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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"HM Cymdeithaseg"”.
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What Are The Lived Experiences Of Young Adults With Spina Bifida In The UK Today And What Can Be Learned From Challenges in Recruiting This Group To Online Qualitative Research? Lessons From An Unsuccessful Qualitative Online Research Study
Existing research on young adults with spina bifida commonly focuses on how the condition impacts their health outcomes rather than their lived experiences in key areas such as employment, social life and external support systems. The original research study aimed to gain a wider understanding of …
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Authenticity, nostalgia and taste : the interaction between Greek restaurants in Amsterdam and their clientele
This study explores the relationship between Greek restaurants in Amsterdam and their clientele. Through a discussion of how they engage with how cultures may be authentically portrayed within restaurants, how ethnic food affects the customer through synaesthetic nostalgic remembrance, and the …
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Exploring the Impact of Socio-Cultural Factors in the Case of Gendering Micro-Entrepreneurs in the UK and Pakistan
This research seeks to explore the impacts of socio-cultural factors on gendering microentrepreneurs and their coping mechanisms in the UK and Pakistan. There is limited explanation on how and what type of factors act as incentives or barriers for male and female microentrepreneurs based in both …
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The Impact of Social Media Use on Mental Health of the Adult Population: A Systematic Literature Review
Background: The pervasive use of social media has raised concerns about its potential impact on adult mental health. The overarching aim of this study is to analyse and synthesize existing literature to provide insights into the relationship between social media use and mental health outcomes among …
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Walking with wolves : an ethnographic investigation into the relationship between socialised wolves and humans.
… prey non-human species elicit human attachment and symptoms of attachment such as anthropomorphic terminology? A short term ethnographic study investigating the relationship between socialised wolves and human volunteers was carried out, utilising the techniques of participant observation, …
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Study on the culture experiential and symbolic consumption of a heritage site: A case study of Mount Lushan in China
Consumer culture theory (CCT) has been widely used in various consumption contexts as a culture-oriented approach. Nevertheless, exploring tourist experiences based on the CCT lens in heritage tourism is still limited, especially in Chinese culture. The research aims to determine how a cultural …
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Visible Disabilities and Students in Higher Education: Equality and Fairness and the Reality of Inclusion
This study consists of a literature review concerning the experiences of visibly disabled students in higher education in the UK and to what extent universities are meeting their equality duties to provide an equal and inclusive student experience. Research concerning the experiences of visibly …
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Barriers to Access Palliative Care for Ethnic Minorities, Particularly South Asians in the UK: A Systematic review
Background: SA constitutes the single largest ethnic minority in the UK; however, access to personal computer (PC) services remains a matter of concern. Thus, this dissertation seeks to identify the barriers to accessing palliative care in ethnic minorities, focusing on SA in the UK. Methods: A …
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Sense of place, identity and attachment : entering university.
… levels of well-being and adjustment. Place attachment can also be strengthened through social interplay and through people becoming active members of a community such as a university. This study looks at the level of connection to place experienced by university students embarking on the first …
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Stones with Souls: How Have Meteorites Been Viewed in the Past and How Are They Viewed in the Present?
This study investigates how meteorites have been viewed across cultures and historical periods, discovering their position as sacred, political, and symbolic objects. Meteoritic iron was associated with the heavens in some of the earliest civilisations, and Sumerian and Egyptian linguistic …
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Branding Museums through UGC in China: Insights from the Cultural and Creative Industries in the Era of Digitalisation.
… cultural recognition into emotional attachment and behavioural intention. Comparative analysis further demonstrates that participatory branding outcomes vary significantly across institutions, depending on organisational capacity, platform integration, and responsiveness to UGC. By …
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The Promotion of Cornish: Establishing strategies in view of the Basque experience in Trebiñu
This thesis explores the situation of Cornish and strategies that could be applied in order to restore it as a community language in Cornwall and Scilly. The first step undertaken was to determine the position and usage of Cornish in public and private domains, and speakers and non-speakers’ …
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The impact of cultural differences towards product innovation in smartphone industry: a cross cultural study on consumers from Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom
Smartphone penetration is growing across the globe and people from all over the world are increasingly using this device. However, the average replacement cycle length of smartphone is increasing. The consumers are taking longer now to replace their smartphone. This presents the problem for the …
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Enhancing Cross-Cultural Communication and Cognitive Health Through Chinese Papercutting: A Comparative Study of Welsh and Chinese Adults
This thesis explores the innovative intersection of traditional Chinese papercutting art with cognitive health and cross-cultural communication within the Welsh context. It introduces the "Chinese Papercutting Cross-Cultural Cognitive Enhancement Model" as a pioneering intervention, an original …
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Testimony Knowledge: Indigenous Research of Land, Story and Visual Narrative/Filmmaking in Northeast China
This dissertation introduces Indigenous theories to the study of ethnic minority cultures in Northeast China, aiming to develop a localized Indigenous research paradigm. It addresses two core questions: How have the identity and cultural expressions of ethnic minorities in Northeast China been …
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‘How Does it Feel?’: Masculinity, Transformation and Structures of Feeling in British Television in the 1970s and 1980s
This thesis examines representations of masculinity in British television of the 1970s and 1980s which reveal a structure of feeling around masculine discourses of the period. It questions the ease of transformative change in gender identities and gender relations in terms of masculine performance …
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Nollywood: Challenges, Heritage Practice and Storytelling
This thesis investigates Nollywood’s role in preserving and promoting Nigerian heritage through storytelling. It is approached as a heritage study with elements of film studies. Specifically, the research examines how Nollywood’s narratives, production practices, and institutional structures …
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Conspirituality in the Age of TikTok: A Thematic Analysis of #AgeofAquarius
This study examines contemporary beliefs about the Age of Aquarius on the social media platform TikTok. The research aims to analyse user-generated content to identify the contemporary beliefs and perspectives surrounding the phenomenon, the historical and cultural contexts that inform these …
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