Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Generating Experiences of Transformation: An Organizational Practice of Change
(2008-05-23)This portfolio identifies a lacuna in the ways most mainstream management literature speaks of change. This literature focuses predominantly on the activities of 'planning', 'implementing' and 'evaluating' change in ... -
Generation of a Drug-incorporated Membrane for Biomedical Applications
(2022-11-17)Current approach for ocular wound healing involves bandages combined with repeated administration of therapeutic eye drops. There is a need to develop ocular medicated bandages as a convenient and cost-effective strategy ... -
The Genomics of Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility Regions and Effect of Regulatory SNPs
(2016-05-24)Human complex diseases, like Diabetes and Cancer, affect many people worldwide today. Despite existing knowledge, many of these diseases are still not preventable. Complex diseases are known to be caused by a combination ... -
GENTLE/A - Adaptive Robotic Assistance for Upper-Limb Rehabilitation
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-03-05)Advanced devices that can assist the therapists to offer rehabilitation are in high demand with the growing rehabilitation needs. The primary requirement from such rehabilitative devices is to reduce the therapist ... -
Giving Hope to Rebuild Lives: Practical and Emotional Support for Those Bereaved by Road Traffic Collisions
(2024-01-15)In the United Kingdom (UK), the Department for Transport (DfT) reported that 1,558 people died in Road Traffic Collisions (RTC) in 2021 (DfT, 2022). A considerable proportion of the UK population is impacted by RTCs yearly. ... -
'Good Enough Parenting’: Social Workers’ Experiences of Assessing Parenting in Family Safeguarding Services
(2021-12-01)Research examining social workers experiences of supporting and assessing parenting is limited. Despite existing research indicating there are important skills that facilitate parent and social worker relationships and ... -
Government in The Republic of Cyprus: Responding to the Problems of Water Scarcity and Quality
(2019-07-07)Water management is a significant challenge in The Republic of Cyprus. The country is subject to a number of water problems based on scarcity and quality, with these stemming from limited precipitation inputs, drought, the ... -
Government, Market and Development: Brazilian Economic Development in Historical Perspective
(2008-04-09)In the last 30 years the World has been swept by neoliberal doctrine. Under neoliberal conceptions, freedom of the market mechanism has precedence in the process of development. Neoliberalism has had a major impact on the ... -
Governor Experiences of the Strategic Development Process of English Free Schools
(2016-10-06)Free Schools entail increased involvement from civil society actors in the provision of State-funded education in England. The increased devolution of freedoms and responsibilities to these ‘self-governing’ schools is ... -
Grounded Sensorimotor Interaction Histories for Ontogenetic Development in Robots
(2008-11-04)This thesis puts forward a computational framework that can be used by embodied artificial agents (and in particular autonomous robots) for ontogenetic development. The research investigates methods, endowed with which, ... -
A Grounded Theory Analysis of Trainee Clinical Psychologists’ Use of Self-Disclosure in Problem-Based Learning
(2023-10-04)A limited body of literature suggests complex self-disclosure experiences exist across the career of a Clinical Psychologist. Self-disclosure experiences begin at a doctoral training level within small-group working exercises ... -
Growth and development in very preterm infants : the influence of infant, maternal and medical factors
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)It is generally acknowledged that infants born very preterm are at a high risk of developmental delay. It has been suggested that the first few months of life ex-utero might constitute a "sensitive period" during which ... -
The Growth and Morphology of Small Ice Crystals in a Diffusion Chamber
(2015-08-20)Small water ice crystals are the main component of cold tropospheric clouds such as cirrus. Because these clouds cover large areas of our planet, their role in the radiation budget of incoming and outgoing radiation to the ... -
A GT Study of Parent Adjustment after the Birth of a Child with a Facial Birthmark
(2017-01-03)Little is known about the experiences of parental adjustment following the birth of a child with a facial birthmark due to a scarcity of literature. The literature within the fields of cleft lip and palate (CL/P) and ... -
Haptic perception in virtual reality in sighted and blind individuals
(University of Hertfordshire, 2002)The incorporation of the sense of touch into virtual reality is an exciting development. However, research into this topic is in its infancy. This experimental programme investigated both the perception of virtual ... -
A Haptic Study to Inclusively Aid Teaching and Learning in the Discipline of Design
(2019-01-23)Designers are known to use a blend of manual and virtual processes to produce design prototype solutions. For modern designers, computer-aided design (CAD) tools are an essential requirement to begin to develop design ... -
The Health and Wellbeing of Female Street Sex Workers
(2017-11-10)Previous research on female street sex workers (FSSWs) has primarily concentrated on the stigmatisation of women’s involvement in the sex industry particularly with reference to the spread of HIV/AIDS. The response of the ... -
Health Visitors' Professional Identity and their Lived Experience of Service Change
(2021-09-15)This qualitative extended study explored 20 health visitors’ (HVs’) perceptions of their professional identity and their experience of living through a time of significant service change. Specifically, it investigated, ... -
Healthcare professionals' hand hygiene : predicting and improving practice
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)This programme of research consists of eight studies which sought to determine how healthcare professionals' hand hygiene practice might be improved. The Theory of Planned Behaviour was used to isolate perceived cognitive ... -
Hearts and Minds: the Propaganda War Over the British Nuclear Deterrent, 1957 – 1963
(2020-09-29)The main subject of this thesis is Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent between the years 1957 and 1963 and the propaganda surrounding it. The thesis examines both the promotion of the nuclear deterrent by the Conservative ...