PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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Changing the Tune: Conceptualising the Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Stakeholder Perceptions of Corporate Value
(2019-01-31)Could shareholder primacy, with its assumed short-termist practices, have had its day when it comes to managerial activity centered on creating corporate value? Many business and opinion leaders appear to take this position, ... -
The Experiences of Men who have had Multiple Moves Within Projects for People who are Homeless
(2016-10-15)Homelessness and rough sleeping has dramatically increased in the UK over the past six years. Links between welfare changes, inequality and social exclusion are pronounced. This study looked into the experiences of a ... -
The Experiences of Birth Relatives who Engage in Person-Centred Counselling Following the Loss of their Children to Compulsory Adoption or Foster Care
(2018-09-26)This study was concerned with exploring the meaning birth relatives gave their experiences of counselling following the removal of their children from their care. An exploratory research question was formulated and addressed ... -
Analysis and Coordination of Mixed-Criticality Cyber-Physical Systems
(2018-08-20)A Cyber-physical System (CPS) can be described as a network of interlinked, concurrent computational components that interact with the physical world. Such a system is usually of reactive nature and must satisfy strict ... -
The Effects of Surface Modification on Properties of Solid Lubricant Additives
(2017-10-23)Three different fine-particles (lanthanum fluoride nanoparticles, cerium oxide nanoparticles and zinc borate submicron particles) were modified and tested on the purpose of study the effects of surface modified fine-particles ... -
A Qualitative Study of Midwifery Practices During the Second Stage of Labour
(2018-08-10)This qualitative study explores midwifery practice during the second stage of labour focusing specifically on whether midwives adopt a directed or physiological approach to maternal pushing. It was undertaken against the ... -
The Theory-Practice Relationship in Paramedic Undergraduate Education
(2018-09-13)A theory-practice gap has previously been proposed as existing in paramedic education. This proposal has been based on the literature, predominantly drawn from nursing, which describes the phenomenon as being a detrimental ... -
Self-Motivated Composition of Strategic Action Policies
(2018-06-11)In the last 50 years computers have made dramatic progress in their capabilities, but at the same time their failings have demonstrated that we, as designers, do not yet understand the nature of intelligence. Chess playing, ... -
Adapting Shakespearean Drama for and in the Middle East: Process and Product
(2018-08-03)This dissertation chronicles the development of a series of plays, collectively referred to as The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy, from the perspective of their playwright Sulayman Al-Bassam. Together, The Al-Hamlet Summit ... -
Functional Collusion in a UK Non Governmental Organisation: Processes of Shame and Exclusion from the Perspective of an Organisational Development Practitioner
(2018-07-17)This thesis explores the emergence of functional collusion in groups and communities. Collusion is often taken up as synonymous with conspiracy, as a negative aspect of people seeking to get an advantage by nefarious means. ... -
Exploring the Use of E-Government/Online Social Network in the Government of Oman
(2018-07-09)The rapid development of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in the 21st century has changed society at all levels: individual, group, company and government. As a result, there has been a significant ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Purkinje Cells Across Species Combining Modelling, Machine Learning and Information Theory
(2017-11-13)There have been a number of computational modelling studies that aim to replicate the cerebellar Purkinje cell, though these typically use the morphology of rodent cells. While many species, including rodents, display ... -
Neurochemical and Neuropharmacological Studies on a Range of Novel Psychoactive Substances
(2018-06-15)Introduction: Over recent decades, there has been an increase in the availability and use of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) all over the world. They include several classes of chemicals that mimic the effects of illicit ... -
Processes of Improvisation in Change Management from the Perspective of a UK Management Consultant
(2018-07-25)Organisational improvisation is often seen as a way for corporations to be able to cope with emergent strategies (Cunha, et al, 1999) and a way to meet the challenges of modern ways of working which include agility, ... -
The Impact of Social Expectation towards Robots on Human-Robot Interactions
(2018-06-14)This work is presented in defence of the thesis that it is possible to measure the social expectations and perceptions that humans have of robots in an explicit and succinct manner, and these measures are related to how ... -
Assertion and Accommodation: a Study of the Assertive Language in the Conversations of School-Age (5-13 Years) Girls
(2018-05-25)This study aimed to investigate the use of accommodation of assertive utterances (AUs) in the conversations of 49 girls aged 5;0-13;1. Based on the findings of earlier research that the use of such language is more closely ... -
Targeted Anti-Angiogenic Therapy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma and Methodological Improvements in Assessment of Therapeutic Response with Imaging Biomarkers
(2018-04-14)Background: Drugs targeting angiogenic pathway remain the mainstay of treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI) as Sunitinib, Pazopanib as single agents and humanised monoclonal ... -
Fatigue Crack Growth Assessment and Fatigue Resistance Enhancement of Aluminium Alloys
(2018-08-01)Fatigue damage of aluminium alloys is one of the key concerns in transport industries, particularly in the aerospace industry. The purpose of the project is to develop new knowledge and techniques against fatigue failure ... -
The Integration of Personal and Professional Ethical Decision Making Constructs in Trainee Clinical Psychologists
(2018-09-26)Ethical decision-making is an important but challenging aspect of the role of a clinical psychologist. Little research has been conducted concerning how clinical psychologists make ethical decisions, with even less known ...