Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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The Rise of Co-Productions in the Film Industry: The Impact of Policy Change and Financial Dynamics on Industrial Organization in a High Risk Environment
(2009-06-03)The main aim of this study is to examine the interrelationship of finance and government intervention in explaining the rise of co-productions in the international film industry in the time period between 1997 and ... -
The Robot Club: Robots as Agents to Improve the Social Skills of Young People on the Autistic Spectrum
(2010-04-12)To better understand the difficulties and strengths associated with both high and low functioning individuals with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), the hyper-systemising theory has been proposed by Baron-Cohen and ... -
Robot-Mediated Interviews: a Robotic Intermediary for Facilitating Communication with Children
(2015-08-19)Robots have been used in a variety of education, therapy or entertainment contexts. This thesis introduces the novel application of using humanoid robots for Robot-Mediated Interviews (RMIs). In the initial stages of this ... -
Robots that Say ’No’: Acquisition of Linguistic Behaviour in Interaction Games with Humans
(2013-12-20)Negation is a part of language that humans engage in pretty much from the onset of speech. Negation appears at first glance to be harder to grasp than object or action labels, yet this thesis explores how this family of ... -
The Role and Influence of Institutions in Economic Development in Uganda: Evidence and Insights from the Development of the Uganda Coffee Sector 1900 - 2004
(2009-02-19)Today there is no agreement as to how developing countries can achieve sustained economic growth and wellbeing. Over the last 50 years many suggested policy panaceas have failed. Policy makers are now faced with growing ... -
The Role of Affect in Imitation: An Epigenetic Robotics Approach
(2007-11-13)In animals, humans and robots, imitative behaviours are very useful for acting, learning and communicating. Implementing imitation in autonomous robots is still a challenge and one of the main problems is to make them ... -
The Role of Experiences of the Body and Embodiment in Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating
(2023-10-27)Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating (T1DE) is a term used to describe the presence of disordered eating patterns that are specific to those with Type 1 Diabetes. Research has highlighted that conventional eating disorder ... -
The Role of Market-Driven Initiatives and Support for Rural Poverty Alleviation - a Case Study of AgResults Program in Nigeria
(2021-11-27)The connection between persistence rural poverty in the developing nations, agricultural-related structural problems have been debated extensively in the literature. Surmounting both challenges of the extensive rural poverty ... -
Role of MicroRNAs in LPA-Induced Regulation of Stem Cell Differentiation Into Cardiomyocytes
(2019-09-19)Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is known to exert a diverse range of effects in humans, specifically in the heart where it may cause apoptosis of cardiomyocytes at pathological concentrations. However, at physiological ... -
The Role of Oath-Taking in Human Trafficking: Experiences of Survivors
(2021-10-22)Every year an unknown number of people are trafficked to the UK for the purpose of exploitation. The literature identifies numerous psychological methods traffickers use to exert power and control over individuals (e.g. ... -
The Role of Physical Activity During Personal Recovery at a Voluntary Sector Mental Health Organisation
(2016-04-15)Research has shown that people who participate in regular physical activity (PA) can experience improved wellbeing and quality of life, including better physical health, cognitive function, positive affect, and self-esteem ... -
The Role of Referrals in New Client Capture Within the Field of Independent Financial Advice
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-02-10)The field of regulated financial services has been ill-served by marketing theory. As a consequence: (1) the nature of marketing in this sector has been misunderstood; (2) the key mechanism for generating new business in ... -
The role of situational information in conceptual knowledge
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)This thesis investigated the influence of situational knowledge on the performance of two common tasks; category member generation under a free-emission procedure and the judgement of similarity between two items using ... -
The Role of Spirituality and Disease Acceptance in Predicting Psychological Well Being in a Group of Individuals With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(2018-10-29)Background: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a long term health condition, characterised by the complex interplay between physical and psychosocial health. In the absence of a cure, psychological interventions that help ... -
The Role of the JNK/AP-1 Pathway in the Induction of iNOS and CATs in Vascular Cells
(2013-05-01)Nitric oxide (NO) is an important biological molecule within the body, which over production of this molecule in response to different stimulations can cause various inflammatory diseases. Over production of this molecule ... -
The Role of the Registered Nurse Managing Pro Re Nata (PRN) Medicines in the Care Home (Nursing): a Case Study of Decision-Making, Medication Management and Resident Involvement
(2017-04-20)The aim of this study was to analyse the role of the registered nurse in the management of pro re nata (PRN) medication in a care home (nursing) for older people. Studying PRN medication provides insights into the role ... -
The Rotation of the Halo of NGC 6822 Determined From the Radial Velocities of Carbon Stars
(2016-08-22)The kinematics of stars in galaxies is becoming a key means to understand the dynamics of galaxies, their formation and merger history. For many years, kinematics has been measured using integrated field techniques in the ... -
Rubies in the Dust: Tracing High Mass Star Formation Throughout the Milky Way
(2012-01-17)Over the last decade a number of potential tracers of massive star (M > 8M ) formation have been put forward. In this thesis I attempt to understand how these tracers relate to one another and attempt to identify the ... -
Runaway Stars in the Galactic Halo: Their Origin and Kinematics
(2012-03-30)Star formation in the Milky Way is confined to star-forming regions (OB associ- ation, HII regions, and open clusters) in the Galactic plane. It is usually assumed that these regions are found preferably along spiral ... -
Rural Businesses on Vancouver Island: Challenges and Opportunities
(2008-03-31)Many rural areas are undergoing structural changes as jobs in forestry, fishing, mining, agricultural and other natural resource-based industries decline. These communities, often based around these industries, are generally ...