Browsing PhD Theses Collection by Title
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Accounting for the Divergence Between Privatisation Theory and Practice in Developing Countries: The Case of the Water Sector in Ghana
(2011-08-03)The performance and operation of privatisation in the water sector in developing countries typically diverges from that proposed within the rationalising theoretical framework. There is a broad literature that considers ... -
Accretion Modes, AGN Feedback and Star Formation
(2016-08-23)I study mid-infrared and star formation properties of AGN samples using infrared observations, and star-forming galaxies using radio observations in order to investigate the link between star formation, AGN activity and ... -
Acting Into the Living Present: Taking Account of Complexity and Uncertainty when Leading Consultancy Teams in International Water Projects
(2018-01-29)This thesis addresses how leaders find themselves doing something even when they don’t know what to do. It is based on my own practice as an experienced team leader and it deals with questions of action, time, identity and ... -
Adaptability and Survival in Populations of Small and Medium Enterprises
(2013-02-06)There is disagreement in the literature about the relative roles of selection (competition) and adaptation in explaining industrial change. For some, the possibilities for adaptation by individual firms are highly limited, ... -
Adapting Robot Behaviour in Smart Homes: a Different Approach Using Personas
(2017-07-20)A challenge in Human-Robot Interaction is tailoring the social skills of robot companions to match those expected by individual humans during their rst encounter. Currently, large amounts of user data are needed to con ... -
Adapting Shakespearean Drama for and in the Middle East: Process and Product
(2018-08-29)This dissertation chronicles the development of a series of plays, collectively referred to as The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy, from the perspective of their playwright Sulayman Al-Bassam. Together, The Al-Hamlet Summit ... -
Adapting to Organisational Culture: A Staged Adapatation Model
(2018-09-10)Adapting to Organizational Culture: A Staged Adaptation Model In today’s fast paced world, a job for life is a concept from the past. As individuals frequently move from one organisation to ... -
Adapting to Organisational Culture: a Staged Adaptation Model
(2018-07-13)In today’s fast paced world, a job for life is a concept from the past. As individuals frequently move from one organisation to another, so they move from one organisational culture to another. Change is a constant and as ... -
Adaptive Constraint Solving for Information Flow Analysis
(2015-08-25)In program analysis, unknown properties for terms are typically represented symbolically as variables. Bound constraints on these variables can then specify multiple optimisation goals for computer programs and nd application ... -
Adolescents' Experience of 'Adjustment' to Life with Diabetes: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-05-25)Aim: A wealth of quantitative literature exists exploring the adjustment of children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. However, results are often confusing and contradictory, at least partly due to studies ... -
Adoption, Diffusion and Use of E-Government Services in the Abu Dhabi Police Force
(2013-05-23)Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly prevalent in peoples’ daily lives due to the presence of e-government. This research aims to identify and understand factors affecting the adoption ... -
Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Online Social Networks in the Older Population: a UK Perspective
(University of Hertfordshire, 2013-07-12)Since households and businesses alike obtained the high-speed Internet service of broadband, the Internet has become integral to daily life in the 21st century. Advancements in information and Internet technology has led ... -
The Adoption, Use and Diffusion of Smartphones among Adults over Fifty in the UK
(2015-12-22)Smartphones are innovations that currently provide immense benefits and convenience to users in society. However, not all the users of society are accepting and using smart phones, more specifically, for this research study ... -
Adult Children of Problem Drinking Parents: Experiences of Relationships
(2016-05-24)Difficulties in interpersonal functioning have been consistently reported in the literature as a proposed negative outcome for adult children of problem drinkers. The existing literature has largely privileged the quantitative ... -
Advance Care Planning and Living With Dying: the Views of Hospice Patients
(2017-01-06)Advance care planning for adults is a process of consideration, discussion and decisions about care at the end of life. There is evidence that advance care planning improves outcomes such as the achievement of preferred ... -
Aerodynamic Analysis of a Novel Wind Turbine for an Omni-flow Wind Energy System
(2016-11-23)The purpose of this research is to propose a novel wind turbine for an omni-flow wind energy system and investigate its aerodynamic performance. The geometry of the novel wind turbine is based upon the impulse turbine ... -
Algebraic hierarchical decomposition of finite state automata : a computational approach
(University of Hertfordshire, 2005)The theory of algebraic hierarchical decomposition of finite state automata is an important and well developed branch of theoretical computer science (Krohn-Rhodes Theory). Beyond this it gives a general model for ... -
Ambulance Service 2030: the Future of Paramedics
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-06-03)Some innovations are termed ‘disruptive’, a designation that is normally applied to technology; examples include computers, digital cameras, and mobile phones. The term can also be applied to groups of workers, particularly ... -
Analysing and enhancing the performance of associative memory architectures
(University of Hertfordshire, 2003)This thesis investigates the way in which information about the structure of a set of training data with 'natural' characteristics may be used to positively influence the design of associative memory neural network models ... -
Analysis and Optimisation of a Novel Wind Turbine
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014-01-31)The technologies of urban wind turbines have been rapidly developed in recent years, but urban wind turbines have not found a wide application due to the limitations of their designs. The power output of urban wind turbine ...