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Al-Durai, F. Z. "Sexual behaviour and attitudes of Kuwaiti females and males and their personality correlations." Thesis, University of York, 1987. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10944/.
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Al-Muomen, Nujoud. "Information-seeking behaviour at Kuwait University." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/8149.
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Information technology is constantly changing, and if academic users are to make best use of these resources, they must sustain efficient information-seeking behaviour. This study explores the information-seeking behaviour of graduate students at Kuwait University, and investigates the factors influencing that behaviour. The population also includes faculty members engaged in teaching and supervising graduate students, and academic librarians. Adopting Wilson's information-seeking model (1999) as the theoretical framework, the study identifies factors influencing graduate students' information behaviour and formulates hypotheses that illustrate the relationship between the different variables. The use of this model provides useful insights into determinants of the information-seeking behaviour patterns of students in a multidisciplinary graduate context. The research uses a mixed method approach, comprising questionnaire survey, focus groups and semi-structured interviews. Application of the Critical Incident Technique method provided in-depth data about the patterns of information-seeking behaviour of both graduate students and faculty members. Logistic regression revealed that significant factors related to library awareness, information literacy, organisational and environmental issues, source characteristics, and demographics act as determinants of the patterns of students' information-seeking behaviour. Uneasiness on the part of graduate students towards using the library and consulting its personnel reflects a broader negative perception of the role of the library in shaping students' information-searching patterns. The clearest finding that emerged from the analysis of the students' information literacy dimension was that the majority of graduate students still face difficulties in finding the appropriate information resources, particularly when using resources that need advanced search strategies. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed a heavy reliance on the information resources that require least effort (search engines, Internet websites, and personal contacts). Further, results revealed that graduate students are overwhelmed by an information overload, which leads them to become anxious about finding the appropriate information resources. Based on the results of the research, recommendations are made to further explore the information-seeking behaviour patterns of graduate students in order to enhance their information literacy skills. Improving information-seeking behaviour and enhancing the information literacy of students require interventions on various fronts: faculty members, academic librarians, the university administration, and graduate students themselves.
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Al-Otaibi, O. S. "Shopping centre development and consumer behaviour in Kuwait." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234014.
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Abdul-mehsen, Abdullah. "Patterns of continuity: revitalizing the underlying principles of Kuwaiti traditional architecture and applying them to a contemporary community." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53248.
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This thesis describes an approach to the planning and design of a Kuwaiti community that fosters a return to the value system established by past generations but being neglected in current planning and design concepts. This design approach focuses the specific environmental factors that exist in Kuwait, as well as being concerned with the values of the community.
Islamic teachings are built on the concept of unity in creation and purpose. All creatures are created by One and are linked in worshiping the Creator. In the design, all the housing units in the community and the souq develop from the principles of geometry and are linked by unity of purpose.
Contemporary architecture and urban structures in Kuwait should not only rely on local physical materials, but also express the valuable principles of Islamic culture. Islam considers each community to be one family, the relationship Islamic community's between architectural individuals.Master of Architecture
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Al-Mudhaf, Humood Fahed. "The behaviour of geotextiles and geogrids following environmental conditioning in Kuwait." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321499.
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Algharib, Saad M. "Spatial Patterns of Urban Expansion in Kuwait City Between 1989 and 2001." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1216982582.
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Husain, Salman Y. Y. "A study of urban residential water consumption behaviour : the case of Kuwait." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302676.
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Abdulla, Jasim. "Dividends, external borrowings, and investment behaviour of the corporate sector in Kuwait." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289799.
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Alkhamis, Suad S. A. E. "Oral health behaviour among pregnant women in Kuwait : a social cognitive approach." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/oral-health-behaviour-among-pregnant-women-in-kuwait(4298427b-2b98-4776-ac4a-248b0819f61a).html.
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Background: Oral health is a concern in pregnancy because of local oral effects such as gingivitis and the potential to have an adverse effect on pregnancy outcomes. In Kuwait, evidence suggests that expectant mothers have poor oral health, are fearful of dentistry, have little awareness of oral health and are in need of dental health education (DHE). In order to design an intervention aiming to change the oral health behaviours of pregnant Kuwaiti women, it was important to have contemporary evidence on the relationship between periodontal disease (PD) and adverse birth outcomes (ABOs), and an understanding of the social and cultural context in Kuwait in which oral health behaviours take place. Aim: The aim of the thesis was to design, implement and evaluate a DHE intervention for Kuwaiti pregnant women. In order to achieve the aim of the thesis three studies were undertaken: 1) A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the association between PD and ABO, and the efficacy and the safety of non-surgical periodontal treatment (NSPT) during pregnancy to prevent ABOs. 2) A qualitative study amongst Kuwaiti women to investigate perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and expectations about oral health and maintaining and improving oral health during pregnancy. The data were also used to identify social cognition constructs which might be helpful to promote oral health behaviour in this group of women. 3) A randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy of dental health education (DHE) with or without a planning intervention on adherence to dental health related behaviours amongst Kuwaiti pregnant women. Results: Study 1) The majority of individual cohort studies support an association between ABOs and PD, the meta-analyses support the association [(PTB: RR1.63 (95% CI: 1.06, 2.50, P=0.03), LBW: RR 2.35 (95% CI: 1.21-4.57, P=0.01) and PLBW: RR 3.53 (95% CI: 1.51 -8.20, P=0.003)] but are compromised by high levels of heterogeneity associated with the insecurity of definition of periodontal disease. The meta-analyses of 13 RCTs found that NSPT during pregnancy did not prevent PTB and PLBW but may prevent LBW (RR 0.75 (95% CI: 0.56-0.99, P=0.05) and stillbirth (RR 0.48 (95% CI: 0.25-0.90, P=0.02). The meta-analyses for PTB, LBW and PLBW were characterised by high levels of heterogeneity also attributable to uncertainty about definition of periodontal disease. None of the RCTs assessed robustly the safety of the periodontal treatment during pregnancy, though no significant adverse events were reported. There remains uncertainty in relation to the efficacy and safety of NSPT to prevent ABOS. Study 2) The qualitative study found that women had low levels of oral health knowledge and information. They had unhelpful cultural beliefs concerning oral health during pregnancy, and were unaware of the effect of pregnancy on oral health. Pregnant women lacked motivation to seek dental care even when they considered dental treatment safe during pregnancy. Dentists, unhelpful cultural beliefs, and lack of motivation were identified as barriers to accessing oral health care and seeking oral health knowledge. A number of social cognition constructs were identified from the qualitative study: knowledge; attitudes; subjective norms; barriers; and intentions. These together with the findings from the first study were used to frame, inform and design the intervention reported upon in study 3). Study 3) At T1 154 women were eligible and randomly allocated to the three groups respectively: Treatment as Usual (TAU) =53; DHE=53; DHE & Planning=48. At T2 the number of women in each group completing the intervention (N=90) was respectively: TAU=28; DHE=30; DHE&P=32. SCM constructs and self-report of behaviours were assessed at T1 and T2 through a questionnaire assessing knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, barriers, intentions and self-report of oral health behaviours in relation to oral hygiene. Plaque scores (PI ) and gingival scores (GI) were recorded by a trained and calibrated examiner blind to group allocation. There were no demographic differences between the groups at baseline. The mean age of women was 27.80±SD 5.40, 43% (n=38) had a high school level education and 10% no formal education. Twenty eight per cent were in their first pregnancy, the remainder had 2.06±1.98 or more children. A mixed factor ANOVA analysis demonstrated that all women improved their PI (F=94.343 df=1 p=0.001) and GI (F=73.138 df=1 p=0.001) scores. There were no differences in self-reported oral hygiene and PI and GI by intervention group. The SCM constructs changed over time in all women (N=90) except barriers to attendance (F=1.067 df=1 p=0.305). There were no differences in SCM constructs by intervention group at T2. All women reported increasing the frequency of tooth brushing and flossing. Conclusion: Providing a basic oral hygiene leaflet was sufficient to motivate women to change their behaviour in relation to tooth-brushing and dental flossing resulting in improved PI and GI scores. In this study where women had very limited oral health knowledge, information giving was as efficacious as an intervention underpinned by SCMs in influencing behaviour change, but these results must be interpreted with caution given the high attrition rates and possible influence of a Hawthorne effect.
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Al-Daihani, Sultan M. M. "Information behaviour of Kuwaiti legal professionals." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2003. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7600.
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This thesis reports results of a research study into the information behaviour of Kuwaiti legal professionals. The main aims of the research were to investigate the information behaviour and the information needs of Kuwaiti legal professionals, and examine whether the existing legal information sources and services meet their needs. The theoretical framework for this research was derived from the investigation of information behaviour in general, and studies of legal professionals in particular. Wilson's (1996) model of information behaviour was also used to develop the conceptual framework of this research. This model takes into account four types of information seeking behaviour: active search, passive search, passive attention and ongoing search. This model helped in formulating research questions and hypotheses and the design of data collections methods. It was used also as a tool for organising the interpretation and discussion of the research findings. The research methods were designed from a user-centred perspective, including using data collection methods that are supportive of user-centred research. Triangulation was used in data collection by the use of questionnaires, interviews and critical incidents technique. The participants of the research included legal academics, legal practitioners such as state lawyers, prosecutors and private lawyers, law librarians, legal publishers and legal database producers in Kuwait. The results showed that a personal collection is the source used most by Kuwaiti legal professionals. The majority did not use electronic sources such as databases and the Internet. A large percentage also did not use law libraries. The majority of academics sought information themselves, whereas the majority of practitioners relied on the assistance of others. The majority of respondents had no training on the use of information sources. The majority also relied on internal communication as a channel for information exchange more than external communication. The majority of respondents scanned between one or two journals, although journals should be among the major information sources for legal professionals. On the other hand, newspapers ranked first for serendipity for both academics and practitioners. New books were ranked as a first source by practitioners for updating information, whereas journals were ranked first for academics. These results showed the information seeking problems of the legal professionals. This led to the development of the interface requirement for the design of a prototype Kuwaiti Legal Information System (KLIS) interface. The aim of the system was to provide relevant and up-to-date information, and links to other information sources and services in order to improve communication channels at both national and international level. The system also sought to be cost-effective. Finally, a heuristic usability evaluation was undertaken by consulting a number of experts on the system's usability and contents. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations for further research and to stakeholders are made.
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Nantel-Vivier, Amelie. "Patterns and correlates of prosocial behaviour development." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92242.
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Hunter, Julia. "Real-Time Recognition of Motion Behaviour Patterns." Thesis, University of Essex, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522079.
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Heath, C. A. "Adolescent suicidal behaviour in context : expulsive patterns." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260388.
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Reeler, Claire. "Spatial patterns and behaviour at Dunefield Midden." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21975.
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An analysis of the spatial patterning present in the arrangement of material and features at the site of Dunefield Midden, is presented in this thesis. All items from the site are analysed, except the remains of large fauna. The site of Dunefield Midden is situated about two kilometres north of Eland's Bay on the Cape West coast, South Africa. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the site was occupied about 670 years B.P. The nature of the food remains and artefacts from this site suggests a single occupation, for a limited period, by a group of hunter-gatherers. Features from the site examined in detail include ash features (such as hearths, roasting pits and ash dumps) and dumps (in particular, a feature called the 'main dump'). Comparisons with ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological material are made to aid the process of interpretation. Other features common to ethnographic hunter-gatherer campsites, but for which there is no evidence at Dunefield Midden (such as structures), are discussed. The type of site, possible length of occupation and number of people are discussed from the analysis of features and other material. Suggestions are made that the site was a base camp occupied by between ten and twenty-five people for a month to a month and a half. Finally, conclusions are made about the nature of the behaviours which caused the spatial patterning evident on the site. The level of detail reached in the interpretations of patterning and behaviour is far greater than that possible from more complex, deeply stratified sites. Thus, the value of researching different kinds of sites is shown. The use of a Geographic Information System to analyse information and create distribution maps is unique in spatial archaeological studies. The use of this system shows its value as a new technology of great potential use to all archaeologists. The spatial autocorrelation test of randomness of distributions is also introduced and is compared to other statistical tests used by archaeologists previously. This test is applied to distributions of items from the site, produced with the aid of the Geographic Information System. The use of site indices describes a method of normalising distributions, with the possibility of using satellite technology to analyse these distributions. This thesis, therefore, reaches a deeper level of interpretation of human behaviour at one particular site, than generally has been achieved previously. It also introduces new techniques and technologies particularly suited to this analysis and potentially of use to other archaeologists, even in different fields of study.
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Al-Shamali, Ali D. H. A. "An empirical investigation of car buying behaviour before and after the Gulf War." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244037.
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Al-Dousari, Elham. "Information needs and information seeking behaviour of doctors in Kuwait government hospitals : an Exploratory study." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9786.
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In recent years, there has been an increasing demand to study the information needs and information-seeking behaviour of doctors as an essential element in developing successful clinical information systems and improving the quality of healthcare services. This doctoral thesis focuses on exploring the information needs and information seeking behaviour of doctors in Kuwait government hospitals (KGH). The aims are to investigate the internal and external information sources used by doctors in Kuwait government hospitals and to analyse whether the existing clinical information sources meet their needs. A strategy of sequential, mixed-method procedures was followed to gather the research data using focus groups, a paper-based questionnaire and semi-structured telephone interviews. The participants of the research included all categories of doctors (consultants, senior specialists, specialists, senior registrar, registrar, assistant registrar and trainees), working in four government hospitals: Mubarak AI Kabeer, AI Sabaha, AI Farwania and AI Amiri in Kuwait. The findings of the study show that the most frequently mentioned need for information was to keep up-to-date to maintain good practice. It was found that interpersonal communication and a doctor's personal collection, consisting primarily of electronic resources, were the sources most frequently reported as used by the doctors. However, the degree of use of clinical information sources showed that doctors' information seeking varied depending on the clinical scenario. Doctors' knowledge and patient data were the doctors' most frequently used sources of information in the three clinical scenarios: outpatients, wards and the emergency department. There was a low use of knowledge-support resources such as the Internet and library resources in the outpatient and emergency rooms. However, use of the knowledge-support resources was highest in the wards. The results showed some contextual factors either supported or hindered doctors in seeking the information they need. The factors were categorised in the following contexts: a) Organisation context, b) Socio-cultural context; c) Information sources context and d) Scenarios context. Doctors made a number of suggestions for effective information communication and improving the information provision system in KGH. Two conceptual models result from the study findings: a clinical decision-making model scenario· and the overall conceptual model of information seeking by doctors in Kuwait government hospitals. The thesis concludes with recommendations and practical implications to enhance the information provision in KGH. Suggestions for further research are also given.
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Alobaid, Adel Ahmad. "An empirical investigation of an integrated managerial discretionary behaviour model : the case of Kuwait Airways." Thesis, University of Sunderland, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340948.
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Ekbal, N. Al-Othaimeen. "Towards an understanding of the cognitive information seeking behaviour of undergrduate students at Kuwait University." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.705183.
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Richter, Matthias. "Risk behaviour in adolescence patterns, determinants and consequences." Wiesbaden VS, Verl. für Sozialwiss, 2009. http://d-nb.info/998909475/04.
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Buss, Keno. "Behavioural patterns for the analysis of creative behaviour." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4938.
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Analysing human creativity has always been a difficult undertaking. The reason for this is the vagueness of the term creativity itself. Philosophers and Researchers have tried to unveil the secrets behind creativity since centuries. Besides some principles e.g. defined by Finke, Ward, and Smith, there is no holistic understanding about term creativity and there will always be discussions between researchers of different disciplines about how creativity is achieved. Current approaches try to understand creativity through studying the creative artifact or the creative human himself. These approaches have not lead to any promising results. Instead of focussing on creativity itself, it is more promising to look at the creative process of creators. Through this, it is possible to analyse what happened during the creation of an artefact. The aim of the analysis is the identification of certain behaviours within the creative process, which lead to very creative results or in opposite hinder creativity. The gained knowledge is used for the creation of patterns, describing this specific behaviour. The analysis of the creative process is not only interesting for artists, but also for engineers, researchers, students and many others. Important target groups for this approach are schools and universities. Being able to early recognise problems in the learning curve of a student will enable a directed support, in order to improve the student's performance. Until now, the main problem for analysing the creative process of a creator is the lack of information on how an artefact was created. Most creators tend not to make many notes during their creative phase, even if there are famous exemptions like Beethoven who left behind a huge amount of notices and marked changes in his work. Hence, the challenge is the development of a powerful framework, which can cope effectively with the recording and presentation of this creative process, in order to enable detailed analyses. Modern computer technology fosters the recording of the creative process of a person. Much of today's creative work is achieved with computers and powerful software applications. Computer networks and the internet enable new ways of collaboration. The creation of a flexible, collaborative tool-set is the ideal approach for the mapping and analysis of the creative process. A novel approach, based on these ideas, was developed by the members of the Creative Technologies Research Programme at the Software Technology Research Laboratory (STRL). The central aim of the approach is the mapping of the human creativity with so-called creativity maps. A creativity map is basically transition system, which allows to store and represent the creative process as well as to hold each version of the artefact. The developed De Montfort Creativity Assistant (DMCA), is a collaborative, web-enabled state-of-the-art software framework, realising the theoretical concepts. This thesis represents a substantial contribution to the research project. The focus of the presented work lies on the analysis and the support of the creative process. Several novel techniques for the analysis of massive data sets have been developed. The presented techniques enable a domain-independent analysis and support of the creative process. This is huge improvement over previous concepts, which are highly specialised and focus on the creative artefact itself. The presented approach required the development of several novel techniques. The major contributions of the presented research are: - Behavioural Patterns Enable the description of constructs inside the creativity map. These constructs represent the creative behaviour of the creator. - Techniques for a Computer-supported Information Extraction A pattern description language enables the computer-supported information extraction from creativity maps. - Knowledge Repository Knowledge, gained through the analysis processes, is stored centrally and shared with other creators in order to stimulate further growing of knowledge. - Concepts for the Analysis and Support of the Creative Process Novel concepts allow the structured analysis and support of the creative process, regardless of the creator's domain. All developed techniques have been implemented in several tools, which aim to enrich the DMCA with the ability of a computer-supported analysis and support of the creative process.
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Farnsworth, S. C. "Rural services : spatial theory and patterns of behaviour." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233582.
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Holmes, Neil David. "Diel patterns of behaviour in the western flower thrips." Thesis, Keele University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485793.
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Frankliniella occidentalis (pergande) is a serious pest of protected crops within the UK because it damages crops and is a vector of tospoviruses. It is resistant to a wide range of insecticides and exhibits thigmokinetic behaviour, making contact between pest and treatment difficult. Applying control procedures to correspond with the diel behaviour patterns of F. occidentalis could enhance control ofthrips. Studies of glasshouse crops showed that the abundance of adults on leaves and flowers increased in ~he afternoon compared to the morning. This could not be accounted for by movements within or between plants, but could be from sites off the plant. This hypothesis deserves further investigation. Infrared videography in the glasshouse generally showed little difference In abundance on plant parts between scotophase and photoppase. In addition, observations made at the time suggested that there was little difference in locomotory activity between the light phases. Contrastingly, laboratory locomotory activity patterns showed an increase in the early morning and late afternoon. A light burst during the scotophase, devised in the lliboratory to enhance locomotory activity, had little effect on thrips in a cucumber glasshouse. These two findings cast doubt on the applicability of laboratory studies to the glasshouse. Flight could be predicted well using ambient light and temperature and showed a clear diel pattern. There was a diel pattern of larval dropping to the ground to pupate, with the majority of larvae falling between late afternoon and midnight. Further sampling within a ,?ucumber glasshouse showed that on any particular day most larvae dropped within a two-hour window. Flight activity, and larvae falling from the crop showed clear' diel patterns. Locomotory activity on the crop djd not show a clear diel pattern. Interpretation and use of these findings would depend upon the type of control procedure applied to a crop.
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Gasiorowski, Pawel. "Individual and group dynamic behaviour patterns in bound spaces." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2017. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1447/.
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The behaviour analysis of individual and group dynamics in closed spaces is a subject of extensive research in both academia and industry. However, despite recent technological advancements the problem of implementing the existing methods for visual behaviour data analysis in production systems remains difficult and the applications are available only in special cases in which the resourcing is not a problem. Most of the approaches concentrate on direct extraction and classification of the visual features from the video footage for recognising the dynamic behaviour directly from the source. The adoption of such an approach allows recognising directly the elementary actions of moving objects, which is a difficult task on its own. The major factor that impacts the performance of the methods for video analytics is the necessity to combine processing of enormous volume of video data with complex analysis of this data using and computationally resourcedemanding analytical algorithms. This is not feasible for many applications, which must work in real time. In this research, an alternative simulation-based approach for behaviour analysis has been adopted. It can potentially reduce the requirements for extracting information from real video footage for the purpose of the analysis of the dynamic behaviour. This can be achieved by combining only limited data extracted from the original video footage with a symbolic data about the events registered on the scene, which is generated by 3D simulation synchronized with the original footage. Additionally, through incorporating some physical laws and the logics of dynamic behaviour directly in the 3D model of the visual scene, this framework allows to capture the behavioural patterns using simple syntactic pattern recognition methods. The extensive experiments with the prototype implementation prove in a convincing manner that the 3D simulation generates sufficiently rich data to allow analysing the dynamic behaviour in real-time with sufficient adequacy without the need to use precise physical data, using only a limited data about the objects on the scene, their location and dynamic characteristics. This research can have a wide applicability in different areas where the video analytics is necessary, ranging from public safety and video surveillance to marketing research to computer games and animation. Its limitations are linked to the dependence on some preliminary processing of the video footage which is still less detailed and computationally demanding than the methods which use directly the video frames of the original footage.
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López, Herrero Silvia. "Inter-sector partnerships : complex dynamics and patterns of behaviour." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2013. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/995/.
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This thesis examines inter-sector partnership processes from a complex dynamical systems perspective. Inter-sector partnerships is increasingly researched both as new forms of government and policy making, and in the sustainability field. The theories traditionally used to analyse this topic fail to confront their dynamics as a whole. Recent approaches draw on complexity theory but, by pre-defining the principles for analysis, constrain the complete understanding of these phenomena. This thesis combines an inductive and deductive approach to explore the complex principles that drive agents’ interactions both at an emergent level (macro), process level (meso) and a causality level (micro). This aims at 1) providing a theoretical and methodological framework to study inter-sector partnerships as complex dynamical processes; and 2) advancing the understanding of social dynamics in the field of complexity theory. This work is based on two case studies collected during fieldwork in Brazil and Ecuador using participatory inquiry and semi-structured interviews to account for the multiple agents, perspectives and components of these processes. These experiences reflect dissimilar topics of collaboration and context conditions intended to provide various scenarios of work and highlight regularities through cross-examination. The results show that, despite the differences, a common pattern of behaviour governs the creation and evolution of multi-stakeholder processes in both case studies. This pattern shows five stages driven by different complex principles: 1) the creation of niche opportunities; 2) the occupation of this niche by a new agent; 3) the emergence of collective behaviour and inter-sector partnerships; 4) the influence of the collaborative process in the system dynamic; and 5) the expansion of a new dynamic in the system. The results provide new insights into the functioning of complex social systems and show that multi-stakeholder processes represent (1) a phase transition in the system dynamics; and 2) a poised state in the system dynamic at the complex regime or edge of chaos, state where the system optimises its capacity to adapt to change, innovate and perform complex tasks. These findings have a direct practical implication by providing practitioners and policy makers with a tool (qualitative dynamical modelling) to promote or reinforce inter-sector partnerships, and to drive social systems to this intermediate regime of optimal performance, the edge of chaos.
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Al-Sulaiman, Sabah. "The formation, distribution and behaviour of gaseous pollutants in the Shuaiba industrial area (SIA) - State of Kuwait." Thesis, University of Bath, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267351.
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Almerri, Rashed S. S. M. Alhaimer. "Exploring the role of celebrities' instagram accounts in changing the behaviour of consumers : case study of Kuwait." Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16218.
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This study explores the credibility criteria and brand personality of celebrities' Instagram accounts within the context of Kuwait. In order to explore this issue, this study adopts Ohanian's (1990) model and Aakar's (1997) model for studying credibility criteria and brand personality; respectively. Regarding methodology, primary data were collected through focus groups and interviews with fans and Small Medium Enterprises' managers who follow celebrities' accounts. Furthermore, secondary data were carried out by approaching different corporate websites specialising in social media celebrities. The findings of this study indicate that there are distinctive taxonomies for the celebrities' accounts (i.e. sincerity, competence, sophisticated, excitement, and ruggedness). This is compatible with the Aaker's Model. Moreover, the findings indicate that followers of the Instagram accounts (i.e. SMEs and fans) are motivated by the attitudes and behaviour of the account holders who reflects Ohanian criteria of credibility (i.e. expertise, attractiveness, and trustworthiness). Regarding practical contribution, this study has developed a new model to investigate the potential relationships between ads produced by different celebrity accounts and the audience motivations to purchase. The main limitation of this study relates to the inability to generalise the findings without undermining their trustworthiness.
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Ali, Mohammad A. A. H. M. "The influence of the physical environment on learning behaviour : a case study of intermediate schools in Kuwait." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.732197.
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A school’s physical environment plays a vital role in enhancing learning and teaching experiences. Currently, there is a growing body of literature indicating the critical impacts a school’s physical environment can effect on students and teachers. However, far too little attention has been paid to this issue, not excluding public schools in Kuwait. This research investigates the impact of the physical environment on learning and teaching behaviour, performance and outcomes in Kuwaiti intermediate public schools. It evaluates the quality of architectural characteristics of school buildings, and the classroom interior features in term of spatial, visual, acoustic, thermal and personal environmental aspects. A mixed methods approach was adopted to efficiently assess the quality of learning environments. The documented case studies consist of comprehensive figures consolidated from five public schools by three methods. A physical survey was designed to assess the condition of school buildings and classroom environments. The observation helped to measure the influence interior classroom environments exerted on students’ and teachers’ performance and behaviour. Concomitantly, a school inventory survey (questionnaires) were also designed to represent the students’, teachers’ and school administrators’ concerns and feedback regarding their school environment. In addition, a qualitative semi-structured interview was conducted with a Ministry of Education official, who generously provided further insight into the case studies’ results. Comparative analysis findings from this study indicate several contributions to the current literature. Firstly, results revealed that the effective quality of the learning environment identified a positive impact on learning and teaching performance and behaviour. Secondly, the results identified many inadequacies and weaknesses within the architectural system adopted in Kuwaiti schools. Thirdly, this study revealed that the lack of a proper protocol within the Ministry of Education in Kuwait imposed a negative influence on school design quality. The study concludes with a description of more specific outcomes pertinent to the quality of physical features, as well as recommendations for further studies towards improving the school learning environment in Kuwait.
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Uche, Chinma Obiakonwa. "Sexual mixing patterns and the control of HIV transmission." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.284810.
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Fullerton, Darrin. "Temporal patterns of vocalizations in young rodents." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326449.
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Tanguay, Geneviève Véronique. "Diurnal activity and behaviour patterns of captive ditch-dwelling muskrats." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65380.
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Filer, Joshua Louis. "Movement patterns and search behaviour of a predatory marine fish." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7784.
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Fossi, Julia. "Patterns and sequences of behaviour in indecent and sexual assaults." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272555.
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White, Ruth Jemma. "Using topic models to detect behaviour patterns for healthcare monitoring." Thesis, University of Reading, 2018. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/77839/.
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Healthcare systems worldwide are facing growing demands on their resources due to an ageing population and increase in prevalence of chronic diseases. Innovative residential healthcare monitoring systems, using a variety of sensors are being developed to help address these needs. Interpreting the vast wealth of data generated is key to fully exploiting the benefits offered by a monitoring system. This thesis presents the application of topic models, a machine learning algorithm, to detect behaviour patterns in different types of data produced by a monitoring system. Latent Dirichlet Allocation was applied to real world activity data with corresponding ground truth labels of daily routines. The results from an existing dataset and a novel dataset collected using a custom mobile phone app, demonstrated that the patterns found are equivalent of routines. Long term monitoring can identify changes that could indicate an alteration in health status. Dynamic topic models were applied to simulated long term activity datasets to detect changes in the structure of daily routines. It was shown that the changes occurring in the simulated data can successfully be detected. This result suggests potential for dynamic topic models to identify changes in routines that could aid early diagnosis of chronic diseases. Furthermore, chronic conditions, such as diabetes and obesity, are related to quality of diet. Current research findings on the association between eating behaviours, especially snacking, and the impact on diet quality and health are often conflicting. One problem is the lack of consistent definitions for different types of eating event. The novel application of Latent Dirichlet Allocation to three nutrition datasets is described. The results demonstrated that combinations of food groups representative of eating event types can be detected. Moreover, labels assigned to these combinations showed good agreement with alternative methods for labelling eating event types.
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Sinclaire-Harding, Lysandra. "Profiling emotion regulation : exploring patterns of regulation in classroom behaviour." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271634.
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Emotion Regulation describes the ability to influence the experience and expression of affect. Adaptive emotion regulation contributes to healthy development, social competence and academic success (Kochanska, Murray & Harlan, 2000). This study investigated the behavioural strategies for emotion regulation, emotion expression, regulatory styles and classroom behaviour in middle childhood. One hundred and twenty-eight children were recruited from five UK public and private primary schools. From within their school setting, participant sensitivity to emotion-eliciting events was recorded using ambulatory skin conductance technology whilst age-group paired children performed two LEGO construction tasks. Observed behaviours were video-recorded and coded to establish frequencies of distinct regulatory behaviours. These were compared to self-reports of emotion regulation strategies and teacher-reports of classroom behaviour. Iterative partitioning cluster analysis methods were used to identify four regulatory profiles: 1) the ‘Adaptive’ cluster: employed high levels of positive problem solving and reappraisal strategies and frequently expressed both positive and negative emotions; 2) the ‘Maladaptive’ cluster: used more negative regulation (avoidant or obstructive strategies), expressed more negative emotion and had more social and behavioural problems in class; 3) the ‘Reactive’ cluster showed high levels of electrodermal activity, expressed little emotion and were reported as inattentive/hyperactive in class; and 4) the ‘Distracted’ cluster demonstrated high levels of behavioural and cognitive distraction. These results indicate four meaningful profiles that could support the identification of vulnerable individuals for positive school-based intervention and support.
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Essendrup, Eugene. "Patterns of risk-taking behaviour of first year university students." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/135.
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This study investigated risk-taking behaviours among 244 first year students (Male=52 and Female=192). The risk-taking behaviours of the students were grouped into Risky and Violent Behaviour, Tobacco Use, Alcohol and Drug Use, Risky Sexual Behaviour and Unhealthy Dietary Behaviour subscales. Statistically significant correlations were found among all the risk-taking behaviour subscales other than Unhealthy Dietary Behaviours, which did not correlate with the other risky behaviours. Statistical significant sex differences were found regarding risk-taking behaviour that implicated males as higher risk-takers than females.
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Al-Hashem, Mona Abdulla Sayed Yousef. "Effects of oil pollution on the ecology, behaviour and physiology of the sand lizard (Acanthodactylus scutellatus) in Kuwait." Thesis, Swansea University, 2006. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42879.
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The effects of oil pollution on a sand lizard {Acanthodactylus scutellatus) were studied throughout 2002 and 2003 at Greater Al-Burgan oil fields in Kuwait. This study examined the effects on this species because large land-based oil spills (such as in Kuwait in 1991) present a new environmental concem. The most unexpected outcome of the study was that assumptions made about the degrees of contamination based on physical evidence (such as soot and tar) were not supported. All the classes of contaminated sites appeared to be equally contaminated. Population studies of the lizards and their ant prey seem to have many interpretational problems. The population sizes of A. scutellatus did not vary markedly among the study sites using the pitfall trap and transect methods which could be due to the fact that all the sites were equally polluted with oil. Initially, the daily behaviour of A. scutellatus was observed. Field observations included the timing of morning emergence as well as basking and foraging behaviours. These behaviours seemed influenced by oil pollution with lizards on the highly polluted sites emerging earlier than the other sites. The presumably highly polluted sites exhibited the highest substrate temperatures, influencing basking of A. scutellatus. Basking duration decreased as the degree of pollution increased. Foraging behaviour did not differ between the study sites because the lizards continued as a 'Sit and wait' predators at all the locations and did not have to increase their foraging. Lizards were examined in the laboratory for their substrate preference. They were monitored using a digital video camera and the times spent on polluted and/or nonpolluted substrates were recorded. Lizards collected from the tar mat sites preferred to remain on the dark substrate whereas those collected from the control sites chose the light substrate. The strength of this response suggests that the behaviour is highly adaptive because possessing this cryptic colouration is essential to avoid predators. Lizard body size and weight were measured and adult lizards were larger on the tar mat and soot sites than on the clear and control sites. Food appeared to be available in greater quantities on the tar mat and soot sites and consuming prey with high levels of fat resulted in lizards accumulating adipose tissue in their bodies. Crude oil contains heavy metals with nickel and vanadium generally being the predominant elements. An attempt was also made to determine if heavy metals in the environment influenced sand lizards. Concentrations of these elements were determined in soil and whole body tissues of lizard using ICP/AES analysis. There was a significant variation in nickel concentration in soil between the control and the soot and tar mat sites. Nickel concentration differed in lizard samples from the control and the tar mat sites. Vanadium concentration in soil differed between the control and the tar mat sites but did not show any difference in lizard tissues between the different study sites. Sixteen PAHs (EPA priority pollutants) were studied using GC/MS in lizard and ant whole body tissues to investigate their presence and concentration. Of the 16, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and benzo[a]anthracene were present in the polluted sites but undetectable in the control sites for both lizards and ants. Although 12 years have passed since the Kuwait oil spill catastrophe, all sites are still contaminated with PAHs (there was no distinction between tar mat, soot and clear sites). The effects of PAHs and heavy metals on the histopathology of A. scutellatus vital organs such as liver were also investigated. Hepatocytes showed remarkable responses to PAHs and heavy metals. Swollen hepatocytes, ballooning degeneration of cytoplasm and dead cells were the most common cytopathological signs observed. This research confirms that A. scutellatus is a suitable bioindicator species for ecotoxicological studies on the effect of PAH compounds. The importance of lizards was emphasized in hope that they be included in ecological risk assessments as well as studies on environmental contamination in desert locations such as Kuwait. This is because lizards are an important component of biodiversity, and many such species are listed as threatened or endangered.
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Valladares, Cereceda Ignacio. "GPU parallel algorithms for reporting movement behaviour patterns in spatiotemporal databases." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/119544.
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In this thesis we treat and solve various problems related to movement pattern detection by designing and implementing parallel algorithms using the GPU. We first propose a GPU pipeline based algorithm to report the ’Popular places’ pattern. Then, we study the problem of reporting all subtrajectory clusters of a trajectory. To measure similarity between curves we choose the Fréchet distance. Finally we solve the ’Flock pattern’. To this aim, we present two algorithms to solve two problems related with the ’Flock pattern’: finding the maximal sets of a family and intersecting two families of sets. The GPU parallel algorithms proposed to solve these two problems are later used for reporting flock patternsEn aquesta tesi tractem i resolem varis problemes relacionats amb el càlcul de patrons de moviment en bases de dades espai-temporals, dissenyant i implementant algoritmes paral·lels utilitzant GPUs. Primer, proposem un algoritme que utilitza els processos gràfics de la GPU per reportar el patró ‘Llocs Populars’. Després estudiem el problema de reportar tots els grups de subtrajectories d’una trajectòria. Per mesurar la similitud entre corbes hem triat la distancia de Fréchet. Finalment resolem el problema del patró ‘Ramat’. Amb aquest objectiu, presentem dos algorismes per resoldre dos problemes relacionats amb el patró ‘Ramat’: El problema de trobar tots els conjunts maximals de una família, i el problema de intersecar dos famílies de conjunts. Proposem algorismes paral·lels per resoldre els dos problemes que després s’utilitzen per reportar patrons ’Ramat’
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Dungs, Sebastian Verfasser], and Norbert [Akademischer Betreuer] [Fuhr. "Modelling temporal patterns in user behaviour / Sebastian Dungs ; Betreuer: Norbert Fuhr." Duisburg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1191693384/34.
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Regisford, Fitzallan Everade Alistair. "Students expectations, behaviour patterns & attrition in an allied health faculty." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357292.
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Rahman, Mahmudur. "Lactational amenorrhoea, infant feeding patterns and behaviour in urban Bangladeshi women." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326847.
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Yun, Geun Young. "Occupant behaviour in buildings : thermal performance implications of window use patterns." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.612484.
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Hambly, Rachel. "Working patterns and food behaviour within the context of family life." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2002. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19747/.
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In recent years, there has been concern about the impact of work on family life, particularly the effect that current working patterns may have on food behaviour (food provision, food consumption and eating patterns) within the home. Increased female employment and long working hours may affect family functioning though little has been done to model any association. There is evidence of less food preparation within the home, increased consumption of convenience products and fragmented meal times. In addition lack of time, irregular working hours and busy lifestyle have been identified as barriers to adopting a healthier diet Lappalainen et al (1998); suggesting those elements of work and time may also determine the relative healthiness of the diet. The effect this may have on future generations is unknown, but if less time is spent in food related activities within the home then there may be fewer opportunities for children to gain practical food knowledge and skills. Time constraints, experienced because of work, may possibly be eased by the use of time saving strategies and products. The main food provider's practical food knowledge, attitude and cooking skills may ameliorate the impact of work on food behaviour. Whilst previous academic research has explored changing patterns of work and food consumption independently, this study is original in its attempt to combine these separate disciplines. The aim of this research was to develop, build and test a theoretical model for exploring the relationship between working patterns and food behaviour. Following a systematic review of the literature, a conceptual framework was built to identify the key dimensions of work, food behaviour and the factors that may influence it. This was used in the development of a postal survey instrument to measure and test the research hypotheses. The sample was made up of 642 households, with children aged between 8-10 years old, (a response rate of 22%). Data was established on household patterns of eating and working in terms of the critical dimensions identified. This included food behaviour (food provider behaviour, eating behaviour of the household, healthy eating profile, shopping and cooking behaviours) and working patterns (hours, job satisfaction and time factors). Statistical analysis of the data was completed; descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and principal components were used to establish valid conclusions about relationships and test hypotheses. The findings of the research revealed no direct association between the number of hours worked and household food behaviour; although working hours were associated with greater shared responsibility for food related tasks. This may have positive implications for working parents as the results suggest that work commitments do not automatically lead to deterioration in eating patterns with unhealthy food choices being made. An association was found between the nutrition knowledge, attitudes and skills of the main food provider and consumption of certain types of foods. The impact of work patterns on food behaviour therefore cannot simply be explained by the management and redistribution of time. Qualitative analysis reveals suggests coping strategies and the value placed on time for food and a healthy diet to be the main determinants of food behaviour. Knowledge, skills and attitudes may lead to the development of more effective coping strategies when dealing with work and home responsibilities. The implications of these, findings are discussed and recommendations are made for future work.
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Wan, Sabri W. M. "Forest recreation use patterns, user behaviour and recreational value in Malaysia." Thesis, Bangor University, 1987. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/forest-recreation-use-patterns-user-behaviour-and-recreational-value-in-malaysia(2695dbd3-a060-47e9-9ed6-714937abada7).html.
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The study is concerned with an examination of outdoor recreation at three forest recreation areas situated within and at the periphery of a large and major population region in Peninsular Malaysia. It was undertaken primarily to investigate the features that describe the use of these areas and to estimate the use-demand and quantification of consumers' surplus. Initially, a brief description of forest recreation in Peninsular Malaysia is presented. This is followed by a review of techniques for estimating consumers' surplus, after which it was concluded that an application of the travel cost method was appropriate for this study. An on-site questionnaire survey was used to gather a reasonable amount of user information. The questionnaire surveys carried out were found to be valuable; the information gathered facilitated the description and analysis of the areas' consumption, travel and use patterns and the behaviour of the users. Thus the surveys also provided information which was appropriate for the application of the travel cost technique. Subsequently, a detailed description of user behaviour is presented. Difficulties of the travel cost approach, were identified and addressed through the use of appropriate sample and extra-sample data. Particular attention was paid to the problems of multi-purpose trips, travel time bias and the influence of alternative sites on participation. Problems with functional forms and the weighting of points for the trip demand model were also given considerable attention. It is believed that the model selected in this study is an improvement on previously known models. The resulting estimates of consumers' surplus for the three areas are reasonably acceptable and conform to a priori expectations. Finally, the main conclusions of the thesis are highlighted and some aspects that have a bearing on planning and management issues are discussed along with brief recommendations for further and future research efforts.
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Dungs, Sebastian [Verfasser], and Norbert [Akademischer Betreuer] Fuhr. "Modelling temporal patterns in user behaviour / Sebastian Dungs ; Betreuer: Norbert Fuhr." Duisburg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1191693384/34.
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Abdeen, Ghalia Nazir. "Changes in eating behaviour and meal patterns following vertical sleeve gastrectomy." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/34941.
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Anecdotal evidence from clinical observations and evidence in rodents after vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) suggest a shift in food preferences. Direct measures of behaviour to study the effects of VSG on the food preferences are unknown. This study aimed to investigate (1) Changes in eating behaviour and meal patterns after VSG, (2) Changes in sweet taste detection thresholds after VSG, (3) Changes in appetitive behaviour as a marker of changes in reward after VSG, and (4) Changes in consummatory behaviour as a marker of changes in reward after VSG in adolescents' subjects. The project recruited 50 adolescents after VSG and 35 as controls. The ages were 15 ± 0.27 and 14 ± 0.28 for the subjects after VSG and controls respectively. 42 % of the subjects were females and 58 % males, with the mean BMI of (51.1 ± 1.0) for VSG and (31.9 ± 1.1) for control subject. The parameters recorded for each aim included; Aim 1: Meal duration, meal size, pre-meal hunger and post-meal satiation that were assessed before and after VSG. Attitudes to foods, 24h recall method and FFQ were measured. Aim 2: The intensity of sweet taste stimuli assessed before and after VSG, using the constant stimuli methods. Aim 3: The appetitive reward of fat and sweet taste stimuli was assessed before and after VSG, using the Progressive Ratio Task. Aim 4: The consummatory reward of fat and sweet taste stimuli was assessed before and after VSG, using taste reactivity by recording and analysing facial expressions to determine the ingestive behaviour in response to stimulants. The results demonstrated; Aim 1: Changes in food preferences towards healthier choices, eating behaviour and meal pattern after VSG (all p < 0.05). Aim 2: No changes in sucrose detection threshold after VSG (p= 0.6). Aim 3: Appetitive reward value as measured by the breakpoint of the tastant decreased after VSG (p=0.02). Aim 4: Consummatory reward value of the tastant as measured by behaviours associated with positive ingestive behaviours decreased after VSG as well (p= 0.03). In conclusion obese adolescents after VSG have a shift in food preferences to healthier food choices, as well as eating behaviour and meal patterns. VSG changed the Hedonic value of high fat and sugary food as suggested by changes in Appetitive and Consummatory behaviour in response. However VSG had no effect on the sensory domain as regards sweet sensitivity. Taken together VSG may improve the quality of food selected after surgery by reducing the reward value of high fat and sugary foods.
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Hogg, Margaret. "Conceptualizing and investigating patterns of consumer behaviour towards in-home shopping." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.560588.
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This research examines intermediate patterns of joint consumption whereby constellations, anti constellations and configurations are seen as representing patterns of consumption which lie between the traditional micro (product-centred) and macro (societal-centred) studies of consumption. A series of models are developed: of the relationship between individuals and consumption from a social psychological perspective of the formation of patterns of joint consumption and of the three forces which influence patterns of consumption: the symbolic-functional force (located in the product) the physiological-esteem-self-actualization force (located in individual needs) and the expressive-instrumental force (located in activities or behaviour). A two stage empirical study explores the content, structure and context of consumption patterns amongst mail order shoppers in the U.K. The quantitative stage involved the application of correspondence analysis to data extracted from the BMRBffGI database and the qualitative phase was a series of in-depth interviews with mail order industry marketing personnel. The findings confirmed the existence of three identifiable groups amongst mail order shoppers, with different intermediate patterns of joint consumption representing different sets of responses to the three forces which influence consumption and which had been modelled above. The research extends work on the grammar of consumption by developing a set of rules of combination for analyzing the structure and levels of joint consumption: constellations, anti constellations and configurations, which could be associated with the groups of mail order shoppers. The study concludes that products cohere around social roles and that interdependence exists at two levels, firstly, amongst the forces which influence consumption, and secondly, between consumption and the societal-cultural context. It was seen that functional and symbolic complementarities could be found in the intermediate patterns of joint consumption and that different combinatorial rules could be applied to the different levels of consumption patterns elicited for the various groups.
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Bamashmous, N. O. M. "Information seeking behaviour patterns of dental trauma patients and their parents." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1449255/.
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Introduction: Traumatic dental injuries are considered a dental public health problem due to their high prevalence worldwide. Major complications can be associated with trauma, affecting the quality of life of patients and their parents/carers. Information retention has been reported to decrease following stressful situations. It is important to understand the information seeking behavior (ISB) of these families to help them understand and retain information provided regarding dental trauma. Aims: To investigate the ways in which dental trauma patients and their parents, look for information, the reasons why, and the types of information they would like to receive. Also to draw comparisons between children and their parents regarding ISB. Method: This was a mixed qualitative and quantitative prospective study included two phases. Phase one involved qualitative data collection from in-depth interviews conducted with trauma patients and their parents. These interviews were analysed using framework analysis and commonly occurring concepts identified. Phase II of the study involved distributing patient and parent questionnaires, based on the themes and subthemes identified from the interviews. Results of phase I: One-to-one in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 patients and 11 parents. Patients’ interviews identified 10 main themes while parents’ interviews identified 8 main themes. Each one of these themes incorporated subthemes. The themes were used to develop patient and parent-based questionnaires, which were piloted with 13 patients prior to phase II. Results of phase II: questionnaires were distributed to 68 patients and 70 parents. Initially, the majority of patients wanted to know if their tooth could be saved, possible outcomes and planned procedures to treat their teeth. Concerns during treatment were mainly about function and aesthetics. Patients preferred to receive this information verbally from their dentist. Parents initial concerns were similar to the patients’, and included the possible long-term outcome, severity of the trauma, possibility of maintaining the tooth and available treatment options. During treatment, the majority of parents were also worried about aesthetics and the possibility of the tooth losing vitality. In the long-term, parents were mostly concerned about available treatment options when their V children reached adulthood. Parents’ preferred to receive written information in the form of summary letter or booklet. Conclusion: It is important to understand that the information needs of patients and parents differ and to tailor information provision for each group accordingly.
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Fuller, L. M. "A comparison of drinking behaviour in normal and Brattleboro rats." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373673.
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Van, der Geer Leonardus Adrianus Maria. "The influence of external stimuli on physicians' prescription patterns." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364837.
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Winter, Alice. "The behaviour and modification of inherent behaviour patterns of dairy cows under frequent and automatic milking management systems." Thesis, University of Reading, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357997.
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