An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels
Thesis
Soraghan, C. An analysis of nudging as a social marketing technique using Front of Pack nutrition labels: A study of women's perceptions of food labels. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2090514
Recently, social marketers have adopted the use of ‘nudging’ as a technique to influence behaviour through subtle tweaks to the environment (Thaler & Sunstein, 2008). Front of...
Critical evaluation of the battery electric vehicle for sustainable mobility
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Milligan, R. Critical evaluation of the battery electric vehicle for sustainable mobility. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978220
Can Battery Electric Vehicles replace conventional internal combustion engine vehicles for commuting purposes when exposed to a busy corporate activity within the city of Edin...
The Effect of Diurnal Phase on Performance Physiology and Immune System
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Tormey, P. J. The Effect of Diurnal Phase on Performance Physiology and Immune System. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1023141
The circadian cycle, although seasonally adjusted, consists of two phases: a nocturnal period of darkness and a diurnal period of light. Many parameters of human physiology di...
Substance use communication between looked after young people and formal carers: A qualitative study
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Carver, H. Substance use communication between looked after young people and formal carers: A qualitative study. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978712
Background: Good parent-child connectedness, general and substance use specific communication are protective against alcohol, tobacco and drug use during adolescence. Previous...
A qualitative exploration of the South African cricket development environment
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English, C. V. A qualitative exploration of the South African cricket development environment. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978840
It may be argued that there are fewer sporting environments where politics and sport are so intertwined, however having undergone significant socio-political changes and devel...
An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes
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Fountain, H. E. An Investigation into the nature of psychological resilience in junior athletes. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979005
Psychological resilience has been described as a multidimensional, context specific concept, and has been defined in numerous ways that attempt to encapsulate the process by w...
“I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence.
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Krzeczkowska, A. “I always felt I was a bit of a guinea pig”: Illness perceptions, experience of treatment and coping in liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus recurrence. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/977827
The current study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the lived experience of liver transplant patients with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) recurrence. The semi-structured int...
A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise
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Hutton, G. H. A qualitative exploration into the concept of service users as ‘Physical Activity Champions’ to support stroke survivors participate in community based exercise. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979167
Background
Peer support can facilitate exercise following stroke however limited evidence exists in relation to incorporating individual peer support interventions. A possible...
The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One)
Thesis
Reid, L. M. The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One)
(Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979680
Institutional Ethnography (IE) is a method of inquiry into the social organisation of knowledge. It begins with a disjuncture/troubling experience impacting a specific group o...
Design and synthesis of novel prodrugs to modulate GABA receptors in cancer
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Zhang, H. Design and synthesis of novel prodrugs to modulate GABA receptors in cancer. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978678
GABA (gamma-amino butanoic acid) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system. GABA has been found to play an inhibitory role in some cancer...