Theses

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

Task switching and response processes

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Intonation in Anglesey Welsh

Supervisor: Mennen, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Intonation in Anglesey Welsh

Supervisor: Mennen, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Newfrontiers church planting in the UK: an examination of their distinctves and practices

Supervisor: Kay, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

From soil to stream: Spatial and temporal variations in the decomposition, generation and transport of Dom.

Supervisor: Freeman, P. C. (Supervisor) & Thomas, P. D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the causes and consequences of individual behaviour: personality & plasticity in the marine gastropod, Littoraria irrorata.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills training group for borderline personality disorder: A Scoping review and a feasibility study of an intervention in a public hospital in Santiago de Chile.

Supervisor: Roberts, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Towards a new system of group hypnotherapy for adult obesity

Supervisor: Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Script development and interdisciplinary collaborations in the production of climate-fiction films

Supervisor: Bakir, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Music in the blood & Poetry in the soul? National identity in the life and music of Grace Williams

Supervisor: Thomas, W. (Supervisor) & Schmidt-Beste, T. C. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of a cognitive-behavioural pain management programme with severely chronic pain patients

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

A Study of the Geomicrobiology of Acid Mine Drainage-impacted Environments, with particular regard to the former Mynydd Parys Copper Mines, North Wales

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Resistance in the 'Oppressor's' Tongue: English-language Welsh Writers and Spanish-language Catalan Writers

Supervisor: Webb, A. (Supervisor) & Bru-Dominguez, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'On aurait pensé que la nature s'était trompée en leur donnant leurs sexes' : masculine malaise, gender indeterminacy and sexual ambiguity in July Monarchy narratives

Supervisor: Frith, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From research to practice : integrity and pragmatics in implementing mindfulness-based interventions

Supervisor: Griffith, G. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

IMPACT OF MINDFULNESS TEACHER TRAINING ON MBSR PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY

Supervisor: Dorjee, D. (Supervisor) & Crane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Molecular Phylogeography and Venom Evolution of Trimeresurus stejnegeri in Taiwan.

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor) & Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Beyond Graduation: trajectories of graduates from higher education in North Wales

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological capacities of Gammarid amphipods to survive environmental change

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The social world of climbing in North West Wales

Supervisor: Borland, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Effect of Combination Aerobic and Resistance Home Exercise Training on Endothelial Function in Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3-4: a Randomised Controlled Pilot Study

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

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Determinants of health in horticultural workers: a comparison of national and international supply chains

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Linking On-farm Land Restoration and Livelihoods in the Drylands of Eastern Kenya

Supervisor: Pagella, T. (Supervisor) & Winowiecki, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Philosophy of History and the Philosophy of Religions in the work of Edgar Quinet

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

How does naming promote stimulus equivalence? An investigation into the role of instructions used during name training

Supervisor: Lowe, F. (Supervisor) & Dugdale, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The relation between crawling and allocentric spatial coding in infants

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Unheard Voices: Children and Parents’ Experiences of Respiratory Assistance

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Schedule control of temporally based behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Focussing selection to the letter level: understanding the letter search task

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor) & Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A theoretical study of carrier dynamics in semiconductor quantum dots

Supervisor: Rees, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Converging Approach to Sex differences and Pain; an Examination of Social and Biological Mechanisms that May Account for Differences Between Male and Female Pain Reports

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Multiple Stressors on the Development and Performance of Decapod Crustaceans

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nietzsche's Will To Power: A Naturalistic Account of Metaethics Based on Evolutionary Principles and Thermodynamic Laws

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (Supervisor) & Betenson, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The influence of sleep deprivation, cold exposure, exercise stress and nutritional intervention on selected immune responses

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Teaching Civics: A study of the educators’ conceptualisation of citizenship education in India

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

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

'A barbarous nook of Ireland' : representations of the Irish Rebellion in Milton and some contemporaries.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'[A] shifting/identity never your own' : the uncanny and unhomely in the poetry of R.S. Thomas

Supervisor: Brown, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Rhwng Trawsfynydd a Pharis: Agweddau ar Waith John Rowlands

Supervisor: Price, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The maladministration of the Coalition Provisional Authority in the duty to prevent criminal activities and its effects on illegal funds (causes and solutions)

Supervisor: Cahill, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A multi-method investigation of the relationship between life stress, coping strategies and psychological distress in adolescents.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

An economic evaluation of a value added tax for Greece

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The relationship between leadership, organizational culture and job satisfaction : the empirical evidence from retail banking industry in Wales

Supervisor: Karami, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Current State of Scientific Literacy in Wales

Supervisor: Lewis, J. (Supervisor) & Jones, S. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The relationship between physical well-being, mood states, physical self perceptions and participation and withdrawal from physical activity

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discourse connectives in Syrian Arabic.

Supervisor: Borsley, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Informal childcare and childcare choice in Wales

Supervisor: Davies, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Climate change and Welsh catchments: Implications for hydrological regime, water quality and water abstraction

Supervisor: Patil, S. (Supervisor) & Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Rapid determination of parasite viability using AC electrokinetic techniques

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor) & Burt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

What are the Challenges of Evaluating Co-produced Initiatives?

Supervisor: Krayer, A. (Supervisor) & Carre, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Enamelwork from early Anglo-Saxon contexts

Supervisor: Edwards, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Impact of Transactional Website Adoption on Banks’ Performance

Supervisor: Carbo-Valverde, S. (Supervisor), Williams, G. (Supervisor) & Lopes, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Polychaetes of the Falkland Islands: Critical Analysis of Published Works

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Control of Automatic Imitation - Neural Mechanisms and Individual Differences

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving fallow productivity in the forest and forest-savanna transition of Ghana : a socio-economic analysis of livelihoods and technologies

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of regional development banks

Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation of the process of microbial decomposition and the ‘enzymic latch’ mechanism in coastal wetland ecosystems

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Shiite Resistance Against the British Occupation in Iraq 1914-1921

Supervisor: Shapely, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Forestry policy: hindsight, forethought and foresight

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Role of Schemas in Psychosis and Voice-Hearing

Supervisor: Rydon-Grange, M. (Supervisor) & Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Discriminative control of operant response latency on temporally-based schedules.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stability and performance assessment of organic photovoltaics using data analytics and machine learning

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal-Difference learning underpins the acquisition of intertemporal preferences for high-value food rewards in humans

Supervisor: Rogers, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Localisation and interactions of adenomatous polyposis coli and Beta-catenin in epithelial and colorectal cancer cells

Supervisor: Wakeman, J. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emotion and prejudice in complex decision-making

Supervisor: Turnbull, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

High Voltage Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field (nsPEF) Electroporation Systems

Supervisor: Hancock, C. (Supervisor) & Palego, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The psychological wellbeing of carers of people with dementia: What role does knowledge play on carers' perception of dementia?

Supervisor: Lamers, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Synthesis and applications of guanidine heterocycles

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal marine communities: Towards predicting the consequences of extinction for ecosystem functioning in natural assemblages

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor) & Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS, AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILIES

Supervisor: Lynch, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Davies Abbott, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Measuring and modelling sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (bong.) carriere) and birch (Betula spp.) crowns, with special reference to terrestrial photogrammetry

Supervisor: Pommerening, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Keeping up with the Neighbours: Cultural Emulation, Integration and Change in Southeast Wales c.1050 - c.1350.

Supervisor: Roberts, E. (Supervisor) & Pryce, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Veritas: : hanes a'r nofel ddirgelwch

Supervisor: Wiliams, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The academic writing of Japanese students of English : contrastive rhetoric and its implications for an integrated approach to composition pedagogy.

Supervisor: James, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An assessment of the contribution of Sir Hugh Owen to education in Wales

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Health service users' help-seeking decisions in primary healthcare: A health psychology approach

Supervisor: Fazey, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

What works to support brief smoking cessation in acute hospital settings?

Supervisor: Burton, C. (Supervisor) & Williams, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Archaeoleg ddisgyrsiol mewn pedair haen: Datganiadau cenedlaethol-drefedigaethol yn y wasg Gymreig a’r wasg Fasgaidd yn y 1890au

Supervisor: Jones, A. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dadansoddiad o nodau graddedig ar gyfer oedolion sy'n dysgu'r Gymraeg fel ail iaith

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Inferencing unknown words in reading

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A mixed methods exploratory case study into the rationale and behaviours underpinning routine blood tests in critically ill patients, and possible strategies to reduce the number performed

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Development of an Electrochemical DNA Hybridisation Biosensor for the Detection of Equine Hindgut Acidosis

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Discourse and Dementia: Using positioning theory to explore whether an Appreciative Inquiry approach supports people living with dementia to challenge discourse

Supervisor: Huws, J. (Supervisor) & Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of emotional expression in performance and health

Supervisor: Woodman, T. (Supervisor) & Callow, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eye movements and the visual perception of shape

Supervisor: Leek, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and application of forensic genetic typing systems for wildlife species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolution and molecular systematics of the Ovophis monticola species complex (Serpentes:Viperidae:Crotalinae)

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor) & Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Wyn Roberts: The Blue Dragon?: Conservatism, Welsh Patriotism and North Wales c. 1970s- 1990s.

Supervisor: Mann, R. (Supervisor) & Wiliam, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fragmented forests in South-West Ethiopia : impacts of land-use change on plant species composition and priorities for future conservation

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course on Neurocognitive Markers of Ageing and Dementia in Typically Ageing Older Adults

Supervisor: Mullins, P. (Supervisor) & Dorjee, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of triglycerides using quantitative NMR techniques

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An offer she can’t refuse: scripting the anti-heroine pilot episode for an intended audience

Supervisor: Skains, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Women's experience of obesity : an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Supervisor: Hargreaves, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Quantitative Methods for Producing Evidence to Support Sustainable King Scallop Management

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor), Szostek, C. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Lambert, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Simulating the temporal and spatial variability of North Wales mussel populations

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor), Robins, P. (Supervisor) & Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Self-efficacy and Performance Relationships: Examining the Roles of Personality, Bias, and Effort

Supervisor: Beattie, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The identification of children with 'movement difficulties' in Gwynedd and an evaluation of an intervention programme

Supervisor: Walsh, S. (Supervisor) & Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evidence-based practice, autism education and Applied Behaviour Analysis: Do Behaviour Analysts need to practise what they preach?

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Affective responses to imaged motor fluency

Supervisor: Hayes, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dilemmas of audience and alienation in the fiction of Olive Schreiner

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Calix(4)arenes and their use in sensors.

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor) & Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Constructed wetlands for the treatment of British mine drainage waters : a biogeochemical approach.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

What is special about faces? Examining face-categorisation with event-related potential measures

Supervisor: Thierry, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Predicting recovery of soft sediment communities following physical disturbance

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Secondary Succession in Tropical Dry Forests: Drivers and Mechanisms of Forest Regeneration

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the development and nutrition of the caridean prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de man) (Crustacea: decapoda).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discrimination without awareness

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The environmental trade-offs of mining in a biodiversity hotspot

Supervisor: Willcock, S. (Supervisor), Jones, J. (Supervisor) & Goodenough, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bank supervision in Zimbabwe

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Quality management in higher education in Mozambique.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Olympic trials

Supervisor: Gregson, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ferroelectric composites for pyro-and piezoelectric applications

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of winter waterlogging on the growth, development and yield of UK varieties of winter wheat

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The kinematics of human tool use

Supervisor: Watt, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification, Ecology and Function of Armillaria species on oak trees in the Forest of Dean

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor), Hale, M. (Supervisor) & Denman, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of the demersal fisheries resources within the 25NM Maltese Fisheries Management Zone

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise stress, nutrition and novel measures of in vivo immunity

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Surface pre-treatment methods for improving adhesion ability in wood plymer composite for frame and furniture construction applications

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Writing the Robinsonade Novel in Context of Globalism and Self-Enlightenment: E Pluribus Unum

Supervisor: Conran, A. (Supervisor) & Durrant, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Metagenomics approaches to discover new industrially-relevant enzymes

Supervisor: Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the neurocognitive bases of social cognition from a general semantics perspective

Supervisor: Binney, R. (Supervisor) & Koldewyn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The social work profession in the Czech Republic

Supervisor: Rees Jones, I. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

High Burnup Fragmentation in Uranium Oxide Fuels for Light Water Reactors

Supervisor: Rushton, M. (Supervisor), Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor) & Atkinson, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Behavioural and Health Impacts of Raising Children in a Digital Household

Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The use of instability as the dependent variable in the study of young children's spelling.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Topographic learning and memory in habitat selection by Lipophrys pholis L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Petrov-Galerkin finite element methods

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Polychlorinated biphenyls and their effects on the early life stages of the European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L.

Supervisor: McCarthy, D. I. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mudge, D. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Access to nature and its impact on peoples' wellbeing

Supervisor: Willcock, S. (Supervisor), Jones, J. (Supervisor) & Bullock, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental extremes and the immune response to exercise

Supervisor: Walsh, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A theoretical study of coupling and dephasing in semiconductor quantum dots

Supervisor: Rees, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The synthesis of mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of paired associate learning and sequential memory in dyslexic and non-dyslexic subjects.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digital Filter Multiplexing-enabled Advanced Networking Devices and PON Architectures for 5G Network Convergence

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic analysis of bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor) & Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychological determinants of children's food preferences.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding Writing Difficulties Amongst Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Cases of Dyslexia and/or Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compassion in the NHS: An exploration of the experiences of mental health staff.

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor), Oakley, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Way, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Development of lab-on-a-chip technology

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor) & Burt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change: A Differentiated Patent Regime for Environmentally Sound Technologies

Supervisor: Shi, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examining Personality and Performance in Extreme Environments

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor), Beattie, S. (Supervisor), Arthur, C. (Supervisor) & Eade, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DSP-enabled Reconfigurable Optical Network Devices and Architectures for Cloud Access Networks

Supervisor: Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fine Scale Survey of Metals, Nutrients and Lipid Biomarkers in the Conwy Estuary

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'The Crucified God; The Self Reimagined: Mapping the Death of God Motif in the Philosophical Anthropologies of Nietzsche and St Paul' : A Reappraisal of Friedrich Nietzsche’s Anti-Christianity with Continual Reference to Paul of Tarsus

Supervisor: Huskinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of naming in stimulus equivalence : differences between humans and animals.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the benefit of implementing 'motivation modification' prior to 'belief modification' in the treatment of delusional beliefs in clients with psychosis.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Erosional resilience of salt marshes: : Bio-physical processes from patch to national scales

Supervisor: Skov, M. (Supervisor), Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Garbutt, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies in cyclopropene chemistry.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Infection Control Practices within the Diagnostic Imaging Department

Supervisor: Murphy, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Generating carbon credits through application of the enzymic latch mechanism in peatland carbon sequestration

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Comprehensive Investigation to Inform Effective Talent Development in Sport

Supervisor: Lawrence, G. (Supervisor) & Gottwald, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Kinetics of the wood-acetic anhydride reaction

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Missionary vocation : a study of British Assemblies of God's world missions 1965-2000

Supervisor: Kay, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Disturbance and climate change risks to forest carbon sinks and potential management responses

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy