PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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Talking Through the Silence: How do Clinical Psychologists Who Have Experienced Suicide Bereavement ‘Make Sense’ of Suicide? - A Thematic Analysis
(2020-11-11)Aims: From the perspective of an insider researcher, this study focuses on how clinical psychologists make sense of suicide, specifically when they too hold their own personal or professional experiences of suicide ... -
Methodological and Therapeutic Implications of Studying Intrusive Memories in Non-Clinical Populations
(2020-11-17)Intrusive memories (IMs) are repetitive, unwanted memories, characterised by their disruptiveness and often distressing content. They are most widely known as a feature of clinical conditions such as depression and ... -
Cultivating Computer Programming Self-Efficacy Through Supportive Social and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies for First Year Students in Higher Education
(2020-11-17)This research is centred on first year computer programming students enrolled on a BSc in Information Technology, within a private higher education institution in Dublin, Ireland. There are known challenges in learning ... -
Computer-Based Solutions to Support Those With Colour Vision Deficiency to Access Day-to-Day Information
(2020-11-09)In modern-day society, we are bombarded with vast amounts of electronic information which we may be expected to make decisions from. Many people have difficulties in interpreting such information due to either physical ... -
The Impact of Introduced European Catfish (Silurus glanis L.) in UK Waters: a Three Pond Study
(2020-11-02)Invasive fish species pose a threat to native fish species diversity across the globe with the extinction of many native and endemic fish species. There are concerns about the increase in non-native Silurus glanis introductions ... -
Exploring Sensory Processing among Hearing Impaired and Culturally Deaf Children
(2020-10-19)It is estimated that 5-10% of the non-clinical paediatric population experience difficulties with sensory processing (SP). In some clinical groups 90-95% of children are estimated to experience difficulties in this area. ... -
Narratives of Mental Health Professionals Supporting Trans, Gender Diverse and Gender Questioning Adults
(2020-10-19)Trans, gender diverse and gender questioning people appear at a high risk of suffering from mental health difficulties, but often describe having negative experiences accessing both physical and mental healthcare in the ... -
Investigating Human Perceptions of Trust and Social Cues in Robots for Safe Human-Robot Interaction in Human-oriented Environments
(2020-10-12)As robots increasingly take part in daily living activities, humans will have to interact with them in domestic and other human-oriented environments. This thesis envisages a future where autonomous robots could be used ... -
The Impact of Clinical Application Protocols for Multiple Topical Products on Drug Delivery to the Skin
(2020-08-28)In the treatment of inflammatory skin conditions patients are often prescribed more than one topical product: a topical corticosteroid (TCS), an emollient and a topical antibiotic in cases of clinically infected skin. ... -
Structural Plasticity and Associative Memory in Balanced Neural Networks With Spike-Time Dependent Inhibitory Plasticity
(2020-09-10)Several homeostatic mechanisms enable the brain to maintain desired levels of neuronal activity. One of these, homeostatic structural plasticity, has been reported to restore activity in networks disrupted by peripheral ... -
Preconditions for Service Design in Colombia: Governance and Community Challenges
(2020-09-15)Owing to the conditions of poverty in which 28% of its inhabitants live, the national government of Colombia provides services through its local administration in order to care for the needs of its vulnerable communities. ... -
Experiences of Workplace Bullying from the Perspectives of Trainee Clinical Psychologists: a Qualitative Study
(2020-08-20)Research has identified that workplace bullying is a significant problem within healthcare, with healthcare trainees at particular risk. However, there are no studies of workplace bullying within clinical psychology or of ... -
The Historical Association Between Class Origins and Male Career Trajectories in UK Film Production
(2020-08-03)The characterisation of the contemporary creative and cultural industries (CCIs) as ‘cool, creative and egalitarian’ (Gill, 2002) has been unpicked in recent literature (Grugulis and Stoyanova, 2012; Eikhof and Warhurst, ... -
The Social History of Medical Self-Help in 20th-Century England: a Microhistory of a Rural Community
(2020-06-16)This thesis focuses on the health experiences of an Oxfordshire village 1900-1947 and the aim of the study is to obtain a holistic view of the health status and health strategies of one agricultural community. The period ... -
A Study of Inhibition in Preschool Children at Risk of Developmental Language Disorder
(2020-07-13)Background: For many years, research and practice have noted the impact of the heterogeneous nature of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD - also known as language impairment or specific language impairment) on diagnosis ... -
Mental Health Inpatient Experience of Patients with Autistic Spectrum Conditions: a Phenomenological Study
(2020-07-16)Aims This study is pertinent to the current political and policy driven climate regarding increasing rights, choices, inclusion, independence and awareness for people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). Since the ... -
Registered Nurses' Perceptions of Workplace Stress in Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Saudi Arabia: a Mixed-Method Research Study
(2020-05-22)Background: Workplace stress among nurses in Intensive Care Units (ICU) has been shown to variously affect their health, the quality of nursing care, healthcare delivery and national healthcare costs (Mokhtar et al., 2016). ... -
Submillimetre Observations of Clusters of Galaxies
(2020-03-01)Advances in submillimetre astronomy has opened the doors to carrying out surveys and high-resolution imaging of intense star forming galaxies out to and beyond the cosmic star-formation peak (ɀ ≈ 1- 4). The Submillimetre ... -
An Evaluation of the Regulatory Environment in South Africa: Improving the Review Process and Patients' Access to Medicines
(2020-05-05)National regulatory authorities (NRAs) are responsible for the evaluation of medicines and for ensuring that only those products which meet the requirements of quality, safety and efficacy are registered and made available ... -
Processes of Compromise in International Development Consultancies - Getting Heard as a Social Scientist
(2020-04-30)This thesis explores the theme of compromise from the perspective of a social scientist working in the technically oriented environment of international development. My involvement is through my employment in a Danish ...