Theses

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the biology of Schistosoma margrebowiei.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the ecology of Littorina Obtusata

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Huxley, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Vidal, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Webb-Davies, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Brown, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suicide bereavement : support, responses, and individual experiences

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Survival and transport of Escherichia coli in the aquatic environment

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suspended sediment dynamics in the upper Gulf of California

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sustainability of craft beer produced in Wales

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Swelling, cell wall porosity and chemical modification of wood.

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Eston, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synchronic variation and historical change in language.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Syntactic co-activation in bilinguals

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and applications of guanidine heterocycles

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and bioactivation of redox-activated quinone prodrugs of guanidine

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and catalytic properties of novel C₂ symmetric guanidine bases.

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Complex Sugar Mycolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Possible Anti-adhesives for the Treatment of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections by the Uropathogenic E. coli

Supervisor: Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Uracil Containing Precursors and Analogues Of Cylindrospermopsin

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of an α-mycolic acid from Mycobacterium brumae containing a cis-alkene and an α-methyl-trans-alkene

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of epoxy-mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of mycobacterial cord factors and related compounds

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of mycolic acids and related sugar ester

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of oxygenated mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of single enantiomers of ketomycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of single enantiomers of ω-1 methoxy mycolic acids from Mycobacterium alvei

Supervisor: Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis, characterization and computational studies of Boron-Oxygen compounds

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic Lipid Antigens for the Detection of Tuberculosis via ELISA and Novel Point-of-Care Flow-Through Assay

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic approaches to single enantiomers of mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic models to study the role of aromatic residues in radical dependent enzymes

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic steps towards the cylindrospermopsin alkaloids

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic studies in cyclopropane chemistry

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic studies of cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic studies of ferrocene-containing monomers and polymers

Supervisor: Butler, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic studies towards analogues of ptilomycalin A

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic studies towards marine natural products

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECT

Supervisor: Wali, F. (Supervisor), Huskinson, L. (Supervisor) & Betenson, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

THE PALERMO PROTOCOL AND THE CHILDRENS’ RIGHTS CONVENTION AS CONDUITS TO A REVISED LEGAL FRAMEWORK ENCOMPASSING: LEGAL EMPOWERMENT – ACCESS TO JUSTICE, EFFECTS OF DETERRENCE, AND REDRESS: A Critical-Case, Socio-Legal Research Investigating State Responsibility for the Prevention and Protection of Force Displaced Stateless Children (Children Displaced Across Borders) Vulnerable to Human Trafficking and Exploitation in South Asia (Bangladesh) and Southeast Asia (Myanmar) Regions

Supervisor: Feilzer, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tailoring stroke best practice recommendations to the care home context: Identifying a balance between theory and real-world practice

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Take me with you

Supervisor: Davidson, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Talent Development in Elite Youth Football

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor) & Hardy, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tamar estuary sediment dynamics

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tandem Michael/Intramolecular Aldol reactions mediated by secondary amines, thiols and phosphines.

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tandem Michael/aldol and Michael/Michael cyclisation reactions

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Targeting DNA repair for personalised cancer treatment: development of Mre11 small molecule inhibitors.

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Targeting agri environmental stewardship, based on the value of farmers' local knowledge

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Targeting perception of effort to modify the limits to human endurance

Supervisor: Marcora, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Task switching and cognitive control processes: measured using increases to stimulus dimension, stimulus set size and task practice

Supervisor: Houghton, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Task switching and response processes

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Polychaetes of the Falkland Islands: Critical Analysis of Published Works

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Teaching and learning commitment in bilingual schools

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Teaching pre-school children to perform from conventional music notation: an exploration of different methods

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Team Effectiveness in Professional Cricket

Supervisor: Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tear secretory IgA: a non-invasive biomarker of mucosal immune competence

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Technologies for the manufacture of decay resistant and dimensionally stable OSB

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Technology transfer in the context of competition Law in the Modern Chinese Market: Adequacy and scope for improvement

Supervisor: Shi, W. (Supervisor) & Cahill, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Teledu 'Da'? Ystyriaethau golygyddol wrth greu cynyrchiadau dogfen am y celfyddydau i S4C.

Supervisor: Hunter, J. (Supervisor) & Muse, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Telling blogs: a creative and critical overview of the female autoblographical experience

Supervisor: Wilcox, H. (Supervisor) & Davidson, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal and spatial variations of suspended sediments in the Irish Sea determined from AVHRR visible band and in-situ data.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal control of animal operant performance.

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal orientation of behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal variability of suspended particulate matter in a tidal estuary

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal variation, occurrence and factors controlling the production and concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the marine environment

Supervisor: Mudge, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal-Difference learning underpins the acquisition of intertemporal preferences for high-value food rewards in humans

Supervisor: Rogers, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Terrestrial carbon in Wales.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Texts, Organisations and Practical Actions: Using organisational accounts as a resource for coordinating practical actions.

Supervisor: Slack, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Texture and colour for automatic image-based skin lesion analysis.

Supervisor: Duller, A. (Supervisor) & Fish, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Adaptable Composer: Context and Collaboration: A portfolio of compositions

Supervisor: ap Sion, P. (Supervisor) & Puw, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Anatomy of Acupuncture

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Application of CPPs to Improve the Cellular Uptake of a Novel Delivery Vector for use in Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Archetypal Shadow: The Instinct of Selfishness in the Work of Robert Moore and Jacob Boehme

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Biceps Femoris Long Head Muscle Structure: Implications on risk factors for hamstring strain injuries

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Bishops of Bangor and their Acta, 1092-1306

Supervisor: Pryce, H. (Supervisor) & Roberts, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Britons in late antiquity: power, identity and ethnicity

Supervisor: Pryce, H. (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

The Chemistry and Ecology of British Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Lahmann, M. (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

The Cognitive Linguistic Approach to English Verb-Particle Constructions

Supervisor: Evans, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Conceptualisation, Measurement, and Development of Mental Toughness in Military Training

Supervisor: Arthur, C. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (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

The Control of Automatic Imitation - Neural Mechanisms and Individual Differences

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Credit Rating Industry under New Regulatory Regimes: The Case of Financial Institutions

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Current State of Scientific Literacy in Wales

Supervisor: Lewis, J. (Supervisor) & Jones, S. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Definition of ‘Government Entity’ under the WTO/GPA: A Comparison with the EU

Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor) & Eyo, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Development of King Arthur’s Heroic Virtue in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae and Wace’s Roman de Brut

Supervisor: Radulescu, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Development of Visual Priors Across the Lifespan

Supervisor: Sapir, A. (Supervisor) & d'Avossa, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Development of a Spatially Dynamic Model to Evaluate Management Scenarios in a Scallop Fishery

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Development of eDNA Metabarcoding for the Monitoring of Fishes in Estuaries

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor), Ellison, A. (Supervisor) & Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Effect of Exercise and Ageing on Morphology and Biomarkers of Knee Articular Cartilage in Healthy Humans

Supervisor: Moore, J. (Supervisor) & Thom, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Cognitive Function and Wellbeing of People with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Refugees with PTSD

Supervisor: Bracewell, R. (Supervisor) & Coetzer, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Effects of Temperature, Irradiance and Nutrient Stress on Maximum Quantum Yield of 3 Scleractinian Corals

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Emergence of Thai Opera: Performance as Cultural Synergy

Supervisor: Cunningham, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Empirically Corroborated Theology of the Meaning of Life in Ecclesiastes: A biblical and emirical analysis with reference to Malaysian Businesspeople

Supervisor: Davies, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The English in north-west Wales. Migration, identity and belonging 1970-2010 : an oral history

Supervisor: Edwards, A. (Supervisor) & Tanner, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Examination of Selected Physiological and Psychological Parameters in the Preparation of Elite Slalom Canoeists for an Olympic Competition

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Formation and Influence of Pwyllgor Diogelu Diwylliant Cymru and Undeb Cymru Fydd: Language and Cultural Preservation in Wales, c.1939-50

Supervisor: Edwards, A. (Supervisor) & Wiliam, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Function Of SPO11 In Human Cancer Cells

Supervisor: Stuart, N. (Supervisor), Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor) & Wakeman, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Genetic Basis of Venom Variation in the Genus Echis: Causes, Correlates and Consequences

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Global Riverine Hydrokinetic Resource

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor), Lewis, M. (Supervisor) & Robins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Henrician court during Cardinal Wolsey's ascendancy c.1514-1529.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Henwife & Outside In: An Introduction to the ‘New Domestic

Supervisor: Skoulding, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Human DNA damage sensor RAD9B affects CHK2-T68 Phosphorylation, p21 stability and cell survival in G1

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Impact of Classroom and Naturalistic Exposure on the Conceptualisation and Use of Motion Verbs by L1 Arabic Undergraduate Learners of English

Supervisor: Sanoudaki, E. (Supervisor) & Shank, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Impact of Split Credit Ratings on U.S. Corporates: Cost of Capital, Capital Structure and Debt Maturity

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Impact of Transactional Website Adoption on Banks’ Performance

Supervisor: Carbo-Valverde, S. (Supervisor), Williams, G. (Supervisor) & Lopes, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Impact of the Italian Occupation of Cyrenaica with Reference to Benghazi, 1911-1942

Supervisor: Shapely, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Influence of Vitamin D, Psychosocial Factors and Sleep on Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and Mucosal Immunity

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor) & Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Interaction of Adaptive and Maladaptive Narcissism, and its Relevance to Performance Under Pressure and Quality of Training

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Jew as dangerous other in early Italian cinema, 1910-1914

Supervisor: Abrams, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Johannine connection : John's contribution to our knowledge of tradition in the Fourth Gospel, with special reference to John 11.1-44.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Kuwaiti merchants’ Networks, 1850-1946: A Tiny Sheikhdom in the First Global Age

Supervisor: Rees, L. (Supervisor) & Batiz-Lazo, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Life Cycle Assessment and Moisture Sorption Characteristics of Natural Fibre Thermal Insulation Materials

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Market Microstructure of Stock Futures and Equity Options

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Meaning We Give It: Utopic Manifestation in Interactive Media

Supervisor: Skains, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity on the Relationship between Intellectual capital and Firm Performance in high-tech SMEs, UK

Supervisor: Karami, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Mostyn family and estate, 1200 - 1642

Supervisor: Williams, J. G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Nature of Cross-Language Activation in Late Chinese-English Bilinguals : A Behavioural and Event-Related Potential Investigation

Supervisor: Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

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

The Novel Synthesis of Aldehyde Insect Sex Pheromones

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Obstacles to Political Development in the Kurdistan Region 1992-2014

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Origin, Development, and Future of Assemblies of God Eschatology

Supervisor: Kay, W. (Supervisor) & Thomas, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Other Side’ of the Nigeria-Biafra War: A Transnational History

Supervisor: Sedlmaier, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Parameters of Participatory Play: Nostalgic Situationism for the 21st Century.

Supervisor: Muse, E. (Supervisor) & Thomas, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Paramo vegetation of Ecuador : the community ecology, dynamics and productivity of tropical grasslands in the Andes.

Supervisor: Oxley, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Philosophy of History and the Philosophy of Religions in the work of Edgar Quinet

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Place of the Bible in Abraham Lincoln’s Career

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Pleistocene Protagonist: Predicting Chinese, North American and global box office success through an evolutionary analysis of film protagonists

Supervisor: Sherry, J. (Supervisor) & Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Process of Scaling an Early Childhood Development Parenting Programme by Integrating into Primary Health Care Services in Bangladesh

Supervisor: Henningham, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Rad9.M50 Variant of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Rad9 Regulates the MAP Kinase pathway in the Response to Heat Stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Reform of Insurance Warranty Law in Nigeria: Which Way Forward?

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Renewal of Hostilities in the Nigerian Delta Region in 2016 and the Failure of the Presidential Amnesty

Supervisor: Feilzer, M. (Supervisor) & Machura, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Response of Extracellular Phenol Oxidase Activity to Environmental Change, and the Implications for the Stability of Soil Carbon Stores

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor), Evans, C. (Supervisor) & Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Alloying Elements on Grain Boundary Complexions in Nuclear Materials

Supervisor: Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor) & Pierce, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Athlete Availability in the Development of Young Elite Athletes

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

The Role of Cognitive Challenges in Endurance Performance and Recovery

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of DNA Repair in Resisting Treatment with Gemcitabine and other Nucleoside Analogues

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 CTBP-Interacting Protein (MRN-CtIP) In Providing Resistance against Camptothecin

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Roman Catholic Church and society in Wales 1916-62.

Supervisor: Morgan, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Scottish, English & Nordic ballads

Supervisor: Leitmeir, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Shiite Resistance Against the British Occupation in Iraq 1914-1921

Supervisor: Shapely, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Sino-Indian Border War and the Foreign Policies of China and India (1950-1965)

Supervisor: Hong, F. (External person) (Supervisor) & Shapely, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Spirit of God in the Torah: a Pentecostal exploration

Supervisor: Thomas, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Synthesis of Biologically Active Guanidines

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Temporality of Narcissistic Leadership

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor), Arthur, C. (Supervisor) & Woodman, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Theology of John Tillotson (1630-1694) and Latitudinarianism in England

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Triune God and Theological Metaphysics: Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Being

Supervisor: Green, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Unitive Self and its Importance for Mental Wellbeing, Society, and Politics.

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Uses of Patagonia. Representations of Y Wladfa in post-Devolution Wales

Supervisor: Miranda-Barreiro, D. (Supervisor) & Wiliams, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Value of Connection to Nature: Strategic Thinking in Environmental Organizations

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Value of the Human Being in the Quran : Analytical study of the conceptual elements

Supervisor: Wali, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Wheel - A Smartphone Novel: Multimodal Composition on the Move

Supervisor: Skains, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The absolute stereochemistry of various naturally occurring fatty acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The academic writing of Japanese students of English : contrastive rhetoric and its implications for an integrated approach to composition pedagogy.

Supervisor: James, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The acquisition and alteration of food consumption patterns in preverbal and verbal children

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The acquisition of phonemic constraints : implications for models of phonological encoding

Supervisor: Houghton, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The acquisition of second language word form: a cognitive perspective

Supervisor: Ellis, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The acquisition of the Arabic gender and number systems

Supervisor: Gathercole, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The adaption of Herge's The Adventures of tintin in the Arab world

Supervisor: Price, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The aerobic treatment of organic wastes and their use in industry

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The analysis of genome stability maintenance mechanisms in human cancer cells and stem cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The analysis of the functional role of the cancer-associated, chromosomal breakpoint binding protein Translin in maintaining genome stability.

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The apocalyptic world of the Fourth Gospel

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The application of Biot's theory to sea-bed sediments.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The application of neural network techniques to magnetic and optical inverse problems

Supervisor: Chantrell, R. (Supervisor) & Duller, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The application of new techniques to the study of planktonic organisms.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The application of recently developed techniques to Welsh Black Cattle in a group breeding scheme.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The application of spatial data in forest ecology and management; windthrow, carbon sequestration and climate change

Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The arbitrability of international online consumer disputes

Supervisor: Telles, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The assessment and modification of verbal behaviour in people with dementia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The assumed light source direction : evidence from different populations

Supervisor: Sapir, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The availability, quality and processing aspects of gum arabic from Kenya.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The behavioural ecology of aggression in Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The biodiversity and biogeography of shallow-water flora and fauna of the Western Indian ocean: with special reference to the Polychaeta, Mollusca and Echinodermata

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The biology and control of Riccadoella limacum (Schrank), a mite pest of farmed snails.

Supervisor: Runham, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The biology and ecology of the rocky shore crab Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) on the coast of Kuwait

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Gimenez Noya, J. (Supervisor) & Behbehani, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The biology of reproduction in two British pulmonate slugs.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The biology, behaviour and ecology of pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) in the Philippines.

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The biology, population dynamics and fishery management of the blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758), in Bahraini waters : (Crustacea: Decapoda; Brachyura; Portunidae).

Supervisor: Walker, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The broad-scale impacts of livestock grazing on saltmarsh carbon stocks

Supervisor: Skov, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The catabolism of aromatic esters by Acinetobacter sp.ADP1

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The causes and consequences of accounting fraud in China

Supervisor: Ashton, J. (Supervisor) & Jaafar, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The central executive and object recognition

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The characterisation and control of ochre deposits in land drainage systems.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The characterisation of dissolved organic carbon and its influence on tri-halomethane formation potential

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The characterisation of thin insulating films on metal electrodes immersed in aqueous electrolytes using the AC Admittance Technique.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cloning and characterisation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe rec20-144

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cloning, expression and characterisation of PbRR from Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The coastal transition zone of the Galician Region: Upper layer response to wind forcing and circulation.

Supervisor: Barton, E. D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cognitive and motivational effects of imagery on sport performance.

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cognitive and neural mechanisms of human hand selection

Supervisor: Valyear, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The community photosynthetic quotient and the assimilation of nitrogen by oceanic plankton.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The contribution of discourse analysis to textual criticism : a study of the Bezan text of acts.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The corrosion protection of aluminium

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The coulometric determination of total inorganic carbon in seawater and the study of the inter-relationship between the planktonic metabolism of carbon dioxide and oxygen.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cultural categorisation of crime, deviance and disorder in a Welsh market town

Supervisor: Wardhaugh, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cycle of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation and mixing in regions of freshwater influence

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The decay resistance of chemically modified softwood.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The delivery of biodiversity benefits in the REDD+ climate mechanism

Supervisor: Jones, J. P. G. (Supervisor) & Secco, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The derivation of suspended sediment concentrations in the Irish Sea from in situ and remotely-sensed ocean colour

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The detection of VOCs using sensors based on nanostructured metal oxides

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor), Beckett, M. (Supervisor) & Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The determinants of imitation in infants and young children

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

The development and settlement of certain marine tubeworm (Serpulidae and Spirorbidae) larvae in response to biofilms

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of 'Bahasu Melayu' among multiracial secondary school students through the experiental-appreciation approach

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of a novel sensor for the detection of TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of a quantum mechanical wavepacket description of intramolecular energy transfer.

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of a vaccine against Schistosoma mansoni based on cercarial elastase.

Supervisor: Doenhoff, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of an electrode for the detection of potassium phosphate

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of children's language in a bilingual culture.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of guidance and counselling in North Wales secondary schools from 1965 to the present day

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of interventions to minimise soil and nutrients losses in the Bari land of the middle hills of western development region of Nepal

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of rule-governed behaviour

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor)

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

The distribution and biodegradation of urea in costal waters

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The distribution and dispersal of the dogwhelk Nucella lapillus in relation to habitat and community structure

Supervisor: Hughes, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The distribution and dynamics of particulate matter at the Hebridean shelf edge

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The distribution and potential northwards spread of the non-native gastropod Crepidula fornicata in Welsh coastal waters

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The distribution, ecological niche modelling and habitat suitability mapping of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) within the North Atlantic

Supervisor: Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The diversity and impact of herbivorous insects and pathogens on Alnus species in Uganda : a challenge in agroforestry.

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The drivers of soil organic matter turnover across spatial scales and the effect of climate change on gaseous losses of C and N from heathland systems

Supervisor: Emmett, B. A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The dynamic animatiion of ambulatory arthropods

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The dynamics of dementia : a modified grounded theory study.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The dynamics of small-scale fronts in estuaries.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The ecological restoration of slate waste tips in Wales, UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The ecology and exploitation of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre 1788) in the Pemba Channel, Kenya.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The ecology and growth of the netted dogwhelk Nassarius reticulatus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The ecology and management of traditional homegardens in Bangladesh.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy