PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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Illness Perceptions in Turkish Cypriot Patients Receiving Dialysis
(2022-11-21)Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health concern across the globe. As it progresses, individuals who are diagnosed with advanced kidney failure require kidney replacement therapy (KRT), either through dialysis ... -
Using Deep Learning to Explore Ultra-Large Scale Astronomical Datasets
(2022-11-03)In every field that deep learning has infiltrated we have seen a reduction in the use of specialist knowledge, to be replaced with knowledge automatically derived from data. We have already seen this process play out in ... -
Understanding the Interactions between Phoma Stem Canker (Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa) and Light Leaf Spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) Pathogens of Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)
(2022-08-01)The aim of this project was to understand the interspecific interactions between Leptosphaeria maculans, L. biglobosa and Pyrenopeziza brassicae in oilseed rape through identification of interactions at different levels ... -
An Evaluation of the Regulatory Review System in the Southern African Development Community Work Sharing Initiative (ZaZiBoNa): Enhancing the Review Process and Patients’ Access to Medicines
(2022-07-14)Countries on the African continent have varying capacities to regulate medical products, although all 54 countries, except one, have a regulatory authority or department within the ministry of health responsible for the ... -
Reducing Simulation Performance Gap from Hempcrete using Multi Objective Optimisation
(2022-04-21)The impacts of climate change in the built environment is undeniably overwhelming, which highlights the need for a sustainable reduction of carbon from buildings and the built environment. While carbon reduction from the ... -
Skin Lightening as An Image Enhancing Phenomenon: Investigating Risks, Motivations, and Underlying Psychological Factors
(2022-08-16)Background: Skin lightening phenomenon is a widely growing trend with serious side effects. Its history spans many decades and affects different cultures and regions globally. So far it has been marginally investigated and ... -
Indoor Localisation of Scooters from Ubiquitous Cost-Effective Sensors: Combining Wi-Fi, Smartphone and Wheel Encoders
(2019-07-24)Indoor localisation of people and objects has been a focus of research studies for several decades because of its great advantage to several applications. Accuracy has always been a challenge because of the uncertainty of ... -
Everyday Memory Failures and Strategy Use in Healthy Adults across the Lifespan: a Mixed Methods Approach
(2022-07-22)For several decades, research on cognitive ageing has been using primarily laboratory methods of investigation. However, recent advances in cognitive psychology and related areas have started to emphasise the importance ... -
Optimisation of Piston Bowl Geometry and Double Injection Strategy in Diesel Engines Using a Bespoke Hybrid Regression-Based Technique
(2022-07-11)This research work is driven by the requirement for more efficient and cleaner internal combustion engines that meet fuel saving demands, stringent emissions regulations, and compatibility with hybrid powertrain technology. ... -
“Do I dare/Disturb the universe?” Learning the Game of Governance in an Australian Mental Health Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
(2021-07-27)This thesis explores my participation as a new board director (trustee) in the everyday work of an NGO involved in mental health research in Australia. I have employed collaborative narrative auto-ethnography, which has ... -
Model Assisted Software Development - a MDE-Based Software Development Methodology
(2022-07-05)Model Driven Engineering (MDE) is a flexible approach for the creation and evolution of software systems, centred around models and their transformations. MDE provides a fundamental substrate upon which practitioners ... -
Assessing the Extent and Characteristics of Non-medical Use of a Range of Prescribed Drugs: Epidemiological and Pharmacovigilance Approaches
(2022-07-14)Introduction: In the last ten years, the growing use of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs for recreational purposes has been observed. The use of ‘psychoactive pharmaceuticals’ and ‘pharming’ are new widespread ... -
Workforce Race Equality in UK Higher Education: an Exploration of the Differential Outcomes for Black Staff
(2022-02-10)For more than a decade consistent attention has been drawn to the under-representation of ethnic minority staff in UK higher education. This attention has focused on the failure of institutions to represent their increasingly ... -
Semicarbazide-sensitive Amine Oxidase (SSAO) and its Interaction with Lysyl Oxidase (LOX) in Rat Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
(2022-03-11)Introduction: Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) is both a soluble and membrane bound transmembrane protein expressed in the vasculature. In endothelial cells, SSAO is involved in leukocyte rolling, adhesion, and ... -
An Exploration of Nutrition Information Practice in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(2022-04-06)People with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) need information about what to eat in order to be able to self-manage their diabetes and to prevent long term complications. Their information activities involve accessing ... -
Sensitivity of Simulated Boundary-Layer Flow to the Representation of Forest Canopies in Complex Terrain
(2022-04-19)Complex terrain covers a large fraction of the land surface of the Earth. Due to the limited uses of steeply sloped terrain a lot of this is undeveloped and often covered with a canopy of trees or shrubs. Vegetation canopies ... -
The Experience of Body Image in People with Sickle Cell Disease
(2022-05-11)Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a significant genetic blood disorder, causing a vast number of possible health complications, with a potentially huge impact on adjustment and quality of life. As with many other chronic ... -
An Exploration of Operational Risk Management and Basel Implementation in Banking: a Developing Economy Perspective
(2022-06-15)Within the past decade and a half, Operational Risk (OR, OpRisk) has evolved from being the risk without a definition, a residual category for risks, to become one of the dominant risks in the banking world. The Basel ... -
Relational Self-Confidence: a Human Resources Executive Perspective on Power Group Influences and the De-centering of the Self
(2022-06-08)This thesis develops the concept of relational self-confidence. In psychological and managerial research, self-confidence, and other related concepts: self-efficacy; self-esteem; organisation-based self-esteem (Bandura, ... -
Rethinking Loyalty within Relational Workplace Dynamics from the Perspective of an Organisational Consultant Practising in Israel
(2022-06-09)This thesis explores the theme of relations of loyalty among members of organisations, in particular during breakdown situations, during which a sense of loyalty is put to the test. The organisational development (OD) ...