Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Perceptions and Embodiments of Masculinities Amongst Men Who Use(d) Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs: a Mixed-Methods Approach During COVID-19 and Beyond
(2023-05-09)The use of IPEDs (Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs) has become a growing area of concern for public health, particularly over the last decade (Santos and Coomber, 2017). The vast majority of the population consuming ... -
Perceptions of Causes and Long Term Effects of Academic Underachievement in High IQ Adults
(2015-10-12)A great deal is known and has been written about the difficulties that high IQ children can experience in the classroom when their special educational needs are not met. Evidence suggests that these difficulties can result ... -
Performance Measurement in the Product Development Process
(2015-10-09)The intention of the programme was to evaluate Product Development (PD) strategies within the automotive industry and to identify areas in which improvements could be made in PD project performance that would also provide ... -
The Performance of Associative Memory Models with Biologically Inspired Connectivity
(2009-04-01)This thesis is concerned with one important question in artificial neural networks, that is, how biologically inspired connectivity of a network affects its associative memory performance. In recent years, research on the ... -
Performance of people with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease on the behavioural assessment of the dysexecutive syndrome test battery
(University of Hertfordshire, 2004)Aim: Decline in executive functioning in Mild Cognitive Impairment has only been investigated with single tests to date. A battery of executive function tasks (BADS: Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome) ... -
Personal Constructions of the Mother Role: Perceptions of Mothers in Health Care
(2018-06-14)This study aimed to explore the personal constructs of mothers in health care, their own role, that of the doctors and how they felt the doctors they consulted construed them in their role. In addition, the study aimed to ... -
Personal Constructs and Adjustment in Secondary Hypothyroidism
(2011-11-18)Secondary hypothyroidism is caused by treatment for hyperthyroidism and is a chronic condition. After adequate treatment, people can continue to experience persistent physical and depressive symptoms. There is a lack of ... -
Personal Constructs of Adolescents with Selective Mutism
(2011-11-24)Due to the nature of the condition, research into selective mutism has tended towards quantitative analyses or individual case studies. This study aimed to explore the personal experiences of adolescents with selective ... -
Personal Constructs of Body-Mind Identity With Persons Who Experience Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS)
(2017-10-12)Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) are bodily symptoms for which no organic cause has been identified, and which result in significant levels of psychological distress and functional impairment. MUS are thought to be ... -
A Personalised Assessment Programme in Engineering Education
(2010-09-22)The number of students entering higher education has grown considerably during the last decade. High student numbers and the attendant large class sizes present significant challenges for teachers. Such challenges include ... -
Pharmacological Analysis of Cannabinoid Receptor Activity in Isolated Nerve-Smooth Muscle and Epithelial Preparations
(2007-12-14)This study was directed at characterising the cannabinoid receptor activity modulating the electrical field stimulation (EFS) evoked contractions of the rat isolated ileum myenteric plexus longitudinal muscle (MPLM) ... -
Phenomenology and Landscape Experience: A Critical Appraisal For Contemporary Art Practice
(2008-06-17)This thesis examines some of the ways in which phenomenology might be applied to the representation of landscape experience within contemporary art practice. In particular, the thesis examines how embodied landscape ... -
Phonological acquisition and ambient language : a corpus based cross-linguistic exploration
(University of Hertfordshire, 2001)This study explores the relationship between phonological acquisition and ambient language. By utilising corpora of spoken adult language(as an indicator of ambient language characteristics), an empirical rather than a ... -
The Physical Processes that Drive Galaxy Evolution - from Massive Galaxies to the Dwarf Regime
(2021-09-25)The study of galaxy formation and evolution is a cornerstone in astrophysics, as galaxies connect together all scales of the Universe. The physical processes that govern galaxies therefore needs to be fully understood if ... -
The physicality of the self
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)The submitted publications address aspects of 'The Physicality of the Self from a psychoanalytic perspective and in so doing extend the remit of psychoanalytic thinking. Conscious and unconscious investment of personal ... -
Physiological and Clinical Effects of Radiofrequency-Based Therapy
(2018-02-22)Electrophysical agents (EPA) are a fundamental element of therapy practice and are vital for the treatment of a variety of conditions. Many of these agents employ some form of electromagnetic fields (EMF), in which ... -
Physiological and Thermoregulatory Demands of Epee Fencing
(2022-09-20)Epée fencing involves repeated bouts of high-intensity intermittent exercise with competitions lasting 9-11 hours consisting of Poule (3-minute or first to 5 points) and Direct Elimination (DE; 3x3-minute bouts or first ... -
Phytochemical Characterisation and Effects of the Native Plant Tabernanthe iboga in Models of Diabetes
(2019-10-03)Preparations of the root bark of Gabonese plants, T. iboga and G. tessmannii have long been used in Central and West African traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes. In this thesis phytochemical characterisation ... -
The place of the explained verdict in the English criminal justice system
(University of Hertfordshire, 2006)Lay participation in the criminal justice process in the form of a jury is a celebrated phenomenon throughout the common law jurisdictions. While not claiming credit for its origin, England, as the latent cradle of the ... -
Polarimetric Models of Circumstellar Discs Including Aggregate Dust Grains
(2016-07-29)The work conducted in this thesis examines the nature of circumstellar discs by investigating irradiance and polarization of scattered light. Two circumstellar discs are investigated. Firstly, H-band high contrast imaging ...