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• Microbial community structure Analysis and metabolomic inference Detailing the impact of probiotics on The gut of preterm infants at risk of Necrotising enterocolitis and sepsis

  Author: Clements, L., 15 Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Orr, C. (Supervisor), Taylor, G. (Supervisor), Nelson, A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Young, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• To thrive or not to thrive: Gut microbiota studies in preterm infants

  Author: Ross, C., 31 Jul 2022

  Supervisor: Taylor, G. (Supervisor) & Orr, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Understanding the factors which influence Healthy school food provision and the young Person’s food choice

  Author: Rose, K., 27 Jul 2022

  Supervisor: Lake, A. (Supervisor), Ells, L. (Supervisor), Brown, L. (Supervisor), O'Malley, C. (Supervisor) & Giles, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The effects of back shape and posture on balance, falling, and fear of falling in community-dwelling older people with hyperkyphosis

  Author: Duangkaew, R., 1 Jun 2022

  Supervisor: Bettany-Saltikov, J. (Supervisor), Van Schaik, P. (Supervisor) & Kandasamy, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Morphoscopic and morphometric methodological approaches for segregating commingled human remains

  Author: Chrysostomou, P., 6 May 2022

  Supervisor: Thompson, T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• What makes an excellent Delivery Suite Coordinator? Views of the Multidisciplinary Team, a constructivist grounded theory study

  Author: Bunford, D., 1 Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Ions, K. (Supervisor) & Collier, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Promotion and maintenance of physical activity during and after pregnancy among already active and inactive women from different socioeconomic backgrounds – A mixed-method exploratory study.

  Author: Perumbakkam Subramanian, M., 6 May 2022

  Supervisor: Ells, L. (Supervisor), Azevedo, L. (Supervisor) & Van Der Graaf, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The effect of lumbar mobilisations on the hamstring unit: extensibility, surface electromyography and nordic hamstring exercise performance

  Author: Chesterton, P., 18 Feb 2022

  Supervisor: Atkinson, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• An exploration of the attitudes, opinions, and perspectives of women with learning disabilities and carers, towards accessing the NHS cervical and breast cancer screening programmes.

  Author: Byrnes, K., 15 Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Hamilton, S. (Supervisor), McGeechan, G. (Supervisor) & Fisher, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Sensory discrimination training for phantom limb pain (PLP): The development of a randomised controlled trial protocol to investigate an automated device for the self-management of PLP

  Author: Graham, A., 31 Jul 2022

  Supervisor: Ryan, C. (Supervisor), MacSween, A. (Supervisor) & Martin, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Hybrid Polymer /Biopolymer/Biosurfactant Flooding Influence on the Displacement Efficiency in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs

  Author: Elyasi Gomari, K., 1 Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Rezaei Gomari, S. (Supervisor), Hughes, D. (Supervisor) & Islam, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Exploring community gardening as a complex public health intervention: an action research study

  Author: Connor, N., 1 Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Moore, H. (Supervisor), Visram, S. (External person) (Supervisor), Sniehotta, F. (External person) (Supervisor) & Summerbell, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• An investigation of the impact of pain on falls risk, balance and gait in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  Author: Loughran, K., 1 Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Harrison, S. (Supervisor), Martin, D. (Supervisor) & Dixon, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The Role of Embedded Research in Co-producing Public Health Knowledge in Non-clinical Settings to Bridge the Gap Between Research Evidence and Its Implementation in Public Health Practice

  Author: Akintola, A., 6 May 2022

  Supervisor: Cheetham, M. (Supervisor), Newbury-Birch, D. (Supervisor) & Kilinc, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Climate change in nigeria: assessing policy and practice for community resilience

  Author: Ogah, A., 30 Apr 2021

  Supervisor: Crosbie, T. (Supervisor), Ralebitso-Senior, T. (Supervisor) & Evans, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Investigating the Relationship Between Physical Activity and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  Author: Franklin, J., 19 Feb 2021

  Supervisor: Batterham, A. (Supervisor), Atkinson, G. (Supervisor) & Harrison, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring healthcare students’ pain knowledge and attitudes towards function in people with pain

  Author: Mankelow, J., 9 May 2021

  Supervisor: Ryan, C. (Supervisor), Taylor, P. (Supervisor) & Martin, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Physical Activity, Motor Skills and School Readiness: Prevalence and Associations in Early Years.

  Author: Jones, D., 19 Feb 2021

  Supervisor: Innerd, A. (Supervisor), Fisher, E. (Supervisor) & Azevedo, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• An investigation of the role of pain duration in the management of patients with low back pain

  Author: Jess, M., 3 Dec 2021

  Supervisor: Ryan, C. (Supervisor), Hamilton, S. (Supervisor) & Wellburn, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Developing pXRF soil analysis of preservation at Vindolanda

  Author: Williams, R., 19 Feb 2021

  Supervisor: Taylor, G. (Supervisor), Thompson, T. (Supervisor) & Orr, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The fetal membrane microbiota in histologically confirmed chorioamnionitis

  Author: Hockney, R., 19 Jun 2020

  Supervisor: Orr, C. (Supervisor) & Taylor, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Death and Grief in Working-Class Communities: Narratives of Recently Bereaved Carers

  Author: Mulrine, S., Feb 2020

  Supervisor: Van Der Graaf, P. (Supervisor), Crawshaw, P. (Supervisor) & Van Der Graaf, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Menthol mouth swilling and endurance running performance in the heat

  Author: Best, R., 1 Aug 2020

  Supervisor: Spears, I. (Supervisor) & Berger, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring the Theory-Practice Gap in Public Health interventions: a critical assessment of the potential for Normalisation Process Theory to aid knowledge transfer into practice, using the evaluation of a complex smoking cessation in pregnancy initiative: Exploring the Theory-Practice Gap in Public Health interventions

  Author: Jones, S., 1 May 2020

  Supervisor: Hamilton, S. (Supervisor), Shucksmith, J. (Supervisor) & Van Wersch, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Is the school playground a suitable environment to enhance fundamental movement skills and promote a higher level of physical activity in primary school children? An ecological investigation to inform the development of a primary school playground intervention

  Author: Graham, M., 31 Jul 2020

  Supervisor: Innerd, A. (Supervisor), Azevedo, L. (Supervisor), Batterham, A. (Supervisor) & Wright, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• BE@Work (Brief Exercise at Work): The development and evaluation of a novel high-intensity interval training intervention in the workplace on markers of physical fitness, cardiometabolic and mental health.

  Author: Burn, N., 21 Feb 2020

  Supervisor: Weston, K. (Supervisor), Atkinson, G. (Supervisor) & Weston, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A case study exploring the factors that influence academics and their use of technology enhanced learning (TEL) to support pedagogical practice in a post 1992 Higher Education Institute in the North of England.

  Author: Wilford, B., 2019

  Supervisor: Hedges, C. (Supervisor) & Ingleby, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Notions of community, professionalism and volunteering in community-centred, public health approaches: a qualitative case study

  Author: Machaira, T., 30 Apr 2019

  Supervisor: Azevedo, L. (Supervisor), Lingam, R. (External person) (Supervisor), Crawshaw, P. (Supervisor), Van Der Graaf, P. (Supervisor) & Azevedo, L. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• A Phenomenological and Symbolic Interactionist Case Study of the Emotional Experience of Lean – as experienced through a Rapid Process Improvement Workshop in an English Foundation Trust Hospital

  Author: Taylor, S., 17 Oct 2019

  Supervisor: Cook, S. (Supervisor), McSherry, R. (Supervisor) & Giles, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The Assessment of Contemporary and Recent Biological Markers of Human Exposure to Fluoride

  Author: Idowu, O., 19 Oct 2019

  Supervisor: Zohoori, V. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Non-contact 3D Surface Scanning of Traumatic Injuries for Forensic Medicine

  Author: Shamata, A., 31 Oct 2019

  Supervisor: Thompson, T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The associations between physical activity, the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea and its consequences

  Author: Suri, S., 18 Oct 2019

  Supervisor: Atkinson, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Development and evaluation of a low cost, 3D imaging mobile surface topography system (MSTS) for measuring posture and back shape in clinical settings

  Author: Kandasamy, G., 12 Apr 2019

  Supervisor: Bettany-Saltikov, J. (Supervisor), Van Schaik, P. (Supervisor) & Spears, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Reinvestment & Risk: Skill acquisition in high-risk sports

  Author: Douglass, D., 18 Oct 2019

  Supervisor: Tayler, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Effects of exercise on fluoride metabolism with investigations on blood and saliva collection for fluoride studies in humans

  Author: Sajjad (Mahmood), M., 2019

  Supervisor: Zohoori, V. (Supervisor), Azevedo, L. (Supervisor) & Batterham, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Novel algorithms to capture kinematic variables with depth-sensing technology: The Development of a Reliable, Valid and Practical Movement Assessment Tool

  Author: Wijnbergen, M., Apr 2019

  Supervisor: Spears, I. (Supervisor), Weston, M. (Supervisor) & Portas, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Exploring the factors affecting the implementation of tobacco and substance use interventions within the secondary school setting

  Author: Waller, G., 15 Feb 2019

  Supervisor: Newbury-Birch, D. (Supervisor), Finch, T. (External person) (Supervisor) & Giles, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Quantifying the Inter-Individual Variation in Response to Exercise Interventions

  Author: Williamson, P., 14 Dec 2018

  Supervisor: Batterham, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Keeping busy with purpose: Virtuous occupations as a means of expressing worth during asylum

  Author: Hart, H., 30 Apr 2018

  Supervisor: Hannis, D. (Supervisor), Costello, S. (Supervisor), Cleary, S. (Supervisor) & Armstrong, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Utilising Normalisation Process Theory to understand the patient journey for high-risk individuals participating in the NHS Health Check programme

  Author: McNaughton, R., 28 Jun 2018

  Supervisor: Hamilton, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Effects of Altitude and Nutritional Status on Fluoride metabolism in Children and Adults in Nepal

  Author: Sah, O., 2018

  Supervisor: Zohoori, V. (Supervisor), Atkinson, G. (Supervisor) & Maguire, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Effects of exercise on fluoride metabolism: Saliva or blood as an indicative marker in sport medicine for monitoring fluoride metabolism

  Author: Mahmood (Sajjad), M., 30 Nov 2018

  Supervisor: Zohoori, V. (Supervisor), Azevedo, L. (Supervisor), Batterham, A. (Supervisor), Buzalaf, M. A. R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Maguire, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Physical development of youth athletes, a focus on girls' association football players: movement analysis, physical testing and training prescription

  Author: Wright, M., 25 Oct 2018

  Supervisor: Atkinson, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Predicting the outcome of physiotherapy in adults with painful partial-thickness rotator cuff tears

  Author: Braun, C., 2 Nov 2017

  Supervisor: Hanchard, N. (Supervisor), Handoll, H. (Supervisor) & Batterham, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Combined exercise training in older adults: application of a hydraulic resistance machine for multicomponent fitness improvement

  Author: Hurst, C., 15 Dec 2017

  Supervisor: Weston, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An Investigation of the Information Needs of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients and their Families

  Author: Wellburn, S., 12 Jun 2017

  Supervisor: Bettany-Saltikov, J. (Supervisor), Van Schaik, P. (Supervisor) & Hamilton, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• The influence of cell-free Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG conditioned medium on macrophage functional activity

  Author: Seenappanahalli Nanjundaiah, Y., 16 Mar 2016

  Supervisor: Sarker, M. (Supervisor), Wright, D. (Supervisor) & Ali, Z. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• An investigation of the most effective approach for the delivery of oral health promotion interventions to children

  Author: Olajide, O. J., 2015

  Supervisor: Zohoori, V. (Supervisor), Shucksmith, J. (Supervisor) & Maguire, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Chemical and biochemical aspects of seed dormancy and recalcitrance in hazelnuts (Corylus Avellana L)

  Author: Hamid, S. A., 14 Sep 2015

  Supervisor: O'Hare, W. (Supervisor), Sarker, M. (Supervisor), Ralebitso-Senior, K. (Supervisor) & Henderson, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The effects of exergaming technology on postural sway, user-acceptance and flow experience in people with multiple sclerosis

  Author: Robinson, J., Mar 2015

  Supervisor: Martin, D. (Supervisor), Dixon, J. (Supervisor), Van Schaik, P. (Supervisor) & MacSween, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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