New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in May #StirNewTheses

Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during May. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately:

Improving Participation in Breast Screening Programmes: A mixed methods study to increase breast screening uptake in Malta. By Danika Marmara http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29427

Prevention of type 2 diabetes in high risk groups: epidemiology, progression rates and patient views and experiences. By Claire Eades http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29440

Linkages between riparian invasive plants, hydromorphology and salmonid fish in Scottish rivers. By Alex Seeney http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29493

Glasgow and the Great War: A Study of Health and Wealth in an Industrial City. By Graham MacSporran http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29546

Left out until they drop out: how young people negotiate social value in school. By Carol Jasper http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29648

The effects of temperature, egg quality and nutrition on the early development of triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). By Michael Clarkson http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29647

Aa My Mindin: Moving through loss in the poetic literary tradition of Shetland. By Roseanne Watt http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29646

It takes two?  A randomised controlled pilot study to evaluate the feasibility and indicative effectiveness of joint physical activity consultations with colorectal cancer survivors and their partners. By Pamela Jenkins http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29645

Expression and functional significance of andromonoecy in Solanum houstonii Martyn. By Anna Karen Zapata Carbonell http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29630

Improving the Generalisability of Brain Computer Interface Applications via Machine Learning and Search-Based Heuristics. By Jason Adair http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29577

Holistic methodologies in the study of Scotland’s early stone castles and landscapes (c.1050-c.1350 CE) with reference to the Earldom of Orkney and the Lordship of Galloway. By William Wyeth http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29556

The other theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time to write up work for publication:

A realist inspired evaluation of a Salvation Army community programme for people with problematic alcohol use and cognitive impairment. By Jean Hannah http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29482

Risk-based modelling of faecal indicator organism export from agricultural landscapes. By Kenneth Porter http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29492

Labouring for Quality: Crossing the Chasm in Maternal Health Care in Trinidad and Tobago. By Charmaine Blaize-La Caille http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29491

Live Writing: A Psychophysical Approach to the Analysis of Black British Poetry in Performance. By Hannah Silva http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29554

Post-Digital Audience Engagement Activity in and across Visual Arts and Publishing. By Louisa Preston http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29555

A Classic Grounded Theory Study exploring the Perceptions of Stress for People who have experienced a Transient Ischaemic Attack. By Campbell Chalmers http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29662

Spaces, Rhythms and Bodies: An exploration of epistemology and language in the construction of academic/practitioner relationships. By Katrina Roszynski http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29629

Perception, integration and response of the salmonid epithelial cell line RTgill-W1 to infectious and pro-inflammatory agents in vitro. By Shankar Mandal http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29594

Investigating Rhizosphere Controls of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in Forest Soils using a 13C Labelling Approach. By Oyindamola Jackson http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29592

Genetic tools for the study and conservation of forest elephants with potential application to the geographical assignment of ivory. By Stephanie Bourgeois http://hdl.handle.net/1893/29570

Well done to all!

Clare Allan
Senior Research Librarian