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Microplastic Ingestion In Invertebrates Within Rockpool Communities, Abigail Outred Jan 2023

Microplastic Ingestion In Invertebrates Within Rockpool Communities, Abigail Outred

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Microplastics (<5 mm) are abundant across the world in the marine environment and so it is vital that we gain further understanding of their fate and their possible impacts on marine life. Due to their size, microplastics can interact with small marine organisms which are part of the lower trophic levels and the main interaction with these plastics is ingestion. Chemical characteristics and changes to the plastic properties, due to, for example, adsorbed chemicals and colonisation of biofilms, may affect how readily plastics are ingested. Research into the interactions of a range of organisms with microplastics enables for a better understanding of how they could be taken in, impact the organism as well as predict potential trophic transfer. This in turn could aid in predicting bigger impacts in the marine environment and on humans themselves. Rockpools are a key environment and nursery for many important marine and intertidal species, particularly those that we rely on commercially, such as crab species. This study exposed three key rockpool species of three feeding types - Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina), common prawn (Palaemon serratus), Thick top shell (Phorcus lineatus) to nylon fibres within ex-situ mesocosms. These species represent three feeding types found in a rockpool community – Suspension feeding, Filter feeding of the whole water column and deposit feeding. The organisms were exposed to either biofouled or non-biofouled, blue, black, red, or white in colour and 0.5 mm or 2 mm microfibres for six hours. This was undertaken when individuals were individually housed as single species, as well as a mixed community with a representative of all three species. Once biofouling was complete, dissection to observe the digestive tract was undertaken and then an alkaline digest was completed to obtain evidence of retention other than in the digestive tract. Beadlet anemones ingested the most microfibres and thick top shell the least. This study shows that overall, biofouled fibres are significantly more likely to be ingested than 6 that of non-biofouled (H(1)= 16.780 , p<0.001). Some ingestion and interaction colour patterns were found – black in anemones and shrimp ((H(1)= 6.224 , p=0.013 and (H(1)= 6.008 , p=0.014) and black (H(1)= 12.270 , p=0.007) and white in shrimp (H(1)= 8.143 , p=0.043). This could possibly be to do with the dye chemicals on the plastics rather than visual cues. The 0.5mm fibres were ingested and retained more than 2mm (H(1)= 20.924 , p<0.001). Thick top shells were the only organism with a difference between housing with more microfibres ingested/retained when housed individually than when housed in a mixed community. This study provides further evidence of the potential ingestion and retention of microplastics in a rockpool setting and therefore highlights the potential impact on these organisms and predator species. This may likely cause negative impacts within that rockpool as well as present a route for microfibres to expose other intertidal organisms to microfibres, particularly as the three study organisms are prey animals to many other species.

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Parental Effects Of Social Density On Mating Behaviour, Reproductive Success, And Longevity, Shaun Rowlands Jan 2023

Parental Effects Of Social Density On Mating Behaviour, Reproductive Success, And Longevity, Shaun Rowlands

School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses

Organisms can adapt to changing environments, changing their investment strategies to increase their lifetime reproductive success. Contemporary evolutionary theory would suggest that organisms have evolved mechanisms which allow them to assess competition and acquire phenotypic responses that accurately responds to the environment, allowing for rapid changes in response to the social context. Selection would favour organisms which can make nongenetic parental effects, with parents evolving an ability pass on plasticity responses that optimize offspring fitness related traits to suit ecological challenges. In this thesis , I investigate how the social density affects the mating behaviour and offspring production of the …

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Anger Without A Voice, Anger Without A Solution: Parent–Child Triadic Processes And The Experience Of Caring For A Child With A Diagnosis Of Autism, R Dallos, B Grey, R Stancer Jan 2023

Anger Without A Voice, Anger Without A Solution: Parent–Child Triadic Processes And The Experience Of Caring For A Child With A Diagnosis Of Autism, R Dallos, B Grey, R Stancer

Plymouth Institute of Education

The paper offers an exploration of triadic attachment dynamics in families with a child with a diagnosis of autism. The Meaning of the Child (MotC) framework was employed as part of a multiple case study design with 18 parents (9 couples) in order to examine their representation of parenting and relationship with their child. The MotC analysis employed concepts of parental sensitivity, mentalisation and reflective functioning, and a triadic, analysis was added to consider the family relational processes. The findings indicate that the parents were significantly influenced by the use of a dominant ‘autism discourse’. ‘Autism’ in their child presented …

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Gender And Literary Form At The Edge Of The Arthurian World: Richard Johnson's Tom A Lincoln And William Rowley's The Birth Of Merlin Re-Examined, Emilia Boone Jan 2023

Gender And Literary Form At The Edge Of The Arthurian World: Richard Johnson's Tom A Lincoln And William Rowley's The Birth Of Merlin Re-Examined, Emilia Boone

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

In its close examination of Richard Johnson's popular prose romance Tom a Lincoln, published in two parts in 1599 and 1607, and William Rowley's play The Birth of Merlin or the Childe Hath Found His Father, first performed in 1622, this project aims to explore two key texts which have been previously neglected in discussions of Arthurian and early modern canons. It explores the intersection between canon formation, textual form, and gender to argue that to expand the Arthurian canon is to expand the possibilities critical examination within it. Examining practices of testimonials, language, ventriloquism, and adaptation, this project probes …

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Yield Curves And Macro Variables Interactions And Predictions, Tarek Bahaa Ali Jan 2023

Yield Curves And Macro Variables Interactions And Predictions, Tarek Bahaa Ali

Plymouth Business School Theses

This research is based on the yield curves and five macro variables, namely equity indices, FX rates, central banks’ policy rates, inflation rates and the GDP growth rates, for nine different markets, from different geographical regions. Our aim was to identify common trends in yield curves and macro variables behaviors, from two perspectives: the interaction and predictive power of the variables. Firstly, we studied the interaction between yield curves and macro variables based on: Granger Causality, Impulse Response Function and Variance Decomposition. Afterwards, we predicted yield curves based on ANN Regression Multitask learning, and lastly, we predicted our five macro …

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The Role Of Tau In Epidermal Stratification And Differentiation And Its Implications In Skin Cancer, Charlotte Illsley Jan 2023

The Role Of Tau In Epidermal Stratification And Differentiation And Its Implications In Skin Cancer, Charlotte Illsley

Other Faculty of Health Theses

Background: Microtubule associated proteins are a group of proteins well characterised for their role in the stabilisation and polymerisation of microtubules, but they have been increasingly demonstrated to have a more diverse role within cells. Tau is a microtubule associated protein, well studied for its pathological role in Alzheimer’s disease. Recent studies have provided evidence that tau is also expressed in the epidermal compartment of the skin. However, the precise roles of tau during epidermal stratification and differentiation are currently unknown. Aims: This study aims to investigate the role of tau in epidermal stratification and differentiation and its function in …

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Regulatory Reliance And Post-Marketing Surveillance Systems For Safe And Accelerated Introduction Of New Medical Products In Low- And Middle-Income Countries, Jude Nwokike Jan 2023

Regulatory Reliance And Post-Marketing Surveillance Systems For Safe And Accelerated Introduction Of New Medical Products In Low- And Middle-Income Countries, Jude Nwokike

Other Faculty of Health Theses

Though delayed access to medicines is still common, disease outbreaks in the past three decades has driven speedier introduction of innovative medical products. Yet, successful models for safe and accelerated introduction of new medical products in low- and middle-income countries are scarcely documented. Recent viral diseases outbreaks like Ebola, COVID-19, and Monkeypox has further highlighted the need for regulatory preparedness for health emergencies. Well-resourced countries have developed expedited regulatory pathways for such situations, while LMICs are not as prepared. They lack models for adopting best practices for implementing regulatory reliance and integrated post marketing surveillance (PMS). Experiences gained from our …

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Speculations On Force And Form: Resisting The Neurotypical In The Neoliberal University, Helen Bowstead Jan 2023

Speculations On Force And Form: Resisting The Neurotypical In The Neoliberal University, Helen Bowstead

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

Can reframing a thesis in terms of what it can do rather than what it is generate a joyful-artful engagement with the PhD process and engender a more response-able relationship with the world? In this tentative exemplification of the speculative potential of force and form, the very act of writing emerges as a powerful antidote to constraints of the neoliberal university. Exploring writing as immanent doing, Erin Manning’s philosophical projects of research-creation, artfulness and thought in motion find expression through the ordinary, the everyday and the mundane. By refusing to engage in the dis-abling constraints prescribed by institutional expectations of …

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A Chronicle Of Place: Three Novellas And A Critical Dissertation On Compositional Process With A Contextual Analysis Of Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins' And Michael Cunningham's 'The Hours', Helen Chamberlain Jan 2023

A Chronicle Of Place: Three Novellas And A Critical Dissertation On Compositional Process With A Contextual Analysis Of Annie Proulx's 'Barkskins' And Michael Cunningham's 'The Hours', Helen Chamberlain

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

This thesis is presented in two parts: a work of fiction in the form of three interconnected novellas exploring settler colonialism of Native north-east America (New England), with a critical dissertation as supplement. The research encompasses four main areas: archival; contextual; experiential and the primary field of practice research. Of particular importance to the research was field work conducted in the U.S., which included meetings with Wampanoag educators and artists, and interviews and archival research at the Plimoth Patuxet Museum. The research has been informed by the work of several writers, both historical and contemporary. Primary and secondary historical sources …

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Alterity In Central And Eastern European Illustrations For The Lord Of The Rings 1981-1993, Joel Merriner Jan 2023

Alterity In Central And Eastern European Illustrations For The Lord Of The Rings 1981-1993, Joel Merriner

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

The 2001-2003 cinematic release of Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings heralded a period of widespread pictorial homogenisation in Tolkien visual culture. Propelled by the conceptual design of veteran “Western” Tolkien artists Alan Lee and John Howe, Jackson’s vision of Middle-earth became the hegemonic model by which other depictions are measured. Consequently, the potential for undertaking a scholarly examination of an alternative, specifically non-Western Tolkien vision (with all the implications for visual difference and/or commonality this might involve), has been largely ignored. This dissertation, however, seeks to foster a deeper understanding of the possibility …

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A Sage And A Guru Walk Into A Bar: Wisdom And Humor Styles, Jeffrey Dean Webster, Sonja Heintz Jan 2023

A Sage And A Guru Walk Into A Bar: Wisdom And Humor Styles, Jeffrey Dean Webster, Sonja Heintz

School of Psychology

Two studies investigated the relationship between wisdom, humor styles, comic styles, and wellbeing. In Study 1, 325 English-speaking college students completed the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (SAWS) and the Humor Styles Questionnaire. As predicted, overall wisdom, as well as all five wisdom subscales, was positively correlated with adaptive humor styles. Furthermore, the SAWS humor subscale correlated positively with all humor styles, most strongly with the adaptive styles. In Study 2, 189 German-speaking university students and adults from the general population completed the SAWS, the Comic Style Markers, and measures of positive mental health (meaning in life, optimism, and resilience). The SAWS …

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Do You See What I See?: Testing Horses' Ability To Recognise Real-Life Objects From 2d Computer Projections, S Kappel, Marm De Oca, S Collins, K Herborn, M Mendl, C Fureix Jan 2023

Do You See What I See?: Testing Horses' Ability To Recognise Real-Life Objects From 2d Computer Projections, S Kappel, Marm De Oca, S Collins, K Herborn, M Mendl, C Fureix

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Towards The Development Of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Model For Oscillating Water Column Devices, Guixun Zhu Jan 2023

Towards The Development Of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Model For Oscillating Water Column Devices, Guixun Zhu

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

The Oscillating water column (OWC) device is a type of wave energy converter (WEC) that has received wide investigation. Integrating OWC with breakwaters can reduce construction and maintenance costs. However, there is a risk of damage to these OWC devices under extreme sea conditions. This thesis focuses on the study of OWC devices based on the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) model. The SPH method, a fully Lagrangian approach that simulates fluid problems using a set of moving particles carrying physical properties, is particularly well-suited to simulating flows with large deformation. The SPH model can therefore handle the strong non-linear situations …

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Proteomic Analysis Of Genetically Stratified Grade-I Meningioma, Yeasmin Akther Jan 2023

Proteomic Analysis Of Genetically Stratified Grade-I Meningioma, Yeasmin Akther

Peninsula Medical School Theses

Introduction: Meningioma is the most common primary intracranial tumour. Although often benign in nature, at least 20% have high rates of recurrence. Surgical resection and radiotherapy are the main therapeutic approach, yet tumour location can hamper complete resection and chemotherapies are ineffective. Therefore, more accurate prognostic biomarkers are needed to improve the clinical management of meningioma. The mutational profile of mutant meningioma is well defined, including in addition to most common NF2 loss, mutations of TRAF7, KLF4, and AKT1. The aim of this study is to identify novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets of genetically stratified meningioma by characterising the proteomic …

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Molecular Biology Of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Expression And Role Of Netrin-1, Dcc And Runx2, Lolita Singh Jan 2023

Molecular Biology Of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Expression And Role Of Netrin-1, Dcc And Runx2, Lolita Singh

Peninsula Medical School Theses

Damage to the peripheral nerves causes a series of molecular, cellular, and structural changes critical to initiating a successful regenerative process involving degeneration, inflammation, axon re-growth and innervation of the denervated target, and finally functional recovery. In this thesis I sought to study the expression and role of an axon guidance molecule - Netrin-1 in peripheral nerve repair. Using a Schwann cell-specific Netrin-1 knockout mouse model, I showed an increased disorganisation and misdirection of re-growing axons within the nerve bridge following transection injury. However, this did not affect the number of axons innervating the distal nerve. Moreover, functional recovery was …

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Special Education's Zombies And Their Consequences, Garry Hornby, James M. Kauffman Jan 2023

Special Education's Zombies And Their Consequences, Garry Hornby, James M. Kauffman

More Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business Research

AbstractZombies are defined as ideas or persistent myths that should have died out but have not. Special education's biggest zombie is that only full inclusion brings about true social justice and the most effective education for students with disabilities. Three examples of specific zombies about full inclusion are presented. First, that full inclusion has been internationally accepted policy since the Salamanca Statement in 1994. Second, that the feasibility of full inclusion has been demonstrated in some countries. Third, that there is extensive evidence that inclusion is more effective that special education. Six strategies that have been used to promote these …

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Children With Williams Syndrome: Experiences Of Mainstream Primary Schools, Katherine Gulliver Jan 2023

Children With Williams Syndrome: Experiences Of Mainstream Primary Schools, Katherine Gulliver

Plymouth Institute of Education Theses

Four children with Williams Syndrome shared their daily experiences of attending a mainstream primary school in the South West of England, UK. Using an adaptation of the Mosaic approach (Clark, 2011), children shared their perceptions and experiences of belonging to a class, developing responsibility and learning to follow the rules. Children guided the researcher during a visit lasting one week in each school. Methods included videos, a child-led tour, photographs and interviews with staff. Informed consent was obtained by gatekeepers including children’s parents, head teacher and school staff. Children were continually monitored for assent using a reflective, ethically conscious total …

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Primary School Teachers’ Values And Children’S Critical Thinking: A Comparative Case Study In England And Taiwan, Lan-Fang Liu Jan 2023

Primary School Teachers’ Values And Children’S Critical Thinking: A Comparative Case Study In England And Taiwan, Lan-Fang Liu

Plymouth Institute of Education Theses

This thesis addresses the different educational values, notably between English and Taiwanese cultures and schooling, that shape teachers' facilitation of enquiry in Philosophy for Children (P4C). Interest in ways in which pupils demonstrate their critical thinking prompted my comparative study. The research explores the values that underpin teachers' implementation of P4C. Drawing on Birkeland (2016) and Bartlett & Vavrus (2017a), the comparative case study manifests the differences and similarities of teachers’ values and philosophical facilitation in an English and a Taiwanese primary school. Exploring values that underpin teachers' implementation of P4C provides insight into the impact of P4C in different …

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The Impact Of Changing Shipping Emissions On The Atmospheric Deposition Of Trace Elements And Sulfur To The Western English Channel And Coastal Zone, Laurence Christian Windell Jan 2023

The Impact Of Changing Shipping Emissions On The Atmospheric Deposition Of Trace Elements And Sulfur To The Western English Channel And Coastal Zone, Laurence Christian Windell

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

Maritime shipping is a significant source of anthropogenic emissions, with annual growth of shipping continually on the rise. In the marine environment, shipping emissions often dominate the atmospheric deposition of sulfur and contribute significantly to global sulfur emissions. As a result, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) introduced a regulation on 01/01/2020 restricting global marine fuel sulfur content from 3.5% to 0.5% w/w. The present study investigated the changes in airmass marine aerosol chemical character arriving at the Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory (PPAO; 50∘19′ N, 4∘11′ W) to gain insight into the efficacy of the IMO-2020 regulation. The observatory in Southwest …

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Using Mhealth To Support Weight Management Among Women With History Of Gestational Diabetes: A Mixed Methods Study, Katie Edwards Jan 2023

Using Mhealth To Support Weight Management Among Women With History Of Gestational Diabetes: A Mixed Methods Study, Katie Edwards

School of Nursing and Midwifery Theses

Using mHealth to support weight management among women with history of gestational diabetes: a mixed methods study Katie Jane Edwards Background: Women who experience gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at significant risk of developing type 2 diabetes and recurrent GDM in subsequent pregnancies, particularly if they are overweight (body mass index (BMI)>25) or obese (BMI >30). Prevention of chronic disease in this population is of major public health concern, but formalised support in the UK is disjointed and limited. Women face considerable barriers to maintain motivation when undertaking and sustaining weight management, despite desires to improve their health. Motivation …

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Investigating Opportunities For Sustainability Behaviours Within Paramedic And Ambulance Service Practice, Peter Allum Jan 2023

Investigating Opportunities For Sustainability Behaviours Within Paramedic And Ambulance Service Practice, Peter Allum

School of Nursing and Midwifery Theses

The National Health Service (NHS) is under increasing pressure to adopt radical strategies for change, in order to meet UK national targets of net zero emissions by 2050. This thesis aimed to explore and investigate sustainability behaviours of UK ambulance service personnel and how they contribute to a reduce, re-use, recycle (RRR) ethos. Phase one, a systematic literature review (n=114 studies) explored sustainability in Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Phase two phenomenological study explored the role and experiences of NHS ambulance strategic managers (n=6 participants) in England, when implementing their organisational Green Plans. Phase three ethnographical observation explored the sustainability activities, …

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Going Back-To-The-Land In The Anthropocene: A More-Than-Human Journey Into Anarchist Geography, Carlotta Molfese Jan 2023

Going Back-To-The-Land In The Anthropocene: A More-Than-Human Journey Into Anarchist Geography, Carlotta Molfese

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

This thesis is a theoretical and empirical journey into the more-than-human worlds of countercultural back-to-the-land farmers: radical environmentalists who migrate to rural places and take up farming as a way of living. It investigates their everyday life and relations to the land as a key dimension of their political radicalism and it interrogates the transformative potential of a back-to-the-land way of living. It does so by examining their lived experience of (post)migration and by paying attention to their affective experiences, encounters and everyday doings with the land and the non-human beings, objects and forces that are enrolled and shape their …

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Historic And Prehistoric Volcanic Activity On St Kitts And Nevis, West Indies: Controls On Future Hazard, Amy Lea Peach-Gibson Jan 2023

Historic And Prehistoric Volcanic Activity On St Kitts And Nevis, West Indies: Controls On Future Hazard, Amy Lea Peach-Gibson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Theses

Saint Kitts and Nevis lie in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles island arc, an archipelago formed by the subduction of the North American plate beneath the Caribbean plate. An integrated approach was undertaken to understand the most recent volcanic activity on the islands, and to assess likely future eruption styles and scenarios. A new analysis of archival records suggests that there may not have been activity at Mt Liamuiga in historic times. The 1690 activity may have been misattributed to St Kitts instead of Guadeloupe, whereas the 1843 activity remains unconfirmed. A field campaign characterised the nature of …

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Characterisation Of Caspase-6-Dependent Regulatory Mechanisms Of Sqstm1/P62 Droplet-Based Autophagy, Evelina Valionyte Jan 2023

Characterisation Of Caspase-6-Dependent Regulatory Mechanisms Of Sqstm1/P62 Droplet-Based Autophagy, Evelina Valionyte

Peninsula Medical School Theses

p62, otherwise known as SQSTM1, is the most characterised selective autophagy receptor essential for autophagic cargo recognition, capture and degradation. p62 and its cargo form liquid-liquid phase-separated droplets which operate as assembly platforms for the formation of autophagosomes. It is poorly understood how physiological and pathological conditions modulate p62 droplet-based autophagy. In this study, the effects of cellular toxicity upon the regulation of p62 droplet-based autophagy were investigated. This study discovered that the inflammatory toxicity promotes caspase-6 to cleave p62 at a novel site D256. As the C-terminal cleavage product was undetected via western blotting rendering it unstable, the attention …

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A Critical Analysis Of The Working Memory Model Of Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Adam Stewart Jan 2023

A Critical Analysis Of The Working Memory Model Of Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing, Adam Stewart

Other Faculty of Health Theses

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is one of the foremost interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Treatment aims to desensitise and reprocess trauma memories by combining imaginal exposure to the trauma with concurrent bilateral stimulation, usually in the form of eye movements (EMs). Multiple explanations have been proposed to account for therapeutic effect of EMs in EMDR. This thesis examined a leading theoretical account: the working memory (WM) hypothesis. To investigate the theory that EMs desensitise negative imagery in EMDR by taxing visuospatial WM, a series of experiments were conducted in which healthy subjects formed a visual image depicting …

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Hauntological Videogame Form: Nostalgia And A "High Technology" Medium, James Sweeting Jan 2023

Hauntological Videogame Form: Nostalgia And A "High Technology" Medium, James Sweeting

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

This thesis introduces the term Hauntological Form as a means of examining the contemporary form of mainstream videogames. The increasing presence of nostalgia is deemed paradoxical to a forward-facing high technology medium such as videogames. Yet, this is only a symptom of an underlying problem with the medium. By expanding upon hauntology, as used by Mark Fisher and Simon Reynolds to examine the state of popular music, the thesis will use this to identify what is happening to the current form of videogames and why. The scope of the thesis is concerned with the current state of the mainstream videogames …

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A Framework For Syncretic Pluriversal Narrative: Somaesthetics And Consciousness In Thai Design Education, Tommaso Maggio Jan 2023

A Framework For Syncretic Pluriversal Narrative: Somaesthetics And Consciousness In Thai Design Education, Tommaso Maggio

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

The investigation began by examining the diverse conceptions of creativity in the Western and Eastern hemispheres, specifically focusing on ‘Ex nihilo’ and ‘In situ’ (Ames) and how it is applied to creative education. The studies delved into the early modern art and design schools in Western countries, such as the German Bauhaus Art School (1919-33) and the Russian Vkhutemas Institute (1920-30), to gain a comprehensive understanding of how these experimental educational institutions influenced and continue to influence the contemporary global design education agenda. The thesis poses questions about how these approaches have been adapted within significantly different cultural contexts. The …

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Performance Writing, Objects And Millennial Precarity: A Co-Authored Par Exploration Between Friends, Chris Green Jan 2023

Performance Writing, Objects And Millennial Precarity: A Co-Authored Par Exploration Between Friends, Chris Green

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

This practice-as-research project uses performance writing to understand, illustrate and work through aspects of millennial experience, with a specific interest in precarious housing and labour. For us, experiencing precarity means that fundamental aspects of what is required to experience what Lauren Berlant calls ‘a good life’ (including secure working contracts, renters’ rights, access to leisure time) are not being met. This leads to a feeling of ‘living on the edge’ (Ahmed, 2017: 238), which in turn prevents us from being able to imagine alternatives. This performance writing takes the form of scores, instructions, maps, walking, knitting, zines, and audio recordings. …

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Humanity Undone, A Practice Led Enquiry Into Self-Injury, Karen Abadie Jan 2023

Humanity Undone, A Practice Led Enquiry Into Self-Injury, Karen Abadie

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

This thesis enquires into my lived experience of self-injury (cutting my own skin), asking to what extent can moving image, sound and performance in the context of art installation reveal an understanding of the processes of self-injury. I employ an embodied onto-epistemological methodology that blends artistic enquiry with active engagement with phenomenological and new materialist feminist theory. This investigation reveals a dynamic yet subtle relationship between the body-as-object and the body-as- subject, as initially described by Husserl as Leib and Körper (1990). I use 16mm film and performance in a haptic immersive installation environment to articulate these dynamic subtleties. Merleau-Ponty …

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The Agency Of Error In Post-Digital Print, Laura Rosser Jan 2023

The Agency Of Error In Post-Digital Print, Laura Rosser

School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses

This research investigates the tensions between different interpretations of error: from binary and digital evaluations to the more abstract and human ways we approach and think about error. My interest comes from a meshing together of these tendencies and the slippages between various modes of interpretation. Consequently, in my artistic practice error exists as both activity and subject matter, and the projects expose relationality rather than define discrete types of error. This approach goes against common understandings of error in digital culture, where systems try to reduce, if not erase, error. Equally in relation to printmaking practices, error is often …

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