'Us versus Them'. Projections in organisations
(2012)
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All Outputs (29)
The mid-to-late pleistocene palaeoenvironments of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset (2012)
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This study constitutes the first reconstruction of Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental change from the Gordano Valley, a low-lying valley marginal to the Severn Estuary in southwest England. The valley lies at the limit of Pleistocene glacial expansion a... Read More about The mid-to-late pleistocene palaeoenvironments of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset.
Open science and public engagement: Exploring the potential of the open paradigm to support public engagement with science (2012)
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Open science, a practice in which the entirety of a research project is made available, via the Internet, using a variety of tools and techniques, is an emerging approach to the conduct of science. The hypothesis that open science therefore has the p... Read More about Open science and public engagement: Exploring the potential of the open paradigm to support public engagement with science.
Bus Tales: Travel-time use, technologies, and journey experiences on the bus (2012)
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Recently there has been a growing interest in the ways in which people use their time during travel, and what different types of value (economic or personal) such ‘travel-time activity’ provides. The activities of public transport passengers have bee... Read More about Bus Tales: Travel-time use, technologies, and journey experiences on the bus.
Towards the LIVING Envelope: Biomimetics for building envelope adaptation (2012)
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Several biomimetic design strategies are available for various applications, though the research on biomimetics as a design tool in architecture is still challenging. This is due to a lack of systematic design tools required for identifying relevant... Read More about Towards the LIVING Envelope: Biomimetics for building envelope adaptation.
From poison to problem: Governing the drug using population (2012)
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Contemporary approaches to the treatment of problematic drug use situate the individual within a complex system of power-relations. This system of power-relations operates through a wide range of experts, techniques, strategies, institutions and subj... Read More about From poison to problem: Governing the drug using population.
A formal architecture-centric and model driven approach for the engineering of science gateways (2012)
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From n-Tier client/server applications, to more complex academic Grids, or even the most recent and promising industrial Clouds, the last decade has witnessed significant developments in distributed computing. In spite of this conceptual heterogeneit... Read More about A formal architecture-centric and model driven approach for the engineering of science gateways.
Violent urban disturbance in England 1980-81 (2012)
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This study addresses violent urban disturbances which occurred in England in the early 1980s with particular reference to the Bristol ‘riots’ of April 1980 and the numerous disorders which followed in July 1981. Revisiting two concepts traditionally... Read More about Violent urban disturbance in England 1980-81.
An exploration of women's perceptions and lived experiences of domestic violence and abuse in the context of their pregnancy (2012)
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This thesis reports on a qualitative study exploring women's experiences of domestic violence before, during and after pregnancy. The research employed a qualitative framework underpinned by feminist and phenomenological values and philosophy. Femini... Read More about An exploration of women's perceptions and lived experiences of domestic violence and abuse in the context of their pregnancy.
Capturing daily fluctuations, flare and self-management in rheumatoid arthritis: The patient perspective (2012)
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive and systemic auto-immune disease. However, there is very little research on how patients experience daily symptoms and their impact on life, nor how patients self-manage their symptoms on current t... Read More about Capturing daily fluctuations, flare and self-management in rheumatoid arthritis: The patient perspective.
Due to economic, accessibility and security constraints, the majority of developing countries within the low-latitudes lack the capacity to establish networks of ground-based air pollution monitoring stations. As a result, there is a lack of systemat... Read More about Applying remote sensing, GIS and emissions techniques to air quality and carbon dioxide emissions measurements and monitoring in the Niger Delta.
A qualitative exploration was conducted of the conceptualisations of the process of change held by 10 independently employed health psychologist and counselling practitioners who work with clients with chronic health conditions in a context parallel... Read More about Psychological practitioners' conceptualisations of the process of change in clients with chronic health conditions: A qualitative study.
Bacterial bioluminescence has been shown to be an accurate real-time reporter of bacterial internalisation and a valid alternative to viable counts. A self-bioluminescent strain of the bacterial pathogen Neisseria meningitidis was used to develop and... Read More about Use of lux gene technology to investigate real-time in-situ interactions of bacterial pathogens with a model blood-brain barrier system.
The social construction of the meanings of price (2012)
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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.
Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol (2012)
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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.
3D face recognition using photometric stereo (2012)
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Automatic face recognition has been an active research area for the last four decades. This thesis explores innovative bio-inspired concepts aimed at improved face recognition using surface normals. New directions in salient data representation are e... Read More about 3D face recognition using photometric stereo.
Location, dislocation, translocation: Navigating a space between place and becoming through practice-led research (2012)
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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)
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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).
Understanding the complex organisational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation (2012)
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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.