Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Narratives of Mental Health Professionals Supporting Trans, Gender Diverse and Gender Questioning Adults
(2020-10-19)Trans, gender diverse and gender questioning people appear at a high risk of suffering from mental health difficulties, but often describe having negative experiences accessing both physical and mental healthcare in the ... -
Narratives of NHS Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021-10-22)Rationale and aims: The COVID-19 pandemic is thought to be the greatest challenge the United Kingdom (UK)’s intensive care units (ICUs) have faced. The literature on experiences of nurses working during the COVID-19 ... -
Narratives of Parents Living With a Child Affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
(2017-01-05)Background and Aims Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) remains a poorly understood condition, shrouded by debate, stigma, and uncertainty. Unsurprisingly, the little available research suggests ... -
Narratives of Partners of Individuals Affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
(2016-05-18)Background and Aims: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) remains a poorly understood condition, shrouded in uncertainty and dispute. Research suggests this context to have a profound bearing on ... -
Narratives of Young People Living with a Diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)
(2017-02-06)CFS/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) is a distressing and potentially debilitating condition. It can also be understood as a contested condition, surrounded by controversy about its nature, causes ... -
Narratives of Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
(2012-10-31)Background and aims: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic, life threatening disorder in the UK (Cystic Fibrosis Trust, 2010). Given the trajectory of the illness, adolescence may be a particularly challenging ... -
National healthcare strategy and the management of risk in a National Health Service trust
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)A central concern of this research has been to understand more about how and why organisations change. My initial research question posed was: What is 'strategy', how does it emerge in health care organisations and how ... -
National Vocational Qualifications and Workplace Learning: Staff Perspectives in a Social Care Organisation
(2012-11-08)The demands upon the social care workforce in the UK are only likely to increase over the next decades. The social care sector is heavily reliant on NVQs and this is regulated through the Care Standards Act (2000). It is ... -
Natural Selection, Adaptive Evolution and Diversity in Computational Ecosystems
(2009-11-12)The central goal of this thesis is to provide additional criteria towards implementing open-ended evolution in an artificial system. Methods inspired by biological evolution are frequently applied to generate autonomous ... -
Near-Capacity Sphere Decoder Based Detection Schemes for MIMO Wireless Communication Systems
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-08)The search for the closest lattice point arises in many communication problems, and is known to be NP-hard. The Maximum Likelihood (ML) Detector is the optimal detector which yields an optimal solution to this problem, but ... -
Near-Infrared Proper Motion Surveys
(2016-05-18)I present the development of two near infrared proper motion pipelines for high resolution near infrared data from UKIDSS and the VISTA VVV survey. The UKIDSS pipeline is capable of accuracies of order 5 − 10 mas yr−1 for ... -
Near-Real Time, Semi-Automated Threat Assessment of Information Environments
(2023-11-19)Threat assessment is a crucial process for monitoring and defending against potential threats in an organization’s information environment and business operations. Ensuring the security of information infrastructure requires ... -
Neurochemical and Neuropharmacological Studies on a Range of Novel Psychoactive Substances
(2018-06-15)Introduction: Over recent decades, there has been an increase in the availability and use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) all over the world. They include several classes of chemicals that mimic the effects of illicit ... -
Neuropsychological Consequences of COVID-19: Long COVID and the Relationship with Acute Illness
(2022-10-12)Rationale and aims: Long COVID has a substantial impact on quality of life for many, with international prevalence related to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. However, acute illness severity may not always predict the ... -
New Cryptanalysis and Modelling for Wireless Networking
(2016-04-18)High data rates and interoperability of vender devices have made WiMAX a prime desire for use worldwide. WiMAX is based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. IEEE 802.16a, b, c & d versions were updated within three years of the ... -
A New Rheological Polymer Based on Boron Siloxane Cross-Linked by Isocyanate Groups
(University of Hertfordshire, 2012-05-17)The research described in this thesis originated from an idea to develop new body protection for the sport of fencing. The ultimate goal is to develop body armour which would be flexible, wearable, washable, light and ... -
Newly Qualified Nurses’ Early Experiences of Working as Unqualified Mentors
(2022-06-11)Although a wealth of research examines varying facets of mentorship within nursing, to date, the voices and perspectives of newly qualified nurses working as mentors without formal preparation have largely been excluded ... -
The Newspaper Portrayal of Mothers Accessing Food Banks in the UK
(2021-10-07)Aim: This study investigated the newspaper portrayal of mothers’ accessing food banks in the UK. Specifically, how their identities were portrayed, how their experiences were portrayed and how the impact of this was ... -
The Nexus Paradox: Legal Personality and the Theory of the Firm
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-05-28)In the last four decades, one of the fastest-growing fields of research in economics has been the contractual theory of the firm developed in Coase’s (1937) footsteps. Yet despite what otherwise seems to be a genuine success ... -
Numerical Modelling of Mixing and Separating of Fluid Flows through Porous Media
(2018-02-01)In present finite element study, the dynamics of incompressible isothermal flows of Newtonian and two generalised non–Newtonian models through complex mixing–separating planar channel and circular pipe filled with and ...