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An Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Risk Assessment in Mental Health Professionals
(2016-04-14)
The decisions made by Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) are of utmost significance for providing the highest quality care to service users. The assessment of risk is one of the pivotal processes that MHPs undertake ...
Parents’ experiences of being abused by their adolescent children: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Study of Adolescent-to-Parent Violence and Abuse
(2016-04-13)
Background: Adolescent-to-Parent Violence and Abuse (APVA) continues to be one of the most hidden forms of family-abuse, remaining unrecognised at a policy level and under-researched at a theoretical level, especially in ...
The Evolution of AGN and Their Host Galaxies
(2016-04-06)
Active galaxies have been in the forefront of astronomic research since their first discovery, at least 50 years ago (e.g. Schmidt, 1963; Matthews & Sandage, 1963). The putative supermassive black hole (SMBH) at their ...
Relating to the Other in Psychosis: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2016-04-06)
There is little doubt that social and interpersonal processes are key factors in the development and maintenance of, as well as recovery from, psychosis. Many aspects of the social world have been researched in relation ...
Cosmological Simulations with AGN Feedback
(2016-02-22)
We implement a model for, and study the effects of, AGN feedback in cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. In our model, black holes form high-density, primordial gas, to imitate the likely channels of black hole formation ...
Inside the Mirror: Effects of Attuned Dance-Movement Intervention on Interpersonal Engagement as Observed in Changes of Movement Patterns in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2016-02-11)
The research presented in this thesis is an explorative study into the basic concepts and the effects of dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) intervention on the attunement
behaviours of children and adolescents with autism ...
A Developmental Approach to the Study of Affective Bonds for Human-Robot Interaction
(2016-01-21)
Robotics agents are meant to play an increasingly larger role in our everyday lives. To be successfully integrated in our environment, robots will need to develop and display adaptive, robust, and socially suitable behaviours. ...
A Trust-Based Adaptive Access Control Model for Wireless Sensor Networks
(2016-01-19)
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have recently attracted much interest in the research community because of their wide range of applications. One emerging application for WSNs involves their use in healthcare where they are ...