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The Genomics of Type 1 Diabetes Susceptibility Regions and Effect of Regulatory SNPs
(2016-05-24)
Human complex diseases, like Diabetes and Cancer, affect many people worldwide today. Despite existing knowledge, many of these diseases are still not preventable. Complex diseases are known to be caused by a combination ...
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 ...
The Fabric of Life: Linen and Life Cycle in England, 1678 - 1810
(2016-05-23)
‘The Fabric of Life: Linen and Life Cycle in England, 1678-1810’ is structured around the human life cycle to draw out the social and cultural importance of linen for all ranks of society. Human and object life cycles are ...
Near-Infrared Proper Motion Surveys
(2016-05-18)
I present the development of two near infrared proper motion pipelines for high resolution near infrared data from UKIDSS and the VISTA VVV survey. The UKIDSS pipeline is capable of accuracies of order 5 − 10 mas yr−1 for ...
Patients and their Use of Medicines: a Discourse Analysis of Encounters with Nurse Prescribers
(2016-05-18)
Patients’ use of medicines is widely recognised as sub-optimal with a high proportion of patients with a long-term condition not taking their medicines as prescribed. Research and policy guidance emphasise the importance ...
How Young People Make Sense of Developing and Getting Help for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(2016-05-18)
There has been an abundance of studies that have adopted positivist approaches, employing quantitative methods, to research OCD ‘symptoms’ and their underlying neurobiology and neurochemistry. There appears to be a lack ...
Narratives of Partners of Individuals Affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
(2016-05-18)
Background and Aims:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) remains a poorly understood condition, shrouded in uncertainty and dispute. Research suggests this context to have a profound bearing on ...
Biomechanics of the Golf Swing and Putting Stroke
(2016-05-18)
Context: This thesis focused on two main areas of golf performance. Firstly, centre of pressure excursions influence on full golf swing performance, as despite golf coaching literature placing importance on weight transfer, ...
Designing Motivational Games for Robot-Mediated Stroke Rehabilitation
(2016-05-18)
The repetitive and sometimes mundane nature of conventional rehabilitation therapy provides an ideal opportunity for development of interactive and challenging therapeutic games that have the potential to engage and motivate ...
Refugee Mothers' Experiences of Forced Migration and its Impact upon Family Life
(2016-05-18)
In line with dominant Western discourses regarding mental health, research concerning the wellbeing of forced migrants has tended to take an individualistic, symptom-focused approach. Although not without value and utility, ...