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Statistical methods for prognostic factor and risk prediction research (2023)
Thesis
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.

Business leases and energy efficiency: improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals (2023)
Thesis
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.

Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources (2023)
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Moore, S. B. (2023). Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources. (Thesis). Keele University

Previous research has highlighted the importance of attention in the allocation of visual short-term memory (vSTM) resources. However, much of this research examined performance across a single feature dimension (e.g., colour), disregarding the poten... Read More about Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources.

Creative community groups as catalysts for health and wellbeing: An ethnographic study of arts participation in Stoke-on-Trent (UK) (2023)
Thesis
Fanthome, J. C. (2023). Creative community groups as catalysts for health and wellbeing: An ethnographic study of arts participation in Stoke-on-Trent (UK). (Thesis). Keele University

The role of creative activity for wellbeing is of growing interest, with third sector resources increasingly utilised to prevent the over-medicalisation of social problems. Experiences of community creative participation, however, are not well unders... Read More about Creative community groups as catalysts for health and wellbeing: An ethnographic study of arts participation in Stoke-on-Trent (UK).

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.

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.

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.

Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality? (2023)
Thesis
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?.

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.

“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.

The effect of construct configuration on the mechanical stiffness and strength of spinal implants for kyphotic spinal deformity (2023)
Thesis
Tsang, K. S. (2023). The effect of construct configuration on the mechanical stiffness and strength of spinal implants for kyphotic spinal deformity. (Thesis). Keele University

Spinal deformity involves a wide spectrum of disease, including congenital, developmental, degenerative and traumatic; affecting infant, adolescence and the elderly. Of these, Sheuermann’s kyphosis is a form of developmental long spinal deformity, ch... Read More about The effect of construct configuration on the mechanical stiffness and strength of spinal implants for kyphotic spinal deformity.

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.

Non-aromatic building blocks for metallosupramolecular assemblies (2023)
Thesis
Slyusarchuk, V. (2023). Non-aromatic building blocks for metallosupramolecular assemblies. (Thesis). Keele University

This study investigates the metallosupramolecular chemistry of coordinating ligands that contain a rigid aliphatic unit via the study of their coordination complexes when combined with d- and f-block metal ions. The aim was to investigate whether the... Read More about Non-aromatic building blocks for metallosupramolecular assemblies.

Impact of different practice patterns on solute transport in peritoneal dialysis (2023)
Thesis
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.

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

The association between gout and psychological co-morbidity: results from a prospective cohort study (2023)
Thesis
Higgs, J. J. R. (2023). The association between gout and psychological co-morbidity: results from a prospective cohort study. (Thesis). Keele University

Gout is associated with an increased risk of both physical-health co-morbidities and a reduction in physical health-related quality of life. However, the association between gout and psychological comorbidity (depression and anxiety) has received lit... Read More about The association between gout and psychological co-morbidity: results from a prospective cohort study.

Cosplay: Community, hierarchy, and the Acafan methodology (2023)
Thesis
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.

Developing in vitro models of traumatic injury for neural tissue engineering applications (2023)
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Wiseman, J. P. (2023). Developing in vitro models of traumatic injury for neural tissue engineering applications. (Thesis). Keele University

Penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) cause significant neurological damage and debilitation. The management of these central nervous system (CNS) injuries is largely supportive, with no clinically available regenerat... Read More about Developing in vitro models of traumatic injury for neural tissue engineering applications.

Investigating the therapeutic potential of the glucocorticoid antagonist, mifepristone, for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (2023)
Thesis
Sutton, E. R. (2023). Investigating the therapeutic potential of the glucocorticoid antagonist, mifepristone, for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. (Thesis). Keele University

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease characterised by loss of alpha motor neurons and muscle atrophy. When untreated, mortality occurs within the first two years of life in the most severe cases. Extensive research has led to thre... Read More about Investigating the therapeutic potential of the glucocorticoid antagonist, mifepristone, for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.