All Outputs (1041)

Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol (2012)
Thesis
Matheson, K. Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/947825

Although sporadic attacks on fire crews have long been acknowledged as an occupational hazard facing the fire service, in the mid 2000s, attacks seemed to be increasing in both prevalence and severity, accompanied by a feeling that fire safety messag... Read More about Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol.

The social construction of the meanings of price (2012)
Thesis
Sparke, S. The social construction of the meanings of price. (Thesis). University of Bath. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/947917

The activity of translating something into a monetary amount - the price - is central to markets. Yet we know remarkably little about the practice of pricing beyond theories of economic rationale or market positioning and, as a construct, price has r... Read More about The social construction of the meanings of price.

Location, dislocation, translocation: Navigating a space between place and becoming through practice-led research (2012)
Thesis
Navigating a space between place and becoming through practice-led research. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/948069

The focus of this thesis is the experiential landscape viewed through the lens of a performative visual arts research inquiry. The project explores the dialogue between practice and theory through a series of research projects that focus on the exper... Read More about Location, dislocation, translocation: Navigating a space between place and becoming through practice-led research.

Mechanisms of red cell turnover (Eryptosis) (2012)
Thesis
Jeremy, K. P. Mechanisms of red cell turnover (Eryptosis). (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/948299

Abstract Title: Mechanisms of Red Cell Turnover (Eryptosis). Author: Kris Patrick Jeremy A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of the West of England, Bristol for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. When C... Read More about Mechanisms of red cell turnover (Eryptosis).

The essence of the art of a midwife: Holistic, multidimensional meanings and experiences explored through creative inquiry (2012)
Thesis
Hall, J. The essence of the art of a midwife: Holistic, multidimensional meanings and experiences explored through creative inquiry. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/949092

Abstract In the United Kingdom midwives have a key role in caring for women and their families throughout the childbirth continuum. Midwifery is assumed by many to be both an ‘art’ and a ‘science’. The term ‘midwife’ comes from an Old English phra... Read More about The essence of the art of a midwife: Holistic, multidimensional meanings and experiences explored through creative inquiry.

Re-presenting geopolitics: Ethnography, climate justice, and non-violent geographies (2012)
Thesis
Burton, K. Re-presenting geopolitics: Ethnography, climate justice, and non-violent geographies. (Thesis). University of Exeter. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/949193

This thesis starts from the premise that Geopolitics is performative, an iterative discourse “of visualising global space…reproduced in the governing principles of geographic thought and through the practices of statecraft” (Agnew 1998:11). During th... Read More about Re-presenting geopolitics: Ethnography, climate justice, and non-violent geographies.

Assessment in action: A study of lecturers' and students' constructions of BTEC national assessment practice in a college engineering programme area (2012)
Thesis
Carter, A. Assessment in action: A study of lecturers' and students' constructions of BTEC national assessment practice in a college engineering programme area. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/949201

This research examines the nature and form of Edexcel’s BTEC National assessment policy and practice, as found within a small college Engineering Programme Area. The study investigated the salient influences and considerations underpinning both the... Read More about Assessment in action: A study of lecturers' and students' constructions of BTEC national assessment practice in a college engineering programme area.

Understanding how household car ownership changes over time (2012)
Thesis
Clark, B. Understanding how household car ownership changes over time. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/949211

The PhD study presented in this thesis sets out to address the question: How and why does household car ownership change over time? This question is justified on the basis that the study of car ownership has traditionally been dominated by cross-sect... Read More about Understanding how household car ownership changes over time.

User driven modelling: Visualisation and systematic interaction for end-user programming with tree-based structures (2012)
Thesis
Hale, P. User driven modelling: Visualisation and systematic interaction for end-user programming with tree-based structures. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/949334

This thesis addresses certain problems encountered by teams of engineers when modelling complex structures and processes subject to cost and other resource constraints. The cost of a structure or process may be ‘read off’ its specifying model, but th... Read More about User driven modelling: Visualisation and systematic interaction for end-user programming with tree-based structures.

Understanding the complex organisational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation (2012)
Thesis
Sheffield, R. Understanding the complex organisational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/949569

Abstract: Understanding the complex organizational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation. Robert James Sheffield, February 2012. This study looks at the topics of creativity and innovation and how they are experienced as ordinar... Read More about Understanding the complex organisational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation.

Adaptive and reinforcement learning control methods for active compliance control of a humanoid robot arm (2012)
Thesis
Khan, S. G. Adaptive and reinforcement learning control methods for active compliance control of a humanoid robot arm. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/950370

Safety is an important requirement for human-robot interaction. Compliance control can often help to ensure safety in human-robot interaction (HRI). The aim of this work is to develop a compliance control strategy for safe HRI. Compliance can be achi... Read More about Adaptive and reinforcement learning control methods for active compliance control of a humanoid robot arm.

Arming the Shah: U.S. Arms Policies Towards Iran, 1950-1979 (2012)
Thesis
McGlinchey, S. Arming the Shah: U.S. Arms Policies Towards Iran, 1950-1979. (Thesis). Cardiff University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/954681

This thesis reconstructs and explains the arms relationship that successive U.S. administrations developed with the Shah of Iran between 1950 and 1979. This relationship has generally been neglected in the extant literature leading to a series of omi... Read More about Arming the Shah: U.S. Arms Policies Towards Iran, 1950-1979.

Nursing and physiotherapy students' perceptions of participating in Practice Based Peer Learning as a vehicle for developing interprofessional understanding (2012)
Thesis
McLeod, F. Nursing and physiotherapy students' perceptions of participating in Practice Based Peer Learning as a vehicle for developing interprofessional understanding. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/954687

Peer learning has been successfully introduced into professional education within the practice setting (Secomb 2008). This thesis provides a chronological narrative presentation of a qualitative case study that evaluated an interprofessional peer lea... Read More about Nursing and physiotherapy students' perceptions of participating in Practice Based Peer Learning as a vehicle for developing interprofessional understanding.

Semantic indexing via knowledge organization systems: Applying the CIDOC-CRM to archaeological grey literature (2012)
Thesis
Vlachidis, A. Semantic indexing via knowledge organization systems: Applying the CIDOC-CRM to archaeological grey literature. (Thesis). University of Glamorgan. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/956163

The volume of archaeological reports being produced since the introduction of PG161 has significantly increased, as a result of the increased volume of archaeological investigations conducted by academic and commercial archaeology. It is highly desir... Read More about Semantic indexing via knowledge organization systems: Applying the CIDOC-CRM to archaeological grey literature.

An ethnographic approach to understanding the place of leisure time physical activity in 'working class' British culture: Implications for social marketing (2011)
Thesis
Spotswood, F. An ethnographic approach to understanding the place of leisure time physical activity in 'working class' British culture: Implications for social marketing. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/957102

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.

Verifying requirements for resource-bounded agents (2011)
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Rakib, A. Verifying requirements for resource-bounded agents. (Thesis). University of Nottingham. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/958223

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)
Thesis
Karatsareas, P. A study of Cappadocian Greek nominal morphology from a diachronic and dialectological perspective. (Thesis). University of Cambridge. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/959405

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.

Sandstone weathering, electrical resistivity tomography, and the deterioration of San rock art in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa (2011)
Thesis
Mol, L. Sandstone weathering, electrical resistivity tomography, and the deterioration of San rock art in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa. (Thesis). University of Oxford. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/959505

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)
Thesis
Moorey, G. Everyday reveries: recorded music, memory & emotion. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/962106

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.

Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer (2011)
Thesis
Laidler, P. Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/964903

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.