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A Critical Evaluation of Community Rail Policy and Practice During the New Labour Years 2003 - 2010
(University of Plymouth, 2013)Seedhouse, Andrew Colin A Critical Evaluation Of Community Rail Policy And Practice During The New Labour Years 2003 - 2010 This thesis examines how the changing governance environments introduced under New Labour compromised ... -
A Critical Evaluation of ITSO Smart Ticketing policy, practice and outcomes
(University of Plymouth, 2018)This thesis contributes to the ongoing debate on the future of smart ticketing in the United Kingdom, and in particular the role of ITSO in that future. Through evaluation of commentary from prominent elite personnel ... -
Critical Firm-based Enablers-Mediators-Outcomes (CFEMOs): A New Integrated Model for Product Innovation Performance Drivers in the Context of U.S. Restaurants
(Plymouth University, 2016)This study develops an original theoretical model of critical managerially controllable factors that have high potential for achieving significant improvements in the (intermediate and ultimate) outcome(s) of product ... -
A critical practice-based exploration of interactive panoramas' role in helping to preserve cultural memory
(University of Plymouth, 2013)The rapid development of digital communication technologies in the 20th and 21st centuries has affected the way researchers look at ways memory – especially cultural memory – can be preserved and enhanced. State-of-the-art ... -
Critical thinking across the disciplines: understanding and application
(University of Plymouth, 2019)This thesis explores the concept of critical thinking from the perspective of academic staff based in four different University discipline areas. Looking specifically at the relationship between their personal understanding ... -
Critique of a dual-system model of category learning
(University of Plymouth, 2017)Some researchers have argued that the category learning literature is conclusive: people learn to generalise from past experiences to novel ones using multiple learning systems (Ashby & Maddox, 2011). To the extent that ... -
Cross-shore morphodynamics of coarse grained beaches and beach/structure interaction: Numerical modelling and large scale measurements
(University of Plymouth, 2005)Coastal defence systems are implemented in many countries for the stability of coastlines and prevention of erosion and flooding. The maintenance of such schemes includes the use of 'soft' engineering techniques, which ... -
Cross-shore sediment transport processes on natural beaches and their relation to sand bar migration patterns
(University of Plymouth, 2003)During the last two decadess everalf ield studiesh ave shown a clear pattern in the cross-shores ediment transport processes on beaches. Outside the surf zone, the stronger onshore velocities under unbroken (Stokes-type) wave ... -
CROSSTALK-RESILIANT CODING FOR HIGH DENSITY DIGITAL RECORDING
(University of Plymouth, 2003)Increasing the track density in magnetic systems is very difficult due to inter-track interference (ITI) caused by the magnetic field of adjacent tracks. This work presents a two-track partial response class 4 magnetic ... -
CRYPTOCARYON IRRITANS BROWN, 1951 (CILIOPHORA): TRANSMISSION AND IMMUNE RESPONSE IN THE MULLET CHELON LABROSUS (RISSO, 1826)
(University of Plymouth, 1992)A standardised procedure was established for the laboratory maintenance of C.irritans in thick-lipped mullet. Nine isolates of C.irritans were obtained of which eight were successfully established for up to 48 weeks. ... -
THE CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF NOVOBIOCIN
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE STUDIES ON SOME DEHYDROPEPTIDES
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THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF SOME TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES
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Cultural factors affecting the development of an evidence-based information service in a third sector provider of complementary cancer care
(Plymouth University, 2014)Abstract Cultural factors affecting the development of an evidence-based information service in a third sector provider of complementary cancer care Matthew Breckons Introduction Many people with cancer access complementary ... -
Cultural Responses to volcanic hazards on Mt Merapi, Indonesia
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Culture and Time Perception: Implications for Mental Representation and Decisions
(University of Plymouth, 2018)This thesis examines cultural variations in time perception, as well as the possible influences on mental representation and decisions. Building on prior research on cultural differences in time-related perceptions, two ... -
Curating a Gentleman's Library: Practices of Acquisition, Display and Disposal in the Cottonian Collection, 1791-1816
(University of Plymouth, 2018)This thesis examines the book and archival holdings of the Cottonian Collection – a national designated eighteenth-century collection of fine art and books – between 1791 and 1816, the period of William Cotton II’s ... -
CURRENT CHALLENGES IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION
(Plymouth University, 2016)The ablative management of atrial fibrillation, despite a number of landmark discoveries, remains one of the most challenging fields in interventional electrophysiology. It is generally accepted that successful isolation ... -
Cymodocea nodosa as a bioindicator of coastal habitat quality: an integrative approach from organism to community scale.
(University of Plymouth, 2013)The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) has encouraged considerable research on the development of water quality bioindicators. Seagrasses, that are highly sensitive to direct and indirect anthropogenic stress, and ... -
CYTOKINE EXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA
(University of Plymouth, 2001)B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) results from a clonal accumulation of CD5+ve B-lymphocytes. This expansion of B-lymphocytes is due to increased proliferation and extended survival secondary to decreased ...
