Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Satisficing as a driver of low-value care and healthcare costs
Published 2025This thesis explores 'satisficing' in clinical decision-making, where clinicians choose "good enough" solutions to problems rather than optimal ones. The research employed a diverse range of methodologies to examine different ...Open AccessThesis -
A Comprehensive Exploration of Video Understanding: Perspectives on Sampling, Backbone, Representation, and Cross-Modal Learning
Published 2025Video understanding is a fundamental area in computer vision with applications in autonomous driving, security, healthcare, and entertainment. As video becomes a dominant medium for information exchange, automatic ...Open AccessThesis -
The hidden child : how lawyers see children in child representation
Published 2012Children’s participation rights in international and domestic law include the opportunity to express their views and have them taken into account in legal decision making processes, where decisions are being made about ...Open AccessThesis -
Treatment Persistence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Published 2024Introduction: Medication persistence provides real-world evidence on treatment effectiveness. Persistence of therapies in ulcerative colitis (UC)and Crohn's disease (CD) will provide surrogate markers of the effects of ...Open AccessThesis -
Radiological Markers of Sarcopenia in Colorectal Cancer Surgery – A Critical Appraisal
Published 2025This thesis explores the field of sarcopenia, its association with overall survival in patients undergoing resection of colorectal cancer, challenges in diagnosis, and impediments translating research to diagnostic tools ...Open AccessThesis