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Doing Policing : An Inquiry Into The Rhetorical And Argumentative Skills Of The Police, Nicholas John Lynn
Doing Policing : An Inquiry Into The Rhetorical And Argumentative Skills Of The Police, Nicholas John Lynn
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
This thesis examines the spoken and written discourse of uniformed British police officers. Utilising a rhetorical and discursive analysis, the study considers firstly how officers use their considerable powers of discretion to deal informally with crime and criminal incidents. Focusing on a form of discretion that the police refer to as cuffing, two specific discursive practices were identified as being used by police to informally resolve crime: these were the giving of suitable advice and the that's civil device. The second part of the study was concerned with the formal prosecution process and how officers construct prosecution case files. Specifically, …
Locomotor Patterns And Persistent Activity In Self-Organizing Neural Models, Thomas Henry Cooke
Locomotor Patterns And Persistent Activity In Self-Organizing Neural Models, Thomas Henry Cooke
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
The thesis investigates principles of self-organization that may account for the observed structure and behaviour of neural networks that generate locomotor behaviour and complex spatiotemporal patterns such as spiral waves, metastable states and persistent activity. This relates to the general neuroscience problem of finding the correspondence between the structure of neural networks and their function. This question is both extremely important and difficult to answer because the structure of a neural network defines a specific type of neural dynamics which underpins some function of the neural system and also influences the structure and parameters of the network including connection strengths. …
Astral Projection: Theories Of Metaphor, Philosophies Of Science, And The Art Of Scientific Visualization, Donna J . Cox
Astral Projection: Theories Of Metaphor, Philosophies Of Science, And The Art Of Scientific Visualization, Donna J . Cox
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
This thesis provides an intellectual context for my work in computational scientific visualization for large-scale public outreach in venues such as digitaldome planetarium shows and high-definition public television documentaries. In my associated practicum, a DVD that provides video excerpts, 1 focus especially on work I have created with my Advanced Visualization Laboratory team at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (Champaign, Illinois) from 2002-2007. 1 make three main contributions to knowledge within the field of computational scientific visualization. Firstly, I share the unique process 1 have pioneered for collaboratively producing and exhibiting this data-driven art when aimed at popular science …
Investigation Into The Use Of Graphics Calculators By Mathematics Teachers, Sukrat Honey
Investigation Into The Use Of Graphics Calculators By Mathematics Teachers, Sukrat Honey
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
This thesis reports on the findings of four inter-related studies : a pilot study with three Post-graduate student-teachers, a longitudinal case study of a novice teacher, a cross sectional study of novice teachers and experienced teachers, and a study of a mathematics department just beginning to use graphics calculators. Four research tools were used in the main part of this research a: questionnaire lesson observations, interviews and log books. The questionnaire was designed to elicit participants' responses about their beliefs and attitudes about graphics calculators. The data from the questionnaires were triangulated with data collected from lesson observations and interviews. …
Measuring And Modelling Of Cross-Shore Sediment Transport And Profile Evolution On Natural Beaches, Jonathan Tinker
Measuring And Modelling Of Cross-Shore Sediment Transport And Profile Evolution On Natural Beaches, Jonathan Tinker
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
Cross-shore sediment transport is the dominant process causing beach profile evolution. The ability to model cross-shore sediment transport allows prediction of the future beach state be made. Due to a balance between opposing mechanisms, cross-shore sediment transport is difficult to predict. One route to make these predictions is with the development of measurement based parameterisation. This study builds on previousp arameterisationtsh at have relatedc ross-shorev elocity moment (predictorso f suspendeds edimentt ransporta ccordingt o the energeticsa pproacht o sediment transport)t o normalisedd epth( a proxy of cross-shorep osition),t o presenta new shapef unction parameterisationT. he presentp arameterisatiohna s beend evelopedf …
Mathematical Modelling Of Shoreline Evolution Under Climate Change, Anna Zacharioudaki
Mathematical Modelling Of Shoreline Evolution Under Climate Change, Anna Zacharioudaki
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
This study focuses on the impact of potential changes in the wind-wave climate on shoreline change. The `one-line' model for medium to long-term prediction of coastline evolution is employed. New analytical and numerical solutions of this important model are described. Specifically: 1) original semi-analytical solutions are derived that relax the unrealistic assumption of existing analytical work that a constant wave condition drives shoreline change and, 2) a more general form of the one-line model is solved with a novel application of the `Method of Lines'. Model input consists of 30-year nearshore wave climate scenarios, corresponding to the `present' (1961-1990) and …
Predation By Crabs On Rocky Shores In North-East Atlantic, Ana Catarina Ferreira Da Silva
Predation By Crabs On Rocky Shores In North-East Atlantic, Ana Catarina Ferreira Da Silva
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
Highly mobile predators are known to have an important influence on shallow-water habitats. There is, however, little information about the role of crabs on the ecology of rocky shores. Here I examine the extent and consequences of predation by crabs on shores in the North-East Atlantic. The specific aims of this thesis are to: investigate spatial variation in use of the intertidal by crabs along a horizontal gradient of exposure to wave action and a vertical gradient of tidal elevation; assess their use of the intertidal as a feeding area by examining stomach content composition; examine the extent of connectivity …
Biomediation Of Turbulence And Suspended Sediment Characteristics In Marsh Surface Flows - The Influence Of Spartina Anglica, George W. Graham
Biomediation Of Turbulence And Suspended Sediment Characteristics In Marsh Surface Flows - The Influence Of Spartina Anglica, George W. Graham
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
Laboratory experimentation in a large aimular flume (radius 3 m, channel width and water depth 0.4 m) has been conducted using a geometrically and dynamically similar Spariina anglica mimic (canopy height 0.21 m, stem density 1000 stems m~^) to investigate the influence of submerged Spartina on hydrodynamics under unidirectional currents {Uh = 0.2 m s~*) and the impact upon the dynamics of suspended cohesive sediments near the bed within the canopy. The vertical distribution of canopy biomass strongly influences vertical profiles of time-averaged velocity and turbulent quantities. An inflected velocity profile is observed in the region 0.79 < z/h < 0.9 which generates shear, T K E and Reynolds Stress peaks within vicinity of the canopy top. In this region T K E peaks at 15 times the levels observed in un-vegetated experiments. Flows at the canopy top are strongly intermittent with extremely efficient downward momentum transfer, uf] and ufz (stream-wise and vertical zero-mean fluctuating velocity) skewness are 0.5 and -0.5 indicating the presence of intermittent downward penetrating gusts. Near the bed (0 < z/h < 0.3) mean flow velocities are reduced by 88 - 90% in comparison to un-vegetated flows but turbulence intensities are strongly augmented by wake shedding from vegetative elements. TKE in this region is approximately equal to that in un-vegetated flows. Novel field observations in a low energ>', estuarine fringing …
The Resistance Of An Established Profession Towards An Emergent Occupation, Richard William Goslin
The Resistance Of An Established Profession Towards An Emergent Occupation, Richard William Goslin
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This study examines the relationship between orthopaedic and podiatric surgeons which has formed since the NHS reforms of the 1990s facilitated the establishment of podiatric surgery as a mainstream health-care service. Relations between these two disciplines are considered against the traditional background of dominance of health-care by the medical profession. The study seeks to understand the resistance shown towards podiatric surgery by orthopaedic surgeons and to determine if there is a willingness among orthopaedic and podiatric surgeons, respectively, to develop a more satisfactory working relationship. Two methods of data collection were employed to gather information on the views of orthopaedic …
Marlow Moss (1889-1958), Lucy Harriet Amy Howarth
Marlow Moss (1889-1958), Lucy Harriet Amy Howarth
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This thesis is the first full-length academic study of Marlow Moss in English. The methodology of this research has been to combine biographical, historical, and analytical approaches, and the chapters (a literature review; a biographical account; an examination of gender I identity issues; a European art historical perspective; a British art historical perspective; and a critical analysis of Moss's oeuvre), function as thematic lenses through which to view Moss. It could seem that Moss's historical position, a British artist working in Europe and a European-influenced artist working in England, should have secured her a more prominent role in the history …
Building Positive Peace? : A Gendered Analysis Of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 On Women, Peace And Security, Annette M. Elliott
Building Positive Peace? : A Gendered Analysis Of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 On Women, Peace And Security, Annette M. Elliott
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) forms part of the United Nations approach to international peacebuilding. Whereas the resolution has been critiqued in terms of its implementation, there is a gap in the existing analysis concerning a deeper critical understanding of gender and the significant link between the constructions of gender and cultures of violence and peace. Grounded in a theoretical framework of a gendered analysis of peacebuilding theory, the empirical research combines policy analysis and qualitative interviews in order to examine how the concept of gender is understood within peacebuilding policy and how this impacts on implementation. Using the principle …
Accountability And Democracy In The New Local Governance : An Evaluation, Michael Stephen Cole
Accountability And Democracy In The New Local Governance : An Evaluation, Michael Stephen Cole
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This thesis addressesth e themeso f the democracya nd accountability of British local governance, in the context of the modernising agenda, through an evaluation of research in five areas: the role(s) of local councillors; external scrutiny inquiries; consultations; community appraisals; and changes to local boundaries. Key issues in relation to democracy and accountability include the role of external scrutiny in holding the unelected local state accountable to elected representatives; updating the literature on the activities of county councillors; and assessingth e limited impact of local authority consultations and community appraisals. In particular, the assessmenot f consultations suggestsa processt hat is …
Family And Other Relations A Thesis Examining The Extent To Which Family Relationships Shape The Relations Of Art., Penelope Dalton
Family And Other Relations A Thesis Examining The Extent To Which Family Relationships Shape The Relations Of Art., Penelope Dalton
Other Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Theses
This thesis is sited in contemporary issues concerning gender and identity in relation to the arts. It aims to examine the nature of the family and the extent to which relationships and identities in the family might be analogous to the relations of fine art; these include relations between the artist and the artwork, between what is defined as 'art' and what is not, between the artwork and the viewer. It also touches on some of the other, innumerable relationships encountered in the arts: relations of materials form, feeling, thinking and making. The thesis contains a discussion of the nature …
Impact Of Metal Mining On The Water Quality In The Tamar Catchment, Krongkaew Mighanetara
Impact Of Metal Mining On The Water Quality In The Tamar Catchment, Krongkaew Mighanetara
Other Faculty of Science and Engineering Theses
This study discusses the effects of past mining activities on sediment and water quality in streams and rivers in the Tamar catchment. High trace element concentrations, both in water and sediments, were observed in streams and rivers draining areas associated with abandoned mine sites. Maximum concentrations were observed in the Gunnislake/Calstock mining district, where intense metalliferous mining took place during the 19th century. Mine waste from abandoned mine sites in this area contained up to 6.3% arsenopyrite, 5.8% pyrite, 0.3% chalcopyrite and 24% scorodite. As a result, high concentrations of trace elements of up to 180000 mg kg‾¹ As, 6500 …
How Effective Are Anti-Doping Sport Measures In The Uk?, Louise Harris
How Effective Are Anti-Doping Sport Measures In The Uk?, Louise Harris
The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review
No abstract provided.
The Halliday Report: In Pursuit Of A New Sentencing Framework Or A Catastrophic Failure?, Chivonne Boothe
The Halliday Report: In Pursuit Of A New Sentencing Framework Or A Catastrophic Failure?, Chivonne Boothe
The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review
In 2001 the Halliday Report, Making Punishments Work: A Review of the Sentencing Framework for England & Wales devised a sentencing framework where sentences – custodial and non-custodial - meant what they said, benefited offenders and society, and ultimately made sense. The new framework was designed to successfully rehabilitate offenders, reduce re-offending and reserve prison for those offenders that justify it by creating novel but ingenious ways of changing the attitudes and behaviours of offenders. The framework was to be one that generated public confidence. Changes were proposed of such magnitude that it was believed the reform would lead to …
Food Fraud, Current Issue But An Old Problem, Peter Shears
Food Fraud, Current Issue But An Old Problem, Peter Shears
The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review
Purposes: This article addresses the topic of food fraud which has been so widely and variously reported over recent months and years. Its purposes are to set current experience into an historical context and to illustrate the tension between the science of deception and the science of detection. Approach: This is a desk study of published literature and historical documentation, together with interviews with those professionally concerned with detection and enforcement. Findings: The piece concludes that with all the scientific developments and analytical techniques that seem so mind-bendingly sophisticated, there remains the basic problem of a lack of resources. Implications: …
Access To Justice - Rights Or Rations? Comparing European Legal Aid Systems In The Context Of A Shrinking Budgetary Environmentâ, Lynne Follett
Access To Justice - Rights Or Rations? Comparing European Legal Aid Systems In The Context Of A Shrinking Budgetary Environmentâ, Lynne Follett
The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review
The inspiration for this thesis was derived from a week spent in the family law department of a local solicitor's practice. The UK government's reforms to the legal aid system were about to be implemented and appeared to be affecting the work undertaken as well as the morale of the solicitors working there. The discussion reviews the recent and proposed reforms to legal aid in England and Wales and their effect on access to justice. A comparison is made with other legal aid systems within the EU, examining best practices and the rationale behind implementation of reforms in order to …
Type-1 Owa Operators For Aggregating Uncertain Information With Uncertain Weights Induced By Type-2 Linguistic Quantifiers, Shang Ming Zhou, Francisco Chiclana, Robert I. John, Jonathan M. Garibaldi
Type-1 Owa Operators For Aggregating Uncertain Information With Uncertain Weights Induced By Type-2 Linguistic Quantifiers, Shang Ming Zhou, Francisco Chiclana, Robert I. John, Jonathan M. Garibaldi
School of Nursing and Midwifery
No abstract provided.
Measuring The Contribution And Complexity Of Nurse And Physiotherapy Consultants: A Feasibility Study, J Richardson, R Ainsworth, Aj Humphreys, E Stenhouse, M Watkins
Measuring The Contribution And Complexity Of Nurse And Physiotherapy Consultants: A Feasibility Study, J Richardson, R Ainsworth, Aj Humphreys, E Stenhouse, M Watkins
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Advanced practice roles in nursing and other health professions have become integral to a range of healthcare services world-wide providing experienced practitioners with the opportunity to extend their roles and influence decision making whilst maintaining patient contact. However, there has been limited research to evaluate the impact on health services of these advanced practice roles.The aim of this feasibility study was to analyse Nurse and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Consultant activity in the four functions of the role (education, expert practice, leadership, research). A structured diary assessed the activity of five Consultant Nurses and one Consultant Physiotherapist over a one …
An Investigation About High School Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs About Teaching Geometry, Brenda Carol Strassfeld
An Investigation About High School Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs About Teaching Geometry, Brenda Carol Strassfeld
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
There continues to exist a dilemma about how, why and when geometry should be taught. The aim of this study was to examine high school mathematics teachers' beliefs about geometry and its teaching with respect to its role in the curriculum, the uses of manipulatives and dynamic geometry software in the classroom, and the role of proofs. In this study belief is taken as subjective knowledge (Furinghetti and Pehkonen, 2002). Data were collected from 520 teachers using questionnaires that included both statements that required responses on a Likert scale and open-ended questions. Also an intervention case study was conducted with …
Imagery And Strength Of Craving For Eating, Drinking, And Playing Sport, Jon May, Jackie Andrade, David Kavanagh, Lucy Penfound
Imagery And Strength Of Craving For Eating, Drinking, And Playing Sport, Jon May, Jackie Andrade, David Kavanagh, Lucy Penfound
School of Psychology
No abstract provided.
An Exploratory Survey Of The Experiences Of Homophobic Bullying Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgendered Young People In Ireland, Stephen James Minton, Torunn Dahl, Moore Am O’, Donnely Tuck
An Exploratory Survey Of The Experiences Of Homophobic Bullying Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgendered Young People In Ireland, Stephen James Minton, Torunn Dahl, Moore Am O’, Donnely Tuck
School of Psychology
No abstract provided.
Health, Climate Change And Energy Vulnerability: A Retrospective Assessment Of Strategic Health Authority Policy And Practice In England., J Richardson, F Kagawa, A Nichols
Health, Climate Change And Energy Vulnerability: A Retrospective Assessment Of Strategic Health Authority Policy And Practice In England., J Richardson, F Kagawa, A Nichols
School of Nursing and Midwifery
No abstract provided.
Measuring The Contribution And Complexity Of Nurse And Physiotherapy Consultants: A Feasibility Study., J Richardson, R Ainsworth, A Humphreys, E Stenhouse, M Watkins
Measuring The Contribution And Complexity Of Nurse And Physiotherapy Consultants: A Feasibility Study., J Richardson, R Ainsworth, A Humphreys, E Stenhouse, M Watkins
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Advanced practice roles in nursing and other health professions have become integral to a range of healthcare services world-wide providing experienced practitioners with the opportunity to extend their roles and influence decision making whilst maintaining patient contact. However, there has been limited research to evaluate the impact on health services of these advanced practice roles.The aim of this feasibility study was to analyse Nurse and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Consultant activity in the four functions of the role (education, expert practice, leadership, research). A structured diary assessed the activity of five Consultant Nurses and one Consultant Physiotherapist over a one …
Low-Level Interpretability And High-Level Interpretability: A Unified View Of Data-Driven Interpretable Fuzzy System Modelling, Shang Ming Zhou, John Q. Gan
Low-Level Interpretability And High-Level Interpretability: A Unified View Of Data-Driven Interpretable Fuzzy System Modelling, Shang Ming Zhou, John Q. Gan
School of Nursing and Midwifery
No abstract provided.
Vertical Structure Of The Field Of Current Velocities In The Northwest Part Of The Black Sea Based On The Ladcp Data For May 2004, Em Lemeshko, An Morozov, Sv Stanichnyi, Ld Mee, Gi Shapiro
Vertical Structure Of The Field Of Current Velocities In The Northwest Part Of The Black Sea Based On The Ladcp Data For May 2004, Em Lemeshko, An Morozov, Sv Stanichnyi, Ld Mee, Gi Shapiro
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
No abstract provided.
Composition And Decomposition In Bimanual Dynamic Learning, Ian S. Howard, James N. Ingram, Daniel M. Wolpert
Composition And Decomposition In Bimanual Dynamic Learning, Ian S. Howard, James N. Ingram, Daniel M. Wolpert
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Conscious And Unconscious Processes In Human Desire, J Andrade, J May, Dk Kavanagh
Conscious And Unconscious Processes In Human Desire, J Andrade, J May, Dk Kavanagh
School of Psychology
Elaborated Intrusion theory (Kavanagh, Andrade & May 2005) distinguishes between unconscious, associative processes as the precursors of desire, and controlled processes of cognitive elaboration that lead to conscious sensory images of the target of desire and associated affect. We argue that these mental images play a key role in motivating human behavior. Consciousness is functional in that it allows competing goals to be compared and evaluated. The role of effortful cognitive processes in desire helps to explain the different time courses of craving and physiological withdrawal.
Effects Of Naturally Acidified Seawater On Seagrass Calcareous Epibionts, Sophie Martin, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Emma Ransome, Sonia Rowley, Maria Christina Buia, Jean Pierre Gattuso, Jason Hall-Spencer
Effects Of Naturally Acidified Seawater On Seagrass Calcareous Epibionts, Sophie Martin, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Emma Ransome, Sonia Rowley, Maria Christina Buia, Jean Pierre Gattuso, Jason Hall-Spencer
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
No abstract provided.