All Outputs (46)

Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective (2013)
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Understanding of how walking and cycling change over time has been restricted to looking at time series data that reveals aggregate change, and time-limited longitudinal studies of individual behaviour. This thesis presents a study of the change and... Read More about Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective.

Flexible time and ether in one-dimensional cellular automata (2013)
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A one-dimensional cellular automaton is an infinite row of identical machines---the cells---which depend for their behaviour only on the states of their direct neighbours.

This thesis introduces a new way to think about one-dimensional cellular au... Read More about Flexible time and ether in one-dimensional cellular automata.

Female eating disorder clients’ beliefs about female therapists’ body size and eating behaviours: An exploration using thematic analysis (2013)
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Although people with an eating disorder are known to observe and assess body related stimuli, research has yet to explore these behaviours in the therapy room. Consequently, little is known about clients’ feelings about, and responses to, a therapist... Read More about Female eating disorder clients’ beliefs about female therapists’ body size and eating behaviours: An exploration using thematic analysis.

University education and the culture of social participation in Bulgaria (2013)
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This research explores the unconscious processes that occurred on organizational as well as on individual level in an academic institution in Bulgaria when the task for liberalization of higher education system in the country has been set as universi... Read More about University education and the culture of social participation in Bulgaria.

Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice (2013)
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This thesis is an explication of the interrelations between three components - the lived worlds of older adults in a specific rural context; the academic context of doctoral research; and an ongoing art practice. The rural context is that encountered... Read More about Navigating uncommon ground: Engaging and articulating the places and connectivity of older adults in rural contexts through creative practice.

Antibody mediated rejection and complement deposition post cardiac transplantation: A study into the relationship with coronary artery vasculopathy (2013)
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Business process discovery through conversation log analysis in pluralist and coercive problem contexts (2013)
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Business process discovery is one of the most fundamental steps of business process management (BPM) lifecycles. Incorrect, misleading or biased results of this stage can cause the whole BPM project to fail or the information systems that are created... Read More about Business process discovery through conversation log analysis in pluralist and coercive problem contexts.

Exploring the implications of changing patterns of rubella immunity in antenatal women in a South Wales valley community (2013)
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Abstract
Background/Aims: Rubella can be devastating to a foetus if maternally acquired in early pregnancy. A single rubella vaccine (SRV), given to prepubertal girls was replaced by the MMR immunisation in infancy for both sexes in 1988. Women born... Read More about Exploring the implications of changing patterns of rubella immunity in antenatal women in a South Wales valley community.

Use of photometric stereo for the accurate modelling of three-dimensional skin microrelief (2013)
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Developing self-care at work (2013)
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Phd Title: Developing self-care at work

ABSTRACT

This PhD Study explored the practical development of self-care at work. The study enabled an understanding of self-care at work as a phenomena, and enabled the practitioners involved to free them... Read More about Developing self-care at work.

The impact of discourses of authenticity on the development and application of statutory definitions of gypsies and travellers; A study of their legal access to accommodation in England and Wales since 1959 (2013)
Thesis

The research investigates the impact of discourses of authenticity on the development and application of statutory definitions of Gypsies and Travellers in England and Wales since 1959, and the subsequent consequences for access to accommodation for... Read More about The impact of discourses of authenticity on the development and application of statutory definitions of gypsies and travellers; A study of their legal access to accommodation in England and Wales since 1959.

The interaction between equity and credit risks (2013)
Thesis

Equity and debt are two distinct classes of securities in terms of investing risks and potential return, but their value depends on the same underlying assets of the firm and therefore the risk-return tradeoff of each security should be systematicall... Read More about The interaction between equity and credit risks.

Playful public places for later life: How can neighbourhood public open space provide opportunities for improving older people’s quality of life by enabling play? (2013)
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This research explores the qualities of public open spaces that make them suitable or not for enabling play by older people. The potential benefits to older people in terms of quality of life are related to the nature of play by adults, identifying t... Read More about Playful public places for later life: How can neighbourhood public open space provide opportunities for improving older people’s quality of life by enabling play?.

Assessment practices in higher education: The experiences of newly appointed academics in professional fields from a phenomenological perspective (2013)
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For a novice academic, the first experience of marking can be as memorable as preparing for and giving their first teaching session. Yet, while academic reflections and narratives abound for the latter, there is a paucity of literature regarding the... Read More about Assessment practices in higher education: The experiences of newly appointed academics in professional fields from a phenomenological perspective.

Integrated capacitated lot sizing and scheduling problems in a flexible flow line (2013)
Thesis

The lot sizing and scheduling problem in a Flexible Flow Line (FFL) has extensive real-world applications in many industries. An FFL consists of several production stages in series with parallel machines at each stage. The decisions to be taken are t... Read More about Integrated capacitated lot sizing and scheduling problems in a flexible flow line.

Exploring the experiences of women who breastfeed long-term (2013)
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A child-centred early years curriculum? How do we increase children's voices to realise this? (2013)
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The research study considers insights and challenges to listening to young children’s voices in a pre-school in England. The study was motivated by the political and social agendas which assert the fundamental involvement of young children as active... Read More about A child-centred early years curriculum? How do we increase children's voices to realise this?.

An investigation into the fabrication of a new mini gas sensor for medical diagnostic applications (2013)
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This research was part of a larger Wellcome Trust funded project that aimed to create a non-invasive volatile diagnostic device for medical applications, particularly for the detection of Clostridium difficile (C. Diff) in human stool. The device (Od... Read More about An investigation into the fabrication of a new mini gas sensor for medical diagnostic applications.

Stress and health-related quality of life in mothers seeking a diagnosis of high-functioning autism for their child: A mixed methods investigation (2013)
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Objective: To investigate mothers’ experiences in raising a child with suspected high functioning autism or Asperger’s syndrome while trying to get a diagnosis for their child, specifically focusing on stress and health-related quality of life. Mothe... Read More about Stress and health-related quality of life in mothers seeking a diagnosis of high-functioning autism for their child: A mixed methods investigation.

Road traffic injury prevention in children in rural Bangladesh (2013)
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Background
Childhood road traffic injuries (RTIs) are a major public health problem internationally; little research has been conducted on preventing childhood RTIs in Bangladesh.

Aim and Objectives
Aim: to develop a pilot intervention to reduc... Read More about Road traffic injury prevention in children in rural Bangladesh.