Theses

Depth-cue integration, and the role of uncertainty in grasping

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem engineers in diversity and process relationships

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

FMRI and ERP investigations of body representations in the human lateral and ventral occipitotemporal cortex

Supervisor: Downing, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Field observation and modelling of near-shore sediment transport processes

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Maximal oxygen consumption in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Supervisor: Marcora, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Measuring implicit attitudes towards pictures : presenting a modified version of the Extrinsic Affective Simon Task (EAST) and its applications

Supervisor: Intriligator, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Organic MIS devices based on a high-k dielectric

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Priming of reach trajectory when observing actions within and beyond peripersonal space

Supervisor: Tipper, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of cord factors

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Telling blogs: a creative and critical overview of the female autoblographical experience

Supervisor: Wilcox, H. (Supervisor) & Davidson, I. (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

The distribution, ecological niche modelling and habitat suitability mapping of the Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) within the North Atlantic

Supervisor: Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (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

Aspects of the biology of the little cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica and the common European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

Supervisor: Richardson, P. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The ecological restoration of slate waste tips in Wales, UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of emotional arousal on decision making

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A moment approach to mixed quantum-classical dynamics

Supervisor: Hughes, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Vent mussel shells as indicators of environmental conditions at hydrothermal vents

Supervisor: Kennedy, H. (Supervisor), Clarke, L. (Supervisor), Richardson, C. (Supervisor) & Dando, P. (Supervisor)

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

Advancing the ecological knowledge base of the dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) off Southern Africa

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Application of natural stable isotopes in aquaculture nutrition

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (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

Efficient haptic and visual soft tissue deformation using a particle-based approach

Supervisor: John, N. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitation and biodiversity in the marine benthos

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Ramsay, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Latitudinal variations in the energy consumption of gammarid amphipods

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The perception of Forest Stewardship Council certification in the Netherlands.

Supervisor: Cooper, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cymdeithaseg cyfieithu : dylanwad cyfieithu ar y pryd ar y defnydd o'r Gymraeg yng Ngwynedd

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Perspectives in vegetation monitoring: an evaluation of approaches currently used in the UK

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetic markers in biomonitoring programmes : a case study of flatfish around the British Isles

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impacts of elavated ozone on plant vitality and carbon cycling in wetlands

Supervisor: Mills, G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A tangible augmented reality anatomy teaching tool

Supervisor: John, N. W. (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

Image analysis of microscope slides for palynofacies studies

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor) & Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optimisation of biogas production by advanced process monitoring and the effect of mixing frequency on biogas reactors with and without microbial support media

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics of plaice Pleuronectes platessa L in the inshore waters of North West Wales and Eastern Anglesey

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prism adaptation in neurorehabilitation

Supervisor: Rafal, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and applications of guanidine heterocycles

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (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

Establishing the Arctica islandica archive: Development of the definitive shell-based proxy for the North Atlantic shelf seas

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modulating the attentional blink: investigations in attentional investment, conscious perception, attentional capture and visual masking

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification of novel MARK3 substrates and upstream regulators

Supervisor: Muller, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The empowerment of nursing students in clinical practice

Supervisor: Irvine, F. (Supervisor) & Sambrook, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Methodological considerations for the assessment of extracellular heat shock protein 72

Supervisor: Whitham, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Capturing and categorising user interaction

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Remote sensing of chlorophyll concentrations in a turbid shelf sea

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Smallholder dairy farming land use in the Nairobi metropolitan region, Kenya

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The aerobic treatment of organic wastes and their use in industry

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impact of tube-building polychaetes and disturbance on macrofaunal soft-sediment communities

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor) & Seed, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An exploration of therapist self-disclosure in psychotherapy

Supervisor: Jones, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

An investigation into the Christian response to street children with particular reference to scripture union in Zimbabwe

Supervisor: Warrington, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Behavioural early interventions for children with autism or intellectual disabilities

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Creating an effective learning environment in higher education

Supervisor: Fazey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and Application of Molecular Tools for the analysis of Animal Parts and Derivatives

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emerging banking systems- Mergers and acquisitions, foreign bank entry and productivity change

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Entrepreneurial marketing in small welsh technology firms: an empirical study

Supervisor: Rowley, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the use of municipal solid waste as a feedstock for in-vessel composting

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Examination of identity theft and identity fraud and the role of the national identity card scheme

Supervisor: Day, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From small acorns: The positive impact of adopting simple teacher classroom management strategies on global classroom behaviour and teacher-pupil relationships.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Funds transfer pricing and performance evaluation

Supervisor: Hodgkinson, L. (Supervisor)

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

Improved control of rhododendron ponticum for environmental management

Supervisor: Healey, J. (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

Multidisciplinary approach to support the design of a local policy of payment for hydrological ecosystem services, in a microwatershed located in northern Veracruz Mexico

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mutual fund performance : evidence of stock selection and market timing ability from Islamic mutual funds

Supervisor: Molyneux, P. (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

Power in the Blood: The significance of the blood of Jesus to the spirituality of early British pentecostalism and its precursors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Psychosocial interventions in rheumatoid arthritis: A patient centred approach using imagery and hypnotherapy

Supervisor: Callow, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Relationships, motivations and meanings in informal caregiving for people with dementia

Supervisor: Clare, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Self-Esteem and Self-Concept in Individuals with Poor Me and Bad Me Persecutory Beliefs.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder

Supervisor: Hastings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Mycorrjizas: the composition of their communities over a wide geographical range in Europe

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of water table drawdown and catchment management on DOC export and water quality

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The potential of a seismic flowmeter for mountain streams

Supervisor: Bennell, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The soul of St Davids: Mapping the spiritual quest of visitors to St Davids cathedral

Supervisor: Francis, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Theoretical and experimental investigations of optical OFDM for local and access networks

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding personal experiences of being smacked: An IPA study with young adults

Supervisor: Hargreaves, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Values and ethos of the eighth-century prophets: A mizo perspective

Supervisor: Davies, E. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Wales in a global neighbourhood : perception of and reactions to local and global citizenship

Supervisor: Day, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

When what you want is not what you need

Supervisor: Harper, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can affective information be stored in an object file?

Supervisor: Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Clinical and non-clinical auditory verbal hallucinations; a psychological and functional imaging study of the psychosis continuum

Supervisor: Linden, D. (Supervisor) & Jackson, M. (Supervisor)

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

Electrical characterisation of organic nanostructures

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical properties of self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (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

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

Motivation and visual selective attention

Supervisor: Raymond, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nucleotide excision repair-independent functions of the XPG homologue Rad13 of fission yeast

Supervisor: Fleck, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Response selection processes under 'free choice' task conditions

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The experiencing of personal transformations: A Heideggarian explication: with reference to a counselling training programme

Supervisor: Sullivan, D. (Supervisor) & Rees, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The leadership pathway an epistemological exploration of outdoor leadership and expedition dynamics using theory elaboration

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of canopy structure in leaf litter production, quality and decomposition in rustic and traditional coffee systems and forests in Mexico

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (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

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

Supervisor: Jones, D. (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

The determinants of imitation in infants and young children

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Parenting a child with intellectual and developmental disabilities : Psychological variabilities and their relationship to well-being

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Personality and motivational determinants of alcohol use

Supervisor: Cox, W. M. (Supervisor), Ingledew, D. (Supervisor) & Parkinson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The economic impact of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railways on Gwynedd

Supervisor: Morris, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ynni Cynaliadwy yng Nghymru

Supervisor: Young, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy