04 University of Plymouth Research Theses: Recent submissions
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Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Modelling of the Impact of a Flat Plate upon an Aerated Water Surface
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is a particle-based method for solving Navier-Stokes and similar equations and is well-suited to problems where the computational domain becomes highly deformed. This study will ... -
LIFE AND DEATH IN ICU: NURSING CARE TO SMOOTH TRANSITIONS FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILY
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Background Nurses are the clinicians closest to the patients in daily monitoring of processes and adaptations: assessing, intervening with treatments and evaluating the outcomes. Nurses evaluate all physiological ... -
Art as a Generator of New Mental Patterns: From an epistemological perspective of Modern Physics, Neuroscience and the Buddhist system of thought.
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This thesis draws upon research in Eastern philosophy and neuroscience to argue that art is capable of metabolizing and embodying different levels of reality, and therefore functions as an instrument that can generate ... -
The Agile Model-Driven Method
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Today the development of business applications is influenced by increased project complexity, shortened development cycles and high expectations in quality. Rising costs in the software development are an additional ... -
Strategic Management in Improving Total Quality in Bahrain’s Public Sector
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This study determined the strategic management in improving total quality in Bahrain’s public sector. More specifically, the concerns of this study were: 1) the demographic characteristics of the respondents in terms of ... -
Improving Group Integrity of Tags in RFID Systems
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Checking the integrity of groups containing radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged objects or recovering the tag identifiers of missing objects is important in many activities. Several autonomous checking methods ... -
Role of CD47 In Red Cell Apoptosis (Eryptosis)
(University of Plymouth, 2019)CD47 is a 47-52 kDa membrane spanning glycoprotein, which has 5 known isoforms and is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF). It possesses a large extracellular N-terminal IgV like domain. CD47 acts as a ‘do ... -
Biochemistry: Production of recombinant Rh blood group antigens for detection of alloimmunisation
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Due to the importance of the antigen/ antibody reaction, all hospitals and blood banks worldwide rely on routine blood group phenotyping of samples. Using recombinant antigens removes the disadvantage of the current ... -
Sonic Analysis for Machine Learning: Multi-Layer Perceptron Training using Spectrograms
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This thesis presents efforts to lay the foundations for an Artificial-Intelligence musical compositional system conceived on similar principles to DeepDream, a revolutionary computer vision process. This theoretical system ... -
"It is possible to reinvent yourself!” An analysis of the learning lives and lived experience of adult literacy students in a Further Education context
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This research presents an analysis of the life stories of four adult literacy learners studying on a Skills for Life course in a Further Education context in the south west of England, three of whom are returning to ...
