Browsing The Plymouth Student Scientist - Volume 14, No. 2 - 2021 by Title
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A comparison of the risk of pancreatic adenocarcinoma development between individuals with different ABO blood group phenotypes: A meta-analysis
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Pancreatic adenocarcinoma aetiology is complex and incompletely understood, and with incidence and mortality rate increasing annually, discovery of associated risk factors is essential. One such risk factor is ABO blood ... -
Constrained Portfolio Optimisation
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Portfolio optimisation is an important problem in finance; it allows investors to manage their investments effectively. This paper considers finding the efficient frontier associated with the mean-variance portfolio ... -
The Dark Tetrad of personality and the tendency to engage in revenge porn
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Revenge porn is an increasing and pervasive phenomenon. Despite this, the knowledge and understanding of this behaviour is limited, especially the psychological characteristics of perpetrators of revenge porn. The Dark ... -
Does cannabidiol (CBD) oil convert to psychotropic cannabinoids including tetrahydrocannabinol?
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-psychotropic cannabinoid that belongs to the Cannabis Sativa L plant. This naturally occurring cannabinoid has gained huge interest in recent years because of the potential therapeutic and ... -
The effect of onshore wind on wave overtopping of a vertical sea wall
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Strong winds can produce overtopping rates that are considerably higher than predicted by the EurOtop formulae, which do not make provision for wind. However, no detailed industry guidance exists about the quantification ... -
The effect of parental thermal environment on maternal investment and offspring performance
(University of Plymouth, 2021)As heat wave phenomena and thermal variance events increase in frequency and intensity, it is important to understand how the effect of exposure to constant elevated temperatures on fitness differs from the one of thermal ... -
Exploring the minimum number of trials needed to accurately detect concealed information using EEG
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Deception can have serious consequences, therefore detection methods such as the Electroencephalogram (EEG) are vital. However, they can be perceived as time-consuming thus causing limited usage. The purpose of this study ... -
The extent to which autistic traits are predictive of impairments in allocentric spatial navigation
(University of Plymouth, 2021)This research is centred around how individuals with autistic traits navigate using both allocentric and egocentric spatial reference frames. Previous research suggests differences in the way that those with Autistic ... -
Gender differences in attitudes towards trauma/abuse disclosure
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Research has indicated there may be gender differences in responses to trauma disclosure. Currently, the literature is dominated by the sexual abuse of female survivors, largely neglecting male survivors. The present study ... -
Handedness: Does it affect interhemispheric transfer?
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Left- handed people have different patterns of cerebral dominance to the rest of the population, as explained by Annett’s (1996) right shift theory. Left handers are considered to have bilateral functionality unlike right ... -
How are defendants of high-profile court cases framed in the media? A qualitative analysis of news media coverage of Caroline Flack’s arrest
(University of Plymouth, 2021)This present study aims to investigate whether news media coverage on Caroline Flack’s arrest, in December 2019, showed characteristics of ‘Trial by Media’ (TBM) through identification of one-sided, unbalanced or predominantly ... -
How do personality traits influence the experience of positive emotions?
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Neuroticism is a personality trait known to be associated with negative emotions (Tellegan, 1985), but little is known about how it affects the experience of positive emotions, and more specifically, hope. Positive emotions ... -
Impact of geographical variability on the bleaching stresses in the Atlantic, Indian and South Pacific Ocean
(University of Plymouth, 2021)This dissertation examines the relationship between the geographical location and the degree of coral bleaching. Corals within different ocean regions are subjected to fluctuations in temperature causing variations in ... -
An isotropic neo-hookean finite element model of healthy elastic arterial walls within commercial software
(University of Plymouth, 2021)A non-linear isotropic finite element model of an elastic arterial wall is developed within the ANSYS commercial software package. While progressively increasing complexity of the model, it is validated with analytical ... -
Parameters controlling large landslide propagation
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Landslides are an ever-present natural hazard and understanding factors such as propagation are vital for the management of such events. This natural hazard has increased in frequency in recent history which further ... -
Predicting Emergency Repairs using Classification Method
(University of Plymouth, 2021)This paper discusses how each explanatory variable affects the possibility of having an emergency repair to people’s home with the help of machine learning. Here, the outcome variable is binary. The aim of this is to ... -
Public perceptions of indecent image offenders
(University of Plymouth, 2021)Indecent images of children (IIOC) offences are on the rise year by year, in part due to the easy accessibility to this content with the augmentation of the internet. This has led to increased attention from the public ... -
Scale model behaviour and float geometry influence on an oscillating water column system
(University of Plymouth, 2021)A numerical model based on a 1:60 scale Lazy-S Mooring Line has been developed using the dynamic analysis software OrcaFlex, to determine the software’s capabilities when analysing discretized scale models, and to quantify ... -
Spatial variation in epibiont communities on the shells of Patella vulgata along an estuarine gradient
(University of Plymouth, 2021)In space limited intertidal habitats, non-specific substratum generalists can be observed to increase their survival and settlement opportunities by growing upon other living organisms. To date, few studies have assessed ... -
Spontaneous visual perspective-taking: level 2 representations of another’s perspective are not related to what they actually see
(University of Plymouth, 2021)The ability to understand what another person can see is a fundamental feature of human interaction, commonly referred to as ‘visual perspective-taking’ (VPT). Traditionally, this ability has been conceptualised along two ...
