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Four shades of science festival: a qualitative study exploring the business and management dimensions of science festivals in the United Kingdom (2020)
Thesis
Kerr, G. Four shades of science festival: a qualitative study exploring the business and management dimensions of science festivals in the United Kingdom. (Thesis). University of Salford. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2725841

Science festivals are a global cultural phenomenon with at least 60 such festivals taking place across the UK every year. Science festivals fulfil a unique function within civil society: providing a platform for science communication, education, and... Read More about Four shades of science festival: a qualitative study exploring the business and management dimensions of science festivals in the United Kingdom.

An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels (2019)
Thesis
Soraghan, C. An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2090514

Recently, social marketers have adopted the use of ‘nudging’ as a technique to influence behaviour through subtle tweaks to the environment (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008). Front of Pack (FoP) nutrition labels are an example of a nudge in practice, designe... Read More about An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels.

Critical evaluation of the battery electric vehicle for sustainable mobility (2017)
Thesis
Milligan, R. Critical evaluation of the battery electric vehicle for sustainable mobility. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978220

Can Battery Electric Vehicles replace conventional internal combustion engine vehicles for commuting purposes when exposed to a busy corporate activity within the city of Edinburgh?
This thesis investigates the application of Battery Electric Vehicl... Read More about Critical evaluation of the battery electric vehicle for sustainable mobility.

The Effect of Diurnal Phase on Performance Physiology and Immune System (2017)
Thesis
Tormey, P. J. The Effect of Diurnal Phase on Performance Physiology and Immune System. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1023141

The circadian cycle, although seasonally adjusted, consists of two phases: a nocturnal period of darkness and a diurnal period of light. Many parameters of human physiology display either a nocturnal or diurnal peak as seen in athletic performance, i... Read More about The Effect of Diurnal Phase on Performance Physiology and Immune System.

Substance use communication between looked after young people and formal carers: A qualitative study (2017)
Thesis
Carver, H. Substance use communication between looked after young people and formal carers: A qualitative study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978712

Background: Good parent-child connectedness, general and substance use specific communication are protective against alcohol, tobacco and drug use during adolescence. Previous research also suggests that general communication with foster and other st... Read More about Substance use communication between looked after young people and formal carers: A qualitative study.

A qualitative exploration of the South African cricket development environment (2017)
Thesis
English, C. V. A qualitative exploration of the South African cricket development environment. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978840

It may be argued that there are fewer sporting environments where politics and sport are so intertwined, however having undergone significant socio-political changes and development, South Africa (SA) remains a strong sporting nation with a rich and... Read More about A qualitative exploration of the South African cricket development environment.

An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes (2017)
Thesis
Fountain, H. E. An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979005

Psychological resilience has been described as a multidimensional, context specific concept, and has been defined in numerous ways that attempt to encapsulate the process by which individuals positively adapt following stress or significant adversity... Read More about An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes.

A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise (2017)
Thesis
Hutton, G. H. A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979167

Background
Peer support can facilitate exercise following stroke however limited evidence exists in relation to incorporating individual peer support interventions. A possible method of providing individual peer support in a community based exercise... Read More about A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise.

“I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence. (2017)
Thesis
Krzeczkowska, A. “I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/977827

The current study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the lived experience of liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) recurrence. The semi-structured interviews with seven male participants were audio-recorded, transcribed verba... Read More about “I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence..

Design and synthesis of novel prodrugs to modulate GABA receptors in cancer (2017)
Thesis
Zhang, H. Design and synthesis of novel prodrugs to modulate GABA receptors in cancer. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978678

GABA (gamma-amino butanoic acid) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. GABA has been found to play an inhibitory role in some cancers, including colon carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and lung adenocarcinoma.... Read More about Design and synthesis of novel prodrugs to modulate GABA receptors in cancer.

The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One) (2017)
Thesis
Reid, L. M. The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One). (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979680

Institutional Ethnography (IE) is a method of inquiry into the social organisation of knowledge. It begins with a disjuncture/troubling experience impacting a specific group of workers and adopts their standpoint/subject positon to look out into the... Read More about The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One).

The Care of Kin: A case study approach to kinship care in the South of England & Zululand , South Africa (2016)
Thesis
Davey, J. The Care of Kin: A case study approach to kinship care in the South of England & Zululand , South Africa. (Thesis). Bournemouth University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2756324

This thesis focuses on kinship care specifically for children and young people requiring this provision away from their biological parent and for whom Children’s Social Services, United Kingdom and Child Welfare Agencies, South Africa, have a statuto... Read More about The Care of Kin: A case study approach to kinship care in the South of England & Zululand , South Africa.

Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment (2016)
Thesis
Whiteley, D. J. Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979740

BACKGROUND: Rapid advances in the treatment of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been witnessed in clinical practice over the last five years. Pharmacological developments have ended the reliance on the drug interferon-α as a component of successful t... Read More about Recontextualising the lived experience of hepatitis C and its treatment.

Creating Sustainable Workplaces Together: Employee Relations Practice and Environmental Management (2016)
Thesis
Bratton, A. Creating Sustainable Workplaces Together: Employee Relations Practice and Environmental Management. (Thesis). University of Strathclyde. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2781227

The aim of this research is to examine how employee relations enables and improves environmental management in the workplace. The objective is to understand the dynamics around the relationship between existing HR practices, individual and collective... Read More about Creating Sustainable Workplaces Together: Employee Relations Practice and Environmental Management.

Ibris Study: intervention supporting breastfeeding in substance dependency (2016)
Thesis
MacVicar, S. Ibris Study: intervention supporting breastfeeding in substance dependency. (Thesis). Robert Gordon University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1023772

Introduction: Breastfeeding offers the substance exposed mother and child potential short and long-term health benefits, with breast milk shown to alleviate the severity of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Substance dependent women, however, have limite... Read More about Ibris Study: intervention supporting breastfeeding in substance dependency.

Understanding the lived experience of how individuals aged between 33 and 62 years of age diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD) feel they obtain emotional support post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (2016)
Thesis
McHale, S. Understanding the lived experience of how individuals aged between 33 and 62 years of age diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD) feel they obtain emotional support post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/977873

Background
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is a major cause of ill health in Scotland and one of the main methods of symptom management for this disease is Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). This treatment relieves the symptoms of the disease bu... Read More about Understanding the lived experience of how individuals aged between 33 and 62 years of age diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD) feel they obtain emotional support post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs (2016)
Thesis
Delaney, C. Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978828

Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs and factors associated with coping has rarely been investigated in the past. A systematic review of the quantitative caregiver coping literature indicated that previous research had a s... Read More about Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs.

Creativity and Attention: A Multi-Method Investigation (2016)
Thesis
Carruthers, L. Creativity and Attention: A Multi-Method Investigation. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1052411

Creativity is a valuable attribute that involves the generation of original ideas; attention is a vital function that facilitates information selection. Past research has related these cognitive constructs, having found that highly creative people te... Read More about Creativity and Attention: A Multi-Method Investigation.

Reframing Scottish Football: Strategy and the short-term nature of the football industry (2016)
Thesis
Robertson, S. (in press). Reframing Scottish Football: Strategy and the short-term nature of the football industry. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/10407

Despite football being deeply entrenched in Scottish culture it is under-researched from a business perspective. This research develops a conceptual framework that views professional football clubs from a number of different perspectives. It draws on... Read More about Reframing Scottish Football: Strategy and the short-term nature of the football industry.