UH Research Archive: Recent submissions
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Managing the Employment Relationship
(SAGE Publications, 2014-02-01)The chapter begins by discussing what is meant by ‘the employment relationship’, a term that is often used in a simplistic way, obscuring the complexities of such a relationship. The chapter goes on to consider the different ... -
Analysis of Diesel Engine In-Cylinder Air-Fuel Mixing with Homogeneity Factor : Combined Effects of Pilot Injection Strategies and Air Motion
(2014-10)With a view to understanding the air-fuel mixing behavior and the effects of the mixture quality on the emissions formation and engine performance, a new quantitative factor of the in-cylinder air-fuel homogeneity named ... -
A piston geometry and nozzle spray angle investigation in a DI diesel engine by quantifying the air-fuel mixture
(2015-03-01)Low temperature diesel combustion has been widely investigated over the last few years for reducing in-cylinder emissions of Direct Injection (DI) diesel engines without sacrificing efficiency and fuel consumption. The ... -
Fixed-Wing approach techniques for complex environments
(2015-08-01)The landing approach for fixed-wing small unmanned air vehicles (SUAVs) in complex environments such as urban canyons, wooded areas, or any other obscured terrain is challenging due to the limited distance available for ... -
Collaborative control in a flying-boom aerial refueling simulation
(2015-07-01)Unmanned aerial systems are increasingly prevalent in the defense and civil sectors, and there is a desire to increase their effectiveness and versatility by adding the capability to perform air-to-air refueling. Furthermore, ... -
Advances in air to air refuelling
(2014-11-01)An increasing interest over the last decade in developing unmanned aerial systems' technologies has prompted research into methods for automating air to air refuelling processes. Furthermore, for systems with increased ... -
State-of-the-art and Future Concepts for Interaction in Aircraft Cockpits
(Springer Nature, 2015)Aircraft cockpits have substantially increased in complexity over the last 60 years. Whilst the additional instrumentation and sys- tems have improved operational performance and certain aspects of sit- uational awareness, ... -
A vision-based strategy for autonomous aerial refueling tasks
(2013-08)Autonomous aerial refueling is a key enabling technology for both manned and unmanned aircraft where extended flight duration or range are required. The results presented within this paper offer one potential vision-based ... -
Black and Deep Desires : William Shakespeare, Vampire Hunter
(John Hunt Publishing, 2015-09-25)Historical fantasy novel which combines historical fiction, psychological mystery and supernatural thriller in a highly original and imaginative re-telling of the Gunpowder Plot -
Perceptions of Causes and Long Term Effects of Academic Underachievement in High IQ Adults
(2015-10-12)A great deal is known and has been written about the difficulties that high IQ children can experience in the classroom when their special educational needs are not met. Evidence suggests that these difficulties can result ... -
Performance Measurement in the Product Development Process
(2015-10-09)The intention of the programme was to evaluate Product Development (PD) strategies within the automotive industry and to identify areas in which improvements could be made in PD project performance that would also provide ... -
Electromagnetic Compatibility in Wireline Communications
(2015-10-09)This document is a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Hertfordshire for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Part Time) in 'EMC in Wire-line Communications' in the School of ... -
The issue of moral distress in community pharmacy practice : background and research agenda
(2015-10)OBJECTIVES: Moral distress arises from situations in which the individual identifies the morally right action required, but feels unable to act accordingly due to organisational constraints within the work place. Research ... -
Supporting public involvement in research design and grant development : A case study of a public involvement award scheme managed by a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service (RDS)
(2015-10)Background: It is good practice for the public to be involved in developing health research. Resources should be available for researchers to fund the involvement of the public in the development of their grants. Objective: ... -
Do small farmers’ achievements contradict the nutrient depletion scenarios for Africa?
(2005-01-01)The dominant narrative of soil degradation in sub-Saharan Africa, as expressed in global surveys and policy documents, is compared with long-term data on the productive performance of smallholder farming systems under ... -
The Future of Assisted Dying in the UK
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Causation and the Objectification of Agency
(2015-10-06)This dissertation defends the so-called 'agency-approach' to causation, which attempts to ground the causal relation in the cause's role of being a means to bring about its effect. The defence is confined to a conceptual ... -
Camisas Talismanicas De Sultanes Otomanos : Exhibition in cooperation with The Republic of Turkey and Region of Viacura, Chile; 23rd September - 25th October held at Casa de la Matta, Av. Kennedy 9350, Vitacura, Chile.
(2015-09)This exhibition is about the power of clothing. The clothes people wear obviously affect the impression others have of the wearer. These effects can be very subtle and influence a very wide range of impressions that the ... -
Managerial relevance in academic research : an exploratory study
(2002)Concern has been expressed by business and marketing scholars that academic research in these fields should be made more relevant to managers. In this paper the focus in on the views of marketing managers concerning the ...