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'Said to be a writer' : tradition, gender and identity in the poetry of Charlotte Mew.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
This thesis studies the poetry of Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) and explores how this
still relatively obscure poet, writing at the turn of the last century, has a key role in any
discussion of poetic tradition and ideas of ...
Composites based on natural fibres and thermoplastic matrices.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
This thesis examines the possibility of reinforcing thermoplastic matrices, notably
polypropylene (PP) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), by (a vegetable fibre) flax.
An effort is made to enhance/optimise the mechanical ...
Globalisation as a legal problematic: balancing legal efficiency against legal principle: the case of money laundering
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
Over the relatively short period of the last three decades, an extensive body of law,
both penal and regulatory, has developed in order to prevent and to control th1s
seemingly burgeoning phenomenon of money laundering. ...
Towards music perception by redundancy reduction and unsupervised learning in probabilistic models
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
The study of music perception lies at the intersection of several disciplines: perceptual
psychology and cognitive science, musicology, psychoacoustics, and acoustical
signal processing amongst others. Developments in ...
To suffice to herself: female self-sufficiency in the work of women writers 1740-1814
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
This thesis takes as its focus the concept of self- sufficiency in the works of
women writers 1740-1814, in order to re-evaluate the relationship between moral
and economic modes of eighteenth-century female (in)dependence. ...
Cultural Mythology and Anxieties of Belonging: Reconstructing the "bi-cultural" subject in the fiction of Toni Morrison, Amy Tan and Annie Proulx
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
The thesis considers the construction of cultural identity in the writings of Tom Morrison,
Annie Proulx, and Amy Tan. It consists of three chapters, one dedicated to each of the
writers. In the examination of these ...
Sea-level changes in south east England and northern France
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
The aim of the research was to provide new sea-level index points,with the intention of
identifying any cross-channel similarities and comparing the results to geophysical models
of relative sea-level change.
The research ...
A hybrid queueing model for fast broadband networking simulation
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
This research focuses on the investigation of a fast simulation method for broadband
telecommunication networks, such as ATM networks and IP networks. As a result of
this research, a hybrid simulation model is proposed, ...