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Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings at the Design Stage Through Statistical and Machine Learning Models
(2025-01-08)The high proportion of energy consumed in buildings has led to significant environmental problems that negatively impact human existence. It is noted that the construction of energyefficient buildings can help reduce the ... -
Queer Men’s Pathways to Parenthood: Exploring Experiences and Decision-Making of Gay and Bi Men Navigating Surrogacy in the UK
(2024-12-17)Background: There has been some research into queer men’s procreative choices and decision making specifically focusing on adoption and surrogacy from an international context. The research highlights that decisions are ... -
Environmentally Sustainable Construction by Reducing Embodied Carbon Emissions in the Construction of Large-Scale Projects: a Study on High-Rise Buildings
(2024-09-11)This research aims to comprehensively evaluate and quantify the impact of construction processes and practices in large-scale projects, focusing mainly on high-rise buildings. Employing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) ... -
Novel Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications
(2024-10-24)The increasing demand for efficient and sustainable thermal energy storage (TES) systems has driven extensive research into phase change materials (PCMs). Despite their high energy storage capacity, the low thermal ... -
Developments in the Epidemiology of Drug-Related Mortality in the United Kingdom over the last 30 Years: Continuity, Change, Consistency, and Challenge
(2024-10-03)This thesis has its roots in and has organically grown out of the author’s previous professional civil service roles and academic and related activities associated with drug indicators since 1987. However, the focus of the ... -
Positive Geometries for Scattering Amplitudes in N = 4 SYM and ABJM
(2024-09-12)This thesis investigates geometric descriptions of scattering amplitudes, with a specific focus on scattering amplitudes in N = 4 SYM and ABJM theory. The recent development of the field of positive geometries provides ... -
The Experience of Parenting a Young Person who has Offended, from Early Life to Youth Custody
(2024-10-14)The role of caregivers has been identified as a contributing risk factor for youth offending. Empirical data and theory underscore inequality, and stigmatisation in exacerbating delinquency and potentially impairing ... -
The Impact of Microcredit on Household Expenditure and Business Performance in the Context of Ghana
(2024-08-09)This thesis explores the impact of microcredit on household expenditure and business performance in Ghana. It aims to provide a detailed analysis of the impact of microcredit, contribute to the understanding of microcredit ... -
Parents' Experiences of their Child's Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A) Intervention
(2024-11-04)Rationale and Aims: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A) is an evidence-based intervention for treating depression in young people, with parental involvement encouraged as part of the process. While research ... -
Experiences of Change in Connectedness Through Forest Bathing Among Adults with Disabilities and/or Physical Health Difficulties
(2024-10-14)Nature exposure and forest bathing have been shown to benefit health, well-being, and connectedness on individual, societal, and environmental levels. However, they are rarely made accessible for people with disabilities, ... -
Trans and Non-Binary People's Experiences of Their Sexualities and Relationships Alongside Their Gender
(2024-10-14)Sexual health is an important aspect of one’s wellbeing. However, historically, research in this field within trans and non-binary (TNB) populations was either pathologizing, or focusing on risk-behaviours. Additionally, ... -
Therapeutically Trained Muslim Faith Leaders’ Experiences of Islamically Informed Therapeutic Support in the Muslim Community
(2024-11-13)Therapeutically Trained Muslim Faith Leaders (TTMFL) utilise a unique set of skills, knowledge and experience to provide a holistic approach to the Muslim community when managing mental health difficulties. Despite literature ... -
The Relationship Between Different Types of Curiosity and Mental Health Indicators
(2024-10-22)Background: Differences in curiosity are outlined by its influence on our behaviour, the type of information being sought, and motivation processes. Different facets of curiosity contribute to mental health indicators like ... -
Women’s Negative Experiences of IUD Procedures
(2024-10-24)The use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception has been steadily increasing due to the promotion of its benefits as a contraception choice. The most used devices are the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (IUS) and the ... -
Exploring the Experiences of Racial Trauma among Footballers
(2024-10-17)Background: The widespread and increasing number of reports of racism at all levels of football in the UK highlights the pervasiveness of the issue. Given the negative impact that racism has on mental health, it was crucial ... -
Muslim Migrants’ Experience of Migration and the Role Religion Plays in this Journey
(2024-10-21)Background: Muslim migrants report various challenges of migration, including adjustment, isolation, discrimination and Islamophobia. The literature shows that religion helps this cohort manage these challenges but does ... -
The Significance of Autism Assessment Reports for Parents within the Wider Diagnostic Journey
(2024-10-25)Autistic children may need a range of targeted supports, and parents of autistic children encounter various challenges. Existing research shows that the diagnostic journey is lengthy and stressful for parents. Despite an ... -
Raising Black Sons in the UK: the Unheard Voices of Black Fathers
(2024-10-10)BACKGROUND: Existing literature highlights a prevalence of deficit and problem saturated narratives of Black fatherhood. A paucity of literature focusing on the subjective experiences of Black fathers has limited the ability ... -
A Study of Low Mood and Anxiety in a Clinical Population of Dog Owners using Mobile Methods
(2024-10-14)Dog ownership has been indicated by previous research findings to provide beneficial impacts on mental and physical wellbeing in the general population. However, despite researchers efforts to understand such advantages ... -
The Language of Ownership and the Rise of Shareholder Value: the Corporate Governance Discourse, 1980-1999
(2024-08-15)The purpose of this dissertation is to analyse the changing discourse on corporate governance in the USA during the last two decades of the 20th century, with a focus on persuasive strategies and linguistic choices. A ...