Theses

Towards sustainable fisheries management; addressing evidence-gaps in baited-pot fisheries in the Irish Sea

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Bloor, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of gestural imitation in young children

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Essays on financial structure and regional economic development

Supervisor: Altunbas, Y. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene climate variability in UK waters based on Arctica islandica sclerochronology

Supervisor: Butler, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Post-devolution Welsh identity in Porthcawl : an ethnographic analysis of class, place and everyday nationhood in 'British Wales'

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Day, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Slate: a study of its thermal chemistry and its potential use in catalysis

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the impact of using different researchers to capture Quality of Life measures in Dementia randomised controlled trials

Supervisor: Brocklehurst, P. (Supervisor) & Hoare, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

An investigation into the psychological responses of injured athletes.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coaching special education and social enterprise staff to support engagement in meaningful activities and develop vocational skills for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Supervisor: Hughes, C. (Supervisor) & Toogood, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Noncommutative involutive bases

Supervisor: Wensley, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic steps towards the cylindrospermopsin alkaloids

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bilingual Semantics: Intra- and inter-sense mapping in the case of two languages

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor) & Vaughan-Evans, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of a quantum mechanical wavepacket description of intramolecular energy transfer.

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'Das politische ist nicht anders erlebbar als privat': a study of Anna Mitgutsch's fiction and its portrayal of Austrian society

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the biodiversity of the lakes of the Malay Archipelago using environmental DNA metabarcoding

Supervisor: De Bruyn, M. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor) & Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

‘Mae’r Beibl o’n tu’: Y dadleuon Beiblaidd ynghylch caethwasiaeth ar dudalennau gwasg gyfnodol Gymraeg America, 1838-1868

Supervisor: Davies, E. (Supervisor) & Hunter, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Origin of Zebra Stripes: Does Striping Provide a Fecundity Advantage?

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Investigation into the regulation of DNA repair by the S.pombe cell cycle kinase Cdc2-cyclinB

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 CTBP-Interacting Protein (MRN-CtIP) In Providing Resistance against Camptothecin

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Process and drivers of vegetation change in African drylands : a case study of Yankari Game Reserve

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

"Believing in Russia – Religious Policy after Communism" as a navigational aid to religious affairs in post-communist Russia : --

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Unsupervised Change Detection in Multivariate Streaming Data

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the possible negative effects of self-efficacy upon performance

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced study of pentacene-based organic memory structures

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synchronic variation and historical change in language.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional instability of cement bonded particleboard : understanding its occurrence and reducing its magnitude

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modification of starch and isolated hemicelluloses

Supervisor: Tomkinson, J. (Supervisor) & Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decay resistance of modified wood

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor) & Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Empty categories in Syrian Arabic

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon Allocation in Barley Plants

Supervisor: Farrar, J. F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The aerobic treatment of organic wastes and their use in industry

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The evolution of Irish crime fiction

Supervisor: Gregson, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of acute and chronic exercise on appetite regulatory hormones, craving and body weight in sedentary lean and overweight/obese females

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Revealing components of the economic value for environmental goods and services from forest : an application of stated preference methods for forest valuation and conservation

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Influence of season and temperature on the metabolic costs of survival in the intertidal isopod, Ligia oceanica

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Autonomy-related psychological characteristics of students in higher education.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Methods of Microplastic Identification and Mitigation in Water

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

A modelling approach to assessing the environmental impacts of harvesting marine bivalves from natural populations

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. (Supervisor) & Cordes, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Euronotes: risk and pricing

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of bioinfirmatic analytical approach to identify novel human cancer testis gene candidates

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of climate change on dissolved organic carbon release from peatlands

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Computational and theoretical studies of the Langmuir Trough experiment

Supervisor: Quirke, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electromechanical characterisation of PP EMFi

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Latitudinal and climatic driven changes in local patterns of intertidal macroalgae : implications for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of neosporosis in cattle and sheep in Ireland

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Real-Time and Interactive Computer Graphics in Grid Environments

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advancing knowledge of microbiallymediated lignocellulose degradation in soil using metagenomics and high-throughput in situ cultivation

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), McDonald, J. (Supervisor) & Griffiths, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring decision making to create an active offer of planned home birth

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor) & Burton, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tauopathies in Drosophila: Do Tau isoforms have the same toxicity and can Neurexin rescue Tau induced neurodegeneration?

Supervisor: Shepherd, D. (Supervisor) & Sivanantharajah, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Trilingual Education in the Kam-Speaking Region of Guizhou: Policy, Praxis, and Perceptions

Supervisor: Smith, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical evaluation of the geotechnical properties of Quaternary sediments fron the continental margin, northwest of the UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

At the Crossing: Changing Perceptions, Technologies and Screenplay Functions in Contemporary Cinema

Supervisor: Sherry, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Transformations of the Merlin Legend in Late-Medieval England: Contextualizing Translation in Of Arthour and of Merlin, Henry Lovelich’s Merlin, and the Prose Merlin

Supervisor: Radulescu, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Breaking down the effect of biotic and abiotic mechanisms of litter decomposition in drylands

Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor) & Rey, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Integrated sensor suite for indoor building inspection with an unmanned aerial vehicle

Supervisor: Pierce, I. (Supervisor) & Mansoor, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cycle of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation and mixing in regions of freshwater influence

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Uracil Containing Precursors and Analogues Of Cylindrospermopsin

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cognitive and neural mechanisms of human hand selection

Supervisor: Valyear, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Conceptualisation, Measurement, and Development of Mental Toughness in Military Training

Supervisor: Arthur, C. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pivoting the Player: A Methodological Toolkit for Player Character Research in Offline Role-Playing Games

Supervisor: Ensslin, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The acquisition and alteration of food consumption patterns in preverbal and verbal children

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digestion and the systemic control of appitite in the dab, Limanda limanda (L.)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Variants of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Cds1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring the potential of sound management of forest and tree resources on cattle farms located in tropical dry forest of Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Appraising farm business financial performance indicators.

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of the interactions between amino acid derivatives and phenolic compounds

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bridging the gap between research and practice for interventions based on applied behaviour analysis

Supervisor: Hoerger, M. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem service provision in saltmarsh and sand dune grasslands

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diagnostic Journeys in Prostate Cancer: In what ways can the accounts of men with prostate cancer increase understanding and improve care in Wales? A qualitative study of men with prostate cancer

Supervisor: Hiscock, J. (Supervisor), Wilkinson, C. (Supervisor) & Hendry, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Representations of Crossed Modules and Cat¹-Groups

Supervisor: Porter, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The decay resistance of chemically modified softwood.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal Variability of Gait in High Functioning Autism: A Potential Diagnostic Tool

Supervisor: Wimpory, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Gait Analysis in Autism: A Potential Diagnostic Tool

Supervisor: Wimpory, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Methodological considerations for the assessment of extracellular heat shock protein 72

Supervisor: Whitham, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nitrogen donor complexes of molybdenum and tungsten and new routes to bis-1,2 & tris-1,2,3 substituted ferrocenes

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

We Are Seven

Supervisor: Wilcox, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of phonological processing and attention in developmental dyslexia: an event-related potential investigation

Supervisor: Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the composition and concentration of low molecular weight dissolved organic carbon in Arctic tundra soils

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Visual and spatial processes underpinning intentional action

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The natural vegetation of the Sabah and natural regeneration of the Dipterocarp Forests.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cohesive sediment dynamics on a mudflat within the macrotidal Conwy estuary, North Wales, U.K.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From Dragoun to Dragon: The Role of the Dragon in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature

Supervisor: Niebrzydowski, S. (Supervisor) & Wilcox, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Perceptions of stress and ways of coping in people with non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD)

Supervisor: Baker, G. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

When the curtain calls: stories of Filipino urban poor children in the performing arts

Supervisor: Hester, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

The development of a vaccine against Schistosoma mansoni based on cercarial elastase.

Supervisor: Doenhoff, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of conservation organisations in the mitigation of ash dieback in Wales

Supervisor: Walmsley, J. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The ecology of Astropecten irregularis and its potential role as a benthic predator in a soft-sediment community.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental and biological controls of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios in the shells of the bivalves Pinna nobilis, Mytilus edulis and Pecten maximus : implications for palaeo-environmental reconstructions

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The time-course of attention orienting via observed gaze direction: facilitation, inhibition, and the effects of emotional expression

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Innovative Topical Formulations from Bio-Based Polymers for Transdermal Drug Delivery

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating damselfish distribution patterns and benthic habitat complexity associations using SFM-Photogrammetry

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Application of Systems Thinking Approaches to the Development of Integrated Care Services for Adults with Complex Care Needs: A Systematic Review

Supervisor: Seddon, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Toms, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Sudies on the epidemiology of a Nigerian strain of Schistosoma haematobium with particular reference to the molluscan hosts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multidisciplinary approach to support the design of a local policy of payment for hydrological ecosystem services, in a microwatershed located in northern Veracruz Mexico

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the Processing and Stabilisation of Chromophores

Supervisor: Hollyman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the use of municipal solid waste as a feedstock for in-vessel composting

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced avalanche photodiode receivers in optical communications.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The pricing and structure of syndicated loans : three empirical studies

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Using an Agent based model (ABM) to predict fish interactions with a Tidal Stream Turbine

Supervisor: Waggitt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Analysis of biodiversity and soil C storage in the south Konkan coast of Maharashtra (India)

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy