All Outputs (67)

Balancing value and effort: a classic grounded theory of frontline police practice (2021)
Thesis
Ash, D. P. (2021). Balancing value and effort: a classic grounded theory of frontline police practice. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis seeks to explain the behaviour of frontline police officers engaged in incident work. Policymakers try to improve police legitimacy by changing how individual police officers interact with the public at police incidents. However, police p... Read More about Balancing value and effort: a classic grounded theory of frontline police practice.

1. The revolt of the dolls: a novel and 2. The revolt of the dolls and other small rebellions: a critical introduction to the fairy-tales of Sophie von Baudissin (2021)
Thesis
Sampson, E. S. (2021). 1. The revolt of the dolls: a novel and 2. The revolt of the dolls and other small rebellions: a critical introduction to the fairy-tales of Sophie von Baudissin. (Thesis). Keele University

The German nineteenth-century fairy-tale has long been, and remains, largely synonymous with the tales of the Brothers Grimm, particularly in the wider public consciousness. While there is some awareness among the general public of other, contemporan... Read More about 1. The revolt of the dolls: a novel and 2. The revolt of the dolls and other small rebellions: a critical introduction to the fairy-tales of Sophie von Baudissin.

‘Social worker’ perceptions of organisational and professional changes to their work in Canada, England and South Africa (2021)
Thesis
Spolander, G. C. (2021). ‘Social worker’ perceptions of organisational and professional changes to their work in Canada, England and South Africa. (Thesis). Keele University

Growing global inequality, austerity and retrogressive social policy (Basu et al., 2017) provide the context for social work practice. The profession is committed to empowering people and addressing social justice, inequality and social cohesion but... Read More about ‘Social worker’ perceptions of organisational and professional changes to their work in Canada, England and South Africa.

Pharmacological analysis of dopaminergic synaptic plasticity in rodent lateral entorhinal cortex (2021)
Thesis
Pettitt, G. (2021). Pharmacological analysis of dopaminergic synaptic plasticity in rodent lateral entorhinal cortex. (Thesis). Keele University

Despite receiving the second largest dopaminergic projection from the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and having a pivotal role in conveying non-spatial information received from sensory cortices, the physiological functions of the lateral entorhinal co... Read More about Pharmacological analysis of dopaminergic synaptic plasticity in rodent lateral entorhinal cortex.

Practice Nurses' role extension and diagnostic work in long-term conditions: a qualitative metasynthesis and interview study (2021)
Thesis
Tan, V. A. (2021). Practice Nurses' role extension and diagnostic work in long-term conditions: a qualitative metasynthesis and interview study. (Thesis). Keele University

Background
Role extension is common in primary care in the UK, with assessment, diagnosis and management of some conditions by role extended nurses well established. Practice nurses (PNs) are now considered fundamental to the care of patients with... Read More about Practice Nurses' role extension and diagnostic work in long-term conditions: a qualitative metasynthesis and interview study.

Investigating the impact of subchondral bone health and activity levels on cartilage repair in the knee (2021)
Thesis
Hopkins, T. (2021). Investigating the impact of subchondral bone health and activity levels on cartilage repair in the knee. (Thesis). Keele University

Damage to the articular cartilage (AC) in the human knee, caused by physical trauma or degenerative disease, represents a common and complex clinical problem. AC has a very limited capacity for self-repair and, once damaged, rarely heals spontaneousl... Read More about Investigating the impact of subchondral bone health and activity levels on cartilage repair in the knee.

Alexander Technique: an exploration of overcoming fear of falling in people aged 60 and over (2021)
Thesis
Tunnicliffe, E. (2021). Alexander Technique: an exploration of overcoming fear of falling in people aged 60 and over. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis comprises a mixed-methods study aimed at exploring whether an Alexander Technique intervention would enable participants aged 60 years and over to improve their balance and movement, thereby increasing balance confidence and reducing fear... Read More about Alexander Technique: an exploration of overcoming fear of falling in people aged 60 and over.