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Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Online Social Networks in the Older Population: a UK Perspective
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-12)
Since households and businesses alike obtained the high-speed Internet service of broadband, the Internet has become integral to daily life in the 21st century. Advancements in information and Internet technology has led ...
Near-Capacity Sphere Decoder Based Detection Schemes for MIMO Wireless Communication Systems
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-08)
The search for the closest lattice point arises in many communication problems, and is known to be NP-hard. The Maximum Likelihood (ML) Detector is the optimal detector which yields an optimal solution to this problem, but ...
Automatic Number Plate Recognition on FPGA
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-03)
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) play an important role in modern traffic management, which can be divided into intelligent infrastructure systems and intelligent vehicle systems. Automatic Number Plate Recognition ...
The Influence of Solid Additives on the Tribological Properties of Lubricants
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-06-27)
The present work investigates the tribological properties of solid particles as lubricant additives in lubricants. Two types of solid particles, Ceria nanoparticles (CeO2) and Zinc borate ultrafine powders (ZB UFPs), were ...
Software Defect Prediction Using Static Code Metrics: Formulating a Methodology
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-06-24)
Software defect prediction is motivated by the huge costs incurred as a result of
software failures. In an effort to reduce these costs, researchers have been utilising
software metrics to try and build predictive models ...
Using History in Public Policy Development
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-06-14)
This thesis addresses two key problems: that historical practice in the academy is largely disengaged from politics as a domain of public purpose and that policymaking remains fixed on a very narrow (and quantitative) ...
Factors Affecting the Performance of Trainable Models for Software Defect Prediction
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-06-13)
Context. Reports suggest that defects in code cost the US in excess of $50billion per year to put right.
Defect Prediction is an important part of Software Engineering. It allows developers to prioritise the
code that ...
A Search for High-Redshift Radio Galaxies Within the Epoch of Reionization
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-06-07)
In this thesis I used a sample of radio galaxies with 1.4GHz radio luminosity, S1.4 > 10mJy,
with the aim of finding high-redshift radio galaxies in the Lockman Hole, ELAIS-N1, ELAISN2,
XMM-LSS and CDFS using near-infrared ...
Qualitative Research of Online Drug Misuse Communities with Reference to the Novel Psychoactive Substances
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-05-29)
Objective: This research aimed at reviewing the information provided by the online drug misuse communities with reference to the available evidence-based literature on the novel psychoactive substances.
Methodology: ...
The Nexus Paradox: Legal Personality and the Theory of the Firm
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-05-28)
In the last four decades, one of the fastest-growing fields of research in economics has been the contractual theory of the firm developed in Coase’s (1937) footsteps. Yet despite what otherwise seems to be a genuine success ...