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• An action research study with low proficiency learners in Japan to promote the learning of vocabulary through collocations.

  Author: Antle, J., 3 Dec 2015

  Supervisor: Garton, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Disciplinary talk: a systemic functional exploration of university seminar discussions

  Author: Tanguay, E., 16 Jun 2015

  Supervisor: Copland, F. M. (Supervisor) & Garton, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Workplace gender discrimination and the implicit association test

  Author: Kandola, J., 10 Dec 2015

  Supervisor: Woods, S. A. (Supervisor) & Davis, A. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Brand personality complementarity: its effects on evaluations of extremely incongruent extensions

  Author: Mohtar, M., 7 Oct 2015

  Supervisor: Rudd, J. M. (Supervisor) & Evanschitzky, H. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Keyboard warriors in cyberfights: conflict in online communities of consumption

  Author: Sibai, O., 20 Nov 2015

  Supervisor: Farrell, A. M. (Supervisor), Rudd, J. M. (Supervisor) & de Valck, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• UK and US board director perceptions of the significance of gender and racial diversity on board governance

  Author: Booth-Bell, D., 6 May 2015

  Supervisor: Lowe, A. D. (Supervisor) & Cooper, S. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• An empirical investigation on firm-level performance of cross border mergers and acquisitions

  Author: Lin, Y., 11 Nov 2015

  Supervisor: Driffield, N. L. (Supervisor), Temouri, Y. (Supervisor) & Olczak, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Using a mixed design study to develop a breast screening intervention among Chinese women in the UK

  Author: Zhang, Y., 6 Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Pattison, H. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Synthesis and application of novel probes for the detection of cysteine sulphenic acids

  Author: Ratnayake, S., 17 Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Lattmann, E. (Supervisor) & Griffiths, H. R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Quantifying uncertainty in citizen weather data

  Author: Bell, S., 7 Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Cornford, D. (Supervisor), Bastin, L. (Supervisor) & Molyneux, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Synthesis and characterisation of polymers for application in organic electronics

  Author: Kolomanska, J., Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Topham, P. D. (Supervisor), Sutherland, A. J. (Supervisor) & Topham, P. D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

• Quality-driven resource utilization methods for video streaming in wireless communication networks

  Author: Seyedebrahimi, M., 10 Dec 2015

  Supervisor: Peng, X. (Supervisor) & Van Mourik, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Thermal processing of miscanthus, sugarcane bagasse, sugarcane trash and their acid hydrolysis residues

  Author: Cortes Benitez, A., 13 Apr 2015

  Supervisor: Bridgwater, A. V. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Biomimetic synthetic lubricants (Biosurfactants)

  Author: Rasul, N., 24 Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Tighe, B. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Philosophy

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• An empirical examination of emotional and cognitive responses to threat appeals

  Author: Chamberlain, L., 6 Oct 2015

  Supervisor: Rudd, J. M. (Supervisor) & Lee, N. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Understanding the link between transglutaminase and the induction of fibrosis in cystic fibrosis (CF)

  Author: Nyabam, S., 13 Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Marshall, L. J. (Supervisor), Griffin, M. (Supervisor) & Collighan, R. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Ideological aspects of the translation of business annual reports in Oman (English-Arabic)

  Author: Al-Obaidani, K., 27 May 2015

  Supervisor: Schaeffner, C. G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Muslim women's political participation in francophone Europe: a comparative study of France and Belgium

  Author: Easat-Daas, A., 2015

  Supervisor: Shields, J. G. (Supervisor), Hayes, G. A. (Supervisor) & Garner, S. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• A mixed methods investigation of parental factors in non-attendance at general paediatric hospital outpatient appointments

  Author: Cameron, E., 12 Jan 2015

  Supervisor: Pattison, H. M. (Supervisor) & Cummins, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Asymmetric price transmission in EU petroleum markets

  Author: Al Sabbagh, O., 19 Oct 2015

  Supervisor: Driffield, N. L. (Supervisor), Karoglou, M. (Supervisor) & Bissoondeeal, R. K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• What is the optimum artificial treament for dry eye?

  Author: Essa, L., 4 Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Wolffsohn, J. S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Ophthalmic Doctorate

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• Graftable antioxidant for peroxide crosslinked polyethylene: stabilisation and performance

  Author: Riasat, S., 25 Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Al-Malaika, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The effect of ocular nutritional supplements on macular pigment optical density

  Author: Vasey, G., 22 May 2015

  Supervisor: Eperjesi, F. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Ophthalmic Doctorate

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• Indirect ties in knowledge networks: a social network analysis with ordered weighted averaging operators

  Author: Marra, M., 2 Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Emrouznejad, A. (Supervisor) & Edwards, J. S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Development of a passive MEG stimulus for measurement of the binaural masking level difference

  Author: Gascoyne, L., 5 Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Witton, C. (Supervisor) & Furlong, P. L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Conceptual Building Information Modelling Framework for Whole‐house Refurbishment based on LCC and LCA

  Author: Kim, K., 23 Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Park, K. (Supervisor) & Hedges, P. D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Goal orientation and its relationship to the business family, and family business performance, within the UK’s family owned and managed mid-sized businesses

  Author: Lanz, S., 24 Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Hart, M. (Supervisor), Anyadike-Danes, M. K. (Supervisor) & Mickiewicz, T. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Science (by Research)

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• The association between macular pigment optical density and glare recovery time with selected macular degeneration and ocular vascular perfusion risk factors

  Author: Everett, D., 11 Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Bartlett Eperjesi, H. E. (Supervisor) & Eperjesi, F. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Ophthalmic Doctorate

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• Enabling long journeys in electric vehicles: design and demonstration of an infrastructure location model

  Author: Chittock, L., 11 Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Price, B. J. (Supervisor) & Bastin, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Uncovering the root cause of ethnic difference in ability testing: differential test functioning, test familiarity and trait optimism as explanations of ethnic group differences

  Author: Hinton, D., 1 Oct 2015

  Supervisor: Guillaume, Y. R. (Supervisor) & Woods, S. A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• A new algorithm for the relationship between vision and ametropia

  Author: Rushton, R., 24 Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Dunne, M. C. (Supervisor) & Armstrong, R. A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Ophthalmic Doctorate

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• Structural and functional analysis of CD81-Claudin-1, a hepatitis C virus receptor complex

  Author: Clare, M., 30 Jan 2015

  Supervisor: Bill, R. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• To which extent can attention and/or modulation explains deficits in dyslexia?

  Author: Mohamad Cassim, M., 23 Jan 2015

  Supervisor: Talcott, J. B. (Supervisor) & Moores, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Surfactant interaction and persistence at the contact lens surface

  Author: Carnell, S., 5 Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Tighe, B. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Energy production from biomass and waste derived intermediate pyrolysis oils

  Author: Yang, Y., 12 Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Brammer, J. G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Biomaterial interactions with compromised tissue surfaces

  Author: Cooner, M., 18 May 2015

  Supervisor: Tighe, B. J. (Supervisor) & Mann, A. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Visualisation of quality information for geospatial and remote sensing data: providing the GIS community with the decision support tools for geospatial dataset quality evaluation

  Author: Lush, V., 18 May 2015

  Supervisor: Lumsden, J. M. (Supervisor) & Bastin, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Systematic financial resources allocation processes: a model for critical resources mobilization and deployment for nigerian universities

  Author: Onuoha, L., 23 Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Higson, H. E. (Supervisor) & Manochin, M. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business Administration

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• The evolution, development and exploitation of SIALON materials

  Author: Lumby, R. J., 2015

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Science

• Manipulation translation theory and the role of ideology

  Author: Xu, L., Sep 2015

  Supervisor: Castro, O. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Arts (by Research)

• Learner support and discovery in a virtual non-judgmental environment

  Author: Boon, A., 6 Oct 2015

  Supervisor: Garton, S. (Supervisor) & Marley, C. N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• An investigation of Albanian EFL teachers' decision-making in their use of CLT-oriented textbooks

  Author: Seferaj, K., 16 Jun 2015

  Supervisor: Wheeler, L. A. (Supervisor) & Garton, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Authorship profiling in a forensic context

  Author: Nini, A., 26 Feb 2015

  Supervisor: Grieve, J. W. (Supervisor), Grant, T. D. (Supervisor) & Coulthard, R. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• An examination of the UK community pharmacist's role in facilitating patient self-management of cardiovascular disease through lifestyle behaviours

  Author: Killick, K., 6 Oct 2015

  Supervisor: Pattison, H. M. (Supervisor), Langley, C. A. (Supervisor) & Powell, R. K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• From icon to naturalised icon: a linguistic analysis of media representations of the BP Deepwater Horizon crisis

  Author: Gravells, J., 1 Apr 2015

  Supervisor: Baxter, J. A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Can psychometric testing be used to explain, predict and measure behavioural competences and the funding resource orchestration of the entrepreneur?

  Author: Parkes, G. S., 8 Jul 2015

  Supervisor: Hart, M. (Supervisor) & Rudd, J. M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business Administration

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• The unequal segmentation of public preparedness for mass evacuation: a cross-national perspective

  Author: Anson, S., 26 May 2015

  Supervisor: Scully, J. W. (Supervisor) & Shaw, D. A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• Technological enhancements to optometric clinical tests

  Author: Kingsnorth, A., 12 Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Wolffsohn, J. S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• The role of amyloid precursor protein in neuronal and non-neuronal cell lines

  Author: Tse, E., 3 Dec 2015

  Supervisor: Hill, E. J. (Supervisor) & Parri, H. R. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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• An investigation to determine the influence of illumination sources on colour discrimination in normal subjects and smokers

  Author: Mistry, K., 9 Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Cubbidge, R. P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Ophthalmic Doctorate

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