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Searching for Young Substellar Companions to Gaia Stars
(2018-07-04)The aim of this thesis is to select young ultra-cool dwarf (UCD, spectral type later than M7) candidates that are likely companions to primary stars within the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) catalogue. The intention ... -
Structure-Function Studies of the ORF1 Protein From the Insertion-Site Specific Retroposon M5 Found in Indo-Pakistan Urban Malarial Vector Anopheles stephensi
(2018-07-17)In the 1950s Barbara McClintock inferred the occurrence of transposition: the movement of small segments of DNA - entities known as transposable elements from one position of the genome to another (McClintock, 1950). ... -
Finding Close Encounters: Toward a Consensus on the Influence of Stellar Flybys on the Solar System over 10 Million Years
(2018-09-21)This thesis is a study of possible stellar encounters of the Sun, both in the past and in the future within ± 10 Myr of the current epoch. This study is based on data gleaned from the first Gaia data release (Gaia DR1). ... -
The Justified Ontology of Time
(2018-09-10)What are we justified in asserting when constructing an ontology of time? I believe a version of Presentism to be the only justified theory. ‘Justified’ here refers exclusively to a basis of empirical and epistemological ... -
Thomas Ward Blagg and the Abbey Parish Charities Scandal c.1827-1860
(2018-07-13)St Albans in the early to mid-nineteenth century suffered from endemic levels of corruption. The borough was well known for the bribery that took place at its borough elections and was the subject of three parliamentary ... -
Implementation of Hydrogen Technologies in Slovenia: Identification of Resistance to Change Factors by a Comparative Study
(2018-06-29)This thesis outlines the implementation processes for a new technology in selected countries and identifies the resistance to change can a change agent can come up against during the implementations process. The starting ... -
Should we accept the existence of numbers as abstract objects?
(2018-06-21)This paper argues that we should accept the existence of numbers as abstract objects. I begin by looking at the Indispensability Argument as a positive argument for the existence of mathematical objects. I look at various ... -
The 1919 Railway Strike: the Government’s Response
(2018-06-21)This study aims to rethink the 1919 national British rail strike from the perspective of Lloyd George’s Coalition Government. This dissertation argues that the government were willing to use all in their power to defeat ... -
Size Acceptance: a Discursive Analysis of Online Blogs
(2017-11-10)Traditional views on ‘overweight’ suggest that managing one’s weight is a simple balance of energy for which all individuals have the capacity and affordances to control, as long as they have the willpower to do so. This ... -
Surviving Cardiac Arrest: Patients' Experiences of the In-Hospital Phase of Recovery
(2017-11-10)In the UK, cardiac arrest affects approximately 30,000 people in the community annually and the incidence of cardiac arrest in hospitals is currently reported as being 1.6 events per 1000 hospital admissions. Whilst survival ... -
Imagine an Imageless Imagination
(2017-11-10)A trend in contemporary discussion pertaining to the imagination has attempted to theoretically conceptualise a type of qualia-free imagination, commonly referred to as propositional imagination. This paper argues that an ... -
Monitoring and Analysis of Novel Psychoactive Substances in Trends Databases, Surface Web and the Deep Web, with Special Interest and Geo-Mapping of the Middle East
(2017-10-12)BACKGROUND Novel or new psychoactive substances (NPS), also known as designer drugs and research chemicals, represent a relatively recent phenomenon which can be traced back to the last decade or even earlier. The growth ... -
Searching for Rotational and Activity Signals in M Dwarf Stars
(2017-06-30)We search for signals coming from M dwarf stars through variations caused by stellar surface activity. The aims of this work are to find the stellar rotation period of M dwarf stars and check them against known planetary ... -
The effect of gender and load type on lower extremity biomechanics during jump landings
(2017-05-09)Introduction: Both gender and additional load have been shown to affect landing mechanics. Females are at an increased risk of sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury and patellofemoral pain syndrome, whereas males ... -
The role of global thrombosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
(2017-04-25)Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, despite great efforts in designing several risk stratification models for more effective prevention of related complications and creating more advanced ... -
On the Nature of Sodium Excess in Nearby Galaxies
(2017-03-13)The 5890, 5895Å Na D absorption lines are sometimes found to be strongly enhanced in nearby galaxies, compared to what is predicted by the best-fitting models for the stellar continuum. The resulting Na D absorption ... -
Imports, Mechanisation and the Decline of the English Plaiting Industry: The View from the Hatters' Gazette, Luton 1873 - 1900
(2017-02-10)Between 1870 and 1900, the straw plaiting industry changed from being one that substantially contributed to local rural and family economies, to one in irrevocable decline. Researching the reasons for this decline is ... -
Spectral Ageing in the Most Powerful Radio Galaxies
(2017-02-08)Radio-loud AGN represent the most energetic and influential large-scale structures in the Universe. Through physical processes such as AGN feedback, they are suggested to play a major role in the evolution of galaxies. ... -
Calculations of Periodicity From H Alpha Profiles of Proxima Centauri
(2017-01-25)In this report the stellar rotation signal for Proxima Centauri is investigated. High-resolution spectra taken with UVES and HARPS of Proxima Centauri over a 13-year period is used as well as photometric observations of ... -
Navigation and Geolocation Within Urban and Semi-Urban Environments Using Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks
(2016-11-25)IEEE 802.15.4 defines networks and hardware capable of low power, low data rate transmissions. The use of these networks for the “Internet of Things”, machine to machine communications, energy metering, control and automation ...