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A Comparison of Language Elicitation Methods in Typically Developing 5-6 year old and 11-12 year old Children
(Queen Margaret University, 2014)Background The umbrella term 'naturalistic assessment' includes a wide variety of assessment methods encompassing many forms of conversation and narration techniques. Currently it is unclear whether any elicitation method ... -
A Comparison of Outcome Measures Following Electropalatography (EPG) Therapy in Children with Down's Syndrome
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Background Electropalatography (EPG) therapy has shown to remediate speech sound errors that have been intractable through traditional speech therapy. In more recent years, EPG therapy has been explored as an intervention ... -
A Comparison of the Beneficial Effects of Cherry Juice and Strawberry Volvic Water on Cognitive Function.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)Background: Cherry juice contains phenolic compounds which have found to have the ability to improve cognitive function and lower the risk the cardiovascular diseases. Objective: The aim was to determine the effects of ... -
A Comparison of thermoplastic and 3D printed beam directional shells on viability for external beam radiotherapy and user experience
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)Background: The precision of a patient's set-up for the accurate delivery of radiotherapy is paramount. For patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer it is particularly critical due to the need to prescribe ... -
A Comparison of Two Imaging Protocols for Patient's Receiving a Radical Course of Radiotherapy to the Brain.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Background Accurate patient positioning is vital in radiotherapy to deliver precise targets to defined areas. Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) can help to increase this accuracy. In a large regional radiotherapy department ... -
A Comparison of Two Set-up Techniques for Tangential Breast Radiotherapy Treatments Using Portal Imaging and In-vivo Transit Dosimetry Data
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Background Accurate patient positioning for tangential breast treatments is crucial as this can influence the dose the patient receives. Two different set-up techniques have been examined for tangential breast radiotherapy ... -
A corpus based study of first language acquisition of degree adverbs
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Research by Tribushinina and Dubinkina (2012) and Marshall and Van der Lely (2007) indicates that degree markers, including degree adverbs, may be an area of difficulty for children with Speech Language Impairment. This ... -
A corpus-based study comparing the use of deixis in the language of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders with typically developing children.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)It is well established that children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have difficulties with language, including the expressive use of deictic terms. This study compares the use of verbal deixis in children who have ... -
A critical analysis of the characters in Caryl Churchill's 'Cloud Nine' (1979), using a framework shaped by Judith Butler's theories of 'gender construction', 'performativity' and 'subversion'.
(Queen Margaret University, 2014)This dissertation will critically analyse select characters from Caryl Churchill's play 'Cloud Nine' (Churchill 1979) using a framework shaped by feminist theorist Judith Butler, in an attempt to determine if this selected ... -
A critical analysis of the implications of agility in logistics and supply chain management to gain competitive advantage in the oil and gas industry.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)This research investigation presents a critical analysis of the implications and importance of agility within logistics and supply chain management in the oil and gas industry. The oil and gas industry is one of the worlds ... -
A Critical Evaluation of the Social Capital Benefits from Community Festivals Taking Place at the 2013 City of Culture, Londonderry.
(Queen Margaret University, 2015)The aim of this research project is to conduct a critical evaluation of the social capital benefits of community festivals taking place at the 2013 City of Culture, Londonderry. It is recognised that extensive research has ... -
A critical investigation into the decision making factors of tourists staying in all-inclusive resorts, surrounding sustainability.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)Sustainability is a growing interest among tourist's and the general public, in addition to this going on holiday abroad and staying in all-inclusive resorts is very popular among people. The current literature identifies ... -
A critical investigation into the relationship between socio-economic status and cultural preferences
(Queen Margaret University, 2015)This research was undertaken to explore the relationship between consumers' socioeconomic status and their preferences in the cultural sector, with a particular focus on classical cultural events. The objectives of the ... -
A critical investigation of institutional perception through an autistic lens: a phenomenological approach.
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)It is felt that there is a growing demand for the need in changing perceptions regarding autism research. Individuals within this domain are still extremely segregated within the education system which has been supported ... -
A Critical re-conceptualization of Traditional Ecological Knowledge: First Nations psychosocial narratives of Healing, Advocacy, Expression and Reciprocity
(Queen Margaret University, 2015)Spiritual, ceremonial, socio-ecological and socio-emotional conceptualizations of First Nations relationship with the land was explored through the space of 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge'. Utilizing a qualitative ... -
A Critique of Centralised Procurement Practices within SCM.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)The research study provides a critical analysis and critique of centralized procurement practices within Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM). The significance of LSCM and in particular procurement has only recently ... -
A cross-linguistic study of affective prosody production by monolingual and bilingual children
(Queen Margaret University College, 2006-09)The main objective of the research reported in the dissertation was to investigate the production of affective speech by monolingual and simultaneous bilingual children in Scottish English and French. The study was designed ... -
A discourse analysis approach to understanding the characteristics of trolling in social media
(Queen Margaret University, 2016)Computer-mediated communications (CMC) has introduced new ways in which people communicate with each other (Hardaker, 2010). The ease of communication, in a more anonymised social context brings a different set of communication ... -
A Discourse Analysis Approach to Understanding how people construct arguments in online forums towards membership of the European Union in the Brexit debate.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)As the rate at which people use media to interact with one another increases, the volume of research surrounding the matter has also. Researchers have suggested that online political discussion facilitates the expansion ... -
A Discourse Analysis Examining the Influence of Unidentifiability Online Upon the Construction of Prejudicial Discourse Towards Muslims and the Islamic Faith.
(Queen Margaret University, 2017)This research examined whether a differing degree of unidentifiability online influences the construction of prejudicial discourse towards Muslims and the Islamic faith. Discourse Analysis (DA) was used to examine comments ...