Browsing University of Exeter Theses by Title
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The Ecological Body
(University of ExeterArts, Languages and Literatures, 2008-07-01)This thesis examines an approach to movement education that I call Move into Life. This praxis is interrogated here through a set of ecological principles and tools. I discuss how this approach opens up our normative ... -
Ecological conditions leading to the seep of antibiotic resistance genes in the model-type bacterium Escherichia coli
(University of ExeterCollege of Life and Environmental SciencesBiosciences, 2015-09-14)In antibiotic therapy design, conventional wisdom holds that higher antibiotic dosages always leads to the observation of fewer bacterial cells, resulting in a monotonic decay in cell number as a function of increasing ... -
Ecological patterns in plant defence chemistry and herbivore responses in natural populations of Brassica oleracea
(University of ExeterCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2015-12-21)Relationships between two taxonomic kingdoms; plants and herbivorous insects, are hypothesized to be a major zone of interaction for generating current day biodiversity; and coevolutionary processes between these intricately ... -
Ecological Responses to Climate Variability in West Cornwall
(University of ExeterGeography, 2014-12-11)Recent (post-1950s) climate change impacts on society and ecosystems have been recognised globally. However these global impacts are not uniform at regional or local scales. Despite research progress on such scales there ... -
Ecology and Conservation of Sea Turtles in Peru
(University of ExeterBiosciences, 2012-02-07)Some of the key elements to assess the status of any wildlife population in a given geographical area are the levels of recruitment, survival and mortality. Whilst most of the information on marine turtles has been obtained ... -
The Ecology of Bioeroding Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs
(University of ExeterCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, 2011-12-09)Sponges contribute to large number of functions in coral reef ecosystems. Among these, bioerosion is perhaps one of the most widely studied, largely due to the important contribution of excavating sponges to the carbonate ... -
An Ecology of Change – Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development in the Tertiary Education Sector in the United Kingdom 2005-2014
(University of ExeterGeography, 2014-10-06)In this thesis I advocate and evidence ESD through understanding and analysing the ecology of change in educational organisations, in particular Tertiary Education (TE), during the Decade of Education for Sustainable ... -
Ecology of marine turtles across the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East
(University of ExeterBiological Sciences, 2013-04-24)Marine turtles are wide-ranging, long-lived, iteroparous species of conservation concern. From indirect threats, such as development at their breeding grounds and negative fisheries interactions, to direct take of eggs ... -
Ecology of Marine Turtles under Climate Change
(University of ExeterBiosciences, 2014-10-01)Climate change threatens to disrupt biological systems around the globe, sparking debate over natural capacity for adaptation in a fragmented landscape. Marine turtles are evolutionarily ancient and have survived millions ... -
Economic Development, Labour Policy, and Trade Unions in the Sudan, 1898-1958.
(University of ExeterHistory, 2012-12-20)Like many other African colonies, the Sudan experienced a period of sustained industrial unrest during the late 1940s. The Workers’ Affairs Association (WAA), the representative body for Sudanese railway workers, led a two ... -
Economic Factors in Middle East Foreign Policies: the Case of Oil and Gas Exporters with Special Reference to Saudi Arabia and Iran
(University of ExeterInstitute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 2012-06-01)This thesis identifies the relationship between economic factors and non-economic factors, and the relative weight of each, in the conduct of Middle East foreign policies but with special reference to Saudi Arabia and Iran ... -
The Economic Psychology of Adolescent Saving
(University of ExeterSchool of Psychology, 2009-06-03)The thesis addressed the saving behaviour of adolescents within the social context of the family, which has received little attention to date. The research regarded adolescent economic socialization and the development of ... -
The Economy of the Drinking House: notions of credit and exchange in the tavern in early modern English drama
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2014-08-06)This thesis traces how the drinking house was used by writers of early modern English drama to try to make sense of the period’s culture of exchange. Organised around an examination of five plays, the project focuses on ... -
Ecoseismology: Writing the Wild in Crisis
(University of ExeterGranta BooksEnglish, 2014-01-02)Abstract This thesis represents live and on-going research into the recent literary movement that has been termed ‘the new nature writing’. A focus within this movement has arisen which employs particular alertness to ... -
The editorial work and literary enterprise of Louis Aime-Martin
(University of ExeterModern Languages (French), 2009-10-01)This thesis offers a new perspective on the cultural contribution of Louis Aimé-Martin, best known as the principal editor of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. The thesis begins in chapter 1 with a critical analysis of the ... -
Education as an Ethnic Defence Strategy: The Case of the Iraqi Disputed Territories
(University of ExeterPolitics, 2013-10-08)The oil-rich northern districts of Iraq were long considered a reflection of the country with a diversity of ethnic and religious groups; Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, Assyrians, and Yezidi, living together and portraying Iraq’s ... -
Education Policy and the Development of the Colonial State in the Belgian Congo, 1916-1939.
(University of ExeterHistory, 2009-09-30)Taking the transformative potential of education as its starting point, this thesis analyses Belgian attempts to use schools policy to strengthen the hegemony of the colonial state in the Congo during the interwar years. ... -
Education Policy in Saudi Arabia and its Relation to Secondary School Teachers’ ICT Use, Perceptions, and Views of the Future of ICT in Education
(University of ExeterSchool of Education and Lifelong Learning, 2009-03-19)In recent years and as a result of the increasing pace of advances in technology and especially developments in the use of ICT in schools, teachers are now expected to make routine use of ICT in their teaching. This research ... -
Education, disability and armed conflict: A theory of Africanising education in Uganda
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2015-05-01)Education in conflict settings is a new field of inquiry and there is a paucity of research about this topic as regards the education of children with disabilities. This qualitative study set out to gain insight into how ... -
The effect of an annual cull on the sett usage patterns of the Eurasian Badger
(University of ExeterBiosciences, 2011-10-17)The effect of an annual cull on the sett usage patterns of the Eurasian Badger.