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Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland (2023)
Thesis
Sciacca, A. Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The tourism sector is often the main socio-economic activity for islands whilst representing a source of negative impacts. The circular economy (CE), in this sense, is increasingly considered a promising approach to tourism sustainability in such set... Read More about Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

An Exploration of an Elite Scottish Football Academy Experience: The Role of Psychological and Environmental Characteristics in Facilitating Success (2023)
Thesis
Elder, K. A. An Exploration of an Elite Scottish Football Academy Experience: The Role of Psychological and Environmental Characteristics in Facilitating Success. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The nature of the talent development environment, and key psychological attributes of the players themselves (e.g., self-regulated learning) can explain why some players realise their potential and others do not. Therefore, understanding the environm... Read More about An Exploration of an Elite Scottish Football Academy Experience: The Role of Psychological and Environmental Characteristics in Facilitating Success.

Robert Louis Stevenson: The Mediation of Literary Reputation and the Advent of Modernism (2023)
Thesis
Milne, D. Robert Louis Stevenson: The Mediation of Literary Reputation and the Advent of Modernism. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This thesis seeks to place Robert Louis Stevenson as an important contributor to the emergence of Modernism. In exploring this, the thesis suggests that Stevenson’s contribution to literary Modernism has frequently been overlooked due to several crit... Read More about Robert Louis Stevenson: The Mediation of Literary Reputation and the Advent of Modernism.

Design of a new fluorogenic molecular probe of lipases that will be specific for monoacylglycerol lipase (2023)
Thesis
Ajaezu, J. C. Design of a new fluorogenic molecular probe of lipases that will be specific for monoacylglycerol lipase. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Homeostatic imbalances in enzyme activities have been linked to an array of human pathological conditions. Evidence exists for the role of monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) in the development and progression of malignant forms of cancers, including brea... Read More about Design of a new fluorogenic molecular probe of lipases that will be specific for monoacylglycerol lipase.

The Unresolved Battles: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of UK Military Veterans Incarcerated in Scotland (2023)
Thesis
Rappoport, J. A. K. The Unresolved Battles: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of UK Military Veterans Incarcerated in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Background: Military veterans represent a sizeable occupational group incarcerated in UK prisons. Research investigating why is predominately dominated by discourse around employment and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Theorising the collective exper... Read More about The Unresolved Battles: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of UK Military Veterans Incarcerated in Scotland.

Design and Development of Novel Targeted Anticancer Drugs (2023)
Thesis
Akpughe, E. Design and Development of Novel Targeted Anticancer Drugs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Despite major advances in treatments for cancer, the delivery of small molecule chemotherapeutics to tumour cells selectively and the circumvention of multidrug resistance persist as obstacles that limit their efficacy in the clinical setting. One ap... Read More about Design and Development of Novel Targeted Anticancer Drugs.

A critical exploration of the role, value and culture of police learning in Scotland (2023)
Thesis
Engelmann, L. A critical exploration of the role, value and culture of police learning in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Police Scotland pride themselves on being a ‘learning organisation’ (Police Scotland, 2020a), yet their ability and willingness to develop supportive and effective learning environments has been questioned (HMICS, 2020, 2021). The lack of consensus i... Read More about A critical exploration of the role, value and culture of police learning in Scotland.

A Space of Time: The Evolution of a Screendance Practice (2023)
Thesis
McPherson, K. A Space of Time: The Evolution of a Screendance Practice. (Thesis by Publication). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3175350

A Space of Time: the evolution of a screendance practice explores the relationship between making, writing and teaching as a model for developing screendance. It is a portfolio submission in which the accompanying thesis examines and expands upon the... Read More about A Space of Time: The Evolution of a Screendance Practice.

Effects of Anthropogenic Sound and Environmental Chemistry on Early Life Stage Aquatic Invertebrates in a Multiple Driver Context (2023)
Thesis
Stenton, C. A. Effects of Anthropogenic Sound and Environmental Chemistry on Early Life Stage Aquatic Invertebrates in a Multiple Driver Context. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Aquatic environments and the species therein are facing unprecedented pressures and challenges as a result of anthropogenic activities. These challenges often are considered and discussed individually, e.g. sound/noise, chemical pollution, nutrient a... Read More about Effects of Anthropogenic Sound and Environmental Chemistry on Early Life Stage Aquatic Invertebrates in a Multiple Driver Context.

‘Abjection hurts’: Race, class, gender, and the demand for a contemporary reworking of the Kristevan abject (2023)
Thesis
Margiotta, C. ‘Abjection hurts’: Race, class, gender, and the demand for a contemporary reworking of the Kristevan abject. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This thesis examines Julia Kristeva’s theory of the abject, as outlined in Powers of Horror (1980), through the lens of contemporary American literature, considering the potential problems with the Kristevan abject and the ways in which contemporary... Read More about ‘Abjection hurts’: Race, class, gender, and the demand for a contemporary reworking of the Kristevan abject.

An Examination of Talent Identification and Development Systems within Jordanian Football (2023)
Thesis
Altwassi, S. S. An Examination of Talent Identification and Development Systems within Jordanian Football. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

In recent times, the sports sector across the globe has attracted economic interests both from the public and the private sector. For instance, it was estimated that over $14 billion was spent in hosting the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia. Also, by so... Read More about An Examination of Talent Identification and Development Systems within Jordanian Football.

Design, synthesis, and cytotoxicity of bifunctional anticancer agents targeted to mitochondria (2023)
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Kamel, M. A. Design, synthesis, and cytotoxicity of bifunctional anticancer agents targeted to mitochondria. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

One of the major challenges of cancer chemotherapy is multidrug resistance (MDR) leading to failure and drug withdrawal. A major factor in drug resistance is the overexpression of transmembrane P-gp protein efflux pumps in cancer cell membranes that... Read More about Design, synthesis, and cytotoxicity of bifunctional anticancer agents targeted to mitochondria.

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Hybrid Intracellularly Targeted Anticancer and Antimicrobial Agents (2023)
Thesis
Aziz, K. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Hybrid Intracellularly Targeted Anticancer and Antimicrobial Agents. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

One of the most important barriers to the success of anticancer therapy is the dysregulation of apoptotic pathways that limit effectiveness of current chemotherapy. A long-term objective seeks to exploit links between apoptosis and the functions of m... Read More about Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Hybrid Intracellularly Targeted Anticancer and Antimicrobial Agents.

An Investigation of Return to Sport Decision Making in Male Professional Football Following Lower Limb Muscle Injury (2023)
Thesis
Dunlop, G. R. An Investigation of Return to Sport Decision Making in Male Professional Football Following Lower Limb Muscle Injury. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Background: Return to sport (RTS) following muscle injury represents an on-going challenge for professional male football teams. While published expert consensus have provided guidance to practitioners, it is currently not clear if, and what criteria... Read More about An Investigation of Return to Sport Decision Making in Male Professional Football Following Lower Limb Muscle Injury.

Investigating the sex-specific legacy of excessive fetal androgen exposure on immune function and hepatic health (2023)
Thesis
Thomas, J. L. Investigating the sex-specific legacy of excessive fetal androgen exposure on immune function and hepatic health. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Background: It is well established that there are sex-specific differences in immune competence, with females considered more immunologically robust that males; and androgens are considered a major factor in these differences. Insults during pregnanc... Read More about Investigating the sex-specific legacy of excessive fetal androgen exposure on immune function and hepatic health.

Analysis of circumstances leading to injuries in elite football players (2023)
Thesis
Aiello, F. Analysis of circumstances leading to injuries in elite football players. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Understanding injury mechanisms is key to developing prevention strategies. Information concerning injury mechanisms can be obtained by analysing the sportspecific activities during which injuries occur (i.e., inciting circumstances). Despite the rec... Read More about Analysis of circumstances leading to injuries in elite football players.

Shaping Deaf/Hearing alliances in the workshop’s temporary space: a critical ethnographic account from a hearing researcher’s perspective on the Deaf Heritage Collective (2023)
Thesis
Discepoli, M. Shaping Deaf/Hearing alliances in the workshop’s temporary space: a critical ethnographic account from a hearing researcher’s perspective on the Deaf Heritage Collective. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The MRes thesis takes its area of research enquiry from a Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) funded project, The Deaf Heritage Collective, which aimed to create significant working relationships between Scotland’s Deaf Community and the cultural sector... Read More about Shaping Deaf/Hearing alliances in the workshop’s temporary space: a critical ethnographic account from a hearing researcher’s perspective on the Deaf Heritage Collective.

A Compositional Exploration of Auditory-Visual Synaesthesia (2023)
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Anderson, C. A Compositional Exploration of Auditory-Visual Synaesthesia. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This thesis is an autoethnographic exploration of how my music composition practice is influenced by my auditory-visual synaesthesia. I perceive music as coloured and textured shapes – ‘photisms’ – in my mind’s eye. There are few first-person account... Read More about A Compositional Exploration of Auditory-Visual Synaesthesia.

Evaluating the effects of air pollution derived toxic nanoparticles on astrocyte reactivity and neurodegeneration (2023)
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Villani, B. Evaluating the effects of air pollution derived toxic nanoparticles on astrocyte reactivity and neurodegeneration. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Particulate Matter is a toxicologically relevant air pollution component that has been shown to damage the cardiopulmonary system. Emission of ultrafine particulate matter – the most toxic type – is not regulated around the globe. Recent evidence fro... Read More about Evaluating the effects of air pollution derived toxic nanoparticles on astrocyte reactivity and neurodegeneration.