Theses

Participatory crop improvement for maize/millet intercropping with trees in the middle hills of Nepal.

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Partitioning of stable isotopes between scallop shell calcite and sea water and factors influencing shell growth and microgrowth patterns.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Past Imperfect

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pastoral care of the clergy

Supervisor: Francis, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pathway 2 Podium: A Multidisciplinary and Mixed Method Approach to Enhancing the Efficacy of Talent Development Systems

Supervisor: Gottwald, V. (Supervisor) & Hardy, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Patient preferences in the delivery of cancer genetic services

Supervisor: Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Patrymau defnydd iaith disgyblion cyfnod allweddol 2 a chyfnod allweddol 3

Supervisor: Wiliams, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Patterns and processes of saltmarsh area change at three spatial scales

Supervisor: Skov, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Paul Lazarsfeld and the Trajectory of the American Media Reform Movement, 1922-1955

Supervisor: McStay, A. (Supervisor) & Bakir, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Peace Child : towards a global definition of the young adult novel

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Peculiar versions of the species song: aesthetic outworkings of language and literature in the middle years of childhood (8 to 12 years)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pedagogical strategies to teach and support children with both EAL and SEN

Supervisor: Ware, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pelagic sharks are poorly understood because of limitations inherent in studying

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor) & Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pentecostal Perspectives on Social Justice: Rationale, Form and Practice. A Dialogue with Jürgen Moltmann.

Supervisor: Macchia, F. D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Perception and Structure in Electroacoustic Music: A Portfolio of Compositions

Supervisor: Lewis, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Perceptions of Justice and Equity in Energy Infrastructure: Stakeholder perspectives on electricity transmission infrastructure planning. Where does power lie?

Supervisor: Griffiths, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Performance assessment of subcarrier multiplexed optical systems: implications of laser nonlinearities

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Persistence of escherichia coli O157 in contrasting environments and its implications for human health

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personal Epistemology and its Influence on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personal control, performance and health

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personality and emotional consequences of spiritual experiences

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personality and motivational determinants of alcohol use

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor), Ingledew, D. (Supervisor) & Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Perspectives in vegetation monitoring: an evaluation of approaches currently used in the UK

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Saudi Desert Sands: Survey, Ecotoxicity and Remediation

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Petrov-Galerkin finite element methods

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pharmacologically-based mechanistic modelling in health economic evaluation

Supervisor: Hughes, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Philosophical history in Scott's Waverley novels

Supervisor: Jones, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phonological impairment in developmental dyslexia during reading: when, insights from event-related potentials

Supervisor: Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phosphate and micronutrient behaviour under flooded and aerated soil conditions

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phosphorus Speciation in Soil and Plants.

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phosphorus redistribution in acid archaeological soils from North Wales.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Photo-assisted growth of CdO by metal-organic chemical vapour depositio

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Photo-effects in Organic MIS Devices and Related Structures

Supervisor: Taylor, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physical activity, kidney function and kidney injury

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physical and bioeconomic analysis of ecosystem services from a silvopasture system

Supervisor: Walmsley, J. (Supervisor) & Rayment, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physico-mechanical and decay resistance properties of bio-resin modified wood

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological and phylogenetic studies of some novel acidophilic mineral-oxidising bacteria

Supervisor: Johnson, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological aspects of tillering in barley (Hordeum distichum).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological capacities of Gammarid amphipods to survive environmental change

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological stressors : the effects of sleep disruption, energy restriction and prolonged exercise on thermoregulation and immune function

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiology at high altitude: understanding mechanisms and identifying countermeasures

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor), Oliver, S. (Supervisor) & Mullins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiology of decapod crustacean larvae with special reference to diet.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phytochemical Investigation of Trichilia emetica (Natal mahogany)

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Picture name agreement as a measure of lexical co-activation in word production: Behavioral and electrophysiological insights

Supervisor: Oppenheim, G. (Supervisor) & Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pioneering comprehensive schooling. The politics of education: reform and response on Anglesey circa 1935-1974

Supervisor: Edwards, A. (Supervisor) & Rees, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pivoting the Player: A Methodological Toolkit for Player Character Research in Offline Role-Playing Games

Supervisor: Ensslin, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Plant processing for multiple products using environmentally benign extraction techniques

Supervisor: Tomos, A. (Supervisor) & Marriott, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Plant traits and litter decomposition of tree species naturally regenerating in Central America pasturelands

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pliers as parts of the body: a kinematic analysis of visuomotor control in tool use

Supervisor: Watt, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pneumatic Discernment in the Apocalypse: An Intertextual and Pentecostal Exploration

Supervisor: Thomas, J. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Podcasting Penrhyn: Communicating the multilayered narratives of heritage sites through audio digital interpretation

Supervisor: Evans, S. (Supervisor), Edwards, A. (Supervisor) & Thomas, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Polarisation properties of externally driven vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Polish Mothers on the Move: Gendering Migratory Experiences of Polish Women Parenting in Germany and the United Kingdom

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Political Preferences and Financial Stability: The Case of European Countries

Supervisor: Alsakka, R. (Supervisor) & Mantovan, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Political change in North-West Wales 1960-1974 : the decline of the Labour Party and the rise of Plaid Cymru

Supervisor: Tanner, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Politics of the Spirit: Memory, Identity, and Imagination

Supervisor: Thomas, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Politics, government and society in Edinburgh, 1780-1833

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Polychlorinated biphenyls and their effects on the early life stages of the European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L.

Supervisor: McCarthy, D. I. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mudge, D. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Polyembryony, brood chamber development and gender specialisation in cyclostome bryozoans

Supervisor: Hughes, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pontio’r bobl a’r gymuned : Y rhwystrau a’r heriau sy’n wynebu prosiectau pontio’r cenedlaethau gan ganolbwyntio ar gynaliadwyedd.

Supervisor: Jones, C. H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population biology of two species of grey mullet, Liza abu in CentralIraq (Heckel, 1843) and Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) in North West Wales

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population characteristics and environmental interactions of the king scallop fishery in the English Channel

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics and secondary production of the small copepods in the Menai Strait

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics of plaice Pleuronectes platessa L in the inshore waters of North West Wales and Eastern Anglesey

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population ecology of dab (Limanda limanda L.) in the eastern Irish Sea, North Wales.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetic markers in biomonitoring programmes : a case study of flatfish around the British Isles

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetics and divergence in the Lesser Antillean anole (Anolis roquet)

Supervisor: Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetics of Penaeus vannamei on the west coast of Mexico

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetics of the scallop Pecten maximus : morphological, allozyme electrophoresis and mitochondrial DNA approaches.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population structure and genetics of the European lobster Homarus gammarus

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Post-devolution Welsh identity in Porthcawl : an ethnographic analysis of class, place and everyday nationhood in 'British Wales'

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Day, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Post-exercise hot water immersion: a novel approach to heat acclimation

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Postglacial vegetational dynamics in Lowland North Wales.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Posthumanism in Literary Studies: The Nomad and Anthropocentrism

Supervisor: Hiscock, A. (Supervisor) & Webb, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Potential uses of red alder (Alnus rubra Bong) in silvopastoral systems

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Power and Control: The Lived Experiences of Homeless Youth in Supported Accommodation

Supervisor: Wardhaugh, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Power in the Blood: The significance of the blood of Jesus to the spirituality of early British pentecostalism and its precursors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pragmatic and Conversational Features of Arabic-Speaking Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Examining performance and caregivers’ perceptions

Supervisor: Tenbrink, T. (Supervisor) & Sanoudaki, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pragmatic evaluation of group cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome

Supervisor: Lyon-Jones, H. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Praise and performance : congregational and choral music in the Nonconformist chapels of North-east Wales and Liverpool during the 19th century

Supervisor: Thomas, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Praxis and practice : the 'what, how and why' of the UK environmental direct action movement in the 1990s

Supervisor: Day, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preaspiration in phonological stop contrasts : an instrumental phonetic study

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Predicting recovery of soft sediment communities following physical disturbance

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Predicting the impact of towed fishing gears on emergent epifauna

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prediction of the coverage and performance of the Datatrak low-frequency tracking system

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Predictive power of contrastive analysis : Syrians' learning of the English DP.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preliminary evidence for a neuro-cognitive model of mental toughness

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preliminary stages in the validation of a talent identification model in cricket

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preparation and characterisation of uranium and tungsten borides for applications in the nuclear industry

Supervisor: Spencer, P. (Supervisor) & Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preparation and characterization of electrografted polymer films for surface functionalization

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preposition stranding in Welsh

Supervisor: Bury, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prepositions and the syntax of complementation.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prevalence and spread of pathogenic Escherichia Coli O157 on farms in north Wales

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Priming of reach trajectory when observing actions within and beyond peripersonal space

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Principle of indemnity and related doctrines in Nigerian insurance law and practice: A comparative study with the counterparts in other jurisdictions

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prism adaptation in neurorehabilitation

Supervisor: Rafal, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prison overcrowding in Nigeria : the nature of the problem, its causes, and consequences

Supervisor: Feilzer, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Probing the impact of familiarity on effective connectivity within the Action Observation Network

Supervisor: Cross, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Process and drivers of vegetation change in African drylands : a case study of Yankari Game Reserve

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Processes contributing to the evolution and destruction of stratification in the Liverpool Bay ROFI

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy