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Walk Like an Egyptian: Belly Dance past and present practice in England
(Plymouth University, 2015)How Belly Dance practitioners in England construct a sense of self-identity, social-identity and identity-in-practice in a border-crossing Belly Dance ethnoscape is of interest for this research project. What kinds of ... -
WALTER DE MARIA: THE LIGHTNING FIELD
(University of Plymouth, 2009)Walter De Maria (b.1935) is best known for The Lightning Field, a large-scale, remote outdoor work constructed in New Mexico, USA, and completed in 1977. Both De Maria and The Lightning Field have largely been critiqued ... -
WATER USE BY PIGS MANAGED UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF HOUSING, FEEDING, AND NUTRITION
(University of Plymouth, 1989)This study investigated the water use of lactating sows (experiment 1), suckling piglets (experiment 2), weaned piglets (experiments 3, 6 and 8) and growing pigs (experiments 4, 5, 7 and 9), according to 3 specific ... -
THE WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMIN NUTRITION OF THE GILTHEAD SEABREAM (Sparus aurata L.)
(University of Plymouth, 1994)Given the paucity of information with regards the micronutrient requirements of the currently expanding number of cultured marine species, a series of investigations was undertaken to examine the water-soluble vitamin ... -
WAVE OVERTOPPING: A COMPARISON OF PHYSICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES
(University of Plymouth, 1991)The overtopping of low-crested breakwater is investigated by means of hydraulic and mathematical models. A conventional laboratory wavemaker with a wedge-type paddle is converted into an absorbing wavemaker so that it can ... -
Wavelet-based multi-carrier code division multiple access systems
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Waves, currents and sand transport predictors on a macro-tidal beach
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Waves, currents and sediment transport modelling at the Wave Hub site
(University of Plymouth, 2013)This research project uses an integrated modelling system to investigate the effects of a wave farm on nearshore sediment transport at the Wave Hub site. The Wave Hub project is a large scale demonstration site for the ... -
Ways of making: producing artworks in the studio in response to experiential walking
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This thesis includes a body of paintings, drawings and assembled objects that have been made in response to the Crossing England walks (2014 - 2018). This body of work is entitled The English Diagrams (2018). The research ... -
Weathering of sulfide ores in model soils, potentially toxic element release and bioavailability
(University of Plymouth, 2013)The exploitation of metallic sulfide ores produces vast quantities of fine-grained wastes hosting potentially toxic elements (PTEs). There are concerns that, if improperly disposed of and managed, waste mineral particles ... -
WETTING AND DRYING IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL TIDAL NUMERICAL MODELS
(University of Plymouth, 1995)The purpose of this research is to adapt and improve existing two-dimensional numerical tidal models so that they can cope with regions where the tide falls and rises to uncover and cover inter-tidal banks without incurring ... -
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT CHEATING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL AND WHY?
(University of Plymouth, 2001)Cheating in British secondary schools has not been previously researched. The aim of this thesis was to ascertain what factors affect cheating in secondary school and why? Initially, four questions were posed: "what is ... -
What Has Happened to Named Nursing? Perceptions of the Named Nurse System
(University of Plymouth, 2002)The purpose of this study was to explore the previously little researched area of the implementation of the Named Nurse Standard in hospital settings. The Standard formed part of the Government's programme of health service ... -
What is Love in Nursing Care? A Qualitative Study
(Plymouth University, 2015)Abstract What is love in nursing care? A qualitative study Recent failures in care highlighted through documents such as the Frances report have pointed to lack of kindness, respect and dignity in patient care and lack ... -
WHAT IS THE NATURE AND PROCESS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING?
(University of Plymouth, 1993)Over the last ten years my thinking and writing have been concerned with the nature and process of effective teaching and learning. Although I have tried to present my thinking as a chronological sequence much of the work ... -
What place has grammar in the English curriculum? An analysis of ninety years’ policy debate: 1921 to 2011.
(University of Plymouth, 2012)Since 1921 England’s governments have commissioned enquiries into English and literacy teaching, leading towards published recommendations and requirements for English grammar teaching. Governments’ officially sanctioned ... -
What’s in a Frame? Cosmopolitan Morality, the Media and Interventionism
(University of Plymouth, 2018)This thesis examines the media-foreign policy nexus through a specific focus on the moral framing of conflict and interventionism within British media and policy discourses. While morality has been identified as a ... -
Wheat hardness by near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy: New insights
(University of Plymouth, 1995)The determination of wheat hardness by the evaluation of whole wheat grain would be of considerable value to the UK Milling Industry. Until now, accurate whole wheat grain hardness predictions by NIR spectroscopy have ... -
WHEN DO WE COOPERATE WITH ROBOTS?
(University of Plymouth, 2019)Robotic usage is entering the world into many diverse ways, from advanced surgical areas to assistive technologies for disabled persons. Robots are increasingly designed and developed to assist humans with everyday tasks. ... -
WHO AM I? SUBJECTIVITIES IN THE SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTABILITY
(University of Plymouth, 2017)The doctoral thesis Who Am I? Subjectivities in the Society of Accountability aims to demonstrate that accountability is one of the most powerful processes of subjectivation in our contemporary era. The background is ...
