All Outputs (57)

The production of informal space: A case study of an urban community garden in England (2015)
Thesis
Rice, L. The production of informal space: A case study of an urban community garden in England. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/838158

This research explores the production of informal spaces in England. Informal spaces are those used by people who do not own the land. The research focused on how such a space is produced, through a variety of processes and activities. The use and f... Read More about The production of informal space: A case study of an urban community garden in England.

GQ-BPAOntoSOA: A goal- and object- based semantic framework for deriving software services from an organisation’s goals and riva business process architecture (2015)
Thesis
Odeh, Y. GQ-BPAOntoSOA: A goal- and object- based semantic framework for deriving software services from an organisation’s goals and riva business process architecture. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/838095

Understanding a business organisation is a primary activity that is required for deriving service-oriented systems that assist in carrying out the business activities of an organisation. Business IT alignment is one of the hot topics that concerns wi... Read More about GQ-BPAOntoSOA: A goal- and object- based semantic framework for deriving software services from an organisation’s goals and riva business process architecture.

Evaluation of a skills-based condom intervention in an alcohol-using student population: A feasibility study (2015)
Thesis
Hurrell, Z. Evaluation of a skills-based condom intervention in an alcohol-using student population: A feasibility study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/837874

Young people are, as a group, at risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unwanted pregnancy and binge-drinking. The primary method of contraception that offers protection against both pregnancy and STI transmission is condoms. Whilst research... Read More about Evaluation of a skills-based condom intervention in an alcohol-using student population: A feasibility study.

Designing and evaluating a contextual mobile learning application to support situated learning (2015)
Thesis
Alnuaim, A. Designing and evaluating a contextual mobile learning application to support situated learning. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/837591

This research emerged from seeking to identify ways of getting Human-Computer Interaction Design students into real world environments, similar to those in which they will eventually be designing, thus maximising their ability to identify opportuniti... Read More about Designing and evaluating a contextual mobile learning application to support situated learning.

The development of children's political competence in a primary school: A quest (2015)
Thesis
Bosse Chitty, R. C. The development of children's political competence in a primary school: A quest. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/838340

This research explores how children recount and account for their developing political competence at primary school. To access participants’ experience and perceptions of political participation and agency and the structures and practices within whic... Read More about The development of children's political competence in a primary school: A quest.

Modern nuisance law from a historical perspective (2015)
Thesis
Palmer, R. C. Modern nuisance law from a historical perspective. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/838521

This thesis discusses issues affecting contemporary nuisance law from an historical standpoint. It is recognised that there is a considerable volume of literature relating to the nineteenth century antecedents of the law today. Yet nuisance is a most... Read More about Modern nuisance law from a historical perspective.

Suppression of microdochium nivale by phosphite in cool-season amenity turfgrasses (2015)
Thesis
Dempsey, J. J. Suppression of microdochium nivale by phosphite in cool-season amenity turfgrasses. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/838673

The ascomycete fungus Microdochium nivale (Fr.) Samuels and Hallett (teleomorph Monographella nivalis (Schafnitt) is one of the most ubiquitous and damaging pathogens of cool-season amenity turfgrasses. Current control measures rely on inputs of chem... Read More about Suppression of microdochium nivale by phosphite in cool-season amenity turfgrasses.

John Buchan's uncollected journalism: A critical and bibliographic investigation (2015)
Thesis
Clarke, R. J. John Buchan's uncollected journalism: A critical and bibliographic investigation. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839240

John Buchan (1875-1940) has a literary reputation as a minor novelist, based mainly on his success as a popular fiction writer, the inventor of the spy thriller in his best-known novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915). Although there has been considerab... Read More about John Buchan's uncollected journalism: A critical and bibliographic investigation.

The development of electrochemical biosensors for cholesterol (2015)
Thesis
Ahmadraji, T. The development of electrochemical biosensors for cholesterol. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839336

Coronary vascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death worldwide. According to a WHO report and global and regional projections of mortality and burden of disease, by 2030, the number of people dying from heart disease and stroke will incre... Read More about The development of electrochemical biosensors for cholesterol.

The influence of regulatory T cells and mobilisation regimens on graft versus malignancy, graft versus host disease and relapse in haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (2015)
Thesis
Wells, J. C. The influence of regulatory T cells and mobilisation regimens on graft versus malignancy, graft versus host disease and relapse in haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839364

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are key players in controlling immune responses, limiting autoimmune disease and allergies, and attenuating immune responses to tumours and pathogens. Understanding and harnessing the suppressive effects of Tregs in autolog... Read More about The influence of regulatory T cells and mobilisation regimens on graft versus malignancy, graft versus host disease and relapse in haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation.

Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions (2015)
Thesis
Pardoel, H. J. Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839406

Approaches to place and landscape have concerned geographers, at least throughout Modern history. In geographical place and landscape writings, notions of dwelling have been taken up and developed since the 1970s to indicate the lived and practised c... Read More about Developing dwelling as an approach to landscape and place: The cases of long-distance transhumance and Easter processions.

Innovative optical non-contact measurement of respiratory function using photometric stereo (2015)
Thesis
Ahmad, J. Innovative optical non-contact measurement of respiratory function using photometric stereo. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839396

Pulmonary functional testing is very common and widely used in today's clinical environment for testing lung function. The contact based nature of a Spirometer can cause breathing awareness that alters the breathing pattern, affects the amount of air... Read More about Innovative optical non-contact measurement of respiratory function using photometric stereo.

The expression of toll-like receptors in B-chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (2015)
Thesis
Oakes, N. The expression of toll-like receptors in B-chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839436

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) is the most common form of Leukaemia in the Western world and has a highly variable clinical course. Continuing advances in the range of therapeutic options available to clinicians require reliable prognostic indic... Read More about The expression of toll-like receptors in B-chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Psychological health: Exploring the relationships between psychological flexibility, basic psychological needs satisfaction, goal pursuits and resilience (2015)
Thesis
Gazla, S. Psychological health: Exploring the relationships between psychological flexibility, basic psychological needs satisfaction, goal pursuits and resilience. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839660

The core constructs of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT, Hayes, Strosahl and Wilson, 2012) (including psychological flexibility) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT, Ryan and Deci, 2000) (including type of goal pursuits, basic psychological need... Read More about Psychological health: Exploring the relationships between psychological flexibility, basic psychological needs satisfaction, goal pursuits and resilience.

The affordances of virtual world technologies to empower the visualisation of complex theory concepts in computer science: Enhancing success and experience in higher education (2015)
Thesis
Attallah, B. The affordances of virtual world technologies to empower the visualisation of complex theory concepts in computer science: Enhancing success and experience in higher education. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839602

Abstract: This research targeted complex abstract concepts in Computer Science and focused on bringing about the visualisation of such concepts using virtual world technologies. The research proposed the use of virtual world elements to support th... Read More about The affordances of virtual world technologies to empower the visualisation of complex theory concepts in computer science: Enhancing success and experience in higher education.

Managing asthma at school: The perceptions of children and school staff (2015)
Thesis
Hill, C. Managing asthma at school: The perceptions of children and school staff. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/842452

This thesis presents the findings of a mixed methods study exploring the perceptions of children and school staff managing asthma in seven Bristol primary schools. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, affecting 1 in 10 children and... Read More about Managing asthma at school: The perceptions of children and school staff.

An exploration into the impact of animals as a therapeutic adjunct in education for children with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties: A biophilic philosophy for education (2015)
Thesis
A biophilic philosophy for education. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/840092

This PhD study makes an original contribution to to current research by examining through case study the impact of animal assisted activities for children and young people with Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD). The thesis presents... Read More about An exploration into the impact of animals as a therapeutic adjunct in education for children with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties: A biophilic philosophy for education.