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The Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fibre With Glass Fibre Hybrid Reinforced Plastics
(University of Plymouth, 1983)
Fibre composite hybrid materials are generally plastics reinforced with two different
fibre species. The combination of these three materials (in this thesis they are carbon
fibres, glass fibres and polyester resin) ...
An Economic Anaysis of The Impact of EU Accession Upon Crude Oil and Oil Production Policy in Lithuania
(University of Plymouth, 2003-09)
This thesis presents a two-stage economic and policy analysis of the impact of European
Union (EU) accession upon crude oil production and transportation policy in Lithuania.
The first stage provides the theoretical ...
SPECIFICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE USE OF DEVON COB IN EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION
(University of Plymouth, 2004)
The traditional earthen building practice of cob construction has been historically linked to Devon for many centuries. However no standards or specifications exist to facilitate a technical appraisal of the material. This ...
MID-VICTORIAN PLYMOUTH: A SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY
(University of Plymouth, 1989)
In the 19th century, the two settlements of Plymouth and East
Stonehouse grew and coalesced into one urban area. Natural population
increase and immigration both contributed to the rapid population
growth which gave ...
A study of marine benthic algae along a natural carbon dioxide gradient
(University of Plymouth, 2012-10-19)
Increasing atmospheric CO2 is causing unprecedented changes in seawater chemistry, yet the uncertainty of the ecological response to these projected changes, termed ‘ocean acidification’, remains considerable at present. ...
User-Centric Quality of Service Provisioning in IP Networks
(University of Plymouth, 2012)
The Internet has become the preferred transport medium for almost every type of communication, continuing to grow, both in terms of the number of users and delivered services. Efforts have been made to ensure that time ...
The Development of Vocational Interests and Abilities in Secondary School Aged Children
(University of Plymouth, 2012)
This body of work has focussed on the measurement, structure and stability of vocational interests and abilities in mainstream, mixed-ability secondary school aged children. This set of studies investigated how a large ...
Allotments and alternative food networks: the case of Plymouth, UK
(University of Plymouth, 2013)
Alternative food networks (AFNs) are the focus of an ‘explosive growth’ of research in Europe (Goodman 2004), and the term covers a wide range of activities, from food banks, community gardens, and farmers’ markets, to ...
Extinction and recovery dynamics of Triassic-Jurassic macro-invertebrate communities
(University of Plymouth, 2012)
This work is focused on characterising and evaluating the intensity and selectivity of the marine fauna during the Tr/J mass extinction and recovery of the ecosystem in different localities throughout Pangaea. To address ...
THE PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: THE CASE OF THE MOOR TREES PARTNERSHIP NETWORK
(University of Plymouth, 2010)
Academic discussion of policy-making and governing indicates a significant shift in the model of governance away from top-down state control to the bottom-up approach of engaging non-state actors (Goodwin and Painter, 1996; ...