University of Hertfordshire: Recent submissions
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A Study of Letters Written to Glucose Monitors by Individuals Living with Type 1 Diabetes and with Experience of Disordered Eating.
(2025-01-20)In recent years, diabetes technologies have advanced significantly, as such, flash and continuous glucose monitors (FGM/CGM) are more widely accessible. To date, little research has explored the specific benefits or pitfalls ... -
Trainee Clinical Psychologist Experiences of Brave and Compassionate Spaces
(2025-02-13)Background/rationale: UK Clinical Psychology (CP) has faced criticism for upholding whiteness (Ahsan, 2020; Patel, 2021). Recent events, including the Black Lives Matter movement and a racist incident at a CP conference (Patel, ... -
On the Present and Future Changes in Climate Extremes over India
(2025-01-17)This work uses state-of-the-art Global and Regional Climate Models to assess present and future changes in climate extremes over India. India has the world’s largest population and many of the people there are extremely ... -
Disneyland or Wasteland? Avoiding Both in Post-Conflict Heritage Reconstruction
(2025-01-28)In my dissertation I look at heritage reconstruction and rehabilitation projects in progress in urban areas in the aftermath of conflict and destruction, in the Middle East, focusing on Iraq. As heritage theory increasingly ... -
Exploring and Understanding Organisational Outcomes from the adoption of Digital Collaboration Platforms
(2025-02-25)The COVID-19 global pandemic initiated transformational changes to knowledge work, enforcing remote working and giving rise to increasingly prevalent hybrid work modes. The purpose of this empirical longitudinal study is ... -
The Effect of Intensity Prescription on Individual Responses to Exercise
(2024-11-06)Following exercise training, evidence demonstrates improvements in exercise capacity, symptoms of disease, quality of life, as well as reductions in hospitalisation, morbidity, and mortality. Notably, cardiorespiratory ... -
Deconstructability Prediction using Artificial Intelligence Models
(2024-11-19)This thesis introduces artificial intelligence (AI) predictive modelling techniques for evaluating building deconstructability. It is the first research to create a deconstructability prediction model that includes ... -
Transportation CO2 Emissions in Automotive Life Cycle Assessments of Electric Vehicles - a Systems Theory Evaluation
(2024-12-09)Electric vehicles are widely viewed as having the potential to reduce global carbon emissions because they effectively produce no carbon emissions to operate when powered by a low carbon electric energy source for charging ... -
Black Trainees’ Experiences of Reflective Practice Spaces during DClinPsy Training in the UK
(2024-11-20)Reflective Practice (RP) is widely used within Clinical Psychology (CP) to support personal and professional development. There is evidence to understand how trainee CPs experience reflective practice groups (RPGs) in ... -
An Investigation into the Relationship between Resilience and Thriving at Work
(2025-01-10)Interest in resilience at work has increased following COVID-19 and its aftermath, to understand how people can cope with and recover from adversity. Thriving at work, defined as the experience of both growth and vitality ... -
Human and Activity Detection in Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios
(2024-06-06)Human activity recognition (HAR) is crucial in assistive technology and human-robot interaction (HRI) as it enables robots and assistive devices to understand and respond to the individual’s movements and actions, ... -
University Students’ Lived Experiences of Developing Active Empathic Listening Skills in Online Synchronous Learning
(2024-12-03)In Higher Education, good relationships between peers are essential for students to learn from each other, develop critical thinking skills, participate actively and make friends. Good relationships may be developed in ... -
Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings at the Design Stage Through Statistical and Machine Learning Models
(2025-01-08)The high proportion of energy consumed in buildings has led to significant environmental problems that negatively impact human existence. It is noted that the construction of energyefficient buildings can help reduce the ... -
Queer Men’s Pathways to Parenthood: Exploring Experiences and Decision-Making of Gay and Bi Men Navigating Surrogacy in the UK
(2024-12-17)Background: There has been some research into queer men’s procreative choices and decision making specifically focusing on adoption and surrogacy from an international context. The research highlights that decisions are ... -
Environmentally Sustainable Construction by Reducing Embodied Carbon Emissions in the Construction of Large-Scale Projects: a Study on High-Rise Buildings
(2024-09-11)This research aims to comprehensively evaluate and quantify the impact of construction processes and practices in large-scale projects, focusing mainly on high-rise buildings. Employing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) ... -
Novel Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications
(2024-10-24)The increasing demand for efficient and sustainable thermal energy storage (TES) systems has driven extensive research into phase change materials (PCMs). Despite their high energy storage capacity, the low thermal ... -
Impact shock data of the tibia during the fencing lunge
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Developments in the Epidemiology of Drug-Related Mortality in the United Kingdom over the last 30 Years: Continuity, Change, Consistency, and Challenge
(2024-10-03)This thesis has its roots in and has organically grown out of the author’s previous professional civil service roles and academic and related activities associated with drug indicators since 1987. However, the focus of the ...