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Considerations for optimising the design of rigid ankle-foot orthoses for children with cerebral palsy. (2025)
Thesis

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the leading cause of childhood motor disabilities, resulting in a
variety of gait impairments. Ankle-foot Orthoses (AFOs) are key to managing these im-
pairments, aiming to facilitate weight-bearing activities and normalise l... Read More about Considerations for optimising the design of rigid ankle-foot orthoses for children with cerebral palsy..

Identity Limbo: An Exploration Into The Lived Remand Experience In Trinidad And Tobago. (2025)
Thesis

Remand continues to pose challenges in Trinidad and Tobago (Wallace, 2020), drawing attention from both the Government and citizens of the nation. However, despite its significance, remand remains a relatively understudied area of study within the fi... Read More about Identity Limbo: An Exploration Into The Lived Remand Experience In Trinidad And Tobago..

Rewriting the Irish Mother Figure: Dismantling Stereotypes of Motherhood and Maternity in Contemporary Irish Literature (2025)
Thesis

This thesis will argue that contemporary Irish women’s literature challenges
traditional tropes of motherhood and reframes the Irish mother as a multidimensional
figure who is separate from both the church and state. Drawing upon a range of
theore... Read More about Rewriting the Irish Mother Figure: Dismantling Stereotypes of Motherhood and Maternity in Contemporary Irish Literature.

Fulwood Barracks and the Garrison Town of Preston: Regional Identity, Local Regiments and Social Change, 1848-1948 (2025)
Thesis

British Army regimental histories have attracted a good deal of criticism among historians due to their partisan nature and their tendency to gloss over human error, poor command, or the actual nature of a campaign in which a regiment participated. I... Read More about Fulwood Barracks and the Garrison Town of Preston: Regional Identity, Local Regiments and Social Change, 1848-1948.

Development of an Artefact to Support Homeowner Decision-making for Housing Retrofit (2025)
Thesis

The sustainability in the UK housing sector is not adequate. Housing retrofit is reported to improve the sustainability. The progress of housing retrofit is low. The underlying reason can be suggested as the limited interest of the homeowners to retr... Read More about Development of an Artefact to Support Homeowner Decision-making for Housing Retrofit.

Making sense of 'sport as a therapy choice' for paediatric physiotherapists working with young people with disabilities (2025)
Thesis

Physiotherapy practice is affected by the challenge of maintaining patients’ engagement with physiotherapy and appears in its top ten research priorities (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 2021b; Rankin et al, 2012, 2020). Paediatric physiotherapis... Read More about Making sense of 'sport as a therapy choice' for paediatric physiotherapists working with young people with disabilities.

Carbon Nanomaterials Applied in Cementitious Composites- A focus on mechanical properties and dispersion techniques (2025)
Thesis

Cementitious composites are integral to civil engineering applications, yet they are subject to limitations such as nanoscale cracking. To address these challenges, this doctoral research investigates the use of Graphene Nanoplatelets (GNPs), a cost-... Read More about Carbon Nanomaterials Applied in Cementitious Composites- A focus on mechanical properties and dispersion techniques.

Evaluating Tender Using Sustainable Products Model in Goods Procurement: A case of the electricity distributor in Ghana. (2025)
Thesis

Sustainability challenges confronting developing countries are numerous and substantial and appear to be exacerbating overtime. Sustainable Public Procurement could be of significant strategic importance to developing countries such as Ghana who spen... Read More about Evaluating Tender Using Sustainable Products Model in Goods Procurement: A case of the electricity distributor in Ghana..

An Assessment Of Food Safety Culture At Five Ethnic Group Restaurants In Dubai. (2025)
Thesis

Recent studies suggest that a deeper understanding of food safety culture within organizations is necessary for ensuring food safety. During the food inspection program, the Dubai Municipality Food Safety Department identified two categories of resta... Read More about An Assessment Of Food Safety Culture At Five Ethnic Group Restaurants In Dubai..

Employers’ and employees’ perceptions regarding promotion of health and well-being in the workplace (2025)
Thesis

Background : The workplace has been identified as a suitable setting where adult populations can be reached for health promotion and prevention of disease. However, little is known about the workplace health and well-being environment in Kenya. The c... Read More about Employers’ and employees’ perceptions regarding promotion of health and well-being in the workplace.

Using Wearable Soft Sensors for Gesture Recognition (2025)
Thesis

The increasing prevalence of hand impairments due to conditions such as arthritis, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson’s Disease, and stroke presents significant challenges in everyday activities, such as tying shoes or getting dressed. In the UK, long-term mu... Read More about Using Wearable Soft Sensors for Gesture Recognition.

Hidden voices and deep meaning: An ethnography to reveal and render explicit health care assistants, porters and domestics experience and role in the social organisation of end of life care (2025)
Thesis

Encounters with patients who are approaching end of life or dying can affect all staff. Yet health care support staff are rarely mentioned or included in service evaluation or research studies, with their roles often not easily visible, largely happe... Read More about Hidden voices and deep meaning: An ethnography to reveal and render explicit health care assistants, porters and domestics experience and role in the social organisation of end of life care.

The Association of Urban Greenspace Characteristics with Tick Densities and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in Scotland (2025)
Thesis

Ticks are an ecosystem disservice in urban greenspaces, with the potential to transmit diseases. The characteristics of an urban greenspace can impact the hazard of ticks and tick-borne pathogens both within a greenspace and in the surrounding area.... Read More about The Association of Urban Greenspace Characteristics with Tick Densities and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in Scotland.

Infrastructure Delivery System for Affordable Housing Policy Implementation In The South-South Region Of Nigeria (2025)
Thesis

This thesis explores the infrastructure delivery systems (IDS) for affordable housing policy implementation in Nigeria's South-South region. The study aims to develop a comprehensive framework to guide policymakers and address the challenges and barr... Read More about Infrastructure Delivery System for Affordable Housing Policy Implementation In The South-South Region Of Nigeria.

Socio-Spatial Framework to Improve Air Quality in Transit-Oriented Development (2025)
Thesis

This research focuses on air quality management in Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) neighbourhoods, addressing the complex interplay between urban design, community behaviour, and regulatory policies. TODs, while promoting sustainable urban develop... Read More about Socio-Spatial Framework to Improve Air Quality in Transit-Oriented Development.

Evaluating and Developing Force Plate Practice for Monitoring Lower-Body Neuromuscular Function in Soccer (2025)
Thesis

The aim of this thesis was to evaluate and identify a best practice for force plate assessments for monitoring lower body NMF in soccer. It was evident following a literature review and scoping review that there is a variety of options for force plat... Read More about Evaluating and Developing Force Plate Practice for Monitoring Lower-Body Neuromuscular Function in Soccer.

Digital twins in Lean strategic facility management in the UK healthcare sector: A proposed framework to enabling Lean strategic facility management in healthcare operations in the UK (2025)
Thesis

The healthcare sector in the United Kingdom (UK) faces significant challenges in managing its vast estate efficiently and effectively. With rising costs, a substantial maintenance backlog, and increasing patient expectations, there is an urgent need... Read More about Digital twins in Lean strategic facility management in the UK healthcare sector: A proposed framework to enabling Lean strategic facility management in healthcare operations in the UK.

Automatic Classification, Detection and Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcification on Digital Mammography Images Using Deep Learning (2025)
Thesis

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death in the United Kingdom with one type, coronary artery disease, killing more than twice as many women as breast cancer. Conventional CVD risk factors have been shown to have less accu... Read More about Automatic Classification, Detection and Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcification on Digital Mammography Images Using Deep Learning.

2D Modelling Of Sediment Dynamics In High Energy Gravel Bed Rivers And Climate Impacted Glacier Fed River Basins (2025)
Thesis

This thesis sets out a novel method of 2D sediment modelling in high energy mountain systems. A new combined methodology using lidar, drone and dGPS survey along with HEC-RAS 2D river simulation has been developed. This methodology has been validated... Read More about 2D Modelling Of Sediment Dynamics In High Energy Gravel Bed Rivers And Climate Impacted Glacier Fed River Basins.

Daylight And View Quality In Offices: Developing Multifactor Evolutionary Simulation Methods to Achieve Occupant Well-Being: A Case Study of Commercial Buildings in Cairo (Egypt) and Salford (England) (2025)
Thesis

Viewing the natural environment from inside homes and workplaces has been recognised by a range of scholars as having an impact on improving health and well-being. Research has shown that a combination of outdoor elements – such as blue sky, sea view... Read More about Daylight And View Quality In Offices: Developing Multifactor Evolutionary Simulation Methods to Achieve Occupant Well-Being: A Case Study of Commercial Buildings in Cairo (Egypt) and Salford (England).