University of Hertfordshire: Recent submissions
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Role of rivaroxaban in the management of atrial fibrillation: insights from clinical practice.
(2018-01-08)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, and it leads to significant morbidity and mortality, predominantly from ischemic stroke. Vitamin K antagonists, mainly warfarin, have been used for ... -
Liability driven investment and pension fund exposure to emerging markets: A Minskyan analysis
(2019-03-01)This paper explores the determinants and implications of the growing allocation of insurance companies and pension funds to emerging markets. The key contention put forward is that liabilities are at the core of the portfolio ... -
Role of rivaroxaban in the management of atrial fibrillation: insights from clinical practice.
(2018-01-08)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, and it leads to significant morbidity and mortality, predominantly from ischemic stroke. Vitamin K antagonists, mainly warfarin, have been used for ... -
The science of public health
(Routledge, 2019-04-08)The chapter explores the contribution that play and playfulness can make to the scientific pursuit of public health. It demonstrates how play and playfulness enables engagement and collaboration, promotes innovation and ... -
Enhancing resilience and self-efficacy in the parents of children with disabilities and complex health needs
(2019-04-11)Aim The principal aim of this study was to develop, pilot and evaluate an intervention intended to support the development of resilience and self-efficacy in parents of children with disabilities or complex health needs. ... -
Improving Building Energy Efficiency through Measurement of Building Physics Properties Using Dynamic Heating Tests
(2019-04-16)Buildings contribute to nearly 30% of global carbon dioxide emissions, making a significant impact on climate change. Despite advanced design methods, such as those based on dynamic simulation tools, a significant discrepancy ... -
Which formula for national happiness?
(2019-02-23)The World Happiness Report is published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and contains an international ranking of national average happiness, as measured by surveys of personal life evaluations. ... -
Talking and Making Meaning About Parental Mental Health Problems: the Role of Children's Family Caregivers
(2018-10-12)When parents with severe and enduring mental health problems (MHP) are less able to meet their children’s needs, other family members often help with childcare. Research with children and parents with MHP has pointed to ... -
Off-Label and Unlicensed Medicines' Related Problems in Paediatric In-Patients
(2018-10-15)Background: Current legislations such as paediatric investigation plan (PIP) require pharmaceutical companies seeking marketing authorisation for a new medicine to provide evidence of studies in paediatrics to justify the ... -
Monsters, Dreams, and Discords: Vampire Fiction in Twenty-First Century American Culture
(2019-01-28)Amongst recent scholarly interest in vampire fiction, twenty-first century American vampire literature has yet to be examined as a body that demonstrates what is identified here as an evolution into three distinct yet ... -
Automatic Object Detection and Categorisation in Deep Astronomical Imaging Surveys Using Unsupervised Machine Learning
(2018-09-05)I present an unsupervised machine learning technique that automatically segments and labels galaxies in astronomical imaging surveys using only pixel data. Distinct from previous unsupervised machine learning approaches ... -
Feeling Beyond Words: Exploring the Relationship between Mothers with Eating Disorders and their Toddlers
(2018-10-22)Literature on mothers with an eating disorder diagnosis has focused almost exclusively on identification of deficits, for both the mother and the infant. This literature suggests that, from conception through to the postnatal ... -
Fathers' Experiences of Caring for an Adult Child with Psychosis: a Qualitative Study
(2018-10-29)Aim: Previous research has looked at parental experiences of caring, which has highlighted the rewarding nature of caring but also the difficulties associated with this role. However, within these studies the majority ... -
An Exploration of the Meaning and Development of Critical Thinking in Diagnostic Radiography
(2018-11-05)The development and application of critical thinking skills is a requirement and expectation of higher education and clinical radiographic practice. There is a multitude of generic definitions of critical thinking, however, ... -
The Associated Impacts of Stress and Expectancy Upon the Elite Coach-Athlete Relationship in Individual Based Sports
(2018-09-29)This project of research presents a series of three studies that evolved over the duration of the body of work. Steered by existing research and the findings of each individual study, this project investigates associated ... -
Screening for Mental Health Difficulties in Looked After Children referred to a Specialist CAMHS Team using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a Mixed Methods Study
(2018-10-22)Looked after children (LAC) are at high risk of developing mental health difficulties. In England, 45 percent meet the criteria for psychiatric diagnosis (Ford, Vostanis, Meltzer & Goodman, 2007), while levels of emotional ... -
How Digital Scenography and Images Affect the Visual Spectacle in a Site-Specific Choreographic Installation
(2018-11-19)The aims of the research project were to gain a better understanding of digital scenography, mainly in the field of dance as used by recent choreographers, to create an experimental, improvisatory dance performance. This ... -
A Randomized Trial Directly Comparing Ventral Capsule and Anteromedial Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Clinical and Imaging Evidence for Dissociable Effects
(2019-01-30)Background Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an emerging treatment for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We compared the efficacy of ventral capsule/ventral striatal (VC/VS) and anteromedial subthalamic nucleus ... -
Impaired endogenous fibrinolysis at high shear using a point-of-care test in STEMI is associated with alterations in clot architecture
(2019-04-01)Impaired endogenous fibrinolysis is an adverse prognostic biomarker in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Abnormally dense in vitro fibrin thrombi have been demonstrated in ACS patients and related to hypofibrinolysis using ... -
Influences of Time of Day on Teaching and Learning of Adolescents in Secondary School
(2019-02-08)This study uses a mixed methods approach to explore the possible influences of time of day on the teaching and learning of adolescents in secondary school. School scheduling has always been an issue within schools with ...