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An exploration of evidence of deficits and theories of therapy for specific-receptive language impairment in children (2013)
Thesis
Morgan, L. An exploration of evidence of deficits and theories of therapy for specific-receptive language impairment in children. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/932133

Children with specific receptive language impairments (SRLI) have been found to be vulnerable to negative outcomes later in life, in terms of mental health, behaviour and literacy. Currently there is little evidence of the efficacy of speech and lang... Read More about An exploration of evidence of deficits and theories of therapy for specific-receptive language impairment in children.

The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in black and south asian women (2013)
Thesis
Patel, G. The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in black and south asian women. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/932459

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women of all ethnic groups. The diagnosis and treatment of the disease can be challenging and distressing for any individual. Research in this area has documented a range of physical, psychological a... Read More about The psychosocial impact of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in black and south asian women.

Psycho-social perspectives on living and working with violence in distressed and traumatised (dis-) organisations (2013)
Thesis
Scanlon, C. Psycho-social perspectives on living and working with violence in distressed and traumatised (dis-) organisations. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/932501

The published work presented in this submission examines the nature and form of psychosocial processes that lead towards and away from mental health, social security and community and organisational cohesion. It demonstrates the application of psycho... Read More about Psycho-social perspectives on living and working with violence in distressed and traumatised (dis-) organisations.

An engineering method for modeling the interaction of circular bodies and very low aspect ratio cruciform wings at supersonic speeds (2013)
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Tuling, S. An engineering method for modeling the interaction of circular bodies and very low aspect ratio cruciform wings at supersonic speeds. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/932537

An engineering method using a 2D unsteady potential formulation (called the free vortex model or FVM) has been developed to predict the normal force, centre-of-pressure and vortex position for cruciform wing-body combinations in the “plus” orientatio... Read More about An engineering method for modeling the interaction of circular bodies and very low aspect ratio cruciform wings at supersonic speeds.

Developing a decision support framework for low carbon housing design and delivery in the UK (2013)
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Baba, A. Developing a decision support framework for low carbon housing design and delivery in the UK. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/932936

There is an increasing drive to achieve sustainability agenda, as well as climate change challenges. The construction industry is facing increasing pressure to address environmental performance earlier in the design process. For UK buildings, design... Read More about Developing a decision support framework for low carbon housing design and delivery in the UK.

In-migration and economic activity in rural areas of Wales (2013)
Thesis
Groves-Phillips, S. In-migration and economic activity in rural areas of Wales. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/933200

Rural areas are changing – a population turnaround was first identified in the 1970’s (Beale 1975). Since that time more and more research has uncovered the numbers and types of people moving into rural areas (Boyle 1995, Boyle and Halfacree 1998, Bo... Read More about In-migration and economic activity in rural areas of Wales.

An approach to managing the complexity of knowledge intensive business processes (2013)
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Oak, P. An approach to managing the complexity of knowledge intensive business processes. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/933419

Organisations face ever growing complexity in the business environment and use processes to deliver value in a stable, sustainable and controllable way. However complexity in the business environment is threatening the stability of processes and forc... Read More about An approach to managing the complexity of knowledge intensive business processes.

Identification of volatile compounds as indicators of spoilage insects and mites in grain and flour (2013)
Thesis
Abuelnnor, N. Identification of volatile compounds as indicators of spoilage insects and mites in grain and flour. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/933539

Solid-phase micro-extraction (SPME) fibres and automated thermal desorption (ATD) tubes were used with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), to investigate volatile secretions from the headspace gas of adults and larvae of confused flour bee... Read More about Identification of volatile compounds as indicators of spoilage insects and mites in grain and flour.

Teaching polysemous words to arab learners: A cognitive linguistics approach (2013)
Thesis
Makni, F. Teaching polysemous words to arab learners: A cognitive linguistics approach. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/933781

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to compare the pedagogic efficiency of two methods for teaching polysemous vocabulary – the image-schema-based vocabulary instruction method (ISBM) and the translation-based vocabulary instruction method (TBM)... Read More about Teaching polysemous words to arab learners: A cognitive linguistics approach.

Globalisation and language policy in Tunisia: Shifts in domains of use and linguistic attitudes (2013)
Thesis
Aouina, H. Globalisation and language policy in Tunisia: Shifts in domains of use and linguistic attitudes. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/934095

This thesis builds on previous studies on the linguistic situation, attitudes and domains of language use in the Maghreb countries undertaken by Marley (2000, 2004, 2005, 2008) in Morocco, Benrabah (2007a, 2007b), in Algeria, and by Jabeur (1999) Da... Read More about Globalisation and language policy in Tunisia: Shifts in domains of use and linguistic attitudes.

The political avant-garde: Oppositional documentary in Britain since 1990 (2013)
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Presence, S. The political avant-garde: Oppositional documentary in Britain since 1990. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/935222

This thesis explores radical left-wing documentary produced in Britain since 1990. Despite constituting a lively and diverse part of contemporary British film culture, oppositional documentary has been overlooked by film and media scholars for much o... Read More about The political avant-garde: Oppositional documentary in Britain since 1990.

Learning nursing through simulation: Towards an expansive model of learning (2013)
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Berragan, E. Learning nursing through simulation: Towards an expansive model of learning. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/935967

This thesis explores the impact of simulation upon learning for undergraduate nursing students. A brief history of the evolution of pre-registration nurse education and the development of simulation for nursing provide background and context to the s... Read More about Learning nursing through simulation: Towards an expansive model of learning.

Government expenditure, corruption and growth (2013)
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D'Agostino, G. Government expenditure, corruption and growth. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/937640

This thesis has undertaken a comprehensive theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between public spending and economic growth in a neoclassical framework. The focus of the analysis has been to underline two different rules that determ... Read More about Government expenditure, corruption and growth.

Racism by stealth: The construction of racist hate crimes (2013)
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Funnell, C. Racism by stealth: The construction of racist hate crimes. (Thesis). Cardiff University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/938062

This thesis presents the findings of an ethnographic study of the social worlds of racist hate crime victims and their caseworkers. The fieldwork involved participant observation and 25 interviews with victims and caseworkers at a charity that suppor... Read More about Racism by stealth: The construction of racist hate crimes.

Characterisation of three bacteriophages infecting serovars of salmonella enterica (2013)
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Turner, D. Characterisation of three bacteriophages infecting serovars of salmonella enterica. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/940605

A collection of three newly isolated Salmonella bacteriophages, vB_SenS-Ent1, vB_SenS-Ent2 and vB_SenS-Ent3 was established. These bacteriophages were characterised by electron microscopy, host range, sensitivity to restriction enzymes and profiles o... Read More about Characterisation of three bacteriophages infecting serovars of salmonella enterica.

Mental health, patient and public involvement and research methods: Interconnections in the real world (2013)
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Williams, N. L. Mental health, patient and public involvement and research methods: Interconnections in the real world. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/940813

Comprising a collection of seven published papers, this body of work explores methods of involving the public in the development of health services, as well as furthering the understanding of their attitudes to stress, depression and help-seeking.... Read More about Mental health, patient and public involvement and research methods: Interconnections in the real world.

The mid-to-late pleistocene palaeoenvironments of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset (2012)
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Bridle, A. The mid-to-late pleistocene palaeoenvironments of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/941769

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.