Student theses

Modelling and measuring cosmological structure growth

Supervisor: Percival, W. (Supervisor), Manera, M. (Supervisor) & Professor Robert Crittenden (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Mechanism of nonlinear biodynamic response of the human body exposed to whole-body vibration

Supervisor: Griffin, M. J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A new blackboard framework applied to a HRAR design program

Supervisor: Professor David Sanders (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Local government transnational networking in Europe: a study of 14local authorities in England andFrance

Supervisor: Heard-Laureote, K. (Supervisor), Professor Wolfram Kaiser (Supervisor) & Dr Robert Frith (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Non-linear vector interactions and cosmological self-acceleration

Supervisor: Professor Kazuya Koyama (Supervisor) & Tasinato, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An investigation of MPharm students’ study habits and an evaluation of mentoring and the peer assisted learning programme at the University of Portsmouth

Supervisor: Professor David Brown (Supervisor) & Professor Jane Portlock (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Uncovering the complementarity between product and process innovation in New Product and Process Development Projects: an investigation in the UK food and drink sector

Supervisor: Dr Chris Simms (Supervisor) & Professor Paul Trott (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The role of the eyes in animal-human emotional communication

Supervisor: McComb, K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Dr Leanne Proops (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Internships and the graduate labour market

Supervisor: Dr Peter Scott (Supervisor), Dr Iona Byford (Supervisor) & Dr Stephen Williams (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Outcomes of back and neck pain patients undergoing chiropractic treatment and can these be predicted?

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor), Bolton, J. E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Dewey, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An exploratory analysis and synthesis of the viability of groups with salient social identities using Stafford Beer’s VSM model

Supervisor: Mr Jim Rowe (Supervisor), Asby, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hoecht, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Functionalised dextran nanoparticles for drug delivery to the brain

Supervisor: Dr John Tsibouklis (Supervisor) & Barbu, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An ontology-based hybrid approach to course recommendation in higher education

Supervisor: Dr Linda Yang (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Investigation of the antifouling properties of extracts from marine microalgae

Supervisor: Professor Paul Hayes (Supervisor) & Hellio, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Key factors affecting distribution and orientation of fibres in steel fibre reinforced concrete and subsequent effects on mechanical properties

Supervisor: Dr Stephanie Barnett (Supervisor), Dr Ayman Nassif (Supervisor) & Professor John Williams (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

In textasis: matrixial narratives of textile design

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Water quality measures and perception for rainwater harvesting in West Africa

Supervisor: Dr Brett Martinson (Supervisor) & Williams, J. B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Academic entrepreneurship in Petroleum Rentier States

Supervisor: Dr Zoe Dann (Supervisor), Dr Vijay Vyas (Supervisor) & Hoecht, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

National e-health innovation: conduct of international e-health technology transfers in Africa

Supervisor: Professor Jim Briggs (Supervisor), Adams, C. (Supervisor) & Dr Tineke Fitch (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Pakastani university english Language teachers' cognitions and practices

Supervisor: Professor Sherria Hoskins (Supervisor) & Wyatt, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Essays on executive stock options in Malaysia

Supervisor: Dr Everton Dockery (Supervisor) & Professor Mike Page (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A system simulation model for exploring the population dynamics of Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) in the fisheries off peninsular Malaysia

Supervisor: Professor Pierre Failler (Supervisor) & Professor Andy Thorpe (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Local community involvement in cultural heritage management: a case study of Melaka Heritage Trail, Malaysia

Supervisor: Aygen, Z. (External person) (Supervisor) & Dr Elizabeth Tuson (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Machinability analysis of a drilling-induced damage on fibre reinforced composites

Supervisor: Professor Hom Dhakal (Supervisor), Dr Ivan Popov (Supervisor) & Barber, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Lithostratigraphy and tectonic evolution of the north-eastern Bornu basin, from integrated surface and subsurface interpretation

Supervisor: Dr Derek Rust (Supervisor) & Dr Richard Teeuw (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An evaluation of psycholinguistic analysis for financial communications in the context of institutional theory

Supervisor: Trafford, R. J. (Supervisor) & Professor Lisa Jack (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Memory-based lie detection in repeated interviews: the importance of early use of mnemonics

Supervisor: Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor), Professor Lorraine Hope (Supervisor) & Dr Sam Mann (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

English and social worlds in contemporary Algeria

Supervisor: Dr Natalya Vince (Supervisor) & Professor Tony Chafer (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Finance, marriage and the land: a comparative analysis of three estates in southern England, 1642-1850

Supervisor: Chapman, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Design by manufacturing simulation

Supervisor: Harrison, D. (External person) (Supervisor), Billingsley, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Professor David Sanders (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

ELF on a tropical island: the use of pragmatic strategies in touristic ELFin Thailand

Supervisor: Dr Mario Saraceni (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Role of CD15 and CD15s in the cellular mechanisms of cancer cell metastasis from lung to the brain

Supervisor: Professor Geoff Pilkington (Supervisor), Dr Helen Fillmore (Supervisor) & Dr Zaynah Maherally (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Combined quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Thai Silk Industry

Supervisor: Professor Dylan Jones (Supervisor) & Professor Djamila Ouelhadj (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Thermal modelling of the friction surfacing process

Supervisor: Professor Jim Byrne (Supervisor), Vitanov, V. I. (External person) (Supervisor), Professor David Sanders (Supervisor) & Bedford, G. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Minority glottopolitics in the European context of governance: a case study of French-Corsican glottopolitical relations

Supervisor: Professor Tony Chafer (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

From victimisation to mobilisation: the dynamics of campaigning against miscarriage of justice

Supervisor: Savage, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Process innovation strategies for implementing effective smart factories in German manufacturing companies

Supervisor: Professor David Grant Pickernell (Supervisor) & Dr Alan Tait (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Exploring associated factors and dynamic relationships between lecturers and their engagement with Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)

Supervisor: Dewey, A. (Supervisor) & Delf, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The integration of Geographic Information Systems and Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem for humanitarian logistics: a case study of preparedness for a tsunami in Phuket, Thailand

Supervisor: Dr Graham Wall (Supervisor) & Professor Dylan Jones (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The chemical evolution of unresolved stellar populations: from stellar astrophysics to cosmology

Supervisor: Professor Daniel Thomas (Supervisor) & Professor Claudia Maraston (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

School based safeguarding programmes: a critical investigation into the role of the police in schools

Supervisor: Clements, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Fatal call - getting away with murder: a study into influences of decision making at the initial scene of unexpected death

Supervisor: Professor Becky Milne (Supervisor), James, A. (Supervisor) & Dr Stephanie Bennett (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The potential pathogenicity of Dolosigranulum pigrum in multiple sclerosis, and the occurrence of the organism in the upper respiratory tract

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor) & Dr Darren Mernagh (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The durability of polyurethane protective coatings for sub-marine applications

Supervisor: Dr James Smith (Supervisor) & Dr Zhong Yi Zhang (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An exploration of trustworthiness in the Nigerian investment field: perspective of financial advisors and investors

Supervisor: Professor Alessio Ishizaka (Supervisor) & Hoecht, A. H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Process development and purification of biosurfactants from bacteria

Supervisor: Sharma, S. (External person) (Supervisor), Khare, S. K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Rahman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A fuzzy framework for human hand motion recognition

Supervisor: Professor Honghai Liu (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The expression, experience, and social consequences of guilt: a cross-cultural study

Supervisor: Dr Erik Gustafsson (Supervisor), Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor) & Waller, B. M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Undercover and collective interviewing to detect deception

Supervisor: Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor), Professor Lorraine Hope (Supervisor) & Dr Sam Mann (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A study of cyber security management within South Korean businesses : an examination of risks and cybercrime involving industrial security

Supervisor: Dr Victoria Wang (Supervisor), Loveday, B. (Supervisor) & Mr Chris Lewis (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The distribution of galaxies as a test of primordial non-gaussianity

Supervisor: Percival, W. (Supervisor), Dr Lado Samushia (Supervisor) & Dr David Bacon (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Energy aware routing protocols in ad hoc wireless networks

Supervisor: Ndzi, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The use of capability approach framework and design-reality gap model to investigate information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D): a case study of Jigawa State Government ICT4D interventions

Supervisor: Dr Alice Good (Supervisor), Dr Philip Scott (Supervisor) & Adams, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An experimental and computational study of damage and crack growth for a nickel-based superalloy under fatigue-oxidation conditions

Supervisor: Zhao, L. G. (External person) (Supervisor) & Tong, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Multi-scale evaluation of bone combining indentation, in situ XCT mechanics and digital volume correlation

Supervisor: Dr Gianluca Tozzi (Supervisor) & Dr Jurgita Zekonyte (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Auditory processing and autistic symptomatology

Supervisor: Dr Beatriz Lopez (Supervisor), Reddy, V. (Supervisor) & Dr Paul Morris (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Aligning the concepts of Lean Management and Value-based Management: Fosetering a shared understanding between operations and financial functions at the system level

Supervisor: Dr Philip Brabazon (Supervisor) & Beyer, H. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The performance of UK financial institutions over periods of market stability and volatility: 1980-2015

Supervisor: Dr Everton Dockery (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Red-dotted: A case study analysing how the national Taser training standards are received, interpreted and operationalised by specially trained officers

Supervisor: Dr Paul Smith (Supervisor) & Mrs Claire Rhodes (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Gene regulation in the ventral midbrain of the developing chick embryo

Supervisor: Dr Frank Schubert (Supervisor) & Professor Matt Guille (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Channel 4 Television: film policy and programming, 1982 – 2011

Supervisor: Professor Justin Smith (Supervisor) & McDonald, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

In vitro synergy of tigecycline against Burkholderia cepacia complex and other multi-resistant, nonfermentative, Gram negative bacteria from cystic fibrosis patients

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor) & Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A force for good: exploring the future of non-crime policing

Supervisor: Loveday, B. (Supervisor) & Professor Francis Pakes (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Effects of customer relationship management (CRM) implementation on business performance in business to business (B2B) markets in Germany

Supervisor: Professor Yuksel Ekinci (Supervisor) & Professor Giampaolo Viglia (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Evidence based surgery: evaluating outcome measurement, 4 methodology and reporting quality

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The role of CFTR in normal human lung microvascular endothelial cells

Supervisor: Professor Janis Kay Shute (Supervisor) & Dr David Laight (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

New methods to improve the pixel domain steganography, steganalysis, and simplify the assessment of steganalysis tools

Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Aziz (Supervisor), Adams, C. (Supervisor) & Hernandez-Castro, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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

Supervisor: Dr Malcolm Whitworth (Supervisor) & Dr Nick Koor (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An investigation into the association of plasmid-borne qacAB and antimicrobial resistance in Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor) & Dr Darren Mernagh (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Supply chain performance of Pakistani apparel manufacturing and exporting organizations to U.S.A and European buyers: a study of organizations based in Karachi, Pakistan

Supervisor: Professor Alessio Ishizaka (Supervisor) & Professor Ashraf Labib (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Minimal access surgery in colorectal disease

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Adoption of learning management systems in Saudi higher educational institutions

Supervisor: Adams, C. (Supervisor), Dr Penny Hart (Supervisor) & Dr Nick Savage (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

An empirical exploration of aesthetic distance through mimetic interface design in videogames

Supervisor: Dr Brett Stevens (Supervisor), Eyles, M. (Supervisor) & Anderson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Molecular epidemiological study of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria from a hospital within Saudi Arabia

Supervisor: Zinkevich, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A fuzzy probabilistic inference methodology for constrained 3D human motion classification

Supervisor: Professor Honghai Liu (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Cosmological signatures of brane inflation

Supervisor: Professor Kazuya Koyama (Supervisor) & Dr David Bacon (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Dealing with crisis: a comparative study of simulation exercises in Korea and the UK

Supervisor: Borodzicz, E. P. (Supervisor) & Welch, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Comparing the policing and management of security in private/hybrid space in South Korea and the United Kingdom

Supervisor: Professor Mark Button (Supervisor) & Golding, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Work, employment and careers in the ICT sector: a comparative study of the UK and Germany

Supervisor: Dr Stephen Williams (Supervisor), Dr Peter Scott (Supervisor) & Fontinha, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Security practitioners’ perspectives of the Alberta Basic Security Training programme

Supervisor: Wakefield, A. (Supervisor) & Mr Tom Ellis (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The decline of the French Communist Party: the Party education system as a brake to change 1945-1990

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Approaches to the management of difficult airways in adults

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

From mission idealism to operational realism: a study of Norwegian contribution to international police reform missions

Supervisor: Dr Paul Norman (Supervisor) & Professor Francis Pakes (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Development of a quality management model for Thai small, medium and large enterprises (SMLEs)

Supervisor: Professor Hom Dhakal (Supervisor), Professor David Sanders (Supervisor) & Dr Ivan Popov (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The basis and nature of attitudes toward animal use: a psychological approach

Supervisor: Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor) & Professor Kim A. Bard (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

My Jewish London: performance and identity in co-creative documentary practice

Supervisor: Dr Esther Sonnet (Supervisor) & Dr Jenny Walden (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Determining probabilistic spatial patterns of lost persons and their detection characteristics in land search & rescue

Supervisor: Dr Richard Teeuw (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Using advanced techniques for the development of behavioural assays in ecotoxicology: assessing the impacts of psychotropic compounds on crustacean behaviour

Supervisor: Professor Alex Ford (Supervisor), Dr Matt Parker (Supervisor) & Dr Gordon Watson (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Ligand binding to pentraxins

Supervisor: Professor Steve Wood (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The resilience of marginal populations of Corallina officinalis (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) to climate change

Supervisor: Ragazzola, F. (Supervisor), Professor Craig Storey (Supervisor) & Professor Alex Ford (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Eliciting information from cooperative sources about single & repeated multi-actor events

Supervisor: Professor Lorraine Hope (Supervisor), Taylor, P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Intersubjectivity, social inclusion and meaning making in prison environments

Supervisor: Dr Adrian Needs (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

A contribution to slope engineering in Hong Kong: the engineering geology approach

Supervisor: Professor Rob Strachan (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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

Supervisor: Dr Alessandra Fasulo (Supervisor), Dr Darren Van Laar (Supervisor) & Dr Adrian Needs (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

National and organisational cultural impact on talent management’s implementation: case studies from Greece

Supervisor: Mamman, A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hossain, F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Online contracting and the supply of digital content to consumers

Supervisor: Macdonald, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Tettenborn, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Application of next generation sequencing to aid in effective diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia

Supervisor: Hodges, E. (External person) (Supervisor), Ganderton, R. (External person) (Supervisor), Professor Darek Gorecki (Supervisor) & Dr Sassan Hafizi (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Determining the barriers to effective food safety governance in food manufacturing: a case study

Supervisor: Professor Lisa Jack (Supervisor) & Professor Mark Xu (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Generalised hybrid fuzzy multi criteria decision making based on intuitive multiple centroid defuzzification

Supervisor: Dr Alexander Gegov (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Reservoir quality determination and modelling of unconsolidated Canadian Oil Sands reservoir following analytical techniques

Supervisor: Hassan Sayed, M. (Supervisor), Dr Richard Wheaton (Supervisor) & Dr David Franklin (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis