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• On the edge of thermoregulation: a matter of physiology and physics

  Author: Walker, E., Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Corbett, J. (Supervisor), House, J. R. (Supervisor) & Tipton, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Development of a global data poverty index and disaster risk reduction applications in coastal regions by means of free geoinformatic

  Author: Leidig, M., Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Teeuw, R. (Supervisor), Rust, D. (Supervisor) & Gibson, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The effect of interpreters on eliciting information, cues to deceit, and rapport

  Author: Ewens, S., Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Vrij, A. (Supervisor), Akehurst, L. (Supervisor) & Leal, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Using a supportive second interviewer to elicit cues to deceit

  Author: Shaw, D. J., Aug 2015

  Supervisor: Vrij, A. (Supervisor), Mann, S. (Supervisor) & Leal, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A hermeneutic inquiry into adult acute mental health nurses’ experience of physical restraint procedures and their intervention using forced touch with patients

  Author: Bailey, J., Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Dewey, A. (Supervisor), MacKenzie, H. (Supervisor) & Burnell, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Palynology through the early Wenlock Ireviken Event

  Author: Llewellyn, R., Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Butcher, A. (Supervisor) & Loydell, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Advanced endoscopic imaging in the gastrointestinal tract: improving the view of Neoplasia

  Author: Basford, P. J., Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Brown, J. (Supervisor) & Bhandari, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• VSL#3® probiotic supplementation in subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept trial assessing biophysical markers of endothelial function, oxidative stress, vascular inflammation, insulin sensitivity and liver injury

  Author: Chong, P. L., Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Cummings, M. H. (Supervisor) & Laight, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Modelling the environmental transfers of radioactivity following the Fukushima accident

  Author: Chaisan, K., Jun 2015

  Supervisor: Smith, J. (Supervisor) & Fowler, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The impact of professionalisation on elite level rugby union: players’ perspective

  Author: Rayner, M., Jun 2015

  Supervisor: Smart, B. (Supervisor), Wagstaff, C. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Landslide assessment in a remote mountain region: a case study from the Toktogul region of Kyrgyzstan, central Asia

  Author: Khampilang, N., Jun 2015

  Supervisor: Whitworth, M. (Supervisor) & Koor, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Directed molecular evolution of novel DNA aptamers raised against an antibiotic resistant escherichia coli.

  Author: Gowland, R. M. N., Jun 2015

  Supervisor: Gowers, D. (Supervisor), Scarlett, G. (Supervisor) & Pickford, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring social constructions regarding bullying between children in schools by adult stakeholders working in the British education system

  Author: Boys, A., May 2015

  Supervisor: Linnell, M. E. (Supervisor), Jingree, T. (Supervisor) & Hoskins, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Molecular and functional characterisation of GABA-A receptors in the enteric nervous system of the mouse colon

  Author: Seifi, M., May 2015

  Supervisor: Swinny, J. (Supervisor), Brown, J. (Supervisor) & Mills, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Site fidelity, social structure and spatial distribution of Short-Finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, off the South West Coast of Tenerife

  Author: Hartny-Mills, L., May 2015

  Supervisor: Willis, T. J. (Supervisor) & Cragg, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Immigrant Arab women: knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards breast cancer and cancer awareness practice

  Author: Redha, A. N., May 2015

  Supervisor: Dewey, A. (Supervisor) & Dean, T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The use of selected indicators to examine marine fishery sustainability within the Nigeria-Sao Tome & Principe Joint Development Zone

  Author: Danagalan, A., May 2015

  Supervisor: Potts, J. (Supervisor), Goodhead, T. (Supervisor) & Day, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The identification of immune-reactive proteins recognised in response to Coxiella burnetii infection

  Author: Bewley, K. R., Apr 2015

  Supervisor: Mills, G. (Supervisor) & Fouch, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Breast skin strain during gravitational and dynamic loading

  Author: Sanchez, A. Z., Apr 2015

  Supervisor: Wakefield-Scurr, J. (Supervisor), Mills, C. (Supervisor) & Anssari-Benam, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Introducing complementary foods to infants: a look at the practice of feeding in the UK and Italy

  Author: Costantini, C., Apr 2015

  Supervisor: Reddy, V. (Supervisor), Fasulo, A. (Supervisor) & Akehurst, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Functionalised dextran nanoparticles for drug delivery to the brain

  Author: Ibegbu, M. D., Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Tsibouklis, J. (Supervisor) & Barbu, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Rehabilitation of older people in the Lodge Rehabilitation Unit: a case study

  Author: Birchwood, L. A., Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Hatton, K. (Supervisor), Shepherd, P. (Supervisor) & Sander, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Are markers of fibrin turnover in blood and urine increased before and during exacerbation of asthma?

  Author: Owen, J. J., Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Shute, J. (Supervisor) & Chauhan, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Bridging the gap between detection and confirmation of B. anthracis in blood cultures

  Author: Hawkey, S., Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Mills, G. (Supervisor) & Fouch, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Formulation and preliminary evaluation of delivery vehicles for the boron neutron capture therapy of cancer

  Author: Olusanya, T., Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Tsibouklis, J. (Supervisor) & Smith, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Eye spy a liar: the effect of deception on fixation-based measures of memory

  Author: Millen, A. E., Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Hope, L. (Supervisor), Vrij, A. (Supervisor) & Sauer, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Temporalities of change: a synchronic and diachronic examination of the process from addiction to recovery

  Author: Kougiali, G. Z., Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Fasulo, A. (Supervisor), Van Laar, D. (Supervisor) & Needs, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• No safety in numbers: detecting deception using a collective interviewing approach

  Author: Vernham, Z., 27 Jan 2015

  Supervisor: Vrij, A. (Supervisor), Leal, S. (Supervisor) & Mann, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring infants' cooperative participation in early social routines

  Author: Fantasia, V., Jan 2015

  Supervisor: Fasulo, A. (Supervisor), Costall, A. (Supervisor) & Lopez, B. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The effect of thalidomide on cachexia in upper gastrointestinal cancer

  Author: Green, S., 2015

  Supervisor: Pilkington, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Electrohydrodynamic atomisation produced nanoparticles for the targeted delivery of cancer chemotherapeutics

  Author: Smith, A., 2015

  Supervisor: Barbu, E. (Supervisor), Van Der Merwe, S. (Supervisor) & Tsibouklis, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM): memory distortion paradigms and individual differences

  Author: Patihis, L., 2015

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An exploration of older case management patients’ physical health, function and strength; and the feasibility of measures of muscle strength as an aid to monitoring

  Author: Barnes, N. J., 2015

  Supervisor: Walsh, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Samuel, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The cushioning properties of athletic socks and their effects on lower extremity running biomechanics

  Author: Wakefield-Scurr, J., 2015

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The impact of blended learning technologies on student performance/learning in biomedical science higher education

  Author: Heugh, S. M. B., Dec 2014

  Supervisor: Gibbs, R. (Supervisor) & Mills, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Does the use of adjunct histopathological techniques to enhance lymph node yield improve tumour staging in colorectal cancer?

  Author: Horne, J., Dec 2014

  Supervisor: Ryder, I. (Supervisor), Carr, N. J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wilkinson, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Nurses working in Northern Israel: the effect of religion, attitudes, perceptions and professional behaviour towards organ donation

  Author: Ogni, L., Dec 2014

  Supervisor: Van Laar, D. (Supervisor) & Linnell, M. E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Source apportionment and dispersion mapping of fugitive dust using directional passive monitors

  Author: Williams, W. B., Dec 2014

  Supervisor: Fowler, M. (Supervisor) & Giles, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Elite Association Football referee training and officiating: a comparative analysis of refereeing practices in three European Leagues’

  Author: Webb, T., Nov 2014

  Supervisor: Smart, B. (Supervisor), Thelwell, R. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Computer-based modelling and analysis in engineering geology

  Author: Giles, D., Oct 2014

  Supervisor: Martill, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Development of a patient reported experience measure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

  Author: Hodson, M., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor) & MacKenzie, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Systematic reviews regarding iron and iron supplementation in blood donors

  Author: Smith, G. A., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor) & Drahota-Towns, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Detection of distal ulna and radius fractures using thermal imaging as a diagnostic tool on children in the emergency department setting

  Author: Charters, A., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Ryder, I. (Supervisor) & Mills, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Development of a liquid chromatography ion trap mass spectrometer method for clinical drugs of abuse testing with automated on-line extraction using turbulent flow chromatography

  Author: Evers, F. R., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Mills, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• P2X7 receptor knockout alleviates the pathology in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

  Author: Sinadinos, A., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Gorecki, D. (Supervisor), Arkle, S. (Supervisor) & Swinny, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Metabotropic glutamate receptors in oligodendrocytes and astrocytes in white and grey matter brain regions

  Author: Vanzulli, I., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Butt, A. (Supervisor) & Swinny, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Auditory processing and autistic symptomatology

  Author: Kargas, N., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Lopez, B. (Supervisor), Reddy, V. (Supervisor) & Morris, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Sources of uncertainty impacting upon sperm cryopreservation for cancer patients

  Author: Dearing, C. G., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor), Guille, M. (Supervisor) & McGeehan, R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Introducing risk assessment to the Maltese probation service

  Author: Avellino, C., Sep 2014

  Supervisor: Costall, A. (Supervisor), Newberry, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Needs, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Expression and function of K_ir7.1 in the Murine Central nervous system

  Author: Papanikolaou, M., Aug 2014

  Supervisor: Lewis, A. (Supervisor) & Butt, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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