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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 ... -
Accretion Disc Structure of Supermassive Stars Formed by Collisions
(2022-03-08)Globular clusters (GCs) display large variations in light elements; the main one being O-Na, C-N and Mg-Al anticorrelations. Additionally most GCs demonstrate multiple sequences in the colour-magnitude diagram, proving ... -
Analysis of G-Quadruplex Formation in mRNA Transcripts of Phospholemman/FXYD1
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-06-06)G-quadruplexes are higher-order nucleic acid structures formed by tetrads of guanine bases (G-tetrads) through non-canonical base interactions. Two G-tetrads are stabilised by a potassium-ion sandwiched between the tetrads. ... -
Analysis of Jamming Attacks on Wireless Sensor Networks
(2016-04-14)Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a wireless-oriented form of communication largely used for outdoor applications, such as environmental monitoring and military surveillance. Therefore, a jamming attack is one of the denial ... -
Assessing the Performance of Sub-Millimetre Compact Object Detection Algorithms
(University of Hertfordshire, 2010-03-08)Sub-millimetre astronomy is about to be transformed by the deployment of new detectors that can map larger images than previously possible. A particular issue in sub-millimetre astronomy is the automated detection of ... -
Autophagy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Towards a Pathway-Centric Therapy for a Fatal Childhood Disorder
(2019-06-04)Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular and the primary cause of infant death. SMA is characterised by the loss of motor neurons in the spinal resulting in progressive muscle atrophy, paralysis and ... -
A Biometric Approach to Prevent False Use of IDs
(2019-02-02)What is your username? What is your password? What is your PIN number? These are some of the commonly used key questions users need to answer accurately in order to verify their identity and gain access to systems and ... -
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 ... -
Can We Have a Kierkegaardian Self Without God?: Kierkegaard, Bernard Williams and Ground Projects
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-07-02)This dissertation will explore Kierkegaard's notion of the self, primarily in his work The Sickness Unto Death. While Kierkegaard claims that it is impossible for an individual to become a full self without God, this paper ... -
Characterisation of Peripheral Neuropathy and Neuronal and Endothelial Markers of Neuropathic Pain: a Comparative Study Across Preclinical Models of Neuropathic Pain
(2022-11-07)Neuropathic pain is pain caused by a lesion or disease to the somatosensory pathways. A leading cause is diabetic peripheral neuropathy which effects over half of all diabetic patients. This neuronal damage commonly leads ... -
Combination of Multi-Modal Imaging and Neurophysiology to Improve Targeting Accuracy and Outcome in Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
(2021-10-06)A study was conducted to observe the positioning of two sets of electrodes in fourteen patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The purpose was to potentially optimise electrode positioning and parameters with the goal of ... -
Common Proper-Motion Halo Stars
(2016-02-24)Using the PPMXL proper-motion catalogue we have attempted to compile our own catalogue of common-proper-motion halo candidates, for use in a study of the difference in the lower end of the metallicity distribution of ... -
A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON CHANGING HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY STRUCTURE IN MID-VICTORIAN HERTFORDSHIRE
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-09-02)Despite the seminal studies dedicated to family structure and household composition, there has been a dearth of these studies since the 1980s, when it was perceived by social historians as outmoded in the context of the ... -
A Comparison Between UK and Cyprus Based Male Football Athletes in Terms of Dietary Intake, Markers of Physiological Stress, and Training Load
(2015-08-19)Few studies have examined the relationship of nutritional intake and training load between different football teams. Additionally, there are not any comparison studies regarding training load in terms of energy cost and ... -
Complete Communities or Dormitory Towns? Case Studies in Interwar Housing at Welwyn Garden City, Becontree and St Helier
(2016-11-23)Housing has always been a paramount issue; in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century attempts were made to revolutionise the problem of poor quality houses and the accompanying poor quality of life. This was set ... -
The Concept of Service Learning in Practice: A Vehicle for University Student Development?
(2016-11-21)Service Learning is a teaching pedagogy which for a faculty is an innovative method for relating academic study to the realities of community practice. For communities and local organisations, it is an invitation to get ... -
Construction and Analysis of Multi-Index Financial Model
(2023-03-23)This paper presents an empirical study of the expansion of the single-index model into a multi-index model with a careful selection of indices. A total of 91 multi-index models were built and tested using advanced statistical ... -
Consumer Buying Criteria for National and Premium Own-label Food Brands
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-10-28)Since its introduction, the premium own label range has become the fastest growing of the own label tiers available in supermarkets in spite of its high price. Accordingly, the question of who buys the premium own label ... -
Contemporary Art Commissioning: The Role of Universities
(2019-03-19)Why would the private business sector be motivated to work directly with a university to commission artwork, as opposed to an alternative provider and in turn, what factors have motivated universities to engage in this ... -
A Critical Assessment of the Higher Order Thought Theory of Consciousness
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-05-28)David Rosenthal’s higher-order thought theory is a theory of state consciousness. The HOT theory posits that a form of higher-order awareness is required for a subject to be conscious of the mental states they bear. ...