Theses

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