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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 ... -
A comparison between the effects of functional versus factual information on memory for tools.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)This project's aim was to compare the effects of thinking about functional information versus factual information on memory recall. 51 participants were given three tasks in which they were shown 44 images of ambiguous ... -
A comparison into the portrayal of male characters in a selection of Contemporary Scottish plays between the 1970's and 2000's with a focus on the Social context and Political narrative of the time.
(Queen Margaret University, 2013)This dissertation aims to explore the portrayal of male characters in a selection of Scottish Plays by comparing the works of two periods in time: the 1970's and 2000's. The key plays discussed in this work are The Sash ...