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Object recognition using fractal geometry and fuzzy logic.
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On the Ethical Implications of Personal Health Monitoring
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Recent years have seen an influx of medical technologies capable of remotely monitoring the health and behaviours of individuals to detect, manage and prevent health problems. Known collectively as personal health monitoring ... -
On the musical compositions of Christopher Hobbs.
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On the roles and sub-cellular localisations of lipids in neurodegenerative disorders
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPCD) is a ruinous condition that mostly affects children. Although stemming from a single genetic error its pathology involves dysfunction of multiple organs especially liver, spleen and brain. ... -
One Utility for Sustainable Communities Modelling and Optimisation of Utility–Service Provision
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Utility–service provision is a process in which products such as water, electricity, food, gas are transformed by appropriate devices into services satisfying human needs such as nutrition, thermal comfort, and wants such ... -
Online social networks and the pre-registration student nurse: a focus on professional accountability
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Background & rationale: The rapid diffusion of social network sites such as Facebook have presented a wealth of challenge and opportunity for the nursing profession. A large majority of student nurses have adopted Facebook ... -
Ontological approach for database integration
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Database integration is one of the research areas that have gained a lot of attention from researcher. It has the goal of representing the data from different database sources in one unified form. To reach database ... -
Ontology alignment mechanisms for improving web-based searching
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Ontology has been developed to offer a commonly agreed understanding of a domain that is required for knowledge representation, knowledge exchange and reuse across domains. Therefore, ontology organizes information into ... -
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, ... -
An operations centred model of service quality.
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Optimal Ranking and Sequencing of Non-domestic Building Energy Retrofit Options for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Whether it is based on current emissions data or future projections of further growth, the building sector currently represent the largest and singular most important contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. ... -
Optimal sizing and location of photovoltaic generators on three phase radial distribution feeder.
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)The aim of this work is to research the issue of optimal sizing and location of photovoltaic distributed generation (PVDG) units on radial distribution feeders, and develop new procedures by which the optimal location may ... -
Optimisation of piping network design for district cooling system
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Optimised thermosyphon solar hot water heater — simulation, design and experimental analysis
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Thermosyphon systems represent 70–80 % of the solar-thermal capacity installed world-wide. Outside of China — the world’s largest thermosyphon system market — thermosyphon systems using flat-plate collectors are the dominant ... -
Optimising Brand Equity and Marketing Performance with Implications in Building and Evaluating A Premium Profit Brand Valuation Model
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Brand equity is one of the most intangible and valuable asset for organisations as discussed within the marketing and accounting literature. Though practitioners are aware of the growing importance of brand equity in their ... -
Optimized design and energy management of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems by evolutionary algorithm
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An Oral History of England International Rugby Union Players, 1945-1995
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)This thesis is the first oral history study of English rugby union. Through personally conducted interviews, it focuses on the experiences of men who played rugby union for England in the post-war, amateur era, and considers ... -
Organisation change and the psychological contract : the rhetoric of employability, the potential reality of reciprocal brutalism
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The Origins and Development of Association Football in Nottinghamshire c.1860-1915
(Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)Home to two of the oldest football clubs in the world, Nottinghamshire was a hub of the association game. Yet it barely receives a mention in scholarly studies of football. Based predominantly on original research in the ... -
Oxidant stress and platelet responsiveness : implications of body mass index and the modulating effects of diet, acute exercise and selenium supplementation
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