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E-INVIGILATION OF E-ASSESSMENTS
(University of Plymouth, 2017)E-learning and particularly distance-based learning is becoming an increasingly important mechanism for education. A leading Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) reports a user base of 70 million students and 1.2 million ... -
Earhart County: The Making Of A World War Two Wondertale
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The aim of Earhart County was to create a book which would bring the world of World War Two aviation to a mainstream audience, utilising the magic and durability of folklore to mythologize the incredible feats of Churchill’s ... -
EARLY DETECTION OF DEMENTIA USING THE HUMAN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Improved life expectancy has led to a significant increase in the number of people in the high-risk age groups that will develop Alzheimer's disease and other dementia. Efforts are being made to develop treatments that ... -
Early hippocampal dysfunction in a mouse model of dementia with Lewy bodies: Mechanisms of cellular dysfunction caused by alpha-synuclein accumulation
(University of Plymouth, 2020)Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease, accounting for 5% of all dementia cases, for which there is no cure. Whilst there are currently many different animal models currently available ... -
Early Mesozoic stratigraphy, sedimentology and structure of the
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The Gharian area is used as a case study to examine the sedimentary succession, structural evolution and timing of sedimentary and structural events during basin development in the Early Mesozoic. These sediments (Kurrush, ... -
Eastern European Time-Based Art During and After Communism
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Soviet-era Communism was a project of emergence that failed to realise its Utopian ambition. Nevertheless, it created an unprecedented simulacrum whose visual language was appropriated by a number of artists as a readymade. ... -
Eco-engineering of coastal infrastructure: A design for life
(University of Plymouth, 2020)Coastal urbanisation has driven humans to build artificial defences to protect infrastructure from rising sea level, erosion and stormier seas. Artificial structures are proliferating in the coastal and marine environments ... -
Eco-physiology of mysids (Crustacea; Peracarida) in the River Tamar estuary.
(University of Plymouth, 1996)The mysid fauna of the River Tamar Estuary was sampled monthly between January and December 1989. The following species of mysid were found In the estuary. MosopodOPSIS slabborl, Noomysis Intogor, Praunus fioxuosus and ... -
ECO-PHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOSYMBIONT-BEARING LUCINID BIVALVE, CODAKIA ORBICULATA
(University of Plymouth, 1993)The lucinid bivalve Codakia orbiculata, whose gills contain sulphur-oxidizing symbiotic bacteria, occurs in high densities (500/m2) in the rhizosphere of shallow-water Thalassia testudinum sediments in Bermuda. Both ... -
Eco-visualisation: Combining art and technology to reduce energy consumption
(University of Plymouth, 2009)Artworks that display the real time usage of key resources such as electricity offer new strategies to conserve energy. These eco-visualisations-or artworks that creatively visualise ecologically significant data in real ... -
ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HEPATIC MICROSPORIDIOSIS IN COASTAL WATERS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE HOST TAURULUS BUBALIS
(University of Plymouth, 1985)Hepatic microsporidia were investigated from 5 species of fish, namely Taurulus bubalis (Euphr.), Crenilabrus melops, (L.), Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (L.), Ciliata mustela (L.). and Scophthalmus maximus (L.) and intramuscular ... -
THE ECOLOGICAL CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PREY CHOICE AND ONTOGENETIC NICHE SHIFTS IN THE COMMON GOBY
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Foraging behaviour of the common goby, Pomatoschistus microps was investigated in both the United Kingdom and Sweden, with the aim of establishing causes and consequences of prey choice and ontogenetic shifts in diet. ... -
The Ecological Effects of Increasing Potting Density in the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area
(University of Plymouth, 2018)In light of past and present ecosystem and fisheries management failures leading to the continued decline of global fish stocks and ongoing degradation of many marine habitats, ecosystem-based approaches to management ... -
Ecological impact of the Carcinus maenas (L.) fishery 'crab-tiling' on estuarine fauna
(University of Plymouth, 2007)The ecological effects of the green shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.) fishery was investigated in estuaries on the south west coast of the UK. The fishery known as 'crab-tiling' involves 'crab-tilers' laying artificial ... -
Ecological Management Strategies for Impounded Harbours
(University of Plymouth, 1995)Long-term physical, chemical and biological monitoring (May 1990 to November 1994) was conducted in order to quantify water and sediment quality changes arising from the impoundment of Sutton Harbour, Plymouth (UK). ... -
Ecological Studies of an Abyssal Nodule Province to Inform the Management of Deep-sea Mining
(University of Plymouth, 2020)The abyssal environment remains one of the most poorly studied parts of the planet. While predominantly an environment dominated by soft sediments, some abyssal regions are known to harbour potato-sized, rock-like formations ... -
Ecological Understanding through Transdisciplinary Art and Participatory Biology
(Plymouth University, 2015)In this study evidence is presented that suggests transdisciplinary art practices and participatory biology programs may successfully increase public understanding of ecological phenomenon. As today’s environmental issues ... -
Ecology and behaviour of postlarvae and juveniles of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber (L.)
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Ecological studies of early benthic stages of brachyurans are rare for most of the species, leaving a gap in the understanding of processes regulating the recruitment to adult populations. The velvet swimming crab Necora ... -
Ecology and climates of early Middle Pleistocene interglacials in Britain
(University of Plymouth, 2018)This thesis refines and develops understanding of the ecological and climatic characteristics of early Middle Pleistocene (MIS 19-13, c. 780-430 ka) interglacial environments in Britain. This period is characterised by ... -
Ecology and conservation of Mediterranean temporary ponds in the UK
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Macroinvertebrate and plant assemblage composition and abiotic habitat characteristics were examined in seventy-six ponds, in the New Forest (Hampshire, UK) and on the Lizard Peninsula (Cornwall, UK), in order to unravel ...
