PhD Theses Collection: Recent submissions
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The Development of the British Conspiracy Thriller 1980-1990
(2017-05-09)This thesis adopts a cross-disciplinary approach to explore the development of the conspiracy thriller genre in British cinema during the 1980s. There is considerable academic interest in the Hollywood conspiracy cycle ... -
The Role of the Registered Nurse Managing Pro Re Nata (PRN) Medicines in the Care Home (Nursing): a Case Study of Decision-Making, Medication Management and Resident Involvement
(2017-04-20)The aim of this study was to analyse the role of the registered nurse in the management of pro re nata (PRN) medication in a care home (nursing) for older people. Studying PRN medication provides insights into the role ... -
Effect of Atmospheric Ice Accretion on the Dynamic Performance of Wind Turbine Blades
(2017-04-20)Atmospheric icing presents serious challenges to the development of wind power of the wind energy industry in cold regions. The potential detrimental impact on the safe operation of wind turbines and the energy harvest ... -
Sociality in Autism: Building Social Bridges in Autism Spectrum Conditions through LEGO® Based Therapy
(2017-04-19)Background: Autism Spectrum Conditions are associated with difficulties in core social communication and social interaction (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) and comorbid psychopathology (Simonoff, Pickles, Charman, ... -
Cooperative Uplink Inter-Cell Interference (ICI) Mitigation in 5G Networks
(2017-04-19)In order to support the new paradigm shift in fifth generation (5G) mobile communication, radically different network architectures, associated technologies and network operation algorithms, need to be developed compared ... -
Systemic Consultations in Intellectual Disability Services: Experiences of Care Staff
(2017-04-19)This research used interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology to explore the experiences of care staff who attended systemic consultations within an Intellectual Disability (ID) service. A ... -
Formal Approaches to a Definition of Agents
(2017-04-13)This thesis is a contribution to the formalisation of the notion of an agent within the class of finite multivariate Markov chains. In accordance with the literature agents are are seen as entities that act, perceive, ... -
Immigration Policy Paradoxes in Catalonia, Spain, 1985-2011: a Political Economy Approach
(2017-04-12)Before the crisis Catalonia and the rest of Spain received high volumes of immigration – of which much was “illegal”. This was despite formally strict controls – EU policy – and different governments in Madrid claiming to ... -
Cirrus Occurrence and Properties Determined From Ground-Based Remote Sensing
(2017-04-07)The ultimate application of this work is constraining the optical properties of cirrus particles, which are poorly understood, by providing an automatic method, using all-sky cameras and an infrared radiometer, to identify ... -
Hormonal Modulation of Developmental Plasticity in an Epigenetic Robot
(2017-04-07)In autonomous robotics, there is still a trend to develop and tune controllers with highly explicit goals and environments in mind. However, this tuning means that these robotic models often lack the developmental and ... -
The Lived Experience of Older Women with Learning Disabilities
(2017-03-23)Background: In recent decades, improvements in medical treatment, public health, technology and education have resulted in people living much longer. This includes people with learning disabilities, the fastest growing ... -
Factors Affecting Initial Acceptance of and Subsequent Compliance With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
(2017-03-23)Background: Compliance with CPAP treatment for OSA is not reliably predicted by the severity of symptoms or physiological variables. I conducted a series of studies to examine a range of factors that may affect compliance ... -
Equity Perception and Communication Among Arab Expatriate Professionals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(2017-03-10)The research aims to study how the communication context within the Arab cultures influences the employees’ perception of equity and reaction to inequity. Specifically, the study explores how employees from Arab cultural ... -
Development of Chemical Sensors for Rapid Identification of Amphetamine-Related New Psychoactive Substances
(2017-03-09)A molecular receptor for mephedrone, an amphetamine-like NPS, was developed using host-guest chemistry and pharmacophoric design. The in-field detection of new psychoactive substances (NPS) is an area that has garnered ... -
Effects of Oxidative Stress on the Expression and Function of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
(2017-02-28)The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and/or nitric oxide (NO) in atherosclerosis remains elusive. Several researchers argued whether iNOS and/or NO are pathogenic or cardio protective. The pathogenesis of ... -
Ideologies of Arab Media and Politics: a Critical Discourse Analysis of Al Jazeera Debates on the Yemeni Revolution
(2017-02-28)Critical discourse analysis investigates the ways in which discourse is to abuse power relationships. Political debates constitute discourses that mirror certain aspects of ideologies. This study aimed to uncover the ... -
Exploring the shared meaning of being at one’s best in work
(2017-02-27)This research takes an iterative multiple case study approach and seeks new insight from common language in the workplace – specifically exploring what we mean when we say that we’re at our best in work. Being at your best ... -
A Beam Tracing Model for Electromagnetic Scattering by Atmospheric Ice Crystals
(2017-02-27)While exact methods, such as DDA or T-matrix, can be applied to particles withsizes comparable to the wavelength, computational demands mean that they are size limited. For particles much larger than the wavelength, the ... -
Ice Particle Size and Roughness from Novel Techniques - In Situ Measurements and Validation
(2017-02-24)The roughness of ice crystals, defined by small-scale surface roughness and large scale complexity, in high-altitude cloud, has been studied due to its important influence on the radiative properties of ice cloud. The Small ... -
Meaning-Making in the Voice-Hearing Experience: the Narratives of African-Caribbean Men who have Heard Voices
(2017-02-10)There is a paucity of literature into the first-person account of hearing voices (HV)1, particularly from diverse cultural groups. This research aimed to explore the meaning-making of African-Caribbean men who have heard ...