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Narratives of Living with Epilepsy Diagnosed in Adulthood
(2011-09-26)
Background and aims: The individual’s experience of living with epilepsy is often neglected with the dominant focus being upon seizure control. However, the experience of living with epilepsy is more than the seizures. ...
The Effectiveness of Pursed Lips Breathing in the Management of Breathlessness in Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(2011-09-19)
Introduction: This dissertation aims to explore, in a clinical setting, the effectiveness of pursed lips breathing (PLB), in the management of dyspnoea in stable COPD.
Methodology: A mixed methodology that comprised a ...
Leadership in Small Primary Schools: The Headteacher's Perspective
(2011-09-16)
The aim of this research is to identify and scrutinise current aspects of leadership in small primary schools in order to generate a new context-appropriate model of headship. The research is an in-depth study of leading ...
Receiver Architectures for MIMO Wireless Communication Systems based on V-BLAST and Sphere Decoding Algorithms
(2011-09-13)
Modern day technology aspires to always progress. This progression leads to a lot of research in any significant area of improvement. There is a growing amount of end-users in the wireless spectrum which has led to a need ...
The Possibility of Over the Phone Traumatisation: A Repertory Grid Study Investigating Secondary Traumatic Stress in Samaritan Crisis Line Volunteers
(2011-09-13)
Background: The literature suggests a consensus that individuals can become traumatised through listening to another’s trauma. Much of this research, however, has focused on individuals who have had direct, face-to-face ...
Towards the Evolution of Multicellularity: A Computational Artificial Life Approach
(2011-09-13)
Technology, nowadays, has given us huge computational potential, but
computer sciences have major problems tapping into this pool of resources.
One of the main issues is how to program and design distributed systems.
Biology ...
Channel Estimation and Performance Analysis of MIMO-OFDM Communications using Space-Time and Space-Frequency Coding Schemes
(2011-09-12)
This thesis is concerned with channel estimation and data detection of MIMO-OFDM communication systems using Space-Time Block Coding (STBC) and Space-Frequency Block Coding (SFBC) under frequency selective channels. A new ...
A Multi-Level Machine Learning System for Attention-Based Object Recognition
(2011-09-06)
This thesis develops a trainable object-recognition algorithm. This algorithm
represents objects using their salient features. The algorithm applies an attention
mechanism to speed up feature detection.
A trainable ...
Measurement and Modelling of Light Scattering by Small to Medium Size Parameter Airborne Particles
(2011-09-06)
An investigation into the light scattering properties of Saharan dust grains is presented. An electrodynamic trap has been used to levitate single dust particles. By adjusting the trap parameters, partial randomisation of ...
Investigating Recovery in Psychosis: a Personal Construct Repertory Grid Study
(2011-09-05)
Research regarding the potential value of using a personal construct psychology (PCP) framework to explore recovery in psychosis has been minimal. Mental health policy guidelines (Shepherd et al., 2008) recommend that ...