Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Using Technology to Support Collaborative Learning Through Assessment Design
(2011-07-28)This thesis offers an assessment design for collaborative learning, utilisation of blended learning support through current communication technologies and highlights the crucial role of the tutor. The thesis designed and ... -
Using the Object Relations Technique with Autistic Spectrum Disordered Children to Reveal Their Experience of Relationships
(2008-11-25)The use of projective assessments has a long history and tradition within psychological testing. However, there is a relative lack of research using these techniques with people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and ... -
Using the Psychological Concept of Compassion to Inform Pedagogic Strategies for Higher Education Seminars
(2015-08-26)This study used the university discussion-based seminar with the aim of exploring and improving students’ experiences of face-to-face group work in Higher Education. The purpose was to devise a pedagogic strategy to address ... -
The value of counselling in a school for children with complex needs
(University of Hertfordshire, 2007)Background to the study Reports have indicated that young people with learning difficulties are at greater risk of developing mental health problems; yet there is very little provision for this client group and a lack of ... -
The Variability of M Dwarfs
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-31)M dwarfs have been the subject of renewed interest as potential habitable planet hosts and have increasingly become the targets of planet detection surveys. Currently, however, the number of detections of transiting M ... -
Vascular Calcification in Rat Cultured Smooth Muscle Cells: a Role for Nitric Oxide
(2016-07-07)The underlying inflammatory storm in renal or diabetic disease may induce expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Similarly, expression of iNOS or nitric oxide (NO) production in vascular smooth muscle cells ... -
The viability of Weibull analysis of small samples in process manufacturing
(University of Hertfordshire, 2002)This research deals with some Statistical Quality Control (SQC) methods, which are used in quality testing. It investigates the problem encountered with statistical process control (SPC) tools when small sample sizes are ... -
Viable Knowledge: The Centrality of Practice
(2011-03-10)This thesis investigates how individual student nurses construct a body of knowledge that is appropriate and able to support or underpin their practical experiences in the early part of their undergraduate pre-registration ... -
Violence, Authority, Cultures and Communities in Sussex and Kent c.1690-1760
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-03-31)Violence, authority, cultures and communities in Sussex and Kent c.1690-1760 Lyndsay Claire Poore Submitted to the University of Hertfordshire in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of ... -
VOICE BIOMETRICS UNDER MISMATCHED NOISE CONDITIONS
(2011-03-23)This thesis describes research into effective voice biometrics (speaker recognition) under mismatched noise conditions. Over the last two decades, this class of biometrics has been the subject of considerable research due ... -
Ward-Based Care of Patients Following Discharge from Critical Care: a Mixed Methods Study
(2021-04-14)Background Historically, critical care research and policy focused on survival to intensive care unit (ICU) discharge. However, as critical care innovation has progressed, emphasis has shifted to the quality of survival ... -
"We were in One Place and the Ethics Committee in Another": Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Experiences of Research Ethics Processes
(2012-11-01)Aim: Whilst there is a wide range of research that explores ethics guidance and committee perspectives of research ethics processes, there is a lack of research into trainee experiences. The aim of this study was to explore ... -
Weight Stigma in Clinical Psychology: a Critical Discursive Psychology Analysis with Trainees
(2023-10-04)Background Weight stigma is defined as negative attitudes towards and beliefs about others because of their weight (Andreyeva, Puhl, & Brownell, 2008). Biased views of fat individuals by professionals in physical healthcare ... -
What are actions?
(2016-07-11)The thesis is a defence of an original position in the philosophy of action. It argues for a pluralist view of actions dubbed Strong Pluralism. One of the key questions of philosophy of action since the early 20th century ... -
What Goes Unheard When Struggling Mothers Speak? A Qualitative Study Using the Adult Attachment Interview
(2017-01-17)Studies of attachment in the community suggest that most people have secure attachment styles, but as many as 40% may have an insecure attachment style (Bakermans-Kranenburg & van Ijzendoorn 2009). Frightening parental ... -
What Happens at the Brand Interface? A Narrative Inquiry into the Brand Management Practices of Small Firms in Hertfordshire, UK
(2021-04-29)The focus of the inquiry reported in this thesis was to explore the brand management practices put into practice by small firms (defined here as those having between 10 and 49 employees) from the perspective of an ... -
What is the Role of the Art Teacher in State-Funded Secondary Schools in England?
(2018-06-29)For many years, and particularly since the 1980s, the state has taken an interest in the curriculum of state-funded secondary schools. This interest has focused largely on utilitarian imperatives for employment and economic ... -
What Works for me? The Impact of the Combination Between 'Personal Style' and Therapeutic Orientation on a Client's Experience of Therapy
(2012-01-10)Recent research on psychotherapeutic outcome has highlighted cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as the preferred psychotherapeutic approach for most psychological problems. There is however considerable evidence supporting ... -
When the Bells Go Down: Resilience and Vulnerability in Firefighters
(2016-04-14)Firefighters respond to a wide range of critical incidents in which they face exposure to multiple stressors. Previous studies have reported prevalence rates of various symptomatology and identified some risk factors for ... -
WiGlove : A Passive Dynamic Orthosis for Home-based Post-stroke Rehabilitation of Hand and Wrist
(2023-09-11)Stroke survivors often experience varying levels of motor function deficits in their hands affecting their ability to perform activities of daily life. Recovering their hand functions through neurorehabilitation is a ...