Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Assessing Hypersensitivity to Difference in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults
(2024-03-28)Current literature on autism has tended to examine individual traits and characteristics, or the link between two or three traits. This thesis will outline previous literature on the cognitive and perceptual theories of ... -
Assessing the content of advice from practitioners claiming paranormal ability
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)This thesis focuses on both the development of methods for testing practitioners claiming paranormal abilities (i. e. astrologers, psychics and mediums) and the exploration of how they use various linguistic strategies ... -
Assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of local authorities in Saudi Arabia : a case study of Jeddah Municipality
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)The aim of the thesis is to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the major services that are provided by Jeddah Municipality (JM) by using criteria which are derived from the Saudi environment. The Delphi technique ... -
Assessing the Extent and Characteristics of Non-medical Use of a Range of Prescribed Drugs: Epidemiological and Pharmacovigilance Approaches
(2022-07-14)Introduction: In the last ten years, the growing use of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs for recreational purposes has been observed. The use of ‘psychoactive pharmaceuticals’ and ‘pharming’ are new widespread ... -
Assessing the Pharmacological Properties of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Identified Online: In Silico Studies on Designer Benzodiazepines and Novel Synthetic Opioids
(2022-12-09)Background By 2022, a total of 1,127 of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) have been identified worldwide and officially reported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the European Monitoring Centre ... -
Assessing Variability of EEG and ECG/HRV Time Series Signals Using a Variety of Non-Linear Methods
(2020-03-13)Time series signals, such as Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram (ECG) represent the complex dynamic behaviours of biological systems. The analysis of these signals using variety of nonlinear methods is ... -
Assessment of Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Non-Prescription Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Thailand
(2018-01-29)Background: An estimated two-thirds of global sales of antimicrobials occur over the counter without a prescription. Furthermore, antimicrobials are the most commonly sold medicines in developing countries. The overuse, ... -
Assessment of Fatigue in Robot-Mediated Upper Limb Interactions Using EEG
(2021-09-26)Fatigue experienced during post-stroke rehabilitation and its implications for the therapy outcome are often overlooked in existing rehabilitation programmes. Past studies have shown that intensive and repetitive robot-mediated ... -
Assessment of Thrombotic and Thrombolytic Status in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and its Relation to Clinical Outcomes
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-11-25)Background: Platelets provide the initial haemostatic plug at sites of vascular injury. They also participate in pathological thrombosis that leads to myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. The ... -
An Assets Based Approach to Health Promotion with Young People in England
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-05-21)Introduction The health of young people in England is an area of concern, nationally and internationally. This has prompted a range of strategies and policies to try to address how health may be improved. However, there ... -
Assistant, Trainee and Qualified Psychologists’ Personal Experiences of Caring for Others and the Influence of Caring on Clinical Practice
(2021-03-09)The aim of the study is to explore the relationship between the unpaid personal caring experiences of psychologists and the perceived impact on their clinical practice and sense of self. The intersection between psychologists ... -
The Associated Impacts of Stress and Expectancy Upon the Elite Coach-Athlete Relationship in Individual Based Sports
(2018-09-29)This project of research presents a series of three studies that evolved over the duration of the body of work. Steered by existing research and the findings of each individual study, this project investigates associated ... -
Attachment and perceived parental treatment reported by siblings discordant for eating disorder pathology
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)THESIS :- Title - Attachment and perceived parental treatment reported by sisters discordant for eating disorder pathology Hypotheses - The study tested theoretical predictions that attachment status would differ between ... -
Attachment Security, Self-Concept Clarity and Beliefs in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(2007-10-05)Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suggest that an ambivalent self-concept and dysfunctional beliefs play an important role in the pathogenesis of OCD. Early attachment experience is argued to be the ... -
Autobiographical memory and depression : an investigation of over general memory processing on recall tasks
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)Depression is a prevalent diagnosis within psychiatric populations. People with depression have been shown to recall over general autobiographical memories. The current study uses a cognitive stage model of memory to ... -
Automatic Number Plate Recognition on FPGA
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-03)Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) play an important role in modern traffic management, which can be divided into intelligent infrastructure systems and intelligent vehicle systems. Automatic Number Plate Recognition ... -
Automatic Object Detection and Categorisation in Deep Astronomical Imaging Surveys Using Unsupervised Machine Learning
(2018-09-05)I present an unsupervised machine learning technique that automatically segments and labels galaxies in astronomical imaging surveys using only pixel data. Distinct from previous unsupervised machine learning approaches ... -
Autonomous and Intrinsically Motivated Robots for Sustained Human-Robot Interaction
(2021-02-04)A challenge in using fully autonomous robots in human-robot interaction (HRI) is to design behavior that is engaging enough to encourage voluntary, long-term interaction, yet robust to the perturbations induced by human ... -
Autonomous Learning of Appropriate Social Distance by a Mobile Robot
(2008-11-04)Abstract This thesis aims to design an appropriate human-following solution for a mobile robot. The research can be characterised as interactive model building for a Human Robot Interaction (HRI) scenario. It studies ... -
Auxiliary Computations: A Framework for a Step-Wise, Non-Disruptive Introduction of Static Guarantees to Untyped Programs Using Partial Evaluation Techniques
(2010-08-05)Type inference can be considered a form of partial evaluation that only evaluates a program with respect to its type annotations. Building on this key observation, this dissertation presents a uniform framework for expressing ...