PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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The Perspectives of Systemic Therapists on Using their Relational Skills to Work with Friends: a Qualitative Study
(2024-10-09)This research examines systemic therapists' perspectives on using relational skills to work with friends in therapeutic settings. The main objective was to explore how systemic practitioners perceive and approach the concept ... -
Words Left Unspoken: Exploring the Unspoken Narratives of Loved Ones Supporting a Person who has Survived a Suicide Attempt
(2024-10-07)Informal care (care provided by family/friends) is overlooked by policymakers in physical health contexts (Cruz et al., 2023), and is significantly overlooked by policymakers in mental health contexts (Eikemo, 2018). ... -
Children of the Windrush Generation: Exploring the Psychological Consequences of Serial Migration through the Narratives of Older-Adult Caribbean “Left Behind” Children
(2024-10-08)Background: Black-Caribbean older-adults in the UK statistically have poorer mental health outcomes and are unlikely to seek help from mental health services, than their racial counterparts. Childhood serial migration, ... -
Applied Artificial Intelligence for Delay Risk Prediction of BIM-Based Construction Projects
(2024-08-01)Construction projects are complex endeavours requiring intricate coordination among stakeholders, resources, and timelines. However, delays are a pervasive issue, causing financial losses, reputational damage, and ... -
The Computer and the Controller: Dismantling Performance and Pedagogic Barriers to Music Composition
(2022-05-20)Over the last decade, many new ‘clever’ technologies with expertise built in as part of their design have been developed with the novice market in mind, to enable the production of professional sounding music at home. ... -
Unspoken Stories: Exploring the Narratives of Self-defined Family Members who have Experienced Suicide Bereavement
(2024-10-08)Aims: This study explores the unspoken narratives experienced by individuals who have been bereaved by suicide. Method: Nineteen semi-structured interviews were carried out with individuals who classified themselves as ... -
Children and Young People’s Experiences of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
(2024-10-08)Aims: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is a family-based psychotherapeutic intervention designed to help children and young people with the psychological difficulties that may result from early experiences of ... -
The Impact of Hotel Accommodation on the Mental Health of Asylum Seekers in the UK
(2024-10-07)In a global context of war and instability, more asylum seekers are seeking refuge in the UK. Due to backlogs in processing asylum applications, the Home Office is increasingly housing asylum seekers long-term in ... -
Exploring the Infrared Variable Sky with Machine Learning
(2024-08-13)The last decade in astronomy has seen the growth of time-series data and with it, the emergence of large surveys. Surveys such as PTF (Law et al., 2009), ZTF (Bellm et al., 2019), CoRoT (Auvergne et al., 2009), HOYS ... -
Climate Change Resilience: Sustainable Bioconservation Strategies for Built Heritage
(2024-07-16)Climate change poses a significant threat to the cultural and historical significance of built heritage. Rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and shiIing environmental condtions endanger not only the physical ... -
Life Assessment Methods for Inconel 600 as an Essential Material in Micro Gas Turbines
(2024-07-23)In this research, a comprehensive investigation was conducted to understand the mechanical behavior and fatigue characteristics of Inconel 600. The study involved a series of experimental tests and Finite Element simulations, ... -
Ultra-Survivable Mixed-Criticality Systems based on Empiric Worst-Case Execution Time and Criticality Arithmetic
(2024-07-22)Most of the existing mixed-criticality schedulers don't take into account the fact that low-criticality tasks operate as a group to implement one or more high-criticality ser- vices. Consequently, arbitrary dropping of ... -
Developing and Evaluating 'Zest for Life!': a New HENRY Behaviour Change Programme for Young People
(2024-06-12)Physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE) behaviours during adolescence confer health benefits, yet many adolescents (hereafter referred to as young people) fail to meet national recommendations for both behaviours, ... -
The Poetics of Process: a Comparative Study of Documentary Film Editing Methodologies
(2024-05-15)The artistic ramifications of the digital revolution are a critically neglected area in the study of documentary film editing. The literature suggests that the implementation of digital non-linear editing systems indelibly ... -
The Role of Acculturation and Trauma in the Psychological Well-Being of Palestinian Adults in the United Kingdom
(2024-07-12)Objective: To examine the relationship between acculturation and psychological well-being, trauma and psychological well-being, and the moderating effects of resilience, social support, religiosity, cultural identity ... -
An Evaluation of the Regulatory Review Systems in the East African Community: Contributing to the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency
(2024-07-10)The African Medicines Agency (AMA) has been established as the main driver for “enhancing the regulatory oversight of medicines and vaccines across the African continent”. A successful AMA will need strong and agile NRAs ... -
Evaluation of Cardiotoxic Effects of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treatments: Insights from Multiple Databases in the United Kingdom
(2024-06-12)Cancer and heart diseases are two of the major causes of death in the world. In the last few decades, there is a rapid development in cancer therapies and early detection strategies, hence the death rates caused by cancer ... -
Real-Time Accuracy and Effectiveness of Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Vehicle Intent Prediction at T-Junctions
(2024-06-18)This thesis introduces a systematic approach to devising and evaluating advanced methods for predicting vehicle intent at unsignalised UK T-junctions. The primary focus of this thesis revolves around exploring the application ... -
Computational Neuroscience Methods: Investigating the Relationship between Resting-State EEG Microstate Syntax and fMRI BOLD Signal
(2024-05-20)Simultaneous recording of Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) has been used consistently in the past as a means of understanding EEG microstate function. EEG microstates are ... -
New Understanding of Galaxies, Quasars and Extra-galactic Shock Features using Optical Spectroscopy and Low-frequency Radio Observations
(2024-06-10)The study of Galaxy Formation & Evolution serves as a cornerstone in our quest to unravel the mysteries of the Universe. Galaxies are not only its building blocks, but also the key to understanding its vast complexities. ...