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A Case Study of Cobweb and Queen Margaret University's production of "The Provoked Wife", analysing what aspects of lighting design must be reconsidered when transferring the performance from a site-specific venue to a studio space.
(Queen Margaret University, 2014)This dissertation will take an in-depth look at what stage lighting related elements must be assessed, when transferring a production from a site-specific location to a dedicated theatre venue. Using cobweb and Queen ... -
A case study of health service provision in Yobe State, Nigeria in the context of the Boko Haram insurgency
(ReBUILD Consortium, 2014)Health Systems Resilience: A Systems Analysis is a ReBUILD affiliate research project applying a systems dynamics approach to understand, predict and identify mechanisms that influence the resilience of health systems in ... -
A case study of motivation in Hungarian fashion shows.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Fashion has the ability to generate emotions in individuals' mind. It has the ability to form a sense of shared belonging by creating a 'common visible world' for people who are interested in fashion. As events have developed ... -
A clinical assessment tool for advanced theory of mind performance in 5 to 12 year olds.
(Springer Verlag, 2009)One hundred forty typically developing 5- to 12-year-old children were assessed with a test of advanced theory of mind employing Happ's strange stories. There was no significant difference in performance between boys and ... -
A cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effect of optimising TB/HIV integration on patient level outcomes: The merge- trial protocol
(Elsevier, 2014-10)Introduction We describe the design of the MERGE trial, a cluster randomised trial, to evaluate the effect of an intervention to optimise TB/HIV service integration on mortality, morbidity and retention in care among ... -
A cognitive behavioural therapy in the form of self-help for patients with sleep disturbance and chronic health conditions
(Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2015)Background: Sleep disturbance, including insomnia disorder, is common among patients with chronic health conditions, and is associated with psychological difficulties and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). ... -
A Collective Timeline of Socially Engaged Public Art Practice 1950-2015
(Routledge, 2015-11-19)A visual timeline of significant contributions to Socially Engaged Practices. All histories are subjective. We cannot hope to fully capture the timeline of socially engaged artworks over the past half- millennium, but we ... -
A common co-ordinate system for mid-sagittal articulatory measurement
(2011-06)A standard practice in EMA articulatory measurement is to set the origin of the measurement space near the boundary of the upper incisors and gum, on a standard reference coil. A conventional horizontal dimension is defined ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Male and Female Meeting Planners and Event Managers
(Routlege Taylor & Francis Group, 2000-06)Six years of data confirms that females earn more than males in the field of event management; however, the opposite inequity occurs historically in the older more established field of meeting planning. The investigator ... -
A comparative analysis of the framing devices used by an online pro-same sex marriage publication (The San Francisco Chronicle), and by Democratic Politician Hillary Clinton when framing their views on the same-sex marriage debate.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Introduction (part): Issues directly impacting lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens of the United States of America have gained serious media and political attention for a number of years (Warren & Bloch ... -
A Comparative Analysis of the Perceived Effects of Two Economic Recessions on Event Organizations
Events have emerged as a growing and vibrant segment of tourism economies and there is significant evidence of associated economic, socio-cultural and political impacts on local host communities. While there are numerous ... -
A Comparative Analysis of the Quality of News Reports on Cable, Broadcast and YouTube News
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A comparative investigation of the bacterial population of hot air hand dryers and paper towels
(1994)Our Research Report for 2000-2002 reflects an outstanding level of achievement throughout the institution and demonstrates once again our high level of commitment to strategic and applied research particularly in areas ... -
A comparative study of the formation of extracellular proteins by Aeromonas salmonicida at two different temperatures
(Wiley, 1987-04)Aeromonas salmonicida was grown in a supplemented 3% (w/v) tryptone soya broth medium at 10 degrees C, a temperature at the lower end of the range over which furunculosis has been observed to occur in the field, and 25 ... -
A comparative-descriptive enquiry of postnatal depression in immigrant and refugee women within NHS Lothian.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)Aim: The aim of the proposed research is to gain an in-depth understanding of the views of immigrant and refugee women's experiences of postnatal care within NHS Lothian. Background: About every one in ten mothers develop ... -
A comparison and evaluation of external noise levels between urban and rural primary schools
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Environmental noise can have a detrimental effect on the physiology, motivation and cognition of school children (Evans and Lepore 1993) and can cause negative effects on a person's physiological, mental, motivational and ... -
A comparison between autocorrelation and CPPS derived voice onset thresholds for Phonation Stabilisation Time
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A comparison between gum and starch based thickeners on the perception of sensory characteristics 'taste', 'appearance' and 'consistency' in non-dysphagic swallowers.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)Modification of the texture and consistency of food and drink has been established as a leading management option for dysphagia. Adding thickening powders to drinks is an effective way of increasing the viscosity of the ...