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Acknowledgements

Special thanks must firstly go to my supervisor Chris Taylor for investing a great deal of time in the project and allowing me to attend relevant meetings across the country. Without this motivational boost, surely it would have been much more difficult to spend as many hours as I have. My advisor Steve Williams has supplied me with persistent support and occasional bits of advice for which I am particularly grateful. Always with a calm disposition and paternal backing, he was able to relieve my worries and alleviate my doubts. I would also like to thank Mark O'Leary for allowing me to proceed with all my academic duties while I was at work.

The project is funded by the EPSRC and it benefits greatly from its inclusion in the MIAS-IRC where I could at times get in contact with prominent people in the field. I am very thankful for having gotten the opportunity to work on this exciting project and gaining access to some very bright minds and supportive members of staff.

Endless gratitude cannot be neglected for support from the following people:


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2004-08-02