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A compositional framework for determining pattern applicability.
(De Montfort University, 2010)
The notion of ‘pattern’ originates in the work of Christopher Alexander and, in recent years, patterns have become a popular part of software development. A pattern is defined as a ‘three-part rule’: a relationship between ...
Classroom Simulation for Trainee Teachers Using 3D Virtual Environments and Simulated Smartbot Student Behaviours
(De Montfort University, 2014-03)
his thesis consists of an analysis of a classroom simulation using a Second Life (SL) experiment that aims to investigate the teaching impact on smartbots (virtual students) from trainee teacher avatars with respect to ...
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF NOVEL COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES TO THE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF METABOLOMICS BIOFLUIDS DATASETS
(De Montfort University, 2017-12)
The present decades have witnessed major advances in the development and applications of Computational Intelligence Techniques (CITs), which are commonly associated with metabolomics and omics analyses related to diseases ...
The Visualization and Representation of Electroacoustic Music
(De Montfort University, 2013)
In Chapters 1 and 2 there are definitions and a review of electroacoustic music, and then visualization generally and as applied to music. Chapter 3 is a review of specific and relevant literature as regards to the ...
The effects of a combined aerobic and resistance exercise programme on physiological parameters and metabolic control in type 1 and 2 diabetes
(De Montfort University, 2015)
Diabetes is a common chronic disease that affects almost all countries in the world and has continued to increase at an alarming rate in the last decades. It kills a person every seven seconds. Recent thinking treats both ...
Autonomous Finite Capacity Scheduling using Biological Control Principles
(De Montfort University, 2012)
The vast majority of the research efforts in finite capacity scheduling over the past several years has focused on the generation of precise and almost exact measures for the working schedule presupposing complete information ...
Modern Dance: A Historical Consideration
(De Montfort University, 2016-10)
This thesis presents a selection of my published works and an accompanying exposition to demonstrate my sustained, substantial, continuous and coherent research and how it has made an original contribution to the field of ...
Policy-based Runtime Tracking for E-learning Environments
(De Montfort University, 2013)
The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a form of e-learning environment that is becoming widely adopted in higher educational institutions and universities. The term “Tracking” in relation to an e-learning ...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance: State of the Art and Perspectives in Social, Environmental and Sustainability Performance Management
(De Montfort University, 2015)
Over more than forty years many proposals have been drawn up to complement, integrate and overcome the traditional methodologies measuring the financial dimension of corporate performance. In parallel, thousands of companies, ...
Crosstalk and Signal Integrity in Ring Resonator Based Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers for Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing Networks
(De Montfort University, 2015-07)
With 400 Gbps Ethernet being developed at the time of writing this thesis, all-optical networks are a solution to the increased bandwidth requirements of data communication allowing architectures to become increasingly ...
