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National Vocational Qualifications and Workplace Learning: Staff Perspectives in a Social Care Organisation
(2012-11-08)
The demands upon the social care workforce in the UK are only likely to increase over the next decades. The social care sector is heavily reliant on NVQs and this is regulated through the Care Standards Act (2000). It is ...
"We were in One Place and the Ethics Committee in Another": Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Experiences of Research Ethics Processes
(2012-11-01)
Aim: Whilst there is a wide range of research that explores ethics guidance and committee perspectives of research ethics processes, there is a lack of research into trainee experiences. The aim of this study was to explore ...
Narratives of Young People Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
(2012-10-31)
Background and aims: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic, life threatening disorder in the UK (Cystic Fibrosis Trust, 2010). Given the trajectory of the illness, adolescence may be a particularly challenging ...
Narrative Inquiry into Family Functioning after a Brain Injury
(2012-10-31)
The
lived
experiences
of
the
family
of
a
Traumatic
Brain
Injury
(TBI)
survivor
is
an
under
represented,
yet
growing
field
of
qualitative
psychological
research.
This
thesis
used
a
case
study
...
Experiences of Ending Psychological Therapy: Perspectives of Young People who are Looked After
(2012-10-31)
Background: According to the existing evidence base, the experience of ending therapy, from the perspectives of adolescents who are looked after, is substantially under researched. Moreover, the ending of therapy is ...
Shells, Bubbles and Holes: the Porosity of the Interstellar Medium in Galaxies
(2012-10-08)
We present an analysis of the properties of HI holes detected in 20 galaxies that
are part of “The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey” (THINGS). We detected more than
1000 holes in total in the sampled galaxies. Where they can be ...
Static Guarantees for Coordinated Components: a Statically Typed Composition Model for Stream-Processing Networks
(2012-10-03)
Does your program do what it is supposed to be doing? Without running the program
providing an answer to this question is much harder if the language does not support
static type checking. Of course, even if compile-time ...
The Course of Psychological Distress and Determinants of Adjustment Following Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2012-09-28)
Chronic physical illnesses, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), that are painful and disabling not only
impact on a person’s ability to complete normal daily activities (e.g. dressing, bathing, walking etc.)
but may also ...
Star Formation in Galaxies: From the Epoch of Reionisation to the Present Day
(2012-09-28)
In this thesis, I explore both obscured and unobscured star formation over a
large fraction of cosmic time. I use the HAWK-I Y -band science verification
data over GOODS-South, in conjunction with optical and infrared ...
Post Asymptotic Giant Branch and Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic Halo
(2012-09-28)
Post asymptotic giant branch (post-AGB) stars, central stars of planetary nebulae
(CSPNe) and planetary nebulae (PNe) are important phases of stellar evolution
as the material they feedback is the seed of subsequent star ...