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Obesity and Dental Caries in Children in Plymouth
(University of Plymouth, 2017)Background: Obesity and dental caries are two of the most common conditions affecting children and both have significant implications on children’s wellbeing and future health. Even though research into the relationship ... -
Obesity and the experience of eating in adult, American, Caucasian women: A grounded theory approach
(University of Plymouth, 1994)The search to unravel the complex phenomenon of obesity has been pursued for centuries. Theoretical postulations regarding the etiology of obesity and subsequent management strategies are numerous and complex. Despite ... -
OBSERVATION AND MODELLING OF FLUID TRANSPORT INTO POROUS PAPER COATING STRUCTURES
(University of Plymouth, 2002)In paper printing, one of the most important aspects for consideration is the control of ink setting rate. Ink setting, depending on ink and press type, is a function of evaporation, curing and removal of the liquid phase ... -
Observations of Estuarine Turbulence and Floc Size Variations
(University of Plymouth, 1991)Laboratory studies show that turbulence controls the size of flocs by disrupting those flocs which exceed a critical diameter. Estuarine floc sizes have been shown to vary with the spring/neap cycle and turbulence has ... -
Occupational Commitment Under Conditions of Social Change: The Case of Professional Marine Engineering in Taiwan
(University of Plymouth, 1995)The thesis is concerned with investigating the area of occupational commitment to marine engineering of students from various levels of higher education in maritime institutions. From a general description of socioeconomic change ... -
Occupational therapy intervention development, for individuals with a diagnosis of psychosis living in the community, to improve participation in activities of everyday life: a feasibility study for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
(University of Plymouth, 2017)Background: Having a diagnosis of schizophrenia is associated with employment difficulties, high mortality rates, substantial family burden and impoverished quality of life and it costs between 1.5 to 3 per cent of the ... -
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND WARMING IMPACTS ON NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE SHELLFISH: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT
(University of Plymouth, 2018)Ocean acidification and warming have been shown to affect a wide range of marine organisms and impact assemblages and ecosystems. Many of the species experiencing negative biological effects provide valuable ecosystem ... -
OCEAN COLOUR ANALYSIS USING CZCS DATA
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The Oceanography and Modelling of the Pontevedra Ria (NW Spain)
(University of Plymouth, 2003)A multidisciplinary study the oceanography of the Pontevedra Ria (NW Spain), including hydrography, biogeochemistiy and biogeochemical modelling, has been performed. The hydrographical variability of the Pontevedra Ria ... -
Ocular biomechanics of the anterior segment
(University of Plymouth, 2018)The thesis investigates methods of examining corneal biomechanics using non-contact tonometry and introduces novel techniques to investigate corneal material properties in vivo. A comprehensive systems analysis of the ... -
Off the Orbit: Works of Art for Long-Term Space Travellers. Outline of a novel artistic practice
(University of Plymouth, 2012)This research combines the arts with human spaceflight. The aim of the investigation is to identify the aesthetic parameters for display in works of art on extended crewed missions. The study claims that, within the ... -
OFFSHORE FOULING COMMUNITIES AND SETTLEMENT AND EARLY GROWTH IN Tubularia larynx (ELLIS AND SOLANDER) AND Pomatoceros triqueter (L.)
(University of Plymouth, 1985)The horizontal and vertical distribution of the macro-fouling organisms, both flora and fauna, associated with offshore structures was studied. Offshore buoys located around the coasts of Britain (38) and Norway (10), ... -
On Coding and Detection Techniques for Two-Dimensional Magnetic Recording
(University of Plymouth, 2019)The areal density growth of magnetic recording systems is fast approaching the superparamagnetic limit for conventional magnetic disks. This is due to the increasing demand for high data storage capacity. Two-dimensional ... -
The on line determination of mercury in process streams using atomic spectrometry
(University of Plymouth, 2000)On-line systems for monitoring mercury in liquid and gaseous production and waste streams have been developed, utilising atomic fluorescence spectrometry (AFS) as the basis for detection. Instrumentation has been designed ... -
On Lowering the Error Floor of Short-to-Medium Block Length Irregular Low Density Parity Check Codes
(University of Plymouth, 2018)Gallager proposed and developed low density parity check (LDPC) codes in the early 1960s. LDPC codes were rediscovered in the early 1990s and shown to be capacity approaching over the additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) ... -
ON REDUCING THE DECODING COMPLEXITY OF SHINGLED MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEM
(University of Plymouth, 2013)Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) has been recognised as one of the alternative technologies to achieve an areal density beyond the limit of the perpendicular recording technique, 1 Tb/in2, which has an advantage of ... -
On the bicyclic acids of petroleum
(Plymouth University, 2016)The identification of petroleum acids, also known as ‘naphthenic’ acids (NA), has been an analytical challenge for over 140 years. However, most recent interest in NA has arisen due to concerns over their presence and ... -
On the Evolution of the Heavenly Spheres: An Enactive Approach to Cosmography
(Plymouth University, 2014)The ability to view the world from multiple perspectives is essential for tackling complex, interconnected challenges. Yet conventional academic structures are designed to produce knowledge through ever-increasing ... -
On the Evolutionary Co-Adaptation of Morphology and Distributed Neural Controllers in Adaptive Agents
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The attempt to evolve complete embodied and situated artificial creatures in which both morphological and control characteristics are adapted during the evolutionary process has been and still represents a long term goal ... -
On the Medium-Term Simulation of Sediment Transport and Morphological Evolution in Complex Coastal Areas
(University of Plymouth, 2016)A program for selecting the optimal wave conditions for morphodynamically accelerated simulations of coastal evolution (‘OPTIWAVE’) has been constructed using a novel Genetic Algorithm approach. The optimization routine ...
