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The promised spring: death and neoliberalism in Iraq (2020)
Journal Article
GÖKAY, B., & HAMOURTZIADOU, L. (2020). The promised spring: death and neoliberalism in Iraq. Security Dialogues, 45-60. https://doi.org/10.47054/sd2010045g

Globalisation and modernisation were expected to transform the Middle East, by ending regional conflicts and spreading democracy, freedom, prosperity and peace. However, the oil reserves of the Gulf have been the main stake in Western policies that l... Read More about The promised spring: death and neoliberalism in Iraq.

Knit One, Play One: Comparing the Effects of Amateur Knitting and Amateur Music Participation on Happiness and Wellbeing (2020)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2020). Knit One, Play One: Comparing the Effects of Amateur Knitting and Amateur Music Participation on Happiness and Wellbeing. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1303-1322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-019-09734-z

Previous research suggests that engaging in creative and meaningful leisure activities enhances mental health, wellbeing and quality of life. However, studies often explore specific creative activities in isolation. We compared happiness and wellbein... Read More about Knit One, Play One: Comparing the Effects of Amateur Knitting and Amateur Music Participation on Happiness and Wellbeing.

Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance (2020)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2020). Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance. Theoretical Criminology, 651-668. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480618819796

The spectacle of the body in pain has long functioned heuristically in crime and justice. Within this phenomenon sits a counter-cultural tradition of re-enacting outrages in public view to rally against injustices. This article starts from the establ... Read More about Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance.

Soft Tissue Radiological Knee (SToRK) Index: An observational cohort study to produce an index that quantifies the magnitude of soft tissue around the knee using standard radiographs (2020)
Journal Article
Sajid, S., Kuiper, J. H., Dhawan, R., Banerjee, R., & Lewthwaite, S. (2020). Soft Tissue Radiological Knee (SToRK) Index: An observational cohort study to produce an index that quantifies the magnitude of soft tissue around the knee using standard radiographs. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 11, S909-S915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2020.08.001

Exploring Serious Incident Investigation Practices in the NHS: towards a patient safety culture in Community Healthcare NHS Trusts (2020)
Thesis
Hulme, A. (2020). Exploring Serious Incident Investigation Practices in the NHS: towards a patient safety culture in Community Healthcare NHS Trusts. (Thesis). Keele University

Patient safety is a major challenge in healthcare systems worldwide. In an attempt to make healthcare safer, practices have been adopted from other safety critical industries, accepting the underlying theory of high reliability organisations (HROs).... Read More about Exploring Serious Incident Investigation Practices in the NHS: towards a patient safety culture in Community Healthcare NHS Trusts.

Translational studies to support the use of pitavastatin as a cancer therapeutic (2020)
Thesis
Jawad, M. J. (2020). Translational studies to support the use of pitavastatin as a cancer therapeutic. (Thesis). Keele University

Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of death associated with cancer. Initially, the disease responds to surgical cytoreduction, followed by chemotherapy. The primary response rate for chemotherapy is about 80%. Unfortunately, most patients rela... Read More about Translational studies to support the use of pitavastatin as a cancer therapeutic.

Complexity and the governance of security in communal spaces: an ethnographic exploration of two university campuses (2020)
Thesis
Saduova, D. (2020). Complexity and the governance of security in communal spaces: an ethnographic exploration of two university campuses. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis sets out to explore how the physical security of communal spaces is governed on two university campuses. It draws upon non-participant observation and in-depth interviews to explore the authorization and provision of physical security. It... Read More about Complexity and the governance of security in communal spaces: an ethnographic exploration of two university campuses.

Gout flares and health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a prospective cohort study in primary care (2020)
Thesis
Watson, L. (2020). Gout flares and health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a prospective cohort study in primary care. (Thesis). Keele University

Background
Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis affecting an estimated 2.5% of the UK population. The hallmark of gout is sudden onset, extremely painful acute inflammatory flares, which are strongly associated with impaired health-related qualit... Read More about Gout flares and health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a prospective cohort study in primary care.

Can energy empower women? : A case study of the Solar Mamas' programme in rural Rajasthan, India (2020)
Thesis
Mininni, G. M. (2020). Can energy empower women? : A case study of the Solar Mamas' programme in rural Rajasthan, India. (Thesis). Keele University

Feminist scholars who have analysed the gender, energy and development (GED) and women’s empowerment nexus, including Clancy et al. (2012), Batliwala, (2015), and Dutta et al. (2017), claim that access to energy is critical in the development process... Read More about Can energy empower women? : A case study of the Solar Mamas' programme in rural Rajasthan, India.

Re-evaluating the moral status of the embryo and pre-sentient fetus: a multi-criterial, multi-level approach (2020)
Thesis
Suffield, W. M. (2020). Re-evaluating the moral status of the embryo and pre-sentient fetus: a multi-criterial, multi-level approach. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis contends that the concept of moral status, which earmarks those entities towards which we have moral obligations, ought to be re-evaluated so that it is ascribed on the basis of multiple criteria, each of which may have increasing levels... Read More about Re-evaluating the moral status of the embryo and pre-sentient fetus: a multi-criterial, multi-level approach.

Non-Newtonian and non-isothermal effects in the gravity-driven draining of a vertically-aligned thin liquid film (2020)
Thesis
Alahmadi, H. N. (2020). Non-Newtonian and non-isothermal effects in the gravity-driven draining of a vertically-aligned thin liquid film. (Thesis). Keele University

The drainage and thinning of liquid films are important in a variety of applications,such as in liquid and solid foam networks, relevant in the manufacture of metallic and ceramic foams, the food industry, processing in the petro-chemical industry, a... Read More about Non-Newtonian and non-isothermal effects in the gravity-driven draining of a vertically-aligned thin liquid film.

Combining asteroseismic and s-process nucleosynthesis observations to constrain the evolution of rotating low-mass stars (2020)
Thesis
den Hartogh, J. W. (2020). Combining asteroseismic and s-process nucleosynthesis observations to constrain the evolution of rotating low-mass stars. (Thesis). Keele University

In this thesis, I study the evolution of low-mass (around 2 M?) solar-metallicity stars including the effect of rotation and magnetic fields. These stars produce a significant amount of elements heavier than iron via the so-called s process and thus... Read More about Combining asteroseismic and s-process nucleosynthesis observations to constrain the evolution of rotating low-mass stars.

Toi: a novel (2020)
Thesis
Coquaz, A. L. N. (2020). Toi: a novel. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis explores two sets of relationships: “mother tongue”/second language and mother/daughter.
My novel acts these out simultaneously: my main characters are a mother and a daughter and the tensions between them are played out in their relatio... Read More about Toi: a novel.

Developing neural transplant cell sprays for neurological injuries (2020)
Thesis
Woods, W. A. (2020). Developing neural transplant cell sprays for neurological injuries. (Thesis). Keele University

Regeneration of the central nervous system following penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) represents a significant clinical challenge. Neural cell therapies have the potential to promote regeneration in central neural injury. However, such thera... Read More about Developing neural transplant cell sprays for neurological injuries.

Assessing the usability of virtual learning environments in higher education (2020)
Thesis
Abuhlfaia, K. M. O. (2020). Assessing the usability of virtual learning environments in higher education. (Thesis). Keele University

Context: E-learning is an integral part of the modern higher education system, and therefore it is essential that students and staff are able to use systems that support E-learning, such as Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), effectively. Usability... Read More about Assessing the usability of virtual learning environments in higher education.

New in vitro model of traumatic brain injury to assess biomaterial based regenerative strategies (2020)
Thesis
Basit, R. H. (2020). New in vitro model of traumatic brain injury to assess biomaterial based regenerative strategies. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/418094

Penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) causes significant neural damage and debilitation. The management of pTBI is largely supportive currently, with no clinically established regenerative therapies. Researchers have previously evaluated the rege... Read More about New in vitro model of traumatic brain injury to assess biomaterial based regenerative strategies.

Larval ecological adaptations, water quality and aquaticbacterial communities in Anopheles gambiae s.l. :prospects for improved rearing techniques towards releaseprogrammes (2020)
Thesis
Akpodiete, N. O. (2020). Larval ecological adaptations, water quality and aquaticbacterial communities in Anopheles gambiae s.l. :prospects for improved rearing techniques towards releaseprogrammes. (Thesis). Keele University

The sibling species Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles coluzzii are the most important vectors of human malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. They are thought to be undergoing speciation with gene flow with rare viable hybrids but are reproductively isola... Read More about Larval ecological adaptations, water quality and aquaticbacterial communities in Anopheles gambiae s.l. :prospects for improved rearing techniques towards releaseprogrammes.