PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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Experiences of Newly-Qualified Clinical Psychologists in CAMHS: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2018-10-12)Little research has been completed on the experiences of newly-qualified mental health professionals within children’s services in the NHS. Consequently, there exists a gap in the literature of how such a population may ... -
Millimetre-Wave Fibre-Wireless Technologies for 5G Mobile Fronthaul
(2019-03-19)The unprecedented growth in mobile data traffic, driven primarily by bandwidth rich applications and high definition video is accelerating the development of fifth generation (5G) mobile network. As mobile access network ... -
Optimisation of IMPAXX EPS Foam Energy Absorber with Applications for Amphibian Aircraft Landing on Water
(2019-05-29)The research aims to optimise the design of IMPAXX EPS foam energy absorber for enhanced landing performance of an amphibian aircraft. Extensive transient dynamic simulations have been carried out to investigate the effect ... -
Wigner-Current in One-Dimensional Bound-State Systems
(2019-03-27)The behaviour of classical systems is characterised by their phase portraits; the collections of their trajectories. In quantum mechanics phase portraits are still considered impossible to compute due to the complexity of ... -
The Impact of Ethnicity on Doctors' Responses to Employee Engagement Practices in English NHS Hospital Trusts
(2019-03-11)The NHS is the fifth largest employer in the world and has heavily depended on a foreign skilled labour force since its inception. This has resulted in the NHS employing the highest number of ethnic minority staff in the ... -
Demand and Capacity Modelling of Acute Services Using Simulation and Optimization Techniques
(2019-05-09)The level of difficulty that hospital management have been experiencing over the past decade in terms of balancing demand and capacity needs has been at an unprecedented level in the UK. Due to shortage of capacity, hospitals ... -
An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Novel Aircraft Drag Reduction
(2019-05-07)Air transportation is an important part of the world’s economic and indispensable transportation system. The major institutions in the world and the aviation authorities are well aware of the demanding expectations of the ... -
Design and Real-World Application of Novel Machine Learning Techniques for Improving Face Recognition Algorithms
(2019-05-28)Recent progress in machine learning has made possible the development of real-world face recognition applications that can match face images as good as or better than humans. However, several challenges remain unsolved. ... -
E-government and Digital Divide in Hail City: a Quantitative, Older Adults Study
(2019-04-05)The subject of information and communication technologies adoption, Internet and e-government services in particular, have been widely investigated by researchers. It is an indication of the significant roles that can be ... -
Collaboration as the Politics of Affect: the Client-Consultant Relationship as an Embodied Moral Practice
(2019-04-18)This thesis explores the ideology of collaboration from the context of the consultant–client relationship. The ideology is contrasted with the actual experience of collaboration in everyday organizational life, taking a ... -
Interactive Haptics for Remote and On-Site Assessment of Arm Function Following a Stroke
(2019-05-29)There is a great need to improve the rehabilitation and assessment of arm and hand function of stroke survivors in the home due to cost, time and availability of healthcare professionals. Robotics and haptic technologies ... -
Evidence-Based and Theoretically-Driven Behaviour Change Interventions for Physical Activity to Enhance Health and Wellbeing
(2019-04-08)There are high rates of inactivity in UK adults, which can lead to a range of health problems. The main aims of this thesis were: first to review existing behaviour change intervention design, delivery, evaluation, and ... -
Facilitators' Perspectives on the Place of Offenders in Restorative Justice: a Grounded Theory Approach
(2018-11-01)This study sought to explore and develop a preliminary, yet substantive understanding of the ways in which the offender’s position within a Restorative Justice process is influenced and impacted by the wider system around ... -
Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Clinical Psychology Doctorate Applicants within the UK
(2018-10-12)Aim: Previous research has looked at the experiences of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who work within the clinical psychology profession. However, these studies have mostly focused on ... -
The Role of Spirituality and Disease Acceptance in Predicting Psychological Well Being in a Group of Individuals With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(2018-10-29)Background: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a long term health condition, characterised by the complex interplay between physical and psychosocial health. In the absence of a cure, psychological interventions that help ... -
Building Connection Against the Odds: Exploring the Relationship Between Project Workers and People Experiencing Homelessness
(2018-11-15)In the past decade homelessness has dramatically increased in the UK, against a backdrop of austerity (National Audit Office, 2017), with those working to support people experiencing homelessness (PEH) battling to build ... -
Power Optimisation and Relay Selection in Cooperative Wireless Communication Networks
(2018-06-14)Cooperative communications have emerged as a significant concept to improve reliability and throughput in wireless systems. In cooperative networks, the idea is to implement a scheme in wireless systems where the nodes can ... -
Correlates of Anxiety, Depression and the Paternal-Fetal Attachment in Expectant Fathers
(2018-10-04)The transition of men into fatherhood is a period of adjustment and uncertainty. Research into expectant fathers is neglected in comparison to pregnant mothers. The aim of this study was to analyse the correlates of ... -
Click: Exploring Social Actions in the 21st Century
(2018-10-22)The phenomenon of social media has become part of our everyday interaction with others. At the heart of this exploration lies the idea that ‘clicks’ on social media are meaningful ways of communicating with others and doing ... -
The Home Office and Public Disturbance, c. 1800-1832
(2018-10-17)This thesis examines the role of the Home Office in the machinery of order from c.1800-1832. It combines institutional enquiry with the study of popular protest by examining protest from the viewpoint of the Home Office. ...