The literary inheritance of paradise lost in the nineteenth-century domestic novel See

This dissertation examines how nineteenth-century women novelists rework Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667) within the domestic novel, particularly by reframing the Fall through the courtship plot. The central narrative conditions of the Fall—temptation, error, exile, and reconciliation—are not simply inherited...

Volenti non fit injuria: Women in boxing and the negotiation of identity and gender See

This thesis brings together works produced over a period of six years. It is a qualitative study of women’s boxing in England, centred on the ethnographic study of two mixed-gender boxing gyms in the Midlands region. The original plan for data collection involved ...

Government accounting, crisis, reforms, and accountability, an institutional theory perspective: Evidence from Kuwait See

This study examines the rationale, management, and implications of accrual accounting reform in Kuwait’s public sector, focusing on how international standards, particularly International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), are adopted and experienced in a resource-rich, non-crisis environment. While&#x...

Understanding the search space: Investigations into the nature of software modularisation See

A relationship exists between the functionality of software systems and their complex-ity. As the number of features implemented increases, the systems complexity also grows, accompanied by the expansion of the number of artefacts and their intricate in-terrelationships [1].

Machine learning approaches to understand the uptake and elimination of anthropogenic stressors in animal health See

The detection of pharmaceuticals in aquatic ecosystems raises questions about their potential effects on non-target organisms. However, environmental concentrations do not directly reflect the internal body burden of organisms. As part of this work, an investigation of contaminants of emerging co...

Collaborative design processes: Developing adaptive processes for OBM firms and design agencies across varying levels of design maturity See

This study investigates how collaborative design processes can be developed to enhance cooperation between OBM (Original Brand Manufacturing) firms and design agencies operating at different levels of design maturity. The central aim is to develop collaborative design processes (CDPs) that foster...

Characteristics of private health insurance enrollees and the association between health coverage type and outpatient service utilization in Saudi Arabia: Insights from the National Saudi Family Health Survey See

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a mixed health financing system consisting of governmental health coverage (GHC) and private health insurance (PHI). In 2016, KSA launched Vision 2030, which aims to reduce government spending and increase reliance on employer-sponsored PHI. This re...

Investigating OME3-diesel droplet evaporation, combustion dynamics, and soot characterization See

The combustion behavior of fuel droplets plays a crucial role in controlling emissions and combustion efficiency in internal combustion engines. Droplet heating, evaporation, and burning characteristics strongly influence ignition delay, combustion duration, and soot formation. Oxymethylene ethers (OMEs), ...

Unchartered togetherness: Understanding policy reality as experienced by adults with cerebral palsy See

Adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP) are obligated to navigate complex policy environments to participate in society on an equal basis to others. Although some research has considered the lived experience of navigating complex single-sector policy environments, such as healthcare, the overall mul...