PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Antimicrobial Stewardship in Acute-Care Settings and the Pharmacist Role
(2024-06-24)Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global health issue, causing 1.2 million deaths yearly and increasing by 15% during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the UK, bloodstream infection (BSIs) cases rose by ... -
Upcycling Mineral Wastes: their Characterisation and Activation for use in Sustainable Cementitious Binders
(2024-06-20)The widespread use and production of Portland cement, amounting to 4.1 billion tonnes annually, poses challenges in acquiring quality raw materials. The emissions of carbon dioxide, particulate matter, nitrous oxides, and ... -
The Use of Socially Assistive Robots with Autistic Children
(2024-06-06)The use of socially assistive robots (SARs) appears to facilitate learning, social and communication, and collaborative play in autistic children, though rigorous research to drive translation into everyday practice is ... -
Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry of Quantitative Resistance against Pyrenopeziza brassicae in Brassica napus
(2023-06-14)The aim of this project was to better understand the molecular genetics and the biochemical components involved in quantitative resistance against Pyrenopeziza brassicae in Brassica napus. In addition, pathogenicity ... -
Mechanisms of the Game Transfer Phenomena: the Role of Cognitive, Emotional, and Personality Variables
(2024-05-29)Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP) refer to the involuntary transfer of video game experiences into the real world and can manifest as altered sensory perceptions, automatic mental processes, and behavioural responses with ... -
The Challenge of Balancing Competing Fundamental Rights in Online Enforcement of Copyright: A Study on Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive
(2023-07-16)With the increasing use of the internet and online platforms, online copyright infringement has become a significant issue for the rightholders, platforms and governments worldwide. To tackle this issue, different jurisdictions ... -
The Housing Experiences and Future Aspirations of Polish Migrants in the UK
(2024-01-08)Polish migrants were the most visible and abundant newcomers of the post-2004 Eastern European migrations to the UK, but little research has been done on the housing experiences, settlement practices or long-term aspirations ... -
How Individuals Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder Experience their ‘Schema Modes’ or other States of Self
(2024-04-22)Schema therapy (ST) (Young, 1990; Young, Klosko & Weishaar, 2003) is an integrative therapy originally developed for individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). As the model developed, the concept of ‘modes’ ... -
Narratives of Prison: the Stories and Experiences of Young Black Men
(2024-04-11)BACKGROUND: Research has continuously demonstrated the social disadvantage, racial inequality, and institutional racism within a broad range of domains including, socio-economic status, education, healthcare, and the ... -
Understanding The Experiences of People Who Are Considering Ending Their Lives by Assisted Dying: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2024-04-22)Assisted dying (AD) is currently illegal in the United Kingdom (UK). Despite this, people from the UK are travelling abroad to organisations in Switzerland, such as Dignitas, in order to complete an assisted death. To be ... -
Effects of Ketamine and Related New Psychoactive Substances in Rat Urinary Bladder
(2024-03-28)Introduction: In 2007, Shahani et al. first described the clinical entity of ketamine-induced cystitis (KC) — a condition seen in recreational users of the drug, characterised by the development of various lower urinary ... -
Ethnically Minoritised Prisoners’ Perceptions of Accessing a Therapy Service in Prison
(2023-07-31)Background: It is well-documented that there is disparity in uptake of prison interventions by ethnically minoritised (EM) individuals, although it is not fully understood why uptake is lower. This is particularly true of ... -
Investigations into Infrared-Selected Variable Stars
(2024-03-19)The diversity seen in the infrared variable sky is vast, and understudied when compared to variability in the optical regime. Utilising near-infrared (NIR) colours and amplitudes can be a powerful tool in the classification ... -
An Exploration of the Worklife Experiences of Autistic Women in the UK
(2024-03-15)Existing studies suggest that few autistic women are employed in the workplace. However, because many autistic women have been diagnosed or self-identify later in life they may well have been employed in numerous workplaces, ... -
Assessing Hypersensitivity to Difference in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults
(2024-03-28)Current literature on autism has tended to examine individual traits and characteristics, or the link between two or three traits. This thesis will outline previous literature on the cognitive and perceptual theories of ... -
The Development of Aviation Museums in the United Kingdom
(2023-12-07)The thesis is the first investigation of the ways in which national museums, the Royal Air Force and volunteer groups have preserved the United Kingdom’s aeronautical heritage. It is focussed primarily on the period from ... -
Modelling the Political Context in Software Requirements Engineering
(2024-01-15)The influence of stakeholder politics on the outcome of software development projects has been identified as a major issue in the practice of software Requirements Engineering (RE) that has been left substantially ... -
Assessing the Pharmacological Properties of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Identified Online: In Silico Studies on Designer Benzodiazepines and Novel Synthetic Opioids
(2022-12-09)Background By 2022, a total of 1,127 of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) have been identified worldwide and officially reported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the European Monitoring Centre ... -
Development of Cognitive Skills of Compassionate Communication for Higher Education's Online Group Work Management
(2023-12-01)This study explored the development of the cognitive skills of compassionate communications (CSCC) among ethnically diverse Sri Lankan HE STEM students in the UK and Sri Lanka during online, task-focused discussion meetings. ... -
Experience of Wellbeing and Spirituality in Ayahuasca Use
(2024-01-23)Background: Spirituality is an important area of investigation in relation to health, the study of which is being requested by clients accessing services as well as large healthcare organisational bodies such as the NHS ...