Theses

Epidemiological gene carriage study of gram-negative extended spectrum β-Lactamase-producing bacteria in urinary tract infection patients in North Wales: isolation of a novel CTXM-type enzyme

Supervisor: Williams, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Epidemiology of the African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) : intra- and interseasonal variability in outbreak severity in Eastern Africa in relation to weather and moth migration.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Erosional resilience of salt marshes: : Bio-physical processes from patch to national scales

Supervisor: Skov, M. (Supervisor), Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Garbutt, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays in Islamic Finance

Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays in Public Sector Management and Governance

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays in forecasting financial markets with predictive analytics techniques

Supervisor: Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor) & Xie, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on Tax Avoidance

Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Beelitz, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on ambidextrous leadership in small and medium sized firms

Supervisor: Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor) & Mitchelmore, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on consumer credit in the United Kingdom: Consumer protection, consumption and well-being, and financial resilience

Supervisor: Batiz-Lazo, B. (Supervisor) & Carbo-Valverde, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on corporate governance of financial intermediaries

Supervisor: Thornton, J. (Supervisor) & Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on corporate social responsibility

Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Ebrahim, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on financial inclusion and mobile banking

Supervisor: Batiz-Lazo, B. (Supervisor) & Carbo-Valverde, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on financial structure and regional economic development

Supervisor: Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on tax haven use, ownership structure, and earnings management: An analysis of UK public and private firms

Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Hemmings, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on the determinants and effectiveness of SEC reviews of IPO registration statements

Supervisor: Hemmings, D. (Supervisor), Jaafar, A. (Supervisor), Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Hemmings, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Establishing multi-bivalve species Sclerochronology

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Establishing the Arctica islandica archive: Development of the definitive shell-based proxy for the North Atlantic shelf seas

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Establishment and growth of protestantism in Colombia

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor) & Rees, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Estimating the contribution of beekeeping to household wellbeing and conservation motivations in the Tanzanian Miombo

Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Estimation of genetic parameters in a commercial pig breeding population

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Euronotes: risk and pricing

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating Parallel Corpora and Translation Quality for Chinese and English

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating Trilingual Language Teacher Training Programmes for Minority Dominated Regions in Xinjiang: Current practice and Challenges

Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor) & Feng, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating applied physiotherapy practice in managing Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: extending the scope beyond clinical measures and treatment

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the Incredible Years Toddler Programme in disadvantaged areas of Wales

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the decomposition characteristics of organic wastes and synthetic plastics

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Roberts, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the incredible years baby programme in Wales

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Erjavec, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the use of evidence-informed learning strategies for improving secondary school students learning in science

Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Watkins, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the use of municipal solid waste as a feedstock for in-vessel composting

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of PTCa/PEKK composite sensors for acoustic emission detection

Supervisor: Das-Gupta, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of a Drinking-Related and a Motivational Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption and Change Drinking Behaviour among University Students

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of low phytic acid (lpa) mutants of cereals for global phosphorus sustainability

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of novel naked barley lines for β–glucan, amylose and field performance

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of surface water resources of Marab Hassan in the Northeast Badia of Jordan

Supervisor: Cratchley, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of the COPING parent online universal programme

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Griffith, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of the Enhancing Parenting Skills 2014 Programme

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Hoare, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of the role of trees and shrubs in seasonally dry pastures of Colombia

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of vermicompost from composts for agricultural and horticultural uses

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evidence-based practice, autism education and Applied Behaviour Analysis: Do Behaviour Analysts need to practise what they preach?

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor) & Hughes, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolution & Extinction of the Great Auk: A Palaeogenomic Approach

Supervisor: Knapp, M. (External person) (Supervisor), Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Gilbert, M. T. (External person) (Supervisor), Stewart, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hofreiter, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolutionary biology of the Western rattlesnake, (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus viridis) : phylogeny, morphology, and venom evolution

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolutionary genetics of early colonisation in Caribbean Anolis

Supervisor: Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ex-post cost-benefit analysis of village woodlots of Gujarat, India.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examination of identity theft and identity fraud and the role of the national identity card scheme

Supervisor: Day, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining Personality and Performance in Extreme Environments

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor), Beattie, S. (Supervisor), Arthur, C. (Supervisor) & Eade, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the Interactive Effects of Mental Toughness, Self-Regulated Training Behaviors, and Personality in Swimming

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor) & Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the Social Reward Value of Biological Motion

Supervisor: Cross, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the effect of Positive Psychology Interventions to improve psychological wellbeing, workplace motivation and re-employment prospects in North Wales.

Supervisor: Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining the relationship between paired associate learning and reading ability in adults and children

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor) & Oppenheim, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Executive functioning in early stage Parkinson's disease

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise As Adjunctive Therapy In Chronic Kidney Disease

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise and immune function: the effects of acute exercise, training, nutrition and environmental stress

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise and joint health in rheumatoid arthritis

Supervisor: Thom, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise motives and gains: implications for health behaviour change

Supervisor: Ingledew, D. (Supervisor) & Markland, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise rehabilitation after hip or knee joint replacement: The effects of illness representations and self-efficacy on adherence, physical recovery and emotional well-being

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor) & Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise stress, nutrition and novel measures of in vivo immunity

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise, neuromuscular control and performance, and stability of the knee joints

Supervisor: Gleeson, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise-related sensorimotor and neuromuscular performance of the knee joint

Supervisor: Gleeson, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exhibiting the everyday: anythe musealization of 1950s material culture in France and Germany

Supervisor: Saunders, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Experimental studies of communications with chaotic semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploration of the processes and outcomes associated with participation in outdoor sports

Supervisor: Woodman, T. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Explorative coastal oceanographic visual analytics : oceans of data

Supervisor: Roberts, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring Attentional Bias and the Overall Recovery Experience of Individuals with a Drug or Alcohol Dependency

Supervisor: Hogan, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring Relationships Between Catchment Dissolved Organic Matter Characteristics and the Formation of Disinfection Byproducts.

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor), Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring and Explaining the Role of Boundary Objects in Implementation through the National Institute of Health Research’s Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (NIHR CLAHRCs)

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring decision making in intellectual disability nursing: provider and user perspectives

Supervisor: Irvine, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring decision making to create an active offer of planned home birth

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor) & Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring novel techniques to quantify habitat use, diet, and ecological effects of deer, with a focus on fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Elwy Valley, North Wales

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor), Healey, J. (Supervisor), Eichhorn, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring payments for ecosystem services in the context of native tree planting in Lebanon

Supervisor: Hockley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring real and hypothetical impacts of community-based conservation interventions

Supervisor: Jones, J. P. G. (Supervisor), Gibbons, J. M. (Supervisor) & Young, R. P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the Cost, Long-Term Outcomes and Sibling Benefits of the Incredible Years (IY) Autism Spectrum and Language Delays Programme

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Williams, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the Economic Case for Universal and Targeted Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Prevention: the trial feasibility stage

Supervisor: Edwards, R. (Supervisor) & Crane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the Understanding of Epistemic Beliefs and Approaches to Teaching of In-Service University Teachers in Colombia, South America.

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the Unexplored: An Assessment of the Implications of Low and Negative Interest Rates for the Banking Sector

Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the agronomic and environmental effects of herbal leys on lowland sheep production

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the application of remote sensing to the monitoring of continuous cover forestry

Supervisor: Valbuena, R. (Supervisor), Suarez-Minguez, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Rayment, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the biodiversity of the lakes of the Malay Archipelago using environmental DNA metabarcoding

Supervisor: De Bruyn, M. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor) & Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the educational ideas and practice of UK transnational education in China from the perspective of citizenship

Supervisor: Feng, A. (Supervisor) & Sullivan, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the experiences of dialysis in young adulthood

Supervisor: Parry-Jones, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the interface between emotion and cognition

Supervisor: Mills, D. (Supervisor) & Bentall, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the mismatch between policy objectives and outcomes in Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the possible negative effects of self-efficacy upon performance

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the potential of sound management of forest and tree resources on cattle farms located in tropical dry forest of Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring ways to increase the use of evidence-based methods in a cluster of schools in Wales

Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Watkins, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Extraction of Frankincense Resins

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eye movements and the visual perception of shape

Supervisor: Leek, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

FMRI and ERP investigations of body representations in the human lateral and ventral occipitotemporal cortex

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

FORECASTING FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES AND VOLATILITY WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Vasilakis, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facial Signals of Personality in Humans and Chimpanzees

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facial cues to mental health symptoms

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor) & Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitating exercise behaviour change: a self-determination theory and motivational interviewing perspective

Supervisor: Markland, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitating integrative agreements through fostering trust in negotiations between labour and management

Supervisor: Nikolopoulos, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitation and biodiversity in the marine benthos

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Ramsay, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitation in perceptual and conceptual networks and rapid response learning: Two types of memory for priming in person recognition

Supervisor: Boehm, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors Influencing Welsh Medium School Pupils’ Social Use of Welsh

Supervisor: Ware, J. (Supervisor) & Hodges, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors affecting the conscious control of movement

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor) & Khan, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors affecting the early growth and form of Fraxinus excelsior L. in Britain

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors affecting the enhancement of Acacia hybrid particleboard

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors affecting variation in forest community characteristics and leaf-litter decomposition in tropical montane forest of Chiapas, Mexico: a functional ecology approach

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Finegan, B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors associated with the severity of Apnoea Hypopnoea Index (AHI) in Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor) & Moore, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Chemosensitivity and Perception of Effort before and after loading of respiratory and locomotor systems

Supervisor: Owen, J. (Supervisor) & Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors influencing competition and mortality in barnacles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Faithful visualization and dimensionality reduction on graphics processing unit

Supervisor: Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Family and staff perspectives on quality of life, well-being and human rights for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a case study approach

Supervisor: Woods, B. (Supervisor) & Algar-Skaife, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fantastical journeys : an investigation of magical realist travel fiction, including Eithe's Way, a magical realist novel and Fantastical journeys: a fusion form, a critical thesis

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Farmers' ecological and agronomic knowledge about the management of multistrata cocoa systems in Southern Cameroon.

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Farmers' knowledge and the development of complex agroforestry practices in Sri Lanka.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Farmers, ecological knowledge about the management and use of farmland tree fodder resources in the mid-hills of eastern Nepal

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fatigue and exercise in cancer

Supervisor: Marcora, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fatty acid metabolism in a flexibacterium and its role in crustacean nutrition

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fearest Enden: Including: Fearest Enden, a fantasy novel: Saviors, Scapegoats & Sacred Trees: A Critical Discussion

Supervisor: Gregson, I. (Supervisor), Wilcox, H. (Supervisor) & Rumens, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feasibility of soil amendments and ryegrass in circum-neutral and acidic mine tailings remediation

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feature selection and classification of non-traditional data : examples from veterinary medicine

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding and energetic relationships of Pollicipes pollicipes (Gemlin, 1790) (Cirripedia; Lepadomorpha).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding and nutrition in the marine shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding, swimming and respiration in barnacle larvae (Cirripedia: Thoracica)

Supervisor: Yule, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Female Suicide and Attempted Suicide in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Study of Social Factors

Supervisor: Davies, H. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ferroelectric composites for pyro-and piezoelectric applications

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Field observation and modelling of near-shore sediment transport processes

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Film and history : 'Planet of the Apes' as history

Supervisor: Abrams, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Financial deregulation and bank performance in south east Asia, 1985-2004

Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Financial integration and dynamic linkage in the ASEAN-5

Supervisor: Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor) & Williams, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Financial liberalisation in Thailand

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Financial strength ratings: Evolution, split ratings, and market impact within the insurance sector

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fine Scale Survey of Metals, Nutrients and Lipid Biomarkers in the Conwy Estuary

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fine chemicals from cashew nut shell liquid

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Tomkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fingerprinting ice-rafted detritus ice stream sources in the northeast Atlantic during the Last Glacial Stage

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Finite element analysis of magnetization reversal in granular thin films

Supervisor: Chantrell, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Finite element simulation of the micromagnetic behaviour of nanoelements

Supervisor: Chantrell, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Finite element studies of the Korteweg-de Vries equation.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Finite element studies of the modified KdV equation.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Firm size and growth and the evolution of market structure in European banking.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

First language attrition and second language acquisition: exploring the role of phonetic aptitude and language use in highly proficient late Arabic-English and English-Arabic bilinguals

Supervisor: Foltz, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fiscal decentralization and the poor.

Supervisor: Thornton, J. (Supervisor) & ap Gwilym, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries and aspects of the biology of Penaeid shrimps of Bahrain.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries ecology of the brown crab (Cancer pagurus L.) in the Isle of Man

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor), Murray, L. (Supervisor) & Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries-induced evolution : a genetic approach using selection experiments on Poecilia reticulata

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Flagging in English-Italian code-switching

Supervisor: Deuchar, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Flexible Microwave and RF Antennae for Soft Tissue Ablation

Supervisor: Hancock, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Flow : the concept and implication for mental well-being and health.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Flow-sediment interactions in turbidity currents moving over soft, muddy beds

Supervisor: Baas, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fluid and energy deficits : hydration markers, saliva immunoglobulin A and endurance performance

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focus of attention and anxiety’s respective effect on motor control

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focus of attention execution of form, anxious performance and consideration in imagery application

Supervisor: Lawrence, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focus on Feelings: Emotion Regulation and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation after Acquired Brain Injury

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor) & Coetzer, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focussing selection to the letter level: understanding the letter search task

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor) & Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Folklore as a Means to Sustain African-American Identity: A Study of Selected Novels by Toni Morrison and Alice Walker

Supervisor: Niebrzydowski, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Food Experiences and Place-Making: An Exploration of the North Wales Foodscape

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Food consumption patterns and dietary digestibility of whiting (Merlangius merlangus L.) fed in laboratory conditions

Supervisor: Grove, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Food selection by the rabbit.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Food, Clothes and Shelter? Welfare provision for young people at risk of offending in North Wales

Supervisor: Williams, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Footnotes in academic written discourse : a formal and functional analysis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Foreign aid and economic development : A case study of the Sudan's experience of growth and development with foreign aid 1960-1980

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Forest conservation, expansion, restoration and management in a national park : modelling ecology, suitability, biodiversity priorities, temporal and climate change using GIS and spatial data

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Forest recreation use patterns user behaviour and recreational value in Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Forestry policy: hindsight, forethought and foresight

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Foretasting the kingdom: toward a pentecostal theology of the Lord's supper

Supervisor: Thomas, J. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fragmented forests in South-West Ethiopia : impacts of land-use change on plant species composition and priorities for future conservation

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fragments in the Dark: Idealist Epistemology and the Baudelairean Experience of Modernity

Supervisor: Tully, C. (Supervisor) & Catani, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From "Unity" to "Dialogue" in the theology of the New Testament : a methodological and hermeneutical proposal

Supervisor: Warrington, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From Dragoun to Dragon: The Role of the Dragon in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature

Supervisor: Niebrzydowski, S. (Supervisor) & Wilcox, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From history to heritage : using a company's past to guide its future

Supervisor: Pierce, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From morphology to microbiome: common garden studies in wild, farmed and hybrid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor), Glover, K. A. (External person) (Supervisor), Solberg, M. F. (External person) (Supervisor), Llewellyn, M. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. I. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From reaction injection moulding to microdevices

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From research to practice : integrity and pragmatics in implementing mindfulness-based interventions

Supervisor: Griffith, G. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From small acorns: The positive impact of adopting simple teacher classroom management strategies on global classroom behaviour and teacher-pupil relationships.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From soil to stream: Spatial and temporal variations in the decomposition, generation and transport of Dom.

Supervisor: Freeman, P. C. (Supervisor) & Thomas, P. D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From vision to touch : the cortical and behavioural effects of viewing others in pain

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From volcanic ash to allophanic dust : : understanding phosphorous behaviour in Dominican soils

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fuel, feed and fibre: consequential life cycle assessment of novel miscanthus value chains

Supervisor: Styles, D. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Full circle : employee engagement in the Welsh public service

Supervisor: Sambrook, S. (Supervisor) & Doloriert, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Function of cancer associated protein translin

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional analyses of reading and short-term memory in dyslexic children.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional analysis of the cancer-associated proteins Translin and Trax reveal a novel function in genome stability control

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional characterisation of SPO11 in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional ecology of the southern stingray, Dasyatis Americana

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional integration of neural signals during person perception

Supervisor: Ramsey, R. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional landscape connectivity models in applied conservation: spatio-temporal variability, on-ground validation and application for African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Supervisor: Hayward, M. (Supervisor) & Balkenhol, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional magnetic resonance imaging investigations of visuo-motor action-specific representations

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional molecular wires and devices

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional molecular wires from self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Funds transfer pricing and performance evaluation

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Færwhile & the Multimodal Creative Practice: Composing Fiction from Analogue to Digital

Supervisor: Ensslin, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Færwhile & the Multimodal Creative Practice: Composing Fiction from Analogue to Digital

Supervisor: Ensslin, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gaining insight into caregiving experiences and motivations

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor) & Robinson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gas-sensitive resistors for detection of nitroaromatics

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gene expression, exchange and distribution of salicylate 1-hydroxylase genes in Acinetobacter species

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Generating carbon credits through application of the enzymic latch mechanism in peatland carbon sequestration

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Generative Music from Fuzzy Logic and Probability: A Portfolio of Electroacoustic Compositions

Supervisor: Lewis, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Generic Juxtapositioning in Malory's Morte D'Arthur

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic analysis of production, fertility and health traits of dairy cows.

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic and environmental factors in the migration of the African armyworm moth, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera :Noctuidae).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic and phenotypic variation in two marine bryozoans.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic aspects of Mytilus edulis in relation to spawning and hatchery culture

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic aspects of a small scale honeybee breeding program

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic dissection of neurocognitive phenotypes : implications for psychopathological susceptibility

Supervisor: Linden, D. (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

Genetic influences on emotion/cognition interactions : from synaptic regulation to individual differences in working memory for emotional faces

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic linkage mapping in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, and the search for quantitative trait loci of resistance to a disease in O. edulis

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic resources and selection methods for drought and salinity resistance in durum wheat

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation in field emergence and related traits in naked and covered spring barley

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation of Castanea sativa Mill

Supervisor: Cahalan, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation of juglans regia L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genome-wide analysis of topoisomerase removal after campothecin treatment in the context of replication and transcription

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic Tools for Conservation and Management of Manta and Devil Rays (Mobula Spp.)

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor), Ogden, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & De Bruyn, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic analysis of bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor) & Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic analysis of shifts in life history traits in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genotype, environment and disease resistance in hill sheep

Supervisor: Cahalan, C. (Supervisor) & Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genotype-phenotype analysis of the checkpoint kinase MEC1, the budding yeast homologue of human ATM/ ATR

Supervisor: Cha, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geochemical and mineralogical studies of the weathering of Silurian argillaceous rocks

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical evaluation of the geotechnical properties of Quaternary sediments fron the continental margin, northwest of the UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical properties of surficial sediments : textural and biological controls.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical/sedimentological studies of a Quaternary tidal delta system

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

George Herbert Mead and dualism

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Girard Contests Nietzsche: A case of Misplaced Resentment - Dionysos and the Crucified

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (Supervisor) & Cowdell, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Glacial sculpting and post-glacial drowning of the Celtic Sea

Supervisor: Van Landeghem, K. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Global interactions : an international perspective : a portfolio of compositions

Supervisor: Lewis, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Glycinebetaine accumulation in cotton

Supervisor: Gorham, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Goal perceptions and their effects on commitment and affective responses to goals

Supervisor: Ingledew, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Goal-orientations, intrinsic motivation & adherence to regular physical activity

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Goal-setting : a psychological skill and an individual difference factor.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Graduate employment among Chinese graduates from UK universities: a case study of Bangor University

Supervisor: Dobbins, T. (Supervisor) & Sambrook, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Grammar-based preprocessing for PPM compression and classification

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Graphs of groups: word computations and free crossed resolutions

Supervisor: Brown, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Grasping the nettle: Understanding hospital discharge : a constructivist inquiry

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Greenhouse gas flux response to restoration management in UK lowland peatlands

Supervisor: Evans, C. (Supervisor), Smith, A. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ground level ozone and wheat: an exploration of effects on yield, interactions with nitrogen, and potential sources of sensitivity and tolerance

Supervisor: Hayes, F. (External person) (Supervisor) & Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Group counselling/therapy as a technique to modify the undesirable school behaviour (school phobia) of children at elementary school level in the state of Kuwait

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Group interventions for adults with ASD

Supervisor: Henderson, B. (Supervisor) & Griffith, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and characterisation of functional molecular wires

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and inter-specific interactions in young silvopastoral systems with native timber trees in the dry tropics of Costa Rica

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and physiology of spring wheat under saline conditions.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and survival of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius) larvae and postlarvae on natural and artificial diets.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Guanidine glycomimetics

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gum Arabic studies in Tanzania: Production, utilization and economic potentials.

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gwaith barddonol Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, Robert Leiaf, Syr Siôn Leiaf a Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy

Supervisor: Lynch, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gwerthusiad o gyfraniad cwrs B.Add. mewn-swydd y Coleg Normal i ddatblygiad proffesiynol athrawon

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gwleidyddiaeth, genynnau a disgyblaeth - Creu ar y ffin

Supervisor: Price, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Haemanthamine, zephycandidine and quorum sensing N-Acyl homoserine lactones

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hanes Geiriaduraeth yng Nghymru o 1547 hyd 1914 : gyda sylw arbennig i ddylanwad John Walters a William Owen Pughe ar eiriadurwyr 1805-1850

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hanes y Degwm yng Nghymru yn ystod y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg, gyda sylw arbennig i ‘Ryfel y Degwm’.

Supervisor: Rees, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Health Economics and Motor Neurone Disease: Evidence for health technology assessments

Supervisor: Hughes, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Health related behaviour, stress and well-being during organisational change.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Health service users' help-seeking decisions in primary healthcare: A health psychology approach

Supervisor: Fazey, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hemispheric asymmetries: behavioural, kinematic, and electrophysiological predictors of cerebral organisation

Supervisor: Carey, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Henry Parry Liddon : correspondence on church and faith.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Henry VIII's court in the 1510s and 1520s

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Herrschaft in Gallien: Studien zur Entwicklung der Keltischen Herrschaftsfroment im Vorromischen Gallien

Supervisor: Waddington, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

High Voltage Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field (nsPEF) Electroporation Systems

Supervisor: Hancock, C. (Supervisor) & Palego, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy