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1. Vishnolia, Krishan Kumar. Development and charaterisation of 3 dimensional culture models for zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle cells.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556396

► Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have been extensively used over the past two decades to study muscle development, human myopathies and dystrophies, due to its higher degree… (more)

▼ Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have been extensively used over the past two decades to study muscle development, human myopathies and dystrophies, due to its higher degree of homology with human disease causing genes and genome. Despite its unique qualities, zebrafish have only been used as an in-vivo model for muscle development research, due to the limitations surrounding lack of a consistent isolation and culture protocol for zebrafish muscle progenitor cells in-vitro. Using different mammalian myoblast isolation protocols, a novel and robust protocol has been developed to successfully isolate and culture zebrafish skeletal muscle cells repeatedly and obtain differentiated long multi nucleated zebrafish myotubes. Commitment to myogenic lineage was confirmed by immuno-staining against muscle specific protein desmin, and expression pattern of different genetic markers regulating myogenesis. In order to recapitulate the in-vivo bio-physiological environment for zebrafish skeletal muscle cells in-vitro, these cells were successfully cultured in tissue engineered three dimensional (3D) constructs based on fibrin and collagen models. Maturation of tissue engineered collagen and fibrin based constructs was confirmed using the basic parameters described in the literature i.e. collagen three times greater contraction from the original width (Mudera, Smith et al. 2010) and fibrin constructs tightly coiled up to 4mm of diameter (Khodabukus, Paxton et al. 2007). In-vitro characterisation of zebrafish skeletal muscle cells showed hypertrophic growth of muscle mass compared to hyperplasic growth in-vivo as suggested for fish species in literature (Johnston 2006), which is different from human and other mammals. Comparative analysis of zebrafish muscle cells cultured in monolayer against cultured in 3D tissue engineered constructs showed significant increase in fusion index, nuclei per myotube (two-fold) and myotubes per microscopic frame (two-fold). Cells cultured in tissue engineered construct closely resembled in-vivo muscle in terms of their unidirectional orientation of myotubes. These tissue engineered 3D zebrafish skeletal muscle models could be used for various purposes such as drug screening, effect of different temperature extremes, studying underlined pathways involved in human diseases; and with further refinements it would potentially replace the need for studies on live fish in these areas.

Subjects/Keywords: C131 Applied Cell Biology; zebrafish; Danio rerio; skeletal muscle cells; cell culture

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Vishnolia, K. K. (2013). Development and charaterisation of 3 dimensional culture models for zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle cells. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556396

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Vishnolia, Krishan Kumar. “Development and charaterisation of 3 dimensional culture models for zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle cells.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556396.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Vishnolia, Krishan Kumar. “Development and charaterisation of 3 dimensional culture models for zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle cells.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Vishnolia KK. Development and charaterisation of 3 dimensional culture models for zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle cells. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556396.

Council of Science Editors:

Vishnolia KK. Development and charaterisation of 3 dimensional culture models for zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle cells. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556396

2. Nethercott, Kathryn. Understanding the use of the Common Assessment Framework : exploring the implications for frontline professionals.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556347

► Current legislation, within England, states that local authorities should provide services for all those families in need, while also setting thresholds for access to these… (more)

▼ Current legislation, within England, states that local authorities should provide services for all those families in need, while also setting thresholds for access to these services. However, research has identified that regardless of the introduction of strategies to identify need and enhance family support, on-going barriers to services remain. This study took a social constructionist approach to explore professionals’ experiences of the use of the Common Assessment Framework form and multiagency working. Data were collected in four different local authorities in the South East of England, in two phases: phase one February 2011 to February 2012, phase two July to September 2014. Phase one was intended to focus on the experiences of both professionals and families in one Local Authority (LA). However, as a result of a difficulty in accessing families the research was refocused to professionals’ experiences and use of the CAF alone. Phase two was extended to three further LAs. Forty one professionals, from a variety of agencies, took part in semistructured interviews individually or in a group. Data were analysed utilising thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke 2006). Conclusions are from a small scale study and so cannot be generalised. However, findings suggested professional use of the CAF was dictated by local authority policy. Two issues emanated from this. Firstly, as the local authorities adopted the policy of utilising the CAF as a referral mechanism, rather than for its intended purpose, to assess needs, professionals perceived the CAF form as a referral tool, rather than an assessment tool. Secondly, the range of professionals utilising the CAF was diverse. This diversity necessitates suitable training to accommodate the various professionals and their backgrounds. However, in this study, such training was largely lacking. Additionally professionals found multi-agency working, required by the CAF process, problematic, time consuming, and onerous. However, experienced and knowledgeable professionals were seen to utilise creative ways in which to successfully navigate the ‘referral process’. A further finding of the study is that there were key differences in regard to the ways in which diverse professional groups view safeguarding for adolescents. Recommendations for future research, policy and local authority use of the CAF form have been made.

Subjects/Keywords: L410 UK Social Policy; Common Assessment Framework; family support; social work

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Nethercott, K. (2013). Understanding the use of the Common Assessment Framework : exploring the implications for frontline professionals. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556347

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Nethercott, Kathryn. “Understanding the use of the Common Assessment Framework : exploring the implications for frontline professionals.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556347.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Nethercott, Kathryn. “Understanding the use of the Common Assessment Framework : exploring the implications for frontline professionals.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Nethercott K. Understanding the use of the Common Assessment Framework : exploring the implications for frontline professionals. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556347.

Council of Science Editors:

Nethercott K. Understanding the use of the Common Assessment Framework : exploring the implications for frontline professionals. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556347

3. Lee, Chang-Hyun. The knowledge base for physical education teacher education (PETE) : a comparative study of university programmes in England and Korea.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336248

► This study compares and explains the knowledge base (Kirk et al, 1997; Shulman, 1987) for teaching physical education in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programmes… (more)

▼ This study compares and explains the knowledge base (Kirk et al, 1997; Shulman, 1987) for teaching physical education in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programmes in England and Korea from the 1960s to the present. In the USA (Siedentop, 1989), the UK (Kirk, 1992) and Australia (Macdonald et al, 1999), the erosion of time spent on content knowledge (CK) for sports and other physical activities has been noted as a matter of concern. The academicisation of the physical activity field and the marginalisation of PETE within it are major factors in the shift in the knowledge base. Data was presented from a comparative study of four PETE programme in two countries in respect of social constructionism (Berger and Luckmann, 1966). The historical resources such as timetables, curricula and official documents were analysed using documentary methods and grounded theory. Grounded theory was also used to analyse interviews with previous and present teacher educators, student teachers, and teachers who graduated from each university. I found that for universities in both countries, first, the hours of theoretical content knowledge (TCK) and practical content knowledge (PRACK) in PETE had been reduced over time. Time for units of physical activity had decreased significantly. Second, student teachers learnt physical activity to introductory levels only, and the spiral system for the physical activity curriculum, where students ideally move from introductory to advanced levels of knowledge, did not work well. In terms of differences between the countries, first, in England there were many sessions where PRACK was interrelated with pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and knowledge of learners and their characteristics (KLC). However, this was less common in Korea. In particular, interrelationships between PRACK and PCK and KLC were very weak because the Korean system is based on the study of kinesiology. Second, many students and teachers in England requested sessions to assist them to teach at GCSE and A Level. In Korea, in contrast, the need for PCK and KLC was identified. I conclude by confirming that CK forms only a small proportion of the knowledge base for teaching physical education confirming that there is a gap between the knowledge base in PETE and the knowledge requirements for teaching physical education in schools. I suggest developing special units in the PETE course based on models of learning, teaching and philosophy and being suitable for inclusion in the academic and scholarly culture of the university.

Subjects/Keywords: 613.7071; X300 Academic studies in Education; physical education; Korea

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Lee, C. (2013). The knowledge base for physical education teacher education (PETE) : a comparative study of university programmes in England and Korea. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336248

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lee, Chang-Hyun. “The knowledge base for physical education teacher education (PETE) : a comparative study of university programmes in England and Korea.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336248.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lee, Chang-Hyun. “The knowledge base for physical education teacher education (PETE) : a comparative study of university programmes in England and Korea.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Lee C. The knowledge base for physical education teacher education (PETE) : a comparative study of university programmes in England and Korea. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336248.

Council of Science Editors:

Lee C. The knowledge base for physical education teacher education (PETE) : a comparative study of university programmes in England and Korea. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336248

4. Jahangir, Jahanbeen. Development of sensor systems for application in cryopreservation.

Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556475

► This work describes the development, validation and application of sensor systems to monitor phase transition events of cryoprotectant mixtures in samples and cryopreservation profiles and… (more)

▼ This work describes the development, validation and application of sensor systems to monitor phase transition events of cryoprotectant mixtures in samples and cryopreservation profiles and post-thaw recovery of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus CFL1. Ice nucleation and glass transition (Tg) temperatures influence cell viability during cryopreservation. Knowledge of these phase changes for cryoprotectant mixtures is an essential step in optimising cryopreservation protocols for cell survival. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is used to determine Tg, but the expensive nature of such instrumentation limits its widespread use. Cost-effective sensor systems have been designed to monitor ice-initiation and Tg events in small volume samples of cryoprotectants solutions. Tg values were measured for glycerol, sucrose and Me2SO (with and without NaCl supplement and ice-nucleators) in cryotubes and cryostraws, using temperature and screen-printed impedance sensors. The effect of changes to ice-initiation temperature on Tg was also investigated at different cooling and warming rates by using a Grant Asymptote (EF600) controlled rate freezer. The resulting Tg values obtained by single-channel transition monitoring system (TMS 1) were not significantly different from the values obtained by DSC reported in the literature. However multiple channelled transition monitoring system (TMS 2) requires further circuit modification and multiple screen-printed temperature probes to study the phase-change temperatures and to determine transition events in more than one sample at a time. The lactic acid bacterium (LAB) Lactobacillus delbrueckii was investigated as a model system to monitor the effect of different cryopreservation protocols on post-thaw cell metabolic activity. An important parameter for monitoring the post-thaw quality of LAB for starter culture preparation is the change in pH of the culture medium during incubation at 40 °C. Glass pH combination electrodes are the most common and widely used sensors. However, they are fragile, must be conditioned before use and are not disposable. An alternative to conventional glass electrodes are screen-printed carbon-metal electrodes. Different percentage mixtures of ruthenium and antimony pastes were tested and 54.5% carbon-antimony electrodes gave the best sensitivity and consistency in potentials at fixed pH with a screen-printed salt-bridged Ag/AgCl reference. LAB cultures were cryo-preserved at very rapid, moderate and very slow cooling rates and their post-thaw metabolic activity after overnight incubation in MRS broth was determined using screen-printed pH electrodes. Back to back testing with conventional glass pH sensors was performed to compare responses. Results indicated that early ice-initiation (by means of nucleators) prevents the cells from extensive dehydration (during cooling) and enables maximum post-thaw recovery after incubation (due to equilibrium ice formation and ice melting). In future, screen-printed pH sensors require development with integrated…

Subjects/Keywords: C131 Applied Cell Biology; cryopreservation; Lactobacillus delbrueckii; sensors; sensor systems

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APA (6^th Edition):

Jahangir, J. (2014). Development of sensor systems for application in cryopreservation. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556475

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Jahangir, Jahanbeen. “Development of sensor systems for application in cryopreservation.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556475.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Jahangir, Jahanbeen. “Development of sensor systems for application in cryopreservation.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Jahangir J. Development of sensor systems for application in cryopreservation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556475.

Council of Science Editors:

Jahangir J. Development of sensor systems for application in cryopreservation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556475

5. Douse, Louise Emma. Moving experience : an investigation of embodied knowledge and technology for reading flow in improvisation.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/346585

► The thesis is concerned with the exploration of the notion of ‘flow’ from both a psychological and dance analysis perspective in order to extend the… (more)

▼ The thesis is concerned with the exploration of the notion of ‘flow’ from both a psychological and dance analysis perspective in order to extend the meaning of flow and move beyond a partiality of understanding. The main aim of the thesis recognises the need to understand, identify and interpret an analysis of the moments of flow perceivable in a dancer’s body during improvisatory practice, through technologically innovative means. The research is undertaken via both philosophical and practical enquiry. It addresses phenomenology in order to resolve the mind/body debate and is applied to research in flow in psychology by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, and flow in movement analysis by Rudolf Laban and Warren Lamb. The significance of this endeavour can be seen in the reconsideration of the relation between mind and body, and art and science which informs the methodology for the research (Part One). The three main outcomes of the research are related to each of the three subsequent parts. The first research outcome is the articulation of a transdisciplinary approach to understanding flow and was developed by expanding on the current definitions of flow through an innovative transdisciplinary methodology (Part Two). Research outcome two addresses the intersubjective nature of flow, which was identified within improvisation. From this two methods were constructed for the collection and interpretation of the experience of the dancer. Firstly, through reflective practice as defined by Donald Schön. And secondly, an argument was provided for the use of motion capture as an embodied tool which extends the dancers embodied cognitive capabilities in the moment of improvisation (Part Three). The final research outcome was thus theorised that such embodied empathic intersubjectivity does not require a direct identification of the other’s body but could be achieved through technologically mediated objects in the world (Part Four). Subsequently, the findings from the research could support further research within a number of fields including dance education, dance practice and dance therapy, psychology, neuroscience, gaming and interactive arts.

Subjects/Keywords: 792.8; W500 Dance; flow; dance; improvisation

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Douse, L. E. (2013). Moving experience : an investigation of embodied knowledge and technology for reading flow in improvisation. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/346585

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Douse, Louise Emma. “Moving experience : an investigation of embodied knowledge and technology for reading flow in improvisation.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/346585.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Douse, Louise Emma. “Moving experience : an investigation of embodied knowledge and technology for reading flow in improvisation.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Douse LE. Moving experience : an investigation of embodied knowledge and technology for reading flow in improvisation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/346585.

Council of Science Editors:

Douse LE. Moving experience : an investigation of embodied knowledge and technology for reading flow in improvisation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/346585

6. Iqbal, Faisal. An analysis of administrative reforms in Pakistan's public sector.

Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/550403

► Context: Despite a long history of reforms, Pakistan‘s public sector (PS) is still considered cumbersome, corrupt, and inefficient by its citizens, government and international development… (more)

▼ Context: Despite a long history of reforms, Pakistan‘s public sector (PS) is still considered cumbersome, corrupt, and inefficient by its citizens, government and international development community. Recent reforms were operationalised in 2001 under a new economic policy called the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) designed to facilitate the New Public Management (NPM) influenced transformation. The overarching objectives of these reforms were to strengthen the market and public sector simultaneously and so that they complemented each other. The PS reform actions taken under this strategy were mainly based on the World Bank‘s (WB) experience of developing countries which identified the state‘s weak institutional capacity as bottleneck to this transformation. Therefore, with the view to removing these impediments, actions to train the public servants, improve their salaries, and enhanced the use of information technology (IT) were included. However, many recent reports and indicators confirm the situation in Pakistan has remained unchanged. Various generic explanations of these compromised results have been provided; however, the concrete reasons in a Pakistani setting are still unknown. Research Questions: This study aims to investigate the reasons why Pakistan‘s PS organisations appear to be resistant to reform and why the repeated attempts at reform appear to have had so little impact. It addresses the following questions: What effects, if any, have NPM-inspired reform attempts had on the way that public sector organisations function? What have been the intended and unintended consequences of reform attempts? Research approach: This case study aims to bridge this gap through analysing the effects of administrative reforms in the federal tax agency where these actions have been revived as a part of the comprehensive reform programme. This study is qualitative and adopts a social constructionist approach. This case study is ethnographically oriented and works within pragmatist criteria of truth and validity; the case study organisation has been conceptualised as negotiated order (Strauss, 1978); and the initiatives of training, salaries and information technology are understood as managerial attempts to reshape organisational structures, processes, and the employment relationship with employees in line with the requirements of NPM. This research mainly depends on the interpretation and analysis of data gathered through 22 semi-structured interviews, participant observation and documentary sources of information including public and classified reports from donors and government repositories as well as published scholarly articles. The data were analysed in two stages: 1. abstract analysis took place during data collection, arranging, cleaning, and extraction of themes and patterns; and 2. firm analysis happened through an iterative process of comparing these themes, patterns, and field notes to make the sense of data. Findings: The findings suggest that the desired results of efficiency, transparency, fairness, and…

Subjects/Keywords: 351.5491; N120 International Business studies; Pakistan; public sector

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Iqbal, F. (2014). An analysis of administrative reforms in Pakistan's public sector. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/550403

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Iqbal, Faisal. “An analysis of administrative reforms in Pakistan's public sector.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/550403.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Iqbal, Faisal. “An analysis of administrative reforms in Pakistan's public sector.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Iqbal F. An analysis of administrative reforms in Pakistan's public sector. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/550403.

Council of Science Editors:

Iqbal F. An analysis of administrative reforms in Pakistan's public sector. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/550403

7. Gharib, Rebwar Kamal. Factors affecting active participation in business-to-business online business communities.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336405

► The aim of this research is to investigate factors affecting active participation in Business-to-Business Online Business Communities (B2B OBCs). The primary objective of the study… (more)

▼ The aim of this research is to investigate factors affecting active participation in Business-to-Business Online Business Communities (B2B OBCs). The primary objective of the study was to develop a framework to better understand the important factors affecting members’ active participation behaviour in B2B OBCs. To achieve the main goal of this research, an integrated framework was developed underpinned by three well known theories: Uses and Gratification (U&G), Social Exchange (SET), and Information Systems Success Model (ISSM). A mixed method approach (partially mixed sequential dominant status design) was employed to answer the research question and achieve the objectives of the study. Accordingly, this study was carried out in two phases. During the first phase an exploratory study was carried out to further explore the framework. For that purpose semi-structured interviews with twelve members of B2B OBCs were conducted. The collected data was analysed using thematic analysis utilising NVIVO and this assisted in discovering another important factor ‘service quality’, which reflected on the moderator’s role inside B2B OBCs. Subsequently, service quality was added to the model. The exploratory study is also helped to develop a new measure for active participation in the context of B2B OBCs as this study was unable to adapt the measure for the construct from prior studies due to the discrepancy in the literature. In the second phase of the study, a quantitative approach (online questionnaires) was employed to test the developed framework. Using non-probability convenience sampling technique, 521 useable online questionnaires were collected from 41 B2B OBCs on LinkedIn. The collected data was then analysed using a second generation approach (SEM) utilising AMOS. During the data analysis, two U&G constructs (functional need and hedonic need) were found to have a positive impact on active participation. Yet, the direct association between psychological need and active participation was not significant. Nevertheless, the construct found to have a positive and indirect relationship with active participation. In addition, two of the SET constructs (reciprocity and affective commitment) were also found to have a positive association with active participation. Trusting beliefs was found to have no direct impact on active participation. Further analysis revealed that the relationship between the two construct was indirect via affective commitment. Furthermore, three factors that were identified under ISSM, information quality, system quality, and service quality, were also found to be the antecedent of trusting beliefs but they did not have a direct impact on active participation. Information quality and service quality were also found to have an indirect and positive impact on affective commitment and active participation. The analysis also revealed that members from different industry types had different participation behaviour in B2B OBCs. The research outcomes made several contributions to the literature. These include a…

Subjects/Keywords: 658.4; P900 Others in Mass Communications and Documentation; business to business; online community

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Gharib, R. K. (2013). Factors affecting active participation in business-to-business online business communities. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336405

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Gharib, Rebwar Kamal. “Factors affecting active participation in business-to-business online business communities.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336405.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Gharib, Rebwar Kamal. “Factors affecting active participation in business-to-business online business communities.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Gharib RK. Factors affecting active participation in business-to-business online business communities. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336405.

Council of Science Editors:

Gharib RK. Factors affecting active participation in business-to-business online business communities. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336405

8. Ravello, Cherrie Valerie. An investigation into nurses' views and experiences of what creates a clinical learning environment within acute in-patient psychiatric wards.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337218

► Although I was trained as a nurse, I became curious about the views of psychiatric nursing staff as to what they feel would create a… (more)

▼ Although I was trained as a nurse, I became curious about the views of psychiatric nursing staff as to what they feel would create a clinical learning environment for them. This was as a result of having my dearly beloved father admitted to a medical ward, and being on the receiving side of care. This created a fear in me that surprised me. I was scared at how my father would be treated if I was not present to witness his care. As a nurse, strangely, I felt that I could not trust the nurses to provide safe clinical care for/with my father. I began to feel concerned about the competencies of nurses as I observed the care that was being offered to him. My observation and experience was that the ward environment generated an atmosphere that needed a form of nursing care that was collaborative and transparent where the hand-over between professionals communicated the needs of the patients in their care – from making sure that patients’ bedding is comfortable, to checking whether they are trying to communicate something, to being sure that their medication has been properly given. This aroused my curiosity as to whether nursing staff themselves had views as to what is needed to have, or to create, an environment that sustained their original urge to take up nursing in the first place. I thus became curious to investigate the views and experiences of both qualified and non-qualified psychiatric nurses with the aim of improving the clinical learning environment within acute adult inpatient wards, as well as secure adult and male adolescent mental health inpatient wards, as these wards raise crucial issues to do with control, power, seclusion, rights and responsibilities, issues that are not easy for nurses to learn to deal with in their classroom training. For this study I interviewed sixteen staff members of wards within the National Health Service and the private sector. The staff varied in their experiences and qualification, from qualified mental health nurses to non-qualified nurses. My findings show that: (1) Nurses often felt the ward organisation had hindered their learning through the way in which it worked to organise them. (2) Nurses would have liked to experience a different kind of learning. However they were not sure in what way or how they would like the learning experience to be. (3) The expert nurses were able to work in a competent manner despite the sense of the organisation organising their practices, as they were able to sense which of the limited number of organisational possibilities were open to them so that their choices allowed for their practices to be learning experiences as well as providing sound clinical care. (4) Learning dialogues happen in contexts where nurses feel supported and where the episode of care in which they are engaged is also supported by a team approach and resourceful pulling together of skills and abilities. (5) There was a lack of space(s) for the nurses to use for reflection. (6) Nurses also expressed the need for supervision after an episode or critical event had taken…

Subjects/Keywords: 610.73; B940 Counselling; nursing; clinical learning environment; psychiatric nursing; systemic practice

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APA (6^th Edition):

Ravello, C. V. (2013). An investigation into nurses' views and experiences of what creates a clinical learning environment within acute in-patient psychiatric wards. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337218

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ravello, Cherrie Valerie. “An investigation into nurses' views and experiences of what creates a clinical learning environment within acute in-patient psychiatric wards.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337218.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ravello, Cherrie Valerie. “An investigation into nurses' views and experiences of what creates a clinical learning environment within acute in-patient psychiatric wards.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Ravello CV. An investigation into nurses' views and experiences of what creates a clinical learning environment within acute in-patient psychiatric wards. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337218.

Council of Science Editors:

Ravello CV. An investigation into nurses' views and experiences of what creates a clinical learning environment within acute in-patient psychiatric wards. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337218

9. Miksits, Martin. Imagining organisational futures : towards a systemic constructionist practice perspective.

Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/345640

► This thesis is an inquiry into the practice of imagining of organisational futures. The aims of this research are to promote understanding of imagining as… (more)

▼ This thesis is an inquiry into the practice of imagining of organisational futures. The aims of this research are to promote understanding of imagining as relational, discursive and dialogical practice in organisations, to develop opportunities for imagining in organisations drawing on systemic and social constructionist theories and practices, and to develop propositions informing systemic constructionist practice. It is a reflexive, qualitative, case and practice based research, informed by ethnographic sensibility, using Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) theory and discourse analysis as research methods. The focus of this research is not to solve problems but to make sense and create connections. This research promotes an understanding of imagining as relational, discursive practice and a critical appreciation of imagining in organisational theory and systemic constructionist practice with organisations, in particular the relevance of imagining in organisational opportunity, alignment and coordination, organisational decision making, and organisation development. Reflections on imagining practice are articulated as concepts of games of imagining expressing archetypical discursive forms of imagining, discursive reflexivity, a practice of reflexive evaluating of the unfolding talk for the emergent possibilities in it, and game changing, an expanding of possibilities for imagining from within a conversational situation. Drawing on reflections from theory and practice this research promotes the relevance of relational, discursive imagining for organisational task attainment and makes a case for advancing imagining practices through developing the participation in imagining processes and by foregrounding and institutionalising imagining in organisations. It argues that such developments can be of a transformational nature and positions systemic constructionist practice as a resource for such a development. This research contributes to systemic constructionist practice research by developing practice based frameworks that serve to orientate practitioners in the living moment of practising. It builds on established frameworks of systemic constructionist theory and practice, expands their relevance, and also invites critical and appreciative sensibilities in relation to systemic constructionist practice. This research contributes to a small body of empirical case research into organisational imagining informed by social constructionist positions and ethnographic sensibility.

Subjects/Keywords: 658.4; N220 Institutional Management; systemic practice; organisational vision; systemic constructionist practice

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Miksits, M. (2014). Imagining organisational futures : towards a systemic constructionist practice perspective. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/345640

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Miksits, Martin. “Imagining organisational futures : towards a systemic constructionist practice perspective.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/345640.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Miksits, Martin. “Imagining organisational futures : towards a systemic constructionist practice perspective.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Miksits M. Imagining organisational futures : towards a systemic constructionist practice perspective. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/345640.

Council of Science Editors:

Miksits M. Imagining organisational futures : towards a systemic constructionist practice perspective. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/345640

10. Grant, Louise Jane. What is resilience and how can it be assessed and enhanced in social workers?.

Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344618

► The outputs chosen for inclusion for this PhD by publication comprise seven articles published in peer reviewed journals, two book chapters, one research paper and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: 361.3; L500 Social Work; social workers; resilience

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Grant, L. J. (2014). What is resilience and how can it be assessed and enhanced in social workers?. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344618

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Grant, Louise Jane. “What is resilience and how can it be assessed and enhanced in social workers?.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344618.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Grant, Louise Jane. “What is resilience and how can it be assessed and enhanced in social workers?.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Grant LJ. What is resilience and how can it be assessed and enhanced in social workers?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344618.

Council of Science Editors:

Grant LJ. What is resilience and how can it be assessed and enhanced in social workers?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344618

11. Bailey, Joan. The significance of inter-racial conflict in the identity formation of BME young people.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344603

► Amidst growing concerns due to a rise in incidents of inter racial conflict between African Caribbean and South Asian young men; this thesis draws on… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: 305.896; M990 Law not elsewhere classified; youth justice; identity; ethnic minorities; inter racial conflict; identity formation; ethnic identity

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Bailey, J. (2013). The significance of inter-racial conflict in the identity formation of BME young people. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344603

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Bailey, Joan. “The significance of inter-racial conflict in the identity formation of BME young people.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344603.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Bailey, Joan. “The significance of inter-racial conflict in the identity formation of BME young people.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Bailey J. The significance of inter-racial conflict in the identity formation of BME young people. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344603.

Council of Science Editors:

Bailey J. The significance of inter-racial conflict in the identity formation of BME young people. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/344603

12. Jude, Julia. Family systemic therapy in the home : reigniting the fire.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337217

► The current models that we use in systemic family therapy came out of office/clinic-based practice. To date, there is no model specifically orientated to systemic… (more)

▼ The current models that we use in systemic family therapy came out of office/clinic-based practice. To date, there is no model specifically orientated to systemic family therapy in the home. As a systemic family therapist, I argue that non-traditional approaches may need to be considered; and that systemic family therapy models should come closer to reflecting discourses that have shades of global influences. My interest in the area emerged from a position of ignorance – making assumptions that the tools used in the clinic could easily be colonised into a family’s home – but I found that the models often used in the clinic do not necessarily transfer easily into the home. an adaptation of a systematic review was conducted that undermined the notion that therapists are ‘knowing’ with particular skill and competency to work in the home. I ask the question: How do I improve upon my systemic family therapy practice to work in families’ homes? African oral traditional ideas (AOTI) are broadly explored to consider the notion of self and bodily feelings as a source of knowledge. Through the use of AOTI I created an approach known as Seselelame, foregrounding a new practice stemming from ideas that are not home grown within the systemic family therapy perspectives, to support my practice within the home. the inquiry offers the following contribution of new knowledge to family systemic therapy: conceptualization of a method (Seselelame) that incorporates the idea of self in the context of awareness of feelings in the body; a method that incorporates African oral traditional ideas and thus expanded the traditional Western view of family/systemic therapy; contextualization of the significance of home as a source of knowledge; the Seselelame model was used as an analytical tool alongside a systemic constructionist analytical model to compare and contrast the data produced. The findings conclude that the inquiry has implications for the practice and teaching of systemic family therapy, which will eventually be published once the thesis is completed.

Subjects/Keywords: 616.89; B940 Counselling; systemic practice; family therapy; family systemic therapy; systemic family therapy; African oral traditional ideas; Seselelame

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Jude, J. (2013). Family systemic therapy in the home : reigniting the fire. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337217

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Jude, Julia. “Family systemic therapy in the home : reigniting the fire.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337217.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Jude, Julia. “Family systemic therapy in the home : reigniting the fire.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Jude J. Family systemic therapy in the home : reigniting the fire. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337217.

Council of Science Editors:

Jude J. Family systemic therapy in the home : reigniting the fire. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337217

13. Ives, Helen Maria. The social construction of physical education and school sport : transmission, transformation and realization.

Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336226

► The development of physical education and school sport (PESS), a once ‘marginalised’ subject within the school curriculum, over the period 2003-2010 has often been referred… (more)

▼ The development of physical education and school sport (PESS), a once ‘marginalised’ subject within the school curriculum, over the period 2003-2010 has often been referred to as the ‘quiet revolution’. An increased political interest in PESS and the idea that sport could be used to address wider social issues resulted in two major strategies, Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL 2003-2008) and Physical Education and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP 2008-2013) and £2.4billion of funding. Drawing on Bernstein’s concept of the pedagogical device, this thesis seeks to understand how these two strategies were transmitted, transformed and realized in the secondary field and examines the extent to which they impacted on the pedagogic practice of PESS. This research study, conducted from within a School Sport Partnership, draws on a range of ethnographic methods including in-depth interviews with Partnership Development Managers, School Sport Coordinators, Primary Link Teachers and physical education teachers across a sub-regional area of London. This data was supplemented with extensive field diaries, partnership documentation and emails. Analysis of the data was conducted using grounded theory in NVivo9. The research findings are presented in three data chapters. The first examines the positioning of the PDM in the space at the interface between the recontextualising and secondary fields. The second results chapter investigates the realization of the PESS strategies and specifically examines the process of transmission and transformation of discourse as it passes through the complex infrastructure of School Sport Partnerships. The final data chapter discusses the impact of the PESS strategies on the pedagogic practices of teachers, and focuses extensively on the target driven culture which dominated practice within the secondary field. The lack of impact on pedagogic practice, particularly within secondary physical education, emerges as a key issue. The dominance of policy targets as the core evaluative rules of the PESS strategies emerged as a limiting factor in the realization of change. The thesis concludes with a discussion of the key findings and the implications for agents and/or agencies tasked with implementing and enacting change in the school setting. In applying the pedagogic device, we are able to analyse the role that the evaluative rules have in prioritising aspects of policy implementation and investigate the challenge of innovation and change. However I argue that Bernstein’s theory is not sufficiently sensitive to a number of the complexities of the contemporary educational landscape and needs further development and adaptation if we are to continue to use the pedagogic device to examine the process of recontextualisation and realization of policy in PESS.

Subjects/Keywords: 613.7071; X300 Academic studies in Education; physical education; school sport

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Ives, H. M. (2014). The social construction of physical education and school sport : transmission, transformation and realization. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336226

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ives, Helen Maria. “The social construction of physical education and school sport : transmission, transformation and realization.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336226.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ives, Helen Maria. “The social construction of physical education and school sport : transmission, transformation and realization.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Ives HM. The social construction of physical education and school sport : transmission, transformation and realization. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336226.

Council of Science Editors:

Ives HM. The social construction of physical education and school sport : transmission, transformation and realization. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336226

14. Cammack, Ian Joseph. A journey towards becoming a systemic practitioner : becoming a project manager and an educationalist.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337220

► This thesis is a systemic examination of my practice as an educator specialising in the development of early career project managers. This inquiry is conducted… (more)

▼ This thesis is a systemic examination of my practice as an educator specialising in the development of early career project managers. This inquiry is conducted through an internal inquiry into my living theory and an externally focussed inquiry into the journey that the early career project managers take to becoming a project manager. Four broad foci of my living theory are identified, ‘Soft Systems Methodology’, ‘Action Learning’, ‘Reflective Practice’ and ‘Systemic Practice’. These are discussed in order to consciously consider the foundations of my practice and to identify areas where the practice has been eroded through familiarity and developed through innovation. The external inquiry draws on three sources of qualitative data. The first two sources of data explore the experiences of students enrolled on the MSc in Project Management at Lancaster University during an action learning project. These two sources are an analysis of ‘word clouds’ and ‘critical incidents‘ presented in the dissertations that reflect on these projects. The third source of data is a series of interviews held with alumni of the MSc in Project Management at Lancaster University. These two areas of inquiry combine to present a framework for project management practitioner education that comprises of three broad areas of development. These areas of development align to the ‘ways of knowing’, ‘ways of doing’ and ‘ways of being’. The ways of knowing zone is made up of the development of a systematic approach to project management. This zone is complemented by the ‘ways of doing’ that looks at the development of this systematic perspective through the development of a range of analytical and social skills. It is suggested that systemic eloquence may be gained by enhancing the ‘ways of knowing’ and ‘ways of doing’ with a systemic perspective that encompasses relational dispositions to the practice of project management. This relational disposition covers the ways in which project managers learn to understand the dynamics of the problem situations that they co-create with their stakeholders. Furthermore, it is noted that the development of project management practitioners should be facilitated through their experience in the practice of projects. This ‘hands on’ engagement combined with an approach to self-development founded on reflective practice helps to develop people capable of delivering projects rather than talking about the delivery of projects.

Subjects/Keywords: 658.4; N213 Project Management; systemic practice; project management; early career

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Cammack, I. J. (2013). A journey towards becoming a systemic practitioner : becoming a project manager and an educationalist. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337220

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Cammack, Ian Joseph. “A journey towards becoming a systemic practitioner : becoming a project manager and an educationalist.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337220.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Cammack, Ian Joseph. “A journey towards becoming a systemic practitioner : becoming a project manager and an educationalist.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Cammack IJ. A journey towards becoming a systemic practitioner : becoming a project manager and an educationalist. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337220.

Council of Science Editors:

Cammack IJ. A journey towards becoming a systemic practitioner : becoming a project manager and an educationalist. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/337220

15. Stewart, Alex. The boxer's point of view : an ethnography of cultural production and athletic development among amateur and professional boxers in England.

Degree: PhD, 2008, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336227

► Since the late nineteenth century boxing in England has been socially organised into two ideologically distinctive versions - amateur and professional boxing – that to… (more)

▼ Since the late nineteenth century boxing in England has been socially organised into two ideologically distinctive versions - amateur and professional boxing – that to this day are practiced in spatially segregated social universes. Nonetheless, both amateur and professional boxing-practitioners understandings and lived experiences in and through boxing are necessarily grounded in the wider social and cultural contexts through which they interpret meaning and construct worldviews and identity. Thus despite the institutional, ideological and spatial boundaries demarcating either code, on a rather more subtle yet incredibly powerful cultural level, amateur and professional boxing are both symbolically and practically deeply intertwined. Over a five year period, I conducted ‘insider’ ethnographic research among distinct cohorts of amateur and professional boxers based in Luton and London to investigate the lived experiences and socially constructed worldviews, values and identities developed by practitioners immersed in either code. The overriding aim of this research was to critically evaluate the limits and possibilities of boxing-practitioners association with and development through ‘boxing’ henceforth. The findings of this ethnography reveal that it was common for the amateur and professional boxing-practitioners studied to cultivate empowering identities through intersubjective and socially validating instances of purposefulness, expressivity, creativity, fellowship and aspiration. These lived dimensions were grounded in sensuous, symbolic and emotional attachments respective to the social organization defining the social practice of either code of boxing. Equally, the research reveals that under the veneer of collective passion for and consequent fellowship experienced through boxing, an undercurrent yet ever-present sense of dubiety, tension and intra-personal conflict was in evidence among both the amateur and professional boxing-practitioners studied. It is suggested, therefore, that as a consequence of an array of both micro and macro post-industrial societal reconfigurations defining the structural principles of amateurism and professionalism in the practice of ‘boxing’, contemporary boxers are increasingly predisposed to developing athletic identities predisposed towards patterns of meaning production “…dominated by market-mediated consumer choice and the power of individualism” (Jarvie 2006 p. 327). Thus through complex, historically dynamic and seemingly paradoxical social processes of cultural (re)production and transformation - dialectically fusing individualistic aspirations geared towards self-interested gain, acts of group and subcultural fellowship and social resistance to measures of institutionalised control - it is argued that the role of boxing as an agent for humanistic personal and social development in the contemporary late-modern era of structural reconfiguration is progressively rendered impotent.

Subjects/Keywords: 796.83; C600 Sports Science; boxing; sport; amateur sport; professional sport; ethnography

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Stewart, A. (2008). The boxer's point of view : an ethnography of cultural production and athletic development among amateur and professional boxers in England. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336227

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Stewart, Alex. “The boxer's point of view : an ethnography of cultural production and athletic development among amateur and professional boxers in England.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336227.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Stewart, Alex. “The boxer's point of view : an ethnography of cultural production and athletic development among amateur and professional boxers in England.” 2008. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Stewart A. The boxer's point of view : an ethnography of cultural production and athletic development among amateur and professional boxers in England. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2008. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336227.

Council of Science Editors:

Stewart A. The boxer's point of view : an ethnography of cultural production and athletic development among amateur and professional boxers in England. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2008. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/336227

16. Conradie, Liesl. [email protected] : unsanctioned social network site connections between youth work practitioners and young people.

Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556251

► Social network sites are online spaces that can be used for interaction between young people and youth work practitioners. The focus of this thesis is… (more)

▼ Social network sites are online spaces that can be used for interaction between young people and youth work practitioners. The focus of this thesis is social network site interaction that falls outside the guidance of the local authority, through unsanctioned interaction on practitioners’ personal but also work profiles. Twenty one practitioners and fourteen young people were interviewed, using a semi-structured interview guide. Three inter-linked themes emerged through the research process; space and place; trust development and boundary management. Young people wanted to interact with some practitioners through the practitioners' personal profiles but the majority of practitioners would rather interact with young people through work profiles. Young people viewed and trusted these practitioners as friends and were willing to share their personal, but also socially intimate information with them. Most practitioners viewed their relationship with young people as a professional relationship and aimed to maintain personal and professional boundaries. However, practitioners did not extend this same awareness to the boundaries of young people. This was further confirmed by the practice of client searching through a variety of profiles to access socially intimate information of young people. Where practitioners and volunteers lived and worked in the same geographical spaces, these multiple relationships increased uncertainty with regards to unsanctioned SNS interaction. Other practitioners were either fearful or opportunistic of these relationships and used them to gain further socially intimate information about young people or turned a blind eye to these relationships due to uncertainty of how to respond. This thesis extends knowledge and theory concerning youth work practice at a time of change, and also new spaces for interaction online. Civic courage and incentives that outweigh deterrents lead to unsanctioned connections for practitioners. For young people this interaction was based on the type of friendship they perceived they had with practitioners. Studying perceptions regarding this interaction revealed cycles of perpetual negative practice, personal and socially intimate boundaries and different views on the type of relationship that young people and practitioners developed with each other.

Subjects/Keywords: L530 Youth Work; youth work; social networking

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Conradie, L. (2014). [email protected] : unsanctioned social network site connections between youth work practitioners and young people. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556251

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Conradie, Liesl. “[email protected] : unsanctioned social network site connections between youth work practitioners and young people.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556251.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Conradie, Liesl. “[email protected] : unsanctioned social network site connections between youth work practitioners and young people.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Conradie L. [email protected] : unsanctioned social network site connections between youth work practitioners and young people. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556251.

Council of Science Editors:

Conradie L. [email protected] : unsanctioned social network site connections between youth work practitioners and young people. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/556251

17. Maycock, Eno Amasi. An investigation into performance based pay in Nigerian financial institutions.

Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134355

► Purpose: To critically investigate the effect/impact the implementation of both team and individual based pay has when responses are measured in terms of teamworking, job… (more)

▼ Purpose: To critically investigate the effect/impact the implementation of both team and individual based pay has when responses are measured in terms of teamworking, job satisfaction, culture and commitment in 2 Nigerian financial institutions. Design/methodology/approach: The study presents the first empirical case-study research carried out in Nigeria. The data are based on 2 Nigerian financial institutions surveys from 2002 to 2006. The analysis addresses the impact of the introduction of PRP within these institutions. Questionnaires were sent out to the 226 employees. Interviews and focus groups were also carried out with both managers and employees across both organisations. Findings: The findings indicate the importance of valence for monetary incentives, the instrumentality of performance for the monetary incentives and clear individual and group objectives for improving performance. On the basis of the analysis of the data from employees covered by the scheme, the results suggests that there are clear indications that it has raised motivational levels, though employees prefer working with individual performance related pay than in teams, but would not mind working in teams if it is linked to a reward, but the responses indicate that individual performance related pay has damaged the concept of team working. The results indicated a positive link of PRP having a positive effect with employees on higher grade levels; this result support other results from a number of earlier UK studies. The results also indicate that the introduction of PRP can enhance culture change and enhanced performance but may not ultimately lead to commitment from employees. The findings also indicate a positive link between PRP, improved individual and organisational performance, change in culture and job satisfaction. Though the research indicates positive outcomes from one organisation it also indicates negative outcomes from the other organisation. Why would that occur, as both organisations operate the same form of individual PRP? It leads the researcher to conclude that PRP must be modified to take into account the cultural (national & organisational) implications of the transference western management practices into non-western organisations. The research finishes by listing out implications for management and recommendations. Research limitations: As this study utilises data from Nigerian financial institutions only, its results cannot be generalised to other sectors and countries characterised by different cultures and contexts. However, what is critical though is that the approach used to finding these results can be applied in a wide variety of situations, thus enabling the examination of external validity. ORIGINALITY/VALUE – This study is one of the first to explore the effect/impact of the introduction of performance related pay in Nigerian financial institutions and reflecting on the historic cultural context of gift giving and culture within organisations and the impact this has on the success or failure of PRP schemes.…

Subjects/Keywords: 332.109669; Nigeria : financial institutions : individual performance related pay : team pay : team working : business culture : performance related pay : performance management : job satisfaction : N690 Human Resources not elsewhere classified

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Maycock, E. A. (2009). An investigation into performance based pay in Nigerian financial institutions. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134355

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Maycock, Eno Amasi. “An investigation into performance based pay in Nigerian financial institutions.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134355.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Maycock, Eno Amasi. “An investigation into performance based pay in Nigerian financial institutions.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Maycock EA. An investigation into performance based pay in Nigerian financial institutions. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134355.

Council of Science Editors:

Maycock EA. An investigation into performance based pay in Nigerian financial institutions. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134355

18. Li, Wei. Performance enhancement for LTE and beyond systems.

Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/565877

► Wireless communication systems have undergone fast development in recent years. Based on GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specified the Long Term… (more)

▼ Wireless communication systems have undergone fast development in recent years. Based on GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specified the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard to cope with rapidly increasing demands, including capacity, coverage, and data rate. To achieve this goal, several key techniques have been adopted by LTE, such as Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO), Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM), and heterogeneous network (HetNet). However, there are some inherent drawbacks regarding these techniques. Direct conversion architecture is adopted to provide a simple, low cost transmitter solution. The problem of I/Q imbalance arises due to the imperfection of circuit components; the orthogonality of OFDM is vulnerable to carrier frequency offset (CFO) and sampling frequency offset (SFO). The doubly selective channel can also severely deteriorate the receiver performance. In addition, the deployment of Heterogeneous Network (HetNet), which permits the co-existence of macro and pico cells, incurs inter-cell interference for cell edge users. The impact of these factors then results in significant degradation in relation to system performance. This dissertation aims to investigate the key techniques which can be used to mitigate the above problems. First, I/Q imbalance for the wideband transmitter is studied and a self-IQ-demodulation based compensation scheme for frequency-dependent (FD) I/Q imbalance is proposed. This combats the FD I/Q imbalance by using the internal diode of the transmitter and a specially designed test signal without any external calibration instruments or internal low-IF feedback path. The instrument test results show that the proposed scheme can enhance signal quality by 10 dB in terms of image rejection ratio (IRR). In addition to the I/Q imbalance, the system suffers from CFO, SFO and frequency-time selective channel. To mitigate this, a hybrid optimum OFDM receiver with decision feedback equalizer (DFE) to cope with the CFO, SFO and doubly selective channel. The algorithm firstly estimates the CFO and channel frequency response (CFR) in the coarse estimation, with the help of hybrid classical timing and frequency synchronization algorithms. Afterwards, a pilot-aided polynomial interpolation channel estimation, combined with a low complexity DFE scheme, based on minimum mean squared error (MMSE) criteria, is developed to alleviate the impact of the residual SFO, CFO, and Doppler effect. A subspace-based signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation algorithm is proposed to estimate the SNR in the doubly selective channel. This provides prior knowledge for MMSE-DFE and automatic modulation and coding (AMC). Simulation results show that this proposed estimation algorithm significantly improves the system performance. In order to speed up algorithm verification process, an FPGA based co-simulation is developed. Inter-cell interference caused by the co-existence of macro and pico cells has a big impact on system performance. Although an almost…

Subjects/Keywords: performance enhancement; LTE; G490 Computing Science not elsewhere classified; wireless communication systems

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Li, W. (2014). Performance enhancement for LTE and beyond systems. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/565877

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Li, Wei. “Performance enhancement for LTE and beyond systems.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/565877.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Li, Wei. “Performance enhancement for LTE and beyond systems.” 2014. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Li W. Performance enhancement for LTE and beyond systems. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/565877.

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Li W. Performance enhancement for LTE and beyond systems. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/565877

19. Elkington, Samuel D. To take the flow of leisure seriously : a theoretical extension of Csikszentmihalyi's flow.

Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/325527

► Csikszentmihalyi's (1975b) 'flow' theory has been extensively developed and utilised, providing the leading explanation for positive subjective experiences in the study of leisure. The prescriptive… (more)

▼ Csikszentmihalyi's (1975b) 'flow' theory has been extensively developed and utilised, providing the leading explanation for positive subjective experiences in the study of leisure. The prescriptive tenets along with the archetypal descriptive characteristics of the flow state have been well documented. What is less explicit, however, is what occurs within experience in the instances immediately prior to the onset of flow and those immediately following: in what the author has come to term as pre-flow and post-flow experience (Elkington, 2006 and 2007). This research approaches the dearth of knowledge concerning pre- and post-flow experience from the perspective of existential-phenomenological psychology with the aim of bringing clarity to the experiential, conceptual, and theoretical uncertainty surrounding what goes before and after a state of flow and with it a more complete and holistic understanding of flow experience. The research explores the intricacies of flow experiences of participants from one activity characteristic of each of Stebbins' (2007a) amateur, hobbyist, and career volunteer serious leisure categories, namely: amateur actors, hobbyist table tennis players, and volunteer sports coaches. Using narrative meaning as an interpretative tool to generate descriptions of the specific experiential situations and action sequences that comprise pre- and post-flow produced a single representative narrative of pre- and post-flow experience, and the first empirical insights into the phenomenology of such phases of experience. Examining flow in the context of serious leisure has revealed there to be significantly more to the act of experiencing flow than depicted in Csikszentmihalyi's (1975b) original framework, re-conceptualising flow as a focal state of mind in a broader experience-process model comprising distinct, intricate, and highly-personalised phases of pre-flow, flow-in-action, and post-flow experience. Combining flow and serious leisure has evoked the affinity of serious leisure activity for flow experience and the discovery that serious leisure and flow are not two disparate frameworks, but are structurally and experientially 'mutually reinforcing' of one another, revealing an explanatory framework of optimal leisure experience. The newly-emerged process view of flow was used to provide insights into the phenomenology of flow in serious leisure, adding to the explanatory capacity of Stebbins' serious leisure theoretical framework. Conflating flow and serious leisure in this way provides for significant and exciting opportunities for knowledge transfer between these two established leisure-related frameworks and signifies new vistas for future research in both fields.

Subjects/Keywords: 150.19; N222 Recreation/Leisure Management : Csikszentmihalyi : leisure : flow : subjective experience : existential-phenomenological psychology

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Elkington, S. D. (2009). To take the flow of leisure seriously : a theoretical extension of Csikszentmihalyi's flow. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/325527

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Elkington, Samuel D. “To take the flow of leisure seriously : a theoretical extension of Csikszentmihalyi's flow.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/325527.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Elkington, Samuel D. “To take the flow of leisure seriously : a theoretical extension of Csikszentmihalyi's flow.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Elkington SD. To take the flow of leisure seriously : a theoretical extension of Csikszentmihalyi's flow. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/325527.

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Elkington SD. To take the flow of leisure seriously : a theoretical extension of Csikszentmihalyi's flow. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/325527

20. Unaldi, Aylin. Investigating reading for academic purposes : sentence, text and multiple texts.

Degree: PhD, 2010, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279255

► This study examines the nature of reading in academic environments and suggests ways for a more appropriate assessment of it. Research studies show that reading… (more)

▼ This study examines the nature of reading in academic environments and suggests ways for a more appropriate assessment of it. Research studies show that reading in academic settings is a complex knowledge management process in which information is selected, combined and organised from not a single, isolated text but from multiple information sources. This study initially gathered evidence from students studying at a British university on their perceived and observed reading purposes and processes in three studies; a large scale questionnaire, longitudinal reading diary study and finally individual interviews in order both to establish whether the prominent reading skills used by them were as put forth in the studies on academic reading, and to examine in detail the actual cognitive processes (reading operations) used in reading for academic purposes. The study draws on the reading theories that explain reading comprehension and focuses specifically on different levels of careful reading such as sentence, text and multiple texts in order to explicate that increasingly more complex cognitive processes explain higher levels of reading comprehension. Building on the findings from the three initial studies, it is suggested that reading tests of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) should involve not only local level comprehension questions but also reading tasks at text and multiple texts levels. For this aim, taking the Khalifa and Weir (2009) framework as the basis, cognitive processes extracted from the theories defining each level of reading, and contextual features extracted through the analysis of university course books were combined to form the test specifications for each level of careful reading and sample tests assessing careful reading at sentence, text and intertextuallevels were designed. Statistical findings confirmed the differential nature of the three levels of careful reading; however, the expected difficulty continuum could not be observed among the tests. Possible reasons underlying this are discussed, suggestions on reading tasks that might operationalise text level reading more efficiently and intertextual level reading more extensively are made and additional components of intertextual reading are offered for the Khalifa and Weir (2009) reading framework. The implications of the findings for the teaching and assessment of English for Academic Purposes are also discussed.

Subjects/Keywords: 371.26; X370 Academic studies in Education (across phases) : reading : linguistics

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Unaldi, A. (2010). Investigating reading for academic purposes : sentence, text and multiple texts. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279255

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Unaldi, Aylin. “Investigating reading for academic purposes : sentence, text and multiple texts.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279255.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Unaldi, Aylin. “Investigating reading for academic purposes : sentence, text and multiple texts.” 2010. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Unaldi A. Investigating reading for academic purposes : sentence, text and multiple texts. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2010. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279255.

Council of Science Editors:

Unaldi A. Investigating reading for academic purposes : sentence, text and multiple texts. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279255

21. Zhang, Xiaoliang. Drowsiness detection based On Gegenbauer features.

Degree: PhD, 2008, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134974

► According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) official reports, many traffic accidents have been caused due to drivers’ drowsiness. Previous work based on computer… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: 629.04; drowsiness : Gegenbauer features : drowsiness detection : G761 Automated Reasoning

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Zhang, X. (2008). Drowsiness detection based On Gegenbauer features. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134974

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Zhang, Xiaoliang. “Drowsiness detection based On Gegenbauer features.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134974.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Zhang, Xiaoliang. “Drowsiness detection based On Gegenbauer features.” 2008. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Zhang X. Drowsiness detection based On Gegenbauer features. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2008. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134974.

Council of Science Editors:

Zhang X. Drowsiness detection based On Gegenbauer features. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2008. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134974

22. Lin, Chia-Hsin. Studies on the effect of cryopreservation on gene expression in zebrafish blastomeres.

Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134360

► Cryopreservation is now a common practice in the fields of aquaculture, conservation and biomedicine. The success of cryopreservation is usually analysed in terms of cell… (more)

▼ Cryopreservation is now a common practice in the fields of aquaculture, conservation and biomedicine. The success of cryopreservation is usually analysed in terms of cell survival, although there are other potential adverse effects that don’t necessarily result in cell death. These include DNA damage, which could result in altered gene expression. The aim of this study is to discover if cryopreservation has an impact on gene expression using zebrafish (Danio rerio) as the model organism. As the whole embryo cannot yet be successfully cryopreserved, isolated blastomeres from the embryos were used to investigate the impact of cryo-treatment on gene expression. This study sets out firstly to determine an optimum cryopreservation protocol for 50% epiboly blastomeres (Epiboly displaces the blastoderm margin to 50% of the distance between the animal and vegetal pole). Blastomeres had the highest survival level (70.2 ± 3.2%) when a mixture of 1.5 M dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and 0.1 M sucrose were used as cryoprotectants. As quantitative analysis of gene expression using real-time PCR requires the use of a housekeeping gene as an internal control to normalize date, the second study aimed to identify and validate housekeeping genes for use in cryopreservation studies of zebrafish blastomeres. Seven potential housekeeping genes were analysed across a range of embryo stages and isolated blastomeres using the GeNorm and NormFinder software packages. Results indicated β-actin and EF1α housekeeping genes to be the most appropriate for cryopreservation studies on zebrafish embryos and blastomeres, and these housekeeping genes were used in the third study, the effect of cryopreservation on Pax gene expression. The results indicated that the trends (profile changes) in expression of Pax2a and Pax5 occurred to a lesser extent in frozen-thawed blastomeres than in fresh blastomeres whilst the opposite was true for Pax8. The trends in expression of Pax2b were delayed in frozen-thawed blastomeres compared to fresh blastomeres. Cryopreservation can therefore disrupt normal gene expression patterns in zebrafish embryos which could have a detrimental effect on embryo development. This is the first study on the stability of housekeeping and transcription factor genes in chilled and cryopreserved embryonic cells of the zebrafish. This work will significantly enhance future studies investigating the impact of cryopreservation on gene expression in zebrafish embryos.

Subjects/Keywords: 571.861; cryopreservation : zebrafish : DNA damage : gene expression : C410 Applied Genetics : Danio rerio

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Lin, C. (2009). Studies on the effect of cryopreservation on gene expression in zebrafish blastomeres. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134360

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lin, Chia-Hsin. “Studies on the effect of cryopreservation on gene expression in zebrafish blastomeres.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134360.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lin, Chia-Hsin. “Studies on the effect of cryopreservation on gene expression in zebrafish blastomeres.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Lin C. Studies on the effect of cryopreservation on gene expression in zebrafish blastomeres. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134360.

Council of Science Editors:

Lin C. Studies on the effect of cryopreservation on gene expression in zebrafish blastomeres. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134360

23. Loewenberger, Pauline Anne. Facilitating organisational creativity : exploring the contribution of psychological, social and organizational factors.

Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134354

► Towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century the economic downturn increases the significance of creativity and innovation to business success. As… (more)

▼ Towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century the economic downturn increases the significance of creativity and innovation to business success. As the seed of innovation or fuel for the innovation engine creativity is important throughout the process in distinguishing successful innovations. However, many organisations struggle to transform the rhetoric of creativity and innovation into reality because of a lack of understanding of what this means or how to achieve this. Fragmentation of existing research leads to ambiguous evidence with a danger of spurious relationships or confounding of factors that is inadequate to advance theoretical understanding and inform practice. This investigation provides a number of valuable contributions to overcome such limitations through systemic analysis of individual, social and organisational factors that support creativity based on a research strategy of multiple case studies and employing quantitative and qualitative techniques. Empirical investigation employing both the KEYS assessment of creative climate and personality characteristics is rare. Findings reinforce the contribution for four of five factors deemed most important to supporting creativity together with the Openness to Experience personality dimension. The presentation of a general linear model explains 47% variance based on Organisational Encouragement, Challenging Work, Work Group Support, Organisational Impediments, and Openness to Experience. Alternative models suggest Openness to experience moderates the significance of climate factors. For individuals very high on this personality dimension the interaction of Challenging Work and Work Group Support contributes 60% variance in creativity. Qualitative investigation extends the variance contributed by the general linear models to include the significance of shared understanding and meaning, the need for continuous active stimulation and supportive mechanisms, passion or love for one’s work and freedom to voice ideas. Finally, synthesis of creativity theories with HRM and HRD extend and advance theory and practice in a number of ways that have implications for the limitations of KEYS and for models of SHRM. Results extend existing knowledge and understanding of facilitation and implications are explored in-depth for organisations aspiring to creativity and innovation.

Subjects/Keywords: 158.7

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Loewenberger, P. A. (2009). Facilitating organisational creativity : exploring the contribution of psychological, social and organizational factors. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134354

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Loewenberger, Pauline Anne. “Facilitating organisational creativity : exploring the contribution of psychological, social and organizational factors.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134354.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Loewenberger, Pauline Anne. “Facilitating organisational creativity : exploring the contribution of psychological, social and organizational factors.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Loewenberger PA. Facilitating organisational creativity : exploring the contribution of psychological, social and organizational factors. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134354.

Council of Science Editors:

Loewenberger PA. Facilitating organisational creativity : exploring the contribution of psychological, social and organizational factors. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134354

24. Prokopiou, Evangelia. Understanding the impact of Greek and Pakistani community schools on the development of ethnic minority young persons' cultural and academic identities.

Degree: PhD, 2007, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/301621

► This study investigates the processes through which attendance at a community school affects the development of cultural and academic identities of Greek/Greek-Cypriot and Pakistani ethnic… (more)

▼ This study investigates the processes through which attendance at a community school affects the development of cultural and academic identities of Greek/Greek-Cypriot and Pakistani ethnic minority young people who live in the United Kingdom. The development of cultural and academic identities by community school students is a relatively underesearched and undertheorized area. The theoretical framework of this study draws on developments in cultural developmental theory (Valsiner, 2000a) and the dialogical self theory (Hermans, 2001 a) to understand the cultural and dialogical nature of the processes through which ethnic minority young people develop their identities in community schools. Both theories are influenced by dynamic perspectives on development and have tried to explain psychological phenomena in relation to the sociocultural context. Episodic interviews, drawings and group work were the tools for data collection and multiple perspectives (students', parents' and teachers') were investigated. This small-scale research took place in a Greek and a Pakistani community school. The pupils, both girls and boys, were adolescents aged 13 to 18 years. The findings suggest that the young people in both groups were moving towards multiple, hybrid identities through a dialogical negotiation of aspects of differences! similarities and belonging within their majority and minority communities as well as living in a multicultural society. This negotiation resulted in a multivoiced hybrid identity which emerged through a constant positioning and re-positioning within their communities and school contexts. For the participants in the Pakistani school this negotiation was a struggle shaped by issues of racism and religious discrimination. In this context, the Pakistani school mainly aimed to increase self-confidence and strengthen the students' sense of minority cultural identity, especially the religious aspect of it, whereas the Greek school mainly aimed to preserve the community's cultural identity which was considered to be threatened by assimilation. In both community schools, a strong academic identity was endorsed which had a double function -to foster the acquisition of both knowledge and skills relevant to community education and those relevant to mainstream and higher education. This study demonstrated the value of examining community schools within contrasting communities, and its findings have implications for Psychology and Education.

Subjects/Keywords: 370.15; R930 Other European Societies and Cultures : T430 Other Asian Society and Culture studies : Greek-Cypriot : Greek : Pakistan : cultural identity : identity : school : education

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Prokopiou, E. (2007). Understanding the impact of Greek and Pakistani community schools on the development of ethnic minority young persons' cultural and academic identities. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/301621

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Prokopiou, Evangelia. “Understanding the impact of Greek and Pakistani community schools on the development of ethnic minority young persons' cultural and academic identities.” 2007. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/301621.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Prokopiou, Evangelia. “Understanding the impact of Greek and Pakistani community schools on the development of ethnic minority young persons' cultural and academic identities.” 2007. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Prokopiou E. Understanding the impact of Greek and Pakistani community schools on the development of ethnic minority young persons' cultural and academic identities. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2007. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/301621.

Council of Science Editors:

Prokopiou E. Understanding the impact of Greek and Pakistani community schools on the development of ethnic minority young persons' cultural and academic identities. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/301621

25. Rial, Alvaro Valcarce. Applying the finite-difference time-domain to the modelling of large-scale radio channels.

Degree: PhD, 2010, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295748

► Finite-difference models have been used for nearly 40 years to solve electromagnetic problems of heterogeneous nature. Further, these techniques are well known for being computationally… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: 621.382; G420 Networks and Communications : finite-difference time-domain : finite-difference models : wideband : graphics processing units : FDTD

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Rial, A. V. (2010). Applying the finite-difference time-domain to the modelling of large-scale radio channels. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295748

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Rial, Alvaro Valcarce. “Applying the finite-difference time-domain to the modelling of large-scale radio channels.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295748.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Rial, Alvaro Valcarce. “Applying the finite-difference time-domain to the modelling of large-scale radio channels.” 2010. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Rial AV. Applying the finite-difference time-domain to the modelling of large-scale radio channels. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2010. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295748.

Council of Science Editors:

Rial AV. Applying the finite-difference time-domain to the modelling of large-scale radio channels. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295748

26. Salavati, Mazdak. Studies on in vitro maturation of dog oocytes to improve maturation rate and development potentials.

Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/312054

► In vitro maturation of dog oocytes has always been the main obstacle preventing reproductive biologist from producing canine in vitro cultured embryos. The unsuccessful oocyte… (more)

▼ In vitro maturation of dog oocytes has always been the main obstacle preventing reproductive biologist from producing canine in vitro cultured embryos. The unsuccessful oocyte maturation in canine species originates from their unique physiological and biological specifications. Ovulation of dominant follicles in bitch (6-12 in each oestrous cycle) occurs at prophase I stage of oocyte nucleus and meiotic resumption develops during 3-5 days of oviductal transition. During this PhD thesis, studies were designed in order to speculate characteristics of canine oocyte maturation in vitro in terms of maturation media components, gas composition of the incubator and hormonal requirements. Level of oxidative stress during 72h (culture period) of in vitro maturation showed that 5%O2, 5% CO2 and 90% N2 composition improves meiotic resumption and reduces degeneration rate significantly compared to 5% CO2 in air. Utilization of caffeine as a non specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor at 10mM for 12h at the beginning of the 72h culture (12+60) also improved MII maturation rate (16.9% ± 2.4; P < 0.05). Among several hormonal treatments recombinant porcine Growth Hormone (PGH) at 100ng/ml and Melatonin (MTN) at 100nM concentrations had outstanding improvement over meiotic resumption (28.9% ±10.0 and 56.2% ±8.6 respectively; P < 0.05). Attempts were made to study developmental potentials of optimally matured oocytes by parthenogenetic activation (PA) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) using chilled semen. Partial digestion of the zona pellucida prior to IVF improved the cleavage rate at 48h 6.4% ± 0.3 and resulted in production of a single 8 cell embryo. Moreover; canine follicular cells were culture in order to characterize their primary culture morphology and steroidogenic responsiveness to physiological and pharmaceutical substances. Immunolocalization of aromatase (CYP19) positive cell clumps, presumptive oestrogen producing colonies, was identified. This primary culture also maintained its steroidogenic machinery up to 96h (measured by radioimmunoassay) with a significant increase in production of estradiol and progesterone after 72h compare to the start of the culture.

Subjects/Keywords: 599.77; D322 Animal Physiology; reproductive biology; oocyte; oocyte maturation; canine reproduction

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Salavati, M. (2013). Studies on in vitro maturation of dog oocytes to improve maturation rate and development potentials. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/312054

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Salavati, Mazdak. “Studies on in vitro maturation of dog oocytes to improve maturation rate and development potentials.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/312054.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Salavati, Mazdak. “Studies on in vitro maturation of dog oocytes to improve maturation rate and development potentials.” 2013. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Salavati M. Studies on in vitro maturation of dog oocytes to improve maturation rate and development potentials. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/312054.

Council of Science Editors:

Salavati M. Studies on in vitro maturation of dog oocytes to improve maturation rate and development potentials. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/312054

27. Lopez-Perez, David. Models and optimisation methods for interference coordination in self-organising cellular networks.

Degree: PhD, 2011, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295749

► We are at that moment of network evolution when we have realised that our telecommunication systems should mimic features of human kind, e.g., the ability… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: 621.3845; G420 Networks and Communications; self-organised networks; cellular networks; Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access; OFDMA; DownLink

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Lopez-Perez, D. (2011). Models and optimisation methods for interference coordination in self-organising cellular networks. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295749

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lopez-Perez, David. “Models and optimisation methods for interference coordination in self-organising cellular networks.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295749.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lopez-Perez, David. “Models and optimisation methods for interference coordination in self-organising cellular networks.” 2011. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Lopez-Perez D. Models and optimisation methods for interference coordination in self-organising cellular networks. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2011. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295749.

Council of Science Editors:

Lopez-Perez D. Models and optimisation methods for interference coordination in self-organising cellular networks. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295749

28. Dhanhani, Hamdan Al Ghasyah. Evaluation of the response capability of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the impact of natural hazards.

Degree: PhD, 2010, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/241787

► The UAE is an Islamic state which has undergone dramatic urbanisation in the last 30 years. It is situated near the eastern margin of the… (more)

▼ The UAE is an Islamic state which has undergone dramatic urbanisation in the last 30 years. It is situated near the eastern margin of the Arabian tectonic plate, close to the seismically active collision zone between the Arabian and Eurasian plates, marked by the Zagros Mountain belt of Iran. In the UAE the population of Dibba in Fujairah has felt tremors as recently as November 26 2009 and an earthquake with a magnitude (M) of 5 occurred in Masafi, Fujairah, in March 2002. The most recent earthquake was M 4.3, and awareness of seismic hazard is increasing. In addition to earthquakes, rapid heavy rainfall in the arid environment of the UAE typically results in high level of discharge and flooding. Tropical storms have also struck the Indian Ocean coast of the UAE and have caused damage in coastal areas. The impact of natural hazard events in Fujairah since 1995 and the responses of the authorities and affected communities illustrates the issues faced by the country and is discussed in this thesis. The Federal Plan to face disasters in the UAE prepared by the Civil Defence sets out the role of the government structures in the UAE to manage disasters with particular reference to the Ministry of Interior, which is the responsible body. A survey of UAE ministries and the Civil Defence shows that in practice there is a lack of clarity between the roles of government bodies and there are many areas of confusion regarding jurisdiction and responsibility between the federal and individual emirate institutions. It was a concern that some supporting ministries were unaware of their role as set out in the overall plan. There is lack of evidence of an integrated approach and no testing of effectiveness of emergency procedures through simulation exercises. It is recognised that, not only are school children particularly vulnerable to natural disasters but also that education is an important mitigation tool through raising awareness of hazard exposure amongst the population. A survey of schools in Fujairah showed that there was little preparation for natural disasters and no framework to address this issue or to ensure the structural integrity of school buildings. The survey revealed that there is a willingness to learn among the school children and this was followed up by a pilot scheme to raise awareness. This is important as the survey also revealed that traditional views about losses are still common amongst parents, particularly in rural areas. The vulnerability of the communities to natural hazards is strongly influenced by social and cultural factors. A survey was undertaken of the population of the UAE to investigate their awareness of natural hazards, their perception of risk and how this might be mitigated. The survey revealed a low level awareness and what the role of government agencies would be in the event of a disaster. A majority considered that disasters were Acts of God, a punishment, and that the most effective way to mitigate risk was through religious observance. It is clear that even in a developed Islamic…

Subjects/Keywords: 320.8; United Arab Emirates : emergency planning : emergency response : disasters : disaster planning

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Dhanhani, H. A. G. (2010). Evaluation of the response capability of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the impact of natural hazards. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/241787

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Dhanhani, Hamdan Al Ghasyah. “Evaluation of the response capability of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the impact of natural hazards.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/241787.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Dhanhani, Hamdan Al Ghasyah. “Evaluation of the response capability of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the impact of natural hazards.” 2010. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Dhanhani HAG. Evaluation of the response capability of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the impact of natural hazards. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2010. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/241787.

Council of Science Editors:

Dhanhani HAG. Evaluation of the response capability of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the impact of natural hazards. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/241787

29. Visick, Amanda. Mothering by the book : constructions of mature student mothers' identities in the context of mothering and study practices and mother/child relationships.

Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134972

► This project investigates the development of mature student mothers’ identities in the dual contexts of constructions of the women’s at-home study practices and of their… (more)

▼ This project investigates the development of mature student mothers’ identities in the dual contexts of constructions of the women’s at-home study practices and of their ‘responsibilities’ for their children’s development. Interviews were conducted with 23 women – all ‘new university’ students – and with their schoolaged children. I used discourse analysis focussing on language as performative and constitutive in order to understand positioning of, and by the women. I also drew upon critical developmental psychological theory and the concepts of discourse, intersubjectivity and dialogicality as epistemological resources in order to understand the women’s and children’s accounts. The methodology yielded a diversity of constructions of the women, these drawing upon a variety of discourses. The first empirical chapter addresses constructions of mature student mothers, the second, constructions of child development and the third, constructions of ‘influence’. The organisation of the empirical chapters reflects not only the importance I accorded to particular themes, but also the idea that separating mothers’ concerns and those of their children can be less fruitful in examinations of identity construction than addressing these together. The key issues that are a thread connecting the empirical chapters are time (requiring ‘balancing’ of social positions); change (in mothering practices and confidence); perceived ‘influence’ on children’s development, and relationships (including the ways in which identities are constructed in the ‘space in the middle’). Participants addressed these issues in different ways with some women positioning not spending ‘quality’ time with their children as meeting children’s developmental needs (addressed in Chapter Seven). Other important themes were mothering constructed as mundane and undervalued (in Chapter Five), children’s constructions of ‘roles’ as helpers (in Chapter Six) and perceived intersubjectivity in mother/child interactions (examined in Chapter Seven). In the concluding chapter I discuss the implications of the findings in terms of the contribution of the research to theoretical debates about motherhood, mothering and child development. I also reflect on my position as a mature student mother, examining my involvement in the research process and finally, suggest applications for the findings reported in the thesis.

Subjects/Keywords: 155; motherhood : mature students : mother-child relationship : L310 Applied Sociology

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Visick, A. (2009). Mothering by the book : constructions of mature student mothers' identities in the context of mothering and study practices and mother/child relationships. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134972

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Visick, Amanda. “Mothering by the book : constructions of mature student mothers' identities in the context of mothering and study practices and mother/child relationships.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134972.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Visick, Amanda. “Mothering by the book : constructions of mature student mothers' identities in the context of mothering and study practices and mother/child relationships.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Visick A. Mothering by the book : constructions of mature student mothers' identities in the context of mothering and study practices and mother/child relationships. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134972.

Council of Science Editors:

Visick A. Mothering by the book : constructions of mature student mothers' identities in the context of mothering and study practices and mother/child relationships. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134972

30. Abdelrahman, Akmal H. H. Compositional structures in mural design : towards a site-specific deconstructive mural methodology.

Degree: PhD, 2009, University of Bedfordshire

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/133549

► Murals have been the formal visual interpretation of the cultural, social and political life of all ages. Throughout they have been consistently combined with their… (more)

▼ Murals have been the formal visual interpretation of the cultural, social and political life of all ages. Throughout they have been consistently combined with their architectural setting, for example, in ancient Egyptian tombs, in Renaissance churches and on the external walls of buildings in Mexico in the twentieth century. This is a central feature of mural painting. However many contemporary murals do not integrate with their architectural settings, in other words, do not fulfil the site-specificity of the architectural spaces for which they were made. This means that the most important aspect that distinguishes murals from other types of painting is absent. I studied and analysed a number of murals produced in the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo as this particular period is considered to be not only one of the most significant in the history of art but also a period in which painting and architecture were very closely allied as practices. In particular the radical developments in painting of pictorial space took place along side the developments in architecture. I argue that Renaissance murals could be described, using the terminology of contemporary art, as site-specific art. By identifying the relationship between pictorial space, architectural space and compositional structure I was able to test, through my own practice, the importance of these relationships in understanding the site-specificity of the compositional structure of murals. To address the issue of sitespecificity in murals, I investigated and developed a set of compositional structures through my mural practice that could be applied in the design, execution, and teaching of contemporary mural design. I have developed the notion of a deconstructive method of mural design in which the illusory space of the mural derives its compositional structure from the architectural space in which it sited. I have applied it, tested it and refined it through the execution of a number of hypothetical and live mural commissions. I believe that the approach to the study and practice of mural design I have developed from the perspective of a practice lead researcher contributes to the furtherance of mural design as both a profession and field of study. In particular the identification of compositional structures in mural design and the proposal of a deconstructive method contributes to our understanding of what a mural is as well as current notions of site-specificity in contemporary art.

Subjects/Keywords: 708; murals : site-specificity : architecture : W190 Fine Art not elsewhere classified

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Abdelrahman, A. H. H. (2009). Compositional structures in mural design : towards a site-specific deconstructive mural methodology. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bedfordshire. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10547/133549

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Abdelrahman, Akmal H H. “Compositional structures in mural design : towards a site-specific deconstructive mural methodology.” 2009. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bedfordshire. Accessed February 18, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/133549.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Abdelrahman, Akmal H H. “Compositional structures in mural design : towards a site-specific deconstructive mural methodology.” 2009. Web. 18 Feb 2020.

Vancouver:

Abdelrahman AHH. Compositional structures in mural design : towards a site-specific deconstructive mural methodology. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. [cited 2020 Feb 18]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/133549.

Council of Science Editors:

Abdelrahman AHH. Compositional structures in mural design : towards a site-specific deconstructive mural methodology. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bedfordshire; 2009. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/133549

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