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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)
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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.

'The dreadful tides of a new and incomprehensible life': Rural Modernity and Watchfulness in Early Twentieth-Century Scottish Women’s Writing (2023)
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Duncan, H. M. 'The dreadful tides of a new and incomprehensible life': Rural Modernity and Watchfulness in Early Twentieth-Century Scottish Women’s Writing. (Thesis). Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3175165

This thesis provides a detailed study of the work of three Scottish women writers of the interwar period (Willa Muir, Lorna Moon, and Nan Shepherd) to review their individual responses to one critical aspect of rural modernity: widespread watchfulnes... Read More about 'The dreadful tides of a new and incomprehensible life': Rural Modernity and Watchfulness in Early Twentieth-Century Scottish Women’s Writing.

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)
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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.

The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education (2023)
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Smith, D. The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education. (Thesis). Tampere University of Applied Science

Within the universities of the UK, the COVID pandemic necessitated a rapid change from face-to-face teaching to online learning. The affordances of this switch have been widely recognised by higher education institutes in terms of pedagogic and faci... Read More about The Future of Campus Life in a Blended Learning Landscape Within Higher Education.

Bio-based construction materials for climate change mitigation: scalability and sustainability (2022)
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Hart, J. T. T. Bio-based construction materials for climate change mitigation: scalability and sustainability. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Construction products made from timber and other organic materials are understood to contribute to climate change mitigation by causing relatively low greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain, whilst also storing biogenic carbon within the materi... Read More about Bio-based construction materials for climate change mitigation: scalability and sustainability.

Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore (2022)
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Dhaliwal, D. S. Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This study sought to discover key underlying factors influencing students’ choice to enrol with Private Education Institutes (PEI) in Singapore to develop their Higher Education (HE) needs. Despite the vast literature on factors influencing students’... Read More about Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore.

Interaction and participation: investigating the impact of mobile technologies on screen-based industries and audiences (2022)
Thesis
Blake, J. Interaction and participation: investigating the impact of mobile technologies on screen-based industries and audiences. (Thesis by Publication). Edinburgh Napier University

This PhD explores the changing nature of audience participation in screen-based media. The research, conducted over six years, analyses the motivations and methods of industry professionals working at the forefront of interactive television and film.... Read More about Interaction and participation: investigating the impact of mobile technologies on screen-based industries and audiences.

The influence of menstruation on training schedules in well-trained and elite female mountain bike, road and cyclocross athletes (2022)
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Aitkenhead, R. The influence of menstruation on training schedules in well-trained and elite female mountain bike, road and cyclocross athletes. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Female physiology is unique and driven by fluctuations in sex hormones that regulate the menstrual cycle (MC) (Marsh et al., 2002). These hormones present a myriad of mechanisms that may influence physiological systems, potentially implicating exerci... Read More about The influence of menstruation on training schedules in well-trained and elite female mountain bike, road and cyclocross athletes.

Privacy-preserving systems around security, trust and identity (2022)
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Papadopoulos, P. Privacy-preserving systems around security, trust and identity. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Data has proved to be the most valuable asset in a modern world of rapidly advancing technologies. Companies are trying to maximise their profits by getting valuable insights from collected data about people’s trends and behaviour which often can be... Read More about Privacy-preserving systems around security, trust and identity.

Generating unambiguous, natural and diverse referring expressions (2022)
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Panagiaris, N. Generating unambiguous, natural and diverse referring expressions. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Referring expression generation (REG) aims at generating natural language definite descriptions for objects within images called referring expressions (REs). Despite the substantial progress in recent years, REGmodels are still far frombeing perfect.... Read More about Generating unambiguous, natural and diverse referring expressions.

The potential of ocean plastic: an investigation of recycling possibilities in design and awareness-raising methods in society (2022)
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Tao, X. The potential of ocean plastic: an investigation of recycling possibilities in design and awareness-raising methods in society. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

One severe and urgent environmental problem facing this planet is ocean plastic pollution. Despite various policies and frameworks, the challenge has been growing as countless plastics enter the marine environment and remain there, endangering the he... Read More about The potential of ocean plastic: an investigation of recycling possibilities in design and awareness-raising methods in society.

The sustainability of the indigenous banking sector in the Eastern Caribbean: Perspectives and expectations of key external stakeholders (2022)
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Logie, A. The sustainability of the indigenous banking sector in the Eastern Caribbean: Perspectives and expectations of key external stakeholders. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Despite their significant contributions to the economic and social development of the Anglophone Caribbean, their vulnerabilities arising from the distinctive features which limit their ability to withstand financial and economic crises, the indigeno... Read More about The sustainability of the indigenous banking sector in the Eastern Caribbean: Perspectives and expectations of key external stakeholders.

Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections (2022)
Thesis
Jarman, D. (2022). Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections. (Thesis). Tilburg University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2912990

In the world of festivals and creative communities, relationships matter. Festival managers and producers understand the overlapping links, both professional and private, amongst their colleagues. Freelancers and graduates developing their careers ap... Read More about Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections.

Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students (2022)
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Ratz, S. (2022). Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students. (Thesis). London Metropolitan University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2928619

This thesis investigates reflexivity and decision-making of language students by examining the interplay between what students care about (their multilingual ‘concerns’), and how they understand and act on their structural environments (through multi... Read More about Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students.