UH Research Archive: Recent submissions
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Novel antithrombotic agents for atrial fibrillation
(2012-06-01)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. It is estimated that 1 in 4 individuals aged 40 years or above will develop at least 1 episode of AF during their lifetime. Stroke is a leading cause of ... -
An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities
(2012-06-21)The abundance of heavy elements (metallicity) in the photospheres of stars similar to the Sun provides a 'fossil' record of the chemical composition of the initial protoplanetary disk. Metal-rich stars are much more likely ... -
Static Guarantees for Coordinated Components: a Statically Typed Composition Model for Stream-Processing Networks
(2012-10-03)Does your program do what it is supposed to be doing? Without running the program providing an answer to this question is much harder if the language does not support static type checking. Of course, even if compile-time ... -
Can misleading hand gestures influence eyewitness testimony?
(2011-05)A wealth of research has highlighted the susceptibility of eyewitnesses to misleading verbal questions. However, the role of nonverbal influence when questioning witnesses has been overlooked, even though substantive ... -
Andalucia : An emerging regional economy in Europe
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Post Asymptotic Giant Branch and Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Halo
(2012-09-28)Post asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars, central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPNe) and planetary nebulae (PNe) are important phases of stellar evolution as the material they feedback is the seed of subsequent star ... -
Star Formation in Galaxies: From the Epoch of Reionisation to the Present Day
(2012-09-28)In this thesis, I explore both obscured and unobscured star formation over a large fraction of cosmic time. I use the HAWK-I Y -band science verification data over GOODS-South, in conjunction with optical and infrared ... -
Chinese Brands and Branding Strategies
(2012-09-28)The purpose of this study is to gain an insight into Chinese brands and branding strategies, with a particular focus on the manufacturing sector. This study will explore the value of existing brand management theory as ... -
The Course of Psychological Distress and Determinants of Adjustment Following Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2012-09-28)Chronic physical illnesses, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), that are painful and disabling not only impact on a person’s ability to complete normal daily activities (e.g. dressing, bathing, walking etc.) but may also ... -
Self-Organised Task Differentiation in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups of Autonomous Agents
(2012-09-27)The field of swarm robotics has been growing fast over the last few years. Using a swarm of simple and cheap robots has advantages in various tasks. Apart from performance gains on tasks that allow for parallel execution, ... -
The Behaviours of Fluid Characterforms in Temporal Typography
(2012-09-25)This thesis identifies and characterises a particular kind of temporal typography in which verbal forms exhibit behaviours that have been identified by Eduardo Kac as ‘fluid’ , and fluctuate between the verbal and pictorial ... -
Contemporary Neorealist Principles in Abbas Kiarostami's Filmmaking (1997 - 2005)
(2012-09-25)Iranian film has in recent decades comprised an increasingly important and influential cinema. The Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979 paved the way for freedom of artistic and literary expression, communicating a new ... -
Philosophy and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2012-07)Investigates some intriguing philosophical questions via the popular Hitchhiker books by Douglas Adams -
The funniest of all improbable worlds : Hitchhikers as philosophical satire
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Mostly harmless : Hitchhikers and the ethics of entertainment
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Martensitic-Austenitic phase transformation of Ni-Ti SMAs : Thermal properties
(2012-05)The main scope of this work concerns the definition of the thermal conductivity temperature dependence of fully dense NiTi SMAs in the temperature range where the Martensitic Austenitic phase transformation occurs. The ... -
Networking and Innovation in SMEs : Evidence from the Creative Industries in the East of England
(2012)Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in creativity and in the creative industries sector (CIS). However, researchers have given little attention to the impact of networking on the innovativeness and performance ... -
Time, emotion, and depression
(2012-04)I examine several aspects of the experience of time in depression and in the experience of different emotions. Both phenomenological and experimental studies show that depressed subjects have a slowed experience of time ... -
Nurse-led case management in the National Health Service : bridging clinical and social worlds
(2012)To understand the effects of Nurse Case Managers (NCMs) working in primary care in the English National Health Service (NHS) from multiple perspectives and how this new role impacts on social workers, this paper reports ... -
Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design
(Phaidon Press, 2012)he Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design features 500 graphic designs including newspapers, magazines, posters, advertisements, typefaces, logos, corporate design, record covers and moving graphics from around the world, which ...