Theses

The protection of wood against fungal decay by isocyanate chemical modification.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Corporate Governance and Executive Renumeration in Banking

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor) & ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The population biology of the gooseneck barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes (Gmelin, 1790) in the Algarve, southwest Portugal.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seasonal variations in aspects of Mytilus edulis L. immune function and allozyme genetics in relation to pollution

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The preparation and properties of composites reinforced with natural fibres

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Mostyn family and estate, 1200 - 1642

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enwau pentrefi, prif anheddau a chaeau pum plwyf yn arfon: Llanbeblig, Llandwrog, Llanfaflan, Llanrug a Llanwnda

Supervisor: Owen, H. W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

This is for the record: A case for video recording as part of a unified method of data collection for the academic study of PC games

Supervisor: Muse, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Vitamin D and exercise performance: Influence of simulated sunlight and oral supplementation

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effecting Well-being Improvements in Educational Settings with Positive Psychology Interventions

Supervisor: Roberts, R. (Supervisor) & Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Peculiar versions of the species song: aesthetic outworkings of language and literature in the middle years of childhood (8 to 12 years)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The self-reported needs of people with a long-term mental illness

Supervisor: Crosby, C. (Supervisor) & Evans, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Novel Synthesis of Aldehyde Insect Sex Pheromones

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Reviewing the physio-chemical parameters associated with in-situ Austropotamobius pallipes populations and its application to the establishment of ark sites

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

From volcanic ash to allophanic dust : : understanding phosphorous behaviour in Dominican soils

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Maximal oxygen consumption in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Supervisor: Marcora, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Growth and inter-specific interactions in young silvopastoral systems with native timber trees in the dry tropics of Costa Rica

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics and secondary production of the small copepods in the Menai Strait

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on consumer credit in the United Kingdom: Consumer protection, consumption and well-being, and financial resilience

Supervisor: Batiz-Lazo, B. (Supervisor) & Carbo-Valverde, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparative study of efficiency in European banking.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The meaning of being a parent: fathers' and mothers' day-to-day lived experiences of caring for and living with their learning disabled child, a phenomenological inquiry

Supervisor: Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Co-creating meaningful short breaks: Integrating research, policy, and practice

Supervisor: Seddon, D. (Supervisor), Jones, C. (Supervisor) & Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Low temperature routes to heterogeneous catalysts

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Local knowledge regarding trade-offs among coffee productivity and other ecosystem services in a range of different agroforestry systems in Central America

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Group interventions for adults with ASD

Supervisor: Henderson, B. (Supervisor) & Griffith, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Islamic banking

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The measurement and modification of delusional behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of phrases and clauses in Syrian within the framework of head-driven phrase structure grammar.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The preparation of English language teachers in Malaysia : a video-based approach.

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Staging a life lesson : sanctum a fluidic process to teaching life skills

Supervisor: Harper, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Film and history : 'Planet of the Apes' as history

Supervisor: Abrams, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Renal patients' lived experiences and perspectives on conservative kidney management and kidney transplantation

Supervisor: Parry-Jones, D. B. (External person) (Supervisor), Jackson, D. M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Gardner, D. P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Object representations in the human brain: a functional MRI survey

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrorotation analysis on artificial particles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of alginate hydrogels for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Supervisor: Williams, D. (Supervisor) & Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neurocognitive investigation of objectin-scene representations

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Theory applied to social healthcare systems to gain a better understanding of implementation of evidence A multi-method research project using Qualitative Comparative Analysis to explore complex causality when assuming the implementation of evidence context is a social complex adaptive system

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor) & Noyes, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nonlinear Dynamics of Discrete Mode Lasers and Applications

Supervisor: Hong, Y. (Supervisor) & Spencer, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

MS, IMS and Computational Studies of Peptide Structure and Enzyme Activity

Supervisor: Paizs, B. (Supervisor) & Murphy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changes in psychosocial functioning following traumatic brain injury : a confirmatory factor analysis of the Katz Adjustment Scale (KAS-R).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Experimental approaches comparing the magnetoreception capabilities of two sister storage mite species Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) and Tyrophagus longior (Gervais) (Acari: Acaridae)

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Road noise alters foraging duration and vigilance behaviour of three common tit species

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Geochemical and mineralogical studies of the weathering of Silurian argillaceous rocks

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of the genre of T.H. White's Arthurian books.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the Origins of Morality

Supervisor: Betenson, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Image analysis of microscope slides for palynofacies studies

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor) & Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

I predict a riot! The public health economics of improving parenting

Supervisor: Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor) & Bywater, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The origin and development of insular geometric letters

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Rereading the Past: Jane Austen and Reflective Selfhood from Lady Susan to Persuasion

Supervisor: McCue, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Effects of Changing Livestock Practices on the Breeding Performance of the Common Raven, Corvus corax, in Northwest Wales

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Valle, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Preaspiration in phonological stop contrasts : an instrumental phonetic study

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon stocks and productivity in mangroves under climate change: regional and global perspectives

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Skov, M. (Supervisor) & Walton, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The prevention of late blight of the potato using Japanese Knotweed extracts

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Toward a three-dimensional conceptualization of performance anxiety : conceptual model, measurement development and initial validations

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Intersubband optical processes in semiconductor quantum wells.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Does Co-Management programme reconcile community interests and forest conservation:A Case study of Malawi

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Hockley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microwave I.F Signal Processing Strategies For Coherent Optical Communications

Supervisor: O'Reilly, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An economic approach to assessing the value of recreation with special reference to forest areas.

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the physical health of adults with intellectual disabilities who live in residential settings

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A psychophysiological acquisition device for affective video games

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personal Epistemology and its Influence on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Code-switching, Pedagogy and Transformation: Teachers' Perceptions of the Dynamics of Code-switching and Bilingual Identity

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Growing Kind Minds: Adapted group Compassion Focused Therapy for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (CFT-ID)

Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Hormones in Cirripedes

Supervisor: Walker, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Malory and Morte Arthure : some problems in sources.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Posthumanism in Literary Studies: The Nomad and Anthropocentrism

Supervisor: Hiscock, A. (Supervisor) & Webb, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The synthesis of substituted pyridines via aza-diels-alder reactions, using novel aza-dienes

Supervisor: Fletcher, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A phenomenological approach to the experience of chronic pain

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Lessons Learned from Implementing the KiVa Antibullying Programme in UK Primary Schools

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Hoare, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From "Unity" to "Dialogue" in the theology of the New Testament : a methodological and hermeneutical proposal

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The kinetics of GaAs MOCVD using in situ Laser Reflectance Monitoring

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Agweddau ar asesu'r Gymraeg fel ail iaith yn y Cwricwlwm Cenedlaethol 1990-1993: i ba raddau y llwyddwyd i ddatblygu cyfundrefn o dasgau a phrofion statudol Cymraeg ail iaith i gynnal bwriadau ac amcanion y Grwp Gwaith ar Asesu a Phrofi a'r Gorchymyn Cymraeg?

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor) & Williams, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial reservoirs in shellfish and shellfish harvesting waters

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparative study of the doctrines of atonement and justification in the writings of John Owen (1616-1683) and John Wesley (1703-1791) : With considerations of the middle-way contributions of Richard Baxter (1615-1691) and John Tillotson (1630-1694) and the theology of the Protestant Reformers.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of probability and uncertainty on spatial attention

Supervisor: d'Avossa, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neoliberalism and accounting in everyday relational practices: The effects of the UK tax credits system on the financial hardship of claimants

Supervisor: Merkl-Davies, D. (Supervisor) & Bartels, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personal experiences in the early to moderate stages of Alzheimer's disease : an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

A Woman on the Border: A Feminist-Structuralist-Deconstructive Reading of the Character of Miriam in Exodus 2:1-10; 15:20-21 and Numbers 12:1-16.

Supervisor: Davies, E. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The knowledge and practice of health visitors in North Wales in relation to child neglect : a critical enquiry

Supervisor: Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Image and Reality in Medieval Weaponry and Warfare: Wales c.1100 – c.1450

Supervisor: Edwards, N. (Supervisor) & Pryce, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The feasibility of using brief cognitive behavioural therapy for depression associated with Parkinson's disease

Supervisor: Vaughan, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Electrical characterisation of organic nanostructures

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Manuel de Falla and his European contemporaries : encounters, relationships and influences.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Commonwealth Immigration, Policymaking, and the Labour party, c. 1960-1980

Supervisor: Shapely, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the biology of Sacculina carcini (Crustacea: cirripeda: rhizocephala), with particular emphasis on the larval energy budget.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Not Just the Usual Suspects: Designing a new method for public consultation

Supervisor: Calder, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Doloriert, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Quim Monzó and contemporary Catalan culture : innovation, politics and public image

Supervisor: Bru-Dominguez, E. (Supervisor) & Cornella-Detrell, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Zebra stripes, the ectoparasite hypothesis: using behavioural measures to determine ectoparasitic burdens in plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Child and adolescent mental health: Intervention and appropriate Measurement

Supervisor: Saville, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Shear wave studies of interfacial lubrication

Supervisor: Jones, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An empirical study into the effectiveness of performance management in the United Kingdom public sector

Supervisor: Karami, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Recovering the everyday: practices and tactics in postcolonial fiction

Supervisor: Skoulding, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The behavioural ecology of aggression in Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the agronomic and environmental effects of herbal leys on lowland sheep production

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing coupled Reduced Order Models for Shielding and Reactor Physics applications

Supervisor: Spencer, P. (Supervisor), Pierce, I. (Supervisor), Pain, C. (External person) (Supervisor) & Smith, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cardio-respiratory fitness, obesity and traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy