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Senior Executives and the Emergence of Local Responsibilities in Large Organisations: A Complexity Approach to Potentially Better Results
(2010-06-30)
All executives strive for better results in their organisations. They are always
dependent on others to achieve these results and this dependency is particularly
evident in large organisations. This thesis is concerned ...
Transformation of University Management: Co-Evolving Collegial and Managerial Values
(2010-06-30)
This thesis explores some of the processes involved in the transformation of a
university as it moved from a conventional collegial style of decision-making towards
a more corporate one. Much of the mainstream literature ...
Women's Experiences of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychosis in Adulthood
(2010-06-30)
Objective: To date there have been few if any qualitative studies of adults who have
experienced childhood sexual abuse (CSA) followed by psychotic experiences later in
life. This study aimed to explore how a sample of ...
Mechanical Behaviour and Corrosion of Interstitial-Free Steel - Aluminium Alloy Self-Piercing Riveted Joints
(2010-06-30)
The overall aim of the project is to examine the rivetability of new steels and to investigate the mechanical behaviour of self-piercing riveted (SPR) aluminium-steel hybrid structures for automotive applications. Interstitial ...
Energy Efficient Branch Prediction
(2010-06-30)
Energy efficiency is of the utmost importance in modern high-performance embedded processor design. As the number of transistors on a chip continues to increase
each year, and processor logic becomes ever more complex, ...
David Roberts' Egypt & Nubia as Imperial Picturesque Landscape
(2010-06-29)
This thesis examines and contextualises historically significant aspects of the ways in which David Roberts’ lucrative lithographic publication Egypt and Nubia (1846-49) represented the “Orient”. The analysis demonstrates ...
Living with Manic Experiences: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-05-27)
Although psychological research into manic experiences is increasing, it remains an underresearched phenomenon. In particular, there is a dearth of qualitative research exploring these experiences in a clinical sample of ...
Questioning the Importance of Being Earnest: A Conversation Analysis of the Use and Function of Humour in the Serious Business of Therapy
(2010-05-27)
This thesis explores the long-standing debate in the field of psychotherapy around the use of humour in psychotherapy and the shift from outcome to process research in psychotherapy research. In line with the social ...
Clinical Disease Activity and Radiological Damage in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2010-05-26)
Disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is assessed by standard clinical,
radiological and functional measures. Clinical disease activity in RA is graded as no disease (remission), low, moderate and high disease, ...
The Psychological Effects of Considering a Move Into Residential Care: An Age-Related Study
(2010-05-26)
This study aimed to examine the psychological effects of considering a move into residential care. It sought to explore the wistful ‘prefactual’ and ‘counterfactual’
evaluation of ‘what if’ and ‘if only’ scenarios. Sanna, ...