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Investigating Public Sector Online Communication Channel Adoption and Usage Amongst Older Adults: a UK Local Government Perspective
(2019-07-01)Since governments around the world are moving away from conventional ways of face to face communication to a more digital approach when delivering services to their citizens. Advancements in using novel information and ... -
Investigating Recovery in Psychosis: a Personal Construct Repertory Grid Study
(2011-09-05)Research regarding the potential value of using a personal construct psychology (PCP) framework to explore recovery in psychosis has been minimal. Mental health policy guidelines (Shepherd et al., 2008) recommend that ... -
Investigating resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) in oilseed rape
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Investigating structure-charge transport relationships in thiophene substituted naphthyridine crystalline materials by computational model systems
(2020-10-21)The development of novel π-conjugated charge transfer mediators is at the forefront of current research efforts and interests. Among the plethora of building blocks, diketopyrrolopyrroles have been widely employed, associated ... -
Investigating tactile event recognition in child-robot interaction for use in autism therapy
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)The work presented in this paper is part of our investigation in the ROBOSKIN project. The project aims to develop and demonstrate a range of new robot capabilities based on robot skin tactile feedback from large areas of ... -
Investigating the Acceptability and Tolerability of tDCS in Patients with OCD - A Feasibility Study
(2021-10-01)Introduction: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder which often proves refractory to current treatment approaches1. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive form of ... -
Investigating the adoption and use of smartphones in the UK : a silver-surfers perspective
(University of Hertfordshire, 2014)Smart phones are innovations that currently provide immense benefits and convenience to users in society. However, not all members of society are accepting and using smart phones; more specifically, for this research study ... -
Investigating the Antimicrobial Potential of Metallic Based Nanoparticles and their Integration within Biocompatible Polymers
(2023-03-31)Antimicrobial resistance of pathogenic infections is a rising global issue resulting in less effective antibiotic treatments against infections, thus leading to prolonged hospitalisation, higher mortality rates and increased ... -
Investigating the application of the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability Model to reveal factors which facilitate or inhibit inclusive engagement within local community festivals
(2014-08-13)This paper aims to contribute to the debate on community engagement and participation in local community festivals and events by analysing the factors which either inhibit or facilitate engagement within local community ... -
Investigating the cause of the $α\,$-$\,z$ relation
(2018-10-01)The correlation between radio spectral index and redshift has long been used to identify high-redshift radio galaxies, but its cause is unknown. Traditional explanations invoke either intrinsic relations between spectral ... -
Investigating the Common Authorship of Signatures by Off-line Automatic Signature Verification without the Use of Reference Signatures
(2019-09-16)In automatic signature verification, questioned specimens are usually compared with reference signatures. In writer-dependent schemes, a number of reference signatures are required to build up the individual signer model ... -
Investigating the Dominant Environmental Quenching Process in UVCANDELS/COSMOS Groups
(2023-04-12)We explore how the fraction of quenched galaxies changes in groups of galaxies with respect to the distance to the center of the group, redshift, and stellar mass to determine the dominant process of environmental quenching ... -
Investigating the effectiveness and tolerability of intranasal esketamine among older adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD): a post-hoc analysis from the REAL-ESK study group
(2023-07-08)Introduction: Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a serious and debilitating psychiatric disorder that frequently affects older patients. Esketamine nasal spray (ESK-NS) has recently been approved as a treatment for ... -
Investigating the factors influencing academic staff attitudes toward the formation of a technological university
(2023-02-22)The Irish institute of technology sector is undergoing a major restructuringthat will culminate in mergers, to form technological universities (TU). It isessential that the perspective of key stakeholders is fully ... -
Investigating the horizontal spatial spread of light leaf spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) of winter oilseed rape in the UK
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Investigating the limits of instruction level parallelism
(University of Hertfordshire, 1996)High performance computer architectures increasingly use compile-time instruction scheduling to reorder code to expose parallelism that can be exploited at run-time. Although respectable performance increases have been ... -
Investigating the merger origin of early-type galaxies using ultra-deep optical images
(2010-12-01)The mass assembly of galaxies leaves various imprints on their surroundings, such as shells, streams and tidal tails. The frequency and properties of these fine structures depend on the mechanism driving the mass assembly: ... -
Investigating the Performance of Conventional and Hydrophobic Surface Heat Sink in Managing Thermal Challenges of High Heat Generating Components
(2023-12-01)In the pursuit of optimizing heat dissipation and improving performance in electronic devices, liquid-cooled heat sinks have garnered significant interest due to their potential to improve heat transfer efficiency. Presented ...