All Outputs (1041)

Extending activist reach and influence through Dwelling Space Activism: An autoethnographic and practice-led enquiry through activism, performance and life praxis (2022)
Thesis
Crow, L. Extending activist reach and influence through Dwelling Space Activism: An autoethnographic and practice-led enquiry through activism, performance and life praxis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7664257

This research sets out to explore a distinct and original form of activist practice, which I name Dwelling Space Activism, and which holds potential both to extend activist reach and influence and to contribute to embedded and sustainable change. Dwe... Read More about Extending activist reach and influence through Dwelling Space Activism: An autoethnographic and practice-led enquiry through activism, performance and life praxis.

Improving compliance and enforcement of environmental regulation of the petroleum sector in Nigeria: The role of institutionalism (2022)
Thesis
Brown, C. Improving compliance and enforcement of environmental regulation of the petroleum sector in Nigeria: The role of institutionalism. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7249099

Regardless of the existence of a wide range of regulatory instruments and agencies, the petroleum sector has remained largely unregulated in Nigeria. The impact of lack of or weak regulation is seen in the increasing environmental degradation across... Read More about Improving compliance and enforcement of environmental regulation of the petroleum sector in Nigeria: The role of institutionalism.

Re-thinking transformative visitor experience in a science exhibition: Implications for science communication theory and practice (2022)
Thesis
Judge, D. Re-thinking transformative visitor experience in a science exhibition: Implications for science communication theory and practice. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7589437

Science communication addresses some of the contemporary world’s most challenging and intractable problems. Whether climate change or the recent coronavirus pandemic, science communication has an important role to play in these urgent issues. Concurr... Read More about Re-thinking transformative visitor experience in a science exhibition: Implications for science communication theory and practice.

Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study (2022)
Thesis
Principi, R. Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6804244

Objectives: This study’s aim is to explore foreign therapists’ experiences practicing in the UK, focusing on the therapeutic relationship and how foreign therapists interpret cultural differences in the relationships with their clients. To date, litt... Read More about Experiences of foreign counselling therapists working in the UK: A qualitative study.

The responsibility to protect principle: A comparative perspective on the last decade of implementation (2022)
Thesis
Siboe, N. The responsibility to protect principle: A comparative perspective on the last decade of implementation. (Thesis). University of Portsmouth. https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11445681

The central task of this thesis is to question how the international community and particularly, the United Nations Security Council, has or failed to invoke the principle of Responsibility to Protect and how this has elicited different reactions an... Read More about The responsibility to protect principle: A comparative perspective on the last decade of implementation.

The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking (2022)
Thesis
Anderson, S. The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking. (Thesis). University of the West of England. https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7239383

Problematic skin picking is a poorly understood experience characterised by a drive to repeatedly pick the skin and related psychosocial impact. Researchers have sought to understand and conceptualise this picking through noting its common characteri... Read More about The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking.

Investigation of nanocrystalline zinc oxide and zinc oxide/copper oxide composites for use in a continuous flow biosensor (2022)
Thesis
Cao, L. Investigation of nanocrystalline zinc oxide and zinc oxide/copper oxide composites for use in a continuous flow biosensor. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1863268

There are an increasing number of applications for point-of-care biosensing technologies that are able to monitor biochemical levels over a period, rather than as a measurement at a single time point. As with all point-of-care devices, cost and appro... Read More about Investigation of nanocrystalline zinc oxide and zinc oxide/copper oxide composites for use in a continuous flow biosensor.

Composing entanglement: Temporal structures of audio augmented reality (2022)
Thesis
Speakman, D. Composing entanglement: Temporal structures of audio augmented reality. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6969144

Through an integrated portfolio of practice and writing, this research proposes a compositional framework for audio augmented reality (AAR). In articulating the relationships between time (experiential and measurable), geospatial movement and sound i... Read More about Composing entanglement: Temporal structures of audio augmented reality.

An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage (2022)
Thesis
Ross, A. An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage. (Thesis). University of the West of England. https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6873528

The NHS Cord Bank was established in 1996 to build an inventory of altruistically donated cord blood units to provide equity of access to all patients eligible for a stem cell transplant. Fixed cord blood collection sites were selected in areas of hi... Read More about An analysis of the NHS Cord Blood Bank; Barriers to cord blood donation and quality parameters limiting storage.

Intelligent data processing to support self-management and responsive care (2022)
Thesis
Gupta, P. Intelligent data processing to support self-management and responsive care. (Thesis). University of the West of England. https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7563714

This research is situated in the area of ambient intelligent systems for assisted living. The motivation for the research was to understand how ambient intelligent systems could be used to support people with learning disabilities in providing more p... Read More about Intelligent data processing to support self-management and responsive care.

Confident leaders– by design: A case study of self-efficacy in educational leadership development (2022)
Thesis
Baker, C. Confident leaders– by design: A case study of self-efficacy in educational leadership development. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7278096

Effective leadership is second only to the quality of teaching as a lever for improving educational outcomes (National College of School Leadership, 2006) and is vital to the success of most school improvement efforts (Leithwood et al., 2019). Leader... Read More about Confident leaders– by design: A case study of self-efficacy in educational leadership development.

Illicit financial flow and the vulnerability of banks - The link between corruption and money laundering, a socio-legal study of the laws and practice in the UK and Nigeria (2021)
Thesis
Chauhan, V. Illicit financial flow and the vulnerability of banks - The link between corruption and money laundering, a socio-legal study of the laws and practice in the UK and Nigeria. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1491286

Secrecy jurisdictions, banking secrecy and corporate secrecy are intricately connected to illicit financial flow (IFF), that facilitate corruption and money laundering but the Corruption Perceptions Indicator (CPI) provides a misleading interpretatio... Read More about Illicit financial flow and the vulnerability of banks - The link between corruption and money laundering, a socio-legal study of the laws and practice in the UK and Nigeria.

Non-walkability in the car-centric city (2021)
Thesis
Bozovic, T. Non-walkability in the car-centric city. (Thesis). Auckland University of Technology. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9710363

Background Increasing the levels of walking for transport is a widespread urban policy goal, aligning with actions related to climate change, public health, equity of access and participation, and more liveable cities. The walking environment (WE),... Read More about Non-walkability in the car-centric city.

Women’s suffrage societies and the gendering of power: The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) as pioneers of women-led organisations (2021)
Thesis
Lovell, L. Women’s suffrage societies and the gendering of power: The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) as pioneers of women-led organisations. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6854851

This work challenges the consistent application by historians of the term’s militant to the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and constitutional to the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). The continuous links with militancy... Read More about Women’s suffrage societies and the gendering of power: The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) as pioneers of women-led organisations.

Images and places - Sense as surfacing (2021)
Thesis
Landau, D. Images and places - Sense as surfacing. (Thesis). University of the West of England. https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7046371

A practice research project exploring onto-epistemology produced through experimental located moving image practice in concrescence with the cinematic thought of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947). There are two central site-related photomedia arts p... Read More about Images and places - Sense as surfacing.

Congenital Melanocytic Naevus (CMN) through the lens: Exploring the positive experiences of young people with CMN using photo-elicitation interviews (2021)
Thesis
Guest, E. Congenital Melanocytic Naevus (CMN) through the lens: Exploring the positive experiences of young people with CMN using photo-elicitation interviews. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7576799

Background: Congenital Melanocytic Naevus (CMN) is characterised by raised birthmarks, commonly present on the trunk, face, arms, and legs. Children and adolescents with CMN can experience negative attention from others in relation to the appearance... Read More about Congenital Melanocytic Naevus (CMN) through the lens: Exploring the positive experiences of young people with CMN using photo-elicitation interviews.

Urban fabrics as a tool of urban performance mitigation: Algorithmic approach for bridging building geometry with urban performance optimisation (2021)
Thesis
Lila, A. Urban fabrics as a tool of urban performance mitigation: Algorithmic approach for bridging building geometry with urban performance optimisation. (Thesis). Cardiff University. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9192425

The advancements in methods of built environment design have led to the rise of computational methods in urban modelling and environmental simulation to aid the early stages of the design process. Computational urban modelling and simulation methodol... Read More about Urban fabrics as a tool of urban performance mitigation: Algorithmic approach for bridging building geometry with urban performance optimisation.

Match or mismatch in policy and practice: Exploring global citizenship as a graduate attribute in an English university (2021)
Thesis
Comrie, C. Match or mismatch in policy and practice: Exploring global citizenship as a graduate attribute in an English university. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7259378

Global citizenship is widely used in English university mission statements as a key graduate outcome, yet the extant literature suggests the concept is poorly defined and is not understood by those tasked with embedding it in the curriculum. My thesi... Read More about Match or mismatch in policy and practice: Exploring global citizenship as a graduate attribute in an English university.

The dynamics of convergence, disparity, mobility, and persistence of output gaps across economies: A pairwise comparative study (2021)
Thesis
Kumari, A. The dynamics of convergence, disparity, mobility, and persistence of output gaps across economies: A pairwise comparative study. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6822818

The on-going impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has reiterated the existence of regional inequalities across the World. The United Nations (UN) underlines the importance of reducing inequalities and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone and for the... Read More about The dynamics of convergence, disparity, mobility, and persistence of output gaps across economies: A pairwise comparative study.

Investigating the disease-promoting abilities of gut bacteria in colorectal tumour cells (2021)
Thesis
Robson, J. Investigating the disease-promoting abilities of gut bacteria in colorectal tumour cells. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7434617

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer-related death. The global burden of CRC is rising, particularly in younger populations. This increase has been attributed to lifestyle factor... Read More about Investigating the disease-promoting abilities of gut bacteria in colorectal tumour cells.