Browsing De Montfort University e-theses by Submission Date
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Customer equity: dimensions and realisation process
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)A number of researcher and practitioners have identified a dramatic increase in competition and market transparency as the driving force behind the decline in customer loyalty in the financial services sector (e.g. Caruana, ... -
An investigation into the issues influencing the adoption of e-business within the Portuguese subsidiaries of the pharmaceutical industry
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Electronic business (e-business) is rapidly spreading across many industry sectors. It is likely that business to business and business to consumer communication will be increasingly conducted via the Internet. However, ... -
Bursts identification in water distribution systems
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)The presented thesis investigates the identification of burst locations in water distribution systems (WDS) by analysis of field and simulation experimental data. This required the development of a new hybrid method of ... -
The emergence of cultural policy in Zimbabwe 1984-1997
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)The thesis re-presents the lived experience of cultural animation and policy production in postcolonial Zimbabwe, seeking to place these observations and theories in the domain of Cultural Policy Studies. The nation was ... -
A study of the adsorption of some polymers and Langmuir Blodgett film systems by inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy - IETS
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Breaking the sound barrier: Explorations in experimental sound, art, soundscape research and interactive systems
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)This study proposes a synthesis between the three core inter-disciplines of sound art, interactive systems and soundscape research as the basis for the creation of a series of unique interactive sound installations and ... -
Soft-Switching Performance Analysis of the Clustered Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (CIGBT)
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)The use of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT) have enabled better switching performance than the Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field effect Transistor (MOSFET) in medium to high power applications due to their lower ... -
Investigation into the partitioning of Lindane between air and dust in indoor environments
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)The investigation of harmful semi volatile organic compounds (SVOC) in the indoor environment is important because on average people spend over 90% of their time indoors. Lindane, an SVOC which was widely used in the UK ... -
Classification of skin tumours through the analysis of unconstrained images
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Skin cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm for Caucasian individuals. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, the incidence of melanoma, the most malignant of skin tumours, and resultant mortality, have increased ... -
Reducing carbon emissions by households: the effects of footprinting and personal allowances
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Nearly half of Britain’s carbon dioxide emissions result from the activity of households, both within the home and from personal transport. This research examines how the carbon dioxide emissions of households can be ... -
Conceptual modelling of adaptive web services based on high-level petri nets
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Service technology geared by its SOA architecture and enabling Web services is rapidly gaining in maturity and acceptance. Consequently, most worldwide (private and corporate) cross-organizations are embracing this ... -
An ontology-based reengineering methodology for service orientation
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)The “Software as a Service” model in service-oriented computing allows loosely coupled software components to be designed and integrated with other software systems. Web services, together with service-oriented architectures, ... -
A Hybrid multi-agent architecture and heuristics generation for solving meeting scheduling problem
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Agent-based computing has attracted much attention as a promising technique for application domains that are distributed, complex and heterogeneous. Current research on multi-agent systems (MAS) has become mature enough ... -
A wide spectrum type system for transformation theory
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)One of the most difficult tasks a programmer can be confronted with is the migration of a legacy system. Usually, these systems are unstructured, poorly documented and contain complex program logic. The reason for this, ... -
Restorative justice as an alternative dispute resolution model: opinions of victims of crime and criminal justice professionals in Nigeria
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)This is an original non-experimental research conducted in four Geo-Political Zones in Nigeria (West Africa). It surveys opinions of victims of crime and conflicts, and criminal justice professionals with regard to exploring ... -
Sport policy in Lebanon, 1975 to 2004
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Lebanon is a unique country. Its small size, numerous communities, geographical context, history of conflicts and foreign invasions contributes in making this research a unique study in the field of humanities and social ... -
Mechanisms of epidermal growth factor receptor signalling in primary rat hepatocytes
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)In the U.K. deaths due to liver diseases, especially alcohol related diseases, have risen considerably over the last 20 years. In 2005 up to 13,000 people died from liver related diseases within the U.K., including alcohol ... -
Automating business intelligence recovery in software evolution
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)The theme of this thesis is to pave a path to vertically extract business intelligence (BI) from software code to business intelligence base, which is a tank of BI. Business intelligence is the atomic unit to build a piece ... -
Making sense of e-government implementation in Jordan: a qualitative investigation
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)E-government has become a popular focus of government efforts in many developed countries and, more recently, in several developing countries. Jordan is one such developing country that has embarked on an e-government ... -
Service oriented computing for dynamic virtual learning environments
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Using the Internet for teaching and learning has become a trend in modern higher education, facilitated through the exploitation of advanced computing technologies. Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) applications support ...