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Showing 1 to 20 of 819 for “"Wolverhampton"”.
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The impact of educational reform on the Wolverhampton School of Art and Design
… examines the impact of education reform on the Wolverhampton School of Art. Investigations cover the school from the early 1850's to the mid 1950's in four stages of its development: the Government School of Practical Art for Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire, the Municipal School of Art, …
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The phenomenon of possession and exorcism in north India and amongst the Punjabi diaspora in Wolverhampton.
Based upon two years fieldwork in Wolverhampton and Coventry, and several field trips to Punjab, this thesis focuses on the prevalence of possession and exorcism as a manifestation of Punjabi religion amongst the Punjabi diaspora in Wolverhampton. Euro-centric scholarship and reform movements in …
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The Wolverhampton Express and Star and the depiction of the volunteer soldier in the First World War, 1914-1916
… in the Black Country industrial town of Wolverhampton. The newspaper harnessed the home front’s fascination with the volunteer soldier for its own commercial purposes. The study demonstrates that the commercial nature of the press was a central element in shaping the newspaper’s depiction …
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A study on the indoor environment quality: its impact on occupants’ productivity of university library (Wolverhampton University libraries as an example)
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) determines occupant comfort, health, and productivity within built environments. As essential academic spaces, university libraries enhance student learning, research, and overall academic performance. While previous studies have primarily examined the health and …
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Researching an overlooked workforce in a University: catering, caretaking and securtiy
… fulfilment of the requirements University of Wolverhampton Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
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The significance of indoor:outdoor relationships, and physical and chemical composition in personal exposure to urban particulate matter
… were undertaken in three buildings located in Wolverhampton City Centre. Two of the buildings are situated in a road used by approximately 10,000 diesel buses each day, with 4 and 5 storey buildings along both sides of the road producing a small street canyon effect. Monitoring indoor and …
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Automatic classification and metadata generation for world-wide web resources
… in automatic metadata generation on the web. The Wolverhampton Web Library (WWLib) is a search engine that classifies UK Web pages according to Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). This search engine is introduced as an example application that would benefit from an automatic classification …
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Designing for Dream Spaces: Exploring digitally enhanced space for children’s engagement with museum objects
… were carried out in Bantock House Museum, Wolverhampton. Insights, based on data analysed from the perspective of the Social Dream Spaces Model, were used to develop a prototype of a digitally enhanced space, which was implemented into the existing exhibition. Data gathered in observations …
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The life course of Vitamin D: the risk of deficiency in British Archaeological Populations
… Cathedral (12th – 16th Centuries) and St Peter’s Wolverhampton (19th Century). The health implications of vitamin D deficiency during these periods have been explored within the context and bio-cultural variables of each population. Statistically significant differences were found between the …
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Identification of factors associated with and preventative strategies in diabetic nephropathy
… 1,421 diabetic and 26,990 non-diabetic people in Wolverhampton identified cardiovascular disease as the predominant cause of death in both groups, with female diabetic patients having an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease in comparison to male diabetic and female non-diabetic …
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Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from agriculture and approaches to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production
… records of soil temperature from 1976-2010 from Wolverhampton (UK) and Vienna (Austria). Agricultural emissions of GHGs are not readily abated by ‘end of pipe’ technologies. Large decreases in agricultural GHG emissions may require changes in the production and consumption of food that could have …
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Electrifying the streets : the surface-contact controversy in five English towns 1880-1920
… opted for the surface-contact system. Of these, Wolverhampton and Hastings are the main focus for this research because they occupy opposite ends of the social and political spectrum. Lincoln, Torquay, and Mexborough, where surface-contact traction survived for some time, are covered in less …
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Soil conditioner effects on soil erosion, soil structure and crop performance
… and Environment Research Unit at Compton Park, Wolverhampton. The main soil conditioner applied was 'Agri-SC' at manufacturer recommended application rates and three other soil conditioners were used for some comparative studies. Following applications of ammonium-laureth-sulphate to bare and …
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Investigation of anticancer activity and mechanisms of Meso- 2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) in glioblastoma cell lines
… Our research group at the University of Wolverhampton has been working on repurposing known FDA approved drugs for cancer treatment. Previous studies from our group have shown that Disulfiram (DS), an FDA approved anti alcoholism drug has excellent anticancer activity against a wide range …
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The development of an effective learning environment in higher education for product design
… Product Design (BSc CAPD) at the University of Wolverhampton, in the UK. Conceived in 1989 as a collaborative venture between the School of Engineering and the School of Art and Design, it was in the vanguard of a new wave of product design initiatives in the higher education sector that had a …
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The impact of entrepreneurship education on the relationships between institutional and individual factors and entrepreneurial intention of university graduates: evidence from Zambia
… granting the study leave, and the University of Wolverhampton Business School’s Management Research Centre for facilitating the research project. I am also indebted to my supervisors, Dr Yong Wang (Director of Studies), Dr Ian Mckeown and Dr Graham Tate for guiding me through this study. Without …
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Fixed-shop retailing: Shrewsbury and Woverhampton 1660-1900
… in two contrasting communities: Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton 1660-1900. The aims of this research are twofold. First it will be demonstrated that a longitudinal perspective is not only possible but also imperative in determining the nature of short-term change in the retail sector. Diverse …
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Application of Mineral Magnetic Measurements as a Pollution Proxy for Urban Road Deposited Sediment
… temporal study (2008-10) of RDS from the City of Wolverhampton (n = 546) and a similar ‘snap-shot’ study of eight selected town and cities across the UK (n = 306), plus a comparison investigation linked to regional monitoring of air sampling units (ASU) (n = 208). A suite of analytical approaches, …
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Stir it up: interdisciplinary popular musicology and creative industries
… eligibility timeline of the University of Wolverhampton. The contextual, introductory writing identifies and addresses the unifying theme across the published works submitted as part of this thesis. Firstly: that the published works represent critical engagements with post-1968 British and …
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Identity and Pedagogy in a University Context: A study of student experiences and critique in the work of anti-racism in education
… on the Sociology degree on which I teach at Wolverhampton University. My publications examine students' perspectives on racism as they arise in class. They explore student identities as they are experienced and classroom interaction. In this endeavour, I focus on the ways that Critical 5 …
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