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Design of Body Assemblies with Distributed Tasks Under the Support of Parametric Associative Design (PAD)
(2011-05-18)
This investigation identifies how CAD models of typical automotive body assemblies could be defined to allow a continuous optimisation of the number of iterations required for the final design and the number of variants ...
Marketing Strategies in the UK Classical Music Business: The Significance of 1989
(2011-04-28)
The process by which the classical music business operates in the UK changed significantly through the marketing of a classical music recording which took place in 1989. EMI’s recording of Vivaldi’s work Four Seasons with ...
Galaxy Evolution and the Redshift Desert
(2011-04-26)
This thesis explores the evolution of galaxies from the onset of star formation shortly after the Big Bang until the present day. Particular emphasis lies on the redshift range z = 1.4 2.5, the
so-called “redshift ...
Between a Rock and Hard Place: Space, Gender and Hierarchy in British Gangland Film
(2011-03-25)
A principal aim of this research has been to establish the capacity of British Gangland film to articulate its era of production through the cinematic interpretation of contemporary concerns and anxieties in narratives ...
The Rise and Fall of the Apothecaries' Assistants 1815 - 1923
(2011-03-24)
The central theme of this work is the elucidation of the circumstances that led to the decline of the apothecaries’ assistants. The Apothecaries Act (1815) formerly recognised them as dispensers of medicine and provided ...
Blended Learning: Undergraduate Students' Experiences of Using Technology to Support Their Learning
(2011-03-24)
This thesis investigates undergraduate experiences of studying within a blended learning environment at a UK university in the first decade of the 21st century. Blended learning in this context comprises the use of ...
VOICE BIOMETRICS UNDER MISMATCHED NOISE CONDITIONS
(2011-03-23)
This thesis describes research into effective voice biometrics (speaker recognition) under mismatched noise conditions. Over the last two decades, this class of biometrics has been the subject of considerable research due ...
Microcurrent Therapy in the Management of Chronic Tennis Elbow
(2011-03-10)
Microcurrent therapy (MCT) involves the application of sub-sensory electric current and can promote tissue repair, possibly by mimicking endogenous electrical cues for healing. It has been used successfully to treat ...
Viable Knowledge: The Centrality of Practice
(2011-03-10)
This thesis investigates how individual student nurses construct a body of knowledge that is appropriate and able to support or underpin their practical experiences in the early part of their undergraduate pre-registration ...
The Impact of Agricultural Depression and Land Ownership Change on the County of Hertfordshire, c.1870-1914
(2011-03-01)
The focus of this research has been on how the county of Hertfordshire negotiated
the economic, social and political changes of the late nineteenth century. A rural
county sitting within just twenty miles of the nation’s ...