Student theses

Stability of self-accelerating solutions in modified gravity models

Supervisor: Professor Kazuya Koyama (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Stated preferences for future management developments in the hospitality sector: A case study of Abu Dhabi, UAE

Supervisor: Professor Shabbar Jaffry (Supervisor) & Apostolakis, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Statistical-based optimization of process parameters of fused deposition modelling for improved quality

Supervisor: Bennett, N. (Supervisor) & Dr Zhong Yi Zhang (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Stochastic methods and genetic algorithms for neural network learning

Supervisor: Dr Ivan Jordanov (Supervisor), Dr Alexander Gegov (Supervisor), Perez-Fontan, F. (External person) (Supervisor) & Professor David Sanders (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Story as a function of gameplay in First Person Shooters and an analysis of FPS diegetic content 1998-2007

Supervisor: Dr Brett Stevens (Supervisor), Dr Darren Van Laar (Supervisor) & Kalus, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Strategic information systems: their contribution to organisational performance

Supervisor: Professor Ashraf Labib (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Strategic knowledge management system in public sector in Saudi Arabia

Supervisor: Welch, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Strongly lensed supernovae: a powerful probe of astrophysics and cosmology

Supervisor: Dr Thomas Collett (Supervisor), Dr David Bacon (Supervisor) & Professor Bob Nichol (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Structural and functional characterisation of the interaction of the gene regulatory protein C.Esp1396I with its DNA recognition sites

Supervisor: Kneale, G. (Supervisor) & Professor John McGeehan (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Structural and mutational analysis of the controller protein C.Esp1396I and its role in gene regulation

Supervisor: Professor John McGeehan (Supervisor) & Kneale, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Structure and function of the external ciliation of larval bivalves with different life history strategies

Supervisor: Professor Simon Cragg (Supervisor) & Dr Gordon Watson (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Structure-function analysis of a multifunctional enzyme using the atomic force microscope

Supervisor: Firman, K. (External person) (Supervisor), Dr James Smith (Supervisor) & Campbell, S. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Structure-function relationships in matrix metalloproteinase-1

Supervisor: Professor Andrew Pickford (Supervisor) & Kneale, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Student engagement with formal lectures on the MPharm programme at the University of Portsmouth

Supervisor: Portlock, J. (Supervisor) & Brown, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Studies in licit and illicit markets for digital entertainment goods

Supervisor: Professor Shabbar Jaffry (Supervisor) & Collins, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Studies on the degradation of horn, antler and ivory at archaeological sites

Supervisor: May, E. (Supervisor) & Jones, M. A. (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

Surface electromyography driven hand motion recognition for long-term rehabilitation use

Supervisor: Professor Honghai Liu (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Sustainability appraisal of waste management in Nigeria: development and evaluation of an index based tool

Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Potts (Supervisor), Dr Julia Brown (Supervisor) & Professor John Williams (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Sustainable design strategy: assessment of the impact of design variables on energy consumption of office buildings in Abuja, Nigeria

Supervisor: Mr Roger Tyrrell (Supervisor), Dr Brett Martinson (Supervisor) & Goodhead, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Synecdoche, two-component systems: E. coli EnvZ/OmpR as a model of transmembrane communication and chimeric biosensor design

Supervisor: Dr Roger Draheim (Supervisor) & Ebenezer, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Synergies between 21cm & optical surveys for probing large scale cosmic structure

Supervisor: Dr David Bacon (Supervisor), Dr Marco Bruni (Supervisor) & Pourtsidou, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Synergistic interactions of targeted therapy within signal transduction pathways

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Systematic reviews regarding iron and iron supplementation in blood donors

Supervisor: Kilburn, S. A. (Supervisor) & Dr Amy Drahota (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Tackling fraud in UK central government: a review of the legal powers, skills and regulatory environment

Supervisor: Wakefield, A. (Supervisor) & Smith, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Targeting intracellular neutrophil elastase in the treatment of airway inflammation in cystic fibrosis

Supervisor: Professor Janis Kay Shute (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Task oriented robotics

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

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Teacher assisting and subject adaptive material system: an Arabic adaptive learning environment

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

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Techniques for cosmological analysis of next generation low to mid-frequency radio data

Supervisor: Dr David Bacon (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Telecommuting choice modelling using fuzzy rule based networks

Supervisor: Dr Alexander Gegov (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Temperature controlled laminar airflow treatment for patients with severe allergic asthma

Supervisor: Professor Anoop Chauhan (Supervisor), Dr Rebecca Stores (Supervisor), Pilkington, K. (Supervisor) & Dewey, A. (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

Temporary appropriation: theory and practice of the street

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Testing and emulating modified gravity on cosmological scales

Supervisor: Professor Bob Nichol (Supervisor), Dr David Bacon (Supervisor) & Professor Kazuya Koyama (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Testing gravity and dark energy with gravitational lensing

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

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Testing inflationary cosmology

Supervisor: Professor David Wands (Supervisor), Vennin, V. (Supervisor) & Dr Hooshyar Assadullahi (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

Tests of cosmological structure growth

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

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The 'where' of sovereign power and exception: Palestinian life and refugee camps in Lebanon

Supervisor: Amoore, L. (External person) (Supervisor), Campbell, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & McEwan, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The (change) blindingly obvious: investigating fixation behaviour and memory recall during CCTV observation

Supervisor: Dr Lucy Akehurst (Supervisor), Ost, J. (Supervisor) & Page, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The Assessment of deteriorated concrete structures using extended digital image correlation (EDIC)

Supervisor: Dr Jiye Chen (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The Boys’ Brigade and urban cultures, 1883 – 1933: a relationship examined

Supervisor: Professor Bradley Beaven (Supervisor), Dr Karl Bell (Supervisor) & Dr Jodi Burkett (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The Central American Common Market (CACM): an analysis of economic integration and competitiveness

Supervisor: Professor Andy Thorpe (Supervisor) & Snell, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition and suburban modernity, 1908-51

Supervisor: Nava, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Alexander, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The E-Cultural Adaption Framework (E-CAF): adapting the local travel interface for Egyptian consumers

Supervisor: Wheeler, C. (Supervisor), Clark, L. (Supervisor) & Professor Paul Trott (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The Engineering Geology of Slopes in the South Cotswolds

Supervisor: Hawkins, A. B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The History Boys: masculinity, memory and the 1980s in British cinema, 2005 – 2010

Supervisor: Smith, J. (Supervisor) & Etherington Wright, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The Regional Innovation System–University–Science Park nexus: University roles within an emerging peripheral region developing-economy innovation system. A study of the Chiang Mai University (CMU) Science Park in Northern Thailand

Supervisor: Professor David Grant Pickernell (Supervisor), Dr Chris Simms (Supervisor) & Professor Paul Trott (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The Second World War in Polish history textbooks: narratives and networks from 1989 to 2015

Supervisor: Professor Wolfram Kaiser (Supervisor), Dr Paul Flenley (Supervisor) & Mannin, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The UK back pain subpopulation study: predictors of outcome in patients receiving chiropractic treatment

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

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The WTO and developing countries: The missing link of international distributive justice

Supervisor: Professor Munir Maniruzzaman (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The WTO settlement mechanism and the reform of third party rights: a study from the perspective of developing countries

Supervisor: Professor Munir Maniruzzaman (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The adaptive reuse of inner-city car parking structures for innovative controlled environment agriculture systems: an architectural and urban investigation into the potential for the sustainable regeneration of modern derived infrastructures in some contemporary UK cities

Supervisor: Dr Antonino Di Raimo (Supervisor), Lemes De Oliveira, F. (Supervisor) & Lehmann, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The anatomical and molecular characterisation of vascular ingression in the embryonic vertebrate brain

Supervisor: Dr Frank Schubert (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The animal rights movement: the challenge for corporate resilience

Supervisor: Wakefield, A. (Supervisor) & Professor Mark Button (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The application of Western norms in relation to corruption

Supervisor: Professor Mark Button (Supervisor) & Mr Chris Lewis (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The application of airborne multi-spectral remote sensing and digital terrain modelling to the detection and delineation of landslides on clay dominated slopes of the Cotswolds Escarpment, Worcestershire, United Kingdom.

Supervisor: Murphy, W. (External person) (Supervisor) & Giles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The application of the passive sampling technique diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) to the measurement of uranium in natural waters

Supervisor: Professor Gary Fones (Supervisor) & Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The appropriateness of clinical microbiology laboratory investigations: a retrospective study of the cost and clinical relevance of specimen management and processing

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The assessment of reticulocyte and erythrocyte haemoglobin contents, and their use in the evaluation of iron status in hospitalised patients

Supervisor: Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The awkward question: an examination of questioning techniques used by banks to prevent financial crime

Supervisor: Professor Becky Milne (Supervisor) & Dr Andie Shawyer (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

The becoming of immigrants from outsiders to in-betweens: the national identity of immigrant women in Taiwan

Supervisor: Fell, D. J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The behaviour of pharmaceuticals in anaerobic digester sludge

Supervisor: Professor John Williams (Supervisor), Mitchell, J. (Supervisor) & May, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The behaviour, fate and removal of pharmaceuticals in biological nutrient removal sewage treatment

Supervisor: Professor John Williams (Supervisor), May, E. (Supervisor) & Professor Graham Mills (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The biological effects of ionising radiation on crustaceans: combining lab and field studies

Supervisor: Professor Alex Ford (Supervisor) & Professor Jim Smith (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The biology of the British atherinidae, with particular reference to Atherina presbyter cuvier of Langstone Harbour, Hampshire

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The carbon dynamics and phenology of oak woodland growing in south-east England

Supervisor: Tallis, M. J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The causal impact of education on income: income inequality and poverty in Thailand

Supervisor: Sekeris, P. (Supervisor) & Professor Andy Thorpe (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The causes and costs of intersexuality in two freshwater populations of the amphipod, Gammarus minus found in Montgomery County, Virginia USA

Supervisor: Professor Alex Ford (Supervisor), Glazier, D. S. (External person) (Supervisor) & Downer, R. (External person) (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

The communicative function of self-directed behaviours in macaques

Supervisor: Waller, B. (Supervisor), Dr Jerome Micheletta (Supervisor) & Dr Juliane Kaminski (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The complexities of reflective practice in theacher education: a new approach

Supervisor: Professor Karen Johnston (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The computer network faults classification using a novel hybrid classifier

Supervisor: Dr Mo Adda (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The conceptualisation of weapons of war

Supervisor: Bluth, C. (External person) (Supervisor) & kuhrt, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The conservation of archaeological sites in Syria: Ugarit as a case study

Supervisor: Theodossopoulos, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The contribution of pharmacy to the management of HIV patients at Maitama District Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria

Supervisor: Professor Paul Rutter (Supervisor) & Morgan, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The control of natural ventilation with opposing wind and buoyancy

Supervisor: Woods, A. W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The creative development process within U.K. advertising agencies : an exploratory study

Supervisor: Wheeler, C. (Supervisor) & Clark, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The day of German unity 1990-2005: redefining the past, present and future

Supervisor: Professor Wolfram Kaiser (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The death of the other: paradoxes of subjectivity in Derrida’s autobiographical thought

Supervisor: Nicol, B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Morgan-Wortham, S. (External person) (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

The determinants and economic consequences of risk disclosure: evidence from Saudi Arabia

Supervisor: Professor Khaled Hussainey (Supervisor) & Kallias, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development of Self-Compassion and Mindfulness as a possible intervention for weight loss

Supervisor: Wilson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development of a Quality Management implementation model for the Nigerian Space Industry

Supervisor: Dr Debbie Reed (Supervisor) & Mr Chris Milner (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development of a theoretical framework for designing smart and ubiquitous learning environments for outdoor cultural heritage

Supervisor: Dr Ella Haig (Supervisor), Fallahkhair, S. (Supervisor) & Crellin, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development of dysfunctional expertise in burglars: pathways into crime and the implications for offender rehabilitation and situational crime prevention

Supervisor: Professor Claire Nee (Supervisor) & Dr Zarah Vernham (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development of satellite radar interferometry for geohazard application

Supervisor: Professor Richard Teeuw (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development, measurement and implementation of a bystander intervention strategy: A field study on workplace verbal bullying in a large UK organisation

Supervisor: Rayner, C. (Supervisor), Dr Iona Byford (Supervisor) & Dr Cheryl Brook (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development, piloting and evaluation of a bra intervention for women with larger breasts who are experiencing breast pain

Supervisor: Professor Joanna Wakefield-Scurr (Supervisor), Dr Jenny Burbage (Supervisor) & Agrawal, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The development,iImplementation and validation of a physical employment standard and recommendations for a physical training programme for the RAF Regiment

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The distribution and development of eruptive centres and lava flow-field characteristics at Somma-vesuvius, Italy

Supervisor: Dr Carmen Solana (Supervisor) & Kilburn, C. R. J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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

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

The dynamics of bride price in Zimbabwe and the diaspora

Supervisor: Professor Tamsin Bradley (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The economics of electricity market reforms in developing countries: an African experience and lessons

Supervisor: Professor Andy Thorpe (Supervisor), Mr Robert Gausden (Supervisor) & Dr Yaseen Ghulam (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The effect of a cows’ milk exclusion diet and substitute formula in infancy on childhood eating habits

Supervisor: Dean, T. (External person) (Supervisor), Venter, C. (Supervisor) & Arshad, S. H. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The effect of breast support on running biomechanics

Supervisor: Professor Joanna Wakefield-Scurr (Supervisor), Dr Chris Mills (Supervisor) & Dr Jo Corbett (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The effect of embedded lies on the verbal quality of statements and implications for credibility assessment

Supervisor: Dr Zarah Vernham (Supervisor), Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor) & Dr Sharon Leal (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

The effect of ethnicity on the vascular responses to cooling in men

Supervisor: Dr Clare Eglin (Supervisor), House, J. R. (Supervisor) & Professor Mike Tipton (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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

Supervisor: Professor Aldert Vrij (Supervisor), Dr Lucy Akehurst (Supervisor) & Dr Sharon Leal (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis