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The organisation of work and the occupational strategies of hospital nurses
Thesis
Oribabor, P. E. The organisation of work and the occupational strategies of hospital nurses. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413686

Hospital nurses occupy a contradictory position in the mode of control and delivery of health care. Their ambiguous position and the way that this has manifested itself in the occupational strategies adopted by British hospital nurses is the focus of... Read More about The organisation of work and the occupational strategies of hospital nurses.

The role of the financial system in the economic development of Jordan
Thesis
Salah, J. M. The role of the financial system in the economic development of Jordan. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413687

Jordan is a case of a developing country where priority has been given at the official level to domestic financial intermediation as one major instrument by which to attain the economy's development objectives. This policy preference conforms with re... Read More about The role of the financial system in the economic development of Jordan.

Ecology of the chironomidae (Diptera) in some gravel and sand pits
Thesis
Titmus, G. Ecology of the chironomidae (Diptera) in some gravel and sand pits. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413688

The chironomid faunasof several gravel and sand pits in Staffordshire and Buckinghamshire were investigated. The sites were chosen to reflect a cross-section of the lake types created by the aggregate extraction industry and were also of varying age.... Read More about Ecology of the chironomidae (Diptera) in some gravel and sand pits.

The recording of the non-classic blues genre, 1923-1942
Thesis
Klima, S. The recording of the non-classic blues genre, 1923-1942. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413689

It remains as historical coincidence that the invention of a recording and reproduction machine occured at a time when the blues, as the first black American secular music, had developed to the stage where the term was in common parlance within black... Read More about The recording of the non-classic blues genre, 1923-1942.

Polyorogenic evolution of the western Pays de Leon, Finistere, France
Thesis
Roper, H. Polyorogenic evolution of the western Pays de Leon, Finistere, France. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413690

A completely new lithological classification is made of the Lannilis Metamorphic Complex and the Plouguerneau Mi~atites, which lie south and North respectively of the Porspoder Lineament in the north-west Pays de Leon. The sequence of metamorphic, ma... Read More about Polyorogenic evolution of the western Pays de Leon, Finistere, France.

The family seen through the beveridge report, forces' education and popular magazines: a sociological study of the social reproduction of family ideology in world war II
Thesis
Allatt, P. The family seen through the beveridge report, forces' education and popular magazines: a sociological study of the social reproduction of family ideology in world war II. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413691

The research explores the mechanisms which structurally support and culturally sustain conceptions of the normal family, variations within and articulation between such conceptions, and disjunctions between reality and beliefs about that reality. Thr... Read More about The family seen through the beveridge report, forces' education and popular magazines: a sociological study of the social reproduction of family ideology in world war II.

Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847), a study in evangelical Quaker biography
Thesis
Bright, S. Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847), a study in evangelical Quaker biography. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413850

This study uses an examination of the work and beliefs of Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847), as a means to consider the breakdown of sectarianism and the rise of evangelicalism among British Quakers during the first half of the nineteenth century. This... Read More about Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847), a study in evangelical Quaker biography.

Chromatic, adaptive, and general properties of cat retinal ganglion and lateral geniculate cells: a mid-mesopic study
Thesis
Chromatic, adaptive, and general properties of cat retinal ganglion and lateral geniculate cells: a mid-mesopic study. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414391

Data were collected at the retinal ganglion (RGC) and lateral geniculate cell (LGC) levels in lightly anaesthetised cats at a mid- mesopic background adapting luminance. Investigation of the rod- and cone-mediated properties of cells was accomplished... Read More about Chromatic, adaptive, and general properties of cat retinal ganglion and lateral geniculate cells: a mid-mesopic study.

Some graphical problems related to score sequences, partial orders and finite topologies
Thesis
Some graphical problems related to score sequences, partial orders and finite topologies. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414407

This thesis presents a study of some topics and problems of graph theory that are related to partial orders. It is an attempt to develop and utilise the links between score sequences of oriented graphs, different types of partial orders, and combinat... Read More about Some graphical problems related to score sequences, partial orders and finite topologies.

The McCollough effect: a study of some temporal characteristics
Thesis
The McCollough effect: a study of some temporal characteristics. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414408

A parametric study was made of the influence of the temporal parameters of stimulation on initial strength and rate of decay of the McCollough Effect. Using a tachistoscope to accurately control stimulus presentation timings, it was shown that the le... Read More about The McCollough effect: a study of some temporal characteristics.

The uses of interactive computer graphics for solving differential equations
Thesis
The uses of interactive computer graphics for solving differential equations. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414409

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the use of interactive computer graphics in a system of programs designed to solve ordinary and partial differential equations.
The first chapter is an overall introduction to the work carried out and is foll... Read More about The uses of interactive computer graphics for solving differential equations.

Geochemical and geochronological studies in the Stora Le-Marstrand belt of Orust, S.W. Sweden
Thesis
Geochemical and geochronological studies in the Stora Le-Marstrand belt of Orust, S.W. Sweden. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414410

The Stora Le - Marstrand belt in Orust consists of a basement complex of semi-pelitic and psanmitlc para-gneisses with minor tholeiitic amphibolite bodies which exhibit widespread migmatite development in two stages. Several intrusive bodies cut the... Read More about Geochemical and geochronological studies in the Stora Le-Marstrand belt of Orust, S.W. Sweden.

Thermochemistry of some platinum and palladium compounds
Thesis
Thermochemistry of some platinum and palladium compounds. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414413

Enthalpies of reaction, at 298 K in the liquid phase have been measured using isoperibol reaction calorimetry, and some enthalpies of isomerisation have been measured using differential scanning calorimetry.
The enthalpy of formation of crystalline... Read More about Thermochemistry of some platinum and palladium compounds.

The role of foreign trade in the economic development of Jordan
Thesis
The role of foreign trade in the economic development of Jordan. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414414

Jordan is one of many political states which was created after the First World War and which achieved political independence after the Second World War. However, despite its similarities with other such states, Jordan has had, and continues to have,... Read More about The role of foreign trade in the economic development of Jordan.

Gender and class consciousness in the home and work situation in a North Staffordshire village
Thesis
Gender and class consciousness in the home and work situation in a North Staffordshire village. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414450

The interdependence of industrial production and domestic production, and socialisation into gender and work roles constitute the central themes of this work.
The investigation aims to clarify the relationship between ideology and practice, concentr... Read More about Gender and class consciousness in the home and work situation in a North Staffordshire village.