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Contemporary Financial Globalisation in Historical Perspective: Dimensions, Preconditions and Consequences of the Recent and Unprecedented Surge in Global Financial Activity
(2008-11-25)
The subject of this thesis is financial globalisation in historical perspective, and its key
contribution is to demonstrate the J-curve as an alternative depiction of financial
globalisation since the classical Gold ...
Using the Object Relations Technique with Autistic Spectrum Disordered Children to Reveal Their Experience of Relationships
(2008-11-25)
The use of projective assessments has a long history and tradition within psychological testing. However, there is a relative lack of research using these techniques with people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and ...
Coarse WDM Wavelength-Routed Passive Optical Networks
(2008-11-25)
The emergence of new bandwidth-intensive applications articulated by distance learning, online gaming, Web 2.0 and movie delivery by means of high-definition video, has ultimately justified the necessity of upgrading the ...
Towards a Localisation of Trust Framework for Pervasive Environments
(2008-11-17)
Pervasive computing envisions an environment in which we are surrounded by
many embedded computer devices. The existence of those networked devices
provides us with a mobile, spontaneous and dynamic way to access ...
Population-Based Sentinel Surveillance as a Means of Elucidating the Epidemiology of Campylobacter Infection
(2008-11-11)
The public health significance of campylobacters lies in their role as enteropathogens of man. Zoonotic in origin, they are the most commonly reported bacterial cause of gastrointestinal infection in the developed world. ...
Space-Time Block Coding for Wireless Communications
(2008-11-04)
Abstract
Wireless designers constantly seek to improve the spectrum efficiency/capacity, coverage of wireless networks, and link reliability. Space-time wireless technology that uses multiple antennas along with appropriate ...
Grounded Sensorimotor Interaction Histories for Ontogenetic Development in Robots
(2008-11-04)
This thesis puts forward a computational framework that can be used by embodied
artificial agents (and in particular autonomous robots) for ontogenetic
development. The research investigates methods, endowed with which, ...
FIT Science in Psychological and Physical Well-Being
(2008-11-04)
Abstract
The present programme of research discusses a series of studies which explore the
relationships between individual characteristics and well being. The FIT theory (e.g.Fletcher & Stead, 2000a) was used as a ...
Beauty and the Beast: Clients' Experience of Counselling Within a Narrative Framework, Considering Concepts of Containment and Freedom
(2008-11-04)
The experience of opposition between what could be contained in my internal world, and what I wanted freedom from containing while a client in counselling led to the conception of this research. Containment and freedom ...
Semantic Memory Impairments in Schizophrenia: A Neuropsychological Study to Evaluate Competing Theories
(2008-11-04)
Abstract
People with a diagnosis of schizophrenia have been found to perform poorly on tasks assessing semantic memory, and these impairments have been proposed to be related to certain symptoms, in particular Formal ...