In this thesis I study the links between Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and their surrounding large scale environments mainly at high redshift. I firstly use Spitzer space telescope data for one of the largest and most ...

The aim of this practitioner research is to explore and analyse how headteachers reflect on their own professional practice to help them sustain themselves and improve secondary schools. The research has two aspects: the ...

“After the group had played [improvisation] game[s]…colours became brighter, people and spaces seem of a different size, focus is sharper. Our normal thinking dulls perception…” Keith Johnstone (1979, pg. 131) Improvisation ...

This thesis outlines and defends a MacIntyrean account of contemporary work. MacIntyre's virtue ethics seems to entail a wholesale rejection of the modern order; throughout his writings MacIntyre is highly critical of ...

Previous research has indicated the unique contribution that the interaction between looked after children and their foster carers might have on young people’s behaviour, emotional well-being and subsequent placement ...

The deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) function as output gates for a large majority of the Purkinje cells of the cerebellar cortex and thereby determine how the cerebellum influences the rest of the brain and body. In my PhD ...

The understanding of the mechanism determining exchange rates is still an unsolved puzzle in the field of international economics. In the search for the underlying causes of the failure of existing approaches to explain ...

The experiences of family caregivers of adults diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder (NEAD) are under-researched. To address this lack of research and the Department of Health’s (DOH) aim to focus on the experiences ...

This thesis addresses the problem of how the dendritic structure and other morphological properties of the neuron can determine its pattern recognition performance. The techniques used in this work for generating dendritic ...

The research described in this thesis originated from an idea to develop new body protection for the sport of fencing. The ultimate goal is to develop body armour which would be flexible, wearable, washable, light and ...