All Outputs (1001)

A pattern-driven corpus to predictive analytics in mitigating SQL injection attack (2018)
Thesis
Uwagbole, S. A pattern-driven corpus to predictive analytics in mitigating SQL injection attack. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1538260

The back-end database provides accessible and structured storage for each web application’s big data internet web traffic exchanges stemming from cloud-hosted web applications to the Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices in emerging computing. Struc... Read More about A pattern-driven corpus to predictive analytics in mitigating SQL injection attack.

Reliable and energy efficient scheduling protocols for wireless body area networks (WBAN) (2018)
Thesis
Salayma, M. Reliable and energy efficient scheduling protocols for wireless body area networks (WBAN). (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1532410

Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) facilitates efficient and cost-effective e-health care and well-being applications. The WBAN has unique challenges and features compared to other Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). In addition to battery power consumpti... Read More about Reliable and energy efficient scheduling protocols for wireless body area networks (WBAN).

An Exploratory Study Of Perceived Complexity In IT Projects (2018)
Thesis
Klotz, D. An Exploratory Study Of Perceived Complexity In IT Projects. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1510626

The considerable failure rate of information technology (IT) projects remains a problem for many organisations and impacts their ability to successfully participate in the digital economy. Previous root cause analysis identified project complexity as... Read More about An Exploratory Study Of Perceived Complexity In IT Projects.

Impact of bank funding on the growth of Nigeria’s manufacturing Sector (2018)
Thesis
Ogbonna, D. Impact of bank funding on the growth of Nigeria’s manufacturing Sector. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1516539

Several studies and theories have linked economic growth to finance and further posit that a well funded and supported manufacturing sector could transform the economic fortunes of nations. However, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has compla... Read More about Impact of bank funding on the growth of Nigeria’s manufacturing Sector.

An interpretive phenomenological approach to understanding employee meaning of lean and respect for people (2018)
Thesis
Sloan, B. An interpretive phenomenological approach to understanding employee meaning of lean and respect for people. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1532542

Lean is a popular approach for improving operational efficiencies in an organisation through the reduction of wasteful activities. Entities of every size and description today are implementing Lean techniques to maximise customer value, operational e... Read More about An interpretive phenomenological approach to understanding employee meaning of lean and respect for people.

The reproduction of elite mobilities in Washington D.C. (2018)
Thesis
Schubert, F. The reproduction of elite mobilities in Washington D.C. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1532472

In this thesis, I seek to analyse the reproduction of elite mobilities through participation in Study Internship Programmes (SIP) in Washington D.C. SIPs are programmes for both American as well as international students that come to Washington and p... Read More about The reproduction of elite mobilities in Washington D.C..

Stationary and Time-Varying Factors Affecting Highway Accident Occurrence and Injury-Severity: Addressing Unobserved Heterogeneity with Alternate Random Parameters and Latent Class Models (2018)
Thesis
Fountas, G. Stationary and Time-Varying Factors Affecting Highway Accident Occurrence and Injury-Severity: Addressing Unobserved Heterogeneity with Alternate Random Parameters and Latent Class Models. (Thesis). University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2671368

In contemporary accident research, unobserved heterogeneity is recognized as one of the most challenging statistical modeling misspecification issues.Unobserved heterogeneity (i.e.,unobserved characteristics varying systematically across ob... Read More about Stationary and Time-Varying Factors Affecting Highway Accident Occurrence and Injury-Severity: Addressing Unobserved Heterogeneity with Alternate Random Parameters and Latent Class Models.

An Investigation of the Process and Characteristics used by Project Managers in IT Consulting in the Selection of Project Management Software (2018)
Thesis
Meyer, E. An Investigation of the Process and Characteristics used by Project Managers in IT Consulting in the Selection of Project Management Software. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253385

As project management (PM) and information technology (IT) evolved over the last decades, an increasing number of project management software products have emerged. Project managers in IT consulting can improve the success of projects through the uti... Read More about An Investigation of the Process and Characteristics used by Project Managers in IT Consulting in the Selection of Project Management Software.

Governing EU Cohesion Policy in central and eastern Europe: the interplay between administrative capacity and political factors. The case of Structural Funds absorption in Bulgaria and Romania (2007–2013) (2018)
Thesis
Surubaru, N.-C. Governing EU Cohesion Policy in central and eastern Europe: the interplay between administrative capacity and political factors. The case of Structural Funds absorption in Bulgaria and Romania (2007–2013). (Thesis). Loughborough University

This dissertation examines how new European Union (EU) member states manage and implement European Cohesion Policy (CP). It assess the administrative and political factors that might explain the variation in the financial absorption of Structural Fun... Read More about Governing EU Cohesion Policy in central and eastern Europe: the interplay between administrative capacity and political factors. The case of Structural Funds absorption in Bulgaria and Romania (2007–2013).

Nurse-led mobile health intervention to promote cardiovascular medication adherence in a cardiac rehabilitation setting: a pilot feasibility study (2018)
Thesis
Khonsari, S. Nurse-led mobile health intervention to promote cardiovascular medication adherence in a cardiac rehabilitation setting: a pilot feasibility study. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3489682

Background - Mobile health (mHealth) interventions to promote medication adherence have shown promise; among patients primarily diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), however, there is a lack of evidence for nurse-led mHealth interventions, in... Read More about Nurse-led mobile health intervention to promote cardiovascular medication adherence in a cardiac rehabilitation setting: a pilot feasibility study.

Investigating the performance and underlying mechanisms of a novel screening measure for developmental dyslexia: Implications for early identification (2018)
Thesis
Piotrowska, B. Investigating the performance and underlying mechanisms of a novel screening measure for developmental dyslexia: Implications for early identification. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253563

Developmental dyslexia is a common disorder affecting around 10% of the British population characterized by difficulties with reading despite adequate intelligence and education (IDA, 2007). Although most researchers and practitioners would agree tha... Read More about Investigating the performance and underlying mechanisms of a novel screening measure for developmental dyslexia: Implications for early identification.

Applying Standards, Guidelines and Methods in Construction Project Management (2018)
Thesis
Schrapers, M. Applying Standards, Guidelines and Methods in Construction Project Management. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253601

This dissertation scrutinizes the application of various standards, guidelines and methods in construction project management, and examines the use of such methods, tools and applications. Even though the availability of literature in the context of... Read More about Applying Standards, Guidelines and Methods in Construction Project Management.

Fraud prevention in the B2C e-Commerce mail order business: a framework for an economic perspective on data mining (2018)
Thesis
Knuth, T. Fraud prevention in the B2C e-Commerce mail order business: a framework for an economic perspective on data mining. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1256175

A remarkable gap exists between the financial impact of fraud in the B2C e-commerce mail order business and the amount of research conducted in this area — whether it be qualitative or quantitative research about fraud prevention. Projecting publishe... Read More about Fraud prevention in the B2C e-Commerce mail order business: a framework for an economic perspective on data mining.

Improving student satisfaction at a Caribbean university using a customer focussed strategy (2018)
Thesis
Murray, J. A. Improving student satisfaction at a Caribbean university using a customer focussed strategy. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253524

The study aimed to determine the drivers of student satisfaction with the services offered by a Caribbean university. The study, premised on the marketing concept of customer satisfaction, used the Expectation Disconfirmation Model, a widely used too... Read More about Improving student satisfaction at a Caribbean university using a customer focussed strategy.

An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work (2018)
Thesis
Xu, F. H. An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255585

In this thesis, I adopt the anti-essentialist cultural paradigm to explore the complexity within the processes of both cultural-making and personal acculturation that may occur in an interweaving way within a local cultural arena (Holliday, 2011; 20... Read More about An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work.

An Investigation into Service Quality in the Supreme Court Civil Registry in Jamaica (2018)
Thesis
McKoy, G. A. An Investigation into Service Quality in the Supreme Court Civil Registry in Jamaica. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253090

Notwithstanding the strategic importance of service quality to public sector reforms, the Government of Jamaica has given it no consideration in its justice reform project. Neither had anyone previously applied the service quality methodology to serv... Read More about An Investigation into Service Quality in the Supreme Court Civil Registry in Jamaica.

Interpersonal trauma, substance misuse and pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of pregnant women and midwives in Scotland (2018)
Thesis
Waddell, N. M. Interpersonal trauma, substance misuse and pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of pregnant women and midwives in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255223

Background: The relationship between interpersonal trauma (IPT) and substance misuse is complex and multi-factorial, but has not been examined fully in the existing few studies involving pregnant women who misuse substances. UK based midwifery educat... Read More about Interpersonal trauma, substance misuse and pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of pregnant women and midwives in Scotland.

Non-native Bullhead in Scotland: Molecular and Morphological Identification and Parasite Links with Native Fauna (2018)
Thesis
McLeish, J. Non-native Bullhead in Scotland: Molecular and Morphological Identification and Parasite Links with Native Fauna. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253308

The arrival of a non-native species to has the potential to shape native communities by influencing ecological interactions such as predation, foraging, competition and disease transfer. A designation of invasive is applied to an introduced non-nativ... Read More about Non-native Bullhead in Scotland: Molecular and Morphological Identification and Parasite Links with Native Fauna.

The Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates (2018)
Thesis
Wale, M. A. The Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255476

Anthropogenic sound has profoundly changed the acoustic environment of aquatic habitats, with growing evidence that even a short exposure to man-made sound sources can negatively affect marine organisms. Marine invertebrates have received little atte... Read More about The Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates.

Scotland’s regional print economy in the nineteenth century (2018)
Thesis
Williams, H. S. Scotland’s regional print economy in the nineteenth century. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255509

Printing has been one of Scotland's most significant industries since it was introduced over 500 years ago but remained for much of the period, a local industry. The Scottish publishing and printing industries in the nineteenth century left many docu... Read More about Scotland’s regional print economy in the nineteenth century.