UH Research Archive: Recent submissions
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Post-foundational development management - power, politics and complexity
(2010)Development management as a practice borrows extensively and uncritically from management theories developed in the private sector, which are based on ideas of predictability and control, and systemic whole change. In ... -
Erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease prediction : evidence-based guidance and consensus
(2010)A significant proportion of men with erectile dysfunction (ED) exhibit early signs of coronary artery disease (CAD), and this group may develop more severe CAD than men without ED (Level 1, Grade A). • The time interval ... -
Respirable asbestos detection using light scattering and magnetic alignment
(1998)The detection of respirable asbestos fibres in the ambient environment has grown in importance as the health risks associated with this material have become more fully understood. However, there is no real-time method of ... -
Characterisation of atmospheric cloud particles using a light scattering probe
(2000)When investigating the composition and dynamics of the atmosphere's particulate matter, particle shape is an important parameter by which classification and possibly identification of particles may be achieved. Spherical ... -
Living with Manic Experiences: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-05-27)Although psychological research into manic experiences is increasing, it remains an underresearched phenomenon. In particular, there is a dearth of qualitative research exploring these experiences in a clinical sample of ... -
Measurements of deformed droplets and droplets with inclusions in an aerodynamic particle sizer
(2000)This paper describes the progress on a project aimed at quantifying the degree of deformation experienced by liquid droplets in the TSI Aerodynamic Particle Sizer with a view to providing automatic correction for errors ... -
Questioning the Importance of Being Earnest: A Conversation Analysis of the Use and Function of Humour in the Serious Business of Therapy
(2010-05-27)This thesis explores the long-standing debate in the field of psychotherapy around the use of humour in psychotherapy and the shift from outcome to process research in psychotherapy research. In line with the social ... -
The Psychological Effects of Considering a Move Into Residential Care: An Age-Related Study
(2010-05-26)This study aimed to examine the psychological effects of considering a move into residential care. It sought to explore the wistful ‘prefactual’ and ‘counterfactual’ evaluation of ‘what if’ and ‘if only’ scenarios. Sanna, ... -
Clinical Disease Activity and Radiological Damage in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2010-05-26)Disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is assessed by standard clinical, radiological and functional measures. Clinical disease activity in RA is graded as no disease (remission), low, moderate and high disease, ... -
Developing an Online Learning Community of Practices With Ten-Year-Old Pupils
(2010-05-25)This submission sets out a narrative of how a practitioner in the field of education identified and implemented the changes required, both in research methodology and in practice, in order to answer the question ‘how do I ... -
Junior Clinical Psychologists' Experience of Processing the Death of a Therapy Client, From a Cause Other Than Suicide: A Qualitative Study
(2010-05-25)Aim: According to the existing evidence-base, the experience of the death of a therapy client (from a cause other than suicide) for Clinical Psychologists is substantially under researched. Moreover, previous studies into ... -
Mindfulness-Based Therapies for Psychological Health Conditions: A Meta-Analysis
(2010-05-25)Introduction Mindfulness-Based Therapies (MBT) are a current technology within the cognitivebehavioural tradition, which can be grouped according to whether mindfulness is a major or a minor component. A mindful approach ... -
Women's Experiences, Beliefs and Knowledge of Urinary Symptoms in the Postpartum Period and the Perceptions of Health Professionals
(2010-05-25)The study was developed after research with older women suffering urinary symptoms showed that many had tolerated social, psychological and hygiene effects on their lives for some time. There is evidence that some symptoms ... -
An Investigation of the Mechanisms of Wind Generated Surface Waves
(2010-05-25)The goal of wind-waves research is to predict the waves field and its effect on the environment. That environment could be natural or imposed by human endeavour. The mechanism of wind generated waves is described in the ... -
Blood Beliefs in Early Modern Europe
(2010-05-25)This thesis focuses on the significance of blood and the perception of the body in both learned and popular culture in order to investigate problems of identity and social exclusion in early modern Europe. Starting from ... -
Experiences of the Process of Adjustment to a Brain Injury: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-05-25)Aims: Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is often researched from a reductionist perspective, focusing on pathology and dysfunction (Olney & Kim, 2001). More recently there has been a call towards taking a person-centred, global ... -
The Experiences and Construing of Young People Involved in Bullying
(2010-05-25)Research into bullying has been mainly quantitative, and of the few existing qualitative studies, fewer still have explored the perspectives of identified bullies. This study employs a mixed method design within a personal ... -
Adolescents' Experience of 'Adjustment' to Life with Diabetes: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-05-25)Aim: A wealth of quantitative literature exists exploring the adjustment of children and young people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. However, results are often confusing and contradictory, at least partly due to studies ... -
Transwomen's Memories of Parental Relationships: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2010-05-25)This project presents an in-depth idiographic study of how a developing Transwoman identity impacts upon parental relationships in childhood and how these relationships impact sense of self and later relationships. ... -
Building a Narrative-Based Requirements Engineering Mediation Model
(2010-05-25)This thesis presents a narrative-based Requirements Engineering (RE) mediation model (NREMM) to help RE practitioners to effectively identify, define, and resolve conflicts of interests, goals, and requirements in the RE ...