Theses

The Market Microstructure of Stock Futures and Equity Options

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Williams, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychological Interventions for First-Episode Psychosis: An Exploration of Individual and Group Interventions

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor) & Owen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Verbal control of human operant behaviour.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Attitudinal aspects of Arabic-French billingualism in Morocco.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Lexical cohesion and the determination of text intelligibility by non-native readers of English

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An evaluation of adopting or excluding suggested prayers of response in evangelistic literature used by British Christians with particular reference to authorial intention

Supervisor: Sainsbury, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Children's palliative care and health promotion: Distinctly different concepts, or congruent alliance?

Supervisor: Noyes, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A molecular study on the adaption and response of plants to windy habitats

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychosocial interventions in rheumatoid arthritis: A patient centred approach using imagery and hypnotherapy

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Structural and mechanistic studies of catalysts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

ESDGC in primary schools : exploring practice, development and influences

Supervisor: Ware, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Autism: Investigating Parents’ Etiological Beliefs and Assessment Experiences when a Diagnosis is not given

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

A psychophysiological examination of concept conscious processing of movements

Supervisor: Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Cooke, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

VLSI implementation of a spectral estimator for use with pulsed ultrasonic blood flow detectors.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of the saints’ cults and the ecclesiastical landscape of early medieval south Wales, c. 600-1200

Supervisor: Pryce, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

My mother's handbag: : questioning categorisation in English literary canonisation

Supervisor: Gregson, I. (Supervisor) & Skoulding, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The determinants of naming in human infants

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Preliminary evidence for a neuro-cognitive model of mental toughness

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Remote determination of bathymetric changes using ground based radar

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Parents' perceptions of accidental burns to their children : a qualitative investigation of the effects on parental well-being

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Visual cognition of complex object stimuli : the role of global and local processing

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor) & Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Changing Face of Food Poverty with Special Reference to Wales

Supervisor: Gwilym, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anxiety, self-confidence, self-efficacy and performance : some challenges to current thinking

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The world is hard on women : Women and marriage in the novels of Wilkie Collins.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of language in the emergence of equivalence relations: a developmental study

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Transcendent Experience, Process, and Praxis Within the ‘Transcendence Movement’

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of nucleotide excision repair factors and the Mre11 nuclease in nucleoside analogue sensitivity

Supervisor: Fleck, O. (Supervisor) & Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The sustainability of mussel cultivation

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combined dual wavelength interferometer and laser scattering monitor for multi-wafer MOCVD

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Translation and L2 Teaching: Tracing an Invisible Relationship in the Monolingual and Post-monolingual Teaching Context

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

he effect of observing averted gaze on attention: object-based effects and individual differences.

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor) & Di Pellegrino, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tree crown pruning as a management tool to enhance the productivity of parklands in West Africa

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Properties of Nanocrystalline Thin Films of Metal and Metal Alloys Obtained at the Oil – Water Interface

Supervisor: Prabhakar, J. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Cognitive Basis of Instructional Modality in Math Anxiety and Math Processing

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor) & Roberts-Tyler, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Are we learning? : strengthening local people's capacities to facilitate the recuperation of degraded pasture lands in Central America

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of traumatic life events in the onset and content of auditory hallucinations : a qualitative case study approach

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

When what you want is not what you need

Supervisor: Harper, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into the epidemiology of ovine psoroptic mange (scab) in Great Britain : with special reference to otoacariasis and the taxonomy of the genus Psoroptes

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mitigating greenhouse gases emission from cattle slurry: An approach for small-medium scale farms

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding and growth in an inshore population of plaice, Pleuronectes Platessa L

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding the Role of Wastewater in the Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor), Chigor, V. N. (External person) (Supervisor), McDonald, J. (Supervisor), Williams, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The influence of Alexithymia and Optimism on Post-Exercise Recovery

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor), Oliver, S. (Supervisor) & Blanchfield, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An integrated approach to high-resolution modelling of a species range expansion using presence-only data: a case study on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Assessing landscape-scale patterns of activity and habitat-use by fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Elwy Valley region of North Wales, UK

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor), Cordes, L. (Supervisor) & Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

On the Nature of Moral Judgements

Supervisor: Betenson, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Laser-fibre system for in situ stress monitoring of thin films

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The influence of antecedent soil moisture conditions and nutrient management on soil nitrous oxide emissions.

Supervisor: Cardenas, L. M. (External person) (Supervisor), Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Construction of a Road Novel Narrator: a Critical and Creative Practice Research

Supervisor: Hunter, T. (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

Factors influencing competition and mortality in barnacles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Naval King Charles II’s use of the English Navy, 1659 - 1668

Supervisor: Claydon, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and characterisation of functional molecular wires

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The motives for participation in high-risk sport

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multilocus phylogeography and species delimitation in the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans), and the systematics of the genus Bitis

Supervisor: Wüster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis and design of organic semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Influence of Community on Adjustment and Resilience in Childhood and Fatherhood

Supervisor: Burnside, E. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Organisational innovation in food sector SMEs: innovation orientation, types and process

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mutagenesis, spectroscopic and crystallographic studies of recombinant cytochrome c' from Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

Supervisor: Murphy, L. (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

Determining the consequences of forest degradation on mangrove epifauna in South-East Kenya

Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The central executive and object recognition

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor) & Leek, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical effects on the spectral, dynamical and noise properties of semiconductor laser devices

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Approach and avoid responses to Valenced Stimuli

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and testing of enzymes and prodrugs for use in directed enzyme prodrug therapy strategies for the treatment of cancer

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can affective information be stored in an object file?

Supervisor: Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A framework of services to provide a persistent data access service for the CORBA environment

Supervisor: Hope, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding personal experiences of being smacked: An IPA study with young adults

Supervisor: Hargreaves, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of ecotypes : An investigation in the ecophysiology of sand dune ecotypes

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eating Disorder Recovery: An exploration of the influence of sociocultural factors

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor) & Speight, T. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Isokinetic force ratios, muscle function and anaerobic performance of the knee extensors and flexors

Supervisor: Eston, R. (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

The Lexico-Grammatical Argument Structure Patterns of Ditransitive Verbs in North Atlantic and South Asian Varieties of English: A Corpus Based Analysis

Supervisor: Shank, C. (Supervisor) & Wallington, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multiples of the same : a semiotic study of Steve Reich's Counterpoint series

Supervisor: Collins, C. (Supervisor) & ap Sion, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bank cost and alternative profit efficiency in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia over the period 1994-2001

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Clay Minerals in the Dynamics and Deposits of Sediment Gravity Flows

Supervisor: Baas, J. (Supervisor) & Barker, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Language, belonging and psychosis: a mixed methods study testing the presence of a linguistic group density association in Wales and its possible mechanisms

Supervisor: Saville, C. (Supervisor) & Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of the behavioural profiles of elite slalom canoeists

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Affiliation Motivation : A Psychological Examination of Some Aspects of its Origins, Nature and Effects

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'Like a fish in water' : aspects of the contemporary United Kingdom higher education system as intended and as constructed

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Single tree felling gaps and regeneration in Tanzania montane forests

Supervisor: Hall, J. (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

Genetic diversity study in landraces of rice (Oryza sativa L.) by agro-morphological characters and microsatellite DNA markers

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of the oospore in the population dynamics of Phytophthora infestans

Supervisor: Shattock, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Take me with you

Supervisor: Davidson, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on organ cultures of slug reproductive tracts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Human operant behavior: determinants of human fixed-interval performance.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Self-Regulation and Alcohol Consumption: Understanding University Students’ Motivation for Drinking

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor) & Intriligator, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The possibility of ratification of the Vienna Convention into the Iranian Law: A case study on delivery of goods in international transaction.

Supervisor: Jing, Z. (Supervisor) & Owen, G. (Supervisor)

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

Research in to the attitudes, perceptions and circumstances of Asian elders with respect to health and old age : a stress and coping perspective.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

In nomine Iesu omne genu flectatur: the late medieval mass and office of the holy name of Jesus; sources, development and practice

Supervisor: Harper, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late Quaternary benthonic Foraminiferal stratigraphy the western U.K. Continental Shelf.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Medicinal plant resources with special reference to Pterocarpus Tinctorius and Strychnos Spinosa at Urumwa, Tabora region, Tanzania

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS:AN ANALYSIS OF MALE AND FEMALE CHILD SEX OFFENDERS

Supervisor: Rydon-Grange, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Saville, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Three empirical essays on absenteeism.

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

Brands as a unique and special stimulus class: Bridging the gap between face and object processing

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor) & Bestelmeyer, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The neurobiology of object constancy

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy