All Outputs (75)
An honourable practice: The artist’s print as a strategy for social engagement (2016)
Thesis
An Honourable Practice is a cohesive study of the operative and ethical framework around the role of the artist and printmaker. The research project uses the artist’s prints as a strategy for social engagement, drawing on the dynamic between a person... Read More about An honourable practice: The artist’s print as a strategy for social engagement.
Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction (2016)
Thesis
This thesis offers a narratorial and textual examination of the tragic in Hardy’s fiction and uncovers how his tragic vision of a changing world led him into proto-modernist forms of writing. By first positing Hardy within his milieu and exploring th... Read More about Thomas Hardy’s tragic vision: Writing towards proto-modernist modes of fiction.
Recent commentators have considered how the institutional changes that have taken place within the context of clinical practice in the UK over the past ten years exert pressures upon counselling psychologists to practice in particular ways. The aim o... Read More about Analysis of counselling psychologists’ self-reported experiences of drawing upon two or more theoretical orientations to inform their practice.
Development of generic methods for the analysis and purification of polar compounds by high performance liquid chromatography (2016)
Thesis
Generic methods were developed using different columns for analysis and purification of hydrophilic compounds by hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC). Mobile phases were investigated in detail, and across each column chemistry tested (BEH A... Read More about Development of generic methods for the analysis and purification of polar compounds by high performance liquid chromatography.
Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material (2016)
Thesis
This thesis analyses the importance of supplementary material for art history and philosophy by addressing its shifting and problematic relationship to the ‘work of art’. Through the use of philosophical and critical theories, including Heidegger, Be... Read More about Art, aesthetics and supplementarity: Re-evaluating the distinctions between the work of art and supporting material.
An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945 (2016)
Thesis
Pressure for Indian independence had been building up throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, initially through the efforts of the Indian National Congress, but also later, when matters were complicated by an increasingly vocal Muslim... Read More about An Imperialist at bay: Leo Amery at the India Office, 1940 - 1945.
The role of fine urban grain in securing the diversity of the urban centre (2016)
Thesis
Diversity is a key concept in urban and planning theory and policy with important physical,social and economic dimensions. It is also central to the sustainable city and a key component of vital and viable urban centres. Urban form plays a key role i... Read More about The role of fine urban grain in securing the diversity of the urban centre.
This thesis examines experiences and critical incidents that parents and their children with special educational needs encountered in mainstream school settings.
Research was carried out within the methodological framework of autoethnography, re... Read More about Students’ and their parents’ experiences of inclusion in mainstream schools. What does inclusion mean for parents with children that have special educational needs and what does it mean for the children themselves in today’s mainstream schooling system?.
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of colorectal cancer (CRC) with liver metastases on long-term quality of life (QOL) and survivorship experiences, and to explore the relevance of the EORTC QOL questionnaires to this population, usi... Read More about "Ahead on points": Understanding the long-term impact of colorectal cancer with liver metastases on quality of life and survivorship experiences.
The intention of this thesis is to explore the role of emotions and beliefs from pre-diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis through the first 12 months. Inflammatory arthritis (IA) is an umbrella term for chronic, progressive and systemic auto-immune di... Read More about Journeys toward adjustment: Exploring the role of emotions and beliefs from pre-diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis through the first 12 months.
Escherichia coli is a common human pathogen, capable of causing a wide range of infections. Some strains produce AmpC beta-lactamase, an enzyme able to affect the action of antibiotics. These strains are often resistant to cephalosporin antibiotics,... Read More about The molecular epidemiology of ampC-mediated resistance in Escherichia coli: A study of clinical strains isolated from the South West region.
Objective: There have been calls from health professional organisations and advocacy groups to regulate and ban cosmetic surgery advertising due to concerns about increasing uptake of elective cosmetic surgical procedures that are often accompanied b... Read More about An experimental study examining the impact of exposure to cosmetic surgery advertising on women's body image and intentions to undergo cosmetic surgery.
The role of subjective factors in local authorities' action on climate change in South West England (2016)
Thesis
This study examines the question of whether subjective attitudes to climate change play a significant part in the determination of local authorities’ policy and actions on climate change mitigation; whether the personal views of council members and... Read More about The role of subjective factors in local authorities' action on climate change in South West England.
Family business and crisis: A psycho-social perspective (2016)
Thesis
The aim of this research was to answer two initial key research questions:
What can a psycho-social beneath-the-surface perspective contribute to a better understanding of and learning about family businesses where the public world (external) and... Read More about Family business and crisis: A psycho-social perspective.
What is going on in public involvement in health research? A qualitative exploration of aims, processes and outcomes (2016)
Thesis
This project aimed to understand what was going on in public involvement in health research based on an investigation of the relationship between the practice of involvement and conceptualisations of involvement in the literature. A qualitative explo... Read More about What is going on in public involvement in health research? A qualitative exploration of aims, processes and outcomes.
Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures (2016)
Thesis
This thesis addresses the relationship between vocabulary measures and IELTS ratings. The research questions focus on the relationship between measures of lexical richness and teacher ratings. The specific question the thesis seeks to address is: Whi... Read More about Predicting IELTS ratings using vocabulary measures.
Science museum explainer training: Exploring factors that influence visitor-explainer interactions (2016)
Thesis
There is currently minimal understanding as to how explainer training in Informal Science Institutions (ISIs) incorporates socio-cultural contexts. This thesis investigates this gap in the literature by examining the role of socio-cultural context i... Read More about Science museum explainer training: Exploring factors that influence visitor-explainer interactions.