All Outputs (1641)

Squaring the Adoption Triangle: reconciling the competing needs of sibling children (2023)
Thesis
Dowding, S. (2023). Squaring the Adoption Triangle: reconciling the competing needs of sibling children. (Thesis). Keele University

Siblings are important – so far, so obvious – and yet the sibling relationship does not feature in the commonly-described ‘Adoption Triangle’1 of birth parent, child and prospective adopters. Social workers construct care plans, making recommenda... Read More about Squaring the Adoption Triangle: reconciling the competing needs of sibling children.

In-solution and interface study on biological model membranes and their interaction with Prohibitin (2023)
Thesis
Piccinini, A. (2023). In-solution and interface study on biological model membranes and their interaction with Prohibitin. (Thesis). Keele University

Prohibitins (PHB) play a crucial role in premature cellular ageing, tumour suppression, cell cycle regulation, and apoptosis, and their deregulation is involved in viral infections, neurological and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Despite the ess... Read More about In-solution and interface study on biological model membranes and their interaction with Prohibitin.

Understanding process of management control changes in hybrid organisational contracts (2023)
Thesis
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.

Between pragmatism and ideology: role-conflict management in Turkey’s foreign policy towards Israel under the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), 2002-2022 (2023)
Thesis
Çelik, A. (2023). Between pragmatism and ideology: role-conflict management in Turkey’s foreign policy towards Israel under the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), 2002-2022. (Thesis). Keele University

The opposed tendencies in Turkey’s foreign policy—shifting between pragmatism and ideology—have become an issue of debate in both political and academic circles ever since the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party, or AKP) came to... Read More about Between pragmatism and ideology: role-conflict management in Turkey’s foreign policy towards Israel under the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), 2002-2022.

Fundamental parameters of very low mass stars in eclipsing binary star systems observed with the CHEOPS satellite (2023)
Thesis
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.

Study to determine the rate of kill of anti-leishmanial drugs using a novel bioluminescence-based assay (2023)
Thesis
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.

Chemical synthesis of fluorinated carbocyclic nucleoside analogues (2023)
Thesis
Benckendorff, C. M. M. (2023). Chemical synthesis of fluorinated carbocyclic nucleoside analogues. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/529473

Since the discovery of their pharmaceutical potential, nucleoside analogues have become one of the most important classes of chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of many cancers and viral infections. In many chronic illnesses, such as HBV or HIV... Read More about Chemical synthesis of fluorinated carbocyclic nucleoside analogues.

A study of mechanical and capillary bifurcation phenomena in soft elastic materials (2023)
Thesis
Emery, D. R. (2023). A study of mechanical and capillary bifurcation phenomena in soft elastic materials. (Thesis). Keele University

Stress-induced pattern formations in soft elastic materials are bifurcation phenomena which can be localized or periodic. Certain localized pattern formations such as necking or bulging are associated with zero wavenumber, whereas periodic pattern fo... Read More about A study of mechanical and capillary bifurcation phenomena in soft elastic materials.

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)
Thesis
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.

Using Twitter to mobilise knowledge for First Contact Physiotherapists - A qualitative study (2023)
Thesis
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.

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

The management of varices in acute on chronic liver failure: a systematic review of guidelines and investigation of local practice (2023)
Thesis
Kesavan, S. (2023). The management of varices in acute on chronic liver failure: a systematic review of guidelines and investigation of local practice. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/515604

Varices are a complication of chronic liver disease and are associated with a high mortality if they haemorrhage. Patients need to be managed using the best available evidence to improve their outcomes. This thesis is formed of two parts: a systemati... Read More about The management of varices in acute on chronic liver failure: a systematic review of guidelines and investigation of local practice.

Deciphering the atmospheric properties of hot gas giant exoplanets via ground-based transmission spectroscopy (2023)
Thesis
Spyratos, P. (2023). Deciphering the atmospheric properties of hot gas giant exoplanets via ground-based transmission spectroscopy. (Thesis). Keele University

Transiting hot gas giant exoplanets are great targets for atmospheric investigations due to their extended atmospheres and their strong obscuring effect on the observed starlight when they pass in front of their host star. Transmission spectroscopy c... Read More about Deciphering the atmospheric properties of hot gas giant exoplanets via ground-based transmission spectroscopy.

The role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the pleiotropic effects of Atorvastatin (2023)
Thesis
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.

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

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?.

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

Machine learning identification of massive young stellar objects in Local Group galaxies (2023)
Thesis
Kinson, D. A. (2023). Machine learning identification of massive young stellar objects in Local Group galaxies. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis presents the development and implementation of a machine learning classification of massive Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) in two Local Group galaxies, NGC6822 and M33. Using archival near- and far-IR data, point sources in both galaxies ar... Read More about Machine learning identification of massive young stellar objects in Local Group galaxies.

UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation (2023)
Thesis
Malbon, H. (2023). UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation. (Thesis). Keele University

Conservation of Cultural Heritage has been a mainstay of UNESCO and other such organisations for decades, whether it is artefacts, buildings, or earthworks. With the increase of tourism, urban encroachment, climate change, or naturally occurring proc... Read More about UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation.