Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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The Potential Contribution of Water-Soluble Vitamins in Ready Meals to the UK Reference Nutrient Intakes
(2021-08-24)The UK ready meal (RM) food industry had an estimated value of £2.7 billion in 2017/18. These meals are a convenient option for many people and are described as a processed food that require reheating before consumption. ... -
Power and Narrative in Project Management: Lessons Learned in Recognising the Importance of Phronesis
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-07-16)A component part of modern project management practice is the ‘lessons learned’ activity that is designed to transfer experience and best practice from one project to another, thus improving the practice of project management. ... -
Power control with Machine Learning Techniques in Massive MIMO cellular and cell-free systems
(2024-02-03)This PhD thesis presents a comprehensive investigation into power control (PC) optimization in cellular (CL) and cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) systems using machine learning (ML) techniques. ... -
Power Optimisation and Relay Selection in Cooperative Wireless Communication Networks
(2018-06-14)Cooperative communications have emerged as a significant concept to improve reliability and throughput in wireless systems. In cooperative networks, the idea is to implement a scheme in wireless systems where the nodes can ... -
The practical side of complexity : implications for leaders
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)The role of chief executive portrayed in the mainstream management literature. as visionary and inspirational leader, is one of power and prestige. The chief executive is cast as the corporate hero (or villain) who alone ... -
Practice as Role Enactment: Managing Purposive Sophisticated Cooperation
(2009-06-17)This doctoral dissertation proposes a fuller, more inclusive account of practice than that which dominates current discourse on organizations, which typically turns upon occupations, professions and jobs as manifestations ... -
Practising Talent Management: Processes of Judgment, Inclusion and Exclusion
(2018-01-29)Talent management is an organisational process aimed at maximising the benefit gained from the organisation’s workforce, mostly by assessing the future potential of senior organisational members to fill key positions based ... -
Practitioners' Experience of Former World War Two Child Evacuees in Therapy: A Qualitative Study
(2011-02-11)Aims: The Second World War had a dramatic impact on the lives of those who lived through it (Davies, 1997) and its long-term impact continues for older people whose formative life experiences were affected by the process ... -
Precision Photometry at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory
(2018-03-21)This thesis presents work conducted at the University of Hertfordshire’s Observatory at Bayfordbury Hertfordshire to develop a model to predict the photometric precision of their 40cm aperture telescopes whilst observing ... -
Preconditions for Service Design in Colombia: Governance and Community Challenges
(2020-09-15)Owing to the conditions of poverty in which 28% of its inhabitants live, the national government of Colombia provides services through its local administration in order to care for the needs of its vulnerable communities. ... -
Predicting the Absorption Rate of Chemicals Through Mammalian Skin Using Machine Learning Algorithms
(2016-11-10)Machine learning (ML) methods have been applied to the analysis of a range of biological systems. This thesis evaluates the application of these methods to the problem domain of skin permeability. ML methods offer great ... -
Preparation for the Novel Crisis: A Curriculum and Pedagogy for Emergent Crisis Leadership
(2018-09-10)The context for this study is the convergence of global trends and risks, especially environmental and social changes, with the interconnectedness of the modern world leading to new, larger-scale, and unforeseeable crises. ... -
Pressure losses associated with slurry flow in horizontal pipelines
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)The flow of solid liquid mixtures (slurries) has attracted much attention in research work because of its importance to industry. Prediction of pressure losses associated with slurry flow helps pipe designers select the ... -
Pretence: Role of Representations and Intersubjectivity?
(2015-12-18)This thesis investigates the role of representations and intersubjectivity in explaining pretend play of young children. Its goal is to show that basic forms of pretending can be explained without recourse to mental ... -
Prevalence and Nature of Medication Errors in Children and Older Patients in Primary Care
(2016-05-09)Abstract AIM: To conduct a systematic literature review on the existing literature on the prevalence of medication errors across the medicines management system in primary care; To explore the systems of error management ... -
Prevention is Better Than Cure: Cardio-Metabolic Responses to Montmorency Tart Cherry Supplementation With and Without Exercise
(2019-09-03)Globally, cardio-metabolic diseases and their associated complications are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, and also the single largest contributor to health care expenditure (World Health Organisation, 2017). ... -
A Primary Head Teacher's Exploration of Lesson Study
(2017-06-14)This thesis is an exploration of a head teacher’s experience of Lesson Study. It aims to consider how Lesson Study develops teacher learning through consideration of collaboration, expertise and professional conflict. The ... -
Primary Science Subject Leaders Creating Communities of Practice: Stories of Professional Development
(2021-12-02)A policy epidemic of marketisation and accountability in education (Ball, 2003) has led to a narrowing of the curriculum in English primary schools, and the importance of science has declined (Spielman, 2020). In addition, ... -
Primitive Methodism in Hertfordshire from 1838 to 1918: a Socio-Economic and Demographic Study
(2021-03-01)This is a study of the history and development of Primitive Methodism in Hertfordshire from 1838 to 1918. It aims to discover and document, principally by means of socio-economic and demographic analysis, firstly, how ... -
Probing the Multiphase Interstellar Medium in an Extreme Starburst at High Redshift
(2023-12-14)In this thesis we present a range of observations and results relating to the lensed hyperluminous sub-mm galaxy ‘9io9’ at z = 2.6, where we have used sub-mm/mm spectroscopy targeting the dense and cold interstellar ...