Browsing 01 Research Theses Main Collection by Title
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RADAR SIMULATOR TRAINING FOR EFFECTIVE MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE
(University of Plymouth, 1987)The main effort in locating and rescuing survivors of a maritime incident is borne by merchant shipping. This research shows that search and rescue is a task that will face most seafarers, but as they generally lack ... -
RAINDROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS AND THE MEASUREMENT OF PRECIPITATION BY RADAR IN A MARITIME LOCALE
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Random Effect Models For Repairable System Reliability
(University of Plymouth, 1997)The practical motivation for the work described in this thesis arose from the development of a new Jaguar car engine. Development tests on prototype engines led to multiple failure time data which are modelled as a ... -
The rape of Mary Raymond : a radical view of rape in Mary Hays's The Memoirs of Emma Courtney and The Victim of Prejudice
(University of Plymouth, 2007)The thesis is an examination of Mary Hays's first and second novels, The Memoirs of Emma Courtney (1796) and The Victim of Prejudice (1799) in order to claim a reworking of political and gender constructions of women that ... -
RAPID CLOCK RECOVERY ALGORITHMS FOR DIGITAL MAGNETIC RECORDING AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS
(University of Plymouth, 1999) -
RAPID CRYOGENIC FIXATION OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
(University of Plymouth, 1991)This thesis describes investigations into cryofixation by the plunge-cooling technique, at ambient pressure. The objective was to characterise coolants which are commonly used for cryofixation, so that the structure and ... -
THE RATIONALISATION OF DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES FOR PIG HOUSING
(University of Plymouth, 1992)This study consisted of a series of experiments which investigated the water use of growing/finishing pigs (25-90 kg), newly weaned pigs (5- 12 kg) and gestating sows. Drinker type was found to affect water use in growing ... -
Re-appropriating Chinese Art in the Context of Digital Media: From the Chinese Past into a Mediated ‘Presence’ through Creative Practice
(Plymouth University, 2014)In this thesis, I argue that traditional Chinese thinking and its manner of approaching art can be successfully expanded onto a different platform: digital media art. My research (both in theory and practice) shows how ... -
RE-EXAMINING SCHOLARSHIP: EXPLORING THE MEANINGS OF BOYER'S DIMENSIONS TO THE PROFESSORIATE
(University of Plymouth, 2005)Since Boyer's (1990) seminal publication on scholarship there has been a steadily expanding body of knowledge concerned with reviewing the priorities of the professoriate in higher education (HE). This dissertation enters ... -
REACTIVE GASES IN ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMISATION ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY
(University of Plymouth, 1991) -
REACTIVITY OF LIME AND RELATED MATERIALS WITH SULPHUR DIOXIDE
(University of Plymouth, 1978) -
THE REACTIVITY OF SOME TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES AND CARBIDES
(University of Plymouth, 1995)The formation and oxidation of transition metal nitrides and carbides is reviewed and the crystal structures and types of bonding are discussed. Types of nitrides and carbides are categorized in terms of physical and ... -
READING NEUROSCIENCE: VENTRILOQUISM AS A METAPHOR FOR MULTIPLE READINGS OF SELF
(University of Plymouth, 2006)This thesis argues that the consensus models of self forwarded and upheld in the fields of discourse most concerned with its description, indicate a process of ventriloquism where agency slips between dual poles of body ... -
REAL EARNINGS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, MEETING EARNINGS BENCHMARKS AND FUTURE PERFORMANCE: UK EVIDENCE
(University of Plymouth, 2017)This thesis presents two essays on real earnings management and future performance. The first essay draws on empirical studies that examine the three types of real earnings management activities in the United Kingdom (UK) ... -
THE REAL PERFORMANCE OF SOME CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
(University of Plymouth, 1979)The work carried out during this research project has been concerned with the performance of large structures and in the introduction to this thesis a justification for full-scale testing is presented. Full-scale testing ... -
REAL TIME MICROPROCESSOR TECHNIQUES FOR A DIGITAL MULTITRACK TAPE RECORDER
(University of Plymouth, 1989)Transport properties of a standard compact - cassette tape system are measured and software techniques devised to configure a low - cost,direct digital recording system. Tape - velocity variation is typically ± 10% of ... -
REAL-TIME DETECTION OF FRONTS UTILISING IN VIVO PHYTOPLANKTON FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES
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REAL-TIME SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR FLYING HEIGHT MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL IN HARD DRIVES SUBJECT TO SHOCK AND VIBRATION
(University of Plymouth, 2008)Three readback signal detection methods are investigated for real-time flying height or head disk spacing variation measurement under vibration conditions. This is carried out by theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, ... -
Reanimating the Wound: Dermatilliomanic Practice and the First World War
(Plymouth University, 2015)This research project uses an exploratory painting practice to examine a melancholic shadow cast by the First World War. The mode of inquiry is predicated upon the persistence of the past in the present, and upon a personal ... -
A REASSESSMENT OF THE HYBRID APPROACH TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES
(University of Plymouth, 1998)This thesis lays the foundation for the creation of an economic database for the counties of Devon and Cornwall in the form of a regional input-output table. The thesis reconsiders the popular hybrid approach to the ...
