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Santa Claus is coming to town (1991)
Digital Artefact
Bekerman, M. (1991). Santa Claus is coming to town. [Radio and YouTube]

A radio feature programme in the Polish language for children with information about the multicultural influences of the Santa Claus tradition and its origins with musical illustrations

Municipal enterprise : the growth and development of Manchester Airport, c1910-1978 (1991)
Thesis
Williams, V. Municipal enterprise : the growth and development of Manchester Airport, c1910-1978. (Thesis). University of Salford

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the growth and development of Manchester airport and the implications of municipal ownership. The main theme is the nature of municipal ownerships structures and their interaction with other institutional stru... Read More about Municipal enterprise : the growth and development of Manchester Airport, c1910-1978.

Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west (1991)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (1991). Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west. West European Politics, 14(4), 96-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389108424878

This article, by analysing three different approaches to west European communism in the political science literature, attempts to explain how and why the largest communist party in the West, the Italian Communist Party, took the decision to dissolve... Read More about Whatever happened to Italian communism? Explaining the dissolution of the largest communist party in the west.

Design of tracking systems incorporating multivariable plants (1991)
Thesis
Yamane, H. Design of tracking systems incorporating multivariable plants. (Thesis). University of Salford

The methodology for the design of error-actuated digital set-point tracking controllers proposed by Porter and co-workers has emerged as a result of the pursuit of effective and practical solutions to the problem of designing digital control system... Read More about Design of tracking systems incorporating multivariable plants.

The causes and processes of rural-urban migration in 19th and early 20th century India : the case of Ratnagiri district (1991)
Thesis
Yamin, G. The causes and processes of rural-urban migration in 19th and early 20th century India : the case of Ratnagiri district. (Thesis). University of Salford

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the reasons for the growth of large scale labour migration from Ratnagiri district during the nineteenth century. It is argued firstly that for an understanding of the origins of migration from Ratnagiri it is... Read More about The causes and processes of rural-urban migration in 19th and early 20th century India : the case of Ratnagiri district.

The Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left (1991)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (1991). The Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 7(2), 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/13523279108415087

This article analyses the final congress of the largest communist party in the West (the Italian Communist Party), marking its transformation into the non-communist Democratic Party of the Left. The article analyses the transformation process as well... Read More about The Italian Communist Party's twentieth congress and the painful birth of the Democratic Party of the left.

A new era for the non-rulers too : West European communist parties, Perestroika and the revolution in Eastern Europe (1991)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (1991). A new era for the non-rulers too : West European communist parties, Perestroika and the revolution in Eastern Europe. Politics, 11(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.1991.tb00188.x

The revolutions in central and eastern Europe have naturally focused attention on the collapse of the ruling parties of these regimes and the regimes themselves. This has tended to overlook the impact of this collapse on the non-ruling communist part... Read More about A new era for the non-rulers too : West European communist parties, Perestroika and the revolution in Eastern Europe.

Weather radar information processing and real-time flood forecasting (1991)
Thesis
Han, D. Weather radar information processing and real-time flood forecasting. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

This thesis describes research into remotely sensed weather radar information systems and specifically addresses three problems; 1) Weather radar data processing; 2) Real-time flood forecasting models and 3) Computer system design for the realisati... Read More about Weather radar information processing and real-time flood forecasting.

Palaeoecological studies on the Rivington Anglezarke uplands, Lancashire (1991)
Thesis
Bain, M. Palaeoecological studies on the Rivington Anglezarke uplands, Lancashire. (Thesis). University of Salford

The Rivington Anglezarke uplands, at the western limits of the Rossendale outlier, are an important landscape resource in industrial Lancashire. Scattered ancient monuments and farmstead ruins stimulate enquiry and suggest long-term human influence w... Read More about Palaeoecological studies on the Rivington Anglezarke uplands, Lancashire.

The molecular epidemiology of parasites (1991)
Journal Article
G, H., & A, T. (1991). The molecular epidemiology of parasites. #Journal not on list, 47, 128–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945413

The explosion of new techniques, made available by the rapid advance in molecular biology, has provided a battery of novel approaches and technology which can be applied to more practical issues such as the epidemiology of parasites. In this review,... Read More about The molecular epidemiology of parasites.

Translation quality assessment : a situational/textual model for the evaluation of Arabic/English translations (1991)
Thesis
Benhaddou, M. Translation quality assessment : a situational/textual model for the evaluation of Arabic/English translations. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

Translation evaluation is one of the main concerns of translation theorists, members of translation revision boards, and most importantly it is the concern of translator trainers. Translation quality has often been associated with the correctness... Read More about Translation quality assessment : a situational/textual model for the evaluation of Arabic/English translations.

Analysis and design of bolted connections in cold formed steel members (1991)
Thesis
Zadanfarrokh, F. Analysis and design of bolted connections in cold formed steel members. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

The purpose of this thesis has been to investigate, both analytically and experimentally, the behaviour of bolted joints in cold formed steel members. To this aim, the influences of all factors bearing a significant effect on behaviour of bolted c... Read More about Analysis and design of bolted connections in cold formed steel members.

Error-based interlinguistic comparisons as a learner-centred technique of teaching English grammar to Arab students (1991)
Thesis
Mohammed, A. Error-based interlinguistic comparisons as a learner-centred technique of teaching English grammar to Arab students. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

English is taught as a compulsory subject in general education and some higher education institutions in Sudan. Students are totally dependent on the five to six hours per week of language input provided through formal classroom instruction. Besi... Read More about Error-based interlinguistic comparisons as a learner-centred technique of teaching English grammar to Arab students.

Sentence initial pre-verbal constituents in Arabic : a text-based approach (1991)
Thesis
Benmahdjoub, I. Sentence initial pre-verbal constituents in Arabic : a text-based approach. (Thesis). University of Salford

Word order is a textual means available to text producers to arrange their messages in order to convey different communicative functions, the choice of sentence initial position being one of the strategies commonly used to relay pragmatic or textual... Read More about Sentence initial pre-verbal constituents in Arabic : a text-based approach.

High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture (1991)
Journal Article
Hall, M. (1991). High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture. Social Dynamics, 17(2), 41-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533959108458512

The Dutch East and West India Companies established colonies in the Caribbean, Brazil and at the Cape of Good Hope. The resulting townscapes can be read as artefacts of domination - attempts to stamp order on the chaos of newly-colonized lands. But a... Read More about High and low in the townscapes of Dutch South America and South Africa: the dialectics of material culture.

One day Tafo (1991)
Digital Artefact
Knudsen, E. (1991). One day Tafo

One Day Tafo is a uniquely poetic film, transcending generally accepted form. Being half Danish, half Ghanaian - and thereby a consequence of a marriage of cultures - the filmmaker embarks on a spiritual exploration of what connects people and people... Read More about One day Tafo.