The Plymouth Student Scientist - Volume 04 - 2011: Recent submissions
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Undergraduate student to postgraduate teacher: reflections from both sides of the coin
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Guest Editorial from Dr Daniel Zahra -
Vocabulary acquisition in bilingual children: Are they more delayed in English than their monolingual peers? Does this depend on input of language?
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The current study investigated the effect of exposure to English on bilingual language acquisition. 18 monolingual and 6 bilingual children, aged between 29 -32 months, took part in standardised language tests measuring ... -
Youth sailing participation and market segment profiles for Plymouth (UK)
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The study aimed to identify and quantify different sailing participation styles for Plymouth youths and to investigate if determinants of wider sports participation can be used to segment the market based on product usage. ... -
Flexural testing of sustainable and alternative materials for surfboard construction, in comparison to current industry standard materials
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The objective of the project was to test if natural materials were a viable and sustainable alternative to current surfboard materials. The testing was comparative, comparing differing natural fibre laminates (2 differing ... -
Investigating the nature of body representations and their use in pair matching and mental rotation tasks
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Two computer based stimulus-response experiments were conducted with the aim of finding whether Body Representations aid pair matching and mental rotations of 'same‘ or 'different‘ Bodies in comparison to Bicycles. Also ... -
Environmental controls and distributions of surface foraminifera from the Otter estuary salt marsh, UK: their potential use as sea level indicators
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Fifty-six surface samples were collected from the Otter estuary salt marsh, Devon, UK. Previous work from temperate salt marshes have shown the vertical distribution of foraminifera is primarily controlled by the duration ... -
In vitro micropropagation of medicinal plants by tissue culture
(University of Plymouth, 2011)Tissue culturing of medicinal plants is widely used to produce active compounds for herbal and pharmaceutical industries. Conservation of genetic material of many threatened medicinal plants also involves culturing ... -
The effect of mood on attention to global and local characteristics of music
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The effect of mood on global and local processing was studied in 60 undergraduate psychology students, half of which were randomly assigned to a positive condition and the other half to a negative condition. Each participant ... -
Aquaculture of Octopus species: present status, problems and perspectives
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The aquaculture of Octopus species is currently an active field of research around the world, but economic viability is not yet achieved. Here, the current state of knowledge with respect to Octopus water quality and ... -
The effects of stocking density on fish welfare
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The welfare of intensively farmed fish is a subject of increasing interest and one of the principal areas of concern is stocking density. Several studies have examined the effects of density on the welfare of farmed fish, ...
