PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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An Examination of University Paramedic Students' Enculturation into the Ambulance Service
(2021-05-06)This study explores student paramedics’ enculturation into a traditional NHS ambulance service trust. The research illustrates the many challenges and dichotomies which face neophyte paramedics as they go from a University ... -
Exploring the Bond between People and their Social Housing: a London Based Study
(2021-04-28)A growing literature suggests our homes have a particularly powerful symbolic and psychological significance (Graham et al., 2015). In the UK, the certainty of safe, secure, and affordable housing for the most vulnerable ... -
Facemask Spirometry as a Marker of Respiratory Function and Prognosis in Motor Neurone Disease
(2018-02-06)Background: The assessment and monitoring of respiratory muscle function is clinically relevant in patients with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Early identification of respiratory muscle dysfunction has therapeutic and ... -
The Dark Side of Emotional Labour: Machiavellianism and Emotion Management Strategies within a Cultural Context
(2018-05-10)The current literature presents inconsistencies with regard to the ‘Bright’ and ‘Dark Sides’ of emotional labour and related emotion management strategies: it indicates that the negative effect of emotional labour cannot ... -
Characterisation of Reduced Susceptibility to Metronidazole in Epidemic Clostridium difficile Clinical Isolates
(2018-02-22)Reduced susceptibility in some C. difficile isolates has been observed to metronidazole, a frontline antibiotic for C. difficile infection. Therefore, this study was performed to characterize reduced metronidazole ... -
The Use of Asynchronous Discussion to Support Collaborative Learning in an Online Programme
(2021-03-17)This study argues that student to student conversations in groups have a significant impact on learning. Previous studies have focused on the potential impact of individual contributions in these learning conversations. ... -
Modelling of Electrical Appliance Signatures for Energy Disaggregation
(2021-03-20)The rapid development of technology in the electrical sector within the last 20 years has led to growing electric power needs through the increased number of electrical appliances and automation of tasks. In contrary, ... -
How Do Formal and Informal Financial Arrangements Influence the Growth and Routines of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises? A Qualitative Investigation of The Manufacturing Sector in Southwest Nigeria
(2021-03-02)There is a substantial body of empirical research on institutional arrangements through which financial relationships are structured in Africa. Although current literature on formal and informal financial institutional ... -
Are You Impressed? An Exploration of the Pressure to Perform and Impress from the Perspective of an Organisational Development Consultant
(2021-03-10)Consultants are under pressure to perform and project an image of themselves as competent and credible within the practice of organisational development. Wanting to create a good impression is inherent in most human ... -
Mothers' Decision-Making About Medication for Mental Health Difficulties: a Grounded Theory Study
(2019-12-13)Aims: This Grounded Theory study aimed to capture the social processes involved in mothers’ decision-making around psychotropic medication. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 participants who were ... -
Life Cycle Evaluation of Manufacturing and Mechanical Properties for Novel Natural Fibre Composites
(2021-02-22)Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a method for evaluating the environmental impacts associated with all stages of a product’s life-cycle (production, use and disposal) by identifying, e.g., energy consumption and CO2 emissions. ... -
Assistant, Trainee and Qualified Psychologists’ Personal Experiences of Caring for Others and the Influence of Caring on Clinical Practice
(2021-03-09)The aim of the study is to explore the relationship between the unpaid personal caring experiences of psychologists and the perceived impact on their clinical practice and sense of self. The intersection between psychologists ... -
Primitive Methodism in Hertfordshire from 1838 to 1918: a Socio-Economic and Demographic Study
(2021-03-01)This is a study of the history and development of Primitive Methodism in Hertfordshire from 1838 to 1918. It aims to discover and document, principally by means of socio-economic and demographic analysis, firstly, how ... -
Securing the Edges of IoT Networks: a Scalable SIP DDoS Defense Framework with VNF, SDN, and Blockchain
(2021-02-19)An unintended consequence of the global deployment of IoT devices is that they provide a fertile breeding ground for IoT botnets. An adversary can take advantage of an IoT botnet to launch DDoS attacks against telecommunication ... -
Adaptation of Heuristic Evaluation for Mobile Applications and the Impact of Context of Use
(2021-02-25)The aim of this programme of research was to build upon prior work regarding the heuristic evaluation of mobile applications in two important areas. A mixed methods approach was taken to address the research questions ... -
Probing the Role of AGN Feedback and Galactic Mergers in Galaxy Evolution
(2020-06-09)In this thesis we aim to probe the role of two of the processes that can dictate the evolution of galaxies – feedback from the central active galactic nucleus (AGN) and mergers. To study the importance of AGN feedback ... -
Improving Defect Prediction Models by Combining Classifiers Predicting Different Defects
(2018-10-02)Background: The software industry spends a lot of money on finding and fixing defects. It utilises software defect prediction models to identify code that is likely to be defective. Prediction models have, however, reached ... -
Emotions, Motivation-Based Action Selection and Dynamic Environments
(2013-12-19)In contrast to traditional approaches, where the focus is on developing or evolving artificial “brains” as the route to artificial intelligence (AI) more recent approaches have increasingly emphasised and modelled the ... -
The Impact of Socio-Cultural Values on Autistic Women: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2021-01-07)The experiences of autistic females, particularly those of adult women are not well understood. The way that autism has been conceptualised traditionally has contributed to knowledge being largely extrapolated from experiences ... -
The Impact of a Movement-Based Emotional Self-Regulation Programme on Adolescents with Special Educational Needs During the Transition Period from School to Post-School in Hong Kong
(2021-02-08)The emotional wellbeing of adolescents remains a concern in the Hong Kong community. The prevalence of emotional problems for adolescents with special educational needs (SEN) is higher than their mainstream peers. Adolescents ...