Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Satellite Drag Analysis Using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC)
(2018-08-24)High altitude research into free molecular flow properties has become more prominent in the aerospace field in recent years due to the rise of private aerospace firms. This led to an increase in satellite launches and ... -
Searching for Ha-Selected Planetary Nebulae in the UWISH2 Galactic Plane Molecular Hydrogen Survey
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-12-18)This thesis seeks to analyse and quantify the differences present in 2 different emission mechanisms seen in Planetary Nebulae (PN). These are H emission from recombination of ionised hydrogen and H2 emission from ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Short-Term Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Glacio-Fluvial Sedimentation at Feegletscher, Swiss Alps
(2021-05-20)Analysis of short-term spatial and temporal patterns of glacio-fluvial sedimentation associated with recent glacier retreat at Feegletscher, Swiss Alps, was undertaken. Data was collected through glacial imagery, ablation, ... -
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 ... -
Simultaneous Far-infrared and X-ray Monitoring of Young Stellar Objects in the Coronet Cluster
(2022-03-02)Context: Multi-wavelength time domain analysis of Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) is a relatively new method within star formation research which may lead to better constraints on fundamental star formation processes. Such ... -
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 ... -
The Socio-Economic Effects of the Grand Junction Canal on West Hertfordshire: 1791 to 1841
(2016-08-23)The study assesses how the county of Hertfordshire along the Grand Junction Canal developed economically and socially between 1790 and 1840. It considers the impact of the canal upon the various industries of the region, ... -
Speaking Stitches, Laughing Flowers: an Emblematic Reinterpretation of the 'Rainbow' Portrait of Elizabeth I
(2019-11-11)The imagery of the ‘Rainbow’ Portrait of Elizabeth I which hangs at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire has been the subject of numerous academic investigations. However, few have addressed in satisfactory depth the many ... -
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. ... -
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). ... -
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 ... -
A Synchronisation Facility for a Stream Processing Coordination Language
(2015-08-24)In this thesis we present the AstraKahn project that aims to provide environment for stream processing applications with an automatic resource and concurrency management based on communication demand. At the moment the ... -
The Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Nitrogen Containing 6 and 7 Membered Ring Heterocyclic Compounds
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-05-29)Literature reports have previously shown interesting antimicrobial activities of compounds containing the α,β unsaturated carbonyl function and various piperidone and tropanone derivatives have attracted interest. A series ... -
Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of benzo[d]isothiazole ring systems, fused to nitrogen heterocycles
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-09-19)We have developed a simple and efficient synthetic route, starting from easily available starting materials, to the novel ring system benzo[4,5]isothiazolo[2,3-a]pyrazine-6,6-dioxide. A series of chalcones were synthesized ... -
Synthetic Observations of Line Emission from Simulated HII Regions
(2021-03-24)In this work I post-process a series of simulations of Giant Molecular Clouds (GMC) from Dale (2017), Dale et al. (2014) by running them through MOCASSIN (MOnte CArlo SimulationS of Ionized Nebulae) and studying the ... -
Teachers' Beliefs About Teaching Reading to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Students in Saudi Higher Education
(2018-05-16)This study explores teachers’ beliefs about teaching reading and reading instructional practices. The study seeks to answer the questions such as what the English language teachers believe about teaching reading in English ... -
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 ... -
Tracking the Metabolic Signatures Associated with Spinal Muscular Atrophy
(2018-07-11)Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease and the primary genetic cause of infant death. This disease is caused by the atrophy of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in muscle weakness, gradual paralysis ...