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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Leicestershire"”.
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Early prehistoric petrology: A case study from Leicestershire.
… shed light on early prehistoric society within Leicestershire, a county overlooked in comparison to other regions. The aim of this research was to investigate the procurement of raw materials and the subsequent production of Neolithic and early Bronze Age ceramics in Leicestershire, placing the …
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The Conservation Ecology of Rana temporaria and Bufo bufo in Leicestershire
Past and present surveys of Leicestershire farming areas showed that amphibian habitat has been reduced as land use diversities, scrubs, woodland and thorn hedge cover have decreased within the previous decade. Breeding pond surveys revealed Rana temporaria to breed in areas with no rough …
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Leadership and its Impact on Employee Motivation: A Study of Small and Medium Enterprises in Leicestershire
… and Employee Motivation” at 6 inspected SMEs in Leicestershire by conducting 13 semi-structured interviews with owners, managers and employees. The research found that leadership did have an impact on employee motivation, since the level of motivation that an employee can reach is predicated upon …
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Human and environmental health risks associated with eleven metal(loid)s evaluated in topsoil and wild mushrooms sampled from across Leicestershire, UK.
… mushrooms, used as biomonitors from parks across Leicestershire, UK. Moreover, the study assessed human, and ecological health risks to metal(loid) exposure from these sources. Topsoil and wild mushroom samples were collected from parks across Leicestershire. The samples were acid mineralised, …
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An exploration of the mental health lived experiences of Polish migrants, who access Mental Health Services, while resident in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.
… and mental health service use in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR). A key objective of this study was to inform practice and improve visibility and care for Polish populations within the NHS mental health services in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR) by making …
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Haberdashery for use in dress 1550-1800
… of Cumbria and Lancashire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire, Hampshire and West Sussex. A brief comparison is also made with London. Through examination of documentary evidence and extant examples, it aims to set the provision and use of haberdashery for dress into the context of the Early …
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If women write in milk, do children write in snot? Children's voices in documented drama
… the assessment methods used by the now extinct Leicestershire Mode III syllabus grow in significance. The problem of assessing the ephemeral felt experience of the drama student was accepted as an opportunity to theorise rather than sanitise through standardisation.<br/><br/>The study concludes …
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Intercultural communication in psychiatric diagnosis and psychiatric consultations in Leicester, UK
… purposefully selected psychiatrists within Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust through one-to-one, semi-structured interviews. Findings: This study highlights the importance of integrating Fuchs's theoretical framework (2010) and Aggarwal's intersubjective model of culture (2023) into …
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The ecology of the Chironomidae (Diptera) in a new eutrophic reservoir
… changes in a new. lowland reservoir in Leicestershire, England, were investigated, with particular referece to larvae of the Chironomidae. During the first four years major changes in water chemistry were the result of the different sources of water used to fill the reservoir and the …
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Prediction of temporal and spatial phytoplankton change in Rutland Water
… of freshwater phytoplankton in Rutland Water, Leicestershire, is reported. The species succession was found to be similar to other eutrophic lakes although total annual biomass appeared to be suppressed as a result of the destratification equipment which caused high mixed depth (Zm) to euphotic …
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Seismic studies on the Derbyshire dome
… similar to the rocks of Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, some 40km south. By analysing later arrivals, this refractor has been mapped to the north of the Bonsall Fault at a depth of 2.5-3.5km. The shallower Lower Palaeozoic refractor is thought to be no more than 500m thick, and underlain …
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Factors affecting foraging by breeding farmland birds
… was conducted on a lowland mixed arable farm in Leicestershire over the breeding seasons 2000 - 2002. Telemetry was used to monitor adult song thrushes and fledgling skylarks. Skylark nest density was highest in set-aside and lowest in crops, yellowhammer nest density was greatest in herbaceous …
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Diet in transition : the effect of leaving home on the diet and nutritional status of young adults
… technique resulted in some volunteers from Leicestershire, the Midlands, Surrey and Kent. An age range of 18-30 years was used for this study. This was in order to include both young people who had recently left home (who were likely to be at the lower end of the age range), and those who …
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An examination of the care and career experiences of mid-life women who combine formal employment and informal caring of dependent adults
… of caring and paid employment in Leicester and Leicestershire were conducted between June and December 2016. This research took place within the interpretive paradigm, with the aim of hearing from women about their experiences in their own voices. The study draws upon three intersecting areas of …
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The development of cultural identity in early childhood settings.
… in early childhood settings in Leicester and Leicestershire. The main players are the practitioners, the parents and the children, all of whom participated in a variety of ways. No two settings are alike; each has a philosophy, resources, a mix of practitioners, children and parents, local …
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The use of near-surface geophysics for monitoring slopes that affect transport infrastructure
… from ERT data. The Old Dalby Railway Cutting in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, is also considered in this thesis. Subsurface changes in resistivity at this site across both wooded and grassed areas of the slope enable an improved understanding of hydrogeological pathways and allow examination of …
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AGRICULTURAL SMALL WATER BODIES: CARBON SOURCE OR CARBON SINK?
… Sampling sites were three catchments in Leicestershire in a characteristic agricultural environment. Year 1 fieldwork (April―June 2013) covered 98 of an original 180 sampling sites, and encompassed a mixture of water bodies. Sites were accessed in stages according to specified access …
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An action research evaluation to understand and inform the role of the Integrated Care Pharmacist across health and social care
… team (MDT) within the IC program for East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (ELR CCG). Aim The aim of the study was to understand and inform this new role of the IC Pharmacist for ELRCCG and how to develop and sustain such a role. Methods A participatory mixed methods …
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PERSONALITY AND OTHER QUALITIES, ATTRIBUTES, ABILITIES AND OPINIONS OF SOME ’A' LEVEL DESIGN STUDENTS.
… investigation. The research focused on 13 Leicestershire schools and the subjects included a: (a)cluster sample of 200 'A' level students, (c)sample of 30 'a' level Design teachers, (d)sample of 5 other 'a' level subject teachers. The following methodologies were used: (a)descriptive …