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Thesis by publication procedures followed. The first 2 articles were published in Elsevier journals. Elsevier has a policy of allowing published articles to remain in theses.  https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/copyright/permissions (click on Can I include/use my article in my thesis/dissertation). The other articles to date haven't been published. LM 26/06/20