• Regulating Fiduciary Duties of Directors Towards Company Property in England and Saudi Arabia: a Comparative Analysis 

  Alotaibi, Majed Sanat (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  This thesis investigates the regulation of fiduciary duties of directors towards company property in England and Saudi Arabia. The analysis concentrates on the statutory law of both countries as the main legal instrument ...

• Wearable Medical Devices in Use: A Study of Insulin Pump Adoption by Young Diabetic Patients In Saudi Arabia 

  Almakky, Abeer Ghazy A. (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  his research belongs to the multi-disciplinary research community concerned with wearable medical technology and branches of sociology and psychology that study its impact. It addresses a real-life problem of Insulin Pump ...

• Investigating Knowledge Sharing Among Employees in Saudi Governmental Organisations: An Empirical Study 

  Alharbi, Hamad (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Knowledge is seen as competitive asset for organisations in today’s knowledge-based economy. Knowledge sharing (KS) has its importance in that employees’ knowledge would not turn into organisational knowledge before it is ...

• Human Computer Interaction and Web-Based Learning Platforms: e-Learning Website Features vis-à-vis Student Perception 

  Alghamdi, Faisal S. (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The utilisation of web-based e-learning platforms is increasing throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The majority of these platforms were developed initially by institutions in the West; only later were menus and icons ...

• Optimising Brand Equity and Marketing Performance with Implications in Building and Evaluating A Premium Profit Brand Valuation Model 

  Abele, Jürgen Albert R. (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Brand equity is one of the most intangible and valuable asset for organisations as discussed within the marketing and accounting literature. Though practitioners are aware of the growing importance of brand equity in their ...

• SPEECH DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE 

  Russell, Veronica Jane (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  This investigation presents the results of a longitudinal study into the phonetic and phonological development of children with cleft palate and cleft lip and palate from pre-speech to the age of 4;6. The aim of the project ...

• THE DURABILITY OF ADHESION OF POLYSULFIDE SEALANTS TO GLASS 

  Lowe, George Bernard (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  A number of polysulfide based sealants similar to those used commercially in insulated glass manufacture were prepared and used in this programme of work. The formulations were designed to cover the spectrum of formulations ...

• Photography Loss And Memory: a visual account of grief description 

  Simmons, Michael (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The development of academic research and professional practice regarding human aspects of death, dying, bereavement and grief, have emerged as a prolific, diverse and at times controversial area. Much of the theories and ...

• GROWING TIMBER TREES WITH STRAIGHT STEMS: AN EXPLORATION OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN SOME BROADLEAVED TREE SPECIES 

  Cowell, Anthony Michael (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The research described here had two novel aims: first, to assess the morphological characteristics of the regrowth, in particular stem straightness, of juvenile broadleaved trees following coppicing; and second, to ...

• GENETIC MANIPULATION OF CYTOKININ LEVELS IN NEW PLANT TYPE RICE 

  Rubia, Leila G (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The changes in chlorophyll content, rate of senescence and cytokinin (CK) levels in the top three leaves of field-grown New Plant Type (NPT) rice were determined during the grain filling period. The chlorophyll content ...

• Distributed Failure Restoration for Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Tactical Communication Networks 

  Zavialov, Alexander (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Asynchronous Transfer Mode (A TM) is an attractive choice for future military communication systems because it can provide high throughput and support multi-service applications. Furthermore its use is consistent with ...

• Acceleration Techniques for Photo Realistic Computer Generated Integral Images 

  Youssef, Osama Hassan (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The research work presented in this thesis has approached the task of accelerating the generation of photo-realistic integral images produced by integral ray tracing. Ray tracing algorithm is a computationally exhaustive ...

• A STUDY OF THE ROTATIONAL MOULDING OF LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE 

  Ellis, Vibhooti (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The aim of this investigation was to increase understanding of the rotational moulding process by studying the rotational moulding of linear low density polyethylene, and to thus contribute to the optimisation of the ...

• A CAD/CAM concept for High Speed Cutting compatible rough machining in die, mould and pattern manufacturing 

  Schuster, Joachim (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Die, mould and pattern manufacturing plays a central role in the production of capital and consumer goods. Ever-shorter product life cycles and the expanding diversity of features require continued cuts in production ...

• A Concept For Surface Reconstruction From Digitised Data 

  Schinke, Wolfgang Josef (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Reverse engineering and in particular the reconstruction of surfaces from digitized data is an important task in industry. With the development of new digitizing technologies such as laser or photogrammetry, real objects ...

• Genetic Manipulation of Phytohormone Levels in Sugar beet 

  Brown, Sarah J (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The improvement of the commercial sugar beet crop by genetic modification will require the subtle regulation of expression of foreign genes in the transgenic plants. A strategy has been defined for production of high ...

• Design For Movement: Block Pattern Design For Stretch Performancewear 

  Watkins, Penelope A (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Pattern drafting techniques for woven block patterns have been well established. Applying existing techniques with modifications to generate patterns for modern stretch fabrics can be successful but it is often at a ...

• DETAILED SPACIAL AND TIME RESOLVED STUDIES OF LUBRICANT DEGRADATION IN MULTI-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINES 

  Jones, Craig J (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  This work formed part of the North American Space Agency /US Department of Energy project to produce a 55% thermodynamic efficient diesel engine, which required the construction of a "low heat rejection" engine. Work was ...

• A Greenfield Selection Model For SME's Based Within The Rapid Product Development sector 

  Styger, Lee Edward Jan (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  This work has been undertaken to research and determine a robust site selection model for small to medium sized enterprises based in the European Rapid Product Development sector. Site selection is a complex, multi-level ...

• Language and metaphor in postmodern architectural meaning: an interpretative model 

  Madden, Michael William (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The thesis aims to establish an interpretative model of, or mode of response to, postmodern and in particular, poststructuralist architecture. The existing lacuna of interpretation in this area is the result of the ...

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