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Developing a framework to improve SME participation in public procurement : an investigation into NHS Trusts in the North West of England
The aim of this study is to develop a framework that can be adopted to help improve the participation of SMEs in public procurement. This research was carried out using a critical review of the relevant literature, analysis of data from a survey of SME owners/managers, development of a framework …
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Deagglomeration and mixing via the rapid expansion of high pressure and supercritical suspensions
… are the focus of many research activities due to the desirable properties imparted from their small grain size and high interfacial surface area. However, these materials are highly cohesive powders in the dry state and typically form large agglomerates, leading to a diminished surface area or …
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Modeling the impact of feedstock composition and operating temperature on carbon sequestration potential of fecal sludge-derived biochar
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Multiomic Atlasing of Human Mesenchyme Development
… human lifespan, manifesting as genetic, inflammatory, malignant and degenerative conditions. In turn, these contribute to a significant proportion of global disability burden, particularly through conditions of the developing and aging musculoskeletal system. The human developmental cell atlas …
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Places to walk, places to walk to : adapting the built environment to promote health
… in promoting active transportation (AT) in order to reduce obesity rates. Through original identification and analysis methods, this thesis argues that current AT planning fails to recognize high-priority (high obesity prevalence) areas for AT improvements. It hypothesizes that low-socioeconomic …
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To protest or not to protest? : Zimbabweans' willingness to protest
… investigates the willingness of Zimbabweans to use protest participation as an alternative route to the democratisation of Zimbabwe. A set of theoretical determinants from the literature are tested against individual reports of protest participation usmg the Afrobarometer survey: Round 3. …
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Bodyscapes : body to body, body to city, body to self
Our modern spaces are a result of a history of architects losing agency to technology. In the era of climate control spaces and the digital interfaces of social media, a sense of place and association with others is lost to enclosed spaces of satellite conversations detailed with attention to …
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Transcending dimensions: democratising access: utilising cost-effective technology to transition to 2D to 3D to AR
… developing a solution for democratising access to Augmented Reality archives of 3D reconstructed models of objects, building and structures. Transcending Dimensions utilises cost effective and easy to use solutions paired with immersive visualisation to support non-specialist and specialist …
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Antecedents to graduates' intent to leave
… why graduates working in large private-sector organisations may harbour intentions to leave their jobs in the early stages of their career. In the first study, semi-structured interviews were carried out on 12 graduates working in a variety of professions and organisations. These were …
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From Higgs to top to color
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Deterents to Reading and Methods to Support Students to Become Lifelong Readers
<p>In order to provide students with an encouraging environment to become self-motivated to read on their own, teachers and parents must become aware of some inhibitors to recreational reading and know the best practices to combat them. An important step is determining the students’ attitude …
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A mathematical model to simulate physiological adjustments to extreme environments to analyse human responses to adverse environmental conditions
… conditions impose significant limits to human performance, wellbeing, and survival. The study of human physiology in extreme environments is challenging due to the ethical and practical constraints of conducting experiments on humans in such conditions. Investigating and understanding …
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Back to nature to beat the blues
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a reduction in depressive symptoms in nursing home residents by using a pet therapy intervention to increase levels of social support and social interaction within the nursing home facility.;The target population in this study consisted of two nursing …
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Switching to Celsius to Improve Patient Outcomes
… risk, and has the decision-making authority to change care plans when necessary (AACN, 2007). The objective of this project is to change the way the microsystem of the Surgical Services department takes, communicates, and documents patient body temperature. Currently when a healthcare …
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From Oppression to Education: Transgressing to Freedom?
… their lives, escaping conflicts, persecution, tortures and deaths. The phenomenon of migration, apparently, can be traced to the Roman times, yet, in the twenty first century, it is considered acceptable to purposely destitute, diminish and dehumanise those in need of protection in most …
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The Duty to Adapt to Climate Change
… inundation and that may cause extensive damage to coastalproperty owners. There is little we can do to prevent these coastal hazards, but wecan adapt to climate change. This dissertation explores the possibility of theexistence of a legal duty to adapt to climate change in the legal …
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Learning to map sentences to logical form
… goals of research in artificial intelligence is to construct systems that automatically recover the meaning of natural language text. Machine learning methods hold significant potential for addressing many of the challenges involved with these systems. This thesis presents new techniques for …
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Framework to assess a facility's ability to accommodate change : application to renovated buildings
… on the renovation and reuse of existing low to mid-rise buildings, is developed. Unlike past studies on building renovation and reuse, this research moves away from the exogenous factors (e.g., building location, social and community issues, building age, or building deterioration) and …
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Essays on econometric modeling of subjective perceptions of risks in environment and human health
… welfare measures under the microeconomic theory to valuate reductions of risks inherent in environment and human health. However, it does not offer a careful discussion of how to estimate risk reduction values using data, especially the modeling and estimating individual perceptions of risks …
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