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The Two Homologous Chaperonin 60 Proteins Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Have Distinct Effects On Monocyte Differentiation Into Osteoclasts, Vr Winrow, J Mesher, S Meghji, Cj Morris, M Maguire, S Fox, Arm Coates, P Tormay, Dr Blake, B Henderson
The Two Homologous Chaperonin 60 Proteins Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Have Distinct Effects On Monocyte Differentiation Into Osteoclasts, Vr Winrow, J Mesher, S Meghji, Cj Morris, M Maguire, S Fox, Arm Coates, P Tormay, Dr Blake, B Henderson
School of Biomedical Sciences
No abstract provided.
Perceived Barriers To Organizational Creativity: A Cross-Cultural Study Of British And Egyptian Future Marketing Managers, Aa El-Masry, M Mostafa
Perceived Barriers To Organizational Creativity: A Cross-Cultural Study Of British And Egyptian Future Marketing Managers, Aa El-Masry, M Mostafa
Plymouth Business School
Purpose – The overall purpose of this research is to further the understanding of how future marketing managers in Egypt and the UK perceive creativity barriers. The paper also examines the construct validity of the barriers to creativity scale in an Arab non-Western context. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 125 respondents was used to achieve the research purpose. Respondents completed a 17-item instrument designed to assess barriers to creativity in business organizations. Findings – Discriminant analysis results showed that Egyptians differ from British with respect to their attitudes towards organizational creativity barriers. t-test procedure confirmed also that gender and age …
Mathematics Versus The Arts: A Comparative Look At Students' Attitudes And Beliefs, Mary Ann Harasymowycz
Mathematics Versus The Arts: A Comparative Look At Students' Attitudes And Beliefs, Mary Ann Harasymowycz
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
The words that students use to paint a picture of mathematics are very different from those which they use to describe their experiences in art and music. In the views of students, mathematics is pointless and repetitive while the arts are creative, relaxing and an expression of themselves. This thesis reports on the findings of a two part research project designed to investigate the attitudes of high school students when learning mathematics, art and music. The focus of this study was a comparative look at their confidence and enjoyment in learning these subjects. A questionnaire was designed and developed for …
Real-Time Signal Processing For Flying Height Measurement And Control In Hard Drives Subject To Shock And Vibration, Amei Li
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
Three readback signal detection methods are investigated for real-time flying height or head disk spacing variation measurement under vibration conditions. This is carried out by theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, and experimental study. The first method (amplitude detection) provides a simple way to study the head disk spacing change. The second method ( PW50 parameter estimation) can be used effectively for real-time spacing variation measurement in normally operated hard disk drives, primarily in low frequency spacing variation conditions. The third method (thermal signal detection), on the other hand, is more effective and suitable for high frequency spacing variation measurement. By combining …
Artefacts, Technicity And Humanisation Industrial Design And The Problem Of Anoetic Technologies, Stephen James Thompson
Artefacts, Technicity And Humanisation Industrial Design And The Problem Of Anoetic Technologies, Stephen James Thompson
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
This thesis concerns the intellectual heritage and autonomy of West European and American industrial design as a discourse community at a moment when biotechnological developments are challenging the certainty of what it means to be human. Proceeding from the assumption that industrial design is an autonomous intellectual engagement played out through the interpretation of technology as an artefact, the thesis identifies how this is a critical moment for industrial designers, who appear to be unable to respond to a problem of the apparent disconnection and the progressive displacement of the human in reference to technology. The thesis identifies the cause …
In Situ Measurements Of Building Materials Using A Thermal Probe, Brian Pilkington
In Situ Measurements Of Building Materials Using A Thermal Probe, Brian Pilkington
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
This work concerns the in situ measurement of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of building materials, so as to provide improved data for the estimation and prediction of energy efficiency in buildings. Thermal data sources and measurement methods currently used by industry to inform building design were found to give flawed values for the thermal properties of materials as found in situ. A transient measurement technique, carried out by means of a thermal probe, and used in various other industries, was investigated as an alternative, relatively non-destructive, rapid and economic means of obtaining representative results. An analysis of the literature …
Multi-Modal Task Instructions To Robots By Naive Users, Joerg Christian Wolf
Multi-Modal Task Instructions To Robots By Naive Users, Joerg Christian Wolf
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
This thesis presents a theoretical framework for the design of user-programmable robots. The objective of the work is to investigate multi-modal unconstrained natural instructions given to robots in order to design a learning robot. A corpus-centred approach is used to design an agent that can reason, learn and interact with a human in a natural unconstrained way. The corpus-centred design approach is formalised and developed in detail. It requires the developer to record a human during interaction and analyse the recordings to find instruction primitives. These are then implemented into a robot. The focus of this work has been on …
Phytoplankton As Indicators For Eutrophication In Europe's Regional Seas, Abigail Mcquatters-Gollop
Phytoplankton As Indicators For Eutrophication In Europe's Regional Seas, Abigail Mcquatters-Gollop
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
Eutrophication of marine and coastal waters is a growing concern throughout Europe's regional seas and an historical problem in the Black Sea and regions of the North-East Atlantic, particularly the North Sea. As the base of the marine pelagic food web, phytoplankton are sensitive indicators of environmental change and therefore may be used as indicators of eutrophication for the monitoring, management and mitigation of the effects of nutrient loading on coastal and marine ecosystems. However, due to the interactive effects of climate and eutrophication, it can be difficult to separate the climate-driven response of phytoplankton from changes induced by excess …
A Framework For Bioprofile Analysis Over Grid, Pin Hu
A Framework For Bioprofile Analysis Over Grid, Pin Hu
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
An important trend in modern medicine is towards individualisation of healthcare to tailor care to the needs of the individual. This makes it possible, for example, to personalise diagnosis and treatment to improve outcome. However, the benefits of this can only be fully realised if healthcare and ICT resources are exploited (e.g. to provide access to relevant data, analysis algorithms, knowledge and expertise). Potentially, grid can play an important role in this by allowing sharing of resources and expertise to improve the quality of care. The integration of grid and the new concept of bioprofile represents a new topic in …
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Functioning: Experimental Tests Using Rockpools As A Model System, John N Griffin
Biodiversity And Ecosystem Functioning: Experimental Tests Using Rockpools As A Model System, John N Griffin
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
How anthropogenic changes to species composition and diversity are likely to affect the properties of the ecosystems of which they are an integral part, and by extension the goods and services humans derive from them, is a key question in ecology. Despite over a decade of vigorous empirical research and theoretical developments, there remain many unknowns. Using intertidal rockpools and laboratory marine mesocosrns, I used a variety of approaches to address several of these relatively poorly studied issues. In particular, the work presented here focused on the relative roles of species composition and richness, as well as the extent to …
Biological And Photo-Physiological Interactions Between Phytoplankton Functional Types; A Five Year Study In The Western English Channel, James Richard Fishwick
Biological And Photo-Physiological Interactions Between Phytoplankton Functional Types; A Five Year Study In The Western English Channel, James Richard Fishwick
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
Sampling at the western English Channel observatory dates back approximately 100 years, with a more complete sampling programme since 1988. The data set in this study was collected over a five year period between 2001 and 2005. The variables measured allow for a more complete understanding of the ecosystem, this is the only study to have reported the photo-physiology measurements over such time scales. The western English Channel is situated in a boundary zone between the oceanic waters of the Northern Atlantic and the coastal waters of the English Channel. This study has provided substantial evidence that the phytoplankton functional …
Motivation And The Placebo Response : Predicting Non-Specific Therapeutic Benefits From The Concordance Of Therapeutic Rituals With High-Level Goals, Ben Whalley
School of Psychology Theses
Predicting individual differences in placebo responding has proved hard. Predictions from dispositional or personality variables are unreliable for two reasons: first, because dispositional predictions fail to account for situational variability, and second, because the dimensions identified in popular dispositional models are inter-individual variables, and may not map on to intra-individual structures and processes involved in placebo effects. This thesis describes a new psychological mechanism of placebo responding—motivational concordance—which links placebos with established research on human values and goal-striving. Progress towards goals, particularly goals which are self-actualising, is associated with positive emotional states. Findings presented here support the view that when …
Meeting Report: Risk Assessment Of Tamiflu Use Under Pandemic Conditions, Ac Singer, Bm Howard, Ac Johnson, Cj Knowles, S Jackman, C Accinelli, Ab Caracciolo, I Bernard, S Bird, T Boucard, A Boxall, Jv Brian, E Cartmell, C Chubb, J Churchley, S Costigan, M Crane, Mj Dempsey, B Dorrington, B Ellor, J Fick, J Holmes, T Hutchinson, F Karcher, Sl Kelleher, P Marsden, G Noone, Ma Nunn, J Oxford, T Rachwal, N Roberts, M Roberts, Ml Saccà, M Sanders, Jo Straub, A Terry, D Thomas, S Toovey, R Townsend, N Voulvoulis, C Watts
Meeting Report: Risk Assessment Of Tamiflu Use Under Pandemic Conditions, Ac Singer, Bm Howard, Ac Johnson, Cj Knowles, S Jackman, C Accinelli, Ab Caracciolo, I Bernard, S Bird, T Boucard, A Boxall, Jv Brian, E Cartmell, C Chubb, J Churchley, S Costigan, M Crane, Mj Dempsey, B Dorrington, B Ellor, J Fick, J Holmes, T Hutchinson, F Karcher, Sl Kelleher, P Marsden, G Noone, Ma Nunn, J Oxford, T Rachwal, N Roberts, M Roberts, Ml Saccà, M Sanders, Jo Straub, A Terry, D Thomas, S Toovey, R Townsend, N Voulvoulis, C Watts
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
No abstract provided.
Predation By Crabs On Rocky Shores In North-East Atlantic, Ana Catarina Ferreirada Silva
Predation By Crabs On Rocky Shores In North-East Atlantic, Ana Catarina Ferreirada Silva
School of Biological and Marine Sciences 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 …
The Legal Advice Needs Of Gypsies And Travellers In Plymouth., Z James, L Simmonds, R Browning
The Legal Advice Needs Of Gypsies And Travellers In Plymouth., Z James, L Simmonds, R Browning
School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences
No abstract provided.
How To Mesure And Report Growing Conditions For Experiments In Controlled Environments., Mp Fuller, J Franklin, Ld Incoll
How To Mesure And Report Growing Conditions For Experiments In Controlled Environments., Mp Fuller, J Franklin, Ld Incoll
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
No abstract provided.
The Efficacy Of Low Vision Devices For Students In Specialized Schools For Students Who Are Blind In Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Mahesh R. Joshi, Yoshitaka Yamagata, Junsuke Akura, Suraj Shakya
The Efficacy Of Low Vision Devices For Students In Specialized Schools For Students Who Are Blind In Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Mahesh R. Joshi, Yoshitaka Yamagata, Junsuke Akura, Suraj Shakya
School of Health Professions
In Nepal, children with low vision attend specialized schools for students who are totally blind and are treated as if they were totally blind. This study identified children with low vision and provided low vision devices to them. Of the 22% of the students in the school who had low vision, 78.5% benefited from the devices. Proper devices and counseling improved the quality of life of a significant number of these students.
Ambulatory Infusion Devices For Administration Of Cancer Chemotherapy, Gj Sewell
Ambulatory Infusion Devices For Administration Of Cancer Chemotherapy, Gj Sewell
School of Health Professions
One of the key factors in the success or failure of ambulatory chemotherapy is the selection of the ambulatory infusion device. As new devices have entered the market in recent years, the selection process becomes increasingly complex.
Perception And Awareness Of Accents In Young Children, C Floccia, F Girard, J Goslin
Perception And Awareness Of Accents In Young Children, C Floccia, F Girard, J Goslin
School of Psychology
This study examines children's metaphonological awareness for accent-related information in connected speech. In the first experiment, 5- to 6-year-old French-speaking children were asked to discriminate between Southern and Northern accented French in a sentence categorization task. It was found that these children were not able to reliably distinguish between these native variations of their own language, but were able to distinguish between their own accent and a strong foreign accent in Experiment 2. These findings were also replicated using a speaker discrimination task in Experiment 3, where children were asked to detect pairs of speakers sharing the same accent amongst …
A Single-System Account Of The Relationship Between Priming, Recognition, And Fluency., Christopher J. Berry, David R. Shanks, Richard N.A. Henson
A Single-System Account Of The Relationship Between Priming, Recognition, And Fluency., Christopher J. Berry, David R. Shanks, Richard N.A. Henson
School of Psychology
No abstract provided.
Averting Catastrophic Climate Change: Confronting Wealth, V Hurth, P Wells
Averting Catastrophic Climate Change: Confronting Wealth, V Hurth, P Wells
Plymouth Business School
In the context of potential catastrophic climate change, it is vital that fundamental drivers of carbon dioxide emissions are pinpointed and addressed. One of the key drivers of these emissions is shown to be increased economic wealth. This paper highlights that links between wealth and carbon dioxide must be addressed, and that although highly debated, the links are not well considered, especially at the detailed level of what drives consumption preferences of the global wealthy. In the context of increasing wealth concentration and poverty gaps, this subject is central to issues of social justice as well as environmental integrity. © …
Pq Evaluation Project Stage 1, H Donnellan, G Jack, J Grose, A Gilbert
Pq Evaluation Project Stage 1, H Donnellan, G Jack, J Grose, A Gilbert
School of Health Professions
No abstract provided.
Three-Dimensional Shoaling Of Large-Amplitude Internal Waves, V. Vlasenko, N. Stashchuk
Three-Dimensional Shoaling Of Large-Amplitude Internal Waves, V. Vlasenko, N. Stashchuk
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
The three-dimensional (3-D) shoaling of large-amplitude internal waves (LAIW) is studied in the framework of a fully nonlinear nonhydrostatic numerical model. The vertical fluid stratification, parameters of the propagating waves and bottom topography were taken close to those observed in the northern part of the Andaman Sea. It was found that three-dimensional evolution of LAIWs propagating from the deep part of a basin onto the shelf differs from two-dimensional shoaling in many ways largely because of the process of wave refraction developing in the areas of local bottom elevations or depressions. In the 3-D case the wave refraction produces concave …
Improvements In Exercise Capacity During A 4-Weeks Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program For Copd Patients Do Not Correspond With Improvements In Self-Reported Health Status Or Quality Of Life., E Haave, Me Hyland, H Engvik
Improvements In Exercise Capacity During A 4-Weeks Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program For Copd Patients Do Not Correspond With Improvements In Self-Reported Health Status Or Quality Of Life., E Haave, Me Hyland, H Engvik
School of Psychology
No abstract provided.
Health & Physical Education Specialist Teachers: What Should Brisbane Catholic Education (Bce) Primary Principals Look For?, Tj Lynch
Plymouth Institute of Education
The Health and Physical Education key learning area within Brisbane Catholic Education was given significant status during the release of the 1999 Health and Physical Education documents along with the adoption of the third enterprise bargaining agreement (EB3). EB3 entitled Catholic primary classroom teachers to 120 minutes of release time per week (Catholic Education Employing Authorities in Queensland, 2000). Release time is usually provided for classroom teachers by employing a specialist teacher. It seems to be a popular choice for many schools to employ a Health and Physical Education teacher so that both demands, to implement the Queensland Health and …
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Psychosocial Interventions For Individuals With Visible Differences: A Systematic Review Of The Empirical Literature., Alyson Bessell, Timothy P. Moss
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Psychosocial Interventions For Individuals With Visible Differences: A Systematic Review Of The Empirical Literature., Alyson Bessell, Timothy P. Moss
More Faculty of Health Research
The objective of this review was to systematically identify and evaluate all known studies testing empirically the efficacy of psychosocial intervention programmes for adults with visible differences. Twelve papers met the inclusion criteria. None of the papers demonstrated adequately the clinical effectiveness of the interventions. The review concluded that further research was needed to demonstrate adequately the effectiveness of existing interventions, and a greater number of Randomised Controlled Trials and experimental studies were required to increase the methodological validity of intervention studies.
What Has Changed Since The 1992 Senate Inquiry Into Physical And Sport Education? An Evaluation Of School Responses Within Three Brisbane Catholic Education (Bce) Primary Schools., Tj Lynch
Plymouth Institute of Education
In 1992 a Senate Inquiry into the state of Physical Education and Sport within Australian Education systems was conducted by the Federal Government after claims that the Physical Education (PE) key learning area was in crisis. This was regarded as the most significant review in the history of Physical Education (Kirk, 1998). The Inquiry identified problems with resources, time allocation and the quality in which it was being delivered. Since the Senate Inquiry, detailed Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum documents have been developed and implemented which in Queensland replaced the outdated 1972 PE syllabus. This study found that within …
Electronic Signatures For Copyright In The Uk: A Solution To The "Holy Grail" Of Document Delivery, G Titley
Electronic Signatures For Copyright In The Uk: A Solution To The "Holy Grail" Of Document Delivery, G Titley
More Faculty of Health Research
Purpose - The aim of this paper is to show that an electronic signature for copyright can be achieved in the UK.Design/methodology/approach - The article outlines, as a case study, the drivers for change that influenced the revisiting of the issue of electronic signatures for copyright by the University of Plymouth (UoP), how that signature has been achieved, and how the process has improved the document delivery service through the establishment of an electronic "request-to-delivery" service.Findings - The article finds that significant improvements in the ability of document delivery services to provide a fast and efficient service, with regard to …
Planktic Foraminifera From The Proposed Gssp For The Oxfordian Stage: Redcliff Point, Near Weymouth, M.B. Hart, T. Aze, W. Hudson, C.W. Smart
Planktic Foraminifera From The Proposed Gssp For The Oxfordian Stage: Redcliff Point, Near Weymouth, M.B. Hart, T. Aze, W. Hudson, C.W. Smart
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the course of the stratigraphical and palaeontological investigations for the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Oxfordian Stage at Recicliff (near Weymouth) an assemblage of planktic foraminifera has been described. Planktic foraminifera are exceptionally rare in the Jurassic of the United Kingdom and only a few records have been reported in the last few years. At Redcliff, the assemblage is preserved as pyrite steinkerns, but the fauna contains a number of morphotypes which match onto known species from this interval (Globuligerina oxfordiana, Compactogerina stellapolaris) while others have no described species to which they can …
Security Policy Enforcement In Application Environments Using Distributed Script-Based Control Structures, Klaus-Peter Fischer-Hellmann
Security Policy Enforcement In Application Environments Using Distributed Script-Based Control Structures, Klaus-Peter Fischer-Hellmann
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
Business processes involving several partners in different organisations impose demanding requirements on procedures for specification, execution and maintenance. A framework referred to as business process management (BPM) has evolved for this purpose over the last ten years. Other approaches, such as service-oriented architecture (SOA) or the concept of virtual organisations (VOs), assist in the definition of architectures and procedures for modelling and execution of so-called collaborative business processes (CBPs). Methods for the specification of business processes play a central role in this context, and, several standards have emerged for this purpose. Among these, Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL, …