Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Computational Model-Based Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Reinforcement Learning in Humans
(2013-01-22)The aim of this thesis is to determine the changes in BOLD signal of the human brain during various stages of reinforcement learning. In order to accomplish that goal two probabilistic reinforcement-learning tasks were ... -
Computational Modelling of Information Processing in Deep Cerebellar Nucleus Neurons
(2012-06-21)The deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN) function as output gates for a large majority of the Purkinje cells of the cerebellar cortex and thereby determine how the cerebellum influences the rest of the brain and body. In my PhD ... -
Computational Modelling of the Neural Systems Involved in Schizophrenia
(2008-04-01)The aim of this thesis is to improve our understanding of the neural systems involved in schizophrenia by suggesting possible avenues for future computational modelling in an attempt to make sense of the vast number of ... -
Computational Models of Intracellular Signalling and Synaptic Plasticity Induction in the Cerebellum
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-09-03)Many molecules and the complex interactions between them underlie plasticity in the cerebellum. However, the exact relationship between cerebellar plasticity and the different signalling cascades remains unclear. ... -
Computational Properties of Cerebellar Nucleus Neurons: Effects of Stochastic Ion Channel Gating and Input Location
(2018-10-23)The function of the nervous system is shaped by the refined integration of synaptic inputs taking place at the single neuron level. Gain modulation is a computational principle that is widely used across the brain, in which ... -
Computer-Based Solutions to Support Those With Colour Vision Deficiency to Access Day-to-Day Information
(2020-11-09)In modern-day society, we are bombarded with vast amounts of electronic information which we may be expected to make decisions from. Many people have difficulties in interpreting such information due to either physical ... -
Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs and Herbal Medicinal Products Among Older Adults
(2020-01-09)Background: Polypharmacy is a recognised patient safety risk, with older adults at greater risk due to co-morbidities and reduced clearance of drugs due to ageing. However, very little is known about the concurrent use of ... -
The Construal of Romantic Relationships in Transgendered People: a Personal Construct Approach
(2012-01-27)National Health Service (NHS) statistics show that 4000 people in the United Kingdom are receiving help for gender concerns (DH, 2008). Research has highlighted the importance of romantic relationships during early adulthood ... -
The Construal Processes of Families Affected by Parental Acquired Brain Injury, and the Implications for Adjustment in Young People and Their Families
(2017-01-06)Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) has been associated with significant family disruption, yet few studies explore the experiences of child-relatives. This cross-sectional study sought to explore the experiences of young people ... -
Constructing Autism Inside and Outside the Clinic: Exploring Relationships Between Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists' and Activists' Discourses
(2020-04-23)This research investigated the construction of autism in clinical and social terrains. Study one drew from Critical Discursive Psychology (CDP) to examine the language of psychoanalytic psychotherapists in constructing the ... -
Construction and Development of Bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains; Application in Biosensors for Preservative Efficacy Testing
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-06-18)Whole cell biosensors have been extensively used for monitoring toxicity and contamination of compounds in environmental biology and microbial ecology. However, their application in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries ... -
The Constructions and Experiences of Males with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
(2016-11-14)Acquired brain injury (ABI) is predominantly experienced by males and younger populations in the United Kingdom (UK). Although some research exists exploring the experiences of individuals living with an ABI, no research ... -
Contemporary Financial Globalisation in Historical Perspective: Dimensions, Preconditions and Consequences of the Recent and Unprecedented Surge in Global Financial Activity
(2008-11-25)The subject of this thesis is financial globalisation in historical perspective, and its key contribution is to demonstrate the J-curve as an alternative depiction of financial globalisation since the classical Gold ... -
Contemporary Neorealist Principles in Abbas Kiarostami's Filmmaking (1997 - 2005)
(2012-09-25)Iranian film has in recent decades comprised an increasingly important and influential cinema. The Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979 paved the way for freedom of artistic and literary expression, communicating a new ... -
Contextual Factors Associated with Psychological Inflexibility and Distress in Adults
(2011-11-18)It is widely accepted in the literature that adverse experiences in childhood, such as abuse and emotional invalidation, pose a major risk factor for the development of psychopathology later in life. What is less known, ... -
Continuous Steepest Descent Path for Traversing Non-Convex Regions
(2016-05-12)In this thesis, we investigate methods of finding a local minimum for unconstrained problems of non-convex functions with n variables, by following the solution curve of a system of ordinary differential equations. The ... -
Contrasting Debates and Perspectives from Second and Third Wave Feminists in Britain: Class, Work and Activism
(2015-08-20)The dissertation rests firstly on the author’s previously published work (German, 1989; German, 2007; German, 2013) which attempted to analyse the position of women in British society in terms of their relationship to ... -
The Contribution by Women to the Social and Ecomomic Development of the Victorian Town in Hertfordshire
(2013-05-01)This study focuses on the role and contribution of women in the context of the social and economic development of two towns in Hertfordshire during the nineteenth century. Although the age saw an increase in urbanisation, ... -
Convergence and divergence in opera and music theatre : supporting thesis for a folio of work
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)This appraisal presents various musico-dramatic works through the elucidation of source impulse and places them alongside other works in the genre, i and related works by the composer. Four of the works are operatic, in ... -
Cooperative Uplink Inter-Cell Interference (ICI) Mitigation in 5G Networks
(2017-04-19)In order to support the new paradigm shift in fifth generation (5G) mobile communication, radically different network architectures, associated technologies and network operation algorithms, need to be developed compared ...