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Cognitive Control in Verbal Task Switching
(2015-08-24)
Task switching produces a number of reliable behavioural measures, the main focus of interest here being ‘switch cost’, the increase in response time when switching between tasks as opposed to performing them separately. ...
Characterisation of Low Velocity Impact Response in Composite Laminates
(2015-08-21)
A major concern affecting the efficient use of composite laminates in aerospace industry is the lack of understanding of the effect of low-velocity impact (LVI) damage on the structural integrity. This project aims to ...
Defining 'Hard to Reach': the Work of Health Visitors with Vulnerable Families
(2015-08-20)
The term ‘hard to reach’ first appeared in the Health Visiting Review (Lowe 2007). This review claimed that the health visiting service was able and experienced in reaching the ‘hard to reach’. Yet there was a dearth of ...
Contrasting Debates and Perspectives from Second and Third Wave Feminists in Britain: Class, Work and Activism
(2015-08-20)
The dissertation rests firstly on the author’s previously published work (German, 1989; German, 2007; German, 2013) which attempted to analyse the position of women in British society in terms of their relationship to ...
A Comparison of the Offshoring and Outsourcing Strategies of German and UK Multinational Companies: A Critical Engagement With the 'Varieties of Capitalism' Perspective
(2015-08-20)
The aim of this research is to examine the extent to which the offshoring and outsourcing practices in Multinational Corporations, when the headquarters are registered and located in either the UK or Germany; are embedded ...
The Growth and Morphology of Small Ice Crystals in a Diffusion Chamber
(2015-08-20)
Small water ice crystals are the main component of cold tropospheric clouds such as cirrus. Because these clouds cover large areas of our planet, their role in the radiation budget of incoming and outgoing radiation to the ...
Driving and Inhibiting Factors in the Adoption of Open Source Software in Organisations
(2015-08-20)
The aim of this research is to investigate the extent to which Open Source Software (OSS) adoption behaviour can empirically be shown to be governed by a set of self-reported (driving and inhibiting) salient beliefs of key ...
Device-to-Device Communication and Multihop Transmission for Future Cellular Networks
(2015-08-19)
The next generation wireless networks i.e. 5G aim to provide multi-Gbps data traffic, in order to satisfy the increasing demand for high-definition video, among other high data rate services, as well as the exponential ...
Revealing the Unspoken: Malaysian Students' Intrinsic Influences in Selecting the UK for Higher Education Migration
(2015-08-19)
The UK has been amongst the leaders in providing higher education for both home and international students, especially from developing countries such as Malaysia. The recent budget cuts on the UK higher education sector ...
Robot-Mediated Interviews: a Robotic Intermediary for Facilitating Communication with Children
(2015-08-19)
Robots have been used in a variety of education, therapy or entertainment contexts. This thesis introduces the novel application of using humanoid robots for Robot-Mediated Interviews (RMIs). In the initial stages of this ...