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Disturbance and Refugia in the Ecology of Stream Benthic Communities
(Queen Mary University of London, 1997)
Natural habitats are spatially and temporally heterogeneous and exert
powerful influences over the distribution, interactions and adaptations of organisms.
Southwood's (1977, 1988) Habitat Templet was tested in twenty-two ...
A Novel 183GHz Subharmonic Schottky Diode Mixer
(Queen Mary University of London, 1992)
The technique of microwave .
limb sounding -from space
represents a very powerful tool for determining the atmospheric
processes involved in ozone depletion, the greenhouse effect, acid
rain, etc.. Unfortunately, the ...
Applicability of HCI Techniques to Systems Interface Design
(Queen Mary University of London, 1990)
This thesis seeks to identify reasons why HCI techniques are unsuitable for application
in real world design projects. User-oriented systems design and evaluation require
that many considerations such as the psychology ...
The influence of the political party group on the representative activities of councillors
(Queen Mary University of London, 1997)
This thesis studies the influence of the political party group on the
processes of local political representation. It sets out to discover how party
groups are able to position themselves between councillor and ...
Hers Is A Body In Trouble With Language: Seventeenth-Century Female Prophecy As Text And Experience
(Queen Mary University of London, 1998)
This thesis is an analysis of female prophecy as it is constituted,
represented or performed in seventeenth-century texts. I consider
both the way in which prophecy is socially constructed and the role of
prophetic ...
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TENSILE COMPRESSIVE AND INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON FIBRES USING LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
(Queen Mary University of London, 1991)
Laser Raman Spectroscopy (LRS) has been employed to characterise the
structure of carbon fibres, the effect of surface treatment and the
response of the material to externally applied loads. The strain
sensitivity provided ...
Commodity Futures Manipulation: Theory, Evidence, and Regulatory Implications
(Queen Mary University of London, 1998)
This thesis is a collection of four separate papers with a core theme: commodity futures
manipulation. It aims to answer three important questions. How vulnerable are futures
markets to manipulation? What are the effects ...
British immigration control procedures and Jewish refugees 1933-1942.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1992)
This thesis is an historical account of the British
government's regulation of the immigration to the United
Kingdom of Jewish refugees in flight from Nazi persecution.
The focus of the study is the administration of ...
Belonging and not belonging : understanding India in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and V.S. Naipaul.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1993)
This thesis is essentially about the "how" and "why" of the Indian
experience as documented in novels by Paul Scott, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
and V S Naipaul. The study points to the difficulty of arriving at any
conclusive ...
The female body in question: a study of Monique Wittig's writings with particular reference to L'Opoponax
(Queen Mary University of London, 1996)
This thesis is a comprehensive study of Monique Wittig's fiction, in
which I explore the links between womanhood, sisterhood and writing.
Particular attention is paid to L'Opoponax (1964), in which I argue that
Wittig ...
