Physical activity has a well understood set of benefits. UK leisure time physical activity (LTPA) is socially patterned, with lower socio-economic groups participating less. There is evidence from the literature that in addition to structural causes,... Read More about An ethnographic approach to understanding the place of leisure time physical activity in 'working class' British culture: Implications for social marketing.
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Verifying requirements for resource-bounded agents (2011)
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This thesis presents frameworks for the modelling and verification of resource-bounded reasoning agents. The resources considered include the time, memory, and communication bandwidth required by agents to achieve a goal. The scalability and expressi... Read More about Verifying requirements for resource-bounded agents.
A study of Cappadocian Greek nominal morphology from a diachronic and dialectological perspective (2011)
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In this dissertation, I investigate a number of interrelated developments affecting the morphosyntax of nouns in Cappadocian Greek. I specifically focus on the development of differential object marking, the loss of grammatical gender distinctions, a... Read More about A study of Cappadocian Greek nominal morphology from a diachronic and dialectological perspective.
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) is a novel technique which can be used to build up a 2D pseudo-section of resistivity distribution of a porous material. Here, it is used to visualise internal moisture regimes by measuring the resistivity dist... Read More about Sandstone weathering, electrical resistivity tomography, and the deterioration of San rock art in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa.
Everyday reveries: recorded music, memory & emotion (2011)
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This thesis investigates recorded music in everyday life and its relationship to memory. It does this by establishing the social and historical context in which sound recording was invented and developed, and by formulating a theory of how recorded m... Read More about Everyday reveries: recorded music, memory & emotion.
Representation in the appointed state: The case of councillors in the West Midlands Regional Assembly (2011)
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The rise of indirectly elected institutions, such as the West Midlands Regional Assembly, has democratic implications for notions of accountability, legitimacy and representation. The representative function of these bodies must be explicitly fulfill... Read More about Representation in the appointed state: The case of councillors in the West Midlands Regional Assembly.
Epidemiology of injuries in primary school aged children (2011)
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Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer (2011)
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This thesis investigates the collaborative production of fine art digital prints for artists,a process which is used by many contemporary practitioners including Richard
Hamilton and Damien Hirst. Digital print as a fine art process has emerged over... Read More about Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer.
Molecular genetics and functional characterization of ciliopathies (2011)
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Primary cilia are microtubule-based organelles projecting from most epithelial cells in vertebrates, with numerous essential roles in chemo- and mechanosensation. A suite of inherited human conditions are caused by defects in the structure or functio... Read More about Molecular genetics and functional characterization of ciliopathies.
Listening to the mind at play-sonified biofeedback as generative art practice and theory (2011)
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Explorative play affects the root of our being, as it is generative. Often experienced as a thrill, explorative play gradually lures its players beyond their mental or physical limits. While doing so, it affects players well before they can perform i... Read More about Listening to the mind at play-sonified biofeedback as generative art practice and theory.
A machine with class: A framework for object generation, integration and language authentication (FROGILA) (2011)
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The object technology model is constantly evolving to address the software crisis problem. This novel idea which informed and currently guides the design style of most modern scalable software systems has caused a strong belief that the object-orient... Read More about A machine with class: A framework for object generation, integration and language authentication (FROGILA).
In search of the teachable moment: A study of teacher autonomy, judgement and intuition (2011)
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Aspects of teaching, such as those relating to curriculum development and the protocols of the teaching cycle (planning, delivery, assessment) receive much attention in literature and are regularly the focus of evaluation. Somewhat neglected by comp... Read More about In search of the teachable moment: A study of teacher autonomy, judgement and intuition.
Bisexual women’s visual identities: A feminist mixed-methods exploration (2011)
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The majority of research on bisexuality does not take into account the importance of bisexual visual identities. Appearance has often been trivialised, despite it being an integral part of forming and expressing our identities. A small body of litera... Read More about Bisexual women’s visual identities: A feminist mixed-methods exploration.