The quality of movement is determined in part by the force velocity relationship of the muscle involved. Conflicting results have been reported in studies comparing this relationship in adults and children due mainly to ...

This thesis describes work on single-photon pair creation, entanglement and entanglement measurement; single-photon spectral narrowing for atomic interaction; and single-photon detection and spectral analysis. The systems ...

In the field of geophysics, it has long been accepted that the bodies of igneous rock, known as intrusions, that are often found at shallow levels of the Earth’s continental crust are a result of the solidification of ...

This thesis investigates the different dimensions of the memory concept in Günter Grass‟s autobiographical text Peeling the Onion, published in 2006, building on theories by Jan and Aleida Assmann, Maurice Halbwachs, Astrid ...

The original contribution to knowledge from this study is a set of evidence showing that the application of global content development guidelines (GCDGs) has a measurable impact on the human usability, readability and ...

In distributed energy systems, permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSG) are often connected to the grid via power converters, such as voltage source converters (VSC). The price of the converter constitutes a large ...

Discussions of disclosure within epilepsy academic literature focus primarily on the chosen targets and motivations for disclosing epilepsy. This current study contributes to the literature by describing the process of ...

This thesis explores anthroposophical music therapy (AnMt), an approach based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. AnMt is well established in some countries, such as Germany, Switzerland or the Netherlands and is practiced ...

The robotic control of tethered parafoils enables a number of exciting applications, primarily a novel approach to wind energy generation. The airborne wind energy (AWE) paradigm aims to reduce greatly the mass and cost ...

The period from 1913 to 1921 in Ireland saw the rise of militant nationalism, the 1916 Rising, the Anglo-Irish conflict and the Civil War. Integral to these events were the men of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The force ...