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Evidence Based Criteria Diagnosis and Management of Decompensating Heterophoria
(2025-01-27)Introduction: Decompensating exophoria at near is a common condition in optometry practice. The main treatment options for the disorder are relieving prism and Vision Therapy. The prism prescribing techniques are usually ... -
Alternative Therapeutic Approaches in Blocking the Oncogenic Role of the Siglec-15/Sialyl-Tn Axis in Colorectal Cancer
(2025-01-13)Colorectal cancer (CRC) malignancies are among the highest mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Despite the emergence of numerous screening programs to reduce CRC incidence, the number of CRC and early-onset CRC ... -
Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Attitudes and Clinical Judgements in Relation to Client Weight in Eating Disorder Presentations
(2025-01-27)Aims: Weight stigma remains an acceptable form of prejudice within society (Puhl & Heuer, 2009) and its prevalence in those who specialise in eating disorder care (Puhl et al., 2014) is deeply concerning. Despite the ... -
The Emotional Impact of Testing Positive for High-Risk HPV: an Exploration of Cis-Women’s Experiences Following a Positive Test Result in the UK
(2025-03-18)Aims: High-risk HPV is often stigmatised and feminised. Testing positive for high-risk HPV is associated with a range of distressing emotional and relational responses. The aims of this study were to explore the emotional ... -
Mothers' Experiences of Doctoral Level Training in Clinical Psychology in the UK: A Thematic Analysis
(2025-02-12)Aims: Existing research highlights the challenges experienced by mothers in doctoral education. Training in clinical psychology is known to be competitive and demanding and may present specific challenges for mothers. This ... -
An Investigation of the Experience of Treatment Receiving Muslims with an Eating Disorder: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2025-01-20)Background: In a post 9/11 context, there has been a growing inequality in health outcomes for minority Muslim populations in the United Kingdom (UK). The aim of the study is to better understand the experience of eating ... -
Black Women’s Experiences of Reaching a Diagnosis of Endometriosis
(2025-02-24)There is a growing body of research exploring women’s experiences of endometriosis, however, no existing research has focused specifically on Black women’s experiences of endometriosis and getting the diagnosis, despite ... -
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, ...