All Outputs (1096)

Developing new chemical-based sensors for the detection of volatile compounds (2022)
Thesis

This research project aims to enhance the performance of a series of chemical-based sensor devices. In particular, metal oxide gas sensors. These materials are well known and primarily employed in several applications, thanks to their characteristic... Read More about Developing new chemical-based sensors for the detection of volatile compounds.

Combining wildlife occupancy and attitudinal surveys to improve AlWusta Wildlife Reserve management (2022)
Thesis

Understanding the interactions between people and the landscape, their resource use, activities and needs is an important component of effective natural resource management, particularly in protected areas (Reserves) that are actively inhabited and u... Read More about Combining wildlife occupancy and attitudinal surveys to improve AlWusta Wildlife Reserve management.

Using the COM-B model to explore health care professionals' experience of working towards a collaborative care model within Long Term Conditions, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Services (IAPT-LTC) (2022)
Thesis

Objectives: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Services have been implementing pathways for long term conditions (IAPT-LTC) since their pilot in 2016. An aim of these pathways is to integrate more closely with NHS physical health care teams.... Read More about Using the COM-B model to explore health care professionals' experience of working towards a collaborative care model within Long Term Conditions, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Services (IAPT-LTC).

(Em)bracing liminality - A phenomenological exploration of non-binary individuals' subjective embodiment (2022)
Thesis

There is limited research on the experiences of trans and non-binary individuals, and the research that has been conducted has attracted criticism from the trans and non-binary community on the grounds of not adequately respecting and accounting for... Read More about (Em)bracing liminality - A phenomenological exploration of non-binary individuals' subjective embodiment.

It “helped keep me sane – when the world is turned upside down”: Parents’ experiences of support during a child protection investigation (2022)
Thesis

Background: Child protection systems exist around the world to safeguard children from harm. These systems inevitably involve participation from parents, with parents often being the focus of safeguarding interventions aimed at protecting children.... Read More about It “helped keep me sane – when the world is turned upside down”: Parents’ experiences of support during a child protection investigation.

From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement (2022)
Thesis

A reported 5,691 people died by suicide in England and Wales in 2019 (Office for National Statistics, 2021), leaving behind an unclear number of suicide-loss survivors living with grief. The British Psychological Society’s (BPS) (BPS, 2016) position... Read More about From pain to purpose: A psychodynamically and psychosocially informed narrative inquiry into suicide bereavement.

Evaluating the role of short food supply chains as a driver of sustainability: Empirical evidence from China (2022)
Thesis

While the industrialised agri-food supply chain has achieved tremendous success in the past decades, it has been increasingly criticised for its unsustainable issues. Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) have emerged as one of the sustainable alternative... Read More about Evaluating the role of short food supply chains as a driver of sustainability: Empirical evidence from China.

A qualitative study exploring psychosocial professionals' perceptions of the acceptability and effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in multiple sclerosis care (2022)
Thesis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, affecting more than 2.3 million people worldwide, with over 100,000 people in the UK diagnosed with the condition (NHS, 2021). The symptoms of MS appear in differe... Read More about A qualitative study exploring psychosocial professionals' perceptions of the acceptability and effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in multiple sclerosis care.

The role of social connectedness in type 2 diabetes during a pandemic (2022)
Thesis

Objective: To understand the role of perceived social connectedness in diabetes self-management, perceived competence, and diabetes related distress among adults living with type 2 diabetes in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: The study... Read More about The role of social connectedness in type 2 diabetes during a pandemic.

Unit trust performance metrics: A comparison of value, growth, and ethical fund (2022)
Thesis

Empirical evidence from the mutual fund industry suggests that on average, mutual fund managers do not possess stock selection abilities. Yet, there is always the possibility that traditional performance measures are not sufficient to detect such ski... Read More about Unit trust performance metrics: A comparison of value, growth, and ethical fund.

“What we need is to be held when we’re falling, but allowed to get on with it when we’re well”: What do individuals with a diagnosis of 'Borderline Personality Disorder' really need from Counselling Psychologists? (2022)
Thesis

Individuals diagnosed with ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ (‘BPD’) suffer both psychological distress and rejection from professionals. Though the qualitative literature highlights many beneficial therapeutic qualities for this clinical group, it i... Read More about “What we need is to be held when we’re falling, but allowed to get on with it when we’re well”: What do individuals with a diagnosis of 'Borderline Personality Disorder' really need from Counselling Psychologists?.

Testing the theory of self-determination as a predictor of quality of life in neurological conditions in long-term care (2022)
Thesis

Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2008; Ryan & Deci, 2017) provides a framework for intervention development by setting out a comprehensive approach to motivation and health behaviour through its theory and measurement of autonomy, perceiv... Read More about Testing the theory of self-determination as a predictor of quality of life in neurological conditions in long-term care.

Cinematographic approaches towards the eco-sublime landscape – A practice-led enquiry (2022)
Thesis

This thesis investigates visual representations of the evolving nature of sublime landscapes through the practice of digital cinematography. The enquiry is contextualised through discussion of philosophical understandings of the sublime – Longinus, E... Read More about Cinematographic approaches towards the eco-sublime landscape – A practice-led enquiry.

Does the application of the polluter pays principle in Nigeria's oil industry promote environmental justice? (2022)
Thesis

The hydrocarbon industry is one of enormous complexity and reward. As an industry central to security, prosperity, and the very essence of civilization it offers conflicting possibilities. Though the economic prospect of the industry remains signific... Read More about Does the application of the polluter pays principle in Nigeria's oil industry promote environmental justice?.

Nigeria’s legal responses to climate change obligations (2022)
Thesis

This thesis set out to analyse the effectiveness of the Nigerian legal mechanisms (laws, policies, regulations, and institutions) to achieve the international climate change obligations stemming from the UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreemen... Read More about Nigeria’s legal responses to climate change obligations.

Empirical studies in end-user computer-generated music composition systems (2022)
Thesis

Computer music researchers dream of the perfect algorithm, in which the music generated is indistinguishable from, or even superior to, that composed by the world’s most talented composers. However, the fulfilment of this aim remains ambitious. This t... Read More about Empirical studies in end-user computer-generated music composition systems.

Exploring collaborative working of undergraduate students through virtual worlds: A study conducted in a Sri Lankan context (2022)
Thesis

Collaborative work is a type of learning activity given to students. This type of learning activity encourages students to work actively with their group members. Therefore, the participation of group members is important during group-based activitie... Read More about Exploring collaborative working of undergraduate students through virtual worlds: A study conducted in a Sri Lankan context.

Improving physical activity and movement skill competency in Gloucestershire’s key stage two children (2022)
Thesis

Sport England’s ‘Active Lives, Children and Young People’ survey for the academic year 2019 to 2020 identified that 66% of children in England aged between 5 and 18 were not meeting the recommended amount of physical activity. In addition to low leve... Read More about Improving physical activity and movement skill competency in Gloucestershire’s key stage two children.

Displaced Polish elite nationalists and the Catholic Church in England 1940-1952 (2022)
Thesis

Using unexploited primary sources, this thesis will explain how, during the period June 1940 to August 1952, the English Catholic Church offered the émigré Polish population help based on the fraternal relationship of their respective religious bodie... Read More about Displaced Polish elite nationalists and the Catholic Church in England 1940-1952.

A risk allocation framework for public private partnerships (PPP) water infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka (2022)
Thesis

In Sri Lanka continuous infrastructure development is necessary for the country’s future but this creates a serious financial burden for the government. To deliver infrastructure within constrained public finances, it is necessary for the government... Read More about A risk allocation framework for public private partnerships (PPP) water infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka.