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Does the law of copyright in the UK and Ireland conflict with the creative practices of Irish traditional musicians? A study of the impact of law on a traditional music network
(2011)The objective of this thesis is to investigate whether copyright law has the potential to affect the creative practices of Irish traditional musicians. By outlining the central tenets of copyright law, including both ... -
Domain switching dynamics in ferroelastic and ferroelastic/ferroelectric perovskites
(Queen Mary University of London, 2010)A comprehensive study of domain switching process in different ferroelastic and ferroelastic/ferroelectric perovskite structured ceramics has been performed. The effects of thermal fluctuations on domain switching dynamics ... -
Domestic courts and international investment arbitral tribunals: nurturing a profitable and symbiotic relationship.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-06)This thesis proposes that conscious and increased co-operation and coordination of the relationship between investment tribunals and domestic courts can greatly improve the efficacy of the international investment ... -
DOMESTIC SERVICE AND DOMESTIC SPACE IN LONDON, 1750-1800
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-05-20)This thesis explores the relationship of servants to the domestic spaces in which they lived and laboured. Although the place of servants within the ‘household family’ is well established, servants rarely feature as major ... -
The domestic uncanny : Co-habiting with ghosts
(Queen Mary University of London, 2008)The 'haunted home' has enjoyed a long-standing position as a motif within society, crossing a span of narratives, from anecdotal local stories shared informally between family and friendship networks, to the established ... -
Downstream suspended sediment dynamics of reservoir sediment flushing.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2016-01-19)Reservoir sediment flushing is increasingly considered beneficial to reduce sedimentation of reservoirs and maintain sediment supply downstream of impounded rivers. Nevertheless, flushing of the accumulated sediments ... -
THE DRAINING OF THE MARSHLANDS OF EAST YORKSHIRE
(Queen Mary University of London, 1966-06)Holderness, the Vale of York, and the Vale of Pickering are three fairly typical marshland areas, and all three were originally wasteland. Medieval reclamation improved the siltlands of each area for arable and pasture, ... -
The dramaturgy of the tragedies of John Webster and John Ford with special reference to their use of stage imagery.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1975)The imagery of the plays of John Webster and John Ford is not only verbal: in staging as well as language these dramas display strongly imagistic, symbolic elements. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the seven ... -
The dramaturgy of Thomas Heywood 1594-1613
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)This dissertation is an attempt to describe the characteristics of Thomas Heywood's dramatic style. The study is divided into three parts. The first deals with the playwright's theatrical career and discusses how his ... -
Drawing out interaction: Lines around shared space.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-08-12)Despite advances in image, video, and motion capture technologies, human interactions are frequently represented as line drawings. Intuitively, drawings provide a useful way of filtering complex, dynamic sequences to ... -
Dress, Distress and Desire: Clothing and Sentimental Literature.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2002)This study explores representations of the adorned female body in sentimental literature. In particular, it addresses the intersection of the discourses of dress, fashion and sensibility and the political anxieties such ... -
Droplet impact and contact angle dynamics: From spreading and splashing to 3D printing.
(Queen Mary University of London., 2020-11-05)Understanding the contact line dynamics during droplet impact is critically important for industrial processes such as coating, the spraying of pesticides and for the design of anti-icing surfaces or impermeable clothing. ... -
Drug resistance mechanisms of FGFR-driven cancers
(Queen Mary University of London, 20/03/2019)The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signalling pathway contributes to the regulation of a variety of cellular functions, affecting differentiation, migration, proliferation, and survival. Unsurprisingly, cancer cells can ... -
A Dual Sampling Communication Method in Wireless Networks.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2020)As mobile wireless data traffic is increasing significantly, the development direction for wireless networks is focusing on very high data rates, extremely low latency, with a large number of connected devices and a ... -
Dual Tobacco Use in a Random Sample of UK Resident Bangladeshi Men
(2006)UK resident Bangladeshi men pose a public health challenge because of their preference for traditional tobacco use along side cigarette smoking. Studies investigating UK black and minority ethnic tobacco use have not had ... -
DUALITY COVARIANT SOLUTIONS IN EXTENDED FIELD THEORIES
(Queen Mary University of London, 2016-10-13)Double field theory and exceptional field theory are formulations of supergravity that make certain dualities manifest symmetries of the action. To achieve this, the geometry is extended by including dual coordinates ... -
Duration Materialised: Investigating Contemporary Performance as a Temporal Medium
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-09-12)Theatre and performance have historically been thought of in terms of the temporal while visual arts have been consigned to the field of spatial representation. Performance’s temporality, the fact that it happens in time, ... -
Dying For Home: The Medicine and Politics of Nostalgia in Nineteenth-Century France
(2006)Nostalgia was first conceived as a clinical entity in the seventeenth century, and understood as an extreme psychological and physical reaction to dislocation. The condition was interpreted as a rupture of bonds thought ... -
Dynamic bandwidth allocation in multi-class IP networks using utility functions.
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Dynamic behaviour of a vibratory linkage mechanism with bearing clearance.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)The work presented involves the theoretical and experimental studies of the kinematic and dynamic effects of bearing clearance in linkage mechanisms. In the test mechanism developed a six-bar linkage, having a test ...