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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ACCURACY OF TASK COMPLETION TIME ESTIMATES
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Whilst considerable research has found that people tend to underestimate their task completion times (e.g., Buehler et al., 1994), factors that might influence the accuracy of temporal predictions have received little ... -
Factors influencing the marine spatial ecology of seabirds: Implications for theory, conservation and management
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Seabirds are wide-ranging apex-predators and useful bio-indicators of marine systems. Nevertheless, changes are occurring in the marine environment, and seabirds require protection from the deleterious effects of climate ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SEAWATER SOLUBILITY OF AEROSOL ASSOCIATED TRACE METALS
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Recent recognition of the importance of trace metals in oceanic biogeochemical cycling and of the significance o f atmospheric trace metals inputs to marine waters, highlights the need to assess the dissolved trace metals ... -
Factors that impact Pseudo-nitzschia spp. occurrence, growth, and toxin production
(University of Plymouth, 2013)This work investigates, for the first time, the Pseudo-nitzschia (PN) dynamics in the western English Channel (L4) and the environmental factors impacting on domoic acid (DA) production in these waters. This is combined ... -
Faith in Practice: A Mixed Method Study Exploring the Impact of Faith Based Organisations in Delivering Voluntary and Community Sector Activities in Cornwall
(Plymouth University, 2015)Throughout history faith based organisations (FBOs) have played an important role in delivering welfare provision. They were often the original founders of much of the welfare we see now, however, the establishment of the ... -
Fall and activity detection framework on a robotic platform for older person care
(University of Plymouth, 2020)This thesis describes the classification human activity for the purpose of detecting falls, later extended to multiple activities. This was done with the final intention of implementing a robotic companion for older persons ... -
FAMILIES TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH OF A PARENT: An exploratory grounded analysis of themes and processes for families coping with the death of a father
(University of Plymouth, 1999)The Harvard Child Bereavement Study served to highlight the importance of considering bereaved children in the context of their social and family systems (Silverman & Worden, 1993 ). This study involved a grounded ... -
FAMILY AND OTHER RELATIONS A thesis examining the extent to which family relationships shape the relations of art.
(University of Plymouth, 2008)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 ... -
FAMILY SATISFACTION IN AIR FORCE FAMILIES AS A FUNCTION OF FAMILY STRENGTHS. RESOURCES AND COPING FOLLOWING RELOCATION
(University of Plymouth, 1988)The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent the level of coping skills, internal resources, social support, perception and pile-up of life events affect Air Force families’ adjustments after relocation. ... -
Fast Online Model Learning for Controlling Complex Real-World Robots
(University of Plymouth, 2019)How can real robots with many degrees of freedom - without previous knowledge of themselves or their environment - act and use the resulting observations to efficiently develop the ability to generate a wide set of useful ... -
The Fate of Naphthalene and n-Alkylnaphthalenes During Combustion, and an Evaluation of the Sources of these Compounds in Diesel Exhaust Emissions
(University of Plymouth, 1996)The main objective of this research was to understand the fate of naphthalene and n-alkylnaphthalenes during diesel combustion, and an evaluation of their sources in diesel exhaust emissions. This was achieved by the use ... -
Fathers at Work: Challenges and Stereotypes Facing Fathers with Caregiving Responsibilities in Employment
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This study explores how caregiving fathers are perceived in contemporary employment to establish if this contributes to an understanding of the dominance of fathers in the role of ‘breadwinner’. Much existing research in ... -
FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH OF RECYCLED RUBBER IN NATURAL RUBBER/BUTADIENE RUBBER BLENDS
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Ground rubber from waste tyres may be added to elastomers to provide economic and environmental benefits. Both untreated and treated fillers have been investigated in different types of virgin rubber matrix. A principal ... -
Fatigue of a spring steel with varying levels of non-metallic inclusions
(University of Plymouth, 2001)Plain specimens of two batches of the commercial spring steel BS 251A58 of nominally identical processing but significantly differing levels of non-metallic inclusion levels, have been tested in rotating bending. The data ... -
Fatigue properties of metal inert gas and friction stir welded aluminium alloy 5383-H321
(University of Plymouth, 2003)The following dissertation details the development of a simple defect-tolerant based model for determining the fatigue properties of a 5383-H321 aluminium alloy and metal inert gas and friction stir welded butt joints in ... -
THE FATIGUE PROPERTIES OF SPRING STEEL
(University of Plymouth, 1998)The nature and scope of this thesis can be divided into three categories, namely stress distribution modelling in coil springs; fatigue and failure analysis, an investigation into measurement of residual stresses and the ... -
FEATURE BINDING IN VISUO-SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY
(University of Plymouth, 2007)Four series of experiments using a paradigm adapted from Prabhakaran at al. (2000) are presented exploring the characteristics of bound visuo-spatial representations in memory. This thesis was guided by the following ... -
Federalism and Federation in Europe: A Comparative Study of The Germanic Tradition
(University of Plymouth, 1989-08)This thesis defines "federation" as a set of structures and techniques, by means of which the constituent members of a union are given guaranteed access to and are accommodated within the decision-procedure of the ... -
Federated Authentication using the Cloud (Cloud Aura)
(University of Plymouth, 2017)Individuals, businesses and governments undertake an ever-growing range of activities online and via various Internet-enabled digital devices. Unfortunately, these activities, services, information and devices are the ... -
FEEDFORWARD ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK DESIGN UTILISING SUBTHRESHOLD MODE CMOS DEVICES
(University of Plymouth, 1997)This thesis reviews various previously reported techniques for simulating artificial neural networks and investigates the design of fully-connected feedforward networks based on MOS transistors operating in the subthreshold ...
