Theses

Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience: An Integrative Approach to Personality: Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Quantum communication with continuous variables

Supervisor: Braunstein, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Competitive interactions between Coffea arabica L. and fast-growing timber shade trees

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Leaf ion concentrations and salt tolerance in barley.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial degradation of linseed and sunflower oils in salt marsh sediments.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Oscar Wilde and postmodern thought

Supervisor: Price, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interaction between the bacterial and phytoplanktonic inorganic nitrogenous nutrition

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem engineers in diversity and process relationships

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The psychophysiology of perception of effort

Supervisor: Marcora, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The dynamic animatiion of ambulatory arthropods

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Post-exercise hot water immersion: a novel approach to heat acclimation

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A psychophysiological examination of the emotions-performance relationship

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interaction of lexical-semantic and imagery representations.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The interaction between earnings and cash flow : the consistency of signals and the effect of accruals volatility.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Three essays on the implications of internal capital markets for bank behaviour

Supervisor: Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Strategic timing of corporate disclosures: evidence from China

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced Optical OFDM transceivers for Optical Access Networks

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Responsible China: A critical discourse analysis of soft power projection through transnational media

Supervisor: Bakir, V. (Supervisor) & McStay, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Investigation into the physical and chemical properties of soap bubbles with respect to their performance

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Why do they care? Using mixed methods to explore adult informal caregivers’ motivations and willingness to provide care

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor), Seddon, D. (Supervisor), Dekel, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Vilchinsky, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An evaluation of disciplinary guarantees of public employees in Libyan law

Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An empirical investigation of factors affecting corporate tax avoidance strategies for public listed companies in Malaysia

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Mansoor, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Taylor, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cordeauxia edulis (Yeheb) : resource status, utilisation and management in Ethiopia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dylan Thomas in China: Sociology, Paratext and Text

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Keyframe Summarisation of Egocentric Video

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The literacy and self-esteem of children attending Welsh-Medium and English-Medium schools in Wales

Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling greenhouse gas emissions for the UK and overseas food production

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seabed Integrity Around Objects in a Complex Marine Environment

Supervisor: Van Landeghem, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Some factors affecting bilingualism amongst trainee teachers in Malaysia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The social construction of human beings and other animals in human-nonhuman relations : welfarism and rights, a contemporary sociological analysis

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The relationship between mild cognitive impairment and mood in older people

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor) & Woods, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Debriefing in EU Public Procurement Law: A Critical Enquiry

Supervisor: Shi, W. (Supervisor) & Eyo, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Earnings Management in European Private Firms versus Public Firms

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

All-dielectric superlens and applications

Supervisor: Wang, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological and phylogenetic studies of some novel acidophilic mineral-oxidising bacteria

Supervisor: Johnson, B. (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

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Webb, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Allfudiaeth pobl ifanc o'r bröydd Cymraeg

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Shades of Pierrot: Exploration of Analytical Concepts for Performing Arnold Schoenberg‘s Pierrot lunaire

Supervisor: Collins, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master 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

Adaptive Models of Chinese Text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of working memory as the pathway to long-term memory |b electrophysiological investigation of encoding and retrieval processes

Supervisor: Boehm, S. (Supervisor) & Linden, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Reproductive compatibility and speciation in Celleporella hyalina Sensu Lato

Supervisor: Hughes, R. (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

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Ingledew, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A behavioural analysis of pre-school children's food preferences

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The value of ‘third-wave’ therapies in Intellectual Disability services: service user experiences of adapted Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Supervisor: Brennan, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Proffilio gwallau : dadansoddiad o'r gwallau a wneir gan gyfieithwyr Saesneg-Cymraeg

Supervisor: Webb-Davies, P. (Supervisor), Prys, D. (Supervisor) & Kaufmann, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The geology of ice scour.

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological aspects of tillering in barley (Hordeum distichum).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Academic Transformation or Accommodating Students' Needs: Responding to Internationalisation at one UK University

Supervisor: Ware, D. J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Kyffin, D. F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Determinants of variability in the behaviour of the severely retarded.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Different approaches to the study of stress and performance in sport

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cross-sector collaboration for Wales’ national well-being: Transformative action in communities of practice

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Bartels, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The experience of mental health problems in later life

Supervisor: Piggin, L. (Supervisor) & Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Making a genre relevant to society : popularization of science research articles in news magazines.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparative study of the High Church party in the dioceses of Chester and Bangor between 1688 and 1715.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An evaluation of the Seren Programme for prospective medical school applicants: Mapping impact, sustainability and growth.

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Towards successful community mangrove management and rehabilitation

Supervisor: Rayment, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

In the heat of the moment: An emotion regulation approach for managing anger after brain injury

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hormonal control of growth and reproduction in crabs

Supervisor: Webster, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identity and sexual identity in men with learning disabilities.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Norovirus contamination of Mytilus edulis shellfisheries : assessing the threat to human health

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

NEXAFS Spectroscopy Studies of Polymer Nanocomposites

Supervisor: Campo, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The estimation of shear wave statics using in situ seismic measurements in near-surface marine sediments.

Supervisor: Huws, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design and application of a recirculating flume for the assessment of geotechnical and geophysical indicators of cohesive sediment erodibility.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Variations in subjective well-being : the role of psychological resilience in older age

Supervisor: Markland, D. (Supervisor) & Woods, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Social engagement in preschool children with autism.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Affective factors in fluencing compliance to Health Screening

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adjustment problems of Zambian University students

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactons between achievement goal orientations and motivational climate

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compositionally Complex Alloys in Accident Tolerant Fuel Coating Systems

Supervisor: Rushton, M. (Supervisor) & Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fatigue and exercise in cancer

Supervisor: Marcora, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation into prospective memory performance in normal ageing and dementia

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impact of large-scale sea-level changes on tides in the past, present and future

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Staff Perspectives on challenges of working within the contemporary NHS

Supervisor: Burnside, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of water table drawdown and catchment management on DOC export and water quality

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impacts of elavated ozone on plant vitality and carbon cycling in wetlands

Supervisor: Mills, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Estimation of genetic parameters in a commercial pig breeding population

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Soil-vegetation based remediation studies of landfill leachate

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy