This study investigates the beliefs of United Arab Emirates (UAE) secondary school students about autonomy in learning English. Given the extreme language diversity in the UAE, it is imperative that Emirati citizens excel in English due to its positi... Read More about Learner autonomy in the UAE context : an investigation of students' beliefs and conceptions of autonomy in learning English language.
This study investigates the beliefs of United Arab Emirates (UAE) secondary school
students about autonomy in learning English. Given the extreme language diversity in the
UAE, it is imperative that Emirati citizens excel in English due to its posi... Read More about Learner autonomy in the UAE context : an investigation of students’ beliefs and conceptions of autonomy in learning English language.
Electromagnetic waves in nonlinear and linear magnetooptic metamaterials (2011)
Thesis
This thesis provides an insight into the world of metamaterials, and the way in which
waves propagate within them. It begins with an introduction to metamaterials, that
includes a generic definition and a fascinating array of models are outlined. A... Read More about Electromagnetic waves in nonlinear and linear magnetooptic metamaterials.
Girls interrupted : narrative constructions of identity among teenage mothers in the UK and France (2011)
Thesis
This thesis is premised on the understanding that narratives are not
merely ways of telling others about ourselves, but are also a means
of shaping our identities. It was informed by narrative research
methodology that conceptualizes identity as m... Read More about Girls interrupted : narrative constructions of identity among teenage mothers in the UK and France.
Application of Pulsed D.C. Magnetron sputtering deposition for the component layers of CuInSe2 thin film photovoltaic cells (2011)
Thesis
The Pulsed D.C. Magnetron Sputtering (PDMS) process has been investigated for the
deposition of the component layers that are used in the production of copper indium
diselenide, CuInSe 2 (CIS), thin film solar cells. PDMS can use high plasma densit... Read More about Application of Pulsed D.C. Magnetron sputtering deposition for the component layers of CuInSe2 thin film photovoltaic cells.
Modified location aided routing protocol for UWB manets (2011)
Thesis
The main goal of the Mobile Ad hoc Network is to seamlessly connect mobile devices
anywhere and at any time, and research in this field has become increasingly popular during
the last decade. Ultra Wideband technology has become a promising candida... Read More about Modified location aided routing protocol for UWB manets.
The role of smell in urban design (2011)
Thesis
The dominance of sight in built environmental design and management is well documented with smell overlooked by built environment professionals, considered of primarily negative influence upon experience and perception. However odour has special char... Read More about The role of smell in urban design.
Racialised lesbian spaces : a Mancunian ethnography (2011)
Thesis
Held, N. Racialised lesbian spaces : a Mancunian ethnography. (Thesis). Lancaster UniversityThis thesis seeks to understand the relationship between sexuality, ‘race’ and space within the context of urban night-time leisure spaces for women. It is informed by and draws on different fields: sexual geographies, critical ‘race’ scholarship, fe... Read More about Racialised lesbian spaces : a Mancunian ethnography.
Modelling geometric uncertainties in prostate radiotherapy (2011)
Thesis
Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) presents a range of techniques to enhance the
geometric accuracy of radiotherapy treatment. A full evaluation of such techniques,
against increased cost, workload, or unnecessary radiation dose, would require the
i... Read More about Modelling geometric uncertainties in prostate radiotherapy.
Oscillatory oseenlets (2011)
Thesis
Elmazuzi, R. Oscillatory oseenlets. (Thesis). University of SalfordConsider uniform flow past an oscillating body. Assume that the resulting far-field flow
consists of both steady and time periodic components. The time periodic component can
be decomposed into a Fourier expansion series of time harmonic terms. The... Read More about Oscillatory oseenlets.
Modelling outcome prediction for trauma patients : an artificial intelligence approach (2011)
Thesis
Trauma, a term used in medicine to describe a physical injury, is believed to be one
of the major causes of death and disability in modern societies. The development of
the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) method by Boyd et al. (1987) can b... Read More about Modelling outcome prediction for trauma patients : an artificial intelligence approach.
Improving construction planning practice in Saudi Arabia by means of lean construction principles and techniques (2011)
Thesis
The research presented in this thesis identifies problems related to project management that could lead to delay in construction projects and seeks to provide practical solutions. Its main aim is to improve construction planning practice by implement... Read More about Improving construction planning practice in Saudi Arabia by means of lean construction principles and techniques.
A sequence-length sensitive approach to learning biological grammars using inductive logic programming (2011)
Thesis
This thesis aims to investigate if the ideas behind compression principles, such as the Minimum Description Length, can help us to improve the process of learning biological grammars from protein sequences using Inductive Logic Programming (ILP). Con... Read More about A sequence-length sensitive approach to learning biological grammars using inductive logic programming.
The effects of expectation on the perception of soundscapes (2011)
Thesis
Bruce, N. The effects of expectation on the perception of soundscapes. (Thesis). University of SalfordThis thesis discusses how expectation is a contributory factor in the perception of
soundscapes. "Soundscape" is a term attributed to R.Murray Schafer to define the acoustic
environment, a recent ISO workgroup has proposed a formal definition as th... Read More about The effects of expectation on the perception of soundscapes.
Rehabilitation of the urban water system in Khartoum (2011)
Thesis
Water is the most common substance on earth, covering more than 70% of the planet's surface. The supply of fresh water has been shrinking; up until now water has been treated as an unlimited resource that has been provided as cheaply as possible and... Read More about Rehabilitation of the urban water system in Khartoum.
The Irish in Middlesbrough : a part of Middlesbrough's community or apart from it? (2011)
Thesis
Victorian Middlesbrough was a 'new town' and, as a consequence, all its
inhabitants were immigrants. Thus, how the Irish came to Middlesbrough is of interest.
However, the main aims of this research are to examine the spatial, demographic, social... Read More about The Irish in Middlesbrough : a part of Middlesbrough's community or apart from it?.
Exposure-response relationships from railway noise in the presence of vibration (2011)
Thesis
The main aim of this thesis is to develop exposure-response relationships for noise,
vibration, and combined effects from noise and vibration. Examinations of nonacoustical
factors such as noise sensitivity, noise acceptance, gender, age, and sleep... Read More about Exposure-response relationships from railway noise in the presence of vibration.
Investigating patient centered care in an acute older adult ward - a qualitative study (2011)
Thesis
This project investigates patient centred care on an acute older persons' unit in a NHS
Trust in the UK. It uses a method based on grounded theory, integrated with an
ethnographic approach to examine the knowledge, beliefs and behaviour of staff
w... Read More about Investigating patient centered care in an acute older adult ward - a qualitative study.
The purpose of the study was to explore the proposition that lean is an
effective methodology for service improvement within a healthcare setting by
evaluating the changes brought about by the application of lean tools to an
orthopaedic radiology... Read More about Using mixed model research to evaluate the outcomes of a lean approach to the transformation of an orthopaedic radiology service.