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

Delweddu Catrin o Ferain Mewn Llun a Gair

Supervisor: Davies, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving plant conservation interventions through a better understanding of human decision-making

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The environmental cost-benefits of improving pasture productivity on upland cattle systems

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cerddi mawl Robin Ddu o Fôn

Supervisor: Lynch, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Persistence of escherichia coli O157 in contrasting environments and its implications for human health

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Translocation of a Medically Important Snake: Russell’s Vipers (Daboia russelii) in Rural India

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Tri dramodydd cyfoes: Meic Povey, Siôn Eirian ac Aled jones Williams

Supervisor: Wiliams, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Yr awen ddemocrateiddiol : agweddau ar waith Gwyn Thomas, 1962-2010

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Transfer of self-instructional & metacognitive training of communication skills for people who have learning difficulties

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Investigation of Machine Vision and Path Planning Methods for use in an Autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicle

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gaining insight into caregiving experiences and motivations

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor) & Robinson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring decision making in intellectual disability nursing: provider and user perspectives

Supervisor: Irvine, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Brachyury in the Human Colon and Colorectal Cancer

Supervisor: Wakeman, J. (Supervisor) & Gollins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cynyddu'r Defnydd o'r Gymraeg yn y Gweithle Dwyieithog: Mewnwelediadau o'r Gwyddorau Ymddygiad

Supervisor: Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Arfarniad o ddulliau dysgu ac addysgu yng nghyd-destun addysg uwchradd ddwyieithog

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic aspects of a small scale honeybee breeding program

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of the Enhancing Parenting Skills 2014 Programme

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

What works? a realist evaluation of the role of intermediaries in promoting best practice in infection prevention control

Supervisor: Rycroft-Malone, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elementary education in Caernarvonshire 1839-1902

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identity, Language and Landscape in Early Modern Literature from Wales and the Marches

Supervisor: Willie, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional molecular wires from self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Constructing Modern Welsh Womanhood: The Blue Books' Impact on the Portrayal of Women in Anglophone Welsh Literature 1847 – 1907

Supervisor: Koehler, K. (Supervisor) & Webb, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon management and the historic built environment in Wales

Supervisor: Karl, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The social capital of cathedral congregations : an individual differences approach

Supervisor: Francis, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cynyddu amlygiad plant i'r Gymraeg: Dylanwad rhaglenni cyw ar ddatblygiad geirfa plant a'u hadnabyddiaeth o reolau cystrawennol

Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Young people's experiences of managing type 1 diabetes

Supervisor: Rickard, R. (Supervisor), Jackson, M. (Supervisor) & Bailey-Rogers, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Examining the Social Reward Value of Biological Motion

Supervisor: Cross, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Monitoring the condition of semi-natural vegetation: the application of remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Grasping the nettle: Understanding hospital discharge : a constructivist inquiry

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of emotional arousal on decision making

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The use of herd data to teach dairy cattle breeding in further and higher education colleges

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prediction of the coverage and performance of the Datatrak low-frequency tracking system

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on fossil plants of Karoo age from Central & Southern Africa

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conducting polymers for use in supercapacitors : an electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical investigation into low bandgap thiophene derivatives.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactions between components of rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The economic impact of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railways on Gwynedd

Supervisor: Morris, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The meaning for professional carers of being in long-term therapeutic contact with patients-clients in the community setting

Supervisor: Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

CarerNet - a systems approach to achieving an integrated & intelligent telecare system

Supervisor: Bradley, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Energised Welsh communities: Examining the development and social impacts of community renewable energy in Wales

Supervisor: Patterson, C. (Supervisor) & Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Washed in the Spirit: Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Water Baptism

Supervisor: Thomas, J. (Supervisor) & Green, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cyfaill pwy o'r hen wlad?: y wasg gyfnodol Gymraeg a hunaniaeth Cymry America 1838-66

Supervisor: Hunter, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Praise and performance : congregational and choral music in the Nonconformist chapels of North-east Wales and Liverpool during the 19th century

Supervisor: Thomas, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation into memory effect in organic semiconductor devices

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing the role of DON in semi natural and agricultural ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Underlying motives for activity: An agentic emotion regulation and attachment perspective.

Supervisor: Woodman, T. (Supervisor) & Roberts, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Rheumatoid cachexia in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated in the current treat-to-target era: An exploration of the incidence, mechanisms, effects on physical function, and a potential nutritional treatment

Supervisor: Lemmey, A. (Supervisor) & OBrien, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Illusions of control : exploring the dissociation between explicit and implicit systems

Supervisor: Ward, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of the roles of HERC2 in Centrosome and Cilia Biology

Supervisor: Staples, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Novel Assessment of the Temporal and Abiotic Factors Influencing Environmental DNA Derived from Freshwater Biofilms

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Evaluating the decomposition characteristics of organic wastes and synthetic plastics

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Roberts, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Sanctification

Supervisor: Thomas, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the integration between person knowledge and person perception processes

Supervisor: Ramsey, R. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetics of the scallop Pecten maximus : morphological, allozyme electrophoresis and mitochondrial DNA approaches.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional molecular wires and devices

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Processes controlling spatial and temporal variations in cockle Cerastoderma edule (L.) abundance and distribution

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of visuo-spatial resources in object recognition

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor), Leek, C. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The utility of benthic infaunal production for selecting marine protected areas in the Irish Sea

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stress and coping among direct care staff in a learning disability service.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Work, Identity, Narrative: Reconstructing the Working Experiences of Italians in Wales (1880s – 1950s)

Supervisor: Miranda-Barreiro, D. (Supervisor) & Bergamini, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Louis Grabu and his opera Albion and Albanius

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Imagery and sport performance

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal control of animal operant performance.

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Generic Juxtapositioning in Malory's Morte D'Arthur

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Fuel Cell Sensors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of leaders within a church network in Austria 'Life church Osterreich'

Supervisor: Alexander, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

A study of information processing in dyslexic subjects

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An exploratory study investigating the help seeking attitudes of farmers : the relationship between stress, coping, attitudes towards seeking help and psychological well being.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Autobiographical memory, emotional intelligence, emotion focusing and depression in children

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stylistic destinations: the prosodies of R.S. Thomas, 1936-2000

Supervisor: Brown, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

How attention influences the emotional evaluation of complex objects

Supervisor: Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Working with Trauma: Perceived Competence and Burnout in Mental Health Staff

Supervisor: Horn, N. (External person) (Supervisor) & Power, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Modelling the impacts of agri-environment scheme options on plants and soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Smart, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The use of constructed treatment wetlands for water quality amelioration in conservation scenarios

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

History, Organization and the Changing Culture of Care : An Historical Analysis of the Frontier Nursing Service

Supervisor: Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The underworld of agriculture and its economic implications

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Registration of 3D models to 2D X-ray images using fast X-ray simulation and global optimisation algorithms

Supervisor: Vidal, F. (Supervisor) & Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Schizosaccharomyces pombe meiotic linear elements

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stock market trend behaviour and continuation and reversal effects in stock market returns

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Repetitive prophetical and interpretative formulations in Luke's Gospel of Codex Bezae: an analysis of readings in D

Supervisor: Read-Heimerdinger, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of plant-fungus and plant-insect interactions in the dynamics of secondary and mature tropical rainforests

Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor), Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Engelbrecht, B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of extensin protein in Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to pathogen invasion

Supervisor: Shirsat, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Intensity modulation of optical OFDM signals using low-cost semiconductor laser devices for next-generation PONs

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seasonal and tidal cycles of suspended particulates in the Irish Sea

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

In-situ reflectance monitoring in MOVPE of a multiwafer reactor

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Team Effectiveness in Professional Cricket

Supervisor: Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identifying word-order convergence in the speech of Welsh-English bilinguals

Supervisor: Deuchar, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pelagic sharks are poorly understood because of limitations inherent in studying

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor) & Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the impact of trees and hedgerows on landscape hydrology

Supervisor: Smith, A. (Supervisor), Robinson, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Marshall, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Breaking the Silence: Challenges to Professional Boundaries in Therapeutic Work - A Qualitative Exploration

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

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

The migration of large scale bed forms in the Dee Estuary

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A brief cognitive therapy intervention to reduce the fear of falling and enhance daily living amongst older adults undergoing rehabilitation after hip fracture.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Assessing high resolution climate data to inform landscape management of climate risk at different scales.: Environmental Science

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Postglacial vegetational dynamics in Lowland North Wales.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of confidence in rehabilitation and the recovery of motor performance

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation and lifetime studies of CPDT- and BT- based photovoltaic cells

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genotype-phenotype analysis of the checkpoint kinase MEC1, the budding yeast homologue of human ATM/ ATR

Supervisor: Cha, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of tourist presence and activity on the behaviour of Zanzibar red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park

Supervisor: Georgiev, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Lives in transition : caregiving and bereavement adjustment among spousal dementia caregivers : a grounded theory study

Supervisor: Woods, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

An evaluation of perennial mobile green manures for climate change mitigation in agriculture

Supervisor: Hill, P. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Profiling the Language Abilities of Welsh-English Bilingual Children with Down Syndrome

Supervisor: Sanoudaki, E. (Supervisor) & Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A stylistic analysis of administrative English through a qualitative and quantitative investigation of government information leaflets

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Pentecostal Hearing of Ezekiel: Ezekiel’s Visions by the hwhy-dy and the xwr

Supervisor: Thomas, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optimisation of biogas production by advanced process monitoring and the effect of mixing frequency on biogas reactors with and without microbial support media

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A new proxy for constraining Palaeotidal simulations for the Northwest European Shelf Seas

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Community level effects of variable recruitment of a key species Mytilus edulis L. in the rocky intertidal

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Hawkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Turnover of S-containing amino acids (cysteine and methionine) in grassland soils and their availability to plants

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Threats to Privately-Owned Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in China from the State-Owned Enterprise Policy and the State’s Interest: Towards Developing an Effective Legal Framework for the Protection of Chinese Privately-Owned SMEs

Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor) & Shi, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

FORECASTING FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES AND VOLATILITY WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Vasilakis, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The causes and consequences of accounting fraud in China

Supervisor: Ashton, J. (Supervisor) & Jaafar, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cognitive processing in convicted sexual offenders and non-offender controls

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Changes in colour and contrast perception between day and night vision

Supervisor: Mantiuk, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effect of habitat on the ecology and fisheries of Scylla spp.in Vietnam and the Philippines

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise-related sensorimotor and neuromuscular performance of the knee joint

Supervisor: Gleeson, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Maintaining orientation within route following tasks : a developmental approach

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anaerobic digestion : its potential to improve the economic and environmental performance of organic farming systems

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Whole tree harvesting and wood ash recycling to forests : case studies in upland Sitka spruce in Wales

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene evolution of a coastal barrier complex, Pendine Sands.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fantastical journeys : an investigation of magical realist travel fiction, including Eithe's Way, a magical realist novel and Fantastical journeys: a fusion form, a critical thesis

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The English in north-west Wales. Migration, identity and belonging 1970-2010 : an oral history

Supervisor: Edwards, A. (Supervisor) & Tanner, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dynamical analysis of self-pulsation and chaos in semiconductor laser models

Supervisor: Roberts, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysing the water-energy nexus: Benchmarking efficiency in water services

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A knowledge-based systems approach to agroforestry research and extension.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Editing the Morte Darthur, Making Malory: Canonisation, Authorial Identity, and Editorial Influence

Supervisor: Radulescu, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An fMRI Investigation of Visual Responses to Social Interactions

Supervisor: Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Care and compassion: An exploration of care experiences and compassion focused approaches in Forensic and Inpatient Mental Health Services.: English

Supervisor: Lamers, C. (Supervisor) & Wane, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Estimating the contribution of beekeeping to household wellbeing and conservation motivations in the Tanzanian Miombo

Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Theology of the Spirits in the former Prophets: A Pentecostal Perspective

Supervisor: Thomas, J. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sovereign credit ratings and financial market volatility : bi-directional relationships and heterogeneous impact

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor) & Alsakka, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Split sovereign credit ratings : the causes and implications for the financial markets

Supervisor: ap Gwilym, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bahrain marine habitats and some environmental effects on seagrass beds : a study of the marine habitats of Bahrain with particular reference to the effects of water temperature, depth and salinity on seagrass biomass and distribution.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A multilocus phylogeny of the cobra clade elapids

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Visualising the self-face representation via behavioural image reconstruction

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor) & Maister, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Words and bilingualism : neural and behavioural correlates of crosslinguistic influence in category structure

Supervisor: Gathercole, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of in situ oceanic warming on marine benthic recruitment and community development in Antarctica

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of canopy structure in leaf litter production, quality and decomposition in rustic and traditional coffee systems and forests in Mexico

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personality and motivational determinants of alcohol use

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor), Ingledew, D. (Supervisor) & Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Simulation of image guided needle puncture: contribution to real-time ultrasound and fluoroscopic rendering, and volume haptic rendering

Supervisor: John, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Childhood risk factors, emotion awareness and regulation in borderline personality disorder

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Flow-sediment interactions in turbidity currents moving over soft, muddy beds

Supervisor: Baas, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of marine recreation on bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay

Supervisor: Evans, P. (Supervisor), Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Waggitt, J. (Supervisor) & Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dye-sensitised solar cells: understanding the interactions between dyes and TiO2

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Representing identities in Tatarstan : a cartography of post-soviet discourses, schooling and everyday life

Supervisor: Davies, H. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Syntactic co-activation in bilinguals

Supervisor: Jones, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Influence of Standardisation on Language Endangerment: A Study of Language Attitudes in Luxembourg and Belgium

Supervisor: Tamburelli, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cognitive, metacognitive and dissociative factors underlying psychotic hallucinations and nonclinical hallucination-proneness

Supervisor: Bentall, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries-induced evolution : a genetic approach using selection experiments on Poecilia reticulata

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Associate memory in ageing and alzheimer's disease : |b alterations in brain activity and implications for rehabilitation techniques

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

On the normal use of oculomotor reflexes

Supervisor: Rafal, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem services from bivalve aquaculture

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor), Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor), Christie, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wilson, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitation in perceptual and conceptual networks and rapid response learning: Two types of memory for priming in person recognition

Supervisor: Boehm, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy