All Outputs (1067)

Writing in the workplace: Variation in the writing practices and formality of eight multinational companies in Greece (2014)
Thesis

Workplace writing is a high stakes activity. It constitutes a permanent record of a company’s transactions and this has implications for both the employees involved in the production of documents and also for the company as a whole. Workplace writing... Read More about Writing in the workplace: Variation in the writing practices and formality of eight multinational companies in Greece.

The import(ance) of history and modernity: Home, parish, and imperial order in the photographic representation of Simla 1860-1920 (2014)
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The research sits in a gap between historical geography, colonial history, local micro-history and art history but also draws on wider fields such as museology, anthropology and cultural theory. It offers new perspectives onto the historiography of t... Read More about The import(ance) of history and modernity: Home, parish, and imperial order in the photographic representation of Simla 1860-1920.

An evaluation of an intervention progamme in support of development of social-interaction skills for secondary aged students with high functioning autistic spectrum disorder (2014)
Thesis

people who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder are characterised by a restricted ability to develop effective language, communication and social skillls. The pathways in the brain which allow for an intuitive understanding of social-interaction and the... Read More about An evaluation of an intervention progamme in support of development of social-interaction skills for secondary aged students with high functioning autistic spectrum disorder.

A cross-country study of the cost efficiency of the postal sector (2014)
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This thesis is an original and innovative contribution to the debate on the efficiency assessment of the mail business, which is the core business of postal operators. Postal services are an important economic sector for two reasons. First, due to th... Read More about A cross-country study of the cost efficiency of the postal sector.

Modality markers and politeness strategies in British and American ambassadorial speeches: A corpus-based approach (2014)
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This study investigates modality markers used as expressions of politeness in British and American ambassadorial speeches via a corpus-based method. Results of the research reflect the semantic and pragmatic perspectives of modality markers on the th... Read More about Modality markers and politeness strategies in British and American ambassadorial speeches: A corpus-based approach.

Financial contagion and the MENA Region (2014)
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The rapid growth of capital markets in emerging countries exerts a significant impact upon the future of the global economy. The spread of a shock, or crisis, from one originating market to other destination markets is a manifest phenomenon of recent... Read More about Financial contagion and the MENA Region.

Environmental controls on the spatial and temporal distribution of testate amoebae in two British minerotrophic mires (2014)
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This is the first study in the British Isles detailing the spatial and temporal distribution and controls on testate amoebae within minerotrophic brown-moss dominated mires. The study covers a full annual cycle at two mires, Max Bog in North Somerset... Read More about Environmental controls on the spatial and temporal distribution of testate amoebae in two British minerotrophic mires.

Playing Puck: A study of performative action in the shaping of a 'Legend Landscape' (2014)
Thesis

This thesis engages, through visual practice and written analysis, with the British tradition of ‘thin’ places that act as thresholds between everyday circumstantial reality and the otherworldly. It does so by focusing on the complex of prehistoric m... Read More about Playing Puck: A study of performative action in the shaping of a 'Legend Landscape'.

Experiences of sickness absence among NHS staff: A grounded theory analysis (2014)
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Reducing sickness absence and speeding up return to work following absence is usually beneficial for employees and organisations. However, current theory on sickness absence is not sophisticated enough to meaningfully inform policies which adequately... Read More about Experiences of sickness absence among NHS staff: A grounded theory analysis.

Grammatical metaphor in English official documentation: A corpus approach to the Vietnamese translation of nominalisation (2014)
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This thesis aims to investigate grammatical metaphor in Vietnamese translations of English official documentation. Building on Halliday’s notion of grammatical metaphor and linguistic theories of translation shift, the thesis situates its argument in... Read More about Grammatical metaphor in English official documentation: A corpus approach to the Vietnamese translation of nominalisation.

A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value (2014)
Thesis

Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) was initially intended to play a supplementary role in assisting the UK government in achieving its European air quality obligations (Directive 2008/50/EC) through the implementation of action plans to reduce publi... Read More about A critical evaluation of local air quality management and its contribution to meeting the EU annual mean nitrogen dioxide limit value.

On the borderland of insanity: Women, dipsomania and inebriety, 1879-1913 (2014)
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This thesis highlights the complex issues associated with women habitual drunkards and the changing perceptions of such women as sinful, as a social problem, and latterly as a threat to the nation’s health. The national situation is investigated and... Read More about On the borderland of insanity: Women, dipsomania and inebriety, 1879-1913.

User participation in the design and development of Web 2.0 technologies for people with learning difficulties (2014)
Thesis

In the twenty-first century People with Learning Difficulties (PWLD) still face oppression, discrimination and exclusion from the mainstream of social life. Over recent decades the policy of the United Kingdom’s (UK) government and activist organisat... Read More about User participation in the design and development of Web 2.0 technologies for people with learning difficulties.

Children's, parents', peers' and professionals'experiences of language impairment: A multi-perspective study to identify psychosocial goals for intervention (2014)
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Children with language impairment (LI) can experience a wide range of social and emotional difficulties in addition to linguistic difficulties, but there is limited understanding about how LI impacts on these broader, psychosocial aspects of children... Read More about Children's, parents', peers' and professionals'experiences of language impairment: A multi-perspective study to identify psychosocial goals for intervention.

Global plant characterisation and distribution with evolution and climate (2014)
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Since Arrhenius published seminal work in 1921, research interest in the description of plant traits and grouped characteristics of plant species has grown, underpinning diversity in trophic levels. Geographic exploration and diversity studies prior... Read More about Global plant characterisation and distribution with evolution and climate.

Young people's cultural discourses on alcohol: A Q methodological enquiry (2014)
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Widespread alcohol use by young people in the UK is characterised problematically. Alcohol research has concentrated in three domains, the intra-personal, the inter-personal and the cultural, concentrating upon consumption frequency and quantity as w... Read More about Young people's cultural discourses on alcohol: A Q methodological enquiry.

Management control systems in innovation companies: A contingency theory study (2014)
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Past research has traditionally argued that management control systems (MCS) may present a hindrance to corporate flexibility and creativity. The study’s overall research aim is to explore the contingency factors that influence the intensity of use o... Read More about Management control systems in innovation companies: A contingency theory study.

The role of LPCAT in regulating cellular inflammatory responses to toll-like receptor ligands (2014)
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A novel lipid modifying enzyme, lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase (LPCAT), has been shown to regulate pro-inflammatory cytokine responses to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a key molecule in initiating sepsis. Current research has shown that phosphol... Read More about The role of LPCAT in regulating cellular inflammatory responses to toll-like receptor ligands.

A study of the feasibility and acceptability of a novel group cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for adults with comorbid insomnia, applied in a primary care setting (2014)
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The experience of gay male undergraduate nursing students: A qualitative exploration of professional lives (2014)
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This thesis examines the experience of gay male student nurses during their university course, which leads to registration as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Using in-depth qualitative interviews I focus on the student’s choice of nur... Read More about The experience of gay male undergraduate nursing students: A qualitative exploration of professional lives.