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Knowledge Sharing and Innovative Strategies in Organisational Collaborative Relationships: The Potential of Open Strategy
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Today’s challenges presented by a rapidly changing business environment can be met by collaborative relationships between businesses. Businesses can exchange or share key resources that companies are unable to develop ... -
Lab-scale bioremediation technology: the development of environmental biotechnology for the ex situ bioremediation of cadmium-contaminated freshwater
(University of Plymouth, 2020)Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most common contaminates in freshwater. Among freshwater remediation techniques, bioremediation – the use of bacteria to extract Cd from water – is an eco-friendly technique. Cd-resistant bacteria ... -
LABYRINTH PSYCHOTICA - SIMULATING PSYCHOTIC PHENOMENA
(Plymouth University, 2016)This thesis forms a valuable tool of analysis, as well as an important reference guide to anyone interested in communicating, expressing, representing, simulating and or imagining what it is like to experience psychotic ... -
Lactic acid bacteria as bio-preservatives in bakery – Role of sourdough systems in the quality, safety and shelf life of bread
(University of Plymouth, 2017)Microbial contamination and survival during storage of bread are a cause of both health concerns and economic losses. Traditional fermentation systems were studied as sources of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with antagonistic ... -
‘Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s The Turkish Embassy Letters (1763): Agency, Authority and the “female spirit of contradiction”’‘Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s The Turkish Embassy Letters (1763): Agency, Authority and the “female spirit of contradiction”’
(University of Plymouth, 2019)The Turkish Embassy Letters is considered both inaugural and atypical of women’s travel writing, and scholarship is largely orientated around Montagu’s focus on women and their lives in the different countries she travelled ... -
Laminated Sediments of Loch Ness, Scotland: Indicators of Holocene Environmental Change
(University of Plymouth, 1999)Sediment cores, two approximately 6 metres and one about 1 metre in length, were recovered from the profundal plain of the northern basin of Loch Ness, Scotland. Examination revealed that the sediment is composed of ... -
Landfill design, construction and non-invasive monitoring
(University of Plymouth, 1998)Three techniques are investigated in order to assess their applicability for use in landfill design, construction and monitoring. Firstly, an assessment is made of QA procedures during liner construction through the ... -
Landscape forcing mechanisms on Quaternary timescales: The Tabernas Basin, SE Spain
(Plymouth University, 2015)Quaternary landform features and their associated sedimentary assemblages (river terraces and alluvial fans) often provide important records of long-term landscape evolution. The reconstruction of global terrace sequences ... -
Landscape of Legislation: A Photographic Investigation of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This study used the researcher’s own photographic practice to interrogate the judgements of value explicit in the creation and maintenance of the Mendip Hills ‘area of outstanding natural beauty’ (AONB). The objective was ... -
Landscape-scale population dynamics: field observations and modelling of Puya hamata, a flagship plant from the Andes
(University of Plymouth, 2012)Important ecological processes happen over long periods of time and at the landscape scale. Effective conservation of biodiversity and management of natural resources and ecosystem services requires an understanding of ... -
Landscapes of ephemeral embrace : a painter's exploration of immersive virtual space as a medium for transforming perception
(University of Plymouth, 2005)The following text has been written to illuminate the research embodied In Ephemere, a fullyimmersive virtual environment which integrates stereoscopic 3D computer-generated images and spatialized 3D sound, with a user ... -
THE LANDSCAPES OF RICHARD LONG: PERSPECTIVES ON PREHISTORY, SPACE AND SCULPTURAL FORM
(University of Plymouth, 1999)This thesis examines the relationship between the work of Richard Long and prehistory. This is understood to operate at two levels. Firstly, Long's critical reception has repeatedly made connections between his work and ... -
LANDSLIDE INVESTIGATION IN THE RÍO AGUAS CATCHMENT, SOUTHEAST SPAIN
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Many remote and/or rural communities Uve under the threat of major landslide activity. These remote areas are also increasingly the focus of development programmes which, without careful consideration of the ground ... -
A Large-Scale Model of Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Excitation and Inhibition Evoked by the Horizontal Network in Layer 2/3 of the Visual Cortex
(University of Plymouth, 2009)Cortical processing of even the most elementary visual stimuli can result in the propagation of information over significant spatiotemporal scales. To fully understand the impact of such phenomena it is essential to ... -
Large-scale study of Calanus in the North Atlantic Ocean: macroecological patterns and potential impacts of climate change
(University of Plymouth, 2009)Marine ecosystems show natural fluctuation throughout a large range of spatial and temporal scales. Despite the large amount of study devoted to the North Atlantic Ocean, drivers of those fluctuations remain unclear. ... -
Large-scale temporal and spatial patterns of marine phytoplankton in the north-east Atlantic
(University of Plymouth, 2000)Phytoplankton constitute the main algal biomass in pelagic ecosystems and, therefore, play a fundamental role in the functioning of the marine trophic web. Information on long-term trends in marine phytoplankton may help ... -
Laser light interaction and their influence on DNA and cell under in vitro conditions
(University of Plymouth, 2018)Laser photobiomodulation (PBM) or low-level laser therapy (LLLT) is a form of phototherapy recognized worldwide for its expansive use in medicine. PBM/LLLT has the ability to enhance enzymatic activity and mitochondrial ... -
The Late Cenomanian Anoxic Event; implications for foraminiferal evolution
(University of Plymouth, 1987)This study investigates the effect of the late Cenomanian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) on the planktonic and benthonic foraminifera. On the former, the OAE was the cause of major extinctions within the population, the return ... -
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous stable isotope and geochemical records from the northern high latitudes: implications for palaeoclimate
(University of Plymouth, 2007)The Jurassic and Cretaceous periods are widely accepted as being dominated by greenhouse conditions with elevated CO2 levels and warm polar regions. Although much compelling evidence to support this idea of global warmth ... -
Late Medieval Roof Bosses in the Churches of Devon
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Susan Andrew LATE MEDIEVAL ROOF BOSSES IN THE CHURCHES OF DEVON Abstract The extensive survival of late medieval bosses in the roofs of many parish churches in Devon has long been recognised. These carvings escaped the ...
