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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. ...
Electromyographic Analysis of Hip and Knee Exercises: a Continuum from Early Rehabilitation to Enhancing Performance
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-05-01)
Introduction: Muscles around the hip and knee regions work in unison within the kinetic chain to produce functional movements. After a musculoskeletal injury, a progressive programme of rehabilitation exercises should be ...
English Universities: Managerial Movement from Academic Collegial Administration to Corporate Managerialism (1960-2013)
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-04-30)
The aim of the research in this MA by Research thesis has been to shed light on the development of the notion of “management” and its associated “sociometrics” at UK universities.
The research looked at the transformation ...
The Effects and Differences of Sprint Interval Training, Endurance Training and the Training Types Combined on Physiological Parameters and Exercise Performance
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-03-24)
Sprint Interval Training (SIT) is a time efficient way in order to elicit similar changes as Endurance Training (ET) on aerobic capacity, with the purpose of the exercise training to alter physiological systems and exceed ...
Landed Estates in Northamptonshire: the Rural Rental Economy, 1800-1881
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-03-04)
The nineteenth century was a period of extensive change in English rural society, in terms of both agriculture itself and the rural economy as a whole. Northamptonshire in this period, whilst remaining a predominantly ...
Re-defining an Open Future, The Child's right to an Open Future revisited from a Virtue-Ethics perspective
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-03)
The over-riding goal of my thesis is to supplement Joel Feinberg’s (1980) argument for The Childs Right to an Open Future with ideas from Virtue Ethics, in order to gain a more comprehensive and satisfying account of the ...
Developing Particulate Layers for a Light Scattering Model as Potential Means of Interpreting Remote Sensing Data of Planetary Surfaces
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-01-29)
The study of terrestrial surfaces (regolith) of celestial bodies on a large scale is only realistic if conducted remotely. One method of achieving this is through investigating the directional properties
of light scattered ...
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 ...