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Racism by stealth: The construction of racist hate crimes (2013)
Thesis
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)
Thesis
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)
Thesis
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)
Thesis
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.

Open science and public engagement: Exploring the potential of the open paradigm to support public engagement with science (2012)
Thesis
Grand, A. (in press). Open science and public engagement: Exploring the potential of the open paradigm to support public engagement with science. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/941959

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)
Thesis
Clayton, W. Bus Tales: Travel-time use, technologies, and journey experiences on the bus. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/941979

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)
Thesis
Badarnah, L. Towards the LIVING Envelope: Biomimetics for building envelope adaptation. (Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/942071

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)
Thesis
Walmsley, I. From poison to problem: Governing the drug using population. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/942606

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.

Violent urban disturbance in England 1980-81 (2012)
Thesis
Ball, R. Violent urban disturbance in England 1980-81. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/943122

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.

A formal architecture-centric and model driven approach for the engineering of science gateways (2012)
Thesis
Manset, D. A formal architecture-centric and model driven approach for the engineering of science gateways. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/943392

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.

An exploration of women's perceptions and lived experiences of domestic violence and abuse in the context of their pregnancy (2012)
Thesis
Baird, K. An exploration of women's perceptions and lived experiences of domestic violence and abuse in the context of their pregnancy. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/943785

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)
Thesis
Flurey, C. A. Capturing daily fluctuations, flare and self-management in rheumatoid arthritis: The patient perspective. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/944379

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.

Applying remote sensing, GIS and emissions techniques to air quality and carbon dioxide emissions measurements and monitoring in the Niger Delta (2012)
Thesis
Fagbeja, M. Applying remote sensing, GIS and emissions techniques to air quality and carbon dioxide emissions measurements and monitoring in the Niger Delta. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/946155

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.

Psychological practitioners' conceptualisations of the process of change in clients with chronic health conditions: A qualitative study (2012)
Thesis
Millar, P. Psychological practitioners' conceptualisations of the process of change in clients with chronic health conditions: A qualitative study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/946241

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.

Use of lux gene technology to investigate real-time in-situ interactions of bacterial pathogens with a model blood-brain barrier system (2012)
Thesis
Grimshaw, K. L. Use of lux gene technology to investigate real-time in-situ interactions of bacterial pathogens with a model blood-brain barrier system. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/946792

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.

3D face recognition using photometric stereo (2012)
Thesis
Hansen, M. F. 3D face recognition using photometric stereo. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/947596

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.

Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol (2012)
Thesis
Matheson, K. Fire fighters, neighbourhoods and social identity: The relationship between the fire service and residents in Bristol. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/947825

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.