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This collection contains PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) submissions produced by research students and staff at Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly known as UWIC).
Recent submissions
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Visual perception in far peripheral visual space and its artistic representations
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Far peripheral visual field occupies the vast majority of human visual field. With some recent exceptions (Freeman & Simoncelli, 2011; Strasburger, H., Rentschler, I., & Jüttner, M., 2011; Fortenbaugh, Sanghvi, ... -
The Use of Social Media in Public Relations Practice: The Case of the Jordanian Non-Profit Organisations
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)Many social media experts have discussed the variety of benefits that could be attained using applications of web 2.0 (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) by non-profitable organisations. Nonetheless, very few studies ... -
SOCIOCULTURAL BARRIERS TO BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG WOMEN IN KADUNA, NORTHERN NIGERIA
(2018)Breast and cervical cancer account for the highest cancer-related morbidity and mortality among Nigerian women. Late stage diagnoses are common due to lack of National screening programme, although opportunistic screening ... -
Developing an innovative procurement framework through an evaluation of practitioners’ engagement with procurement tools in the delivery of firm performance.
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)This thesis evaluates academic knowledge surrounding the procurement process frameworks deployed by firms and used by practitioners to guide them in securing supply contracts for their firms. The research identifies knowledge ... -
Exploring the relationship between domestic violence perpetration and suicide risk in male prisoners
(2018)Suicide in prisons remains a critical issue for frontline staff and policy makers, however there are gaps in understanding who, of an already vulnerable population, is at increased risk and ... -
The Impact of Organisational Culture on Implementation of Rural Development Strategies in Selected Local Government Authorities in Nigeria
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)This research examines the impact of organisational culture typologies on current strategy implementation process in Nigerian Local Government Authorities (LGAs). The inefficiency of the current implementation process ... -
Exploring the Association Between Worker Engagement and Safety Behaviours
(2018)This study sought to investigate whether and how worker engagement could facilitate changes in how workers define their work roles to promote behaviours which improve safety. Prior to this research, no single study had ... -
A biomechanical framework of the training principles to inform exercise selection within strength and conditioning for sprinting
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)An essential component of physical preparation for sprinting is the selection of effective training exercises, with practitioners balancing the key training principles of overload and specificity to inform their decisions. ... -
Acute Responses and Chronic Adaptations of the Arterial System to Resistance Exercise
(2018)Resistance training is rarely prescribed to enhance cardiovascular function; in fact, suggestions have been made that long-term resistance training may lead to chronic augmentations in carotid arterial stiffness and ... -
A framework of music literacy based on the experiences of KS2 children, and their teachers, when music making in various outdoor, rural locations
(2019)This thesis investigates the experiences of Key Stage 2 children, aged 7-11 years old, when making music in outdoor rural locations. A framework of music literacy is constructed using analysis of the data obtained from ... -
An investigation into the efficacy of Speech Perception Assessments (SPAs) used by Speech and Language Therapists with the deaf paediatric population in the UK
(2017)Predicted and actual speech and language development outcomes for deaf children are often at odds with one another (Clopper & Pisoni, 2006). As audiological assessments are poor predictors of speech processing and language ... -
Dance as Living Cultural Heritage: A Transcultural Ethnochoreological Analysis of Egyptian Raqs Sharqi
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2019)This research is concerned with the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage, which allows the inscription of activities such as performing arts, skills and traditions into the UNESCO world cultural heritage ... -
A Study of the English Language Learning Challenges that Inhibit Displaced Medical Professionals from Returning to Practice in the UK
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015)To join the General Medical Council (GMC) refugee doctors are required to pass professional and linguistic assessments. The first of these is the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test and, according ... -
A suitcase of memories: A sensory ethnography of tourism and dementia with older people
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)The growth in the number of older people worldwide is dramatic and associated with this is an increase in the number of people in the UK with a diagnosis of dementia. It is estimated that by 2050, two million people in the ... -
A New Design Process Intervention to Promote Efficient, Evidenced, and Safe Development of Patient-Specific Implants and Guides
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)This research identified drivers and barriers to routine National Health Service (NHS) adoption of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Additive Manufacturing (AM) for the production of patient-specific devices. It proposed and ... -
The maternal cardiovascular system at rest and in response to functional haemodynamic testing during healthy pregnancy
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017)Healthy pregnancy results in significant maternal cardiac adaptation to match the increased circulatory demands of the developing fetoplacental unit. Specifically, cardiac output, heart rate (HR), stroke volume (SV) and ... -
The impact of online accounting software as a credit management tool on small business cash flow
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)Late payments occur frequently amongst businesses, and poor credit management processes are part of the fundamental causes of late payment. However, small businesses lack sufficient debt collection procedures as they operate ... -
Can offensive advertising strategies survive the perceptions of the millennial muslims in Egypt?
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017)This study explores what Millennial (Generation Y) Muslims in Egypt perceive as offensive in offensive advertising and the reasons behind their offence. It aims to define religiosity from their point of view and to ... -
A case study of the application of long run incremental cost models in the jordanian telecommunications industry over the period 2006 - 2012: Performance, efficiency and implementation issues
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017)The thesis examines the impact of the introduction, in 2009, of Long-Run Incremental Costing (LRIC) on the performance and efficiency of the wholesale market of the Jordanian Telecommunications Industry (JTI); an oligopoly ... -
Foreign Capital Flows and Economic Growth: A Cross Country Panel Analysis
(Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2018)Remittances, foreign direct investment (FDI), official development assistance (ODA) and long-term net private foreign currency loans (NPF) have dynamic impact to change a country’s economic growth. These forms of inward ...
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