• The ethical issues of additive manufacturing 

  Ogoh, George (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Additive manufacturing (3D printing) has brought industrial manufacturing capabilities to the desktop, allowing the seamless transition from consumer-to-manufacturer-to-retailer and enabling anyone to use the technology ...

• Reductive destruction of chlorinated organics in molten salts 

  Lightfoot, Ian Peter (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

• Twenty-First Century Working-Class Girls' Imagined Futures: A Child-Centred Socialist Feminist Research Project 

  Newton, Georgina (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Gender and class inequality exist throughout UK society however topical debates often focus on the discussion of sexualisation of women, with other gendered and classed spheres of oppression fading from view. Working ...

• Expert Evidence, Juries and the Search for Truth: A Case Study Analysis 

  Elton, Jacqueline (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  One of the cornerstones of our society of which we are rightly proud is the criminal justice system. However, as with any system it is not without its flaws. Over the last 30-40 years there have been a number of miscarriages ...

• How a structured exercise programme involving cardio and resistance exercise affects type 2 diabetes mellitus volunteers 

  Hill, Ashley (Thesis or dissertation / Masters / MPhil)

  Background T2DM is a metabolic disorder that is rapidly increasing in prevalence, it has become a 21st century epidemic and addressing this is one of the greatest global health challenges of our time. In the UK £10.3 billion ...

• The Internal Audit Function as a Corporate Governance Mechanism in a Developing Economy: An Empirical Study of the Nigerian Financial Sector 

  Adejumo, Babatunde (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  This study investigates the contributory power of the Internal Audit Function (IAF) as one of the four mechanisms of Corporate Governance. The primary aim of the research is to examine the capacity of the IAF to fulfil its ...

• A Novel Adaptation Model for E-Learning Recommender Systems Based on Student’s Learning Style 

  Nafea, Shaimaa (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  In recent years, a substantial increase has been witnessed in the use of online learning resources by learn- ers. However, owing to an information overload, many find it difficult to retrieve appropriate learning resources ...

• THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE ARABIAN SŪQ 

  Shahin, Jasmine (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The research intends to offer a philosophical hermeneutic reading of the Arabian Sūq, considered a principal urban constituent of almost all Arab cities. The relevance of such a study is hinged on two observations relating ...

• Acting in Time: Transport Nurses optimising critically ill patients for transfer to a regional ECMO centre. A Grounded Theory Study 

  Palmer, Lyn (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Regionalisation and centralisation of Intensive Care Units, coupled with demographic changes, have resulted in an increased demand for inter-hospital transport. The Conventional ventilatory support vs Extracorporeal membrane ...

• The Role of Self-Disgust within Disordered Eating Behaviour 

  Bell, Katie (Thesis or dissertation / PhD)

  Self-disgust has already been implicated within eating psychopathology (Moncrieff-Boyd & Nunn, 2014; Bell et al., 2017; Palmeria et al., 2017) and investigating this emotion may offer more of an understanding of the factors ...

• The Impact of Higher Order Pulse Amplitude Modulation and Transmission Performance over Twisted Pair Cable 

  Seitz, Katharina (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  The digital age makes it possible to be globally networked at any time. Digital communication is therefore an important aspect of today’s world. Hence, the further development and expansion of this is becoming increasingly ...

• Dual Auteurs?: The Case Study of Gordon Hessler and Christopher Wicking 

  Haberman, John (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  This thesis examines the four American International Pictures horror movies, The Oblong Box (1969), Scream and Scream Again (1970), Cry of the Banshee (1970) and Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971), directed by Gordon Hessler ...

• Machine Learning for Human Activity Detection in Smart Homes 

  Vafeiadis, Anastasios (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Recognizing human activities in domestic environments from audio and active power consumption sensors is a challenging task since on the one hand, environmental sound signals are multi-source, heterogeneous, and varying ...

• Absorbing the Worlds of Others: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Adapted Screenplays 

  Fryer, Laura (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Despite being a prolific and well-decorated adapter and screenwriter, the screenplays of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are largely overlooked in adaptation studies. This is likely, in part, because her life and career are characterised ...

• Beyond the Spectacle? A Comparative Critique of the ‘Green Consumer’ in Global and Chinese Sustainability Transitions 

  Leatham, Scott (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  This thesis presents the findings of a comparative analysis between the neoliberal sustainable development narrative and the fast-emerging Chinese ecological civilization narrative from a political ecological perspective. ...

• Impact of Human Activity on Protected Areas: A case study of Nech Sar National Park in Ethiopia 

  Alemu, Molla (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Protected areas play a significant role in conserving biodiversity and essential ecosystem services that help in providing sustainable development opportunities. As the world’s human population increases, however, these ...

• Computational Sleep Behaviour Analysis and Application 

  Fallmann, Sarah (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Sleep affects a person’s health and is, therefore, assessed if health problems arise. Sleep behaviour is monitored for abnormalities in order to determine if any treatments, such as medication or behavioural changes ...

• Investigation of biofilm development by antibiotic resistant urinary tract infection pathogens and evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Manuka honey on Escherichia coli CTX-M-15 biofilms 

  Baho, Sinan (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Background Antibiotic resistance is one of the major healthcare issues worldwide. Over time, bacteria are becoming more resistant, making antibiotics less effective, and this in turn will lead to an increase in the ...

• New Developments in the NMR-Linked Metabolomics Analysis of Lysosomal Storage Disorders 

  Percival, Benita (Thesis or dissertation / Doctoral / PhD)

  Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are predominantly rare, autosomal recessive, orphan diseases that impact the storage of specific molecules within the lysosome. This work explores current metabolomics research on LSDs ...

• The Role of Self-Reinforcing Mechanisms in Organizational Adaptation: Evidence from German Utilities 

  Sehi, Rene (Thesis or dissertation / PhD)

  This dissertation enhances existing understanding of the role of self-reinforcing mechanisms as driving forces of organizational path dependence and thus limiting factors for organizational adaptation. In this way, the ...

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