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