Holocene environmental change in the Scottish Highlands: multi-proxy evidence from blanket peats by Binney, Heather Alexandra

“…This thesis seeks to investigate the Holocene environmental history of two areas of Northern Scotland with specific reference to the evidence for pine woodland density variations and tree-line dynamics. The evidence is derived from the biostratigraphy of of peat profiles sampled along altitudinal transects in the two upland areas of Gleann Einich in the Cairngorms (between c.500m OD and 930m OD) and Beinn Dearg in the Northwest Highlands (between c.270m OD and c.600m).…”
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Learning and understanding as a mature student by Brown, Derrick

“…In this paper I explore what it has been like to be at the London Metropolitan University in 2003 as a mature student and working towards a degree in English, after an 18-year career in banking.…”
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Development of triga mark ii research reactor core monitoring system using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system by Mohd Ali, Nur Syazwani

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An antenna array utilizing slotted conductive slab: inspired by metasurface and defected ground plane techniques for flexible electronics and sensors operating in the millimeter‑wa... by Ali, Esraa Mousa, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Livreri, Patrizia, Falcone, Francisco

“…The antenna array is excited through a single microstrip line. The radiating elements in the array are interconnected to each other with a microstrip line. …”
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The impact of Covid-19 on struggling ethnic minority entrepreneurs’ business strategy: the case of Bangladeshi curry houses in the United Kingdom by Razzak, B. M., Idris, Bochra, Hasan, Rahaman, Saridakis, George, Hansen, Jared M.

“…Originality/value: The results indicates that the ethnic minority owned SMEs are less likely to plan for the future operations; furthermore, they tend not to have formulated a strategy for dealing with an external shock hence affecting and threatening their performance and competitiveness in the marketplace.…”

Digital forensic readiness in Iot-enabled organisations and forensic investigation analysis in real-time by Oyeyemi, Kuku, Chrysikos, Alexandros, Salekzamankhani, Shahram

“…This research aims to address the limitations encountered by IoT forensic investigations by introducing a DF readiness plan. The proposed framework developed using ISO/IEC 27043 standards would aid organisations in handling security incidents and subsequent forensic investigation processes. …”
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Risk managed cloud adoption: an ANP approach by Gupta, Shikha, Pani, Subhendu Kumar, Muduli, Kamalakanta, Vaish, Arti, Kumar, Anil

“…Prioritization of these risks based on their influence on cloud adoption may be useful for organizations in building a corrective action plan. According to their negative influence on cloud adoption, "business continuity and recovery planning" and "poor availability of services" are shown to be the most prominent hazards. …”
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Membrane distillation omniphobic mullite hollow fibre membrane with fluoroalkylsilane-functionalised titania deposition by Abd. Aziz, Mohd. Haiqal

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The establishment and use of cross border criminal intelligence under a European Criminal Intelligence Model in a period of modernism and post modernism societal change in the EU,... by Nonninger, Dirk

“…Policing in Europe has become more complex, due to the nature of organised crime being more and more trans-national and a growing Europeanization in policing as a result of the creation of European agencies like Europol and Eurojust taking over activities which before the Lisbon Treaty remained within the sole responsibility of single Member State. …”
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Image processing and machine learning techniques for Chagas disease detection and identification by Rada, Lavdie, Azzawi, Inass, Kumar, Preet, Brito-Loeza, Carlos Francisco, Karabağ, Cefa, Reyes-Aldasoro, Constantino C.

“…Advanced deep learning architectures like Faster RCNN, RetinaNet, YOLOv8, and FCOS have been adapted, trained, and compared with each other in terms of the detection accuracy of each image. …”
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Far Reaching Effects of Environmental Case by Aitkhozhina, Damelya

“…This is a judgment, which, like the decisions in the Chechen cases from February 2005, raises important questions about the implementation of European Court decisions within Russia.…”
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Investigation and development of a novel metrology standard for the measurement of relative intensity noise and frequency chirp of DFB lasers in optical networks by Cox, Michael Christopher

“…This has been modelled via classic FM theory, knowing the line width, and modulation index to obtain a best fit. …”
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Developing an IT-based pre-course balancing programme for aviation students by Halpern, Nigel

“…In line with Government targets to widen access to higher education in the UK (Clark, 2003; DfES, 2003), the Centre for Civil Aviation [CCA] at London Metropolitan University developed a Foundation Degree in Aviation Management & Operations, which was launched in September 2002. …”
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'Forget TV, it will never show you the experience of the victim': representations of rape in Mindhunter by Beddows, Amy

“…Media depictions of gendered violence often fall in line with negative stereotypes and rape myths. These depictions may influence public understandings of gendered violence and affect societal responses to victims and rape. …”
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Understanding the barriers and the possibilities : a study of people with disabilities and their lived experience of the labour market by Nyby, Josefine, Lewis, Jane, Fernando, Sandra

“…Collaboration between researchers at LMU and a Borough in London (Borough X or Council X) As in line with EA (2010) councils can set up employment support services and various schemes, and Council X was interested in knowing what works and what does no To get a better understanding of people with disabilities and their lived experience of the labour market To present policy suggestions for improving labour market participation and services based on the evidence collected…”
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PACE gives boost to European Union accession to ECHR by Eames, John

“…This article discusses whether or not the EU’s institutions should be under the supervision of the ECtHR, just like the governments of EU member states.…”
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The effect of top management's strategic thinking capacity of performance of yemeni small and medium enterprises by Yahya Nusair, Abdulmalek

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Deterioration and recovery of DAP IQ scores in the repeated assessment of the Naglieri Draw-A-Person (DAP) test in 6- to 12-year-old children by Lange-Kuettner, Christiane, Küttner, Enno, Chromekova, Marta

“…Correlations showed that this age group redefined their drawing plan on each repetition, and often created unique figures on each occasion, even if the instruction had stayed the same.…”
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Importance of SME development in Cambodia by Dy, Sovann

“…Therefore, in order to improve SMEs in Cambodia, the government has to improve the efficiency of SMEs, implementation an action plan of the market-oriented framework for SME development, reduce the cost of doing business and related to bureaucratic red tape, improve the access to finance for SMEs, and improve market access for SMEs.…”
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“Sweet” detectives: children crack the case for a healthy future by Terry, Cassandra, Meimaridou, Eirini, Jorfi, Samireh, Ramchurn, Medah, Encinas, Mabel

“…Due to the success of these activities, we plan to take them to more schools across London in the near future.…”
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