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Prioritising IT Applications’ Readiness using Balanced Scorecards in Saudi Arabia
(De Montfort University, 2014)
Defining a realistic strategy, that directs employees to achieve the organisation's strategic goals, is an important step towards achieving an organisation's objectives. Balanced Scorecards are one of the most useful tools ...
Novel Fibrous Catalyst in the Decomposition of Airborne Chemical Agents at Moderate Temperatures
(De Montfort University, 2011)
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are an important source of air pollution. The reduction of
VOCs concentration in air, including their catalytic oxidation is becoming increasingly important,
not only because of their ...
A Novel Approach for Implementing Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access for Video Surveillance
(De Montfort University, 2013-07)
Video surveillance applications have experienced an increase in demand over the last decade. Surveillance
systems can easily be found in places such as commercial offices, banks and traffic intersections, parks and
recreational ...
Risks of overheating in highly insulated English houses: an investigation into the design process, comfort performance and occupant behaviour
(De Montfort University, 2018-05)
When exploring the topic of overheating in buildings, the notion is commonly applied to future overheating, as a consequence of climate change. By contrast, this thesis is concerned with present-day overheating, as it is ...
The lived experiences and embodiment of asthma and sports and exercise in the South Asian population: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
(De Montfort University, 2019-09)
Individuals of South Asian origin with asthma in the UK are more likely to experience excess morbidity and increased hospitalisation rates compared to their White British counterparts. South Asian groups also have lower ...
Rapid Screening Methods to Identify Substandard and Falsified Medicines
(De Montfort University, 2018-05)
Substandard and falsified medicines (SF) are a major global public health problem and occur throughout healthcare systems worldwide. With an average occurrence of 10% of all medicines globally, the specific levels range ...
Advertising Photography: Professional Practice as Commercial Creativity
(De Montfort University, 2018-07)
This thesis examines the concept and practice of creative photographic work within the
advertising industry. It argues that while the industry is saturated by, and dependent on,
photographic production, analytical work ...
Motivation Modelling and Computation for Personalised Learning of People with Dyslexia
(De Montfort University, 2019-10)
The increasing development of e-learning systems in recent decades has benefited ubiquitous computing and education by providing freedom of choice to satisfy various needs and preferences about learning places and paces. ...
Energy Saving Potential in Hot and Dry Climate by Adjusting Building Fabrications and Application of Dew Point Cooler
(De Montfort University, 2019)
This research is to tackle the electricity crises in Kurdistan, as a primary objective, and minimize emissions and global warming effects; this research investigates the potential for the reduction of energy consumption ...
Exploring how entrepreneurs make decisions on the growth of their business: A cognitive perspective
(De Montfort University, 2019-09)
The purpose of this study was to explore how entrepreneurs, who are past the start-up stage of business, evaluate and make decisions on growth opportunities. Small business growth is a complex, dynamic and episodic phenomenon ...