Search Results - "Leicestershire"
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Politics in Leicestershire, c1677 to c1716
Published 2008“…The first is to identify the characteristic features of Leicestershire’s politics at a time of turbulence in English political history and the second to examine the relationship between political activity at a local level and nationally. …”
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The asylum, the workhouse, and the voice of the insane poor in nineteenth century England
Published 1998Subjects: “…nineteenth-century asylum workhouse insanity patient narratives Leicestershire poor law…”
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Poverty, protest and sport: poaching in the East Midlands c.1820-1900
Published 2018“…In the East Midlands counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire levels of poaching equalled or exceeded those in many counties which are thought of as prime poaching areas.Using principally Criminal Registers, Game Laws Returns to Parliament, and local newspapers of the period, this study shows that people poached from three motives: because they were poor; because poaching was a sport; and as a protest. …”
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The social impact of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19: with special reference to the East Midlands
Published 2015“…The purpose of this study was to explore the social impact of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, known as 'Spanish influenza', on the lives of the people of the East Midlands (defined as Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire). A range of primary and secondary literature revealing the global impact of the event was examined, together with literature focusing on Britain and the east Midlands region to enable appropriate comparisons to be made and the East Midlands' experience to be contextualised. …”
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Monitoring and prediction of air polution from traffic in the urban environment
Published 1996“…The traffic data was made available from the demand-responsive traffic signal control systems in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. However, it was found that the surveys were too short to produce statistically significant results, and no useful conclusions could be drawn. …”
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Why do people volunteer for Community First Responder groups?
Published 2011“…Five focus groups were carried out with five different CFR groups in Leicestershire during July 2010. Transcripts of the group discussions were then analysed using a system of coding. …”
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Print and politics in the East Midlands constituencies c.1790-1832
Published 2019“…The focus of this study is the borough and county constituencies of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire, with particular emphasis on borough elections. …”
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An investigation into the differing health information needs of patients who have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Excellence in Practice: a comparison of hospice nurses' pers...
Published 2014“…Six interviews were conducted in a hospice in San Diego, USA, and three were conducted in a hospice in Leicestershire, UK. The interviews were recorded and subsequently analysed using Richie and Spencer’s qualitative framework (1993) and NVivo software. …”
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An investigation of cognitive factors involved in the development of problem-solving strategies by young children
Published 1993“…The sample consisted of 72 Leicestershire Primary school children, comprising three equal groups of 24 children aged 6, 8 and 10 years. …”
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Service quality perceptions between cooperative and Islamic banks of Britain
Published 2010“…Problem statement: The objectives of this study were to determine mean comparison all 6 dimensions between Cooperative Bank (CB) and Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB) in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, to compare the ranking for CB and IBB based on the customers preference and lastly to identify the similarities between CB and IBB based on customer preference. …”
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The tolerance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to Septori tritici blotch
Published 2018“…Finally, a field experiment with two fungicide regimes (full disease control and non-target (STB) disease control) probed the STB tolerance of six modern UK winter wheat cultivars in Leicestershire, UK. The main objective was to verify identified potential STB tolerance traits in commercial cultivars. …”
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Identification and treatment of tobacco dependence among young people in residential homes during the statutory annual health assessment: a retrospective case-note review
Published 2015“…Ethics approval was provided by the Families, Young People & Children Clinical Audit, Standards, Effectiveness and Research Group of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and data were accessed under Section 251 of the NHS Act. …”
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A spatio-temporal record of microplastic particles and natural textile fibres in the River Trent and its tributaries, and in atmospheric deposition across the Trent catchment
Published 2020“…This thesis presents a systematic and objective assessment of freshwater and airborne microplastic pollution in and around the River Trent across Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. Methods Microplastic pollution was quantified in three rivers and in atmospheric deposition across the Trent Catchment, UK. …”
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An investigation of the geochemistry and petrology of canal sediments
Published 2000“…Sediment cores were collected from an urban canal in Birmingham and a rural canal in Leicestershire. The cores were analysed at 1 cm intervals in order to build up 24cm depth profiles of their bulk chemistry, metal speciation and porewater chemistry. …”
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Physiological processes associated with genetic progress in yield potential of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Published 2012“…In addition, two other field experiments were conducted in the UK, one in 2008/09 at KWS UK Ltd in Thriplow, Hertfordshire and one in 2009110 at the University of Nottingham Farm, Sutton Bonington campus, Leicestershire. The plant material for both of these experiments was selected lines from the CIMMYT spring wheat advanced line Ll4 (+Tin1A allele) x UK winter wheat Rialto (-TinlA allele) DH population and the Rialto parent. …”
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