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The persistence of attentional set and its implications for top-down control (2009)
Thesis
Thompson, C. (in press). The persistence of attentional set and its implications for top-down control. (Thesis). University of Nottingham

A top-down attentional set allows selective processing of the most informative aspects of a scene by biasing attention towards task-relevant stimuli and away from task-irrelevant stimuli on the basis of task demands. The work in this thesis explored... Read More about The persistence of attentional set and its implications for top-down control.

A critical investigation into the properties of metallised film capacitors for high quality sound reproduction (2009)
Thesis

This is an account of work carried out through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with
Industrial Capacitors (Wrexham) Ltd to assess the effects of metallised film
polypropylene capacitors on key sonic attributes of reproduced sound. The capacitors... Read More about A critical investigation into the properties of metallised film capacitors for high quality sound reproduction.

Lexical, cultural and grammatical translation problems encountered by senior Palestinian EFL learners at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine (2009)
Thesis
El Haj Ahmed, M. Lexical, cultural and grammatical translation problems encountered by senior Palestinian EFL learners at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine. (Thesis). University of Salford

The purpose of this study is to investigate, analyze and classify the lexical, cultural and grammatical problems encountered by senior Palestinian EFL university learners in their English-Arabic translations and to find out any gender differences reg... Read More about Lexical, cultural and grammatical translation problems encountered by senior Palestinian EFL learners at the Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.