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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, ...
Women's Experiences, Beliefs and Knowledge of Urinary Symptoms in the Postpartum Period and the Perceptions of Health Professionals
(2010-05-25)
The study was developed after research with older women suffering urinary symptoms showed that many had tolerated social, psychological and hygiene effects on their lives for some time. There is evidence that some symptoms ...
Developing an Online Learning Community of Practices With Ten-Year-Old Pupils
(2010-05-25)
This submission sets out a narrative of how a practitioner in the field of education identified and implemented the changes required, both in research methodology and in practice, in order to answer the question ‘how do I ...
Blood Beliefs in Early Modern Europe
(2010-05-25)
This thesis focuses on the significance of blood and the perception of the body in both
learned and popular culture in order to investigate problems of identity and social
exclusion in early modern Europe. Starting from ...