All Outputs (112)

Becoming a female solicitor: vocational professional training as a site of identity formation and professional socialisation (2019)
Thesis
Floyd, L. (2019). Becoming a female solicitor: vocational professional training as a site of identity formation and professional socialisation. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413090

Persistent structural inequalities within the solicitors’ profession in England and Wales include the entry barriers faced by non-traditional applicants, and the hegemonic masculinity of the profession. Legal education is a significant actor in the p... Read More about Becoming a female solicitor: vocational professional training as a site of identity formation and professional socialisation.

Preventing mobile phone use while driving: Appreciating the equivocal nature of identity, safety and legality in an uncertain world (2019)
Thesis
Savigar, L. (2019). Preventing mobile phone use while driving: Appreciating the equivocal nature of identity, safety and legality in an uncertain world. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413091

Mobile phone use while driving is a major concern for, but is also performed by, many drivers on UK roads (RAC, 2017b), with 40% of drivers admitting to using a mobile phone illegally (Ibid). This thesis presents a mixed methods exploration of mobile... Read More about Preventing mobile phone use while driving: Appreciating the equivocal nature of identity, safety and legality in an uncertain world.

Follow-up observations and characterisation of transiting hot Jupiter exoplanets (2019)
Thesis
Clark, B. J. M. (2019). Follow-up observations and characterisation of transiting hot Jupiter exoplanets. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413092

The discovery of the first hot Jupiter exoplanet more than twenty years ago raised many questions. Such large, hot planets were not predicted to exist so close to their host star. Since then, more than 125 hot Jupiters have been discovered (to date),... Read More about Follow-up observations and characterisation of transiting hot Jupiter exoplanets.

The use of metabonomic profiling approaches for the investigation of complex food fraud (2019)
Thesis
Sidwick, K. L. (2019). The use of metabonomic profiling approaches for the investigation of complex food fraud. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413093

Food fraud is a challenge in today's expanding global food industry. Recently weaknesses in current testing methods for meat authentication have been exposed. Labels are assumed to accurately describe the contents of meat products, however these can... Read More about The use of metabonomic profiling approaches for the investigation of complex food fraud.

The Brontës' writing community: family, partnership and creative collaboration (2019)
Thesis
Braxton, K. J. (2019). The Brontës' writing community: family, partnership and creative collaboration. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413096

In 1846 Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë published Poems under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. An immediate interest regarding the identity of these mysterious Bells emerged. With the publication of their novels the following year the Br... Read More about The Brontës' writing community: family, partnership and creative collaboration.

The influence of values on environmental behaviour: an evaluation of a segmentation approach (2019)
Thesis
Bosworth, G. J. (2019). The influence of values on environmental behaviour: an evaluation of a segmentation approach. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413131

It is in human interest to protect planet Earth by engaging in pro-environmental behaviour (PEB), yet many people are not doing so. Although the values we endorse are thought to influence PEB, relatively little research has considered the impact of e... Read More about The influence of values on environmental behaviour: an evaluation of a segmentation approach.

Investigation of serum monomeric C-reactive protein and associated auto-antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (2019)
Thesis
Moran, J. A. (2019). Investigation of serum monomeric C-reactive protein and associated auto-antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413132

The research described here considers molecular variations of the acute phase response protein, C reactive protein (CRP), and the presence of CRP and anti CRP autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient serum. Monomeric CRP (mCRP) was genera... Read More about Investigation of serum monomeric C-reactive protein and associated auto-antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis.

US Presidential campaign strategy 1960 - 2012: observing and explaining change in rhetoric (2019)
Thesis
Tiplady, S. (2019). US Presidential campaign strategy 1960 - 2012: observing and explaining change in rhetoric. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413134

This thesis investigates core aspects of campaign strategy, through content analysis of campaign rhetoric, to assess whether there is evidence that campaign strategy changes, rather than remains fixed, during presidential general election campaigns.... Read More about US Presidential campaign strategy 1960 - 2012: observing and explaining change in rhetoric.

Fusion: jazz, flamenco, and rethinking aesthetic (2019)
Thesis
Balzarano, J. P. (2019). Fusion: jazz, flamenco, and rethinking aesthetic. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413135

This thesis is about the music of the fusion movement (1969-1980). Disparaged by writers and critics who denounced the blending phenomenon as a commercially driven jazz substyle offering no artistic merit, the research presented here argues for the r... Read More about Fusion: jazz, flamenco, and rethinking aesthetic.

The role of social participation in maintaining mental and physical health in older people with musculoskeletal pain (2019)
Thesis
Baker, S. (2019). The role of social participation in maintaining mental and physical health in older people with musculoskeletal pain. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413137

Background Identifying factors that distinguish between older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain who maintain good mental and physical health, and those who do not, would inform practical programmes for promoting future physical and mental hea... Read More about The role of social participation in maintaining mental and physical health in older people with musculoskeletal pain.

No man’s land? Veterans’ experiences of 21st century warfare and the return to post-conflict life (2019)
Thesis
Wilkinson, H. R. (2019). No man’s land? Veterans’ experiences of 21st century warfare and the return to post-conflict life. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413138

This thesis presents original research exploring how serving in 21st century theatres of war impacts on the return to ‘civilian’ life (‘civvy street’). Through a rich analysis of in-depth narrative interviews with former military personnel, this rese... Read More about No man’s land? Veterans’ experiences of 21st century warfare and the return to post-conflict life.

Investigation into the role of small nucleolar RNA U44 in leukaemia (2019)
Thesis
Gawlik, C. (2019). Investigation into the role of small nucleolar RNA U44 in leukaemia. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417894

Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that act as guide RNAs for post-transcriptional chemical modifications of ribosomal and spliceosome RNAs. Recent independent reports have indicated that these small non-coding RNAs a... Read More about Investigation into the role of small nucleolar RNA U44 in leukaemia.