All Outputs (1025)

The use of surface electromyography within equine performance analysis (2015)
Thesis
Williams, J. M. The use of surface electromyography within equine performance analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/832646

Equine athletes participate in a wide range of equestrian disciplines. Performance analysis in sport is the collection and subsequent analysis of data, or key information sets, related to facets of training and / or competition, to accelerate and imp... Read More about The use of surface electromyography within equine performance analysis.

Diakoptic assessment of power system voltage variations and applications in weak grids introduced by wind energy – The Nigerian power system in perspective (2015)
Thesis
Olobaniyi, F. Diakoptic assessment of power system voltage variations and applications in weak grids introduced by wind energy – The Nigerian power system in perspective. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/833111

The electrical power system is a large interconnected system made up of electrical components to generate, transport and utilize electrical power. The size and complexity of the power system have increased significantly in recent years due to the int... Read More about Diakoptic assessment of power system voltage variations and applications in weak grids introduced by wind energy – The Nigerian power system in perspective.

The preparation and characterisation of auxetic foams for the application of trauma attenuating backings (2015)
Thesis
Critchley, R. The preparation and characterisation of auxetic foams for the application of trauma attenuating backings. (Thesis). University of Southampton. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6669968

Blunt body trauma, due to a heavy impact or blow, has the potential to cause catastrophic injury in a broad range of professions and workplace environments. At particular risk are those who work in areas such as the military, the engineering and cons... Read More about The preparation and characterisation of auxetic foams for the application of trauma attenuating backings.

Towards a relational understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships: A qualitative study of body-focused practitioners' experiences (2015)
Thesis
Mayer, S. J. Towards a relational understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships: A qualitative study of body-focused practitioners' experiences. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/834282

This study aimed to further our understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships within counselling psychology. Theoretical challenges to the influence of Cartesian dualism on Western medicine and therapeutic practices that led to a largely di... Read More about Towards a relational understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships: A qualitative study of body-focused practitioners' experiences.

The United Nation Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods 1980 (CISG) An examination of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the CISG: How is the remedy interpreted, exercised and what are the consequences of avoidance? (2015)
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Singh, L. The United Nation Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods 1980 (CISG) An examination of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the CISG: How is the remedy interpreted, exercised and what are the consequences of avoidance?. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/834579

This thesis examines the interpretation and application of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG). The main research question focusses on ‘How is the remedy es... Read More about The United Nation Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods 1980 (CISG) An examination of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the CISG: How is the remedy interpreted, exercised and what are the consequences of avoidance?.

Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway (2015)
Thesis
Díaz, G. Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/834628

This thesis identifies and interrogates commonalities and divergences in the works of T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway in relation to their focus on how to make sense of the world of experience in the early twentieth century, and the complex mediation... Read More about Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway.

Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970 (2015)
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Evans, S. L. Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835062

Women’s expeditionary work, in common with women’s geographical work more broadly, has been comparatively understudied within the history of geographical thought and practice, and within the wider discipline, until relatively recently (Domosh 1991a,... Read More about Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970.

The expression of alternative splice variants of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in invasive breast cancer and cell line models (2015)
Thesis
Nkwam, E. The expression of alternative splice variants of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in invasive breast cancer and cell line models. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835250

The Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) is an oncogene expressed in 25-30% of invasive breast cancers. The HER2 gene encodes an 185kDa transmembrane protein with tyrosine kinase activity. Gene amplification or protein expression of HER2 i... Read More about The expression of alternative splice variants of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in invasive breast cancer and cell line models.

Chance Memories: Supporting involuntary reminiscence by design (2015)
Thesis
Fennell, J. Chance Memories: Supporting involuntary reminiscence by design. (Thesis). Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7177789

People give huge importance to preserving their memories as a way of understanding who they are and what they are about. Current memory support systems, however, favour people self-prescribing time and space to collect, store and maintain explicit me... Read More about Chance Memories: Supporting involuntary reminiscence by design.

Hormonal and genetic regulation of prostate cancer in Caucasian and Malaysian Chinese ethnic groups (2015)
Thesis
Kuppusamy, S. Hormonal and genetic regulation of prostate cancer in Caucasian and Malaysian Chinese ethnic groups. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835727

Introduction Prostate Cancer (PC) is the most common cancer in men and the second biggest cause of cancer-related death of men in the Western world. There are significant ethnic differences in the incidence of PC between African Americans, Caucas... Read More about Hormonal and genetic regulation of prostate cancer in Caucasian and Malaysian Chinese ethnic groups.

Critical thinking in the context of group learning: A qualitative study of postgraduate accounting and finance students' perceptions (2015)
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Tew, E. W. K. Critical thinking in the context of group learning: A qualitative study of postgraduate accounting and finance students' perceptions. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835777

Critical thinking has been seen as the foundation of Western university education (Barnett, 1997). Today, educators and industry constantly emphasise the importance of acquiring critical thinking by students and graduates. One of the possible ways t... Read More about Critical thinking in the context of group learning: A qualitative study of postgraduate accounting and finance students' perceptions.

An exploration of expressive feedback as a method for improving the human-computer relationship (2015)
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Flind, A. An exploration of expressive feedback as a method for improving the human-computer relationship. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835842

A growing community of designers have begun to focus on the emotional aspects of system design as they seek to improve the user experience (UX), by developing applications that elicit positive responses from users that motivate them to learn, play or... Read More about An exploration of expressive feedback as a method for improving the human-computer relationship.

Promoting change in multiple health risk behaviours: Including brief advice for alcohol harm reduction in the English stop smoking service (2015)
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Gate, L. C. Promoting change in multiple health risk behaviours: Including brief advice for alcohol harm reduction in the English stop smoking service. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835881

Risky lifestyle behaviours have a multiplicative impact on both the length and quality of peoples’ lives. In order to improve health outcomes and reduce social inequalities in these outcomes, behaviour change services are recommended by health care a... Read More about Promoting change in multiple health risk behaviours: Including brief advice for alcohol harm reduction in the English stop smoking service.

Alice through the telescope: A critical autoethnography of an (almost) participatory research process (2015)
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Collins, K. Alice through the telescope: A critical autoethnography of an (almost) participatory research process. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/836346

Social marketing is a technique for behavioural change that has been around since the 1960s, when prominent academics argued that the tools and techniques of marketing could be used for social as well as commercial ends. More recently, the orthodox a... Read More about Alice through the telescope: A critical autoethnography of an (almost) participatory research process.

Human resource management practices and performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory (2015)
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Dirpal, G. Human resource management practices and performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/837002

Abstract Many of those who conduct empirical research in the field of human resource management (HRM) believe that a quantifiable and statistical, relation, association or link exists between HRM practices and organizational performance, and can b... Read More about Human resource management practices and performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory.

Fisheries law in action: An exploration of legal pathways to a better managed marine environment (2015)
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Appleby, T. Fisheries law in action: An exploration of legal pathways to a better managed marine environment. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/837392

This narrative addresses the issue of fisheries law, a specialist area combining aspects of international law, EU law, legislation from the UK and the devolved administrations and the common law. The research appraised and analysed marine fishing ri... Read More about Fisheries law in action: An exploration of legal pathways to a better managed marine environment.

Designing and evaluating a contextual mobile learning application to support situated learning (2015)
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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.

Evaluation of a skills-based condom intervention in an alcohol-using student population: A feasibility study (2015)
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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.

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.

The production of informal space: A case study of an urban community garden in England (2015)
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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.