Theses

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 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

Development and application of linked pharmacometric-pharmacoeconomic analyses in clinical drug development

Supervisor: Hughes, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and characterisation of a novel biological system for removing manganese from contaminated waters

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a Comprehensive Information Security System for UAE e-Government

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a Continuous Hot Embossing System for Multifunctional Surface Structures

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a new analytical method to diagnose tuberculosis

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a novel integrated system for bioremediating and recovering transition metals from acid mine drainage

Supervisor: Johnson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a power based angle of arrival system for tracking of bee utlilising a miniature vibration energy harvester for a battery-less transmitter

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a requirements management tool to support small and medium projects: case study of Malaysian software industry

Supervisor: Mansoor, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of alginate hydrogels for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Supervisor: Williams, D. (Supervisor) & Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of an intervention to promote Physical Activity for Cancer Survivors (PACS)

Supervisor: Williams, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of attention to social interactions in naturalistic scenes

Supervisor: Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor) & Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of bioinfirmatic analytical approach to identify novel human cancer testis gene candidates

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of bioprocessor chip technology

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor) & Burt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of lab-on-a-chip technology

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor) & Burt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of new diagnostic devices for TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of optical fibre devices for distributed monitoring and point-sensing applications

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of thin film flexible and transparent electronics

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developmental aspects of temporal visual attention

Supervisor: Shapiro, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developmental changes in effort and ability understanding, young children's perceptions of their competence and their risk taking behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Devices and techniques for the dielectrophoretic characterisation and manipulation of cells

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diagnostic journeys in Myeloma: How long does it take to diagnose what factors influence the diagnostic journey and how can timelier diagnosis be achieved

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder in the Community

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical behaviour therapists' experience of young people with features of borderline personality disorder : a qualitative analysis

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents who repeatedly self-harm : a qualitative study

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialogando coas marxes na narrativa galega de autoría feminina: Margarita Ledo Andión, Patricia A. Janeiro, Cris Pavón e Teresa Moure

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor) & Miranda-Barreiro, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide Based Conjugated Molecular and Polymeric Materials for Organic Electronics

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Die Übersetzung poetischer Sprache in Prosatexten vom Englischen ins Deutsche: Eine praxisorientierte Untersuchung am Beispiel von Kenneth Whites House of Tides

Supervisor: Tully, C. (Supervisor) & Pogoda, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Different approaches to the study of stress and performance in sport

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digestion and the systemic control of appitite in the dab, Limanda limanda (L.)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digital Filter Multiplexing-enabled Advanced Networking Devices and PON Architectures for 5G Network Convergence

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digital Orthogonal Filtering-enabled Flexible Transmission Systems and Network Architectures for Fixed and Wireless Network Convergence

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor) & Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dilemmas of audience and alienation in the fiction of Olive Schreiner

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimension and hierarchy in the description of psychological disorder

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimension-specific effects of endogenous and exogenous spatial cueing : indication for integration of spatial and feature-based attention

Supervisor: Sapir, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional instability of cement bonded particleboard : understanding its occurrence and reducing its magnitude

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional stabilisation by chemical modification of wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Disciplining Public Employees in Kuwait: A search for increased fairness, coherence, and protection in the light of prevailing and expanding employee duties, particularly the duty to Whistleblow.

Supervisor: Griffiths, A. (Supervisor) & Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discourse and Dementia: Using positioning theory to explore whether an Appreciative Inquiry approach supports people living with dementia to challenge discourse

Supervisor: Huws, J. (Supervisor) & Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discourse connectives in Syrian Arabic.

Supervisor: Borsley, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discovering Interesting Behaviours in Complex Systems

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discovering the big other : modernisation, otherness, and the nation in early twentieth-century Spanish New York narratives

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discrimination without awareness

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discriminative control of operant response latency on temporally-based schedules.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dispositional mindfulness and mindfulness training with Vietnamese children: An integrative neurodevelopmental study

Supervisor: Dorjee, D. (Supervisor) & Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissociation, unconscious and social theory : towards an embodied relational sociology

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Stoetzler, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwater ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae in the western Irish Sea and its relation to physical structure

Supervisor: Hill, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of the plankton community in the Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in south eastern Portugal

Supervisor: Yule, D. A. B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, Diversity, and Function of Filterable Microorganisms in the Conwy River

Supervisor: Golyshin, P. (Supervisor), Golyshina, O. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, concentration and bonding factors affecting the performance of water repellents applied to wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, diversity and relationships in Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Munro: an appraisal using GIS and AFLP markers

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Disturbance and climate change risks to forest carbon sinks and potential management responses

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diverse approaches to modelling conformations of mycolic acids from Myobactrium tuberculosis

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Does Co-Management programme reconcile community interests and forest conservation:A Case study of Malawi

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Hockley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Does sensorimotor fluency influence affect?

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers and consequences of individual movement patterns in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Supervisor: Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Bishop, C. (Supervisor) & Thompson, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of land use change and policy analysis: the case of Bangladesh

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of thermocline shear in seasonally stratified shelf seas

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dye-sensitised solar cells: understanding the interactions between dyes and TiO2

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Butler, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dyffryn Ogwen: a musical microcosm: Aspects of choral music in Dyffryn Ogwen 1840 – 1914 and the interaction between industry, religion and music-making.

Supervisor: Thomas, W. (Supervisor) & Ifan, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dylan Thomas in China: Sociology, Paratext and Text

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dynamical analysis of self-pulsation and chaos in semiconductor laser models

Supervisor: Roberts, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dynamics and characteristics of organo-mineral aggregates in shelf seas

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dyslexia in adulthood : screening assessment and manifestations

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor) & Intriligator, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

ESDGC in primary schools : exploring practice, development and influences

Supervisor: Ware, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Early Daoism, Ecocriticism and the Anthropocene: The Case of Edward Thomas

Supervisor: Webb, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Early development of text writing in two contrasting orthographies: English and Spanish

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Early parent-based intervention for conduct problems and ADHD

Supervisor: Daley, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Earnings Management in European Private Firms versus Public Firms

Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Earnings properties and accounting valuation in the euro zone

Supervisor: Giner, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mcleay, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eating behaviour, affect and cognitive function.

Supervisor: Williams, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecological studies on the tick Dermacentor reticulatis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and silviculture of Osyris lanceolata (African sandalwood) : an aromatic tree of Tanzania

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and socio-economic importance of short fallows in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon.

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology of Fibrobacter spp. in cellulose-degrading microbial communities

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic assessment of reduced impact logging in Sabah, Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic evaluation of endoscopic ultrasound in gastro-oesophageal cancer staging: Exploring novel methodology in QALY estimations alongside clinical trials in the UK

Supervisor: Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of household energy in Miombo woodlands of Eastern and Southern Tanzania

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of production and export of vegetables in Bangladesh

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economies of scale, economies of scope and the cost implications of hypothetical bank mergers in European banking.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of strains A and C of Potamophyrgus jenkinsi

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem engineers in diversity and process relationships

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem services from bivalve aquaculture

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor), Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor), Christie, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wilson, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Editing the Morte Darthur, Making Malory: Canonisation, Authorial Identity, and Editorial Influence

Supervisor: Radulescu, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Educators' epistemological beliefs and their approaches to teaching

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of Chemically Modified Transport Layers on Photovoltaic Behavior of P3HT:IC70BA-Based Organic Solar Cell

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of climate variability and extreme events on microbial activity in soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Hill, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on phosphorus cycling in a short rotation poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of slate quarrying on the Barlwyd catchment and remediation strategies

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Bird, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effecting Well-being Improvements in Educational Settings with Positive Psychology Interventions

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effective learning in health care professional education

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effectiveness of halophytic plants in the treatment of marine aquaculture wastewater

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Erythrina poeppigiana pruning residues on soil organic matter in organic coffee plantations

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Eudaimonic Framing Upon the Self-Regulation of Healthy Lifestyle Behavior and Alleviation of Noncommunicable Disease

Supervisor: Parkinson, J. (Supervisor) & Goodman, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Multiple Stressors on the Development and Performance of Decapod Crustaceans

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course on Neurocognitive Markers of Ageing and Dementia in Typically Ageing Older Adults

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor) & Dorjee, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of acute and chronic exercise on appetite regulatory hormones, craving and body weight in sedentary lean and overweight/obese females

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment on root processes and mycorrhizal functioning in short rotation intensive poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of copper on the acorn barnacle Elminius modestus (Darwin) (Cirripedia:Thoracica).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of grazing and nitrogen deposition on sand dune systems.

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor) & Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of in situ oceanic warming on marine benthic recruitment and community development in Antarctica

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of marine recreation on bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay

Supervisor: Evans, P. (Supervisor), Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Waggitt, J. (Supervisor) & Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of pH on nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of salinity on soils of the Gefara Plain, Libya

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of seed production environment and post harvest management on seed production, viability and vigour of seeds of pea and flax

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of silvopastoral areas on dual-purpose cattle production at the semi-humid old agricultural frontier in Central Nicaragua

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of temperature and waterlogging on cotton seedlings roots

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of turbulence on suspended sediment concentrations in a tidal flow.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of water stress and salinity on contrasting wheat genotypes.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Efficiency in Arabian banking

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Efficient haptic and visual soft tissue deformation using a particle-based approach

Supervisor: John, N. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ehangu'r defnydd o'r Gymraeg mewn addysg ol-orfodol

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ei phwer ni phaid: gwragedd ym myd baledi'r 19eg ganrif

Supervisor: Price, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical and spectral characterisation of inkjet printed poly(3,4-ethtylenedioxythiophene) : poly(4-styrenesulphonate)

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical characterisation of organic nanostructures

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical conductance and gating of porin channels in lipid bilayers

Supervisor: Taylor, D. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical properties of self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical, Environmental and Optical Stress Effects on PS-DNTT OTFTs

Supervisor: Taylor, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies on polythiophene derivatives

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrokinetic manipulation of particles : computer aided studies.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electromechanical characterisation of PP EMFi

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrophilic Substitution in Aromatic Systems

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrophysiological studies of the time-course of 3D shape perception and object recognition

Supervisor: Leek, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrorotation analysis on artificial particles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elementary education in Caernarvonshire 1839-1902

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the causes and consequences of individual behaviour: personality & plasticity in the marine gastropod, Littoraria irrorata.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the impact of novel A1 and A2 Phytophthora infestans strains on existing Irish blight populations

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor), Mullins, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Shaw, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emerging banking systems- Mergers and acquisitions, foreign bank entry and productivity change

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emerging opportunities for native woodland expansion in Britain's crowded future landscapes

Supervisor: Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emotion and prejudice in complex decision-making

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emotion regulation after acquired brain injury

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emotional memory for basic emotions in amnesia

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Empirical Essays on China's Financial Markets

Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor) & Xie, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Empirical essays on short selling

Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Empty categories in Syrian Arabic

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enablers and constraints of an effective and sustainable mother tongue-based multilingual education policy in the Philippines

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enamelwork from early Anglo-Saxon contexts

Supervisor: Edwards, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Endophytic fungi in Elms:implications for the integrated management of Dutch Elm Disease

Supervisor: Rayment, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enemy and Ally, Bulwark and Mis-shapen Monster: Perceptions and reflections on the Empire of Germany in the English press, 1618-1713

Supervisor: Claydon, A. (Supervisor) & Corns, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Energised Welsh communities: Examining the development and social impacts of community renewable energy in Wales

Supervisor: Patterson, C. (Supervisor) & Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Energy and Vector in Composition: A Portfolio of Compositions

Supervisor: Lewis, A. (Supervisor) & Puw, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

English lexical collocation knowledge of Libyan university students

Supervisor: Evans, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

English translations of Daniel Owen 1888-2010 : nation, canon and Welsh-English cultural relations

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhanced Resource Discovery Mechanisms for Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Network Environments

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhanced phosphate cycling using Tithonia diversifolia

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing carbon sequestration in peatlands using exogenous phenolic inhibitors

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor), Jones, T. (Supervisor), Dunn, C. (Supervisor) & Gough, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing equity in sport: informing the development of an evidence-based standardised starting system in D/deaf and hearing athletics.

Supervisor: Gottwald, V. (Supervisor) & Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing motor skill acquisition in individuals with a learning disability.

Supervisor: Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing police legitimacy through the use of Twitter -- A Mixed-method Study of Police Communication via Twitter in England and Wales

Supervisor: Feilzer, M. (Supervisor) & Loftus, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing the Antitrust Damages Action in China: Some Lessons from the EU

Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor) & Jing, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Entrepreneurial marketing in small welsh technology firms: an empirical study

Supervisor: Rowley, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environment and livelihood systems in the forest-savanna interface: a study in Brong Ahafo region Ghana

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental and biological controls of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios in the shells of the bivalves Pinna nobilis, Mytilus edulis and Pecten maximus : implications for palaeo-environmental reconstructions

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental effects on the growth and biochemical composition of four micoalgae, in relation to their use as food for Mytilus edulis larval rearing.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental extremes and the immune response to exercise

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impact assessment in the forest sector of Great Britain.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impact of integrating legumes into European food systems

Supervisor: Styles, D. (Supervisor), Gibbons, J. (Supervisor), Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Rees, R. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impacts in the water-energy nexus: quantification and mitigation in the food and drink sector

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental sustainability of intensive rice systems in Bangladesh: key stakeholders' perceptions

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enwau pentrefi, prif anheddau a chaeau pum plwyf yn arfon: Llanbeblig, Llandwrog, Llanfaflan, Llanrug a Llanwnda

Supervisor: Owen, H. W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy