Theses

Low temperature routes to heterogeneous catalysts

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular recognition of peptides.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Naming, gesture, and categorisation in young children

Supervisor: Horne, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel dielectrophoretic techniques for the manipulation of bio-particles

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Speciation and differentiation in Lesser Antillean lizards

Supervisor: Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tandem Michael/Intramolecular Aldol reactions mediated by secondary amines, thiols and phosphines.

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of a vaccine against Schistosoma mansoni based on cercarial elastase.

Supervisor: Doenhoff, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The ecology of Euspira pulchellus (Gastropoda: Naticidae)

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The reproductive biology of Prunus africana (Rosaceae) on Mount Cameroon and its implications for in situ conservation and management

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of the oospore in the population dynamics of Phytophthora infestans

Supervisor: Shattock, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Visual and spatial processes underpinning intentional action

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Women's experience of obesity : an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Supervisor: Hargreaves, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

An investigation into the relationship between object file continuity and modulation of the attentional blink (AB)

Supervisor: Shapiro, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effect of hybridisation on mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the Mytilus edulis complex.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The potential of Tithonia diversifolia and other species as green manures for highly productive farming systems in the Nepalese Terai

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A time domain description of large amplitude mode vibrations in small molecules

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics and secondary production of the small copepods in the Menai Strait

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and characterisation of organometallic compounds of B, Mn and Re

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological constraints on production of the Indian white prawn Fenneropenaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards)

Supervisor: Yule, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The provenance variation in natural durability of Doughlas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco)

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The relationship between the local and global structure of semigroups

Supervisor: Lawson, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The underworld of agriculture and its economic implications

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors affecting the conscious control of movement

Supervisor: Hardy, L. (Supervisor) & Khan, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic analysis of production, fertility and health traits of dairy cows.

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (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

Personal experiences in the early to moderate stages of Alzheimer's disease : an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Quantum communication with continuous variables

Supervisor: Braunstein, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the antihaemostatic repertoire of the bloodsucking fly, Stomoxys calcitrans

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behavioural disturbance in residential care for the elderly mentally ill: the challenge for staff

Supervisor: Woods, B. (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

Identifying and overcoming some key limiting factors in agricultural systems to foster rural social and economic stability in the Northwest department of Haiti

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Participatory crop improvement for maize/millet intercropping with trees in the middle hills of Nepal.

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Salt tolerance in Oryza sativa L.(rice)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The diversity and impact of herbivorous insects and pathogens on Alnus species in Uganda : a challenge in agroforestry.

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The regeneration of a Jamaican dry limestone forest after different intensities of human disturbance.

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Autism and theory of mind : an examination of different modalities.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Computational simulations of thermally activated magnetisation dynamics at high frequencies

Supervisor: Chantrell, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Different approaches to the study of stress and performance in sport

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolutionary biology of the Western rattlesnake, (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus viridis) : phylogeny, morphology, and venom evolution

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Financial liberalisation in Thailand

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late pleistocene sea-level change in the Celtic Sea : radiocarbon dated macrofauna as palaeo-water-depth indicators

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modification of starch and isolated hemicelluloses

Supervisor: Tomkinson, J. (Supervisor) & Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular studies using the Aspergillu nidulans a-COP homologue

Supervisor: Assinder, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Motivational and affective responses to exercise: issues for adherence and the role of causality orientations

Supervisor: Markland, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

On the banking capital in Europe and its relationship with risk and efficiency.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical characterisation of suspended particulate matter in estuaries and near coastal waters

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population ecology of dab (Limanda limanda L.) in the eastern Irish Sea, North Wales.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

AC electrokinetic bioassays: development of electrorotation assay for detection of viable and non-viable bacteria and macromolecules

Supervisor: Bone, S. (Supervisor) & Pethig, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Muscle function after exercise-induced muscle damage

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Theoretical investigation of self-pulsating laser diodes for optical storage applications

Supervisor: Rees, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'A barbarous nook of Ireland' : representations of the Irish Rebellion in Milton and some contemporaries.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis and design of organic semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Reading witches, reading women : late Tudor and early Stuart texts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Self-Assembled Monolayers of Ferrocene-Terminated Alkyl Thiols on Gold Surfaces.

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Teaching pre-school children to perform from conventional music notation: an exploration of different methods

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cognition in orienteering

Supervisor: Walsh, S. (Supervisor) & Ingledew, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environment and livelihood systems in the forest-savanna interface: a study in Brong Ahafo region Ghana

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Income distribution and the new economic policy in Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sensorimotor integration in the control of goal-directed hand action

Supervisor: Jackson, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Acidophilic sulphate reducing bacteria : candidates for bioremediation of acid mine drainage pollution.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nestling begging in Southern Grey Shrikes

Supervisor: Wright, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation into domestic violence, violence in pregnancy and implications for mother-child relationships.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Aspects of gender mutation in Welsh

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Basic needs analysis of participants in social forestry projects in north-west Bangladesh.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Calvin's hermeneutics in the American renaissance.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dendroecology, history and dynamics of mixed woodlands at the upper timberline of the central Italian Alps

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing fodder resources on the forest grasslands of tribal areas in Western India: a participatory approach

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Eating behaviour, affect and cognitive function.

Supervisor: Williams, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impact assessment in the forest sector of Great Britain.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Food consumption patterns and dietary digestibility of whiting (Merlangius merlangus L.) fed in laboratory conditions

Supervisor: Grove, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Grasping the nettle: Understanding hospital discharge : a constructivist inquiry

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling oscillatory flow over vortex ripples using the discrete vortex method

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Quality in dementia care : evaluating staff attitudes and behaviour.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Swelling, cell wall porosity and chemical modification of wood.

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The interaction between earnings and cash flow : the consistency of signals and the effect of accruals volatility.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The relationship between autobiographical memory and depression in survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

Student thesis: Professional Doctorates

Sensory perceptual experiences in autism

Supervisor: Jones, R. (Supervisor) & Henwood, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Shear wave studies of interfacial lubrication

Supervisor: Jones, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An exploration of the role of lay beliefs of genetics in the decision to pursue predictive genetic testing

Supervisor: Maguire, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of staff explanations about challenging behaviour

Supervisor: Jones, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of attitudes to languages in Finland and Wales

Supervisor: Baker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Astudiaeth destunol o statud Gruffudd ap Cynan

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Communicating with chaotic semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Computational and theoretical studies of the Langmuir Trough experiment

Supervisor: Quirke, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Goal perceptions and their effects on commitment and affective responses to goals

Supervisor: Ingledew, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Graphs of groups: word computations and free crossed resolutions

Supervisor: Brown, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into low band-gap, semiconducting polymers

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Production, characterisation and testing of polyaniline-rhodium electrocatalysts for aqueous hydrogenation reactions

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Slate: a study of its thermal chemistry and its potential use in catalysis

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Soil-vegetation based remediation studies of landfill leachate

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

State preparation and some applications in quantum optics within the context of quantum information theory

Supervisor: Braunstein, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stimulus equivalence and exposure learning: a cross-disciplinary study of rapid vocabulary acquisition

Supervisor: Dugdale, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of the disposal of copper mine tailings on littoral meiofaunal assemblages of the Chañaral area of Northern Chile

Supervisor: Seed, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The electrocatalytic activity of polycrystalline copper towards the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The music of the fiddler in eighteenth-century Wales: a study of the manuscript of John Thomas

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The self-reported needs of people with a long-term mental illness

Supervisor: Crosby, C. (Supervisor) & Evans, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Thiophene substituted tetrathiafulvalenes and tetrathiafulvalene substituted polythiophenes

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor) & Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contemporary sediment dynamics and Holocene evolution of Hamford Water, Essex, England.

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