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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Royal College"”.
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The Royal College of Art : its influence on education, art and design 1900-1950.
The Royal College of Art is considered through its teaching of art and design, and its work as a centre for the training of art teachers. The ideas of some of the staff are evaluated with regard to the need for art and design education. The influence of the diplomates of the College on the areas of …
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Policy and practice: Design education in England from 1837-1992, with particular reference to furniture courses at Birmingham, Leicester and the Royal College of Art.
This thesis is an examination of policy-making and practice in design education in England from 1837-1992. It takes a longue durée approach to the history of the development of design education to provide a new narrative which shows a pattern of recurring debates concerning the purpose of design …
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Structure of uterine mucosa and its bearing on changes in menstruation and pregnancy: Mode of action of foetal structures and opening-up of maternal vessels; Imbedding of human ovum with account of very early specimen; Function of the decidua
… A great part of the work was carried out in the Royal College of Physicians Laboratory, Edinburgh. The investigations originated in the discovery of a distinct resemblance between the modes of production of the oedematous and haemorrhsgic infiltration of the tissues in the menstruating uterine …
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The doctor's view: Clinical and governmental rationalities in twentieth-century general medical practice
… all, in the work of Michael Balint, and the Royal College of General Practitioners in the post-war period. The thesis is guided by two predominant theoretical concerns. First, to highlight the complex strategies and the wide range of means and resources that have been required to give …
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"Compositional Design Elements and Stylistic Influences in Benjamin Britten's ""A Boy Was Born"
… (1913-1976) composed A Boy Was Born at the Royal College of Music during his third and final year of study, 1932-1933. This choral work is constructed as a theme and six variations, lasting approximately 30 minutes. The work has received little treatment in Britten scholarship. This …
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Textual cues, visual fictions: representations of homosexualities in the works of David Hockney
… concerned with homosexual themes during his Royal College of Art student years. This thesis explores Hockney’s discovery of texts, languages, images and publications relating to homosexuality from the 1960s onwards, and his personal and creative responses to these sources. The concept of a …
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An investigation of basic science and clinical research methodologies to benefit clinical practice
… as a national clinical guideline by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK (RCOG).
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Are women making informed choices with regard to Combined Ultrasound and Biochemical (CUB) screening in the first trimester of pregnancy?
… factors, areas of knowledge recommended by The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG, 1993) and all aspects of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; Ajzen, 1985). Results: Women appeared to be well informed, though there were some worrying misconceptions. Women appeared to …
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A Critical Exploration of Social Transformation Through Occupation
… practice. In addition, to fulfil the Royal College of Occupational Therapists' vision of occupational therapists as changemakers in population health, enhanced education and workforce development are essential.
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To what extent is there a silence in regards to the issue of abortion within the contemporary evangelical church in the UK?
… executive, Cathy Warwick attempted to sign the Royal College of Midwives to a campaign orchestrated by The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, the largest abortion provider in the UK. The aim of the campaign was to decriminalise abortion. This campaign received significant backlash from a …
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Family experience after paediatric acquired brain injury
… cognitive and psychological difficulties (Royal College of Physicians& British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2003). Given its wide-ranging impact, ABI is likely to have an effect on the family. However, there is limited qualitative research exploring the lived experiences of siblings …
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Postoperative pain : nursing management and organisational commitment
… been the subject of several national reports (Royal College of Surgeons of England and College of Anaesthetists, 1990; Audit Commission, 1997; Clinical Standards Advisory Group, 2000) that have each made recommendations for practice at ward level and Trust-wide strategies to improve pain …
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The Experience of Illuminating Organisational Culture from a Systems Psychodynamic Perspective
… Taking a single case study approach, within the Royal College of Surgeons, I applied psychoanalytic observation alongside a systems-psychodynamic supervision group to gather both conscious and unconscious data around organisational culture. I also incorporated organisational members’ experience …
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An investigation into the effectiveness of organisational change management processes for implementing race equality post the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
… a single site case study. The case study was the Royal College of Psychiatrists which provided the researcher with full access to its organisational change programme for race equality. During the five year period of this programme the researcher was a participant observer and was able to use this …
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DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES: MEDICAL DIATRIBES IN EARLY MODERN DRAMA
… and mountebanks. After the foundation of the Royal College of Physicians (1518), they all seemed like stumbling blocks to physicians’ rise to eminence—aided by the population’s ignorance and foolishness. Vulgus vult decipi, as the saying went. However, the situation was more ambiguous, last …
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Long term outcome and the validity of EuroSCORE II in native-valve surgery for active endocarditis in a South African cohort
… 19th century when Osler gave the drive to the Royal College of Physicians in 1885 through his contribution. The last 25 years has not shown much change in the mortality from infective endocarditis (IE) despite diagnostic and therapeutic advances. The current in-hospital mortality rate for …
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Modernism and Paul Olds (1922–1976) Questioning New Zealand’s Story of Art
… highly educated in art through the Canterbury College School of Art and gained overseas experience in Europe over six years—at the Royal College of Art in London, the British School at Rome and in the modernist sculptor Albert Féraud’s (1921–2008) studio in Paris. Olds achieved significant …
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Design as criticism: methods for a critical graphic design practice
… using the following methods: 1)workshops at the Royal College of Art, Sandberg Institute, University of Westminster and London College of Communication; 2) selection of projects from professional practice; 3) self-initiated research projects; 4) critical writing, including essays, …
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Photography, Knowledge and the South Kensington Museum
… The pivotal roles in this infrastructure of the Royal Engineers barracked at the Museum created what I term a military-cultural complex. Comprehending the photographic infrastructure necessitates understanding Albertopolis as a totalizing entity formed of smaller institutions and societies across …
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Mental health and subjective wellbeing in UK mental health nurses
… via their national professional bodies, the Royal College of Nursing and the Mental Health Nurses Association. The survey comprised three measures of subjective wellbeing, questions about personal and familial mental health history and questions about the impact of these experiences on mental …
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