Theses

Aspects of language contact in Rioja Alavesa

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity of the invertebrate community associated with the turf-forming red alga Corallina officinalis in tide pools

Supervisor: Seed, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changes in religious understanding and attitudes between year 7 and year 9

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Czerny's interpretation of Beethoven's piano sonatas

Supervisor: Wood, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Earnings properties and accounting valuation in the euro zone

Supervisor: Giner, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mcleay, S. (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

Making sense of more bad news : membership categorisation and media reportage

Supervisor: Hester, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Motivational and cognitive determinants of attentional bias for alcohol-related stimuli : implications for a new attentional-training intervention

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Neuromuscular performance and exercise stress associated with the stabilisation of synovial joints

Supervisor: Gleeson, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Philosophical history in Scott's Waverley novels

Supervisor: Jones, C. (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

Remembering identity after postmodernity

Supervisor: Armitt, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Simulation of the micromagnetic behaviour of nanoelements by an adaptive wavelet method

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Social skills in adolescents with autism : testing the specificity of the deficit, and development of a DVD training intervention

Supervisor: Jones, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

The derivation of suspended sediment concentrations in the Irish Sea from in situ and remotely-sensed ocean colour

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The economics of GCC banking efficiency

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (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

The impact of different approaches to religious education on the spiritual and moral attitudes of year nine and year ten pupils

Supervisor: Francis, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The political dynamics of north east Wales, with special reference to the Liberal Party, 1918-1935

Supervisor: Tanner, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The pricing and structure of syndicated loans : three empirical studies

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The relationship between life events and challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disability : a preliminary study

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

The role of oestrogen in exercise-induced muscle damage

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of traumatic life events in the onset and content of auditory hallucinations : a qualitative case study approach

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

The social world of climbing in North West Wales

Supervisor: Borland, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Unbounded dependencies in Korean

Supervisor: Borsley, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding the humanistic interaction with medical imaging technology

Supervisor: Reeves, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Laser-fibre system for in situ stress monitoring of thin films

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (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

Object-based representations facilitate memory for inhibitory processes

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The removal of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) in constructed wetlands

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biology of interspecies Wolbachia infections

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Kinetics of the wood-acetic anhydride reaction

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparison of methods for selecting untagged animals for breeding purposes

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (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

Competitive interactions between Coffea arabica L. and fast-growing timber shade trees

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hydrocarbon-degradation by bacteria from Antarctica

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A behavioural analysis of rapid word learning in infants

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dynamics and characteristics of organo-mineral aggregates in shelf seas

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multivariate statistical analyses in lipid biomarker studies

Supervisor: Mudge, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of interventions to minimise soil and nutrients losses in the Bari land of the middle hills of western development region of Nepal

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of optical fibre devices for distributed monitoring and point-sensing applications

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitating exercise behaviour change: a self-determination theory and motivational interviewing perspective

Supervisor: Markland, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Treatment of Cr (VI) effluents using electroprecipitation

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of the acetate non-utilising mutant 1 of Arabidopsis.

Supervisor: Hooks, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Inhibitory Processes in Temporal Selection

Supervisor: Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor) & Downing, P. (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

Religion and health: a systematic review

Supervisor: Francis, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Representations of Crossed Modules and Cat¹-Groups

Supervisor: Porter, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suspended sediment dynamics in the upper Gulf of California

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The central executive and object recognition

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

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

Mona maritime trail llwybr Mon a mor

Supervisor: Morris, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The acquisition of phonemic constraints : implications for models of phonological encoding

Supervisor: Houghton, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Yr iaith Gymraeg a Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developmental aspects of temporal visual attention

Supervisor: Shapiro, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gum Arabic studies in Tanzania: Production, utilization and economic potentials.

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Transplanting sorghum and pearl millet- a key to risk management in semi-arid areas

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of lab-on-a-chip technology

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Maize and soybean intercropping in Nepal

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The coastal transition zone of the Galician Region: Upper layer response to wind forcing and circulation.

Supervisor: Barton, E. D. (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

A preference for delayed rewards in children: developmental effects and individual differences

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study into the growth kinetics and properties of thin film zinc oxide deposited by MOCVD

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

African bamboos: an appraisal with special reference to Oxytenanthera abyssinica, the savanna bamboo

Supervisor: Hall, J. (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

Anabolic and anticatabolic interventions for the treatment of cachexia in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Supervisor: Lemmey, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of genes encoding peritrophins from the peritrophic matrix of Diptera : Drosophila and Glossina.

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electromechanical characterisation of PP EMFi

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gas-sensitive resistors for detection of nitroaromatics

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactions between bacteria, enzymes and the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interfacial effects in polymer MIS devices

Supervisor: Taylor, 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

Studies in indene and indole synthesis

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic approaches to single enantiomers of mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cloning and characterisation of Schizosaccharomyces pombe rec20-144

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Variation in aggressiveness and fungicide sensitivity in sexual and asexual progeny of Phytophthora infestans

Supervisor: Shattock, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

he Arabidopsis extensin gene at Ext1: studies on protein function and gene regulation

Supervisor: Shirsat, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

he effect of observing averted gaze on attention: object-based effects and individual differences.

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor) & Di Pellegrino, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'You don't know what we're really like' : a profile of young people's values

Supervisor: Francis, L. (Supervisor)

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

A study on diversity in classifier ensembles

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (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 theoretical study of coupling and dephasing in semiconductor quantum dots

Supervisor: Rees, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Accounting harmonisation in Europe : country effects and sector effects

Supervisor: Mcleay, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Agreement in relative clauses and the theory of phrase structure : a study of Standard Arabic

Supervisor: Macdonald, P. (Supervisor) & Deuchar, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Attachment styles of staff and people in care-homes : an investigation into effects on challenging behaviour

Supervisor: Woods, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Autobiographical memory, problem solving and coping strategies of parents referred for parent training

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor) & Burnside, E. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Bank cost and alternative profit efficiency in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia over the period 1994-2001

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Courting Justice In and Out of Court : A Socio-Legal Examination of Prosecutorial Commitment and Conflict in the United States

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exercise, neuromuscular control and performance, and stability of the knee joints

Supervisor: Gleeson, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Global interactions : an international perspective : a portfolio of compositions

Supervisor: Lewis, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hofstede's cultural dimensions and work-related values in Kuwait : implications for employment policy

Supervisor: Sambrook, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impaired awareness following acquired brain injury : conceptual, emotional and treatment considerations

Supervisor: Coetzer, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

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

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic studies towards analogues of ptilomycalin A

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The adult consequences of childhood psychological maltreatment : a study of object relations, internalized shame, and defence style

Supervisor: Woods, B. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

The impact of anthropogenic and natural stresses on the coral reefs of Rodrigues, Western Indian Ocean

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The influence of parent-child behavioural similarity on parental empathetic responding

Supervisor: Daley, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

The relationship of bone density and physical activity, assessed by pedometry and accelerometry, in children

Supervisor: Rowlands, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy