Browse more theses by postgraduate research students from the Faculty of Health.
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Nature of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli ST127, Robert William O'Hara
The Perceived Effectiveness of Brief Psychological Techniques for Acute Postoperative Pain, Alsanaani Tahani
The role of CD133 in mouse incisor tooth epithelium, Donald Singer
The Role of Slit/Robo Signalling in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Lauren Singer
Unbiased global proteomic profiling of patient-derived meningiomas of all grades to identify molecular signatures of differentially expressed proteins and phosphoproteins., Jemma Suzanne Dunn
UNDERSTANDING STUDENT CHARTERS THROUGH PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH, Julie Ann Osborn
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
A Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience Investigation of Deceptive Communication, Chun-Wei Hsu
Antibacterial nanoparticle - decorated carbon nanotube - reinforced calcium phosphate composites as bone implants, Kiruthika Natesan
ASSESSING COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH SPEAKING POPULATIONS, Bazah Almubark
COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN VISUAL AND AUDITORY MULTISTABILITY, Mihaela Taranu
Dentists’ Perceptions of their Professional Roles in the context of Referral Decisions in Primary Dental Care in England, Zoe Elizabeth Allen
EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES TO ESTABLISH POPULATION-BASED CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN KIRKUK, IRAQ, Suhailah Ali
FACILITATING MIDWIFERY INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGING GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN IN PREGNANT WOMEN LIVING WITH OBESITY, Emma Hazeldine
Functional Imagery Training, a novel, theory-based motivational intervention for weight-loss, Linda Solbrig
Ocular biomechanics of the anterior segment, Daniela Oehring
Regulation of macrophage subsets in homeostatic and inflammatory mucosal environments, Khalid Alshaghdali
Setting priorities for conducting and updating systematic reviews, Mona Nasser
Shared Creativity and Flow in Dance Improvisation Practice, Klara Łucznik
The effect of psychological factors on morality. the role of culture and moral foundations., Azizah Alqahtani
THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES IN TUMOUR DEVELOPMENT AND INNATE SIGNALLING, Emmanuel Atangana Maze
The Potential of CRL4-DCAF1 and KSR1 as Therapeutic Targets in Low-grade Merlin-Deficient Tumours, Jade Lyons Rimmer
The Role of Cellular Prion Protein in the Development of Schwannomas and other Merlin-Deficient Tumours, Lucy Provenzano
The role of counterfactual thinking in deceptive communication, Raluca Andra Briazu
The Timing and Composition of Gestational Weight Gain and the Impact on Neonatal Anthropometry, Kathy Redfern
Transitioning from homelessness into a sustained tenancy: What enables successful tenancy sustainment? (The Moving on Project), Leonie Boland
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
An investigation on body composition, dietary intakes and physical activity in girls aged 8-11 years in Saudi Arabia, Rabab Bade Alkutbe
Assessment of Ocular Accommodation in Humans, Nicola Szostek
Characterisation of Pharmacological Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic uses of FK866, Niketa Ferguson
Characterising Futile Autophagosome Based Toxicity and its Implications in Disease, Robert William Button
Controlled and automatic processes in Pavlovian-instrumental transfer, Tina Seabrooke
Do superfast broadband and tailored interventions improve use of eHealth and reduce health related travel?, Philip Abbott-Garner
Excitotoxic Injury Mechanisms in Central White Matter, Seán P. Doyle
Foot, ankle and lower limb somatosensory dysfunction in stroke, Terry Gorst
Group Creativity: An Interpersonal Perspective, Pinar Oztop
Moral cognition: An interdisciplinary investigation of judgment versus action, Kathryn Barbara Francis
Next Generation Sequencing-Based Genotyping of Human Blood Groups: FY, JK and ABO Genes, Malik Abdullah Altayar
Obesity and Dental Caries in Children in Plymouth, Martha Paisi
Optimal Response in Decision Making: An Experimental Investigation of Decision Strategies, Valerio Biscione
Protection from HCV infection – Identification of mechanisms of resistance to HCV infection in exposed uninfected injection drug users., Isaac Thom Shawa
Risk eDecisions: Online Behaviour and Decision Making from the iGeneration to the Silver Surfer, Claire May White
Source memory for actions, Nicholas Lange
The impact of voice on trust attributions, Ilaria Torre
The Moderating Effect of Intergroup Climate on the Prejudice-Reducing Effects of Intergroup Contact, Jaysan Charlesford
The Redundancy Effect in Human Causal Learning: Attention, Uncertainty, And Inhibition, Tara Zaksaite
The Risky Side of Creativity: A Scientific Investigation of Creativity and Domain Specific Risk Taking, Vaibhav Tyagi
The things you do: Implicit person models guide online action observation., Kimberley Caroline Schenke
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Analysis and Correction of Corneal Astigmatism in Modern Pseudophakia, Catriona Ann Hamer
An Electrophysiological Examination of Visuomotor Activity Elicited by Visual Object Affordances, Thomas Oliver Dixon
An exploration of attachment strategies among young people who engage in harmful sexual behaviour, Bartosz Zaniewski
Dose-banding studies on oxaliplatin, Liu Xiaoqing
Identifying Common Therapeutic Targets in Merlin-deficient Brain Tumours, Kayleigh Bassiri
Optimised Mammogram Displays for Improved Breast Cancer Detection, Graeme Alexander Riley
The control of Schwann cell myelination during development and after nerve injury, Sheridan Roberts
The Restorative Potential of Public Aquariums: Psychological and Physiological Effects of Viewing Sub-Aquatic Environments, Deborah Louise Cracknell
Using a Virtual World to Teach Joint Protection to People Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial, Rashid Kashani
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
An exploration of the impact of PTSD following childbirth and the suitability of writing therapy as a therapeutic tool, Susanne Peeler
Factors associated with stiff knee gait in cerebral palsy, Eleanor Frances Compton
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Cultural factors affecting the development of an evidence-based information service in a third sector provider of complementary cancer care, Matthew Dunstan Breckons
EXPLORING PRACTICE-BASED EDUCATION IN PODIATRY: AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT, Sally Abey
Exploring the Patient Experience of Changes in Appetite and Diet with Incretin Analogue Therapy, Rosamund May Paisey
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Clinical Reasoning and Causal Attribution in Medical Diagnosis, Linda Adams
DEVELOPING SYSTEMICALLY-ORIENTED SECONDARY CARE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, Frank Robert Burbach
Personal Budgets for all? An Action Research Study on Implementing Self-Directed Support in Mental Health Services, Sherrie Hitchen
The Adoption of Disabled Children, Sarah Bunt
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Multidimensional Epidemiological Transformations: Addressing Location-Privacy in Public Health Practice, Philip AbdelMalik
Population growth in a high amenity area: migration and socio-economic change in Cornwall, Katarzyna Kowalczuk
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
CAN HEALTH VISITORS ASSIST CLIENTS TO OPTIMISE HEALTH-DETERMINING ASPECTS OF THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH PROVISION OF EVIDENCE-INFORMED MESSAGES?, GEORGE RICHARDSON
Exploring the provision of high dependency care in children's wards, Margaret Jane Doman
The Effects of Place on Health Risk: A Qualitative Study of Micro-Injecting Environments, Stephen George Parkin
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
RULING OUT THE 'BAD THINGS:' HOW PHYSICIANS MAKE MEANING OF PERSISTENT UNEXPLAINED ILLNESS IN CHILDREN, STEFANIE VARGA
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
THE EXPERIENCE OF OBESITY, ITS TREATMENT AND WEIGHT LOSS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF OVERWEIGHT COUPLES, Brenda Potz Kieffer
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Cell cycle of Emiliania huxleyi and its effects on host: virus interactions, Rebecca Louise Jefferson
MULTIPLE EXPERTS: SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, MEDIA AND LAY DISCOURSES ON 'NEW GENETICS', CLARE ELIZABETH WILKINSON
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
An investigation of T cell dysregulation in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, SOPHIE GRACE SCRIVENER
A STUDY OF THE MOLECULAR GENETICS OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA IN MAN, Martin Ollerenshaw
GENETIC AND MOLECULAR FACTORS IN THE AETIO-PATHOGENESIS OF PANCREATITIS IN HUMANS, MARK TIMOTHY CARTMELL
The Role Of Acute Normovolaemic Haemodilution in Gastro-intestinal Surgery, GRANT SANDERS
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
A STUDY OF HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR AND RELATED GENES IN DISEASE IN MAN, KAREN LYNN SØNDERGAARD
GENERATION OF IN VITRO B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA- SPECIFIC T CELL RESPONSES USING DENDRITIC CELLS, Ruth Victoria Goddard
Genetic analysis of the microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus, Deborah F. Cross
STUDIES OF THE RESPONSE OF MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER TO RADIOTHERAPY, Zakaria Issa Saki
What Has Happened to Named Nursing? Perceptions of the Named Nurse System, Ann Josephine Humphreys
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF CYTOKINES IN ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN MAN, Alison Marie Smithies
CYTOKINE EXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA, Anna Kaminski
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: IN AUSTRALIAN AND ENGLAND, ANNE MARGARET LAWRENCE
P-GLYCOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED ANTHRACYCLINE RESISTANCE IN B-CLL: P0TENTIAL FOR CYTOKINE MODULATION, VARINIA GRACIELA MUNOZ-RITCHIE
Prophylaxis of disease caused by bacterial pathogens of man, RICHARD WILLIAM TITBALL
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
A Study of the Molecular Immunogenetics of Type 1 Diabetes in Man, Mohamed Mirza Jahromi
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHILDHOOD ONSET TYPE 1 DIABETES IN DEVON AND CORNWALL, HONGXIN ZHAO
THE EFFECT OF THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP PROGRAM ON EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED BOYS, ALISA J. GREENWALD
The employment requirements of disabled persons : a study of the development of state supported employment provision., Timothy Paul Kleinschmidt
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
CYTOKINE PROFILES AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO HUMAN TRANSPLANTATION, NICOLA HELEN CARTWRIGHT
IMMUNOGENETICS OF TYPE 1 DIABETES IN MAN, Andrea Dawn Hodgkinson
Single cell gel electrophoresis-based investigations of UVR- and visible light-induced single strand breakage in cultured human cells, Jeremy Fraser Kendall
