UH Research Archive: Recent submissions
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Narratives of Partners of Individuals Affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
(2016-05-18)Background and Aims: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) remains a poorly understood condition, shrouded in uncertainty and dispute. Research suggests this context to have a profound bearing on ... -
Biomechanics of the Golf Swing and Putting Stroke
(2016-05-18)Context: This thesis focused on two main areas of golf performance. Firstly, centre of pressure excursions influence on full golf swing performance, as despite golf coaching literature placing importance on weight transfer, ... -
Designing Motivational Games for Robot-Mediated Stroke Rehabilitation
(2016-05-18)The repetitive and sometimes mundane nature of conventional rehabilitation therapy provides an ideal opportunity for development of interactive and challenging therapeutic games that have the potential to engage and motivate ... -
Near-Infrared Proper Motion Surveys
(2016-05-18)I present the development of two near infrared proper motion pipelines for high resolution near infrared data from UKIDSS and the VISTA VVV survey. The UKIDSS pipeline is capable of accuracies of order 5 − 10 mas yr−1 for ... -
Patients and their Use of Medicines: a Discourse Analysis of Encounters with Nurse Prescribers
(2016-05-18)Patients’ use of medicines is widely recognised as sub-optimal with a high proportion of patients with a long-term condition not taking their medicines as prescribed. Research and policy guidance emphasise the importance ... -
How Young People Make Sense of Developing and Getting Help for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
(2016-05-18)There has been an abundance of studies that have adopted positivist approaches, employing quantitative methods, to research OCD ‘symptoms’ and their underlying neurobiology and neurochemistry. There appears to be a lack ... -
Refugee Mothers' Experiences of Forced Migration and its Impact upon Family Life
(2016-05-18)In line with dominant Western discourses regarding mental health, research concerning the wellbeing of forced migrants has tended to take an individualistic, symptom-focused approach. Although not without value and utility, ... -
An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Fathers of Adults Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome or High Functioning Autism
(2016-05-17)Existing research has started to explore the experiences of the people around children and adults diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) and High Functioning Autism (HFA). However, there are very few studies looking at ... -
The Experience of Feeling Fat for Women with an Anorexia Nervosa Diagnosis: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2016-05-17)Aim: The experience of feeling fat has been implicated as a maintenance factor in Anorexia Nervosa (AN); however, little research has been conducted into the experience. The present study aimed to explore the experience ... -
Clinical Psychologists' Narratives of Relatedness within a Multi-Disciplinary Team Context
(2016-05-17)The focus of this study was to explore how Clinical Psychologists narrate their experience of relatedness within a multi-disciplinary team. Mental health services in the UK are facing increased financial pressure and a ... -
Bereaved Parents' Stories of their Emotional Relationship with their Surviving Children Following the Death of Another
(2016-05-17)Background: The death of a child can be a devastating experience for many parents; research suggests it results in an intense and enduring grief which can negatively impact on parents’ psychological well-being. Parents ... -
A Census of Nuclear Stellar Disks in Early-Type Galaxies
(2016-05-17)In this thesis we explored the use of nuclear stellar discs as tracers of the merging history of early-type galaxies. These small structures, just a few tens to a few hundreds of parsecs across, are a common but poorly ... -
Factors Affecting the Uptake of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Effectiveness of a Video Based Home Exercise Programme in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(2016-05-17)Introduction: The participation profile of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and the effectiveness of a video-based home exercise programme (VBHEP) were investigated ... -
Experiences of Mothers Who Disclose Symptoms of Postnatal Depression
(2016-05-17)Whilst previous research has explored women’s experiences of disclosing symptoms of postnatal depression (PND) to health professionals, very little qualitative research exists on women’s experiences of disclosing to people ... -
Evolution of Spiking Neural Networks for Temporal Pattern Recognition and Animat Control
(2016-05-17)I extended an artificial life platform called GReaNs (the name stands for Gene Regulatory evolving artificial Networks) to explore the evolutionary abilities of biologically inspired Spiking Neural Network (SNN) model. The ... -
A Repertory Grid Study Investigating Factors Associated With Treating People Diagnosed With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): the Construct of Illness and the Therapeutic Relationship
(2016-05-17)People diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have been subjected to stigma and told that their difficulties are untreatable. Although recovery is now understood to be possible for this client group, much ... -
Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity and Gain Modulation in Cerebellar Nucleus Neurons
(2016-05-17)Neurons can encode information using the rate of their action potentials, making the relation between input rate and output rate a prominent feature of neuronal information processing. This relation, known as I-O function, ... -
A Social Identity Understanding of Depression: Implications for Onset, Maintenance and Recovery
(2016-05-17)The literature on depression is dominated by theories which focus on individualistic variables, including biological differences, personality, and individual cognition. Whilst the importance of social variables for depression ... -
Applications of the Flexilevel Test to Assessment in Higher Education
(2016-05-17)The work reported in this dissertation investigates the potential for embedding Computerised Adaptive Testing (CAT) in students’ and tutors’ educational experiences. It seems that the tailored assessments that CAT can ... -
Fresh Ways to Work: Do Small and Medium sized Enterprises want Free Travel Plans?
(2016-05-13)Travel Plans have been implemented within the United Kingdom since they were first proposed as a local Travel Planning tool within the Transport White Paper, ‘A new deal for transport’ in the later part of the 20th Century. ...