Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Modelling Cellular Permeability via Carrier Mediated Transport
(2016-10-06)The relative importance of passive diffusion and carrier mediated transport processes to membrane permeability of drugs is a subject of current debate. Passive diffusion and carrier mediated transport are the two main ... -
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, ... -
Overcoming Challenges of Sky Background Light in Large-Scale Astronomical Mosaics
(2016-08-03)Large-scale, high-resolution, photometrically calibrated images are key for many astrophysical problems. The INT Photometric Hα Survey has imaged the entire northern Galactic Plane in r, i and Hα filters. However, these ... -
Phenotypic Characterisation of Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 078 and Comparison with PCR Ribotypes 027 and 002
(2016-07-08)Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium which resides in the gut of animals and humans. There are over 600 different polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotypes of C. difficile, some of which are ... -
The Hyperbolic Superposition of a General Quantum State
(2016-06-28)This dissertation documents an inquiry into the geometric structure of the Spaces used to represent a 2-Dimensional Quantum State Space as it relates to Quantum Computation. In particular we investigate the possible ... -
The Effects of Knee High Compression Garments and Ice on Exercise Performance and Recovery
(2016-05-24)Introduction: Compression garments (CGs) are becoming increasingly popular in many sports as they are believed to aid performance and recovery. Likewise the use of ice therapy is one of the most used recovery strategies ... -
Data-Driven Self-Tuning in a Coordination Programming Language
(2016-05-24)Coordination programming is a paradigm for managing composition, communication, and synchronisation of concurrent components. AstraKahn is a new dataflow coordination language based on Gilles Kahn’s model of process network ... -
Fresh Ways to Work: Do Small and Medium sized Enterprises want Free Travel Plans?
(2016-05-13)Travel Plans have been implemented within the United Kingdom since they were first proposed as a local Travel Planning tool within the Transport White Paper, ‘A new deal for transport’ in the later part of the 20th Century. ... -
Identifying the Ejected Population from Disintegrating Multiple Systems
(2016-05-10)Kinematic studies of the Hipparcos catalogue have revealed associations that are best explained as disintegrating multiple systems, presumably resulting from a dynamical encounter between single/multiple systems in the ... -
Integrated Virtual Reality Game Interaction: The Archery Game
(2016-04-20)The aim of this research is to develop an innovative technology framework that allows a new type of human-computer interaction, where user's motion recognition is combined with immersive visualisation. The demonstrator ... -
The Influence of High Intensity Training on Cardio-Respiratory Biomarkers, Aerobic Metabolism and Time Trial Performance in Recreationally-Trained Individuals
(2016-04-15)The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of high intensity sprint training, interval training and aerobic training on cardio-respiratory biomarkers, aerobic metabolism and time trial performance in ... -
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 ... -
Performative Space and the Construction of Place
(2016-04-07)For the purpose of this research project, I have undertaken a series of practice-based approaches to examine how concepts of place may be created using film and performance. Through filmed excerpts of dance and movement ... -
Universities as Agents of the State: the Example of Widening Participation
(2016-04-06)The research project investigates the role Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) play in delivering the government’s social policies through Widening Participation (WP) policy, why HEIs have a role in social policy and ... -
Embedded 3D Web Based Content for the Creation of an Interactive Medical Browser
(2016-03-09)The research project set out to examine the possibility of presenting 3D medical visualisations through a web browser to help suffers and their families understand their conditions. Explaining complex medical subjects and ... -
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 ... -
Education and Social Mobility 1870 - 1914: a Study of Four Schools in the Registration District of Hitchin in Hertfordshire
(2015-08-26)Social mobility and how it should be measured is an important topic for sociologists and historians. However, there have been very few studies on the link between social mobility and the introduction of a state education ... -
A High-Resolution Radio Continuum Study of the Dwarf Irregular Galaxy IC10
(2015-08-25)Dwarf galaxies are a significant contributor to the current star formation rate for the Universe as a whole, yet little is understood of what drives star formation in these low gas density environments. IC10 is a nearby ... -
The Influence of Ultra-Endurance Exercise on the Cardiovascular and Related Physiological Systems
(2015-08-24)INTRODUCTION: There is currently limited longitudinal data investigating the performance and health-related influence of ultra-endurance training and participation. Cross-sectional investigations have highlighted a potential ... -
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 ...