PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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Bioprospecting for Fungal-Based Biocontrol Agents
(2021-10-19)The research objective of this project was to investigate how a virus infecting the fungus can improve its effectiveness as a pesticide. This mycovirus-induced hypervirulence was investigated using microbiological and ... -
Micropower Generation using Buckling Piezoelectric Elements
(2021-08-05)In recent years, piezoelectric materials and structures have gained significant attention for energy harvesting purposes. This attention can be attributed to the enhancement of low-power electronics and the high energy ... -
The Physical Processes that Drive Galaxy Evolution - from Massive Galaxies to the Dwarf Regime
(2021-09-25)The study of galaxy formation and evolution is a cornerstone in astrophysics, as galaxies connect together all scales of the Universe. The physical processes that govern galaxies therefore needs to be fully understood if ... -
The Production of Phygital Social Spaces: a Study on the Influential Factors that Foster New Interactions amongst Second-Generation British Nigerian Youth
(2021-10-08)British Nigerian youths use of social media is undoubtedly altering the characteristics of urban festival landscapes, which no longer can be described merely as a physical construct. Shifts in the space-making paradigm ... -
Investigation of the Physical and Physiochemical Relationships in Nanoparticles and their Attributions to Antimicrobial Activities
(2021-09-02)Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to global health, as bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics leading to failure of treatments. This PhD project investigated the physical, chemical ... -
Using Feature Weighting as a Tool for Clustering Applications
(2021-10-24)The weighted variant of k-Means (Wk-Means), which assigns values to features based on their relevance, is a well-known approach to address the shortcoming of k-Means with data containing noisy and irrelevant features. This ... -
Learning Feature Weights for Density-Based Clustering
(2021-09-01)K-Means is the most popular and widely used clustering algorithm. This algorithm cannot recover non-spherical shape clusters in data sets. DBSCAN is arguably the most popular algorithm to recover arbitrary shape clusters; ... -
The Potential Contribution of Water-Soluble Vitamins in Ready Meals to the UK Reference Nutrient Intakes
(2021-08-24)The UK ready meal (RM) food industry had an estimated value of £2.7 billion in 2017/18. These meals are a convenient option for many people and are described as a processed food that require reheating before consumption. ... -
Choosing Geographic Scales for the Analysis of Labour Market and Related Statistics
(2021-08-16)Researchers often only have access to aggregated statistics about people and businesses rather than individual data. This means that research into the relationships between labour market outcomes for geographic areas and ... -
Assessment of Fatigue in Robot-Mediated Upper Limb Interactions Using EEG
(2021-09-26)Fatigue experienced during post-stroke rehabilitation and its implications for the therapy outcome are often overlooked in existing rehabilitation programmes. Past studies have shown that intensive and repetitive robot-mediated ... -
Women's Narratives of Miscarriage and their Role in Identity Construction
(2021-10-22)Rationale and Aims: Literature surrounding miscarriage is broad in scope, yet existing research into women’s narrative identity constructions following miscarriage is significantly under-explored. Few studies have utilised ... -
Working Class Women's Agency in the Labour Movement in East London, 1840 – 1914
(2021-08-12)This research reveals a hidden history of working-class women’s lives and agency in industrial East London, 1840 to 1914. “Sweated” industrial women were integral to East London’s industrial labour geographies, as demonstrated ... -
Health Visitors' Professional Identity and their Lived Experience of Service Change
(2021-09-15)This qualitative extended study explored 20 health visitors’ (HVs’) perceptions of their professional identity and their experience of living through a time of significant service change. Specifically, it investigated, ... -
The Newspaper Portrayal of Mothers Accessing Food Banks in the UK
(2021-10-07)Aim: This study investigated the newspaper portrayal of mothers’ accessing food banks in the UK. Specifically, how their identities were portrayed, how their experiences were portrayed and how the impact of this was ... -
Muslim Faith Leaders’ Experiences of Providing Mental Health Support in the Community
(2021-10-22)Muslim Faith Leaders play an important role in Muslim communities. Despite being a primary support resource, research examining their experiences providing mental health support is limited. Amidst rising levels of Islamophobia ... -
The Role of Oath-Taking in Human Trafficking: Experiences of Survivors
(2021-10-22)Every year an unknown number of people are trafficked to the UK for the purpose of exploitation. The literature identifies numerous psychological methods traffickers use to exert power and control over individuals (e.g. ... -
The Experience of Transformative Learning from an Embodied Perspective: an IPA Study with Clinical Psychology Trainees
(2021-10-22)Despite development of transformative learning theory entering its fourth decade, little research exists that investigates the occurrence of this phenomenon on professional psychology training programmes. This study focused ... -
The Experiences of Adult-Children from an Indian Heritage whose Parents have Lived with Mental Health Difficulties
(2021-10-22)Research suggests that in the United Kingdom (UK), there are over two million children living with a parent experiencing mental health difficulties (MHD). There is a growing body of literature focusing on the experiences ... -
A Thematic Analysis Exploring Young Black Men's Experiences of Accessing and Engaging in Psychological Therapy within Primary Care
(2021-10-22)BACKGROUND: Despite the increase in initiatives to improve the accessibility of psychological therapy within the NHS, Young Black men’s (YBM) experiences of psychological therapy are under researched. Young Black men are ... -
Narratives of NHS Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021-10-22)Rationale and aims: The COVID-19 pandemic is thought to be the greatest challenge the United Kingdom (UK)’s intensive care units (ICUs) have faced. The literature on experiences of nurses working during the COVID-19 ...