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Azinge, Chukwuemeka (2021) Hybrid Strategy Implementation in a Hybrid Youth-Training Organisation: A framework for hybrid strategy implementation based on a case-study of a hybrid youth training organisation in Lagos, Nigeria. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cao, Xinxin (2021) Determinants of the decentralisation of spatial and territorial planning power for lower-tier authorities in England and Taiwan. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wennink, Thomas (2021) Reconstruction theorems for genus 2 Gromov-Witten invariants. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Zhao, Yuxuan (2021) Deep Learning in Video Anomaly Detection and Its Applications. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Shi, Xiaoyu (2021) The impact of agricultural landscape and pesticide exposure on pollinator community in small-holder agroecosystem in China. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Derpsch, Yiovanna (2021) Symmetry Perception is Automatic. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Livesley, Sarah (2021) Electrophilic Activation of [1.1.1]Propellane Towards the Synthesis of Substituted Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hancock, Oliver (2021) Children and Childishness in American Postmodernist Literature. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Pye, Christine (2021) Determining predictive metabolomic biomarkers of meniscal injury in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease using stifle joint synovial fluid. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Weston, Lisa (2021) Making the ‘Visible’ Visible: An Interactional Understanding of Police Visibility in Community Engagement. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Knaggs, Christopher (2021) Working Memory Deficits in Chronic Pain. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yang, Haofan (2021) Organic Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Li, Zhuozhang (2021) The Fluid City: A Cinematic Urban Tectonic Study on the (Re)Production of Publicness in Contemporary Hong Kong. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

He, Ai (2021) Porous Organic Cage Membranes for Versatile Molecular Separations. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Fowler-Williams, Harvey (2021) Three-dimensional structure of intestinal epithelia is important in regulating the damage response to chemotherapy drugs. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hu, Dingyue (2021) Exploration of Perovskite Materials as Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hepworth, Adrian (2021) Decision-Making in Immature Projects Organisational Environment: a Mental Model Approach that Influences Conscientious Critical Thinking. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Jones, Michael (2021) Understanding the Influence of Discrimination in the Graduate Employment Market for English Language Teachers in China: Lessons for Higher Education Institutions. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Fredman, Marc (2021) Breathe, Relax, Recognise. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Senior, Eleanor (2021) A Reverse Vaccinology Approach to Identifying Vaccine Candidate Antigens for Bovine Trichomoniasis. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Engbers, Yael Annemiek (2021) Geomagnetic field behaviour in the Miocene and structural irregularities in the South Atlantic region. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Garner, Toni (2021) Information sharing and confidentiality: Exploring the experiences of young people who are accessing a CAMHS service for virtual therapy within the context of COVID-19. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Qie, Li (2021) Hit to Lead Optimisation of Antimalarial Thiadiazoles and Peptidomimetic Beta-Hydroxyethylamines. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Timbol, Jericho (2021) Analysis on the Oxidative Thermal Remodelling of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR). Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bastida Diaz, Jaime (2021) LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY OF A DIVERSIFIED PRIVATELY-OWNED FAMILY BUSINESS IN MEXICO. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Upton, Rebekah (2021) Highly Water Repellent Polymer-Nanoparticle Composite Coatings: Moving Towards Real World Applications. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Garlick, Sarah (2021) Geographic inequalities in ethnic minority labour market experiences in England and Wales. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Carter, William (2021) Building Long-Term Seismo-Acoustic Catalogues to Assess Open-Vent Activity at Guatemalan Volcanoes. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hassan, Muhammad (2021) Perceived Learned Helplessness among International Students in an English Preparatory Programme in Singapore. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Shang, Li-Dan (2021) The Education System and Labour Market Integration of Immigrants. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bolton, Rhiannon (2021) Proximate mediators of behaviour in cooperatively breeding mammals: applications to breeding programmes for endangered species. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yuan, Zhe (2021) The Economic Effects of Infrastructure on the Prefecture Level in China, Evidence from Historic and Modern Data. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Thomas, Jay (2021) The Experience of Mental-health Inpatient Service-users Who Are Prevented from Self-harming. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Johnson-Tyas, Isaac (2021) Exploring the Impact of Mentoring Relationships on the Development of Self-Initiated Expatriate Employees Working in China. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Elertas, Gedminas (2021) Upgrading a Rb-85 Atom Interferometer. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Kerestecioglu, Semih (2021) Essays on Economic Uncertainty and Financial Markets. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Nsakashalo-Senkwe, Mutale (2021) Developing an integrated implementation plan for control and elimination of NTDs: Nationwide mapping surveys for lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Zambia. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hogarth, Peter Ian (2021) UK Mean Sea Level Change from Analysis of Tide Gauge Records. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Abbott, Kate (2021) Are breastfeeding outcomes predicted by body image, social comparison, maternal mental health, and antenatal breastfeeding information? Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Roberts, Harry (2021) Sellafield and British Nuclear Culture, 1945-1992: Nuclear Imaginaries in the Rural Periphery. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bennett, Mark (2021) Exploring the Constitutional Implications of the UK’s Contemporary Counter-Terrorism Response(s) through the Lens of ‘Political’ Constitutionalism. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Koshkebaghi, Hamid (2021) DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES IN CANADIAN SERVICE COMPANIES INCLUDING THE HVAC BUSINESS. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Lucky, Godswill Azibanagein (2021) Distributed Network Monitoring for Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Detection and Prevention. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Zhang, Shufei (2021) Towards Model Robustness and Generalization Against Adversarial Examples for Deep Neural Networks. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Jones, Rhiannon (2021) Muon-neutrino disappearance with multiple liquid argon time projection chambers in the Fermilab Booster neutrino beam. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Kassira, Reem (2021) STREAMLINING MANAGEMENT, TEAM COORDINATION AND OPTIMIZING SERVICE DELIVERY AT PRIMAL HEALTH CLINICS—A TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPROACH. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Naqvi, Ali (2021) Discovering the Process for New Product Development (NPD) in Machine Learning Software. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Algoulity, Mashael Abdulmain (2021) Quadratic Backward Stochastic Differential Equations with Unbounded Coefficients and their Application. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Limon, Emma (2021) An Investigation into Psychophysiological and Emotional Responses to Perceived Threat. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chen, Qi (2021) Deep Learning from Smart City Data. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Iyer, Priya (2021) Social and cultural capital and its influence on graduate employability: An exploratory study of student experiences at a higher education institution in Botswana. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Defres, Sylviane (2021) Understanding and improving the outcome of encephalitis in the UK. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bustio, Julian (2021) Understanding how incentivizing Autonomous Vehicles to use TEXpress lanes may stimulate their diffusion in the Metroplex. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Li, Qianliang (2021) Femtosecond laser micro-structuring of amorphous PEEK and studies on two-photon absorption in polycrystalline Zinc Selenide. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Giorgi, Francesco (2021) Particles dynamics at the nanoscale. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Briscoe, Andrew (2021) The discovery of the alpha emitter 160Os, the beta emitter 156W and an electromagnetic decay branch from the 25/2 − spin gap isomer in 155Lu. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Liu, Yidan (2021) The Effect of China’s Post-1994 Fiscal Structure on Social Welfare. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Qin, Lei (2021) Investigating Chinese travellers’ motivations: From the individual, market to country level. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

McClure, Suzanne (2021) Oppositional language as thematic signals in the novels of D.H. Lawrence: A corpus-based examination. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wooldridge, Peter (2021) Quantifying the Role of Floodplain Peat in Carboniferous Fluvial Systems. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

González, David (2021) Improving university industrial design courses: An action research study. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Williams-Woods, Alexandra (2021) Abolition and Agenda: The role of ideas in the construction of the UK Government response to human trafficking and modern slavery. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Rajeev, Surya Panicker (2021) Compensatory changes in energy balance during dapagliflozin treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial (ENERGIZE). Doctor of Medicine thesis, University of Liverpool.

Adamson, Duncan (2021) Algorithmic and Combinatorial Problems in Crystal Structure Prediction. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Thomas, William (2021) Structures and Properties of New Li-rich Rock-Salt Cathode Materials for Li-ion Batteries. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ahluwalia, Rupa (2021) Investigating the incretin system in South Asians. Doctor of Medicine thesis, University of Liverpool.

Dickey, Alistair (2021) Cloth culture in Early Egypt: Textile techniques, production and uses from the Neolithic to Early Dynastic period. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hamachila, Audrey (2021) PHARMACOGENETIC AND PROTEIN BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH TENOFOVIR- INDUCED RENAL TOXICITY IN HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS IN ZAMBIA. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Jiang, Liwen (2021) Role of TRPA1 in cortical spreading depression-associated migraine pathophysiology. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Stoba, Kevin (2021) Mapping Mithras: A Multifocal Approach to Mithraic Experience, Innovation, and Regional Diversity. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Jayasundera, Aloma (2021) COPING WITH SUDDEN AND SHARP REVENUE LOSSES WITHIN BAHRAIN’S ECONOMIC CRISIS: ACTION RESEARCH AS A MEANS TO UNDERSTAND WRONG TRAITS AND TO IDENTIFY AND OVERCOME THE HIDDEN ROOTS. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

He, Jiajia (2021) Port competition from a hinterland transport chain perspective based on game theory. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Griz, Carolina (2021) BULLYING IN SCHOOLS: A Measurement Validation Study in Brazilian Children and Longitudinal Prediction of Childhood Bullying Behaviour in the UK. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Feng, Yuan (2021) Characterization of CD39 expression on neoantigen-specific T cells for adoptive cell transfer. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mason, Sabrina Luana (2021) Robotic Techniques in Thoracic Surgery. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Thallner, Daniele (2021) A moment of weakness: The anomalous geomagnetic field in the Ediacaran period. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wongjan, Watsuwach (2021) Study of Allosteric Polymer Mechanochemistry. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Purvis, William (2021) The Social Ecology of Illicit Protection: A History of the Drug Trade in Northern Ireland. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Andersen, Peter (2021) How leaders matter: new approaches to understanding the role and effect of UK party leaders in general elections. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Kaitatzis, Lampros (2021) Developing an eco-friendly strategy via the use of QR codes and a smartphone application. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wang, Yiyi (2021) Artist Management in the UK Music Industries: A Sui Generis Form of Management. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Niermeier, Ada (2021) ADDRESSING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND CONFUCIANISM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATION: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY STUDY. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Masoud, Abdelhafid (2021) Investigation of Ex vivo detection of DNA adducts in relation to mutation frequency. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Patias, Nikolaos (2021) Spatial Inequality in Socioeconomic and Built Environment structure in Britain: Trajectories, Interactions and Indicators. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Forbes, Hannah (2021) How Industry Can Implement Social Product Development and Innovate With The Crowd. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Quine, Lucy (2021) Knowing Herodotus: The Historian and his Histories in Post-War Anglophone Literature. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Humphreys, Sarah (2021) Management of Children with Molar-Incisor-Hypomineralisation. Doctor of Dental Science thesis, University of Liverpool.

Shiel, Huw (2021) Band Alignments and Interfaces in Antimony Selenide Solar Cells. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Johnson, Helen (2021) Exploring Cultural Occupational Communality Through A Study of UK Video Game Developers and Their Mediated Community Spaces. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Al Hussaini, Yousuf Khamis Nabhan (2021) Implications of Socio-Technical Interactions for e-Government Implementation and its Success. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Lloyd, Simon (2021) Palaeomagnetic field behaviour in the Neoproterozoic: providing constraints on Inner Core Nucleation. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Al-Graiti, Ali (2021) Assessment of Employing Thermal Nanomaterials in Retrofitted Residential Buildings for Energy and CO2e Emissions Reduction to Achieve a Zero Carbon Nanohouse in the UK. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Houghton-Foster, Helen (2021) Learning from the Past: Exploiting Archives for Historical Water Management Research. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Radha Krishna, Lalit (2021) Towards an evidence based approach to novice mentoring in academic clinical practice: Lessons from Internal Medicine and practical applications for Palliative Medicine. Doctor of Medicine thesis, University of Liverpool.

Sahraoui, Yasmina (2021) Systems-wide analysis of isoform specific RAL biology. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Warren, Hannah (2021) Identification of drug resistance mechanisms induced in response to KRAS therapeutics. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Flammini Dotti, Francesco (2021) The long-term dynamical evolution of planetary-mass objects in star clusters. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mosallam, Nada (2021) Synthesis of squaric acid derivatives targeting ATP synthase for the treatment of TB. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

De Coteau, Dawn (2021) Corruption in Caribbean Politics - Examining Cultural Tolerance. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ba, Lei (2021) Robust Inertia Emulation Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Generator based Wind Turbines Participating in Power System Frequency Support. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Matsuda, Shohei (2021) Management Intervention strategies of asset management companies in Japan to enhance absorptive capacities for innovative fund products. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Durant, Emile (2021) Three Studies of Organic Molecules Adsorbed on Copper Surfaces. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Petchyam, Nopphon (2021) Structural studies of C-terminally fused haem-Cu nitrite reductase from Ralstonia pickettii and purification of Cytochrome bc1 from Plasmodium falciparum. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alexiadis, Antonios (2021) From measurement and uncertainty fields to features: a statistical approach for model validation. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Calleja, Dominic (2021) Uncertainty quantification for Tokamak experimental analysis and reactor design. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Al-Bayati, Asmaa (2021) Increased FABP12 expression in prostate cancer and its possible promoting role in tumorigenicity. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Powney, Lisa (2021) Empathy and personal distress: A thematic analysis of the lived experience of autistic adults. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wang, Yaolin (2021) PLASMA CATALYSIS FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE FROM RENEWABLE HYDROGEN. Doctor of Engineering thesis, University of Liverpool.

Liu, Lunjie (2021) Functional Organic Materials for Photocatalytic Energy Conversion. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Burrell, Liam (2021) Temporality, Subjectivity, Capitalism: The Kantian Grounds for Deleuze’s Theory of the Subject. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Boughey, Alexandra (2021) “Being a nurse is like being an actress”: Examining the experiences of nurses working in palliative care a systematic review and qualitative study in the acute care setting. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Knight, Malcolm (2021) The Sgraffito of Heywood Sumner (1853 - 1940) Volumes 1 and 2. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Guo, Yida (2021) Multi-agent Near Real-Time Simulation of Light Train Network Energy Sustainability Analysis. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wrightson, Lewis (2021) What Impact Do Multiple Environmental Drivers Have Upon Marine Diazotrophy? PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Squires, Luke (2021) “Grasping on a spider web of hope”: An exploration of the psychological challenges and impact of waiting to access UK Gender Dysphoria Clinics. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gibson, Helen (2021) Psychological Determinants of Addiction-Like Eating Behaviour: Exploring the Roles of Mental health, Personality Traits and Eating Motivations. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wilkinson, Emma (2021) Clinical and Pathophysiological Assessment of Wheezing in Children. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Baptista da Cunha, Alda Maria (2021) The utility of the Liverpool Uveal Melanoma Prognostication Online ‘LUMPO’ as a prognostication algorithm in determining metastatic risk in uveal melanoma. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chu, Ge (2021) Automation of Penetration Testing. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Xie, Lujia (2021) Analysis and Design of a 2DoF Split-Stator Direct-Drive Induction Motor Based on Coupling Effect. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Smith, Chloe (2021) An exploration into psychophysiological and affective responses to mental imagery. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Janvier, Adam (2021) Characterising Load-Induced Changes in 3D Cultured Mesenchymal Stem Cells Through Collagen Isoform Composition and Arrangement. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Smart, Charlotte (2021) The Experience of and Subsequent Psychological and Professional Impact of Witnessing Childbirth. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Sikabbwele, Kellys (2021) Exploring the environmental sustainability tensions in leagile manufacturing within the furniture industry. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Krishan, Ashma (2021) The analysis and reporting of time to event data in randomised controlled trials: impact on evidence synthesis. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mahmood, Adeeba (2021) Assessment methods in Science in a Higher education institution described and compared with assessment methods in Science in a Secondary education institution. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Fallatah, Deema (2021) Immune responses to BK polyomavirus in healthy donors and renal transplant recipients. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Aldersoni, Ali (2021) IMPROVING THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF FUTURE SAUDI MINISTRY OF HOUSING BUILDING DESIGNS TO ACHIEVE THE COUNTRY'S FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Russo, Ellie (2021) How many children recorded on the UK Cystic Fibrosis (CF) registry have an unclear diagnosis of CF following a positive newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) result and a potential designation of CRMS/CFSPID? Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chilton, Robyn (2021) Prediction of preterm birth in a twin pregnancy. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ma, Liping (2021) How Does the Atmospheric Jet Stream Affect the Atlantic Ocean? PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Jecks, Michael (2021) Alcohol Use in People Who Are Unemployed: Designing and Testing a Targeted Alcohol Brief Intervention. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Van Der Boor, Catharina (2021) The Mental Health and Wellbeing of Asylum Seeking and Refugee Populations in High-Income Countries: A Capabilities Approach. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Atherton, Lauren (2021) An exploration of parent-child and family relationships following a childhood diagnosis of ADHD. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Platt, Faye (2021) Prevention of preterm birth in women with prior cervical excision. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bi, Ziqiang (2021) Intelligent Global Maximum Power Point Tracking Strategies Based on Shading Perception for Photovoltaic Systems. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Taylor, Jessica (2021) The Development of Nanomedicine Formulations for the Treatment of Sudden Preterm Birth. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Patterson, Donald (2021) Mindset and Effort Regulation in English as a Foreign Language and Nursing Education. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Lewis, Leonie (2021) Short and Long-Term Outcomes of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Knox, John (2021) Unravelling the molecular mechanism of connective tissue growth factor (CCN2) in glaucoma. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Shen, Zongjie (2021) The Investigation on Electrical and Artificial Synaptic Performance of Resistive Random Access Memory Fabricated with Solution-Processed Materials. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wu, Chaoxian (2021) Intelligent Train Operation with On-Board Energy Storage Device: An Energy-Saving Perspective. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cao, Zhongming (2021) Novel Semiconductor Materials for Mid-Infrared Optoelectronic Application. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Johnson, Jennifer (2021) What kinds of cultural and educational transition do Chinese students experience, as they study for a twelve-month M.Sc. programme in the UK? PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Rugg-Gunn, Charlotte (2021) Presentations of new onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in children. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bedson, William (2021) Bronchiolitis: Clinical and Aetiological Considerations. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Boxer, Billy (2021) LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Searches: Development of Optical and Source Based Calibration Systems. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ye, Nan (2021) The practice of practices: Chinese independent architectural design from 1949. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bright, Orla (2021) Salivary Biomarkers of Health and Disease from Childhood to Older Age. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Amakiri, Augustine (2021) Cell signalling Interplay between phosphorylation and other post-translational modifications on a global scale. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

O'Loughlin, Danielle (2021) Using nanotopography and macromolecular crowding to influence in vitro collagen deposition in a corneal stroma model. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Reinhold, Steffi (2021) Characterisation of steady-state and time-varying structure-borne sound sources using a reception plate to predict in situ sound pressure levels. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Almethen, Abdullah (2021) Centralised and Distributed Shape Formation with a Linear-Strength Model. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Srur, Haim Ygal (2021) Developing Equality in Merger of Equals: A Grounded-Theory Study. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Shigdar, Shahjahan (2021) Investigating the role of cellular senescence in skeletal muscle and sarcopenia. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Talbot, Ellen (2021) ENERGY AND SOCIETY: UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF CONSUMPTION. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hankinson, Charlotte (2021) Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Children. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Liu, Xiaochen (2021) Design, synthesis, characterization, and application of non-fullerene based small molecules bearing A-π-D-π-A framework. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Desilva, Dulshan (2021) AUTOMATION AND RAPID ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE FIELD OF CONSULTING, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HUMAN WORKFORCE. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gillespie, Conor (2021) Residual meningioma: Volumetric growth and progression following surgical resection. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Sankaranarayanan, Vissagan (2021) Safety and efficacy of drugs used in paediatric oncology. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Fildes, Thomas (2021) Investigating Pole Bias on a Quadrupole Mass Filter. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Coughlan, Gary (2021) A New Confined High Velocity Rotary Shear Apparatus for Measuring Rock Friction. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Liu, Ruochen (2021) NANOMATERIAL COMPOSITE SYNTHESIS TO ACHIEVE VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alawadhi, Eman (2021) Assessment of disease progression and monitoring response to treatment using 18F-NaF PET/CT in patients with alkaptonuria. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yeung, Siu Lun (2021) Efficient Kalman Filtering and Smoothing. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ramsey-Brimberg, Danica (2021) The Powers That Be: Viking and Ecclesiastical Interactions in the Irish Sea Area from the Ninth to Eleventh Centuries. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gao, Hui (2021) Polymers and Covalent Organic Frameworks as Positive Electrodes for Lithium-ion Cells. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Li, Yi-Jue (2021) How can Chun Tai expand sales in times of market turbulence through entrepreneurial marketing? Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Smith, Philip (2021) Geometric and Topological Methods for Applications to Materials and Data Skeletonisation. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Downing, Amy (2021) Alcohol use and Adverse Childhood Experiences: does Self-Compassion play a mediating role? Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Tareemi, Ahmad (2021) An examination of water-related education and proposals for sustainable water-conservation strategies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gaza, Josephine Betabwishekwoyen (2021) ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCE MOBILISATION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AFFORDANCES. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cooper, Charlotte (2021) Understanding Post-Traumatic Growth in Neurodegenerative Conditions and Dementia. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Badeshae, Balraj (2021) Influence of Clustering on Statistical Analysis in Orthodontic Literature. Doctor of Dental Science thesis, University of Liverpool.

Reekie, Emma (2021) ‘Make Them Meaningful’: An Examination of Popular Music Awarding Institutions 1957-2019. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Berg, Michael (2021) Revisiting Mindset Theory: Insights from EFL Students in Japanese Higher Education. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Domina, Anastasiia (2021) The predictability of internal waves in the continental shelf seas. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Tustain, Katherine (2021) Inorganic and Hybrid Analogues of Kagome and Triangular Magnets. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mousavinejad, Masoumeh (2021) Assessing Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Dopaminergic Neuron Progenitor Transplants Using Non-invasive Imaging Techniques. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Campion, Richard (2021) The role of small heat shock proteins in longevity and stress resistance in yeast. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Moritz, Marcel (2021) On-Demand antimicrobial surfaces using the photothermal heating ability of various materials. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Moradi, Alireza (2021) Development of High-Temperature and High-Performance Glass Fibre/PAEK Thermoplastic Prepregs. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cangul, Ozcel (2021) Robust Allocation of Decentralized Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Systems in a Power Grid under Uncertainty. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wang, Kai-Wen (2021) Heparin-based Analogues and The Control of Vascular Proliferation. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mkhize, Bonginkosi (2021) Exploring the issues behind centralised chronic medicine distribution and dispensing (CCMDD) program failure to provide access to chronic medicines in eThekwini, South Africa. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Lu, Sijing (2021) Understanding the Social Dynamics of Online Fansubbing Networks in China: A Bourdieusian Perspective. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Muhamad Sarih, Norfatirah (2021) NOVEL APPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC FLUOROPHORES: WHITE LIGHT EMISSION, CHEMOSENSOR AND AMBIENT MICRODROPLET SYNTHESIS. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yang, Mengru (2021) Molecular basis governing the assembly and biogenesis of 1,2-propanediol utilisation microcompartments. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Taghizadegan, Ali (2021) Collaborative Innovation in SMEs; Antecedents, Challenges, and Process. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wang, Yingjie (2021) Robust Optimal Energy Consumption Scheduling of Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning in Smart Grid. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Rungius, Madeleine (2021) Thinking the Prison Affectively: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Official Prison Reports from Three English Prisons. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hope, Kathryn (2021) Investigating the impact of Liverpool accent on language learners’ experiences in a study abroad context. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Manaves, Pakdee (2021) CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS (CSFs) OF THE ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE IN THE DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY CONVERGENCE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL REGULATORY ORGANISATION. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hughes-Stanley, Amy (2021) A Radical Feminist Analysis of Women’s Experiences of Body-Searching in Prisons in England. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Boateng, Lilian (2021) Investigation of post transfusion red blood cell alloimmunisation in patients with sickle cell disease in Ghana. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alsabani, Mohmad (2021) The Pathological Roles of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in Sepsis. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Nyanchoka, Linda (2021) Methods for identifying and displaying gaps in health research. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Curtis, Rory (2021) The Influence of Minimal Footwear on the Biomechanics of Walking. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Fortune, Alice (2021) Parent and caregiver journeys through the process of early neurodevelopmental follow-up for their infants – a qualitative account. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Elcocks, Hannah (2021) Characterisation of the Parkinson’s disease related protein LRRK2 in melanoma cells and melanocytes. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hejazi, Hattan (2021) A Corpus-Based Investigation of Lexical Bundles and Keyness in B1, B2 and C1 ESL Learners' Academic Writing. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Nanson, Jamie (2021) Oxidation and Irradiation Damage of Carbide Materials for Accident Tolerant Nuclear Fuel Cladding. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yang, Chen (2021) Stochastic Behavior, Term Structure and Margin Adequacy in VIX Futures Market. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alrajeh, Hind (2021) Multi-species Competition of Staphylococci Reveals Discrete Evolutionary Outcomes. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Zhang, Zimeng (2021) Supramolecular organisation, assembly, and regulation of cyanobacterial thylakoid membrane. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Thomson, Kayleigh (2021) The Design, Construction and Testing of the Straw Tracking Detectors for the E989 Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Kafu, Laila (2021) CHARACTERISATION OF THE PHENOTYPE AND FUNCTION OF DRUG-RESPONSIVE T-CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Haji Yakob, Mohammad (2021) DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE ASSESSING GLOBAL PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM LOWER LIMB OSTEOARTHRITIS. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bench, Francis (2021) Study of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations in the Three-Flavour PMNS Paradigm at the T2K Experiment: Determination of the CP-Violating Phase and the Search for Muon Antineutrino to Electron Antineutrino Oscillations. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mughrabi, Nawar (2021) Exploring Project-Based Learning Practices to Foster Students' Motivation: Practices from Dubai - United Arab Emirates. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Clark, Simon (2021) River flood inundation under climate change: assessment of the relative effects of changes in plant growth and flood regime on conveyance. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cartolano, Mattia (2021) Animal and Human Symbolism in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of the Near East. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alotibi, Ahoud (2021) Exploring the Therapeutic Potential and Molecular Mechanisms of Targeting mTOR Kinases in Cancer. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Schenck, George (2021) pKa Determination in non-Aqueous Solvents and Aqueous-Organic Mixtures Using Chemical Shift Imaging Titrations. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bryant, Lorna (2021) Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies in Patients with Refractory and Non-refractory Focal Epilepsy. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mulhall, Ross (2021) Attachment and Survival of Microbes on Engineered Antibacterial Surfaces: A Biological Approach. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Adamson, Liam (2021) Receptance-Based Control and Uncertainty Quantification of Aeroservoelastic Systems. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alhulayil, Moawiah (2021) Spectrum Coexistence Mechanisms for Mobile Networks in Unlicensed Frequency Bands. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Abdeldayem, Batool (2021) Accounting Conservatism, Earnings Quality, and Stocks Mispricing. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Kunitachi, Hajime (2021) An Action Research Proposal for Enhanced Integration of Filipino Employees into an Aging Japanese Workforce. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alhomodi, Khaled (2021) The Inability of Planning Measures to Control Sprawl - Case Studies of Saudi Arabia’s Second Tier Cities. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cui, Peng (2021) Integrating New Techniques to Accelerate the Discovery of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Juarez Lopez, David (2021) Characterisation of High–Performance Electron Sources for Particle Accelerators using a Transverse Energy Spread Spectrometer. Unspecified thesis, University of Liverpool.

Jia, Tianyuan (2021) Characterization of the Reverberation Chamber for Over-the-Air Tests. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hogg, Camilla (2021) How Mental Health Lived Experience Roles are Experienced by Those Undertaking Them and Perceived by Those Working Alongside Them. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Byrne, Seamus (2021) 'Other Children, Other Voices': Education and Exclusion and the Duty to 'Progressively Realize' Children's Rights. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ning, Qingqian (2021) Morphodynamics of Fence-dune Systems. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Petcher, Samuel (2021) Thiopolymers - Applications in water remediation and development. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Tuyogon, Dennis (2021) Bio-uptake of metalloids (inorganic antimony and arsenic) by plants and development of electroanalytical methods for antimony detection and speciation. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Si, Yanfang (2021) Imagined Professional Identities in International Chinese Language Teacher Education. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Thomas, Nicholas (2021) Investigating human locomotion outside of the laboratory. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Middlehurst, Ben (2021) The role of endogenous retrotransposable elements in Parkinson’s disease. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Fryer, Claudia (2021) Perylene Diimide-Based Nanoparticles for Tracking Cells and their Encapsulating Hydrogels. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cross, Hannah (2021) Women’s experiences of antenatal preparation, obstetric complications and procedures, and postnatal mental health. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Detkina, Anna (2021) Optimising BWR spent fuel storage using the burnup credit method and exploring other solutions for the management of high-level waste. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mueller, Andreas (2021) Raising cyber and information security awareness in the context of defending the trade secrets of a Swiss Life Science SME: an action research study. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Rowe, Viola (2021) An analysis of the readiness to achieve internationalisation in higher education: The case of the teacher’s training college in Guyana. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Owens, Meghan (2021) An exploration of living with a craniofacial anomaly and experiences of Midface Advancement Surgery. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Quintanilha Junior, Helio Ricardo (2021) Linear Global Nonmodal Instability Analysis of High-Speed Flows. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Adams, Nicole (2021) ENGAGING IN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE VIRTUAL WORKPLACE: AN ACTION RESEARCH ENQUIRY. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chen, Xiaoyang (2021) SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER INTERMITTENCY UNDER PASSING CLOUDS: CONTROL, FORECASTING, AND EMULATION. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Vilela Monteiro, Diego (2021) Enjoyment in VR games: Factors, Challenges, and Simulator Sickness Mitigation Techniques. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Johnson, Wayne (2021) Encountering Threshold Concepts and Transformative Learning: Lessons from students’ study abroad experiences to enhance the internationalisation of teaching and learning for all students at a Dutch University of Applied Sciences. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cui, Miao (2021) Monolithic Integration of GaN DC-DC Converters: Technology and Characterization. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Akinnola, Paul (2021) Improving Project Performance on Construction Projects through Stakeholder Management-An Action Research Inquiry. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Muniz Garcia, Ana (2021) Study of extracellular vesicles released in hypoxia: molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic effects. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Seery, Sarah (2021) Hoof shape and loading in sound and lame horses; how this is influenced by farriery. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chong, Charlotte (2021) Metagenomic analyses of the scalp microbiome and insights from Staphylococcus capitis genomics. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Shalvey, Thomas (2021) Interface modification and doping approaches to CdTe thin film solar cells. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Habis, Amr (2021) CORPORATES ABILITIES TO REALIZE E ARLY WARNING SIGNALS OF MARKET DISRUPTIONS, E MERGING NEEDS, & TRENDS- CASE OF SAUDI WATER BOTTLE MARKET-. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Museteka, Danny Shaba (2021) A Study of Modern Methods of Broiler Production and its Impact on Efficiency in Zambia. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Duffy, Sean (2021) Analysis of region-specific DNA methylation changes in age-related macular degeneration: evaluating a role for the major risk factor smoking, and folate metabolism genes. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Herane, Mario (2021) “How a private university manages leadership legacy during its first president succession planning”. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Dowgray, Nathalie (2021) An Epidemiological, Clinical and biomechanical study in to age-related changes in 206 middle-aged cats; the CATPAW Study. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Daigle, Jamie (2021) RETHINKING UNIVERSITY SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN ACTION RESEARCH APPROACH. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Eplin, Randal (2021) Experiences of Students with Dyslexia in Higher Education in England. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

McGrath, Catherine (2021) Investigating posttraumatic growth with those whose experiences of it have been under-researched. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Murgatroyd, Philip (2021) Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Correlated Electron Systems. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Moyle, Madeleine (2021) Developing a novel method for quantifying the long-term phosphorus budget at Crose Mere, UK, using the lake sediment geochemical record. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Taylor, Dionne Dawn Adams (2021) What factors influence the choices of Language Learning Strategies of Chinese and Taiwanese undergraduate students studying English together in a Taiwanese university? Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Igwesi, David Ikenna (2021) Interrogation of Active Drum Waste. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alam, Muntasir (2021) Individual and household Life course explanation to entrepreneurial exit. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Al-Mahrooqi, Harib (2021) Bridging the Gap between Higher Education and the Logistic Sector Needs in Oman: Designing a Needs-based Curriculum. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Vitti, Eirini-Terpsi (2021) Targeting DNA double-strand break repair sensitises HNSCC cells to x-rays and proton radiation. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Zhan, Kun (2021) Synthetic studies of Furanocembranoid Macrocycles with emphasis on Biomimetic Syntheses of Plumarellide and Mandapamate. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Roberts, Hannah (2021) A mobile EEG investigation of the neural dynamics underpinning real-world economic decisions during product purchasing. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Sefton, Geraldine (2021) Critical deterioration in children admitted to hospital, requiring emergency transfer to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Malkawi, Ruba (2021) SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF TEIXOBACTIN ANALOGUES. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Miller, Ruth (2021) A Process Approach to Presentism: A Route Towards Compatibility with Physical Theory. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Battersby, Christopher (2021) A Clinical and Scientific Study to Investigate the Influence of Statins on Anastomotic Healing in Colorectal Surgery. Doctor of Medicine thesis, University of Liverpool.

Fang, Yuxiao (2021) The Investigation of Fabrication and Reliability of Solution-Processed High-k Dielectrics. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cook, Morven (2021) ‘We’re just talking’: Cultural Representations of Assisted Dying in Contemporary British and American Narratives. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chandavimol, Komes (2021) The Impacts of Self-leadership and Shared Leadership to Virtual Team Performance: Thai and US-based Projects. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Trapasso, Emilia (2021) Mindfulness-based Connection to Nature as a tool to Improve Perceived Stress and Connection to Nature. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Panpho, Phakakorn (2021) BIOMECHANICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE AORTA IN CHRONIC AORTIC DISSECTION. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Tao, Shuhui (2021) CHARGE TRANSPORT IN MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS WITH NOVEL TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONTACTS. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bin Gulam Ali, Shamsul (2021) IMPACT OF LIVER FLUKE (Fasciola hepatica) MEDIATED IMMUNOMODULATION ON THE HOST'S IMMUNE RESPONSE TO BACTERIAL INFECTION. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ezzat, Mahinour (2021) Professional development framework for new teachers: The Emirati context as a case study. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yan, Tianhao (2021) Improving the Performance of Halide Perovskite Thin Film through Pb(II) Coordination Chemistry. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Scott, Jade (2021) From Policy to Practice: Exploring Health and Social Care Practitioners' Experiences of Mental Capacity Legislation. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gottwick, Vanessa Margarete (2021) The Process of Internal Conflict Diffusion: Neighbours at War, Transnational Alliances, & Mercenary Mobilisation in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1980 to 2016. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Muñoz-González, José (2021) Business Sustainability for SMEs Operating in High-Cost Regions. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Almutairi, Najat (2021) Construction of Crystallographic Tilings by the Cut-and-Project Method. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hasnain, Syed Ahmed (2021) To Blend or not to Blend from an Instructor’s Perspective: Introducing Blended Learning in Medical Education in a Gulf Cooperation Council Country. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Vann, Jared (2021) Development of a Fast Optical Readout Using Timepix Technology for Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Detectors with the ARIADNE Experiment. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Flett, Christopher (2021) Exclusive Observables to NLO and Low x PDF Phenomenology at the LHC. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Osmani, Sumaira Ahmed (2021) UNDERSTANDING THE PERCEPTION OF AND NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THROUGH THE LENS OF STAFF AT AN INTERNATIONAL BRANCH CAMPUS. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yasin, Faten (2021) MASS CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS OF B CELL RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN NORMAL B AND CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA CELLS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Sanjombe, Adelino Armando (2021) Team Building Among Sessional Academic Staff How to Make It Sustainable? An Empirical Investigation. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Badmos, Hammed (2021) The Role of Deubiquitinases in Invasive Migration and Epithelial Integrity in Drosophila. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Nielsen, Jacob (2021) Precarious: work, life, and methods. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Berry, Hannah (2021) The shoe never fits: A phenomenological description of interpersonal experience. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Afriyie, Joyce (2021) Financial Behavior of Members of a US-Based Ghanaian Church Community - Seeking Strategies for Improvement. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Lim, Jacqueline (2021) Role of p38 and p62 in age-related bone loss. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Delgado Rivera, Cristina Alexandra (2021) Collaborative Learning and Buen Vivir in Ecuador: A case study. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Kinay, Pelin (2021) Climate Change Adaptation and Human Health: Reducing Climate Change Health Risks in the Ageing Chinese Population, a KAP study. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gough, Tom (2021) Psychological mechanisms contributing to alcohol-induced increases in energy intake. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Sarker, Vivekananda (2021) Development of next-generation in vitro models studying dental enamel demineralisation/remineralisation. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wang, Xiang (2021) Papercrete Studies of the Mix Design and Sustainability for Construction Materials. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Barbieri, Luca (2021) Biocide-Releasing and Nanostructured Surfaces: Fabrication, Characterisation and Bacterial Response. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Thery - Hart, Patricia (2021) Navigating today's job market in Vuca times : French business graduates' perceptions of the job market and of an intrapreneurial-entrepreneurial approach to job search. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Armstrong, Claire (2021) Optimising Polymeric Nanocarrier Environments to Encapsulate and Deliver Highly Potent Anti-Cancer Drug SN-38. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Molinero Baena, Gloria (2021) JOINT DELIVERY AND TRANSNATIONAL TRENDS IN COLLABORATIVE TEACHING IN CHINA: AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Elkateb, Heba (2021) Design of Lipid-Based Nanocarriers for the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Pack, Austin (2021) Dynamics of Learners’ Emergent Motivational Disposition: The Case of EAP Learners at a Transnational English-Medium University. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Paynter-Armour, Pamela (2021) Bridging the Theory to Practice Gap: Improving Critical Thinking Skills in BScN Nursing Students. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Penel, Charlotte (2021) The Transformation of Security Institutions in Latin America: The Market for Force of Commercial Military Security Actors. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Qiqieh, Sura (2021) An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing the Transition of International Students in their First Year of Study in a Multicultural Institution in the United Arab Emirates. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wagstaff, James (2021) When Two Worlds Collide: Exploring and Conceptualising the Professional Identity Construction and Role Performance of Sales Engineers in B2B Selling. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Madders, Eleanor (2021) HECTD1 promotes base excision repair in nucleosomes through chromatin remodelling. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ward, Michael (2021) Additive Manufacturing for Patient-specific Facial Prosthetics. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gallagher, Kayleigh (2021) Co-infection dynamics of Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Wood mouse herpes virus in the natural host, Apodemus sylvaticus. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Adegbite, Yetunde (2021) MULTI-OMICS INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF CYCLOPHILIN D (CYPD) IN MITOCHONDRIA. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mendoza Puchades, Maria (2021) Masonry brick-to-mortar interface variability, for compressive and tensile strength, under blast actions: Experimental testing, numerical modelling challenges and the application of a framework for the treatment of uncertainties. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Owen, Euan (2021) NF-κB activation in skeletal muscle during ageing: role in development of sarcopenia. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Leland, Jack (2021) Development of MAST-U Langmuir Probe Interpretation Through Particle-in-cell Simulation and Experiment. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Sun, Changze (2021) Mechanical behaviour of stitch reinforced carbon fibre composite bonded joints and scarf patch repaired carbon fibre laminates. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Xu, Chen (2021) Techniques of Wireless Power Transfer and Electric Field Energy Harvesting. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ramos Mucci, Lorenzo (2021) The role of ligaments in murine osteoarthritic models: markers and mechanics. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Liang, Chen (2021) IMPACT BEHAVIOUR OF UNIFORM AND LAYERED ALUMINIUM MATRIX SYNTACTIC FOAMS. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ellison, Matthew (2021) Robust Optimisation of Computationally Expensive Computational Fluid Dynamics Models using Multi-fidelity Approaches. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Billson, Oliver (2021) THE IMPACT OF EXTREME STORM WAVES AT THE COAST; THE ROLE OF INFRAGRAVITY WAVES. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Horne, Joseph (2021) Plasmonic Substrates and Their Applications in Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Molecular Electronics. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Qiang, Jing (2021) Experimental and Computational Investigations of Rotary Arc for Switching Applications. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gibbs, Emily (2021) Remembering the Nuclear Past: Uncovering Emotional Histories of Britain’s Nuclear Bomb, 1945-1989. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Coombes, Holly (2021) Competitive and Reproductive Scent Signalling in Voles. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Almalki, Waad (2021) ROLE OF TRAF FAMILY OF PROTEINS IN MEDIATING CD40 STIMULATION-INDUCED DRUG RESISTANCE IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA CELLS. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alharbi, Lubna (2021) A Conceptual Framework for Monitoring the Emotional State of Students in VLEs. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Surmon-Bohr, Frances (2021) Examining Rapport Based Approaches with High Value Suspects. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Inamdar, Tarun (2021) Exploring Strategies To Improve The Success of Strategic Change Implementation at a Telco Company. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hughes, Amy (2021) Frictional behaviour of volcanic debris avalanches following catastrophic flank collapses. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Knowles, Dawn (2021) Recovery in bipolar disorder: A qualitative study exploring the views of mental health professionals using grounded theory. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Leather, Thomas (2021) Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopic Markers for the Detection and Metabolic Characterisation of IDH-Mutant Gliomas. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hoummi, Lina (2021) Study and Optimisation of the nonlinear 6D dynamics of an electron beam in an ultra-low emittance storage ring. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Lakshmiah, Sundarraj (2021) Investigating carbohydrate metabolism in head and neck cancer by analysing the roles of p53, TIGAR, and Hexokinase 2. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Pandya, Bharti (2021) Analysing the Role of Employee Engagement in Promoting the Innovative Behaviour of Faculty Members in UAE. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Horsfall, Ryan (2021) Intensity-dependency and plasticity of perceived audio-visual simultaneity: behavioural and neural correlates. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

D'Ammando, Giacomo (2021) The evolutionary ecology of complex signalling systems in ungulates - diversity and flexibility in a changing world. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hon, Sze Sze (2021) Physical Educators’ Lived Experience in Continuing Professional Development in Hong Kong’s Higher Education. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Park, Christine , Park, Christine and Park, Christine (2021) Increasing student engagement with a community college music curriculum. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Godfrey, Samantha (2021) Monitoring Coastal Morphology: Exploring the use of a Multi-Camera Platform for 3D Reconstruction. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Comber, Sam (2021) Retail Research in the Age of Big Data: Guiding the Search for Answers. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Zheng, Jianwen (2021) EMPIRICAL ESSAYS ON ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRM GROWTH From the privately entrepreneurial to newly public stage. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Omar, Fathelrahman (2021) Improving English language and literacy instruction through effective professional development: A practitioner, collaborative, reflective practice workshop in a middle school in Qatar. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Masendeke, Absolom (2021) DEVELOPING A RESILIENCE BUILDING STRATEGY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN A NON-PROFIT HUMAN SERVICE ORGANISATION: THE CASE OF CIVIC FORUM ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ZIMBABWE. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Featherstone, Thomas (2021) Novel Dopants in TCOs for Improved Infra-Red Transparency. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Asadi, Ali (2021) Developing A Holistic Approach In Business Consulting For Small Businesses: The Case of Asadi Business Consulting, Inc. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Usoro, Iniobong (2021) Implementing Change in a Public Organisation: An Action Research Inquiry of Information Technology Implementation and Adoption. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cumberbatch, Nathan (2021) The Physical and Chemical Origins of Amyloid at Interfaces. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Kodicherla, Shivaprashanth Kumar (2021) Exploring the mechanical behaviour of granular materials considering particle shape characteristics: a discrete element investigation. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Marshall, Jack (2021) The role of non-coding tandem repeat DNA and non-LTR retrotransposons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis risk loci. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Balaskas, Panagiotis (2021) Defining the role and mechanisms of miRNAs in cartilage ageing and disease. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Su, Chang (2021) Proteomic study of the CD40 stimulation-induced pro-survival effect on chronic lymphocytic leukaemia cells. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mann, Kulbir (2021) Resistance mechanisms to gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Barrow, Megan (2021) Characterisation and Comparative Analysis of the Stem Cell Populations within the Cruciate Ligaments of Canine and Human Species. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Rowa, Julian (2021) Investigating the phenomenon of silence and voice at ICL meetings and the remedial Actions. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chu, Guanying (2021) Differential power processing technology for solving partial shading issues in PV system. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

James, Nicole (2021) Technology enabled categorisation of learners for improved support in experiential learning. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Coppola, Giuseppa (2021) A Sociocognitive Approach to Audiovisual Translated Texts: Dubbing /Subtitling in TV Series (English/Italian). PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hughes, Helen (2021) The use of emergency department electronic health data for syndromic surveillance to enhance public health surveillance programmes in England. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Quinn, Rachel (2021) Exploring the role of phonological and motor learning in word and phrase frequency effects in speech production: The effect of word frequency, phrase frequency and phonological complexity on speech production in children and adults. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wang, Yuechun (2021) Middleware Techniques in A Rapid Response System in Wireless Sensor Networks. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wang, Di (2021) Investigating soil-root interaction and changes in soil physical properties under different soil managements using X-ray computed tomography. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bluett-Duncan, Matthew (2021) A cross-cultural comparison of the role of maternal mental health in the prediction of infant cognitive development and empirical investigation of the role of early caregiving in India. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ajani-Lawal, Isiaka Ilori (2021) Workplace leadership development for young professionals through continuous, inclusive and low cost strategies: a case study of a financial institution in West Africa. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bennett, Dmitry (2021) Computational models of concept formation: Cognitive chunks and neural engrams. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hamilton, Claire (2021) The Influence of Student Identities on Progression to, through and beyond Higher Education. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yami, Nafisah (2021) Does Board Gender Diversity Matter? Evidence from Earnings Management, Financial Fraud and Firm Performance. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Baba, Amuda (2021) Strengthening the midwifery workforce in fragile contexts: a mixed methods study from Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Piercy, Verity (2021) Photocatalytic Materials for the Reduction of CO2 to Fuels. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Boothroyd, David (2021) Psychopathy and Sexual Offending. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Campbell, Lorrae (2021) The Origins of British Hillforts: A comparative study of Late Bronze Age hillfort origins in the Atlantic West. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hatton, Harry (2021) Enantioselective Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Triaryl Phosphine oxides and Phosphines. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Nikolova, Diana (2021) Debasement and Currency Fluctuations in Hellenistic Egypt: Compositional Analysis of Ptolemaic Silver and Bronze Coinage. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Amann, Wolfgang (2021) Building a leadership pipeline for deans in business schools. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Al Muqahwi, Rabab (2021) The impact of language communication barriers on non-Arab medical practitioners’ healthcare delivery and ways of addressing miscommunication issues: An exploratory-phenomenological study of Bahrain. Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chong, Cheong Kien (2021) Relieving Owner-Managers of Operational Duties: Aligning Leadership Priorities Through Delegation and Empowering of Non-Family Employees within the Family Business. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Cantrell, Erika (2021) Exploring the interface between Clinical Psychology and the benefits system. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Yan, Zhiwei (2021) THREE ESSAYS ON ORGANIZATIONS’ PROACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY IN CHINA. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Mogan, Caroline (2021) SUPPORTING INFORMAL CAREGIVERS LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AT HOME AT THE END OF LIFE. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Shen, Li (2021) Development of NanoBRET-based assays to determine ligand binding affinities and ligand-induced selective signalling of the human GnRH receptor. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alqahtani, Taha (2021) The FLT3 tyrosine kinase receptor ITD mutation controls its expression and drug resistance in acute myeloid leukaemia. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bai, Xue (2021) Online Shopping Adoption and Quality of Life Among Older Consumers in China. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alhijailan, Hajar (2021) PHONOCARDIOGRAM CLASSIFICATION USING MOTIF DISCOVERY. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Elsayed, Omar (2021) Exploring Gamification as a Complementary Capability. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Spence, Rachel (2021) Becoming Well: Self-Tracking and Ways Wellbeing Emerges. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alsaleh, Alanood (2021) Structural and Functional Changes in the Brain Caused by Short-term Pitch Discrimination Training. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Ikuomola, Felix (2021) An investigation of the intestinal epithelial damage response to cytokines produced during inflammatory bowel disease and sepsis. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wu, Chao (2021) Low-Cost Real-Time Impedance Measurement System Based on Power Converter for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Abdul Kadir, Lina (2021) Interplay of MicroRNAs and Ion Channels Differentially Expressed Between Tracheal and Articular Chondrocytes. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Tatum, Rebecca (2021) Research priorities, horse owner perceptions and practices regarding management and treatment for pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID). PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Gledhill, Laura (2021) Shifting ruminant monocyte subsets in the neonate to adult transition. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Crick, Rachel (2021) Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Chemical Proteomic Probes for MoA Studies in C. neoformans, and of PROTAC Compounds for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Farquhar, Dean (2021) Youth Non-Voting and the Promotion of Youth Voting in Northern Ireland: A Bourdieusian Analysis. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Jordan, Eoin (2021) How do I use online peer assessment to enhance student learning at a Sino-British transnational university in mainland China? Doctor of Education thesis, University of Liverpool.

Muszynski, Grzegorz (2021) Pattern Recognition for Weather Phenomena in Climate Data. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Al Jabri, Samiya (2021) Development of core outcome sets for clinical research and practice in amblyopia, strabismus, and ocular motility disorders. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Bin Rahmat Sam, Mohd Fuad (2021) DESIGNING A HUMAN CELL PERFUSION BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS UTILISING BIOMATERIALS TO ENRICH STEM CELL NICHES FOR THE RED BLOOD CELLS PRODUCTION. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hsieh, Alan (2021) Development of a Cross-border Business-to-Business-to-Consumer (B2B2C) System to Enhance Enterprise Performance: A Case Study of Legend Harvest Group. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

Alexander, Matthew (2021) The Performativity of Gender in the Works of David Foster Wallace. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Swift, Heather (2021) Optimising NK cell cytotoxicity and infiltration of the tumour microenvironment for successful adoptive immunotherapy in cancer. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Klenkar, Tomislav (2021) Organizational Learning in KCA Deutag Azerbaijan: Barriers to Double Loop Learning. Doctor of Business Administration thesis, University of Liverpool.

McAuley-Wilkinson, Charlotte (2021) Exploring the Relationship between Persecutory Ideation and Subjective Wellbeing. Doctor of Clinical Psychology thesis, University of Liverpool.

Farrell, Melissa (2021) Whetstone: Stanislaus Joyce and the Fraternal Relationships in ‘Finnegans Wake’. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Russell, Fiona (2021) Palaeo-perspectives on surface water brownification. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wu, Xiangyu (2021) Large-scale functional annotation of individual RNA methylation sites by mining complex biological networks. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Chen, Kunqi (2021) Unraveling the epitranscriptomes with bioinformatics approaches. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Uko, Bubaraye (2021) DEREGULATION OF LONG NON-CODING RNAs IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Rigby, Shaun (2021) The Distribution and Vertical Transport of Resources in the Upper Ocean. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Wazara, Rutendo (2021) The Social Welfare of Captive Elephants. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Manning, Donal (2021) ‘the sanguine boundary limit’: Finnegans Wake, Ulster and the road to partition. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Lee, Laura (2021) Towards improved predictions of growth and metabolism in the animal kingdom. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Hussine, Umniyyah Ulfa (2021) Circularly Polarized Antennas for GNSS Applications. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Simpson-Kilbane, Lucy (2021) 'Documents of truth'?: the 2009 Ryan Report and 2013 McAleese Report. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Aloufi, Abdulrahman Eid (2021) Brain plasticity and behavioural improvement in visuomotor learning: MRI study. PhD thesis, University of Liverpool.

Keshwara, Sumirat (2021) Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life in Intracranial Meningioma: a systematic literature review and cross-sectional study. Master of Philosophy thesis, University of Liverpool.

Doman, Juliette (2021) Truthtelling and Seeking Justice from Below: Mayan Women’s Voices on Transitional Justice in Guatemala. PhD thesis, Unspecified.

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Dissertations from 2024 2024.

AN EXPLORATION OF ADULT CHILDREN’S ATTACHMENT TO THEIR PARENTS ACROSS TWO CULTURAL GROUPS: INDIANS IN INDIA AND INDIANS WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES , Vilasini Meenakshi Arun

An Exploration of the Contributions of Parenting Styles and Peer Relationships on the Emotional Expression of Second-Generation Indian-Americans , Smitha M. Kashi

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN UNCERTAINTY, REPRODUCTIVE DISTRESS, AND AVOIDANCE IN ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT (AYA-F) CANCER SURVIVORS , Devon Ann Pons

Dissertations from 2023 2023

STUDENTS AS CO-RESEARCHERS: USING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH TO ADDRESS COLLEGE FOOD INSECURITY , Rachel Brand

Power Dynamics of Sexual Assault on College Campuses , Jillian L. Chase

WE ARE STILL PLAYING: A META-ANALYSIS OF GAME-BASED LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION , Thomas Conmy

MOVING BETWEEN ENTITLEMENT AND CO-CONSPIRACY: A STUDY OF HOW SUPPORT, SKILLS, AND COMMUNITY CAN ADVANCE ANTI-RACISM EFFORTS OF WHITE PARENTS , Karin Marianne Cotterman

WHITE WOMANHOOD: FINDING OPPOSITIONAL EPISTEMOLOGIES AND COMMUNITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHITENESS AND WOMANHOOD , Hannah Joy Fischer

Understanding Filipino Wellness: Investigating the Effects of Colonial Mentality and Enculturation , Juliene Grace P. Fresnedi

A Qualitative Study of Ableism on the Postsecondary Campus , George Stuart Fuller

Alleviating Mathematics Anxiety For Middle School Students Using A Combined Intervention Approach Versus Only Using The Cognitive Intervention Approach For Increasing Mathematical Achievement: A Comparative Study , Patricia Anna Garcia

Parent-Child Conversations about Body Safety and Consent , Natasha Gerber

Experiences of Black American Millennials: A Qualitative Study of Internalized and Externalized Coping in the Face of Racial Trauma , Natalia Angelique Giles

The Mental Health of First-Generation College Students of Color , Devin Hallquist

Identity Formation and Role Expansion for Nurse Practitioner Residency Preceptors: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis , Angel Chen Kuo

Understanding the Lived Experiences of Ethnic-Racial Minority Former Foster Youth Who Identify as Queer , Cristian A. Lemus

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS TO INCREASE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY (ART) ADHERENCE AMONG LATINX MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) IN THE UNITED STATES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW , Everardo Leon

Mental Health and Experiences of Pregnancy Among Black Women and Birthing People with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) , Madeleine E. Marcus

EARLY DIAGNOSIS METHODS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW , Megan Denise McCarthy

The Association between Psychotic Symptoms and Romantic Relationship Quality among Young Adult Ethnic Minorites , Tashagaye T. McKenzie

META-ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING APPROACH ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION WORLDWIDE , Ziyu Meng

A Case Study of a School-Supported Extracurricular Activity's Influence on STEM Identity and Interest for Females , Letta Meyer

African American Women Make Meaning of Historical Trauma , Deidre A. MILLER

THE GRINDR COMPLEX: THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IMPACT OF SEXUAL RACISM ON LATINX MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN , Luisalfredo Plascencia

Working with Other Immigrants Brings the Parts That I Lost Back To Me: The Experiences of Latin American Immigrant Therapists Working with Latin American Immigrant Populations , Elizabeth P. Rivera

DECOLONIZING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH HE/A/R/TOGRAPHY: CORAZONAR, SENTIPENSAR Y SENTISABER , Patricia Rojas-Zambrano

The Effects of Acculturation, Marianismo, and Religiosity on Pregnancy Related Anxiety in Latina Women , Jennifer M. Zanoli

Dissertations from 2022 2022

A Collaborative Autoethnography: Your Passport to Immigrant Women of Color Leader's Stories of Identity Exploration and Leadership Barriers and Possibilities , Fraylanie Adan Aglipay

RECLAIMING OUR HUMANITY: REDEMPTION, REIMAGINING, AND RESTORYING OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES , Robert Mossi Alexander III

Fifty Years of Underrepresented Student Advocacy at One Jesuit Secondary School , Sonya Cotero Arriola

Voces of Little Michoacan: A Collective Narrative of Resistance and Preservation of Home , Ana Angel Avendaño

CLINICIANS' PERSPECTIVES ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAUMA - FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY , Jada Carter

The Use of Simulation with the School of Nursing and Health Professions (SONHP) Prelicensure Students to Support Affirming Practice with Transgender Communities , Genevieve Charbonneau

Understanding the perspectives, practices, and expectations of Korean American parents toward the heritage language education of their children , Yunhee Choi

The Association between Physical Pain, Depression, Anxiety, and Nervios among Latinx Agricultural Workers , Iveth Cuellar Celallos

Incorporating Andragogy and Cognitive Theory Of Multimedia Learning Into Self-Paced Training and Development Programs , Shanshan Gao

An Exploration of Learning-At-Home Experiences Among Families and Children of Color Labeled with Disabilities During COVID-19: A Narrative Inquiry , Nam Ju Han

"What’s Race Got To Do With It?”: A Virtual Participatory Action Research Study of Community College Students Exploring Intersectionality In Queer Studies , Breana Hansen

"MY BODY GOES NUMB A LOT OF THE TIME": EXAMINING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPERIENCES USING YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AND EMBODIED CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY , Gabriela Elizabeth Holmes

TOWARDS CHARISM IDENTITY: A CATHOLIC IDENTITY CASE STUDY THROUGH THE LENS OF LAUDATO SI’ , Kristofer Ross Koller

Teaching Solidarity: Popular Education in Grassroots U.S. Social Movements , Tenaya Summers Lafore

The Effects of Curriculum-Integrated Explicit Learning Strategy Instruction on Reading Comprehension for English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners at the Community College , Sylvia Chaiyeon Lee

Genocide in East Turkestan: Exploring the Perspectives of Uyghurs in the Diaspora and their Resistance to Chinese State Violence , Lina Semyonovna Lenberg

Mediating Language Fluency Development: An Action Research Study In A High-School AP Chinese Second-or-Foreign-Language Task-Based Language Teaching Classroom , Jing Liang

EFFORTS TO CREATE A TRAUMA-INFORMED CLASSROOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION: INSIGHTS FROM MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRAUMA-INFORMED TEACHING GROUP , Danyelle Marshall

Women in Senior Leadership Roles Career Mobility, Challenges, Success Stories and Need for Future Research , Giselle Flores Martin

Impact of COVID-19 on New Teacher Retention and Perceived Supports in a Northern California Public School District , Rebecka Maxkenzie

African American Female Identified Therapists' Experiences Working Culturally Similar and Dissimilar Populations , Kimiko J. May

EXPLORING LATINX PARENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION: DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY-BASED WORKSHOP TO EMPOWER LATINX PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN SPECIAL EDUCATION , Gabriela Alejandra Perez

BLACK MOTHERING IN THE BAY AREA WHILE UNSEEN AND UNHEARD: NAVIGATING BLACK MOTHERING IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC & SOCIAL UNREST , Kassie Michelle Phillips

Feminist Catholic Organizational Identity: A Phenomenological Study of Charism in the Lay Educator of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community , Kathleen Barrera Quiazon

Effects of Teaching Argument to First-Year Community-College Students Using a Structural and Dialectical Approach , Sharon Radcliff

¿TÚ QUÉ SABES?: LATINA DOCTORAL WOMEN DISRUPTING AND RESISTING DOMINANT KNOWLEDGE , Sendy Ramos Madsen

HEARING IMPAIRED AND LEADERSHIP: STRUGGLES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING LOSS IN THE WORKPLACE , John Cleese Relihan

Cuentos Criollos: Colombian Internally Displaced Families as Knowledge Producers , Liliana Salazar de Deck

An Exploration of Higher Educational Experiences For Mixed Blood American Indian Males in the Santa Clara Valley , Edward Salcedo

APPLICATION OF THE EPISTEMOLOGIES OF THE SOUTH TO ADDRESS THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS: A NARRATIVE CASE STUDY OF BURKINA FASO AND THE LEADER YACOUBA SAWADOGO , Barwendé Médard Sané

The Relationship Between Metacognitive Strategies and Listening Comprehension Proficiency in Intensive-Korean-Foreign-Language Setting , Gumok Seo

The Collegiate Black Space: Black College Students’ Use of New Counter-Spaces for Support, Knowledge Production, and Organizing for Activism , Heather Streets

The Impact of #MeToo on Reasons for Sexual Assault Disclosure , Cheryl H. Tien

Developing Queer Faith: Exploring Experiences of Cognitive Dissonance and Identity Integration For LGBQ Catholics Individuals , Kendal M. Vaarwerk

Using Peer Review to Improve English as a Second Language College Students' Writing Scores , Mengjie Wei

Dissertations from 2021 2021

The Effect of Teaching and Learning Vocabulary in Lexical Chunks on the Listening Comprehension of Adult Learners of Arabic , Bassam Al-Maqtari

Exploring Student Engagement for Diverse Student Populations: A Case Study Examining Institutional Logics of Student Affairs Middle Management Leaders , Frangelo Rominque Ayran

Employment Discrimination: An Efficacy Study of African American Inequities in the California Utility Sector , Victor Baker

Mental Health Outcomes of Various Types of Fear Among University Students who have an Undocumented Legal Status During the Donald Trump Presidency , Liliana Campos

Experiences of UC Santa Barbara female alumni exposed to a gender-based mass shooting , Erin G. Carpenter

Majority to Minority Shift: Experiences for American Born Chinese College Students from Predominant Chinese American Communities to Predominantly White Institutions , Joseph C. Chung

The Role of Community Building in Second Language Acquisition in the Mainstream Classroom , Alejandro Clemente Fernandez

The Effectiveness of Using Multimedia for Teaching Phrasal Verbs in Community-College ESL Classes , Guohua Fu

Replanting a Wild Seed: Black Women School Leaders Subverting Ideological Lynching , Whitneé Louise Garrett-Walker

The Significance of Jesuit Educational Institution in the Reconstruction of Postcolonial and Post-Conflict East Timor , Plinio do Rosario Gusmao dosReis Martins

Effects of Static and Dynamic Visuals on the Learning of Science Concepts in the Secondary-School Classroom , Theodore Johnson

Impact of Moral Injury for Ethnic/Racial Minority Male Veterans , Kristopher Kern

Dysconscious Racism and Racial Microaggressions in the Public School System , Ryan Lee

Stigma and Social-Emotional Health in Youth with Learning Differences , Kelsey Maki

Provider Perspectives: Working with the Male Lifer Reentry Population , Laura R. Marker Dr.

Women Who Lead: A Feminist Phenomenology of Crisis Leadership in Higher Education , Ingrid Helene McVanner

The Use of Mindfulness Meditation to Increase the Efficacy of Mirror Visual Feedback for Reducing Phantom Limb Pain in Amputees , Nicolas Sebastian Mills

A Minority Within a Minority: Exploring Identity Development in Relation to Mental Health Outcomes Within the Black Deaf Community , Nekolas Milton

Community Based Participatory Research Informed Manualization and Piloting of E-Training of a Modified Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intervention , Annika M. Miyamoto

Early Childhood Special Education Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Inclusion: A Qualitative Study on a School’s Transition From Segregated Classrooms to More Inclusion Classrooms , Shally Moua

The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm as a Critical Theoretical Framework to Enhance Teachers' Professional Identity in Diverse Context , Lourdu Sunder Reddy Mummadi

Patient Reported Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease Examined Within a Conceptual Model , Swapandeep Mushiana; Marsha Treadwell PhD; Sherif M. Badawy MD, MS; Liliana Preiss PhD; Allison King MD MPH PhD; Barbara Kroner PhD; Yumie Chen BS; Jeffrey Glassberg; Victor Gordeuk MD; Nirmish Shah MD; Angie Snyder Phd MPH; and Theodore Wun MD

Incorporating Critical Perspectives in Nonprofit Management Education Programs: How Critical Scholars of Color Navigate Pressures in Higher Education , Khanh H. Nguyen

A Critical Feminist Case Study of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Queen Program , Alison Kepola Nishiyama-Young

Understanding the African American Male Student Experience of Being Diagnosed with Emotional Disturbance Through the Use of Counter-Storytelling , Sara Ordaz

Sex or Sexual Assault? Critical Media Literacy as a Tool for Consent Education , Riana S. Pella

Higher Education Discourses of India’s National Education Policy 2020: Analysis and Teacher Counterspaces in Jesuit Institutions , Vincent Pereppadan Poulose

Effect of Transcendental Meditation on the Social Emotional Well-being of Bilingual Teacher Leaders , Margaret Peterson

Engaging Feminism, Transforming Institutions: How Community Engagement Professionals Employ Critical Feminist Praxis to Re-Imagine and Re-Shape the Public Purpose of Higher Education , Patricia Star Plaxton-Moore

Effect of Prenatal Yoga on Depression, Anxiety, and Maternal-fetal Attachment Among Pregnant Black, Indigenous and People of Color , Alicia Ranucci

The Effectiveness Of A Transaffirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group-Based Intervention To Help Transgender Individuals Suffering From Depression , Joy Riach

Investigating the Self-Efficacy Awareness of Black Female Technology Leaders , Marie Roberts De La Parra

Parental Involvement in Support of African American Families , September Rose

Pilipinx Radical Imagination: Healing and Visioning in our Process of Becoming , Anthony Abulencia Santa Ana

Interests Served and Interests Converged: A Mixed-Methods Critical Policy Analysis of the California Math Placement Act , Chalesea Schuler

Exploring the lived experiences of Middle-Eastern and North African (Mena) Jews through narrative inquiry using a digital storytelling approach , Brandy B. Shufutinsky

Understanding the Healthcare Experiences of LGBTQ+ People: An Adaptation of the Daily Heterosexist Experiences Questionnaire , Conor Smith

Indigenous assessment developers on elements of the disjuncture-response dialectic: A critical comparative case study , David A. Sul

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Psychology Theses and Dissertations

Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Improving the Subjective Well-Being of Autistic Youth Utilizing a Positive Psychology Intervention , Nicolette Bauermeister

An Experimental Study of Negative Performance Feedback: Consideration of a Cognitive Pathway and Individual Difference Factors , Ansley M. Bender

A Critical Analysis of the Graduate Socialization of Racially Minoritized School Psychology Students , Tatiana J. Broughton

The Influence of COVID-19 on Tobacco Racial Health Disparities: Testing the Differential Effects of COVID-19 on Smoking Motivation Variables across Black and White Smokers , Patricia F. Calixte-Civil

An Evaluation of Measurement Invariance of DSM-5 Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria Across Heterosexual, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults , E. Elisa Carsten

The Development of a Behaviorally Based Mentoring Workplace Scale , Christina N. Falcon

Examining the Role of Executive Functions on the Intention-Behavior Gap of Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy Use , Becky K. Gius

The Effect of Psychopathy Trait Descriptions on Mock Juror Decision-Making , Bailey A. Hall

Context matters: Profiles of emotion regulation at work and home , Roxanne C. Lawrence

Planning to Behave Impulsively to Feel Better: An EMA Study of College Students' Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, Binge Eating, and Exercise Behaviors , Rose H. Miller

One Year Impact of the Advancing Coping and Engagement (ACE) Program on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Student Success , Amanda C. Moseley

The Effects of Divided Attention in Free Recall: Affecting Trace Accumulation by Dividing Attention , Anne Olsen

Investigating Risk Factors of the Development of Compulsive Exercise and Eating Disorder Symptoms in College Students , Madeline Palermo

Invisible Families, Clear Consequences: Work-Family Integration Among Employees in Same Gender Presenting Romantic Relationships , Joseph Regina

Threats to School Safety: Examining Levels of Community Violence and Its Relation to School-Related Threats , Dorie Ross

The Social Anxiety Stigma Scale (SASS): Development, Factor Structure, and Validation , Ruba Rum

Socio-emotional effects of rejection: An experience-sampling examination , Gabriella Silva

Observed Error Monitoring as an Index of Theory of Mind , Kipras Varkala

I'll Make a Man Out of You: Precarious Manhood Beliefs among Heterosexual-Cisgender Men and Queer Men , Serena L. Wasilewski

From Other and From World: Expanding the Current Model of Existential Isolation , Roger Young Jr.

Temporal and Spatial Properties of Orientation Summary Statistic Representations , Jacob S. Zepp

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Boredom, Interoceptive Ability, and Emotional Eating , Erica Ahlich

Environmental Transmission of Career Interests Through a Genetic Lens: Understanding the Confounding Around Parental Occupation , Tyler Allan

Do Suicide Attempt Survivors Have Reduced Long-Term Well-Being? A Study of Veterans Across Three Nationally Representative Cohorts , Bradley A. Brown

Depersonalized, Dysregulated, and Demanded: The Impact of Burnout on Appraisal and Emotional Events , Katrina M. Conen

Breast Health Esteem to Motivate Breast Health Behavioral Intentions: An Application of the Terror Management Health Model , Emily P. Courtney

Gender Differences in College Drinkers: The Role of Masculine Norms , Jared A. Davis

Prevalence and Predictors of Careless Responding in Experience Sampling Research , Alexander J. Denison

Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination: A Closer Look , Jeremiah Doaty

The Impact of Cannabis on Motivational Processes for Smoked Tobacco and Cigarettes , Claire M. Gorey

Outcomes of a Telehealth Adaptation of a Trauma-Based Parent Training Program , Holland Hayford

Why Don’t They Just Ask?: Barriers to Directly Requesting Affirmative Sexual Consent by Gender and Sexual Orientation , Jessica A. Jordan

Examining the Social Validity of Parent Training: Post-Participation Parent Perceptions and Reflections of Group Triple P , Nycole C. Kauk

Individual Differences in Response to Hostile and Benevolent Sexism in a STEM Interview Context: The Moderating Role of Behavioral Activation , Elizabeth Kiebel

Do Sociability Expectancies Moderate Social Anxiety Predicting Alcohol Consumption Following a Social Stressor Speech Task , Jacob A. Levine

An Object for Sexual Pleasure: Does Viewing Sexualized Media Predict Increases in Self and Partner Objectification Impacting Feelings of Sexual and Romantic Closeness? , Kaitlyn Ligman

Influences of Sentence Context and Individual Differences in Lexical Quality on Early Phonological Processing during Silent Reading , Sara Milligan

Testing the Effects of Social Exclusion on Emotional Arousal: An Examination of the Effects of Psychological Pain and Rumination , Amanda L. Peterson

Creating a Short, Public-Domain Version of the CPAI-2: Using an Algorithmic Approach to Develop Public-Domain Measures of Indigenous Personality Traits , Mukhunth Raghavan

Equitable Implementation of the Good Behavior Game , Faith D. Reynolds

Ethnic-Racial Minoritized Adolescents’ Perceptions of Cyberhate, School Connectedness, Ethnic-Racial Identity, and Life Satisfaction , Alexis Taylor

Predicting Future Well-Being Among United States Youth Who Attempted Suicide and Survived , Bingjie Tong

Approach and Avoidance Food Craving: A Dual Cue Reactivity Investigation , Christina Lee Verzijl

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

School Professional Coaching on Facilitation of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) Model for Students with Persistent Problem Behavior , Rachel Ayres

Influencing Motivation for Alcohol through Social Bonding , Bryan Benitez

Case Studies in Applied Behavior Analysis: Using a Desensitization Procedure to Decrease Problem Behavior Towards Peers and Using a Treatment Package to Increase Time Spent in a Small Group , Mallamy I. Camargo Pena

Testing the Congruence of Espousals and Enactments Predicting Team Innovation , Rylan M. Charlton

The General Psychopathology Factor ( p ) From Adolescence to Adulthood: Disentangling the Developmental Trajectories of p Using a Multi-Method Approach , Alexandria M. Choate

An Ecological Momentary Assessment of Disordered Eating Behaviors within Alcohol Use Episodes: Determining Temporal Sequencing in Food and Alcohol Disturbance , Emily M. Choquette

The Influence of Maternal Body-Shaming Comments and Bodily Shame on Portion Size , Savannah R. Flak

Mental Health Problems, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Offending Behavior Among Persons Incarcerated in a County Jail , Lauren F. Fournier

The Adaptive, Social, Communication, and Cognitive Skills of Monolingual and Bilingual Toddlers with Autism , Marcela A. Galicia

Good Intentions Go Awry: Investigation of Unhelpful Supportive Leadership , Cheryl E. Gray

Hello Traitor: An Examination of Individual Differences in Perceptions of Technology-Related Incivility , David J. Howard

Measuring State Empathy: Exploring the Efficacy of a Film Clip Task and Examining Individual Differences in Empathic Responding , Stephanie R. Hruza

The Relationship of Hope to Goals and Psychological Outcomes in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer: A Test of Hope Theory , Kelly A. Hyland

Decisions and How Doctors Make Them: Modeling Multilevel Decision-Making within Diagnostic Medicine , Michelle S. Kaplan

Cultural Values as a Moderator of the Emotion Suppression to Strain Relationship: A Comparison of Two Dominant Theoretical Mechanisms , Roxanne C. Lawrence

How Enduring is Global Precedence? , Jong Lee

Cool Under Fire: Psychopathic Traits and Decision-Making in Law Enforcement-Oriented Populations , Sean J. McKinley

Cognitive Ability and Ambivalence toward Alcohol: An Examination of Working Memory Capacity’s Influence on Drinking Behavior , Emily T. Noyes

The Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Attendance, and Attrition in a Group-Based Parent Management Training Program , David Rubio Jr.

Unintended Consequences? Testing the Effects of Adolescent-Targeted Anti-Vaping Media upon Adult Smokers , Leslie E. Sawyer

“Just Joking”: Women’s Cardiovascular Responses to Sexist Humor , Samantha Shepard

Negative Performance Feedback and the Self-Regulatory Benefits of Mindfulness , Jeremiah Slutsky

Examining the Potential Interactions of Expectancies and Disordered Eating Behavior , Cody B. Staples

The nature of resilience: A person-centered approach using latent profile analysis , Yuejia Teng

Evaluation of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Fit Indices in Distinguishing between Circumplex and Other Factor Models , Andrew J. Thurston

Comparison of Parameter Estimation Approaches for Multi-Unidimensional Pairwise Preference Tests , Naidan Tu

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Impact of Cues on Autobiographical Memory Recall in Depression , Ena Begovic

Perfectionism, Negative Life Events, and Cognitive Appraisal: A Contextual Model of Perfectionism’s Maladaptive Nature , Ansley M. Bender

The Effect of Acute Interpersonal Racial Discrimination on Smoking Motivation and Behavior among Black Smokers , Patricia F. Calixte-Civil

Parent Coping and Sibling Relationship Quality in Pediatric Cancer: The Moderating Effects of Parental Emotion Socialization Beliefs , Esther Davila

Higher Sense of Control Predicts Long-term Well-being After Depression , Andrew R. Devendorf

Villains or Vermin? The Differential Effects of Discrimination and Dehumanization on Immigrant Cardiovascular Responses , Mona El-Hout

Alcohol Expectancy Associates as a Probe of the Motivational Processes that Lead to Drinking , Daniel C. Faraci

Features of borderline personality and related psychopathologies as a contemporaneously and temporally connected network , Haya Fatimah

Editing the Self Away: The Effects of Photo Manipulation on Perceptions of the Self , Roxanne N. Felig

Motivation Matters: The Interaction of Approach and Avoidance Alcohol Motivation and Self-Control Demands in College Drinkers , Becky K. Gius

Facilitators and Barriers to Treatment Engagement in a Behavioral Parent Training Program , Holland Hayford

Effects of Inter-Male Status Challenge and Psychopathic Traits on Sexual Aggression , Amy M. Hoffmann

If at First You Don’t Succeed...Your Coworkers Just Might Be Pleased: A Story of Workplace Schadenfreude , Kim Johnson

Motivation to Volunteer , Lendi N. Joy

Exploration of Drive for Leanness in Relation to Drives for Thinness and Muscularity, as well as their Concurrent Associations with Health-Related Outcomes , Brittany Lang

Affect and Craving: Examining the Differential Influences of Positive and Negative Affect on Inclinations to Approach and Avoid Alcohol Use , Jacob A. Levine

Threat-Induced Alterations in Cognition and Associations with Disinhibited Behavior , Julia B. McDonald

A Prospective Examination of Psychosocial Outcomes Following Gynecomastia Surgery , D. Luis Ordaz

Assessing the Impacts of Sensorimotor Stimuli and Nicotine Content on Cravings and Other Outcomes of E-Cigarette Use , Amanda M. Palmer

The Threat of Virality: Digital Outrage Combats the Spread of Opposing Ideas , Curtis Puryear

Why Are Women Leaving STEM? An Examination of Workplace Rivalry , Joseph Regina

A Fidelity-based Integration Model for Explicit and Implicit Ensemble Coding , Ke Tong

Care in Context: Constructing a Theory of Care in One Fifth Grade Classroom , Emily J. Wingate

Depression, Music Choice, and Affective Outcomes in Daily Life , Sunkyung Yoon

The Immediate Effect of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Attention and Acceptance , Xiaoqian Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

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Mapping Reward Values to Cues, Locations, and Objects: The Influence of Reward Associations on Visual Attention , Constanza de Dios

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Zhang, Y. (2023)

Sustainable Discrete Structures: From Design to Construction

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 108 MB) vertical_align_bottom

du Pasquier, C. (2022) awarded with the ETH Medal Design, Optimization, and Verification of Pneumatically Actuated Shape-Morphing Lattices ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 83.6 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Yu, Z. (2021) Computational Design of 3D Printed Personalized Artificial Spinal Disc ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 10.9 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Lumpe, T. (2021) awarded with the ETH Medal

Computational Design of Active 3D-Printed Structures

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 317.1 MB) vertical_align_bottom

van Diepen, M. (2020)

Computational Design Synthesis for the Co-Design of Morphology and Actuation of Soft Robots for Locomotion

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 12.1 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Zimmermann, L. (2020)

A Computational Method for the Synthesis of Rigid Origami Crease Patterns

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 36.7 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Blösch, A. (2020)

Design Heuristics for Additive Manufacturing

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 82.9 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Stöckli, F. (2019)

Computational Design Synthesis of Passive Dynamic Systems

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 24.9 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Rigger, E. (2019)

Design Automation Task Definition

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 6.8 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Chen, T. (2018) awarded with the ETH Medal

Materials-Based Design of Autonomous Machines Using 4D Printing

ETH Zurich ( ETH) : Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 118.5 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Mueller, J. (2018) awarded with the ETH Medal Architected Core-Shell Beams for Stiff, Strong, and Tough Cellular Structures

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 146.3 MB) vertical_align_bottom  

Kruse, B. (2017)

A Library-Based Concept Design Approach for Multi-Disciplinary Systems in SysML

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 11.2 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Münzer, C. (2015)

Constraint-Based Methods for Automated Computational Design Synthesis of Solution Spaces

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 13.3 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Königseder, C. (2015)

A methodology for supporting design grammar development and application in computational design synthesis

ETH Zurich ( ETH ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 6.7 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Gmeiner, Th. (2015)

Automatic Fixture Design Based on Formal Knowledge Representation, Design Synthesis and Verification

Technische Universität München ( external page TUM call_made ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 16.6 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Helms, B. (2013)

Object-Oriented Graph Grammars for Computational Design Synthesis

Technische Universität München ( external page TUM call_made ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 4.7 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Wölkl, S. (2013)

Model Libraries for Conceptual Design

Technische Universität München ( external page TUM call_made ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 14.2 MB) vertical_align_bottom  

Hoisl, F. (2012)

Visual. Interactive 3D Spatial Grammars in CAD for Computational Design Synthesis

Technische Universität München ( external page TUM call_made ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 8.4 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Ertelt, Ch. (2012)

Generative Design-to-Fabrication Automation using Spatial Grammars and Heuristic Search

Technische Universität München ( external page TUM call_made ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 4.3 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Bolognini, F. (2008)

An Integrated Simulation-Based Generative Design Method for Microelectromechanical Systems  

University of Cambridge: Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 8.5 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Baldock, R. (2007)

Structural Optimisation in Building Design Practice:  Case-Studies in Topology Optimisation of Bracing Systems

University of Cambridge: Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 4.7 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Starling, Alex C. (2004)

Performance-Based Computational Synthesis of Parametric Mechanical Systems

University of Cambridge ( external page CAM call_made ): Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 8.5 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Professor Kristina Shea's doctoral thesis

Shea, K. (1997)

Essays of Discrete Structures: Purposeful Design of Grammatical Structures by Directed Stochastic Search

Carnegie Mellon University: Download PhD Thesis (PDF, 7 MB) vertical_align_bottom

Harvard University Theses, Dissertations, and Prize Papers

The Harvard University Archives ’ collection of theses, dissertations, and prize papers document the wide range of academic research undertaken by Harvard students over the course of the University’s history.

Beyond their value as pieces of original research, these collections document the history of American higher education, chronicling both the growth of Harvard as a major research institution as well as the development of numerous academic fields. They are also an important source of biographical information, offering insight into the academic careers of the authors.

Spanning from the ‘theses and quaestiones’ of the 17th and 18th centuries to the current yearly output of student research, they include both the first Harvard Ph.D. dissertation (by William Byerly, Ph.D . 1873) and the dissertation of the first woman to earn a doctorate from Harvard ( Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson , Ed.D. 1922).

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Below is a selection of dissertations from the Attallah College of Educational Studies. Additional dissertations from years prior to 2019 are available through the Leatherby Libraries' print collection or in Proquest's Dissertations and Theses database.

Dissertations from 2024 2024

Leading Towards Racial Justice: Counterstories of TK-12 Latinx Men Administrators , Pedro Espinoza

Dissertations from 2023 2023

All Things Weird and Wonderful: A Creative Exploration of Disability Representation , Lara Ameen

Generalizability of the Scale of Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Inclusive Classrooms (STATIC) to School Psychologists , Abraham Aryadad

Understanding the Relationship Between Organic Chemistry Misconceptions and Students’ Chemistry Self-efficacy in Higher Education Organic Chemistry Courses , Lauren A. Dudley

Women’s Pornography Use and Sexuality Education in U.S. Public Schools , Julie Fraumeni-McBride

Educator Professional Development in Universal Design for Learning and Social-Emotional Learning: A Collective Case Study , Sara Morgan

Phenomenological Study on Veteran Resource Center (VRC) in California Community Colleges , Darl Park

Equipped for Change: A Grounded Theory Study of White Antiracist School Leaders’ Attitudes and Perceptions of Racial Consciousness in Educational Leadership , Thomas Joseph Peterson

A Discourse Analysis of Parents' and Teachers' Social Constructions of School Readiness and Transition to Kindergarten for Children With Disabilities , Ronica Senores Toyota

How Market-Driven Policies Impact a Private Vocational College Department in China , Huiru Zhu

Dissertations from 2022 2022

Disabled IDF Veterans in Israeli Higher Education: Disability Identity and Use of Support , Einat Ben Dov

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Teacher Preparation Standards within Inclusion-Intensive States , Kay Lynn Ceja

Beta Drift: Forecasting the Manifold Relationships between Students and their Pursuit of STEM Careers , Douglas D. Havard

Radical Belonging: School as Communion of Peoples, Place, and Power , Joey Yung-Jun Liu

“I Just Learn Differently”: The Experiences of Dis/abled Students of Color Interpreting and Resisting Normalizing Forces in the Mathematics Classroom , Dina Mahmood

The Efficacy of a Key Word Signing Workshop , Krista McMorran-Maus

The Relationship Among Social and Psychological Inclusion, Marginalized Group Membership, and Student Outcomes , Katheryn Munguia

Higher Education Housing Professionals and Disability: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Resident Directors’ Understandings of Disability , Christopher Toutain

Dissertations from 2021 2021

Understanding First-Generation Latinx Students' Experiences in a Predominantly White Private Institution: A Grounded Theory Study , Jacqueline Aparicio

Constructing Critical Change: Learning from Elementary Teachers' Engagement with Inclusive Critical Education , Courtney Beatty

Fighting An Uphill Battle: Black Undergraduate Women Navigating Higher Education While Acknowledging and Challenging Media Portrayals of Black Women , Kandace Branch

Community College Success of Students with Disabilities , Shayne Brophy-Felbab

Searching for Balance: The Reading Choices, Experiences, and Habits of Women in Higher Education Leadership Roles , Laura Burns

Leading Climate Action Planning: A Case Study of Local Community Practices , Mackenzie Crigger

Bidimensional Assessment of Youth Mental Health: Evaluation of the California Healthy Kids Survey as a Measure of Youth Subjective Well-Being , Michael Doria

Exploring the Relationship Between Religion and Resilience Among Latina Academics in Higher Education , Rocio Garcia

Special Education Parent Perceptions of Involvement and Parent–Educator Relationships During IEP Meetings at Nonpublic Schools , Alex Huynen

Systemic Functional Linguistics in the Community College Composition Class: A Multimodal Approach to Teaching Composition Using the Metalanguage of SFL , Jennifer James

School Psychologists as Leaders in Professional Practice: An Examination of Leadership Roles and Perceived Support , Jodi LaChance

An Examination of Chinese Private College Students’ Intercultural Competence , Li Li

Relationships Among Mentoring Support and Student Success in a Chinese First-Year Experience Program , Tianxiang Liu

Contributing to Engineering Colleges Students' Development Through Out-of-Class Involvement: A Survey of Chinese Private Colleges' Engineering Students , Wanlu Li

Understanding the Lived Experiences of Autistic Adults , Sneha Kohli Mathur

Using a Dual-Factor Model to Understand the Mental Health of Students with School Refusal Behavior , Zachary D. Maupin

The Effects of Internationalization Activities on Undergraduates' Global Competence: An Exploratory Study at A Chinese Private University , Haiying Meng

Resilience and Mental Health of Students Attending California's Continuation High Schools , Brianna Meshke McLay

'Training' the Body Politic: Essays on the School Reform Orthodoxy , Jahan Naghshineh

Mitigating Risks for Youth in At-Risk Living Conditions Through School-Based Protective Factors , Cora Palma

Seeing the Tress For the Forest: An Analysis of Novice and Experienced Teachers' Self-Efficacy and Stress , Allison Serceki

An Examination of Chinese Undergraduates’ Contemplativity and Academic Stress , Ran Tao

Teachers’ Experiences of a District’s Transformational Leadership Design Program: A Qualitative Study , Jarit Unrau

California Elected City Council Women of Color: Building a Collaborative Vision With Inclusive Voice , Beatriz T. Valencia

Equality of Educational Opportunity in China: Factors from Family, School, and Shadow Education , Qin Xiang

An Examination of Chinese Adolescents’ Resilience and Their Perceptions of Parental and Peer Attachment , Jingwen Xing

Do Academic Characteristics Predict Chinese Private University Students’ Success in English Language Testing? , Feijun Yu

Empathy Among Nursing Undergraduates at a Chinese Private University , Yuanyuan Zhang

A Study of Critical Thinking Dispositions of Undergraduates in Foreign Language Discipline at One Private College in Mainland China , Yuanyuan Zheng

Dissertations from 2020 2020

Hidden Power: Journalistic Representations of Mental Health Labels , Elise Anguizola Assaf

Finding Voice from the Inside: How Postsecondary Education Impacted Perceptions of Higher Education for Long-Term Incarcerated Juveniles , Gregory Barraza

Experienced Pediatric Oncology Nurses Using Self-Reflective Practices in the Clinical Setting: A Descriptive Phenomenological Investigation , Daniel Josue Bonilla

The Labyrinth of Autism: Heuristic Journeys of Fathers Who Have a Child on the Autism Spectrum , Lisa Boskovich

Developing Trust in a Cross-Functional Workgroup: Assessing the Effectiveness of a Communication Intervention , Scott De Long

A Place of Yes? Experiences of Educators Participating in Site-based Teacher-led Reform , Elizabeth Hind

Vietnamese Resilience Assessment: Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Scale Validation , Loan Le

School Psychologists and School Counselors’ Perceptions of Preparation Received for the Provision of School-Based Mental Health Services , Sherika McKenzie

The Perceived Effectiveness of School-Based Accommodations for Students with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus , MaryAnn Seng

Secondary Traumatic Stress in Teachers and School Communities Impacted by the Opioid Epidemic , Anne Steketee

Performative Possibilities in the Development of Protagonistic Agency Among Graduate Students in China , Yan Wang

Dissertations from 2019 2019

Laughing Back: A Phenomenological Study of Disability Humor Using Culturally Responsive Methodologies , Kinda Abujbarah

Women’s Right and Education in Saudi Arabia: Raising Critical Consciousness in Arabic Studies Courses in Female High Schools in Saudi Arabia , Eman Almutairi

Exploring Gender Roles and Gender Equality within the Evangelical Church , Christopher Bishop

Minding the Gap: A Grounded Theory Exploration of Transition from Secondary School to Community College for Students Identified with Autism , Douglas Highlen

#BLACKQUEERLIVESMATTER: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Black Gay Male Leaders in Los Angeles , Christopher Jackson

The Power of Partnership: Understanding the Dynamic of Co-Teaching Pairs , Amanda M. Lozolla

The Intersection of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Beliefs, Perceptions, and Practices and the Language Acquisition and Development of Emerging Aided Communicators , Margaret Vento-Wilson

On the Move: Storying the Authentic Leadership Development of Millennial Gay Men , Kyle Williams

The Media, Education, and the State: Arts-Based Research and a Marxist Analysis of the Syrian Refugee Crisis , Meng Zhao

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Collegiate Women in Saudi Arabia: Leading Collectively for the Development of Self, Others, and Society , Miznah Alomair

Counter-stories of First-Generation Latinx Alumnae: A Critical Race Theory Analysis , Pamela Ezell

Practitioner Research in Schools: Revealing the Efficacy Agency Cycle , Edward Resnick

An Analysis of Mentoring and Job Satisfaction in Public and Private College and University Academic Libraries in California , Kevin M. Ross

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Queer Teachers in Catholic Schools: Cosmic Perceptions of an Easter People , Kevin Stockbridge

Dissertations from 2016 2016

Young, Urban, Professional, and Kenyan?: Conversations Surrounding Tribal Identity and Nationhood , Charlotte Achieng-Evensen

Inside/Outside/In-between: Understanding how Jewish Identity Impacts the Lives and Narratives of Ashkenazi Female Public School Educators , Mindi Ellen Benditson

The Repatriation Experiences of American Third Culture Kids , Nicole Mazzo Bennett

Academic Factors that Predict Community College Students’ Acceptance of Evolution , Meredith Anne Dorner

Operation Transition: Post-9/11 Combat Marines Transitioning to Civilian Life and the Role of Higher Education in their Identity Formation , Jamie M. Fenton

Towards a New Understanding: Complex Familial Constructs of Autism , Joanne Kim

The Development of the Scale of Contemplative Practice in Higher Education , Maryann Krikorian

Bridgers in the Third Space: An In-Country Investigation of the Leadership Practices of US-Educated Chinese Nationals , Maria L. Martinez

The Experiences of Siblings of Individuals with Disabilities: A Holistic View , Ashley Mc Adams

¿Dónde Pertenecemos? Narrative Analysis of Afro-Boricua Women’s Experiences of Belonging Within and Beyond College , Marie Nubia-Feliciano

Nontraditional Student Risk Factors and Gender as Predictors for Enrollment in College Distance Education , Tammy Crews Pao

The Glass Ceiling is Not Broken: Gender Equity Issues among Faculty in Higher Education , Jillian Wood

Dissertations from 2015 2015

A Narrative and Poetic Exploration into Self-Defining Asperger’s: Ceasing to be X-1 , Lisa Boskovich

School Psychologists’ Training and Knowledge of Tourette Syndrome , Leticia Cornejo

The Influences of Mathematics Self-Efficacy, Identity, Interest, and Parental Involvement on STEM Achievement in Algebra for Female High School Students , Nicol R. Howard

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Exploring the Lived Experiences of College Students Who Do Not Request Accommodations , Denise P. Reid

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Innovation in PhD education has not reached how doctoral degrees are assessed. Credit: Dan Dunkley/Science Photo Library

Research and teaching in today’s universities are unrecognizable compared with what they were in the early nineteenth century, when Germany and later France gave the world the modern research doctorate. And yet significant aspects of the process of acquiring and assessing a doctorate have remained remarkably constant. A minimum of three years of independent study mentored by a single individual culminates in the production of the doctoral thesis — often a magisterial, book-length piece of work that is assessed in an oral examination by a few senior academic researchers. In an age in which there is much research-informed innovation in teaching and learning, the assessment of the doctoral thesis represents a curious throwback that is seemingly impervious to meaningful reform.

But reform is needed. Some doctoral candidates perceive the current assessment system to lack transparency, and examiners report concerns of falling standards ( G. Houston A Study of the PhD Examination: Process, Attributes and Outcomes . PhD thesis, Oxford Univ.; 2018 ). Making the qualification more structured would help — and, equally importantly, would bring the assessment of PhD education in line with education across the board. PhD candidates with experience of modern assessment methods will become better researchers, wherever they work. Indeed, most will not be working in universities: the majority of PhD holders find employment outside academia.

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It’s not that PhD training is completely stuck in the nineteenth century. Today’s doctoral candidates can choose from a range of pathways. Professional doctorates, often used in engineering, are jointly supervised by an employer and an academic, and are aimed at solving industry-based problems. Another innovation is PhD by publication, in which, instead of a final thesis on one or more research questions, the criterion for an award is a minimum number of papers published or accepted for publication. In some countries, doctoral students are increasingly being trained in cohorts, with the aim of providing a less isolating experience than that offered by the conventional supervisor–student relationship. PhD candidates are also encouraged to acquire transferable skills — for example, in data analysis, public engagement, project management or business, economics and finance. The value of such training would be even greater if these skills were to be formally assessed alongside a dissertation rather than seen as optional.

And yet, most PhDs are still assessed after the production of a final dissertation, according to a format that, at its core, has not changed for at least half a century, as speakers and delegates noted at an event in London last month on PhD assessment, organized by the Society for Research in Higher Educatio n. Innovations in assessment that are common at other levels of education are struggling to find their way into the conventional doctoral programme.

Take the concept of learning objectives. Intended to aid consistency, fairness and transparency, learning objectives are a summary of what a student is expected to know and how they will be assessed, and are given at the start of a course of study. Part of the ambition is also to help tutors to keep track of their students’ learning and take remedial action before it is too late.

PhD training is no longer fit for purpose — it needs reform now

Formative assessment is another practice that has yet to find its way into PhD assessment consistently. Here, a tutor evaluates a student’s progress at the mid-point of a course and gives feedback or guidance on what students need to do to improve ahead of their final, or summative, assessment. It is not that these methods are absent from modern PhDs; a conscientious supervisor will not leave candidates to sink or swim until the last day. But at many institutions, such approaches are not required of PhD supervisors.

Part of the difficulty is that PhD training is carried out in research departments by people who do not need to have teaching qualifications or awareness of innovations based on education research. Supervisors shouldn’t just be experts in their field, they should also know how best to convey that subject knowledge — along with knowledge of research methods — to their students.

It is probably not possible for universities to require all doctoral supervisors to have teaching qualifications. But there are smaller changes that can be made. At a minimum, doctoral supervisors should take the time to engage with the research that exists in the field of PhD education, and how it can apply to their interactions with students.

There can be no one-size-fits-all solution to improving how a PhD is assessed, because different subjects often have bespoke needs and practices ( P. Denicolo Qual. Assur. Educ. 11 , 84–91; 2003 ). But supervisors and representatives of individual subject communities must continue to discuss what is most appropriate for their disciplines.

All things considered, there is benefit to adopting a more structured approach to PhD assessment. It is high time that PhD education caught up with changes that are now mainstream at most other levels of education. That must start with a closer partnership between education researchers, PhD supervisors and organizers of doctoral-training programmes in universities. This partnership will benefit everyone — PhD supervisors and doctoral students coming into the research workforce, whether in universities or elsewhere.

Education and training in research has entered many secondary schools, along with undergraduate teaching, which is a good thing. In the spirit of mutual learning, research doctoral supervisors, too, will benefit by going back to school.

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