Ensuring Sustained Beneficial outcomes for water and sanitation (WATSAN) programmes in the developing world. [PDF]
The two objectives of this thesis are firstly to suggest approaches to achieve sustained beneficial outcomes from WATSAN, and secondly how to ‘scale up’ application of these approaches, so that they impact positively on the lives of the millions of ...
Mathew, Brian
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Online gaming and addiction: a psychosocial investigation using mixed methods
Online virtual worlds known as Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) have gained increased popularity over the last decade. MMORPGs provide a sophisticated environment that enables complete immersion within the virtual world to the ...
Hussain, Z
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Charisma and Spirituality in the Early Church: A Study of Messalianism and Pseudo-Macarius [PDF]
The thesis is an investigation into the concept of Charisma and Spirituality in the Early Church with particular emphasis upon the writings of Ps-Macarius, and of a group of ascetics known as the Messalians, evident in the late fourth / early fifth ...
Burns, Stuart Keith
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Community radio in Ireland: building community, participation and multi-flow communication [PDF]
The core aims of community radio stations foreground the principle of participation by the people in the communication process. Community radio stations broadcast to build the communities which they serve.
Day, Rosemary
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Sexual behavior, intraspecific signaling and the evolution of mimicry among closely related species
textMimicry, an adaptation to deceive, fascinated early naturalist and has been proof of evolution by natural selection since proposed by Henry W. Bates 150 years ago.
Estrada, Catalina, 1972-
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Human newborn behavior during exposure to maternal and other odors
Olfaction appears to play a pivotal role in immediate postnatal interactions between mammalian mothers and their offspring. The present study examined: (1) whether and how the newborn human infant and its mother communicate by means of olfaction; (2) the
Heili Varendi (7781807)
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Katherine Drexel: Mystery, mission, spirituality and sainthood [PDF]
Katherine Drexel (1858-1955), the founder of the sisters of the blessed. Sacrament, was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000. This thesis analyzes Drexel’s life and virtues to establish why she became a saint.
Hughes, Cheryl Christine Dempsey
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Meat production places a heavy burden on the environment and therefore options are sought to reduce meat consumption. One option is to let new meat substitutes take the place of meat on the plate.
Hoek, A.C.
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'Buying Moments of Happiness': Luck, Time and Agency among Chinese Casino Players in London
This thesis explores how Chinese individuals experience social change as a result of migration and how this takes shape in the practice of casino gambling in the UK.
Loussouarn, Claire
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The limitations of dispersive freedom : Michel Foucault and historiography [PDF]
In this thesis I argue that Foucault's dispersive historiography is a deepening rather than a purifying of historical existence. This emphasis upon dispersion as a critical principle is contrasted with, and delimited by the possibility of the ...
Ashby, David
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