Background: Numerous government White Papers have predicted significant health professional skills gaps in meeting patients’ needs within the National Health Service (NHS). Community advanced clinical practitioners (ACP) were identified as key skille... Read More about Factors influencing community-based advanced clinical practitioners maintaining their physical assessment skills: A qualitative study.
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An Exploration of the Role of Neighbours in Providing Support and Care to Older People Living with Dementia in their own Homes (2023)
Thesis
People now live longer because of improved health and medical sciences. However, ageing if often accompanied by various health and social challenges. Research suggests that as families become more geographically dispersed, there has been a reduction... Read More about An Exploration of the Role of Neighbours in Providing Support and Care to Older People Living with Dementia in their own Homes.
Background: Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), a condition caused by alcohol exposure in the womb, are 19 times more likely to be involved with the criminal justice system (CJS). Despite the potential for a high prevalence of... Read More about Exploring the Vulnerabilities of Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders to, and within, Criminal Justice System Encounters.
Background: Similar to global and regional trends, Saudi students face significant behavioural changes as they leave their home environment, enter university, and develop new habits, which can include unhealthy diets, skipping meals, dining out, and... Read More about An Investigative Study on University Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes towards the Food Dome in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Alterations in Autophagy Marker Distribution in Different Genetic Subtypes of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (2023)
Thesis
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common type of early-onset dementia and is characterised by impairments in language and behavioural changes whilst memory is normally well preserved; it can be clinically subdivided into behavioural va... Read More about Alterations in Autophagy Marker Distribution in Different Genetic Subtypes of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.
Background
In Kenya, there are approximately 6,000 new breast cancer (BC) cases annually and 2,550 deaths. Approximately 80% of patients are diagnosed at advanced stages (III–IV), contributing to the high death rate. Research has shown that BC can b... Read More about A qualitative exploration of factors that influenced health literacy among women diagnosed with breast cancer in Kenya during their cancer journey.
Immediate and accessible grief treatment via cold reading chatbots (2023)
Thesis
This thesis presents a potential solution for prolonged grief disorder (PGD) sufferers waiting for psychological aid, by simulating the cold reading process through a chatbot model. PGD occurs in approximately 10% of all bereavements, and there is cu... Read More about Immediate and accessible grief treatment via cold reading chatbots.
Strengthening educational advancement for enrolled nurses: Developing a new program framework for Uganda (2023)
Thesis
Uganda has three pre-service program levels for entering nursing practice, the first of which is, the Enrolled Nurse (EN) and constitutes majority of Uganda’s nursing workforce. While these enrolled nurses constitute a substantial proportion of the n... Read More about Strengthening educational advancement for enrolled nurses: Developing a new program framework for Uganda.
Real Time Crime Prediction Using Social Media (2023)
Thesis
There is no doubt that crime is on the increase and has a detrimental influence on a nation's economy despite several attempts of studies on crime prediction to minimise crime rates. Historically, data mining techniques for crime prediction models of... Read More about Real Time Crime Prediction Using Social Media.
Exploring psychological distress and expressive writing in Chinese breast cancer patients (2023)
Thesis
Breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy experience intense psychological distress and emotional suppression, which lowers the survivors’ quality of life and impacts their adherence to treatment. Given the insufficient identification and interv... Read More about Exploring psychological distress and expressive writing in Chinese breast cancer patients.
Understanding the Role of Servant Leadership in the Hospitality Sector: AN INTERNAL MARKETING STRATEGY PERSPECTIVE (2023)
Thesis
The main purpose of the study is to understand the importance of servant leadership, which is considered to be a critical component of internal marketing, in influencing Jordanian hotel frontline employees’ constructive deviance. This study proposes... Read More about Understanding the Role of Servant Leadership in the Hospitality Sector: AN INTERNAL MARKETING STRATEGY PERSPECTIVE.
Male Clients' Perspective Of Their Experience Of Counselling In Prisons Stephen Brian Fauguel (2023)
Thesis
The use of psycho-therapeutic interventions within prisons in recent years has been widespread. In order to improve the results of therapy, it is necessary to measure the effectiveness of the outcome (Castonguay, 2013). However, the measureme... Read More about Male Clients' Perspective Of Their Experience Of Counselling In Prisons Stephen Brian Fauguel.
Decomposed vibro-acoustic frequency response functions for the prediction of radiated sound (2023)
Thesis
There are several methods employed to conduct analysis of vibrations in structures. These
methods can be applied to various problems caused by vibrations, such as external noise, and
also to monitor the behavior of the source or structure which is... Read More about Decomposed vibro-acoustic frequency response functions for the prediction of radiated sound.
The effects of anthracyclines on calcium handling and contractility in sheep ventricular myocytes; role of oxidative stress (2023)
Thesis
Anthracyclines such as doxorubicin (DOX) and daunorubicin (DAUN) are effective chemotherapeutics and contribute to improved cancer survival rates in children and adults. However, anthracyclines exhibit acute and chronic cardiotoxicity which can produ... Read More about The effects of anthracyclines on calcium handling and contractility in sheep ventricular myocytes; role of oxidative stress.
Background: Construction is an important industry, estimated to employ 7% of the UK workforce and accounting for 6% of the total economic output. A poor state of health and wellbeing of construction labourers has been widely recognised, with workers... Read More about Designing and evaluating a participatory workplace nutrition intervention to improve the health and wellbeing of blue-collar (construction) workers.
Organisational change is a frequent practice within organisations. Research has shown organisational change to be highly complex, with many challenging considerations. Employees are identified as a significant influe... Read More about An Exploration of the Experiences of Nursing Staff during the Time of a Large Reconfiguration of Cancer Services at an NHS Hospital.
Writing-As-Shadow-Work: An Aesthetics of Jungian Psychoanalysis (2023)
Thesis
Taking a personal experience of Jungian psychoanalysis as a starting point, Writing-As-Shadow-Work: An Aesthetics of Jungian Psychoanalysis shows how I integrated the concepts and practice of Jungian psychoanalysis with creative life writing to devel... Read More about Writing-As-Shadow-Work: An Aesthetics of Jungian Psychoanalysis.
The Effects of Salt Precipitation During CO2 Injection into Deep Saline Aquifer and Remediation Techniques (2023)
Thesis
The by-products of combustion from the utilisation of fossil fuels for energy generation are a source of greenhouse gas emissions, mainly Carbon dioxide (CO2). This has been attributed to climate change because of global warming. Carbon capture and s... Read More about The Effects of Salt Precipitation During CO2 Injection into Deep Saline Aquifer and Remediation Techniques.
In 1889, it was estimated that there were ten thousand brass bands across America and by the beginning of the twentieth century, that number had increased to over eighteen thousand (Hazen & Hazen, 1987). These brass bands were an integral part of Ame... Read More about The American brass band movement in the twenty-first century: a study of past influences via an investigation into the future direction of performance and composition.