediction of homozygous alpha0-thalassemia

Orthopaedics and Traumatology

PhD

Yang Fan

Intervertebral disc regeneration using mesenchymal stem cells - A mouse model study

Orthopaedics and Traumatology

MPhil

Chan Chun Wai

In-vitro Study of the Cryopreserved Intervertebral Disc

Orthopaedics and Traumatology

MPhil

Wong Hoi Man

Surface modification of biodegradable metallic material

Orthopaedics and Traumatology

MPhil

Yuen Chi Keung

Opportunities and limitations of "resorbable" metallic implant: risk assessment, biocorrosion and biocompatibility, and new directions with relevance to tissue engineering and injury management techniques

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

PhD

Cheung Ka Wa Benny

Immune Regulation in Response to Mycobacterial Infection

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

PhD

Chong Wai Po

Tolerogenic and inflammatory properties of natural killer cells after interacting with apoptotic cells and immunoglobulin G opsonized apoptotic cells

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

PhD

Tso Hoi Wan

Effects of Phagocytosis of Apoptotic Cells by Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Osteogenesis and T cells Responses

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Chan Mei Po

Modulation of Bacillus Calmette Guerin-induced Immune Evasion

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Chan Tung Lei

Promoter Characterization of Testis Specific Protein, Y-linked Like 2 (Tspyl2)

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Chiu Peng Hang Raymond

Identification of Protein-Interacting partners of Testis-Specific Protein Y-encoded Like 2 (TSPYL2)

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Kwok Hin

Characterization of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Strains in Primary EBV Infection

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Lee Wing Yan

Association of Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms with Susceptibility and Disease Progression in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Siu Ho On

The Role of Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 Gene Polymorphisms in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Wong Chu Hei

Effects of Anoikis Stress on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

MPhil

Yip Kit Yan

Identification of the Protein Interacting Partners of Testis Specific Protein, Y-encoded Like-2 (TSPYL2)

Pathology

PhD

Chan Kwan Yi Queeny

Molecular studies on endometrial and ovarian carcinogenesis

Pathology

PhD

Ching Chi Yun Johannes

Study of host genetic susceptibility to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infection

Pathology

PhD

Li Sze Wing Vivian

Profiling of Gene Expression Changes in Human Colon Crypt Maturation and Study of Their Dysregulation in Tumourigenesis

Pathology

PhD

Liao Xiaoyun

Hedgehog Signaling Pathway and Epigenetic Studies in Ovarian Carcinomas and Endometrial Carcinomas

Pathology

PhD

Liu Wei

Genetic Analysis of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes in Breast Cancer of Hong Kong Chinese

Pathology

PhD

Lo Kam Chun

Role of Natural Killer (NK) Cells in the Development of Autoimmune Arthritis

Pathology

PhD

Tam Yee San Issan

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations and phosphorylation pattern in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Pathology

PhD

Tung Kwok Kwan

Epigenetic Inactivation and Tumor Suppressive Roles of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitors (HAIs) in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Pathology

PhD

Yang Cuihong

Regulation of Autoimmune Responses by Dendritic cells and Regulatory T cells in Murine Models of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Pathology

PhD

Yuen Hiu Fung

Roles of TWIST in prostate cancer progression

Pathology

MPhil

Au Kwan Ip

An autopsy-based retrospective study of injury patterns of homicides in Hong Kong: Injury patterns, severity, and prediction of relationship with the offender

Pathology

MPhil

Au Wing Han

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/Tropomyosin-related kinase B (TrkB) signaling in ovarian cancer

Pathology

MPhil

Chiu Kam Hung

Genetic aberrations in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia as prognostic markers

Pathology

MPhil

Tsang Hon Man

Studies of MII-Een Fusion Gene in a Conditional Mouse Model of Human Leukemia

Pathology

MPhil

Wong Chun Nin

Analyses of influenza viral cytopathic effect in human lower respiratory tract

Pathology

MPhil

Wong Lai Ting

Study of the role of the tumor suppressor Phosphatase and Tensin Homology (PTEN) in hepatocellular carcinoma

Pathology

MPhil

Wong Yin Chi

Significance of LRP6 coreceptor upregulation in the aberrant activation of Wnt signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma

Pharmacology

PhD

Chan Lai Yin

Acute Actions of Osthole in the Modulation of the Vascular System

Pharmacology

PhD

Tai Kin Ki

Defining the protective role of cathelicidin on ulcerative colitis in mice

Pharmacology

PhD

Wong Pui Shan Helen

Study of the role of B-adrenoceptors in the promotion of colon cancer growth

Pharmacology

MPhil

Kopaniszen Malgorzata

Protective effect of green tea polyphenols on dinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (DNBS)-induced colitis in mice

Pharmacology

MPhil

Li Wai Sum Rachel

Control of adenosine in human umbilical vein endothelial cells during inflammation

Pharmacology

MPhil

Qu Chen

Modulation of endothelium-dependent contractions by chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthase in the rat aorta

Physics

PhD

Bao Yunjuan

THEORECTICAL STUDY OF SPIN TRANSPORT IN LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS

Physics

PhD

Guertler Siegfried

LARGE SCALE COMPUTER-SIMULATIONS OF MANY-BODY BOSE AND FERMI SYSTEMS AT LOW TEMPERATURE

Physics

PhD

Hong Kunquan

SYNTHESIS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL TUNGSTEN OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES

Physics

PhD

Li Jian

SPIN TRANSPORT IN MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS WITH SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING

Physics

PhD

Nahid Farzana

THE TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF POSITRONIUM FORMATION IN HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE

Physics

PhD

Ning Jiqiang

APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY TO STUDIES OF ELECTRONIC AND VIBRATIONAL STATES IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES

Physics

PhD

Shangguan Minhui

CHARGE AND SPIN TRANSPORT IN MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS

Physics

PhD

Yang Duanjie

STUDY OF RADIATION EFFECTS ON POLYURETHANES BY POSITRON ANNIHILATION TECHNIQUES

Physics

PhD

Zhou Taojun

ALL-ELECTRON AND FULL-POTENTIAL POSITRON ANNIHILATION CALCULATIONS FOR INTRINSIC AND DEFECTIVE ZINC AND ZINC OXIDE

Physics

MPhil

Chan Vincent Hok Hin

THE STUDY ON THE COOPERATIVE PHENOMENA OF THE HYPOTHESIS TESTING MINORITY GAME

Physics

MPhil

Chen Dan

A NOVEL DESIGN OF A VARIABLE ENERGY POSITRON LIFETIME BEAM

Physics

MPhil

Gu Qilin

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TREATMENT INDUCED RECTIFYING BEHAVIOR OF Au/n-ZnO CONTACT

Physics

MPhil

Hsu Yuk Fan

ZINC OXIDE NANORODS AND TETRAPODS: PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

Physics

MPhil

Hu Kaige

OPTICALLY-INJECTED SPIN CURRENT AND ITS SCATTERING EFFECT IN SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS

Physics

MPhil

Leung Ai Chi Angela

ATOMIC STRUCTURE STUDIES OF HOLMIUM ON SI(III) SURFACE BY LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERSON INVERSION AT MULTIPLE INCIDENT ANGLES

Physics

MPhil

Li To

SEARCH FOR QUASISOFT X-RAY SOURCES IN THE GALACTIC CENTER

Physics

MPhil

Mak Suet Ying

X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF THE STARBURST GALAXY IC 342

Physics

MPhil

Shi Min

GROWTH OF AllnN AND ZINC BLENDE GaN BY MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY

Physics

MPhil

So Chun Keung

DEFECT STUDY OF ZINC OXIDE BULK MATERIALS BY POSITRON LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY

Physics

MPhil

Tam Kai Hang

ZINC OXIDE NANORODS: HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS

Physics

MPhil

Tian Xiaolei

SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS RESULTING FROM PHASE-INDUCED COLLAPSE OF NEUTRON STARS

Physics

MPhil

Tsang Hei Man

SIMULATIONS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS FOR COSMIC-RAY AND PARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS IN UNDERGROUND LABORATORIES

Physics

MPhil

Wong Hon Chi Heymans

STUDIES OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES AND THE CALIBRATION OF NEUTRON DETECTORS IN UNDERGROUND LABORATORIES

Physics

MPhil

Wu Di

THEORETICAL STUDIES OF ELECTRONIC TUNNELING PROPERTIES IN MONOLAYER AND BILAYER GRAPHENE LATTICES

Physics

MPhil

Zeng Hualing

OPTICAL PROPERTIES STUDY OF SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES

Physics

MPhil

Zhang Shimin

MODEL OF HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM YOUNG PLUSARS

Physics

MPhil

Zhu Congyong

DEEP LEVEL DEFECTS STUDY OF ARSENIC IMPLANTED ZnO SINGLE CRYSTAL

Physiology

PhD

Hung Ming Wai

Protective effects of melatonin on hippocampal and vascular injuries induced by chronic and intermittent hypoxia in rats

Physiology

PhD

Li Yuk Yin

Adrenomedullin in the Rat Reproductive Systems and the Changes of the Gene Expression of Adrenomedullin and its Receptor Components During Ageing

Physiology

PhD

Tjong Yung Wui

Mechanisms of attenuated large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel activity in rat hippocampal CAI pyramidal neurons in chronic intermittent hypoxia

Physiology

PhD

Tsang Sharon

Role of testosterone and its interaction with adrenoceptor in protection against ischaemic insult and contractile function of the heart

Physiology

MPhil

Chow Hei Man

The Effects of Ageing and High-Fat Diet on the Gene Expression of Adrenomedullin and its Receptor Components in Rat Skeletal Muscles and Adipose Tissues

Physiology

MPhil

Lau Chun Hung Barry

Excitation Contraction Coupling of Ventricular Myocyte in Septic Shock – Role of a Change in Calcium Cycling System

Physiology

MPhil

Ma Yan

Role of the Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Pathway in the Cardioprotective Effect of Estrogen

Physiology

MPhil

Yuen Ying Lai

Role of Chondroitin Sulfates in the Projection of Vestibular Commissures during Embryonic Hindbrain Development

Politics and Public Administration

PhD

Chan Ha Kwan

Explaining the Policy Dynamics of Administrative Reorganization in Hong Kong: An Institutional Analysis of Policy Stasis and Punctuation

Politics and Public Administration

PhD

Lin Tingjin

Explaining the Intra-Provincial Inequality of Financing Compulsory Education in China: the Role of Finance Reform, Personnel Rules and Provincial Leaders, 1994-2001

Psychiatry

PhD

Cheung Charlton

Diffusion tensor imaging pre-processing methods and application in autism research

Psychiatry

PhD

Cheung Vinci

Structural white matter abnormalities in never-medicated patients with first-episode schizophrenia: a diffusion tensor imaging study

Psychiatry

PhD

Lee Chu Kee Angel

Incidence, Predictors and Implications of Depression After Stroke

Psychiatry

MPhil

Geng Ying

The Health-Related Quality of Life of Liver Transplantation Recipients in Hong Kong: A Follow-up and Cross-Sectional Study

Psychology

PhD

Au Kin Chung

Stand Up or Give In? Combining Self Salience and Opponent's Stance in Understanding Interpersonal Conflict Processes

Psychology

PhD

Kong Lingyue

The Role of Phonology in Access to Chinese Character Meaning

Psychology

PhD

Ku Yee Lai

Critical Thinking of Chinese Students: Conceptualization, Assessment and Instruction

Psychology

PhD

Leung Kwok Keung

The Neural Basis of Attention Bias toward Mood-Congruent Information in People with Major Depressive Disorder

Psychology

PhD

Lo Lap Yan

Tonal Perception and Its Implication for Linguistic Relativity

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Chui Yuk Chee Jamie

Perception of Light Pollution in Hong Kong: An Empirical Study

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Hui Ken

Court Decisions on Building Contract Disputes: A Coasian Empirical Analysis

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Hung Wing Yee

Communicative Planning for Sustainable Development: A Coasian Hong Kong Study on Planning by Contract in Action

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Kwong Wai Chun

Voluntary and Imposed Racial Segregation Zoning: A Coasian-Olson Hong Kong Comparative Empirical Study

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Leung King Ngai

The Determinants of Shopping Centre Performance: An Expert System

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Li Siu Ping

Crimes and High-Density Urban Living: An Empirical Study

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Liu Hoi Ling

Evaluating the Impacts of Zoning on Land Value: A Hong Kong Case Study, 1987-2005

Real Estate & Construction

PhD

Man King Fai

The effects of Political Business Cycle in the United States on Hong Kong's Property Market

Real Estate & Construction

MPhil

Yu Wing Chi

Contractual Arrangements in Shopping Centre Leasing in Hong Kong: A Transaction Cost Perspective

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Chan Hoi Lam

SUPPLY-SIDE ECOLOGY AND ONSHORE SELECTION OF Tetraclita japonica japonica (CRUSTACEA: CIRRIPEDIA) IN HONG KONG

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Chan Ka Wang Eric

RIPARIAN INSECTS AND PREDATION BY INSECTIVORES: ENERGY TRANSFERS ACROSS TROPICAL LAND-WATER ECOTONES

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Chen Guanqun

LIPID AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITION AND THEIR BIOSYNTHESES IN RELATION TO CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION IN THE MICROALGAE NITZSCHIA LAEVIS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) AND HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS (CHLOROPHYCEAE)

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Chu Yan Shuen Jessica

SECRETIN: A PUTATIVE FACTOR IN REGULATING BODY WATER HOMEOSTASIS

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Fan Rong

THE ROLES OF 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE ISOGENES IN THE FLOWER AND FRUIT DEVELOPMENT IN TOMATOES

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Huang Wuyang

TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI: ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION, AND BIOASSAY

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Hung Ka Yiu Samuel

HABITAT USE OF INDO-PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHINS (Sousa chinensis) IN HONG KONG

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Kwok Sui Yi

PROTEOMIC STUDY OF Burkholderia sp. MBA4 IN THE DEGRADATION OF HALOACIDS

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Lau Chun Pong

APPLICATIONS OF STOICHIOMETRY, STABLE ISOTOPES, AND FATTY ACIDS FOR ELUCIDATING THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOCHTHONOUS AND AUTOCHTHONOUS RESOURCES IN HONG KONG STREAMS

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Li Yick Yeung

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND CO-INFECTION OF NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS IN HONG KONG

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Pon Yuen Lam

THE ROLE OF CADHERINS AND CATENINS IN OVARIAN SURFACE EPITHELIUM AND OVARIAN CANCER

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Shan Bin

ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIBACTERIAL CAPACITIES OF SPICE AND MEDICINAL HERB EXTRACTS AND THEIR POTENTIAL APPLICATION AS NATURAL FOOD PRESERVATIVES

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Shen Pingping

BENTHIC INFAUNAL COMMUNITY AT AN INTERTIDAL MUDFLAT AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE DOMINANT SPECIES Neanthes glandicincta (POLYCHAETA)

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Siu Kwan Yin

THE DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A KNOCKOUT MODEL FOR SECRETIN

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Sui Zhongquan

THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STARCHY FOODS IN RELATION TO TEXTURE AND DIGESTIBILITY

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Sun Caiyun

LUTHEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR AND ITS FUNCTIONAL ROLE IN GONADOTROPHIN-INDUCED GROWTH HORMONE GENE TRANSCRIPTION IN GRASS CARP

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Surveswaran Siddharthan

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS OF ASCLEPIADOIDEAE FROM INDIA

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Sze Kit Ling

TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATIONS OF CELL-JUNCTION PROTEINS IN MAMMALIAN TESTES

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Wang Qiufan

MECHANISMS OF JUNCTIONAL RESTRUCTURING AT THE SERTOLI-SERTOLI AND SERTOLI-GERM CELL INTERFACES DURING SPERMATOGENESIS

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Wang Zhenggang

THE STUDIES OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF INFLUENZA

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Xiao Shi

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ARABIDOPSIS ACYL-COENZYME A BINDING PROTEINS

School of Biological Sciences

PhD

Yuen Sze Nga

STUDY OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED NON-STARCH POLYSACCHARIDES

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Chan Kam Ho

A STUDY OF PLANT PHYTASES IN Arabidopsis thaliana

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Cheng Tak Him Terence

NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECT OF GREEN TEA EXTRACTS

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Choi Kin Sang

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE LOLIGINID SQUID, Uroteuthis (Photololigo) duvauceli (ORBIGNY, 1835) IN HONG KONG WATERS

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Faan Yun Wing

ISOLATION AND CHRACTERIZATION OF GENES THAT AFFECTED THE GROWTH OF Burkholderia SPECIES MBA4 BY TRANSPOSON

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Fok Man Sze

BASELINE SURVEY OF FISH JUVENILE ASSEMBLAGES IN TOLO HARBOUR AND CHANNEL, HONG KONG

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Jor Wing Yan

PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS ON HUMAN HEPATOCARCINOMA

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Lee Yee Ki

THE EFFECT OF DIETARY FATTY ACIDS ON METASTATIC HEPATOCELLULAR

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Li Kam Bun

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS (SARS-CoV) SPIKE PROTEIN AND ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME 2 (ACE2) TOWARDS THE VIRAL INFECTION

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Li Oi Yee

SHREDDERS AND LEAF LITTER BREAKDOWN IN HONG KONG STREAMS

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

So King Yip Ken

GENE ORGANIZATION OF THE LOBSTER (Homarus americanus) GONAD INHIBITING HORMONE, AND ITS FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS IN RELATION TO VITELLOGENESIS BY RNA INTERFERENCE

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Tan Qian

PURIFICATION OF 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID N-MALONYLTRANSFERASE FROM MUNG BEAN HYPOCOTYLS

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Wan Kai Fung

HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR AND MET RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA CELL MIGRATION AND INVASION

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Wang Yang

TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE-B IN MOUSE TESTICULAR CELLS

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Wong Chi Chun

ISOLATION OF SAPONINS FROM SOLANUM MAMMOSUM AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THEIR ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES BY PROTEOMICS

School of Biological Sciences

MPhil

Ye Yisha

PROTEOMICS STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF FISH OIL AND CORN OIL ENRICHED DIET ON MEMBRANOUS NEPHRITIS

School of Business

PhD

Chan Wa

Three Studies on Understanding Customer Relationship Management in Services: Customer-Firm Affection, Customer-Staff Proximity, and Customer Co-Production

School of Business

PhD

Chen Xi

Using Data Mining of Techniques to Discover Customer Behavioral Patterns for Direct Marketing in Mobile Telecommunication Industry

School of Business

PhD

Dong Chuoyan

Current Challenges in Channel Relationships

School of Business

PhD

Li Chung Man David

A transaction cost perspective of B2C e-commerce

School of Business

PhD

Qi Cong

Exploring the Effects of Relationship and Contract issues on the Success of IT Outsourcing - An Exploratory Study in China

School of Business

PhD

Yang Zhi

Essays on China's Collectively-Owned Enterprises

School of Chinese Medicine

MPhil

Chen Haiyong

Erxian Decoction for Menopause: Systematic Review and Mechanistic Study in Estradiol Bio-synthesis In Vitro

School of Chinese Medicine

MPhil

Lau Ping Woi Echo

The anti-cancer effect of berberine in a human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line HONE 1

School of Chinese Medicine

MPhil

Yeung Wai Song

Abuse of Wushi Powder in Old China: Archival Analysis using Qualitative Approach

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Cheung Tant Tat Hyman

Cross-country Income Differences, Corruption and Misallocation of Talents

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Ding Yan

Measuring the Long- and Short-Run Effects of Monetary Policy on Real Economic Activity in China

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

He Yumei

Essays on Public Infrastructure, Industrial Location and Regional Development

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Kong Xiaowei

Two Essays on Managerial Education Effect in Chinese Public Listed Companies

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Li Chuntao

Two Essays on Auditing Quality in China's Auditing Market for Listed Firms

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Tao Libin

Essays on Microstructure of Hong Kong Markets

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Xia Le

Two Essays in Financial Economics

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Xu Jin

Distress Risk and Value Premium: Evidence from Japan

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Yick Ho Yin

Tax Asymmetry, Investment Decisions and Capital Structure

School of Economics and Finance

PhD

Zhao Wenli

Is Earnings Surprise the Real King? Post-Earnings Announcement Drift on the Hong Kong Stock Market

School of Economics and Finance

MPhil

Li Lok Man Jennifer

Schedule Delay of Work Trips in Hong Kong: An Empirical Analysis

School of Economics and Finance

MPhil

Mak Ho Nam

Zipf's Law under Migration

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Chan Yu

An Exploratory Study on Spirituality and Psychosocial Well-being in Chinese Breast Cancer Patients

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Cheng Fucai

Negotiating exclusion: an ethnographic study of the street children in Shanghai, China

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Ding Hua

In the trend of "Socializing Social Welfare" Policy: A study on service quality and social capital of Society-run home for the aged in Beijing, China

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Fu Wai

Data-mining as a methodology for explaining written narratives: an application on understanding the breast cancer experience among Hong Kong Chinese women

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Fung Cheung Tim

Recovery from Chronic Drug Abuse - Lifestyle Change in Relapse Prevention

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Goh Chor Leng Esther

Dynamics among children and their multiple caregivers: An ethnographic study of childrearing in urban Xiamen, China

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Ho Oi Chu Jessica

An Exploratory Study on the Breaking of the Cycle of Intergenerational Transmission of Child Abuse

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Hu Chiyi

The Impact of Migration and Mental Disorders on Suicidal Behaviors: An Epidemiological Survey among General Population in Shenzhen, China

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Huen Wai Po

The Changing Role of Women and Its Effect on the Gender-Biased Social Policy in Japan

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Hui Choi Wai Hing

THE TRANSITION TO MOTHERHOOD FOR CHINESE WOMEN

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Leung Pui Yu Pamela

Experiences and Meaning Reconstruction among Chinese Women with Breast Cancer in Hong Kong

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Ngai Timothy Kin Che

An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Relationship between Depressed Early Adolescents and their Mothers in Hong Kong

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Pan Jiayan

Acculturation and Resilience of Mainland Chinese Postgraduate students in Hong Kong

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Pei Yuxin

Born in the 70's: Sexuality of Young Women in Contemporary Shanghai

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Tse Lee Shing

Irrational Beliefs and Psychosocial Adjustment of People with Spinal Cord Injuries

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Wong Oi Ling

Childhood Obesity in a Family Context: An Exploratory Study in Hong Kong

Social Work and Social Administration

PhD

Yuen Helena Suk Yee

Buddhist mediation: A transformative approach to conflict resolution

Social Work and Social Administration

MPhil

Chen Wei

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF THE OLDER PEOPLE UNDER URBAN RENEWAL IN CHINA: A CASE STUDY OF NANJING

Social Work and Social Administration

MPhil

Ko Pik Kei

The role of the Internet as a communication tools in parent-child relationship at the later stages of the family life cycle

Social Work and Social Administration

MPhil

Zhong Xiaofang

An Exploratory Study on the Change of Family Rituals among Divorced Parent Families in Beijing

Sociology

PhD

Islam Md. Nazrul

Repackaging ayurveda in the post-colonial India: Revivalism and global commodification

Sociology

PhD

Wong Kam Bill

Bureaucratic Corruption: An Analysis of Taishinin Judgments

Sociology

PhD

Wong Wai Ling

Making Home: Three Generations of Chinese Immigrant Women in Hong Kong

Sociology

MPhil

Bax Trent Malcolm

SEX AND WORK IN THE CITY: Shanghai's Service Industry and the Chinese Modern Project. An Ethnography of Chinese Hairdressers and Australian Blokes

Sociology

MPhil

Cheung Yee Tak

Suicidal Behaviours Among Illicit Drug Users

Sociology

MPhil

Huang Yedan

Return Migration: A Case Study of "Sea Turtles" in Shanghai

Sociology

MPhil

Leung Ka Bo Corrina

Hong Kong Heroin Users: Acquiring and Managing a Deviant Identity

Sociology

MPhil

To Sin Chi Sandy

Navigating Liquid Modernity and Flexible Capitalism: Negotiating 'Work', 'Success', and 'Character' in Hong Kong

Sociology

MPhil

Tsang Chung Kin

Living with New Capitalism: Work and Values of the 1980s Generation in Hong Kong

Sociology

MPhil

Yiu Shuk Hing

Driving in Hong Kong: A Gender Perspective

Statistics and Actuarial Science

PhD

Chen Feng

LOCAL POLYNOMIAL ESTIMATION OF THE COUNTING PROCESS INTENSITY FUNCTION AND ITS DERIVATIVES

Statistics and Actuarial Science

PhD

Kwan Chun Kit

STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR SOME FINANCIAL TIME SERIES MODESL WITH CONDITIONAL HETEROSCEDASTICITY

Statistics and Actuarial Science

PhD

Liu Chunling

SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION IN HAZARDS MODELS WITH CENSORING INDICATORS MISSING AT RANDOM

Statistics and Actuarial Science

PhD

Lui Chiu Sing Gilbert

SOME STATISTICAL TOPICS ON SEQUENTIAL DATA ASSIMILATION

Statistics and Actuarial Science

PhD

Wu Haocun

INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN FINANCE

Statistics and Actuarial Science

PhD

Zhu Jinxia

RUIN THEORY UNDER MARKOVIAN REGIME-SWITCHING RISK MODELS

Statistics and Actuarial Science

MPhil

Cheng Xixin

MIXTURE TIME SERIES MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN VOLATILITY ESTIMATION AND STATISTICAL ARBITRAGE TRADING

Statistics and Actuarial Science

MPhil

Gong Qi

GERBER-SHIU FUNCTION IN THRESHOLD INSURANCE RISK MODELS

Statistics and Actuarial Science

MPhil

Lin Erlu

ANALYSIS OF DIVIDEND PAYMENTS FOR INSURANCE RISK MODELS WITH CORRELATED AGGREGATE CLAIMS

Statistics and Actuarial Science

MPhil

Xu Xiaochen

ESTIMATION OF STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS IN CREDIBILITY CONTEXT USING MIXED EFFECTS MODEL

Surgery

PhD

Cai Zhen

Proteomic idenitifaction and characterization of proteins that associated with malignancy of esophageal cancer cells

Surgery

PhD

Chan Hin Lee Henry

The Use of Laser and Light Source for skin rejuvenation in Asians

Surgery

PhD

Cheng Wai Chun

Studying Hoxb5 functions in enteric nervous system development by dominant-negative repressor engrailed-Hoxb5

Surgery

PhD

Kok Tsz Wai

Blockade of Chemokine (C-X-C motif) Receptor 4 for the Inhibition of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis

Surgery

PhD

Lam Chi Tat

Identification of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a novel angiogenic factor in tumor angiogenesis

Surgery

PhD

Lau Chi Keung

Blockade of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1a Sensitizes Hepatocellular Carcinoma to Hypoxia and Chemotherapy

Surgery

PhD

Leon Yuk Yu

Functional analysis of RET mutations in Chinese Hirschsprung's Disease patients

Surgery

PhD

Liu Xiaobing

Dysregulation of MicroRNAs in Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Surgery

PhD

Liu Yan

The Immunosuppressive Effects of Triptolide and Rapamycin on Mouse Model of Cardiac Transplantation

Surgery

PhD

Sun Kin Wai

The significance of Proline rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) in proliferation and invasiveness of Hepatocellular carcinoma

Surgery

PhD

To Yuk Fai

Potential Biomedical Application of Metallic Nanoparticles

Surgery

PhD

Wong Kwong Fai

Experimental Therapeutics for Protection of Liver Failure from Endotoxin-Mediated Sepsis

Surgery

PhD

Yu Xiaomin

Characterization of VEGF-C and its Clinical Relevance in Lymphangiogenesis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Surgery

PhD

Yuen Po Wing

The Study of Nodal Metastasis of Oral Tongue Carcinoma

Surgery

MPhil

Cheung Chi Man

Identification of differentially expressed genes in a newly established esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cell line HKESC-4 of Chinese origin

Surgery

MPhil

Cheung Ka Yee Cindy

Occult hepatitis B virus reinfection in liver transplant recipient

Surgery

MPhil

Kam Ka Man

Expression analysis of Hoxb5 in enteric neurons and generation of Tamoxifen inducible Cre mice for neuronal Hoxb5 signaling perturbation

Surgery

MPhil

Lau Kwok Pui

Clinicopathological Roles of Transforming Growth Factor Alpha (TGFx) in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Surgery

MPhil

Liu Tingting

Thyroid transcription factor 1 gene (TITF1), a potential heritable determinant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)

Urban Planning and Environmental Management, Centre of

PhD

Cui Yakun

Developing sustainable cultural and heritage tourism in transitional China: A case study of Beijing

Urban Planning and Environmental Management, Centre of

PhD

Lam Chi Kei Jacqueline

Ecological Modernization and Environmental Innovation: A Case Study of Public Transport Industry in Hong Kong

Urban Planning and Environmental Management, Centre of

PhD

Malik Asghar Naeem

Stakeholders' Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Case Studies from Bangladesh and Pakistan

Urban Planning and Environmental Management, Centre of

PhD

Zhu Jiasong

A Self-learning Short-term Traffic Forecasting System through Dynamic Hybrid Approach


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