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Rectangular Hollow Sections with circular web openings. (2000)
Thesis
Ridley-Ellis, D. Rectangular Hollow Sections with circular web openings. (Thesis). The University of Nottingham. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8229

The primary aim of the project was to develop the basis for a set of rules to be used in the design of RHS slim floor edge beams with web openings. However, since the research is fundamental in nature, the findings are also applicable to other situa... Read More about Rectangular Hollow Sections with circular web openings..

Living cameras: a study of live bodies and mediatized images in multi-media performance and installation art practice. (2000)
Thesis
Rye, C. Living cameras: a study of live bodies and mediatized images in multi-media performance and installation art practice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5886

This thesis is concerned with multi-media performance and installation art
practices which foreground the live body in combination with mediatized
images. The research is conducted through the making and examination of
a number of the researcher’s... Read More about Living cameras: a study of live bodies and mediatized images in multi-media performance and installation art practice..

The role of logistical structure in the development of rail freight services in Great Britain. (2000)
Thesis
Woodburn, A. G. The role of logistical structure in the development of rail freight services in Great Britain. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4875

Modal shift from road to rail for freight movements is a potential means by which
the negative environmental and social impacts of such transport can be reduced. As
such it features strongly in contemporary transport policies in Great Britain. This... Read More about The role of logistical structure in the development of rail freight services in Great Britain..

Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice (2000)
Thesis
Ahmed, A. E. N. O. Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1051806

Sudan is the largest country in Africa' and boasts the largest farm in the world. Sudan is a predominately agricultural economy, agriculture employs more than eighty percent of the country's labour force and its industry. The national agricultural re... Read More about Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice.

Inside the Palimpsest: A Study of Newsroom Information Gathering. (2000)
Thesis
Macaulay, C. Gathering. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7241

The methodologies of systems design, rooted in engineering and in cognitivist conceptions
of human action, have been stretched to the limit by the complexity of uses to which
information and communication technologies are being turned. Within segme... Read More about Inside the Palimpsest: A Study of Newsroom Information Gathering..

Evolvable hardware design of combinational logic circuits. (2000)
Thesis
Kalganova, T. Evolvable hardware design of combinational logic circuits. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4341

Evolvable Hardware (EHW), as an alternative method for logic design, became more
attractive recently, because of its algebra-independent techniques for generating selfadaptive
self-reconfigurable hardware. This thesis investigates and relates both... Read More about Evolvable hardware design of combinational logic circuits..

Migration decision-making processes: an empirical investigation. (2000)
Thesis
Forster, E. Migration decision-making processes: an empirical investigation. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3711

This thesis has two purposes. The first is to investigate the motivation for household
migration - in particular, the associations between the different reasons for moving
and the characteristics of owner-occupier movers in Scotland, their houses a... Read More about Migration decision-making processes: an empirical investigation..

Fabrication and charaterisation of a novel blue organic light-emitting diode (OLED)-structure: glass/Indium-Tin oxide/Poly (N-vinylcarbazole) doped with dye p-Bis(o-methylstyryl)benzeneAluminium. (2000)
Thesis
Ramsbrock, J. Fabrication and charaterisation of a novel blue organic light-emitting diode (OLED)-structure: glass/Indium-Tin oxide/Poly (N-vinylcarbazole) doped with dye p-Bis(o-methylstyryl)benzeneAluminium. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4166

Integrating measurement techniques in an Object-Oriented systems design process. (1999)
Thesis
Li-Thiao-Te, P. systems design process. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9468

The theme of this thesis is the assessment of quality in class hierarchies. In particular, the notion of
inheritance and the mechanism of redefinition from a modelling perspective are reviewed. It is
shown that, in Object-Oriented languages, contro... Read More about Integrating measurement techniques in an Object-Oriented systems design process..

To What Extent do the Categorisations of Novice and Expert Contribute to an Understanding of the Evaluation and Communication of Service Provision in the Maternity Services. (1999)
Thesis
Tinson, J. S. To What Extent do the Categorisations of Novice and Expert Contribute to an Understanding of the Evaluation and Communication of Service Provision in the Maternity Services. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7311

Introduction
Measuring consumer expectations and perceptions of service provision is supported
by both practitioners and academics. The National Health Service, as a result of
policy reforms and structural changes, recognises the role of the patie... Read More about To What Extent do the Categorisations of Novice and Expert Contribute to an Understanding of the Evaluation and Communication of Service Provision in the Maternity Services..

Recycling of demolished masonry rubble. (1999)
Thesis
De Venny, A. S. Recycling of demolished masonry rubble. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6043

The recycling of demolished masonry rubble as the coarse aggregate in new concrete
represents an interesting possibility at a time when the cost of dumping such material
is on the increase. With growing concerns over the environmental impact of agg... Read More about Recycling of demolished masonry rubble..

An investigation into the processes responsible for the generation of the spatial pattern of the spionid polychaete pygospio elegans claparede (1999)
Thesis
Bolam, S. G. An investigation into the processes responsible for the generation of the spatial pattern of the spionid polychaete pygospio elegans claparede. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2812

The spionid polychaete Pygospio elegans Claparede (1863) is a small, tube-building opportunist. On the intertidal sandflat Drum Sands, Firth of Forth, Scotland, this species is numerically dominant and forms areas of increased density or 'patches'.... Read More about An investigation into the processes responsible for the generation of the spatial pattern of the spionid polychaete pygospio elegans claparede.

Pedestrian Detection by Computer Vision. (1999)
Thesis
Reading, I. A. D. Pedestrian Detection by Computer Vision. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6915

This document describes work aimed at determining whether the detection, by
computer vision, of pedestrians waiting at signal-controlled road crossings could be
made sufficiently reliable and affordable, using currently available technology, so as... Read More about Pedestrian Detection by Computer Vision..

The water ingress characteristics of stressed masonry. (1999)
Thesis
Tait, C. J. The water ingress characteristics of stressed masonry. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3672

Water ingress, usually by wind-driven rain, is the main cause of premature
deterioration in masonry structures. Water acts as a transport mechanism for
aggressive chemicals and can also undergo freeze/thaw cycles leading to bursting of
the masonry... Read More about The water ingress characteristics of stressed masonry..

Industrial relations in the privatised coal industry: continuity, change and contradictions. (1998)
Thesis
Wallis, E. Industrial relations in the privatised coal industry: continuity, change and contradictions. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9237

This study seeks both to describe and account for the patterns of industrial relations
which have emerged in the UK coal industry since privatisation in 1994. In doing so,
it also aims to address some of the wider questions concerning the relations... Read More about Industrial relations in the privatised coal industry: continuity, change and contradictions..

Life cycle assessment of multi-glazed windows (1998)
Thesis
Weir, G. F. Life cycle assessment of multi-glazed windows. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2747

In 1987 the World Commission on Environment and Development proposed a reduction in per capita energy consumption of 50%. Increasing demands, and initiatives of this nature, produce a need for more reliable assessment methods, measurement tools and i... Read More about Life cycle assessment of multi-glazed windows.