Theses

Bilingualism or Trilingualism? Social versus linguistic views: : Evidence from the Germanic-speaking language group in South Tyrol (Italy)

Supervisor: Tamburelli, M. (Supervisor) & Foltz, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bio-optical properties and its application for ocean colour algorithm in east coast of peninsular Malaysia water

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bio-optical studies of coastal waters

Supervisor: Tett, P. (External person) (Supervisor), Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Lucas, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioactive carbohydrates: isolation, synthesis and conjugation

Supervisor: Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and biology of salt marsh and mangal Brachyura in Qatar.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and colonisation of macrofauna in an artificial lagoon, Qatar

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (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

Biodiversity and stress response to extremophilic prokaryotes isolated from the Escondida Copper Mine, Chile

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity of the invertebrate communities associated with intertidal mussel beds on rocky shores.

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

Biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem service provision in saltmarsh and sand dune grasslands

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biogeochemical Implications of Plant-Soil Interactions in Peatland Ecosystems

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biology and fisheries management of king soldier bream, Argyrops spinifer and spangled emperor, Lethrinus nebulosus in the Arabian Sea, Oman.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biology of interspecies Wolbachia infections

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biomass production, nutrients and root characteristics of fallow species and the utilization of its biomass as a phosphorus source for the common bean (phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioreduction : an alternative strategy for storing fallen stock prior to disposal

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioremediation of poly-aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil by co-composting

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biosystematic and cytological studies of mosses and liverworts.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biotic and abiotic control of microbial community structure and activity in forest soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Birds using a contemporary neotropical landscape: the effects of forest fragmentation and agricultural landscape structure on neotropical birds

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bliss's New England : identity, interdependence and isolation

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Body image and affect: a self-discrepancy interaction framework

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Body image in adolescence: the influence of social comparison processes

Supervisor: Ingledew, D. (Supervisor) & Iphofen, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Body selectivity in human visual cortex

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bollingen - a Biography of Jung's Tower

Supervisor: Wali, F. (Supervisor) & Huskinson, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Book-to-market value of equity ratios and earnings realization.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Borders of the Self, Borders of Nations: An Exploration of Bordering Representations in Contemporary Welsh and Scottish Literature

Supervisor: Webb, A. (Supervisor) & Hiscock, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Brachyury in the Human Colon and Colorectal Cancer

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Branding and brand preference in the mobile phone service industry

Supervisor: Rowley, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Brands as a unique and special stimulus class: Bridging the gap between face and object processing

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Breaking up the Traditional Skyline: Writing Modernist Wales in English

Supervisor: Owen, T. (Supervisor) & Brown, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bridging the gap between research and practice for interventions based on applied behaviour analysis

Supervisor: Hoerger, M. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

British Pestalozzianism in the nineteenth century : Pestalozzi and his influence on British education.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Building City: : The impact of theory, creativity, and market in feature film development and practice-led film research

Supervisor: Sherry, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Building and verifying parallel corpora between Arabic and English

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bureaucratic conceptions of citizenship in the voluntary sector (1919-1939) : the case of the National Council of Social Service.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Business data integration framework for small to medium enterprises (BDIFS) : a service-based framework to support eBusiness data interoperability for small to medium enterprises (SMEs)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

CARer-ADministration of as-needed sub-cutaneous medication for breakthrough symptoms in people dying at home: The CARiAD feasibility RCT

Supervisor: Wilkinson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Caffaeliad Plant Ifanc Dwyieithog o’r System Ateb yn y Gymraeg

Supervisor: Thomas, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Calcareous algae of the silurian of the Welsh border

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Calvin's hermeneutics in the American renaissance.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can a visual art intervention increase quality of life and well-being in care home residents with dementia? An exploratory study

Supervisor: Windle, G. (Supervisor) & Woods, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can a woodland activity programme benefit participant wellbeing and change the way they use woods?

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor), Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can adult attachment inform outcome from parent training for children with disruptive behaviours?

Supervisor: Swales, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can affective information be stored in an object file?

Supervisor: Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Capital adequacy requirements and the risk-return profile of Korean banks.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Capturing and categorising user interaction

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon Allocation in Barley Plants

Supervisor: Farrar, J. F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon and economic performance of coffee agroforestry systems in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon management and the historic built environment in Wales

Supervisor: Karl, R. (Supervisor)

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

Carbon storage in Orchards

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (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

Caregiving and employment : a qualitative study of carers of people with dementia

Supervisor: Grant, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Bradley, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Catchment Influences on Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration and Character; Implications for Potable Water Treatment and Trihalomethane Control

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Categorisation of Arabic Twitter Text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cation Profiling in Normal Nasal Mucus

Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor) & Hill, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Causes of light backscattering by particles in the open ocean and the coastal zone

Supervisor: Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cayman Islands Marine Protected Areas, their status, effects and future

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cerddi mawl Robin Ddu o Fôn

Supervisor: Lynch, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cerebellar contributions to nonmotor behaviour

Supervisor: Bracewell, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cerebral asymmetries: handedness and the right hemisphere

Supervisor: Carey, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Challenging behaviours in adults with an intellectual disability, and the active support model

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor) & Toogood, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Chance-constrained and nonlinear goal programming

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changes in colour and contrast perception between day and night vision

Supervisor: Mantiuk, R. (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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changing children's eating behaviour: Using digital photography to measure the effects of two school-based interventions on children’s intake of macro- and micro-nutrients at lunchtime

Supervisor: Erjavec, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changing food choices through understanding nutrition and food labels: can increased knowledge and understanding in relation to nutritional information and food labelling bring about a change in eating habits?

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Chaos synchronisation phenomena in semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Spencer, P. (Supervisor) & Pierce, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Character Change in the Screenplay Text: The Semiotics of Writing and Analyzing Character

Supervisor: Frame, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation and applications of AC impedance biosensors

Supervisor: Bone, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of Hg-containing dental amalgam; a synergy between experiment and density functional theory

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of a novel role for the cancer-associated protein Translin in the regulation of genome stability

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (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

Characterisation of human PRDM9 and TEX19 as potential oncogenic cancer testis genes

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of human TDRD12 and LKAAEAR1 as potential oncogenic cancer testis antigen genes with clinical potential

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of non-metal cation polyborate salts and silicate solutions

Supervisor: Beckett, M. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of novel genome regulation functions of the cancer-associated proteins Translin and Trax

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (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

Characterisation of the interactions between amino acid derivatives and phenolic compounds

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characteristics of cultivated Calamus Manan grown under rubber tree canopy and the properties of acetylated rattan

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor) & Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characteristics of source monitoring theory in alcoholic Korsakoff patients

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterizing the mechanical properties and behaviour of Gigantochloa scortechinii for structural applications

Supervisor: Breese, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Chemical modification of rubberwood (Hevea Brasiliensis Muell. Arg) with acetic anhydride and hexanoic anhydride

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Childhood trauma and dissociation as factors affecting adult male sexual offending behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Children's leisure-reading tastes and habits in relation to age, sex, intelligence and other factors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Children's palliative care and health promotion: Distinctly different concepts, or congruent alliance?

Supervisor: Noyes, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Children's perceptions of effort during cycling exercise

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Chinese Avant-garde Fiction in English Translation: Contexts, Paratexts and Texts

Supervisor: Miguelez-Carballeira, H. (Supervisor) & Ying, Y. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Choking under pressure : mechanisms and individual differences

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Circulation, mixing and renewal in the Clyde Sea

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Classification of Gallo-"Italic": Current issues in the literature and proposals for a solution 

Supervisor: Tamburelli, M. (Supervisor) & Shank, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Clergywomen in the Church of England : ministry and personality

Supervisor: Francis, L. (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

Climate change and dissolved organic carbon : impacts on drinking water supplies

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Climate-driven changes in the recruitment success of marine invertebrates: the role of food supply and temperature

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy