Theses

Development of bioprocessor chip technology

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of lab-on-a-chip technology

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of new diagnostic devices for TB

Supervisor: Baird, 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

Development of thin film flexible and transparent electronics

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developmental aspects of temporal visual attention

Supervisor: Shapiro, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developmental changes in effort and ability understanding, young children's perceptions of their competence and their risk taking behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Devices and techniques for the dielectrophoretic characterisation and manipulation of cells

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diagnostic journeys in Myeloma: How long does it take to diagnose what factors influence the diagnostic journey and how can timelier diagnosis be achieved

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder in the Community

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor) & Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical behaviour therapists' experience of young people with features of borderline personality disorder : a qualitative analysis

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents who repeatedly self-harm : a qualitative study

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dialogando coas marxes na narrativa galega de autoría feminina: Margarita Ledo Andión, Patricia A. Janeiro, Cris Pavón e Teresa Moure

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor) & Miranda-Barreiro, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide Based Conjugated Molecular and Polymeric Materials for Organic Electronics

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Die Übersetzung poetischer Sprache in Prosatexten vom Englischen ins Deutsche: Eine praxisorientierte Untersuchung am Beispiel von Kenneth Whites House of Tides

Supervisor: Tully, C. (Supervisor) & Pogoda, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Different approaches to the study of stress and performance in sport

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Digital Orthogonal Filtering-enabled Flexible Transmission Systems and Network Architectures for Fixed and Wireless Network Convergence

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor) & Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dilemmas of audience and alienation in the fiction of Olive Schreiner

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimension and hierarchy in the description of psychological disorder

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimension-specific effects of endogenous and exogenous spatial cueing : indication for integration of spatial and feature-based attention

Supervisor: Sapir, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional stabilisation by chemical modification of wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Disciplining Public Employees in Kuwait: A search for increased fairness, coherence, and protection in the light of prevailing and expanding employee duties, particularly the duty to Whistleblow.

Supervisor: Griffiths, A. (Supervisor) & Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Discourse connectives in Syrian Arabic.

Supervisor: Borsley, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discovering Interesting Behaviours in Complex Systems

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discovering the big other : modernisation, otherness, and the nation in early twentieth-century Spanish New York narratives

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discrimination without awareness

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dispositional mindfulness and mindfulness training with Vietnamese children: An integrative neurodevelopmental study

Supervisor: Dorjee, D. (Supervisor) & Mari-Beffa, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissociation, unconscious and social theory : towards an embodied relational sociology

Supervisor: Davis, H. (Supervisor) & Stoetzler, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwater ecosystems

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae in the western Irish Sea and its relation to physical structure

Supervisor: Hill, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of the plankton community in the Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in south eastern Portugal

Supervisor: Yule, D. A. B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, Diversity, and Function of Filterable Microorganisms in the Conwy River

Supervisor: Golyshin, P. (Supervisor), Golyshina, O. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, concentration and bonding factors affecting the performance of water repellents applied to wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, diversity and relationships in Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Munro: an appraisal using GIS and AFLP markers

Supervisor: Hall, J. (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

Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diverse approaches to modelling conformations of mycolic acids from Myobactrium tuberculosis

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

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

Does sensorimotor fluency influence affect?

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers and consequences of individual movement patterns in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Supervisor: Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Bishop, C. (Supervisor) & Thompson, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of land use change and policy analysis: the case of Bangladesh

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of thermocline shear in seasonally stratified shelf seas

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (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

Dyffryn Ogwen: a musical microcosm: Aspects of choral music in Dyffryn Ogwen 1840 – 1914 and the interaction between industry, religion and music-making.

Supervisor: Thomas, W. (Supervisor) & Ifan, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dylan Thomas in China: Sociology, Paratext and Text

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (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

Dynamics and characteristics of organo-mineral aggregates in shelf seas

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dyslexia in adulthood : screening assessment and manifestations

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor) & Intriligator, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

ESDGC in primary schools : exploring practice, development and influences

Supervisor: Ware, J. (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

Early development of text writing in two contrasting orthographies: English and Spanish

Supervisor: Caravolas, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Early parent-based intervention for conduct problems and ADHD

Supervisor: Daley, D. (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

Earnings properties and accounting valuation in the euro zone

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eating behaviour, affect and cognitive function.

Supervisor: Williams, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecological studies on the tick Dermacentor reticulatis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and silviculture of Osyris lanceolata (African sandalwood) : an aromatic tree of Tanzania

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and socio-economic importance of short fallows in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon.

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology of Fibrobacter spp. in cellulose-degrading microbial communities

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic assessment of reduced impact logging in Sabah, Malaysia.

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

Economics of household energy in Miombo woodlands of Eastern and Southern Tanzania

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of production and export of vegetables in Bangladesh

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economies of scale, economies of scope and the cost implications of hypothetical bank mergers in European banking.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of ecotypes : An investigation in the ecophysiology of sand dune ecotypes

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of strains A and C of Potamophyrgus jenkinsi

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem engineers in diversity and process relationships

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (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

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

Supervisor: Radulescu, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Educators' epistemological beliefs and their approaches to teaching

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of Chemically Modified Transport Layers on Photovoltaic Behavior of P3HT:IC70BA-Based Organic Solar Cell

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of climate variability and extreme events on microbial activity in soils

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on phosphorus cycling in a short rotation poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of slate quarrying on the Barlwyd catchment and remediation strategies

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Bird, G. (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

Effective learning in health care professional education

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effectiveness of halophytic plants in the treatment of marine aquaculture wastewater

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Erythrina poeppigiana pruning residues on soil organic matter in organic coffee plantations

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (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

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

Supervisor: Kubis, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment on root processes and mycorrhizal functioning in short rotation intensive poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of copper on the acorn barnacle Elminius modestus (Darwin) (Cirripedia:Thoracica).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of grazing and nitrogen deposition on sand dune systems.

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor) & Jones, L. (External person) (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

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

Effects of pH on nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of salinity on soils of the Gefara Plain, Libya

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of seed production environment and post harvest management on seed production, viability and vigour of seeds of pea and flax

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (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

Effects of temperature and waterlogging on cotton seedlings roots

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of turbulence on suspended sediment concentrations in a tidal flow.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of water stress and salinity on contrasting wheat genotypes.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Efficiency in Arabian banking

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy