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Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community (2023)
Thesis
Williams, N. S. (2023). Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community. (Thesis). Keele University

This PhD thesis was written as part of a programme of research conducted by the Enable Project into the policing of domestic football events in Sweden. Between 2014 and 2016 Enable had conducted a series of Participant Action Research based observati... Read More about Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community.

Radio and infrared surveys for active galactic nuclei behind the Magellanic Clouds (2023)
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Pennock, C. M. (2023). Radio and infrared surveys for active galactic nuclei behind the Magellanic Clouds. (Thesis). Keele University

I present an analysis of a new 120 deg2 radio continuum image of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) at 888 MHz with a bandwidth of 288 MHz and beam size of 13.′′9×12.′′1, from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). I constructed a ca... Read More about Radio and infrared surveys for active galactic nuclei behind the Magellanic Clouds.

Statistical methods for prognostic factor and risk prediction research (2023)
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Whittle, R. L. (2023). Statistical methods for prognostic factor and risk prediction research. (Thesis). Keele University

Prognosis research is an important part of medical research as it seeks to understand, predict, and improve future outcomes in people with a given disease or health condition. This thesis focuses on the application and development of statistical meth... Read More about Statistical methods for prognostic factor and risk prediction research.

Understanding process of management control changes in hybrid organisational contracts (2023)
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Zaidi, U. (2023). Understanding process of management control changes in hybrid organisational contracts. (Thesis). Keele University

Motivated by controversial public and private sector hybrid organisational relationships and, more broadly, by repeated calls regarding control and management of hybrid organisational relationships, this thesis is concerned with the understanding pro... Read More about Understanding process of management control changes in hybrid organisational contracts.

1. Franklyn’s Dog, 2. Trauma fiction : Enforcement, healingand the role of the perpetrator (2023)
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Cassam, S. J. (2023). 1. Franklyn’s Dog, 2. Trauma fiction : Enforcement, healingand the role of the perpetrator. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis aims to explore current and emerging trends within trauma fiction and the criticism surrounding it. The thesis consists of a novel, Franklyn’s Dog, that focuses on the protagonist, Jon, and his attempts to overcome and move beyond the tra... Read More about 1. Franklyn’s Dog, 2. Trauma fiction : Enforcement, healingand the role of the perpetrator.

“Hot and bitter tears” (辛酸泪): An inquiry into Chinese migrants’ experiences of undocumented status (2023)
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Machin, H. E. (2023). “Hot and bitter tears” (辛酸泪): An inquiry into Chinese migrants’ experiences of undocumented status. (Thesis). Keele University

Undocumented Chinese migration to the UK has, in the aftermath of widely publicised events such as the Dover and Morecambe Bay tragedies, triggered significant concern. Since such events, attention has turned to other forms of irregular entry. Yet, u... Read More about “Hot and bitter tears” (辛酸泪): An inquiry into Chinese migrants’ experiences of undocumented status.

Study to determine the rate of kill of anti-leishmanial drugs using a novel bioluminescence-based assay (2023)
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Freakley, A. L. (2023). Study to determine the rate of kill of anti-leishmanial drugs using a novel bioluminescence-based assay. (Thesis). Keele University

Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease associated with poverty, deprived socio-economic settings and population displacement, primarily due to conflict. The causative agent are species of Leishmania parasites that are transmitted by sand flies... Read More about Study to determine the rate of kill of anti-leishmanial drugs using a novel bioluminescence-based assay.

A social realist challenge to the structuring of professional practice knowledge for initial teacher education in England (2023)
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Swift, D. (2023). A social realist challenge to the structuring of professional practice knowledge for initial teacher education in England. (Thesis). Keele University

Professional practice knowledge for beginning teachers involves grappling with the extent to which ‘theory’ and ‘practice’ should be evident during initial teacher education courses. The end point assessment tool for such programmes in England is tha... Read More about A social realist challenge to the structuring of professional practice knowledge for initial teacher education in England.

Business leases and energy efficiency: improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals (2023)
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Western, J. D. (2023). Business leases and energy efficiency: improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis considers the two distinct areas of landlord and tenant law and building energy efficiency for older refurbished commercial buildings. Market forces are unlikely to help solve the split incentive problem by themselves. After explaining th... Read More about Business leases and energy efficiency: improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals.

Hope and local food activism in a North Wales town: a conceptual and ethnographic study (2023)
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West, R. H. (2023). Hope and local food activism in a North Wales town: a conceptual and ethnographic study. (Thesis). Keele University

The aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between hope and local food growing projects within a sustainability context. Hope has often been overlooked or dismissed as naïve in sociological and political discourse, while interstitial polit... Read More about Hope and local food activism in a North Wales town: a conceptual and ethnographic study.

Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems (2023)
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Beer, O. M. (2023). Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems. (Thesis). Keele University

Emotions shape and enrich our conscious experiences. Despite the interdisciplinary consensus that emotions are fundamental to understanding human behaviour, there are limited investigations into emotion and emotion regulation in the daily lives of no... Read More about Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems.

Using Twitter to mobilise knowledge for First Contact Physiotherapists - A qualitative study (2023)
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Campbell, L. H. (2023). Using Twitter to mobilise knowledge for First Contact Physiotherapists - A qualitative study. (Thesis). Keele University

Background - First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) specialise in supporting people who consult with musculoskeletal conditions in National Health Service primary care. Cited FCP role challenges include professional isolation, time demands and changin... Read More about Using Twitter to mobilise knowledge for First Contact Physiotherapists - A qualitative study.

The role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the pleiotropic effects of Atorvastatin (2023)
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Sandhu, K. S. (2023). The role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the pleiotropic effects of Atorvastatin. (Thesis). Keele University

The following thesis began by discussing current controversies surrounding EPC identification then studied the effect of atorvastatin on EPC numbers in bench and bed side studies. Atorvastatin was hypothesised to increase chemokine CXCL-12 its recep... Read More about The role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the pleiotropic effects of Atorvastatin.

ATR-FTIR spectroscopy of heparin: using multivariate analyses for next-generation quality control (2023)
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Devlin, A. J. (2023). ATR-FTIR spectroscopy of heparin: using multivariate analyses for next-generation quality control. (Thesis). Keele University

Heparin is a member of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) family of naturally occurring, polydisperse, linear polysaccharides. Heparin is a ubiquitous anticoagulant drug, a member of the WHO’s list of vital medicines and the second used drug by weight after... Read More about ATR-FTIR spectroscopy of heparin: using multivariate analyses for next-generation quality control.

Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality? (2023)
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Ozdemir, S. (2023). Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality?. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis is an investigation into philosophical issues surrounding the production of human-like robots. I will argue that there is no reason to think conscious robots will ever be built, but that supposedly conscious robots that are able to emulat... Read More about Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality?.

Fundamental parameters of very low mass stars in eclipsing binary star systems observed with the CHEOPS satellite (2023)
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Swayne, M. I. (2023). Fundamental parameters of very low mass stars in eclipsing binary star systems observed with the CHEOPS satellite. (Thesis). Keele University

Observations of low-mass stars have frequently shown unexpectedly large stellar radii when compared to the predictions from theoretical stellar structure models. This “radius inflation” problem may have consequences not just for stellar science but a... Read More about Fundamental parameters of very low mass stars in eclipsing binary star systems observed with the CHEOPS satellite.

Cosplay: Community, hierarchy, and the Acafan methodology (2023)
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Skentelbery, D. (2023). Cosplay: Community, hierarchy, and the Acafan methodology. (Thesis). Keele University

Cosplay is the act of dressing and performing as a character from popular media and is typically associated with fan conventions. The academic study of gender-play cosplay (explicit play with gendered codes) has framed cosplay as a socially transform... Read More about Cosplay: Community, hierarchy, and the Acafan methodology.

War stories: composure and discomposure in British veterans’ communication of their experiences of the Falklands War, 1982 (2023)
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Beales, J. M. (2023). War stories: composure and discomposure in British veterans’ communication of their experiences of the Falklands War, 1982. (Thesis). Keele University

Scholars have extensively studied the cultural and political impacts of the Falklands War in Britain. However, despite the proliferation of veterans’ memoirs, oral histories, and written accounts of the war there are few academic analyses of veterans... Read More about War stories: composure and discomposure in British veterans’ communication of their experiences of the Falklands War, 1982.

Impact of different practice patterns on solute transport in peritoneal dialysis (2023)
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Brenna, I. (2023). Impact of different practice patterns on solute transport in peritoneal dialysis. (Thesis). Keele University

Long term peritoneal dialysis (PD) is associated with increased peritoneal solute transport rate (PSTR) and loss of ultrafiltration capacity [1,2], both reflecting acquired structural alterations of the peritoneal membrane. Peritoneal functional chan... Read More about Impact of different practice patterns on solute transport in peritoneal dialysis.