Theses

Some factors affecting bilingualism amongst trainee teachers in Malaysia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Some factors in movement schema development

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Some fertility problems associated with Kuwaiti calcareous soil and brackish irrigation water.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sovereign credit ratings and financial market volatility : bi-directional relationships and heterogeneous impact

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Space Beyond Place: Welsh Settings in European Fiction, 1900–2010

Supervisor: Tully, C. (Supervisor) & Jein, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Spatial considerations and environmental constraints on benthic prey resources for common scoter

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Spatially resolved characterisation of CdTe photovoltaic solar cells

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor) & Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Speciation and differentiation in Lesser Antillean lizards

Supervisor: Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Spirit Christology in the christian tradition : from the patristic period to the rise of Pentecostalism in the twentieth-century

Supervisor: Thomas, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Split sovereign credit ratings : the causes and implications for the financial markets

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Splitters: A Nervous Novel

Supervisor: Skoulding, Z. (Supervisor) & Conran, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stabilised silicate and borate solutions for foliar agricultural sprays

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stability and performance assessment of organic photovoltaics using data analytics and machine learning

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stability and variability of the ecosystem engineer Sabellaria alveolata on differing temporal and spatial scales

Supervisor: Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stacks and Formal Maps of Crossed Modules

Supervisor: Porter, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Staging a life lesson : sanctum a fluidic process to teaching life skills

Supervisor: Harper, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stakeholder perspectives on optimal follow-up care: An interdisciplinary economic and psychological investigation into gynaecological cancer

Supervisor: Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor) & Morrison, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

State anxiety, conscious processing and motor performance.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

State preparation and some applications in quantum optics within the context of quantum information theory

Supervisor: Braunstein, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Static acoustic monitoring of Cetaceans in Cardigan Bay, Wales

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Statistical learning of orthographic patterns in typically developing and dyslexic populations

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stephen Charnock's doctrine of the knowledge of God : a case study of the balance of head and heart in restoration Puritanism

Supervisor: Morgan, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stimuli Responsive Hyperbranched Polymers for Anti-cancer Drug Delivery Synthesized Via RAFT Polymerization

Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor) & Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stimulus control of time-related behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stimulus effects of reinforcement on variable-interval and variable-ratio schedules of reinforcement.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stimulus equivalence and developmental dyslexia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stimulus equivalence and exposure learning: a cross-disciplinary study of rapid vocabulary acquisition

Supervisor: Dugdale, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stock enhancement of the mud crabs Scylla spp. in the mangroves of Naisud and Bugtong Bato, Ibajay, Aklan, Philippines

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stock market trend behaviour and continuation and reversal effects in stock market returns

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Storytelling and Screenwriting in Malta from 1970 to 2020

Supervisor: Price, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategic Thinking, Organizational Foresight, and Strategic Planning in High-tech SMEs in the UK

Supervisor: Karami, A. (Supervisor) & Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategic directions, innovation capacity and entrepreneurial firm performance in high-tech SMEs, UK

Supervisor: Karami, A. (Supervisor) & Mitchelmore, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategic study of forest development policy : a model for balancing demand and supply of forest resources in China.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategic timing of corporate disclosures: evidence from China

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategies and tactics of Nigerian Science teachers

Supervisor: Williams, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategies to reach zero carbon beef and sheep production on Welsh farms

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor), Chadwick, D. (Supervisor), Styles, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Rees, R. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategy formulation and firms' performance : the case of high-tech SMEs in the UK

Supervisor: Karami, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stratigraphy and palaeobotany of Middle Pleistocene interglacial deposits in the North Sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stress and information processing

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stress, coping and psychological well-being amongst healthcare professionals employed within forensic inpatient settings

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Structural and mechanistic studies of catalysts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Structure and performance in European banking

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Structure, performance and efficiency in European banking.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Structure-conduct-performance and efficiency in Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) banking markets

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies in Antarctic palaeobotany.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies in cyclopropene chemistry.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies in indene and indole synthesis

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies in the flora of the Rhynie chert

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of leaf growth in barley

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of low cost biological photovoltaic cells

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of reversal processes in particulate recording media using pulsed field magnetometry

Supervisor: O´Grady, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of the biological activity of a novel herbicide (Triasulfuron) including studies of mobility and persistence in soils.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of the dye sensitization of inorganic colloids used in dye-sensitized solar cells

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of the synthesis of Cyclopropanes and Cyclobutenes

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on fossil plants of Karoo age from Central & Southern Africa

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on micro algal fine-structure, taxonomy and systematics : cryptophyceae and bacillariophyceae.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on organ cultures of slug reproductive tracts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on plant microfossils from the Carboniferous of North Wales

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on plant-animal interactions : Terrestrial molluscs and their food plants.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the Processing and Stabilisation of Chromophores

Supervisor: Hollyman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the acceptability and digestibility of artificial diets by crustacea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the ant-fungus mutualism in leafcutting ants, Formicidae: attini.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the antihaemostatic repertoire of the bloodsucking fly, Stomoxys calcitrans

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the biology of Schistosoma margrebowiei.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the development and nutrition of the caridean prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de man) (Crustacea: decapoda).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the ecology of Littorina Obtusata

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the male reproductive cycle in the lizard Chalcides Ocellatus.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the nervous system and arterial gland of the slug, Deroceras Reticulatum (Pulmonata, Limacoidea)

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the nutrition and feeding of the larvae of the large cabbage white butterfly, Pieris brassicae L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies to optimise the culture conditions for Penaeis indicus from the Saudi Arabian coast of the Red Sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Study Burnout, Academic Engagement, Mindfulness and Self-Compassion in Health and Social Care Students: A Cross-Sectional Study Design

Supervisor: Huxley, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Study of the Fly Algorithm for 2-D and 3-D Image Reconstruction

Supervisor: Vidal, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studying the frost tolerance of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.)

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor) & Smith, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Style in the vernacular and on the radio: code-switching and mutation as stylistic and social markers in Welsh

Supervisor: Webb-Davies, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stylistic destinations: the prosodies of R.S. Thomas, 1936-2000

Supervisor: Brown, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Subtexts of Subversion: Counter-Hegemonic Discourses in Contemporary Fiction under Neoliberalism

Supervisor: Rorato, L. (Supervisor) & Jein, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sudies on the epidemiology of a Nigerian strain of Schistosoma haematobium with particular reference to the molluscan hosts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suicide and suicidal risk in a rural context : social and psychological factors.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suicide bereavement : support, responses, and individual experiences

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Support processes for stroke survivors and their spouses: a realistic evaluation

Supervisor: Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Surface pre-treatment methods for improving adhesion ability in wood plymer composite for frame and furniture construction applications

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Surfacing the Perspective of Autistic Girls Aged Between Thirteen and Eighteen Within a Complex Social Discourse on Autism: A Qualitative Inquiry

Supervisor: Huws, J. (Supervisor), Williams, S. (Supervisor) & Smith, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Surficial marine sediment properties : a geophysical investigation of variability and controls.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor) & Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Survival and transport of Escherichia coli in the aquatic environment

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suspended sediment dynamics and flux in the macrotidal Taf estuary, South Wales.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suspended sediment dynamics in the upper Gulf of California

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sustainability of craft beer produced in Wales

Supervisor: Lane, E. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Mycorrjizas: the composition of their communities over a wide geographical range in Europe

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Swelling, cell wall porosity and chemical modification of wood.

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sympathetic Nervous System Activity and Autonomic Control of Resting Blood Pressure at High Altitude, in Lowlanders and Highland Natives

Supervisor: Moore, J. (Supervisor), Stembridge, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Oliver, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Symptoms of exercise-induced muscle damage in boys and men following eccentric exercise

Supervisor: Eston, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synchronic variation and historical change in language.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Syntactic co-activation in bilinguals

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and Applications of Proline Derived Guanidine Catalysts in Asymmetric Michael Addition Reactions

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and applications of guanidine heterocycles

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and bioactivation of redox-activated quinone prodrugs of guanidine

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and catalytic properties of novel C₂ symmetric guanidine bases.

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and characterisation of organometallic compounds of B, Mn and Re

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Calix(4)arenes and their use in sensors.

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor) & Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Complex Sugar Mycolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy