Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Balancing Interoception and Exteroception: Vestibular and Spatial Contributions to the Bodily Self
(2019-11-18)Experiencing the body as a coherent, stable, entity involves the dynamic integration of information from several internal (i.e. interoceptive) and external (i.e. exteroceptive) sensory sources, to produce a feeling that ... -
Be Here Now: Evaluating an Adapted Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Mixed Population with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and Neurological Conditions
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-06)Acquired brain injury (ABI) and long-term neurological conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease), are major causes of disability in the UK, and can lead to significant physical, cognitive, neuro-behavioural, ... -
Be Here Now: Evaluating an Adapted Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Mixed Population with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and Neurological Conditions
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-09-30)Acquired brain injury (ABI) and long-term neurological conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease), are major causes of disability in the UK, and can lead to significant physical, cognitive, neuro-behavioural, ... -
A Beam Tracing Model for Electromagnetic Scattering by Atmospheric Ice Crystals
(2017-02-27)While exact methods, such as DDA or T-matrix, can be applied to particles withsizes comparable to the wavelength, computational demands mean that they are size limited. For particles much larger than the wavelength, the ... -
Beauty and the Beast: Clients' Experience of Counselling Within a Narrative Framework, Considering Concepts of Containment and Freedom
(2008-11-04)The experience of opposition between what could be contained in my internal world, and what I wanted freedom from containing while a client in counselling led to the conception of this research. Containment and freedom ... -
Becoming Savvy: Developing Awareness of Everyday Politics
(2016-04-18)This thesis explores the experiences of an educational project manager/team leader, and at some point job-seeker, mostly in foreign countries. The focus lies, in conclusion, on developing awareness of everyday politics, ... -
The Behaviours of Fluid Characterforms in Temporal Typography
(2012-09-25)This thesis identifies and characterises a particular kind of temporal typography in which verbal forms exhibit behaviours that have been identified by Eduardo Kac as ‘fluid’ , and fluctuate between the verbal and pictorial ... -
Behind the Mask of a CEO of a Management Training Institution: Exploring Breakdowns of Identity in the Struggle for Recognition
(2021-02-05)This thesis explores how idealisations of management identity influence everyday practice as a CEO, drawing on narrative accounts from my experience over a number of years. Combining the performative perspective of Erving ... -
Behind the PBL Mask: Narratives of Identity Change Amongst Clinical Psychologists Engaged in Problem-Based Learning
(2013-05-07)Clinical psychologists’ experiences of training are under-represented in the research area, particularly in the field of transformational and experiential learning and its influence on trainees during their training. Yet, ... -
Being Value-Able: an Exploration of the Benefits of Conscious Connection to Values
(2023-11-08)Values have interested psychologists for decades. Research has shown impacts of shared values within organisations or teams, outcomes of mismatched values between employees and employers, and values contributing to well-being. ... -
Belief in Ghosts in Post-War England
(2011-11-29)This project examined, by qualitative investigation, the actual content and mechanics of ghost beliefs in Britain today. Through questionnaire, personal interview, and email correspondence, the beliefs and experiences ... -
Beliefs About the Causes of Mental Illness and Attitudes Towards Seeking Help: A Study of British Jewry
(2010-09-03)Existing research and anecdotal accounts have consistently reported that Jewish people are positively inclined to seek treatment for mental health problems, including making use of psychiatric services and psychotherapy. ... -
The Benefits of Using Silicon Nutrient on Strawberries Including Reducing Epidemics of Strawberry Powdery Mildew (Podosphaera aphanis)
(2022-10-21)Powdery mildew of strawberry plants caused by the fungus Podosphaera aphanis is a significant fungal disease of protected strawberry crops in the UK, causing yield losses between 20 to 70% of crop potential. At 20% losses, ... -
Bereaved Parents' Stories of their Emotional Relationship with their Surviving Children Following the Death of Another
(2016-05-17)Background: The death of a child can be a devastating experience for many parents; research suggests it results in an intense and enduring grief which can negatively impact on parents’ psychological well-being. Parents ... -
Bereaved Parents’ Narratives of their Journeys Through Grief
(2023-09-27)Rationale and aims: The death of a child is understood to be a particularly devastating form of loss for parents, and there remains a need to further understand bereaved parents’ experiences in order to inform the support ... -
Bernard Shaw at Shaw's Corner: Artefacts, Socialism, Connoisseurship, and Self-Fashioning
(2016-12-20)This thesis analyses artefacts belonging to the playwright, socialist and critic Bernard Shaw, which form part of the collections at Shaw’s Corner, Hertfordshire, now managed as a National Trust property. My original ... -
Between a Rock and Hard Place: Space, Gender and Hierarchy in British Gangland Film
(2011-03-25)A principal aim of this research has been to establish the capacity of British Gangland film to articulate its era of production through the cinematic interpretation of contemporary concerns and anxieties in narratives ... -
Between the Panels: How the Interactions Between Commerce and Art Shape Superhero Comic Book Film Adaptations (2000-13)
(2018-07-13)This dissertation’s principal contribution to knowledge lies in its demonstration of the thesis that while economic considerations are ultimately determinant, artistic considerations have a degree of influence in shaping ... -
Beyond Narrative: A Cross-Modal Approach to Soundtrack Composition
(2017-06-28)This research project addresses the problem of scoring non-narrative film work. Deprived of a narrative content to follow, the composer faces the fundamental problem of deciding what other elements should be considered ... -
Bilingual Clinical Psychologists' Experiences of Conceptualising Emotional Distress: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-12-23)Aim: The study aims to explore, in-depth, South Asian bilingual clinical psychologists personal and clinical experiences of conceptualising emotional distress in first and second language. It is hoped that a clearer ...