Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Online Social Networks in the Older Population: a UK Perspective
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-12)Since households and businesses alike obtained the high-speed Internet service of broadband, the Internet has become integral to daily life in the 21st century. Advancements in information and Internet technology has led ... -
The Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Smartphones among Adults over Fifty in the UK
(2015-12-22)Smartphones are innovations that currently provide immense benefits and convenience to users in society. However, not all the users of society are accepting and using smart phones, more specifically, for this research study ... -
Adult Children of Problem Drinking Parents: Experiences of Relationships
(2016-05-24)Difficulties in interpersonal functioning have been consistently reported in the literature as a proposed negative outcome for adult children of problem drinkers. The existing literature has largely privileged the quantitative ... -
Adult Sibling Stories of Parental Mental Distress
(2020-03-10)There is a limited body of research that focuses on the experiences of families of people with mental distress. While there is research regarding children’s experiences of parents with mental distress, there are few ... -
Advance Care Planning and Living With Dying: the Views of Hospice Patients
(2017-01-06)Advance care planning for adults is a process of consideration, discussion and decisions about care at the end of life. There is evidence that advance care planning improves outcomes such as the achievement of preferred ... -
Aerodynamic Analysis of a Novel Wind Turbine for an Omni-flow Wind Energy System
(2016-11-23)The purpose of this research is to propose a novel wind turbine for an omni-flow wind energy system and investigate its aerodynamic performance. The geometry of the novel wind turbine is based upon the impulse turbine ... -
Algebraic hierarchical decomposition of finite state automata : a computational approach
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)The theory of algebraic hierarchical decomposition of finite state automata is an important and well developed branch of theoretical computer science (Krohn-Rhodes Theory). Beyond this it gives a general model for ... -
Ambulance Service 2030: the Future of Paramedics
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-06-03)Some innovations are termed ‘disruptive’, a designation that is normally applied to technology; examples include computers, digital cameras, and mobile phones. The term can also be applied to groups of workers, particularly ... -
Analysing and enhancing the performance of associative memory architectures
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)This thesis investigates the way in which information about the structure of a set of training data with 'natural' characteristics may be used to positively influence the design of associative memory neural network models ... -
Analysis and Coordination of Mixed-Criticality Cyber-Physical Systems
(2018-08-20)A Cyber-physical System (CPS) can be described as a network of interlinked, concurrent computational components that interact with the physical world. Such a system is usually of reactive nature and must satisfy strict ... -
Analysis and Modelling of TTL ice crystals based on in-situ light scattering patterns
(2024-01-03)Even though there are numerous studies on cirrus clouds and its influence on climate, lack of detailed information on its microphysical properties like ice crystal geometry, still exists. Challenges like instrumental ... -
Analysis and Optimisation of a Novel Wind Turbine
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-01-31)The technologies of urban wind turbines have been rapidly developed in recent years, but urban wind turbines have not found a wide application due to the limitations of their designs. The power output of urban wind turbine ... -
An Analysis of the Performance of the Term "Great Britain/British" from a Brand Perspective - 1603 to 1625
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-27)The dissertation takes the modern business technique/concept of brands and branding, applies them to a historic case study, the creation by James VI and I of Great Britain from 1603 to 1625, and by doing so throws new light ... -
Analysis of the Response of Modal Parameters to Damage in CFRP Laminates Using a Novel Modal Identification Method
(2019-10-30)Nowadays, composite materials are widely used in several industries, e.g. the aeronautical, automotive, and marine, due to their excellent properties, such as stiffness and strength to weight ratios and high resistance to ... -
An Anatomy of a 'Disorderly' Neighbourhood: Rosemary Lane and Rag Fair c.1690-1765
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-01-12)This thesis focuses on the experiences of the ‘disorderly’ neighbourhood of Rosemary Lane and Rag Fair in the eastern suburbs of London in c.1690 to 1765. Rosemary Lane and Rag Fair possessed one of the most powerfully ... -
The Anishinaabe Worldview and the Child Reader in Louise Erdrich's The Birchbark House series
(2019-03-11)Louise Erdrich is an award-winning Anishinaabe-American author, whose works of fiction have attracted a significant body of scholarly interest. To date, her output of children's fiction has received comparatively less ... -
Anonymity and trust in the electronic world
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)Privacy has never been an explicit goal of authorization mechanisms. The traditional approach to authorisation relies on strong authentication of a stable identity using long term credentials. Audit is then linked to ... -
Anonymous Needlework: Uncovering British Patchwork, 1680 - 1820
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-10-17)During the eighteen century there was a significant growth in patchwork materially and linguistically. It was the century when patchwork was stitched at all levels of society and has been identified as the time when patchwork ... -
Anxiety and Extreme Demand Avoidance in Children and Adolescents: the Roles of Sensory Sensitivities and Intolerance of Uncertainty
(2023-10-17)Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a diagnosis that has been described in clinical practice but not recognised by official diagnostic and statistical manuals. The National Autistic Society (UK) describes PDA as ‘a ...