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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 ...
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Fathers of Adults Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome or High Functioning Autism
(2016-05-17)
Existing research has started to explore the experiences of the people around children and adults diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) and High Functioning Autism (HFA). However, there are very few studies looking at ...
Continuous Steepest Descent Path for Traversing Non-Convex Regions
(2016-05-12)
In this thesis, we investigate methods of finding a local minimum for unconstrained problems of non-convex functions with n variables, by following the solution curve of a system of ordinary differential equations. The ...
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 ...
Enhancing the Affective Domain in Order to Reduce Fear of Death in First-Year Student Nurses
(2016-05-04)
This study seeks to investigate fear of death in first-year student nurses. It considers how this might be ameliorated through teaching and learning interventions that involve addressing emotional and spiritual intelligence ...
Accessing Mental Health Support: Where do Young Adults Seek Help and what Barriers do they Face?
(2016-04-28)
Over half of all lifetime mental health disorders emerge during early adulthood and is associated with many adverse outcomes including: lower educational achievement, substance misuse and premature death. Despite the ...
Types and Contributing Factors of Dispensing Errors in Hospital Pharmacies
(2016-04-20)
Background: Dispensing medication is a chain of multiple stages, and any error during the dispensing process may cause potential or actual risk for the patient. Few research studies have investigated the nature and ...
Exploring Uncomfortable Situations in the Practice of a Swedish Leadership Consultant
(2016-04-20)
This research examines the practice of process consultancy in Sweden with a particular emphasis on working in disturbing and uncomfortable situations. The managerial discourses that consultants are working in are dominated ...
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, ...
Strategies Towards the Synthesis of 4-(3-methyl-but-1-enyl)-3,5,3',4'-tetrahydroxystilbene (Arachidin-1) and Resveratrol Analogues
(2016-04-18)
Stilbene phytoalexins such as resveratrol, 1, and the arachidins, including arachidin-1,2, are naturally synthesised by peanut (Arachis hypogaea) plants1, 2. The peanut phytoalexins are polyphenolic compounds consisting ...