Theses

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

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

Psychological aspects of recurrent abdominal pain of childhood

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

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

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

Supervisor: Vidal, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of the midgut (reservoir zone) and haemolymph lectins of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Book-to-market value of equity ratios and earnings realization.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Triple bottom line mission and Financial Performance in Egyptian SMEs: The role of CSR”

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

Biosystematic and cytological studies of mosses and liverworts.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hybrid Group IV Nanophotonics

Supervisor: Nezhad, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of the Relationship between Pluripotency and DNA Damage Tolerance Recombination in Mammalian Stem Cells

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of cylindrical semiconductor metal-clad nano-lasers

Supervisor: Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Income distribution and the new economic policy in Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of electro-active properties of polymer/ceramic comosites

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impact of climate change on the management and regeneration of parkland trees in the Savannah zones of Northern Nigeria

Supervisor: Rayment, M. (Supervisor) & Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Treatment of pharmaceutical pollution and the release of illicit drugs into the environment.

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Isolation and development of microsatellite DNA markers in the cockle Cerastoderma Edule

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Resilience and well-being in palliative care staff

Supervisor: Jones, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An International Criminal Framework to Prosecute the Legacy of Forced Internal Displacement in Iraq

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Productivity and nutrient dynamics of Avicennia Marina (Forsk). Vierh. Mangroves grown on the Red sea coast of Saudi Arabia

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Montessori Education in nurseries in England: Two case studies.

Supervisor: Humphreys, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Market discipline, large bank dominance and bank valuation in an emerging market

Supervisor: Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor)

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

Nitrogen dynamics in boreal forests

Supervisor: DeLuca, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Glossolalia

Supervisor: Thomas, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prevalence and spread of pathogenic Escherichia Coli O157 on farms in north Wales

Supervisor: Jones, 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

Bureaucratic conceptions of citizenship in the voluntary sector (1919-1939) : the case of the National Council of Social Service.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The diocese of Lagos west of the anglican communion, Church of Nigeria as agent of social and political change in the society

Supervisor: Dyer, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Naming and levels of categorisation in young children

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Rediscovering Lost Tacit Knowledge through an Integrated Empirical Model of Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning: A Classical Action Research enquiry into a Healthcare Technology Organisation.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Loan management in Nigerian banks : a study of the efficiency of commercial banks' lending function in a developing economy.

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

A Study in the Experimental Taxonomy of some British Sphagha (section Cuspidata),with observations of their ecology.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Banking structure and performance : a study of the Nigerian banking system and its contribution to Nigeria's economic development, 1960-1980.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cryopreservation of ram semen for artificial insemination.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the biology of Schistosoma margrebowiei.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phosphate and micronutrient behaviour under flooded and aerated soil conditions

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

Applications of modified plant extracts in controlling parasites

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Low cost procedures towards photovoltaic devices

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

English lexical collocation knowledge of Libyan university students

Supervisor: Evans, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Vocabulary learning strategies : A case study of Sudanese learners of English.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Images of alienation and isolation in Thomas Hardy's short fiction.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discovering Interesting Behaviours in Complex Systems

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sense of belonging as an indicator for social capital: a mixed methods analysis of students’ sense of belonging to university

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparison of breeding strategies to improve salt tolerance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of language contact in Rioja Alavesa

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Choking under pressure : mechanisms and individual differences

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Salt tolerance in Oryza sativa L.(rice)

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

Conservation of Mangifera sylvatica: a Wild Fruit Species for Health and Livelihoods

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The provenance variation in natural durability of Doughlas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco)

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Basic needs analysis of participants in social forestry projects in north-west Bangladesh.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical OFDM with Multiple Information-carrying Dimensions for Elastic Access Networks

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Variants of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Hus1 in Fission Yeast and Human Cells

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-cultural misunderstanding in the language of international diplomacy.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics of plaice Pleuronectes platessa L in the inshore waters of North West Wales and Eastern Anglesey

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hofstede's cultural dimensions and work-related values in Kuwait : implications for employment policy

Supervisor: Sambrook, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Reformist framework of the foreign investment environment in the post-conflict : critical appraisal of Iraq case

Supervisor: Shi, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of UNESCO in sustaining cultural diversity in the Sultanate of Oman, 1970-2020

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of multiple categories

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modernising Iraq: A Legislative Proposal to Regulate Timesharing Agreements in Iraq

Supervisor: Owen, G. (Supervisor)

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

Seasonal variation of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) in relation to primary production and yellow substrates (g440). in the Menai Strait, North Wales

Supervisor: Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Reform of the Iraqi Private International Law on Transnational Online Contracting: Lessons from the EU and the USA

Supervisor: Shi, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modernising Iraq : a vision for a comprehensive petroleum arbitration regime in Iraq

Supervisor: Linton, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Resource discovery and distributed computing over peer-to-peer networks

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

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

Public Values and Project Management Practices & Processes in the Public Sector in the case of the State of Qatar

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

The representation and interpretation of abstract concepts : an LCCM theory approach

Supervisor: Evans, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of low cost biological photovoltaic cells

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Efficiency in Arabian banking

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compression-based Methods for the Automatic Cryptanalysis of Classical Ciphers

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microsatellites of Mites in Forensics

Supervisor: Braig, H. R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of epoxy-mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Automatic Emotion Recognition in English and Arabic text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Visualisation, optimisation and Machine Learning: Application in PET Reconstruction and Pea segmentation in MRI Images

Supervisor: Vidal, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biology and fisheries management of king soldier bream, Argyrops spinifer and spangled emperor, Lethrinus nebulosus in the Arabian Sea, Oman.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis, Design and Implementation of Multiple View Visualisations

Supervisor: Roberts, J. (Supervisor)

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

Towards a new understanding of the right of self-determination in the post-colonial context : the case of the Iraqi Kurdistan region

Supervisor: Linton, S. (Supervisor) & McDermott Rees, Y. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Note taking in English lectures: A study of Omani EFL university students

Supervisor: Williams, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The truth of the legend of successful criminal procedure reform in post-Saddam Iraq : a critical analysis of pre-trial rights in the light of international human rights law

Supervisor: Linton, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Social change and alienation in Kuwait.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effect of exercise and fish oil capsules on serum blood lipid and lipoprotein levels in pre and post menopausal women

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Writers in conflict : a comparative study of Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote.

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

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

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

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improved TIPS-Pentacene-Based Organic Thin Film Transistors and Their applications; Memory Transistor and Gas Sensing

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Function of cancer associated protein translin

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Amino Acid Substituted Guanidines as Organocatalysts

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (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 development of an electrode for the detection of potassium phosphate

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mathematical modeling of marine environment contamination using fuzzy set theory

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of stem cell genome stability and cancer-associated developmental programmes

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (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

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

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An Investigation into How the Expanded Core Curriculum is Conceptualised and Implemented in the Vision Impairment Field for Female Students in the Saudi Arabian Educational System and How Its Implementation Relates to Teachers’ Professional Background and Training

Supervisor: Ware, J. (Supervisor) & Douglas, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of food 'wanting' and 'liking' in free-living individuals using a novel smart phone application: mind eating

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of bacterial disease prevention and control in penaeid prawns

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The arbitrability of international online consumer disputes

Supervisor: Telles, P. (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

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

The role of learning strategies in vocabulary acquisition

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Abiotic Controls on Soil Enzyme Activity and Community Composition of Micro-eukaryotes: A Comparison of Arctic, Temperate and Tropical Peatlands

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysing and Correcting Dyslexic Arabic Texts

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (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

Implementation of evidence based practice for managing post stroke shoulder

Supervisor: Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bank business models, capital structure, lending behavior and risk

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on mental health, well-being, and lifestyle of primary-age children with Type 1 diabetes and their parents in Kuwait

Supervisor: Erjavec, M. (Supervisor) & Viktor, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of the reward value of exercise using discounting paradigm

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor) & Rogers, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An exploration of the characteristics of student nurse personal epistemologies and their relationships to approaches to studying

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Splitters: A Nervous Novel

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

An Investigation into Waqf Company and its Place in Saudi Arabian Civil Law

Supervisor: Wali, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and functional characterisation of germ line genes in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Re-examining the Systematics of Asian Pitvipers Via Multilocus Analysis

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Medical and psychological outcomes following epilepsy surgery

Supervisor: Bracewell, M. (Supervisor) & d'Avossa, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Motor imagery as a potential tool for improvement of musculoskeletal function in physiotherapy practice

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Arts in Care Settings: Embedding the cARTrefu Approach in the Social Care Sector

Supervisor: Seddon, D. (Supervisor) & Algar-Skaife, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Sclerochronology at St Kilda: A study of late Holocene climate and hydrography on the western Scottish shelf using the shells of long-lived bivalve molluscs

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (External person) (Supervisor), Butler, P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Turner, J. (Supervisor)

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

Branding and brand preference in the mobile phone service industry

Supervisor: Rowley, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Media Bias: a corpus-based contrastive study of the online news coverage on the Syrian revolution - a cxritical discourse analysis perspective

Supervisor: Tenbrink, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can a visual art intervention increase quality of life and well-being in care home residents with dementia? An exploratory study

Supervisor: Windle, G. (Supervisor) & Woods, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Novel Approach to Printed Arabic Optical Character Recognition

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A conceptual e-learning system for teaching mathematics

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (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

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

Analysis of human germ lines genes for clinical applications

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The functional characterisation of potential oncogenic roles of the human germ line genes PRDM9 and TEX19

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adaptive models of Arabic text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A critical analysis of the function played by the UAE's Financial Intelligence Unit in counteracting money laundering with particular reference to the UK's Financial Intelligence Unit

Supervisor: Hyland, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modulation of Human ATM-Chk2 and ATR-Chk1 Kinases by Period-1 in the Response to DNA Damage and the Role of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Per1-A962P in the Response to Genotoxic Stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (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

Development of new diagnostic devices for TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Three essays on banking policy & government intervention in the US banking sector

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Manpower planning and development in Oman

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sedimentological, geophysical and oceanographic studies of postglacial and contemporary sedimentary processes of the NE Menai Strait and Conwy Bay (Wales, U.K.)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Finite element studies of the Korteweg-de Vries equation.

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

An examination of the adequacy of the Libyan Penal Code to deal with credit and debit card forgery

Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and colonisation of macrofauna in an artificial lagoon, Qatar

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Grammar-based preprocessing for PPM compression and classification

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The regulation of electronic evidence in the United Arab Emirates : current limitations and proposals for reform

Supervisor: McDermott Rees, Y. (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

Representation of Iraqis in Hollywood Iraq war films: a multimodal critical discourse study

Supervisor: Shank, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Building and verifying parallel corpora between Arabic and English

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mutual fund performance : evidence of stock selection and market timing ability from Islamic mutual funds

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compression-based Parts-of-Speech Tagger for the Arabic Language

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Habitat Selection of a Non-Native Snake: Implications for Future Management of Zamenis longissimus in Colwyn Bay, North Wales

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Three Essays on Financial Inclusion

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From Repeat Diabetic Ketoacidosis to Expert by Experience: Exploring the Highs and Lows of Living with Type 1 Diabetes

Supervisor: Stewart, D. R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jackson, D. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Modulations of cerebellar predictive language function through continuous theta burst stimulation

Supervisor: Bracewell, R. (Supervisor) & Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

One generation and two different age groups on arrival: Arabic-English code-switching in the conversations of Iraqi Arabic male immigrants living in Greater Manchester

Supervisor: Webb-Davies, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From reaction injection moulding to microdevices

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and functional characterisation of potential novel cancer-testis genes in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pragmatic and Conversational Features of Arabic-Speaking Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Examining performance and caregivers’ perceptions

Supervisor: Tenbrink, T. (Supervisor) & Sanoudaki, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The functional characterisation of leukaemia-associated protein TRAX

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding the impacts of changing soil temperature, water irrigation source and fertiliser types on C and N cycling in arid soils

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (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

Identification of Novel Human Cancer-Testis-Antigen Genes in Cancers

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Arabian Peninsula lizards

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis and synthesis of critical design-thinking for data visualisation designers and learners

Supervisor: Roberts, J. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The potential for wheat roots in phytoremediation of phenolic compounds

Supervisor: Tomos, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Perinatal Mental Health: An Exploration of Different Dimensions of Perinatal Psychopathology at an International and National Level

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Ibn Sa’ud and Britain: Early changing relationship and pre-state formation 1902-1914

Supervisor: Wiliam, M. (Supervisor) & Shapely, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Minors' crimes in Saudi Arabia: Analytical thematic study on Saudi juveniles’ system

Supervisor: Wali, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The identification and functional characterisation of TEX19 in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Affections and Ethics in Middle English Romance: The Overlap of Poetic and Philosophical Discourses of Emotions in King Horn, the Stanzaic Guy of Warwick and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Supervisor: Radulescu, R. (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

Rethinking and reconfiguring the anthropomorphic concept of corporate personality : some suggestions for personality needs in the light of corporate development in public companies with a particular focus on the United Arab Emirates

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparison of Al Qassim viewed through British eyes and local sources: 1862-1918

Supervisor: Wiliam, M. (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 corporate social responsibility

Supervisor: Jaafar, A. (Supervisor) & Ebrahim, M. (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 ecology, age and growth of two muricacean gastropods from shores of Kuwait

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Oral and nasal infectivity and immunogenicity of Plasmodium berghei and yoelii sporozoites and longevity of Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites and schizonts

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced materials for organic solar cells: influence of generation and pH on PAMAM-Based devices

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Alginate from brown seaweeds: extraction, characterisation, modification and the studies on its applications for hydrogels

Supervisor: Tai, H. (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

Influence of a newly developed weight loss intervention based on diet commandments on physiological and psychological levels in obese females

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and characterisation of novel cancer testis antigens in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (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

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

Supervisor: Wali, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of human TDRD12 and LKAAEAR1 as potential oncogenic cancer testis antigen genes with clinical potential

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of human PRDM9 and TEX19 as potential oncogenic cancer testis genes

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cobalt(III), Copper(II), and Nickel(II) coordination compounds as cations in Polyborate Chemistry

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Categorisation of Arabic Twitter Text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of a novel role for the cancer-associated protein Translin in the regulation of genome stability

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suspended sediment dynamics in the upper Gulf of California

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Asnani’ – my teeth – exploring behavioral prevention strategies for dental caries in Qatari primary schools: A case study approach

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Saudi Desert Sands: Survey, Ecotoxicity and Remediation

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

New Directions in Team Resilience

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

Characterisation of novel genome regulation functions of the cancer-associated proteins Translin and Trax

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A multidisciplinary approach to examine mental toughness

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor) & Cooke, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Management of Vitellaria paradoxa in Guinea savanna rangelands in Ghana.

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Companies' directors in Iraqi law and their divided loyalty :lessons drawn from English law

Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microencapsulation : studies on the preparation and characterisation of liquid filled capsules

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

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

Overlap not Gap: conceptualising natural language and its co-existence with non-human communication and cognition using Prototype Theory.

Supervisor: Tenbrink, T. (Supervisor) & Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Towards an increasing honey production in Northern Uganda : a multi-perspective approach

Supervisor: Smagghe, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Knowledge sharing in Higher Education

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The importance of correct focus cues in 3d stereoscopic imagery.

Supervisor: Watt, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding the Holistic Development of Elite Performance in Olympic Weightlifting: A Machine Learning Approach

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

Decoherence, dephasing and quantum tunnelling in molecules with large amplitude vibrations

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The assumed light source direction : evidence from different populations

Supervisor: Sapir, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The meaning of suffering: An analysis of potential relationships between Buddhist thought and Kierkegaardian philosophy

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (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

Improving the sustainability of cocoa farms in Ghana through utilization of native forest trees in agroforestry systems

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of epidermal solutes in the control of stomatal movement

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies on polythiophene derivatives

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The soul of St Davids: Mapping the spiritual quest of visitors to St Davids cathedral

Supervisor: Francis, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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 provision of general medical services by non-medical health professionals and allied health professionals: systematic reviews, survey and mixed-methods study.

Supervisor: Hiscock, J. (Supervisor), Williams, N. (External person) (Supervisor) & Charles, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon storage in Orchards

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating MRNIP, a novel regulator of replication fork stability

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor) & Staples, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

The genetics and evolution of differences between closely adjacent plant populations, with special reference to heavy metal tolerance

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Malaria parasites: Oral and Nasal inoculation of mice with iRBC’s & development of P. falciparum mutants with the CRISPR/cas9 system

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behavioural and neural mechanisms of motor sequence learning by observation

Supervisor: Cross, E. (Supervisor) & Ramsey, R. (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

No-take or no way: The case for a no-take policy along the Cocos-Galapagos Swimway: Critical analysis of published works

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Workload and surgeons' speciality for outcomes after colorectal cancer surgery

Supervisor: Maddison, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'I was in the spirit on the Lord's day' : a pentecostal engagement with worship in the apocalypse

Supervisor: Thomas, J. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactions between limbs and constraints in the expression of maximum force

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of Hg-containing dental amalgam; a synergy between experiment and density functional theory

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Invasion of host tissue by infective larvae of Ascaris suum (Goeze, 1782)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Water relations of salt stressed wheat

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Acclimation of cotton (Gossypium) to abiotic stress

Supervisor: Gorham, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anisotropic Magnetic Nanoparticles as Reporters in a Magneto-optic Biodiagnostic System

Supervisor: Prabhakar, J. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

‘Agricultural policy change and the sustainability of farming in the uplands’

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role expectations faced by church elders in the Finnish pentecostal movement

Supervisor: Davies, E. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An exploration of mentoring among Indian School teacher: A mixed-method study

Supervisor: Buckley, C. (Supervisor) & Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining organo-mineral fertilisers for crop growth; the efficiency of a mineral fertiliser with the benefits of an organic product.

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

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Conceptualisation, measurement, and impact of transformational leadership in military recruit training

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy