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Development of Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces for Invented and Evolved Tuning Systems (2023)
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DYROY, E. (2023). Development of Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces for Invented and Evolved Tuning Systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research is a practice-based project where the objectives revolve around different aspects of tuning; the primary focus is to create innovative Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces (from now on abbreviated VMKLI) through computerbased pr... Read More about Development of Virtual Musical Keyboard Layout Interfaces for Invented and Evolved Tuning Systems.

Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present (2023)
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Hall, T. (2023). Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present. (Thesis). University of Salford

Changing Images of Disability in British Television Drama: from the 1970s till the Present is a historical overview that works to discover whether representations of disability have changed and what has caused those changes. It establishes the relati... Read More about Changing Images Of Disability: from the 1970s to the Present.

The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953 (2023)
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Duncan, E. (2023). The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis explores the origins and development of the Home Defence (Security) Executive (HD(S)E), a body set up in 1940 to address the supposed ‘Fifth Column’ threat present in Britain. Through a detailed examination of this organisation, hitherto... Read More about The Emergence of the British ‘Security State’? An Evaluation of the Security Executive, 1940 – 1953.

Femininity, Madness, and Disability in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Literature and Film Adaptation: A Study in Textual and Visual Forms (2023)
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Helm, H. (2023). Femininity, Madness, and Disability in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Literature and Film Adaptation: A Study in Textual and Visual Forms. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis argues that key works of nineteenth-century children’s literature, fairy tales, and twenty-first-century live-action Disney film mobilise progressive and subversive representations of mad and/or disabled women in order to express agency a... Read More about Femininity, Madness, and Disability in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Literature and Film Adaptation: A Study in Textual and Visual Forms.

The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition (2023)
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Tyler, H. (2023). The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition. (Thesis). University of Salford

In 1889, it was estimated that there were ten thousand brass bands across America and by the beginning of the twentieth century, that number had increased to over eighteen thousand (Hazen & Hazen, 1987). These brass bands were an integral part of Ame... Read More about The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition.