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Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff
(2024-03-20)Purpose. Rasch analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were used to evaluate the structural validity of the ASCOT-Proxy measures completed by staff on behalf of older adults resident in care homes, by comparison to ... -
An exploratory investigation of endotoxin levels in novice long distance triathletes, and the effects of a multi-strain probioyic/prebiotic, antioxidant intervention
(2016-11-17)Gastrointestinal (GI) ischemia during exercise is associated with luminal permeability and increased systemic lipopolysaccharides (LPS). This study aimed to assess the impact of a multistrain pro/prebiotic/antioxidant ... -
Exploratory studies on social spaces between humans and a mechanical-looking robot
(2006)The results from two empirical studies of human–robot interaction are presented. The first study involved the subject approaching the static robot and the robot approaching the standing subject. In these trials a small ... -
An exploratory study of an early stage R&D-intensive firm under financialization
(2010)The financialization literature considers the impact of financial markets on corporate strategy, governance, financial performance and the distribution of resources between various stakeholder groups. Capital market demands ... -
An Exploratory Study of How and Why Some Micro-Finance Banks Overcome Adversity and Why Others Do Not
(2021-01-13)This exploratory study was undertaken to gain an understanding of how and why some Micro-finance Banks (MFBs) in Lagos, Nigeria cope with, adapt to and overcome adversity in response to a spate of failures in the industry ... -
An exploratory study of information sources and key findings on UK cocaine-related deaths
(2017-08-01)Increased numbers of cocaine-related deaths have occurred since the early 1990s in some European countries, including the UK. Cocaine deaths are difficult to define, detect and record as they are multi-factorial. The ... -
An exploratory study of street-level police corruption in Ghana: Why does it exist?
(2023-03-30)A culture of corruption within an institution, such as the police, could be indicative of a failure from various directions. The Ghanaian public often views the police service as the most corrupt of all their institutions. ... -
An exploratory study of the effects of using web accessible prerecorded lectures and slides on the performance of international students
(2007)This project aims to evaluate the effect of using web accessible recorded lectures and slides as a supplement to traditional face-to-face teaching for International students. Specifically, we examine whether the use of ... -
Exploring a regional pharmaceutical innovation network as a possible solution to the market failure in the innovation of essential medicines for tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
(2014)From an economic reasoning perspective, pharmaceutical research and development operates as a pure market activity. This viewpoint suggests innovations are receptive to questions of commerce. It is on this basis the ... -
Exploring access to end of life care for ethnic minorities with end stage kidney disease through recruitment in action research
(2016-07-11)BACKGROUND: Variation in provision of palliative care in kidney services and practitioner concerns to provide equitable access led to the development of this study which focussed on the perspectives of South Asian patients ... -
Exploring Accounting Students' Interaction with Their Assessment Feedback in a UK Post-92 University
(2018-04-06)This thesis offers a holistic insight into the expectations and experiences of university students in relation to academic feedback. The subjects are a diverse group of first year accounting and finance students in a post-92 ... -
Exploring Accounting Students' Interaction with their Assessment Feedback in a UK Post-92 University
(2018-06-21)This thesis offers a holistic insight into the expectations and experiences of university students in relation to academic feedback. The subjects are a diverse group of first year accounting and finance students in a post-92 ... -
Exploring Advanced Functionalities of Carbon Fiber-Graded PEEK Composites as Bone Fixation Plates Using Finite Element Analysis
(2024-01-14)This study aims to address the challenges associated with conventional metallic bone fixation plates in biomechanical applications, such as stainless steel and titanium alloys, including stress shielding, allergic reactions, ... -
Exploring Adversarial Attacks and Defences for Fake Twitter Account Detection
(2020-11-06)Social media has become very popular and important in people’s lives, as personal ideas, beliefs and opinions are expressed and shared through them. Unfortunately, social networks, and specifically Twitter, suffer from ... -
Exploring and understanding innovative digital collaboration platforms in the workplace: a qualitative, comparative study
(2021-05-29)COVID-19 brought home working for UK workplaces, necessitating rapid adoption of innovative online digital collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams©, thereby presenting challenges to workforces with little prior ... -
Exploring Aquaponics Systems as part of Food Planning and Environmental Management Strategy, Policy and Sustainable Placemaking: Examining Chinese and UK Food Growing Project Case Studies
(2023-08-10)This study aims to analyse several factors concerning the role of aquaponics in contributing to food availability in urban, suburban, and rural areas from the perspective of food planning and environmental management ... -
Exploring attitudes to technology adoption for cross compliance in Greek and Lithuanian farmers
(2020-09-22)The fourth agricultural revolution has started with an explosion of online, smart, digital technologies that are now available to support farmers to improve their operations is enabling opportunities for direct integration ... -
Exploring Attractive Quality Requirements for Short Food Supply Chain Digital Platforms
(2022-09-02)Perceptions towards unsustainable supply chain practices in global, mainstream food systems are motivating a shift towards short food supply chains. Short food supply chains are developed to remove the physical and social ... -
Exploring Bacillus thuringiensis as a model for endospore adhesion and its potential to investigate adhesins in Pasteuria penetrans
(2022-06-01)Aims: Phytonematodes are a constraint on crop production and have been controlled using nematicides; these are highly toxic and legislation in Europe and elsewhere is prohibiting their use and alternatives are being sought. ...