Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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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 ... -
Help-Seeking Behaviours of Black Africans and African-Caribbean People to Diagnose HIV and AIDS
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-01-14)With the advent of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), people with the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection are increasingly enjoying longer and relatively healthy lives, particularly in developed ... -
The Hidden Universe: Investigating the Evolution of Dusty Star Formation and Gas Consumption Across Cosmic Time
(2023-06-19)Half a century has now passed since the first observations of the Universe at infrared wavelengths, revealing a population of dust-enshrouded galaxies, many of which were too faint to be detected in the optical surveys ... -
High Efficiency Low Power Rectifiers and ZVS DC to DC Converters for RF Energy Harvesting
(2023-04-04)In recent years, advancements in modern technologies have grown the demand for low-power wireless devices. Considering that enhancing the lifetime of the required battery to maintain the operation of these devices is still ... -
High Frequency CMOS Integrated Filters for Computer Hard Disk Drive and Wireless Communication Systems
(2008-06-05)Operational transconductance amplifier and capacitor (OTA-C) filters have outstood among different types of filter due to high frequency and low power capabilities in the main stream digital CMOS technology. They have ... -
The Historical Association Between Class Origins and Male Career Trajectories in UK Film Production
(2020-08-03)The characterisation of the contemporary creative and cultural industries (CCIs) as ‘cool, creative and egalitarian’ (Gill, 2002) has been unpicked in recent literature (Grugulis and Stoyanova, 2012; Eikhof and Warhurst, ... -
Historical Memory and the Expulsion of Ethnic Germans in Europe, 1944 - 1947
(2010-04-22)As the Second World War in Europe came to an end the Russians advanced from the east towards Berlin. German occupation of Poland and Czechoslovakia had been particularly brutal. Both of these countries, products of German ... -
The History and Rate of Star Formation within the G305 Complex
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-30)Within this thesis, we present an extended multiwavelength analysis of the rich massive Galactic star-forming complex G305. We have focused our attention on studying the both the embedded massive star-forming population ... -
The Home Office and Public Disturbance, c. 1800-1832
(2018-10-17)This thesis examines the role of the Home Office in the machinery of order from c.1800-1832. It combines institutional enquiry with the study of popular protest by examining protest from the viewpoint of the Home Office. ... -
Hormonal Modulation of Developmental Plasticity in an Epigenetic Robot
(2017-04-07)In autonomous robotics, there is still a trend to develop and tune controllers with highly explicit goals and environments in mind. However, this tuning means that these robotic models often lack the developmental and ... -
The Housing Experiences and Future Aspirations of Polish Migrants in the UK
(2024-01-08)Polish migrants were the most visible and abundant newcomers of the post-2004 Eastern European migrations to the UK, but little research has been done on the housing experiences, settlement practices or long-term aspirations ... -
How clinical psychologists experience working in an acute mental health inpatient setting
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-06)The focus of this study was to explore how Clinical Psychologists narrate their experience of working on acute adult inpatient units. Mental health services in the UK are poorly resourced with treatments dominated by medical ... -
How do Clinical Psychologists Make Sense of their Early Attachments and their Work with Older Adults?
(2013-01-07)Background: attachment theory provides an account of human behaviour across the lifespan, has a strong theoretical foundation and is clinical applicable. It is particularly relevant to older adults, who are often exposed ... -
How Do Formal and Informal Financial Arrangements Influence the Growth and Routines of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises? A Qualitative Investigation of The Manufacturing Sector in Southwest Nigeria
(2021-03-02)There is a substantial body of empirical research on institutional arrangements through which financial relationships are structured in Africa. Although current literature on formal and informal financial institutional ... -
How Individuals Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder Experience their ‘Schema Modes’ or other States of Self
(2024-04-22)Schema therapy (ST) (Young, 1990; Young, Klosko & Weishaar, 2003) is an integrative therapy originally developed for individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). As the model developed, the concept of ‘modes’ ...