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A Middle Manager's Response to Strategic Directives on Integrated Care in an NHS Organisation: Developing a Different Way of Thinking about Prejudice
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-29)This thesis examines a middle manager’s response to strategic directives on integrated care in a National Health Service (NHS) organisation and the development of an awareness of prejudice that acknowledges its relationship ... -
Middle Pleistocene Till Lithostratigraphy in South Bedfordshire and the Hitchin Gap
(2009-08-05)A revised lithostratigraphy and glacial history of north Hertfordshire and south Bedfordshire is based upon detailed textural data in the clay to fine gravel fraction, carbonate content, small clast lithological data and ... -
'Middle-England diocese, Middle-England Catholicism' : the development of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham 1850-1915
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)The thesis aims to chart the development of the Diocese of Nottingham from 1850 to 1915, and through a comparison with the historiography of the period, to show how far it correlates with the accepted norms of nineteenth ... -
Millimetre-Wave Fibre-Wireless Technologies for 5G Mobile Fronthaul
(2019-03-19)The unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic, driven primarily by bandwidth rich applications and high definition video is accelerating the development of fifth generation (5G) mobile network. As mobile access network ... -
Mindfulness-Based Therapies for Psychological Health Conditions: A Meta-Analysis
(2010-05-25)Introduction Mindfulness-Based Therapies (MBT) are a current technology within the cognitivebehavioural tradition, which can be grouped according to whether mindfulness is a major or a minor component. A mindful approach ... -
Mining the Obscured OB Star Population in Carina
(2017-01-04)Massive OB stars are very influential objects in the ecology of galaxies like our own. Current catalogues of Galactic OB stars are heavily biased towards bright (g < 13) objects, only typically including fainter objects ... -
The Misleading Potential of Communicative Hand Gestures in a Forensic Interview
(2011-06-16)A wealth of research has highlighted the susceptibility of eyewitnesses to verbal influence. However, considerably less attention has been paid to the role of nonverbal influence in police questioning. The purpose of this ... -
A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Sense of Self among People Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in Adulthood
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-02-19)Asperger syndrome is a relatively recent diagnostic classification. Several factors, including a high prevalence of mental illness, mean receiving a diagnosis in adulthood is a very unique experience but remarkably there ... -
A Mixed Methods Study of Adherence to Prophylactic Treatment Among Young People With Haemophilia
(2016-07-27)Introduction Haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in one of the coagulation or blood clotting factors in the blood. When injured someone with haemophilia does not bleed more intensely than ... -
A Mixed-Methods Study of Eating Behaviours and Mealtime Experiences in Relation to Young People with Tourette Syndrome
(2021-12-10)Research suggests that young people with neurodevelopmental disorders experience an increased prevalence of selective eating compared with their typically developing counterparts. However, very little research has specifically ... -
Mobile Commerce Innovation: a Case for Retailer Adoption and Consumer Acceptance in Nigeria
(2022-03-22)The purpose of this research project is to explore the adoption and acceptance of Mobile Commerce (MC) in the B2C retail sector in Nigeria. In an era of ever-evolving technological landscape, MC as a technological phenomenon ... -
Model Assisted Software Development - a MDE-Based Software Development Methodology
(2022-07-05)Model Driven Engineering (MDE) is a flexible approach for the creation and evolution of software systems, centred around models and their transformations. MDE provides a fundamental substrate upon which practitioners ... -
Modeling Affect-Based Relationships and Social Allostasis as Mechanisms for Adaptation in Social Groups
(2021-01-29)Artificial social agents are becoming increasingly present in the real world. For these agents, their success is tied to their ability to remain truly autonomous—to appropriately adapt their decisions and behaviours across ... -
Modelling Barium Isotopes in Metal-Poor Stars
(2012-11-22)The principal theory concerning the origin of the elements heavier than the Fe-peak, such as Ba, strongly suggest that for old, metal-poor environments, the rapid (r-) process is the most likely path taken in their ... -
Modelling of Electrical Appliance Signatures for Energy Disaggregation
(2021-03-20)The rapid development of technology in the electrical sector within the last 20 years has led to growing electric power needs through the increased number of electrical appliances and automation of tasks. In contrary, ... -
Modelling of light scattering by cirrus ice crystals using geometric optics combined with diffraction of facets
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)A new 3D model of light scattering applicable to dielectric faceted objects is presented. The model combines Geometric Optics with diffraction on individual facets yet maintains the low computational expense of standard ... -
Modelling the Political Context in Software Requirements Engineering
(2024-01-15)The influence of stakeholder politics on the outcome of software development projects has been identified as a major issue in the practice of software Requirements Engineering (RE) that has been left substantially ... -
Modern Matrons in an Acute Setting: a Qualitative Case Study
(2013-11-14)The arrival of the modern matron into the NHS acute setting in 2001 was in response to increased public and political concern regarding standards of nursing care and the quality of patient care. As a politically motivated ... -
Modulation of TRPV1 Function in Sensory Neuropathy
(University of Hertfordshire, 2015-02-03)This thesis examined how and why TRPV1 function is being modulated in sensory neuropathy and explored the potential of its rescue in the urinary bladder of STZ-‐induced diabetic rats. Diabetes ... -
Molecular Analysis of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Action
(2010-06-30)The nuclear receptor superfamily comprises a group of ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate the expression of target genes. They play a central role in diverse physiological pathways, and are therefore ...