All Outputs (79)

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)
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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)
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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.

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.

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

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.

Identity and meaning-making in children with primary speech/language impairments (2014)
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Primary speech and language impairment (PSLI) is a term used to describe children with a range of significant speech and language impairments, in the context of normal cognitive abilities. The aims of this thesis were firstly to explore identity cons... Read More about Identity and meaning-making in children with primary speech/language impairments.

The use of transposon libraries to investigate the evolution of bacterial pathogenesis (2014)
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Pseudomonas syringae pathovar phaseolicola (Pph) is the seed borne causative agent of halo blight disease in the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Gene-for-gene interactions are widespread and a very important aspect of plant disease resistance. Pph r... Read More about The use of transposon libraries to investigate the evolution of bacterial pathogenesis.

Exercise prescription for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: A qualitative exploration of physiotherapy practice (2014)
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Abstract Background: Providing an effective exercise prescription process for a patient with non-specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP) within the limits of time that a busy clinician faces is a challenging task. Emerging research has indicated t... Read More about Exercise prescription for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: A qualitative exploration of physiotherapy practice.

Variation in visual search abilities and performance (2014)
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Visual search, the process of detecting relevant items within an environment, is a vital skill required for navigating one’s visual environment as well as for careers, such as radiology and airport security, that rely upon accurate searching. Researc... Read More about Variation in visual search abilities and performance.

Why do patients seek unplanned follow up after treatment in the emergency department? (2014)
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Aims: This study explored why patients seek unplanned follow up after treatment in an emergency department, if participants could identify the healthcare professional they were treated by, and whether the patient’s perception of, and confidence in, t... Read More about Why do patients seek unplanned follow up after treatment in the emergency department?.

Development of a comprehensive systematic quantification of the costs and benefits (CB) of property level flood risk adaptation measures in England (2014)
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Studies in the UK and elsewhere have identified that flooding comes with diverse impacts, ranging from significant financial costs (tangible) to social (intangible) impacts on households. However, it is not feasible for government spending on structu... Read More about Development of a comprehensive systematic quantification of the costs and benefits (CB) of property level flood risk adaptation measures in England.