Browsing by Title
Now showing items 3736-3755 of 6378
-
Mothers' experience of sustainable fashion consumption: an existential phenomenological exploration within Edinburgh
(Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh., 2012)The research described in this thesis is an interpretative approach to exploring fashion consumption behaviour through applying a sustainability lens, underpinned by tenets of value. The research adopts existential ... -
Mothers, adults, children, pets - towards the acoustics of intimacy
(2008)In this paper, we investigate acoustic features which differentiate the two speech registers neutral and intimate within different constellations of speakers and addressees. Three different types of speakers are considered: ... -
Mothers’ roles in negotiating children’s access to multiple media: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
(2018)This research is an interpretative phenomenological analysis of mothers’ roles in negotiating children’s access to a range of media which have perpetuated the sexualisation and consumerism of childhood. Five mothers of ... -
Motivation and method in Scots translations, versions and adaptations of plays from the historic repertoire of continental European drama.
(Queen Margaret University, 2000)This study adopts a twin approach to investigation of writers' motivation and method in translating, versionizing, and/or adapting into Scots plays from the historic repertoire of Continental European drama. First, it ... -
Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review
(BioMed Central, 2008)Background A key constraint to achieving the MDGs is the absence of a properly trained and motivated workforce. Loss of clinical staff from low and middle-income countries is crippling already fragile health care systems. ... -
Motivational differences between international and Scottish students attending music events in Edinburgh
(Queen Margaret University, 2014)Motivational research is a crucial part of designing successful events. A better understanding of the factors influencing motivation is still lacking in existing studies. A gap in the literature ... -
MOTOR FATIGABILITY DURING A RUNNING PROTOCOL IN HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL INDIVIDUALS WITH MS
(2018)Background/Objective: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease which presents with various debilitating symptoms, commonly including fatigue-induced gait abnormalities. It is important to understand ... -
Motor speech disorders in Chinese
(Multilingual Matters, 2014-07-21)Chinese, spoken by approximately 20% of the world’s population, is the most commonly spoken language in the world (Fung, 1990). There is some debate regarding whether varieties of spoken Chinese should be considered dialects ... -
Movement Therapy Programme with Children with Mild Learning Difficulties in Primary Schools in Saudi Arabia: Links between Motion and Emotion
(Oxford University Press, 2017-10-05)Movement therapy, as a body-mind intervention, aims to enable emotional and social changes in children and adults, based on the premise that physical and behavioural changes also facilitate psychological changes and that ... -
Movement, amongst other things
(2017-12-08)As part of the wider exhibition programme Amongst Other Things which has occurred through hospitals in Edinburgh, Dr Anthony Schrag has been working with a group of Occupational Therapists (OTs) at the Western General ... -
Movement: Amongst Other Things (Workshop)
(2018-01-02)As part of the wider exhibition programme Amongst Other Things which has occurred through hospitals in Edinburgh, Dr Anthony Schrag has been working with a group of Occupational Therapists (OTs) at the Western General ... -
Moving on from interpretivism: an argument for constructivist evaluation
(2000)This paper examines the research process in the context of an evaluation of work-based learning. The findings of the evaluation are used to illustrate issues around roles and relationships within interpretivist research ... -
Multiculturalism: myth or reality
(Cognizant Press, 1993) -
Multiple phonetically trained-listener comparisons of speech before and after articulatory intervention in two children with repaired submucous cleft palate
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-02-22)In Cleft Palate (CP) assessments based on phonetic transcription are the gold standard- therapy outcome measure, despite reliability difficulties. Here we propose a novel perceptual evaluation, applied to ultrasound-visual ... -
Multispecies leisure: Human-animal interactions in leisure landscapes
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-24)The emerging multidisciplinary field of human-animal studies encourages researchers to move beyond human-centric practices and to recognise that human and nonhuman beings are positioned within shared ecological, social, ... -
Multivariate Linkage Analysis of Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
(2007)Specific language impairment (SLI) is defined as an inability to develop appropriate language skills without explanatory medical conditions, low intelligence or lack of opportunity. Previously, a genome scan of 98 families ... -
Murine HIV p24 specific T lymphocyte activation by different antigen presenting cells: B lumphocytes from immunised mice present core protein to T-cells
(Elsevier, 1993-01)Mice were injected with three doses of baculovirus-produced recombinant HIV-1 p24 core protein in alum adjuvant. CD4 positive T lymphocytes from immunized animals proliferated in vitro in the presence of antigen and ... -
Murine immune response to recombinant HIV1 p24 core protein following subcutaneous, intraperitoneal and intravenous immunisation
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1991-11)The murine immune response to baculovirus-produced human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1)p24 was examined after injection by three different routes: subcutaneously (s.c.), intraperitoneally (i.p.) and intravenously ... -
Music and arts in health promotion and death education: The St Christopher's Schools Project
(2011)The reality of death and dying is rarely discussed openly in modern Western societies, while death sometimes is even considered to be a 'failure' in the context of traditional, medically-focused healthcare systems. Similarly, ...