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Unveiling Gender Bias: Exploring its Impact on Women in the UK Criminal Justice System Through the Lens of Loss of Control and Judicial Diversity
No full textDespite many attempts to eradicate gender bias throughout history, it remains prevalent within society and legislation today. A socio-legal and doctrinal exploration into the UK Criminal Justice System, using the Judiciary and Loss of Control as practical examples. This dissertation focuses on the impact of an unrepresentative Judiciary, and how gender bias affects women, specifically through sentencing and prosecution. Emphasis will be placed on creating a diverse, fair, and effective legal system, which the UK Criminal Justice System does not currently represent
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 – An analysis of the Act considering whether the Health and Safety Executive should be conferred prosecution powers.
Full text linkThis dissertation aims to analyse whether the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act (CMCHA) 2007 is a suitable legal vehicle for convicting companies of manslaughter across the United Kingdom. The dissertation will demonstrate through the theoretical, socio-legal and doctrinal approach that the CMCHA 2007 is not a suitable vehicle for prosecuting companies. It achieves this by examining Ashworth’s principles of criminal law including retroactivity, strict construction, liability and proportionality. Furthermore, case studies are considered to demonstrate the CMCHA 2007 is not suitable including; R v P&O European Ferries (Dover)1 and R v Kite (Peter Bayliss).2 The importance of this dissertation is to highlight to the government that the CMCHA 2007 needs amendments including conferring prosecuting powers to the Health and Safety Executive
Brain Twisties
No full textThis dissertation is a creative piece of non-fiction that explores Simone Biles 2020 case of the ‘twisties’ and its links to my journey with Functional Neurological Disorder and Epilepsy. It is a deeply personal dive into my childhood, interpersonal relationships, and how my experience with the medical world was defined by gender.
This is paired with an essay that explores how women write about women’s bodies, with a deep analysis of the works of Sinead Gleeson, Hillary Mantel, and Emilie Pine. The essay reflects on their uses of symbolism, prose, and imagery, in an effort to understand how they explore their own bodies in modern society
Regenerative braking in electronic bicycles with a supercapacitor bank
No full textThe following report is based on the use of regenerative electronic braking (REB) in an electric bicycle, for range and performance improvements. Due to the rising popularity of electric bicycles (E-Bikes) any technologies which can be developed to improve them have high potential for profitable business ventures. If any such technologies can be mass produced for a low cost, this could have even larger economic implications. Hence it was the aim of this research to develop a commercially viable prototype device which featured regenerative electronic braking with a supercapacitor, to improve range, braking/acceleration times, and battery life. The chosen design incorporated microprocessor control, brushed direct current (DC) motor drive, and combined supercapacitor/ Lithium-Ion energy storage. This electrical system was first connected to a stationary flywheel, to collect data during simulated braking events. Testing of this system indicated that the REB system did not achieve significant improvements in energy efficiency. The project was unable to continue to the construction of a prototype device due to limitations on budget and time constraints. However, the data collected from the flywheel connected system indicated that with minor adjustments and component optimization, the system could potentially achieve net gain in energy efficiency. It was concluded that although the initial research aim was not completely met, the results of the experiments identified various significant ways to improve E-Bike REB systems. Furthermore, this research proved that a lightweight, low volume REB system could be constructed at a low cost with commercially available components, indicating that a future product with a similar system could be financially viable
How do control system’s reduce the reactive maintenance of water processing plant?
No full textThis study is an investigation into the environmental impact of a private wastewater network for a large food factory. The environmental impact of improper infrastructure design is often mitigated by the further damaging wastewater removal industry. Outcomes of the problem statement shows trends around operational costs to the volume and COD of the wastewater stream. As well as this, an environmental cost to the environment is displayed. A review of the control philosophy shows a lack of system integration and inadequate system components.
The main objective of the paper was to add intelligence to legacy wastewater infrastructure. This was achieved through the installation of an innovative PLC system with Variable-Frequency-drives, as well as Human-Machine-interfaces to display system states.
The results of the study are shown through employee surveys and primary data collection. Following the installation of the control system, no costs for wastewater removal have occurred. Furthermore, A reduction in solid matter build-up, operational cost, and an improvement in ease of operation are also apparent. These results give a good insight into the potential for automation within the wastewater sector. Showing that mechanical design flaws can be overcome with comparably, less intrusive electrical adaptations