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An Isotopic Analysis of Carbon Dynamics in Sphagnum Peat
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Methane and carbon dioxide produced in peatlands can be held temporarily in dissolved surface waters and accessible to aquatic plants. The primary peat building plant in northern peatlands, Sphagnum moss, grows in these ... -
Examining the Sociolinguistic Expression of Moral Disgust, and Investigating the Role of the Emotion in Inter- and Intra-Group Processes.
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Informed by Tybur et al’s (2009) Three Domains of Disgust Model, I used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodologies to develop and test a prototypical model of Moral Disgust and investigate how the emotion ... -
COOPERATION AND COLLECTIVE ACTION AND ITS PROSPECT TO COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE IN GLOBAL GERMAN COMPANIES
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Contemporary business organisations face a fierce struggle to survive in a global economic environment which is increasingly characterised by rapid change and transitions. Against the backdrop of such burgeoning competition, ... -
Measuring the Scope of International Accounting Harmonisation and Standardisation – A Study of South East Asia
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Wang, May Yee, Measuring the Scope of International Accounting Harmonisation and Standardisation – A Study of South East Asia, Doctor of Philosophy (Business with Management), June, 2023, University of Plymouth, England. Using ... -
The Impact of Firm Ownership on Innovation: Evidence From China
(University of Plymouth, 2023)This thesis uses data from the Shanghai Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2019 to focus on the impact of five ownership structures on firm innovation. In this context, innovation refers to firm performance innovation, specialisation ... -
A Chronicle of Place: Three Novellas and a Critical Dissertation on Compositional Process with a Contextual Analysis of Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins' and Michael Cunningham's 'The Hours'
(University of Plymouth, 2023)This thesis is presented in two parts: a work of fiction in the form of three interconnected novellas exploring settler colonialism of Native north-east America (New England), with a critical dissertation as supplement. ... -
Yield Curves and Macro Variables Interactions and Predictions
(University of Plymouth, 2023)This research is based on the yield curves and five macro variables, namely equity indices, FX rates, central banks’ policy rates, inflation rates and the GDP growth rates, for nine different markets, from different ... -
An Analysis of a Public Health Media Campaign in Switzerland
(University of Plymouth, 2023)This multidisciplinary, grounded theory study analyses public health media communication for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) prevention in Switzerland. Health communication ... -
Acceptance of E-mobility in India
(University of Plymouth, 2023)India signed in 2015 the historic Paris climate agreement together with more than 170 nations in order to fight against global warming and to reduce CO2-emissions in order to control global warming caused by greenhouse ... -
Deciphering the signature of fluid/rock reactions in the lower oceanic crust: The Oman ophiolite analogue
(University of Plymouth, 2023)Hydrothermal circulation is a key Earth process, moderating elemental and heat transfers between oceanic lithosphere and the hydrosphere. The characterization and quantification of fluid/rock reactions and fluid fluxes ...