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<b>DECLARATION</b>

<p>This thesis is my own work and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains:
<ul>
<li> no material previously published or written by another person, except where this is explicitly<br>defined in the acknowledgements;</li>
<li>no material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the qualification of any other<br>degree or diploma of a university or other institution of higher learning.</li>
</ul>
<b>Third Party Copyright Statement</b>
<p>I have either used no substantial portions of third party copyright material, including charts,<br>diagrams, graphs, photographs or maps, in my thesis or I have obtained permission for such material<br>to be made accessible worldwide via the internet. If permission has not been obtained, I have<br>asked/will ask the Library to remove the third party copyright material from the digital copy.</p>