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Bernard Shaw at Shaw's Corner: Artefacts, Socialism, Connoisseurship, and Self-Fashioning
(2016-12-20)
This thesis analyses artefacts belonging to the playwright, socialist and critic Bernard Shaw, which form part of the collections at Shaw’s Corner, Hertfordshire, now managed as a National Trust property. My original ...
A Retrospective Study of Young Carers' Experiences of Supporting a Parent With Psychosis
(2016-11-25)
There are a considerable number of children who fulfil a young carer role for a parent, sibling or relative. Research into the experiences of young carers is growing, and has explored the areas of supporting parents and ...
Identifying Misconnection Hotspots Using Coliforms and Biofilm Communities
(2016-11-23)
Sewage misconnections currently pose severe threats to water quality especially in urban areas in the UK. These misconnections lead to the discharge of untreated wastewater into receiving
watercourses via surface water ...
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 ...
London Charity Beneficiaries, c. 1800-1834: Questions of Agency
(2016-11-21)
In recent decades historians have ‘discovered’ agency in a wide range of geographical and temporal contexts, amongst many different types of actor. This dissertation employs the concept of agency to dissect the dynamics ...
The Constructions and Experiences of Males with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
(2016-11-14)
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is predominantly experienced by males and younger populations in the United Kingdom (UK). Although some research exists exploring the experiences of individuals living with an ABI, no research ...
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 ...
The Experiences of Men who have had Multiple Moves Within Projects for People who are Homeless
(2016-10-15)
Homelessness and rough sleeping has dramatically increased in the UK over the past six years. Links between welfare changes, inequality and social exclusion are pronounced. This study looked into the experiences of a ...
Governor Experiences of the Strategic Development Process of English Free Schools
(2016-10-06)
Free Schools entail increased involvement from civil society actors in the provision of State-funded education in England. The increased devolution of freedoms and responsibilities to these ‘self-governing’ schools is ...
Culture-related Depression in Taiwanese Women and the Application of The BodyMind Approach TM
(2016-09-28)
This research explores the connection between modernisation and depression in women
in Taiwan from two perspectives, those of modernisation and individualisation, and the duality between body and mind. Many researches ...