Theses

Investigating the Bilingual ‘Catch-up’ in Welsh-English Bilingual Teenagers

Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the Ecology and Infection Biology of Gymnopus fusipes, a Fungal Root Rot Pathogen of Woodland Trees

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the Feasibility of Using Focussed Airborne Ultrasound as Tactile Feedback in Medical Simulators

Supervisor: John, N. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the Physical and Psychological Impact of Assistive Technology Use (and its Influences) Among People Living with Multiple Sclerosis

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor) & Williams, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the acceptability of the KiVa anti-bullying programme in a special educational setting: a mixed methods case study

Supervisor: Hutchings, J. (Supervisor) & Williams, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Investigating the action-inaction asymmetry within the TPB framework: An exploration of the belief-based model and extended direct measure models

Supervisor: Shiu, E. (Supervisor) & Parry, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the comprehension and production of Wh-questions in monolingual and bilingual German and French children with and without SLI

Supervisor: Chondrogianni, V. (Supervisor) & Tamburelli, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the foraging preferences of the honeybee, Apis mellifera L., using DNA metabarcoding

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor) & De Vere, N. (External person) (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

Investigating the integration between person knowledge and person perception processes

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

Investigating the potential susceptibility of selected Malagasy species to the toxins produced by Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian Common Toad)

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Investigating the relationship between farmer health and farm income

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor) & Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation into cis and trans acting factors in fission yeast genome stability

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation into memory effect in organic semiconductor devices

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (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

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

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Investigation of food 'wanting' and 'liking' in free-living individuals using a novel smart phone application: mind eating

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of real-time spectral analysis techniques for use with pulsed ultrasonic doppler blood flow detectors.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of the reward value of exercise using discounting paradigm

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor) & Rogers, 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

Investigation of the structural changes in LDPE and XLPE induced by high electrical stress.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into low band-gap, semiconducting polymers

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into the biotechnological applications of dielectrophoresis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into the epidemiology of ovine psoroptic mange (scab) in Great Britain : with special reference to otoacariasis and the taxonomy of the genus Psoroptes

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into the mineralogy and petrology of the artefacts and sediments from the Lower Palaeolithic site of Pontnewydd Cave, North Wales

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Investigations of the role of the human anterior cingulate cortex in observing others' pain

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations towards sustainable sea salt production at Halen Môn

Supervisor: Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Irish medium education : cognitive skills, linguistic skills, and attitudes towards Irish

Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Is inverted diglossia coming to Wales? Domain use and language attitudes among Welsh-speaking youth.

Supervisor: Tamburelli, M. (Supervisor) & Webb-Davies, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Is there an author in this text? : a re-evaluation of authorial intent pursued as ontological disclosing the being of the entity of the composition in understanding an author's communication

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Isaac Williams (1802-1865), the Oxford Movement and the High Churchmen: A Study of his Theological and Devotional Writings.

Supervisor: Morgan, D. (Supervisor) & Pope, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Islamic banking

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Isokinetic force ratios, muscle function and anaerobic performance of the knee extensors and flexors

Supervisor: Eston, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Isolated to the internet: which Facebook posts from zoological collections generated greater community engagement during lockdown closures when society was isolated to their homes?

Supervisor: Jones, K. (Supervisor) & Georgiev, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Isolation and development of microsatellite DNA markers in the cockle Cerastoderma Edule

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

It's Not a Linear Process: Psychological Wellbeing and Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor) & Burnside, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Joseph Aloysius Hansom and the changing practice of Architecture, 1820-1860

Supervisor: Shapely, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Kampfen um die kelten: Archaologische argumente in der neuheidnischen literatur und der keltenbegriff in der fachliteratur

Supervisor: Karl, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Kate Roberts a’r Ddrama

Supervisor: Hunter, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Keep Quiet and Carry On: Living and Working (During Covid-19) in an Inpatient Unit.

Supervisor: Lamers, C. (Supervisor) & Oakley, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

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

Keratin from Human hair and Sheep wool: Characterisation and its uses in the Fabrication of Hydrogels

Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Keyframe Summarisation of Egocentric Video

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Kidney Transplantation: Investigating Sexual Functioning in Female Recipients and Exploring the Lived Experience of Donors

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

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Kinetics of the wood-acetic anhydride reaction

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

King Arthur and the privy councillor : Albert Schulz as a cultural mediator between the literary fields of nineteenth century Wales and Germany

Supervisor: Tully, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Knowledge sharing in Higher Education

Supervisor: Sambrook, S. (Supervisor) & Doloriert, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

LAND COVER CHANGE IMPACTS ON WATER AND ENERGY BALANCE IN EAST AFRICA

Supervisor: Patil, S. (Supervisor) & Marshall, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Landscape-scale genetic diversity in Fraxinus excelsior L. : genetic structure within and among populations and the influence of regeneration practices on genetic variation

Supervisor: Cahalan, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Language and Executive Functioning Skills in Greek-English Bilingual Children in the U.K.

Supervisor: Sanoudaki, E. (Supervisor), Thomas, E. (Supervisor), Tamburelli, M. (Supervisor) & Chondrogianni, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Language, belonging and psychosis: a mixed methods study testing the presence of a linguistic group density association in Wales and its possible mechanisms

Supervisor: Saville, C. (Supervisor) & Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Laser control of the photoisomerisation of azo-compounds: a theoretical study

Supervisor: Hughes, K. (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

Late Quaternary benthonic Foraminiferal stratigraphy the western U.K. Continental Shelf.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) on tomato: evaluation of pathogen population structure in Britain and development of resistant tomato cultivars for growing outdoors

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Latitudinal variations in the energy consumption of gammarid amphipods

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Leaf ion concentrations and salt tolerance in barley.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Learning Analytics Integrating Student Attendance Data

Supervisor: Perkins, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Learning from adverse incidents: using action research cycles to generate individual and organisational knowledge

Supervisor: Williams, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Learning to read and spell in Albanian, English and Welsh : the effect of orthographic transparency

Supervisor: Ellis, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

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

Letteratura e contestazione: Il '68 nella letteratura italiana tra neoavanguardia e postmoderno

Supervisor: Rorato, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Levels of ecological conservatism in African Guenons: a comparative study using MaxEnt modelling and ENMTools.

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Shaw, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Lexical cohesion and the determination of text intelligibility by non-native readers of English

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Life domain conflicts in elite sport

Supervisor: Markland, D. (Supervisor), Hardy, J. (Supervisor) & Birrer, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Life events and psychological problems in people with intellectual disabilities

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Lignin based adhesives for particleboard production.

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Linguistic relativity electrified :|event-related potentials investigation of the way in which language affects cognition

Supervisor: Thierry, 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

Links between parental affect, cognitions, parenting, and child outcomes

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Listening to the Voices? How relationships with voices change over time, and developments in therapeutic interventions for voice-hearing.

Supervisor: Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Little Man Everyday Estrangement and Ordinary Re-connection

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Woods, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Livestock production and food security in a changing socio-cultural environment due to involuntary relocation of agro-pastoralists into semi-arid areas of Makueni District, Kenya.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living at Home with Family: : Psychological Adaptation and Well-being Among Family Carers and Adults with an Intellectual Disability

Supervisor: Totsika, V. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living at the edge: Ecology of Patella species in Britain

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living with Stroke: a Wales context

Supervisor: Robinson, C. (Supervisor) & Seddon, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living with psychiatric labels

Supervisor: Lea, J. (Supervisor) & Owen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living with rheumatoid arthritis : the coping, control and knowledge.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Llysieulyfr William Salesbury : testun o lawysgrif Ll.G.C. 4581, Ynghyd a rhagymadrod ac astudiaeth o'r enwau llysiau Cymraeg a geir ynddo.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Loan management in Nigerian banks : a study of the efficiency of commercial banks' lending function in a developing economy.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Local heritage as a participatory digital culture: : the rise and fall of "Anglesey: a bridge through time" website

Supervisor: Muse, E. (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

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

Long term negative priming and inhibition of return : episodic retrieval of inhibitory states

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Long-term effects of bank privatisation on performance and bank business models

Supervisor: Williams, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Long-term morphological modelling of tidal basins

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Louis Grabu and his opera Albion and Albanius

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Low cost procedures towards photovoltaic devices

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Low temperature routes to heterogeneous catalysts

Supervisor: Holliman, 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

Macrofaunal Diversity and Functioning within Submarine Canyons of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Western North Atlantic

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Magical realism : master or servant?

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Maintaining orientation within route following tasks : a developmental approach

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Maize and soybean intercropping in Nepal

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Make yourself at home : home and the pursuit of authenticity in the writing of Graham Greene

Supervisor: Brown, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Making Communities in Modern Wales: Caernarfonshire in the Late Victorian and Early Edwardian Eras

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy