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Showing 1 to 20 of 1373 for “"The United Kingdom"”.
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Orchestral training in the United Kingdom
This thesis investigates the provision of orchestral training in Great Britain through the opportunities offered in pre-graduate, undergraduate and postgraduate areas. The research follows on from the 1965 and 1978 Gulbenkian Reports, "Making Musicians" and "Training Musicians" and investigates …
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Allergenic pollen concentrations in the United Kingdom
This study investigates the variations in the start and severity of the grass and birch pollen seasons at a network of sites in the United Kingdom. Daily grass and birch pollen concentrations have been monitored during the course of the study (1992-1994) at the University of North London site. …
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Lean supplier relationships in the United Kingdom .
The Eastman Kodak Company's Annesley, United Kingdom facility assembles consumer and professional film for distribution to the European, Middle Eastern, African, and Russian (EAMER) region. Under pressure from digital photography, Kodak is managing the traditional film business for cash to fuel …
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The economics of the United Kingdom pension funds.
This Thesis examines the nature and role of the pension funds in the United Kingdom, in theory and in practice, from within and without, and from a contemporary and historical perspective. The pension funds are considered via a series of broad surveys, wherein each chapter may be regarded as a …
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Profitability determination in the United Kingdom brewing industry
This project analyses the determination of profitability in the United Kingdom brewing industry during the period 1972-1982. It is based on a. sample of fifteen brewing companies including the major national and regional companies. The study examines previous literature on the determination of …
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Expedient benevolence : international development and the United Kingdom
This thesis examines the role of International Development in the United Kingdom during its transition from a colonial ruler to a neo-liberal capitalist state. Starting with the inter-war period, it looks at the changing position adopted by the British state vis-a-vis development aid to its …
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A dynamic physical energy model of the United Kingdom
This report describes the structure and simulation results of a dynamic physical model of the UK energy system. The model traces the hourly flows of energy from energy sources through various energy converters and stores to useful energy demands. Effects such as the temporal and climatic dependence …
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Coronary risk factors in women in the United Kingdom
… regarded as a male disease and, because of this, the magnitude of the problem in women is often overlooked. Yet, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CHD in particular, remains, next to cancer, the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in women. The longstanding emphasis on the problem of CHD in …
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Legal Sovereignty and Value Pluralism in the United Kingdom
This thesis asks what a commitment to ethical value pluralism (EVP) can contribute to the current understanding of sovereignty in United Kingdom (UK) constitutional law. It is this ethical approach that serves as the core contribution to the current sovereignty debates. <br/><br/>The thesis …
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Constitutional change in the United Kingdom: an institutional analysis
This thesis seeks to explain the lack of significant constitutional change in the UK between 1945 and 1980 and has two main findings. First, and principally, the thesis rejects conventional understandings of the UK constitution based upon Dicey's analysis and the Westminster model of British …
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Understanding cannabis reclassification in the United Kingdom 2002-2004
In 2002 the British government announced that illicit drugs legislation would be reformed by downgrading cannabis from Class B to Class C in the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971. This process, commonly known as the re-classification of cannabis, represents a significant reform in the approach to drugs …
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The developments of minimum wage legislation in the United Kingdom
This thesis presents an examination of the legal developments made in wage regulations within the United Kingdom. The period that has been chosen for examination spans from the 18th to the 21st century. This period was chosen for examination due to the huge social, political, economic and legal …
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Investigation of the smart cities strategies within the United Kingdom
The Smart City (SC) concept has emerged as an innovative response to the challenges and opportunities faced by cities around the world. However, despite many attempts to implement various strategies, many organisations within the United Kingdom still encounter difficulties embedding the smart city …
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Privatisation and public access to information in the united Kingdom
This thesis examines the relationship between privatisation and public access to official information in the United Kingdom. Through a combination of theoretical and empirical analysis, it addresses two main questions: (1) How does privatisation, broadly defined to include outsourcing, affect …
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Arthropod-borne infections in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
… in both human and wildlife species. However, further studies are required to identify the role of wildlife species as reservoir hosts for such infections. In some countries, such as Saudi Arabia, few studies have taken place whist in other regions individual species may have been neglected, such …
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Contexts of Short Animated Documentary Production in the United Kingdom
This research looks at the evolving space of animated documentary production in the UK, with a focus on its community of practice and the related communities of practice that overlap with and within it. In recent years there has been an increase in scholarly attention paid to the history of …
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A Comparison and Analysis of Immigration Waves in the United Kingdom
A comparison of the political, media, and public reactions in the UK to both the Post-war Commonwealth immigration wave and current reactions to immigration following A8 accession to the EU, with a specific focus on A8 migration to the UK. The aim is to see if a pattern of backlash toward …
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The Sinhalese Buddhist Diaspora in the United Kingdom: Negotiating Sinhalese Identity
Sinhalese Buddhist people have been living in the United Kingdom for a period spanning over three generations. They have grown in number rapidly over the last five decades and have organized themselves as a distinctive community. This community has never been subjected to a formal study with regard …
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A reliability rating system for flood embankments in the United Kingdom
The probability of structural failure of flood defences is an important component in the modelling of flood risk. Flood embankments are a very common type of defence whose reliability assessment shows some problematic aspects. In particular it is difficulty to model the process of piping through …
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