Computer-aided control system design using optimization methods.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conceptualisation, measurement, and impact of transformational leadership in military recruit training

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conditioning of Manila clam broodstock on natural and artificial diets.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conducting polymers for use in supercapacitors : an electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical investigation into low bandgap thiophene derivatives.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conjugated Polymers Based on 4-Substituted Fluorenes and Fluorenones

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Connections between the hillforts of the Clwydian Range and the wider landscape

Supervisor: Karl, R. (Supervisor) & Waddington, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation and ecotourism in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of Mangifera sylvatica: a Wild Fruit Species for Health and Livelihoods

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of U.K. dune system native Lacertidae species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of the demersal fisheries resources within the 25NM Maltese Fisheries Management Zone

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Constituent grammatical evolution

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Constructed wetlands for the treatment of British mine drainage waters : a biogeochemical approach.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Constructing Modern Welsh Womanhood: The Blue Books' Impact on the Portrayal of Women in Anglophone Welsh Literature 1847 – 1907

Supervisor: Koehler, K. (Supervisor) & Webb, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contemporary ecology and stable isotope geochemistry of benthic foraminiferids in the Celtic Sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contemporary sediment dynamics and Holocene evolution of Hamford Water, Essex, England.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contextualising Carroll : the contradiction of science and religion in the life and works of Lewis Carroll

Supervisor: Field, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contrastive and error analysis : a case study

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Control of cognitive processes in task-switching

Supervisor: Houghton, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Control of pathogenic bacteria in marine larval culture systems

Supervisor: Jones, D. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Control of the postreinforcement pause in the continuous reinforcement schedule.

Supervisor: Miles, T. R. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Controls on exchange in a subtropical tidal embayment, Maputo Bay

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Controls on stratification in the Rhine ROFI system

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coping, mindfulness, occupational stress and burnout amongst healthcare professionals employed within forensic inpatient settings

Supervisor: Owen, R. (Supervisor) & Elliott, K. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cordeauxia edulis (Yeheb) : resource status, utilisation and management in Ethiopia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Corporate Governance and Executive Renumeration in Banking

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor) & ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Corporate Malaysia: Essays on corporate governance, voting power, joint venture companies and ethnic Bumiputra Corporate Achievement

Supervisor: Chakravarty, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Corporate Tax Avoidance: Media Coverage and Corporate Tax Reporting in the UK

Supervisor: Merkl-Davies, D. (Supervisor) & Rogers, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Corpus gnarus: the experienced bodily self

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cost benefit analysis and sustained yield forestry in India.

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cost-benefit analysis for global environmental issues with a case study of biodiversity conservation in Madagascar

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coupled biochemical processes for the synthesis of unusual amino acids

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor), Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Courting Justice In and Out of Court : A Socio-Legal Examination of Prosecutorial Commitment and Conflict in the United States

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coverage and performance prediction of DGPS systems employing radiobeacon transmissions

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Crab foraging behaviour : prey size and species selection in Carcinus maenas (L.) and Cancer pagurus L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Creaking, Slipping and the Goldilocks zone: Cultivating relevance in established and scaled worker cooperatives

Supervisor: Bartels, K. (Supervisor), Doloriert, C. (Supervisor) & Dobbins, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Creating an effective learning environment in higher education

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Credit rating agencies' opinions and their impact in the banking sector

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Credit rating divergence and the role of opacity in emerging market banks

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Alsakka, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Critical analysis of taxation related research papers

Supervisor: Merkl-Davies, D. (Supervisor) & ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience: An Integrative Approach to Personality: Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-cultural misunderstanding in the language of international diplomacy.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-linguistic treatment generalisation in Welsh-English bilingual aphasia

Supervisor: Tainturier, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-sector collaboration for Wales’ national well-being: Transformative action in communities of practice

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Bartels, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Crossed modules and their higher dimensional analogues

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cryopreservation of ram semen for artificial insemination.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Customised TAA cations as counter ions in silicates and related systems

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cyfaill pwy o'r hen wlad?: y wasg gyfnodol Gymraeg a hunaniaeth Cymry America 1838-66

Supervisor: Hunter, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cymdeithaseg cyfieithu : dylanwad cyfieithu ar y pryd ar y defnydd o'r Gymraeg yng Ngwynedd

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cynnydd ac Amheuaeth: Gweledigaeth Ddrylliedig John Thomas o Gymru Oes Fictoria

Supervisor: Price, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cynyddu amlygiad plant i'r Gymraeg: Dylanwad rhaglenni cyw ar ddatblygiad geirfa plant a'u hadnabyddiaeth o reolau cystrawennol

Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cynyddu'r Defnydd o'r Gymraeg yn y Gweithle Dwyieithog: Mewnwelediadau o'r Gwyddorau Ymddygiad

Supervisor: Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Czerny's interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonatas

Supervisor: Wood, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DNA barcoding and population genetic structure of Malaysian marine fishes

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DSP-based Real-Time Enabling Technologies for Future Cloud Access Networks

Supervisor: Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DSP-enabled Reconfigurable Optical Network Devices and Architectures for Cloud Access Networks

Supervisor: Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dadansoddiad o nodau graddedig ar gyfer oedolion sy'n dysgu'r Gymraeg fel ail iaith

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Datblygiad addysg crefft yn ysgolion Cymru hyd at 1966

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Debriefing in EU Public Procurement Law: A Critical Enquiry

Supervisor: Shi, W. (Supervisor) & Eyo, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decay resistance of modified wood

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor) & Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decoherence, dephasing and quantum tunnelling in molecules with large amplitude vibrations

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decomposition of tree leaf litter and formation of soil organic matter

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Deep soil: investigating carbon sequestration potential and greenhouse gas behaviour in agricultural subsoil

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining a High Throughput Sequencing identification framework for freshwater ecosystem biomonitoring

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining marine meiofaunal genetic diversity using 454 sequencing

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Deforestation in Jefara Plain, Libya: Socio-economic and Policy Drivers (Algarabulli District case study)

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Degradation and outdoor performance monitoring of next generation solar cells for building integrated appliscation

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dehydration: assessment techniques and effects on endurance performance and well-being

Supervisor: Oliver, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Delweddu Catrin o Ferain Mewn Llun a Gair

Supervisor: Davies, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Demography of animal modular colonies.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dendroecology, history and dynamics of mixed woodlands at the upper timberline of the central Italian Alps

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Depth zonation patterns of benthic communities and reef production framework on contemporary coral reefs

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & Roche, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Depth-cue integration, and the role of uncertainty in grasping

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design and analysis of adaptively modulated optical orthogonal frequency division multiple access multiband passive optical networks

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor) & Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design and application of a recirculating flume for the assessment of geotechnical and geophysical indicators of cohesive sediment erodibility.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, Implementation and Analysis of Real-Time Optical OFDM Transceivers

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, Implementation and Analysis of a 5.8 GHz Radar for Insect and Micro-Target Monitoring

Supervisor: Palego, C. (Supervisor) & Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, synthesis and characterization of novel low band gap conjugated polymers for use in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Designing and Creating Micro Visualisations

Supervisor: Roberts, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Fuel Cell Sensors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of saline intrusions in coastal and estuarine sediments.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of gestural imitation in young children

Supervisor: Horne, P. (Supervisor) & Lowe, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of health in horticultural workers: a comparison of national and international supply chains

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of operant behaviour in the mentally retarded

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of specificity in autobiographical memory.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of temporal control in operant performance

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of variability in the behaviour of the severely retarded.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determining the habitat requirements of demersal fish for the design of marine protected areas

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing Excellence in Rugby Union: A Multidisciplinary and Mixed Method Approach to Enhancing the Efficacy of the RFU Talent Development Pathway

Supervisor: Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Roberts, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a PPM based named entity recognition system for geo-located searching on the Web

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a Planning Tool for Heritage Interpretation

Supervisor: Pierce, S. (Supervisor) & Lane, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a scheme that governs the transfer of rights through the bill of lading under Chinese law: a comparison with the Anglo-American experience and the international approach.

Supervisor: Jing, Z. (Supervisor) & Eyo, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing and evaluating brief, computerised interventions for excessive drinkers

Supervisor: Cox, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing coupled Reduced Order Models for Shielding and Reactor Physics applications

Supervisor: Spencer, P. (Supervisor), Pierce, I. (Supervisor), Pain, C. (External person) (Supervisor) & Smith, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing excellence in outdoor provision: Enhancing training pathways for outdoor qualifications

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing fodder resources on the forest grasslands of tribal areas in Western India: a participatory approach

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing in-situ and real-time methods of soil nitrogen determination

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing the Structure Function Method for Evaluating Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and Application of Molecular Tools for the analysis of Animal Parts and Derivatives

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and Evaluation of a Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Behaviour Change Intervention Targeting 3 – 4 year old Children at School, Extending to the Home.

Supervisor: Horne, P. (Supervisor) & Erjavec, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and application of forensic genetic typing systems for wildlife species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy