The transition from neophyte registered nurse to staff nurse can be a challenging stage in an individual’s career. There has been much discussion on the process and the effect that it can have on the individual’s performance, however less considerati... Read More about Creating partnership by aligning the support needs of the neophyte registered nurse and the healthcare organisation: An appreciative inquiry.
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Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context (2015)
Thesis
Social presence has long been considered to be a key factor in enhancing learning in online contexts (Garrison, Anderson & Archer, 2000; Gunawardena & Zittle, 1997; Kehrwald, 2010; Ko, 2012; Tu, 2002b). New modes of online interaction, however, requi... Read More about Investigating social presence in the voice-based chat room and the text-based forum in the Chinese online learning context.
Building materials: An installed composition (2015)
Thesis
This research project extends my creative work and unpacks my interest in the use of sonification and mapping as compositional strategies, both in my own practice and more broadly. The thesis reflects on the installed composition, 'Building Materials... Read More about Building materials: An installed composition.
The relationship between a strategic approach to quality and employee happiness (2015)
Thesis
This research explores the relationship between a strategic approach to quality management in Canadian organizations and employee measures of happiness. In particular, it investigates how a strategic approach to quality management impacts on employe... Read More about The relationship between a strategic approach to quality and employee happiness.
This thesis presents a multi-proxy reconstruction of Holocene sea-level change at the Steart Peninsula in Bridgwater Bay, Somerset. Single- and multi-proxy transfer functions were developed from diatom and foraminifera training data from two sites on... Read More about Holocene sea-level change at the Steart Peninsula, Somerset: Development and application of a multi-proxy sea-level transfer function for the Severn Estuary region.
The purpose of this study was to produce a reagent to use in investigation of antibodies directed against the Knops blood group system antigens. A novel reagent based on sr-proteins was produced and used in a new test to inhibit these antibodies.... Read More about Production of soluble recombinant complement receptor (CR1) antigens to detect or inhibit antibodies to Knops (KN) blood group system antigens.
A case study of adolescent girls’ use of social media and its influence on identity and belonging (2015)
Thesis
This research aimed to investigate social constructions of gender identity among girls aged 14-16 years in a state secondary school within the broader framework of social network media use. The research explored the proposition that social network me... Read More about A case study of adolescent girls’ use of social media and its influence on identity and belonging.
Experiences of mindfulness for clients with OCD: An IPA study (2015)
Thesis
Mindfulness has been proposed as a potential treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a debilitating condition that for many is life-long. However, it is not clear whether, and how, mindfulness is experienced as helpful by OCD sufferers.... Read More about Experiences of mindfulness for clients with OCD: An IPA study.
The use of surface electromyography within equine performance analysis (2015)
Thesis
Equine athletes participate in a wide range of equestrian disciplines. Performance analysis in sport is the collection and subsequent analysis of data, or key information sets, related to facets of training and / or competition, to accelerate and imp... Read More about The use of surface electromyography within equine performance analysis.
The electrical power system is a large interconnected system made up of electrical components to generate, transport and utilize electrical power. The size and complexity of the power system have increased significantly in recent years due to the int... Read More about Diakoptic assessment of power system voltage variations and applications in weak grids introduced by wind energy – The Nigerian power system in perspective.
The preparation and characterisation of auxetic foams for the application of trauma attenuating backings (2015)
Thesis
Blunt body trauma, due to a heavy impact or blow, has the potential to cause catastrophic injury in a broad range of professions and workplace environments. At particular risk are those who work in areas such as the military, the engineering and cons... Read More about The preparation and characterisation of auxetic foams for the application of trauma attenuating backings.
This study aimed to further our understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships within counselling psychology.
Theoretical challenges to the influence of Cartesian dualism on Western medicine and therapeutic practices that led to a largely di... Read More about Towards a relational understanding of embodied therapeutic relationships: A qualitative study of body-focused practitioners' experiences.
This thesis examines the interpretation and application of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG). The main research question focusses on ‘How is the remedy es... Read More about The United Nation Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods 1980 (CISG) An examination of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the CISG: How is the remedy interpreted, exercised and what are the consequences of avoidance?.
Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway (2015)
Thesis
This thesis identifies and interrogates commonalities and divergences in the works of T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway in relation to their focus on how to make sense of the world of experience in the early twentieth century, and the complex mediation... Read More about Experience and feeling in T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway.
Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970 (2015)
Thesis
Women’s expeditionary work, in common with women’s geographical work more broadly, has been comparatively understudied within the history of geographical thought and practice, and within the wider discipline, until relatively recently (Domosh 1991a,... Read More about Terra incognita: Women on Royal Geographical Society-supported expeditions 1913-1970.
The Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2) is an oncogene expressed in 25-30% of invasive breast cancers. The HER2 gene encodes an 185kDa transmembrane protein with tyrosine kinase activity. Gene amplification or protein expression of HER2 i... Read More about The expression of alternative splice variants of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 in invasive breast cancer and cell line models.
Chance Memories: Supporting involuntary reminiscence by design (2015)
Thesis
People give huge importance to preserving their memories as a way of understanding who they are and what they are about. Current memory support systems, however, favour people self-prescribing time and space to collect, store and maintain explicit me... Read More about Chance Memories: Supporting involuntary reminiscence by design.
Hormonal and genetic regulation of prostate cancer in Caucasian and Malaysian Chinese ethnic groups (2015)
Thesis
Introduction
Prostate Cancer (PC) is the most common cancer in men and the second biggest cause of cancer-related death of men in the Western world. There are significant ethnic differences in the incidence of PC between African Americans, Caucas... Read More about Hormonal and genetic regulation of prostate cancer in Caucasian and Malaysian Chinese ethnic groups.