Thesis by publication. Conference papers which forms chapter 4 was removed and a citation pages inserted. I couldn't located any permissions outlining that it's use in an online thesis was permitted.
Chapters  2, 3, 6, 7, 8. are permitted as published by Elsevier: 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).
Chapter 5 permitted as article has a CC license.
The papers, and the complete thesis, have been placed in the thesis archive. 01/03/24