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Alkhouli, Daliah (2015) Employment policy for people with disabilities in Saudi Arabia. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Alolyan, Asma Ali (2015) The perceived impact of the internet on family and social relations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Andrews, Alexander M (2015) Human mesenchymal stem cell loading as a novel targeting and drug delivery system for stroke. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ashraf, Ramzan (2015) Maximum power point tracking under partial shading conditions using an embedded system. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Assas, Roaa Ibrahim (2015) Designing an e-philanthropic website for the Saudi user. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Alkahtani, Aishah Abdulaziz (2015) Managing change in King Abdullah project Saudi secondary education: participant perspectives. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Arshad, Aneela (2015) Analysis and control of emissions arising from stabilised polypropylene and the incorporated additives. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Al-Marsoomi, Faaza Abduljabar (2015) The development of a framework for semantic similarity measures for the Arabic language. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Alobaidi, Omar (2015) Arabic conversational agent for modern Islamic education. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Al Qaisi, Mayada (2015) The effects of vitamin D3 (1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) on the haematopoietic differentiation of stem cells in murine in vitro studies and human in vivo studies. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Alfayez, Fayez (2015) A wireless sensor network system for border security and crossing detection. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Allan, Hannah Elizabeth (2015) The archival context of contemporary practice: how might temporal artistic process function as trace within the archive? Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Allen, Maria Lucy (2015) Employee voice, equal opportunities and workplace outcomes: an analysis of UK workplaces. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Baylis-Green, Caroline (2015) Queer subjectivities, closeting and non-normative desire in nineteenth-century women’s poetry and life writing. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Bostock, Emma Louise (2015) Building physiological reserve in immobilisation: does nutritional supplementation work? Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ballak, Samson Ben (2015) Structure-function relationship and plasticity in old mouse muscle. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Bhabha, Hashim (2015) A new generation of high stiffness rotational moulding materials. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Blatherwick, Susanna (2015) Archaeology of the house - site, object, context. Interpreting a collection: a study of the life and work of Robert Louis Blatherwick (1920-1993). Masters thesis (MPhil), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Baines, Jenny (2015) Repeat frame: how to do things with film. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Bermingham, Susan Hazel (2015) Problematising the concept of ‘personal geography’ within initial teacher education. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Brooks, Jack (2015) Properties of music used pre-match by rugby teams and players’ perceptions of its effects. Masters thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Bull, Mike (2015) The development of social enterprise in the UK. Some operational and theoretical contributions to knowledge. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Curington, David (2015) Composing with theories of emotion in music: a critical commentary. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Cunningham, Ryan (2015) The application of b-mode ultrasonography for analysis of human skeletal muscle. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Chan, Koon Lin Eunice (2015) The relaxation effect of nature images and coloured light on healthy people and hospital patients in China. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Christian, Jack (2015) An investigation into (1) the philosophical underpinnings of a possible deep ecology form of community accounting for nature and (2) a potential accounting resource for the same. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Chung, Hyunsook (2015) Governmentality in educational development: education, development and the role of ICT. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Connolly, Barry (2015) An investigation into how social media consumer engagement can be used by e-SME brands to develop trust and build brand reputation, with new and existing customers. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Crosby-Grayson, Nicola Jane (2015) Schematic and symbolic hypotyposis in Kant’s critical works. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Doslikova, Katerina (2015) Biomechanics of knee osteoarthritis during stair negotiation: mechanisms and intervention strategies. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Duncan, Cheryll (2015) Music and musicians in the equity and common-law courts of England, 1690–1760. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Dorrian, Henry Joseph (2015) Hierarchical graphs and oscillator dynamics. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Daniels, John (2015) Evidence based practice in sport development: a realistic evaluation of a sport and physical activity strategy. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Davies, Sara Kristina (2015) Re-constructing home: memory in the Scandinavian diaspora. Masters thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Delves, Peter Samuel (2015) Simulation study investigating the novel use of drive torque vectoring for dynamic post-impact vehicle control. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Derbyshire, Daniel (2015) Development of an intelligent sensing technique for active control of railway vehicles with independently rotating wheels. Masters thesis (MPhil), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Dresser, Paul (2015) Understanding prevent policing through dispositif and reflexive risk. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Dubsky, Rachel Cliodhna (2015) Professional boundaries in teacher-pupil relationships: does the model of professional conduct in regulatory standards and codes of conduct impose teacher-pupil relationships that are pedagogically and personally limiting? Doctoral thesis (EdD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Earl, Cassie (2015) An exploration of popular education from Occupy! London to the university: making hope possible in the face of neoliberal enclosure? Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Elabani, Suaad M (2015) Attitudes to and perceptions of domestic violence against women in an Arab community: a case study of Libyan migrants in the UK. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Evans, Michael Ewart (2015) Muscle disuse; the culprit of sarcopenia? A study in master athletes. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Fielding, Stuart John (2015) Cellular processes in the induction of embryonic stem cell differentiation into neural crest cell derivatives. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Flynn, Judith Margaret (2015) Teachers’ pedagogic discourses around bilingual children: encounters with difference. Doctoral thesis (EdD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Franklin, Zoe Claire (2015) The role of personality type in the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Farrington, Timothy (2015) An investigation into the occurrence and effects of sports induced maxillofacial injuries: mouthguards as protective modalities. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Foster, Christopher William (2015) The assembly and modification of screen-printed platforms for electroanalytical applications. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Fowler, Mark Thomas (2015) Mental models and meaning: an analysis into the validity of Philip Johnson-Laird’s adoption of Peircean iconism. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Frost, Mark Stuart (2015) Multifunctional nanomaterials designed for the detection and removal of priority contaminant substances from waste and drinking water. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Guthrie, Shandon Lou (2015) A new metaphysics for Christian demonology: psychodynamic immaterialism. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Green, Leanne (2015) Advertising war: pictorial publicity, 1914 - 1918. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Greenall, Paul Vincent (2015) The investigation, assessment and formulation of stranger sexual violence. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Griffiths, John Edward (2015) Masculinities, social capital and men’s experiences of chronic ill health. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Hughes, Steven Scott (2015) Performance measurement system for a lean production strategy: a case study of a strategic business unit in the UK. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Henry, Veronica (2015) Mind the gap: academically successful African Caribbean heritage students, learning identities and the cultural assets mediating learning. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Haleem, Muhammad Salman (2015) Automatic extraction of retinal features to assist diagnosis of glaucoma disease. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Hall, James Martin (2015) Predictive modelling of the growth of Campylobacter jejuni in chilled chicken during transportation for the purposes of ‘biosensor’ based consumer safety monitoring. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Hallihan, Mark (2015) The biological subject: reworking Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity through Henri Bergson’s matter and memory. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Harper, Malcolm Roy (2015) How professional service managers in higher education understand leadership. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Holmes, Hannah Louise (2015) An analysis of the impact of fair trade: a case study of tea producers in the central province of Sri Lanka. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Holt, Maxine Lily (2015) Understanding health across different settings: a nursing journey. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Hutchinson, Simon James (2015) Investigation of late time response analysis for security applications. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Ireland, Alexander Douglas (2015) Bone mechanoadaptation and the influence of muscular action on bone across the lifespan. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Josefsson, Magnus Yngvi (2015) Social foundations of sense making: four case studies. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

James, Gary (2015) The emergence, development and establishment of association football in Manchester. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jackson, Aaron Isaac (2015) Narrating England: Tolkien, the twentieth century, and English cultural self-representation. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jackson, David (2015) Digital games as collaborative story-writing platforms. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jones, David Edmund (2015) The influence of farm size and related social factors on survival and failure in arable and dairy farming in interwar England. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jones, Dawn Anita (2015) Teachers’ professionalism, self-identity and the impact of continuing professional development (CPD). Doctoral thesis (EdD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Kalaitzi, Athanasia (2015) The causal relationship between exports and economic growth: time series analysis for UAE (1975-2012). Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Karanikola, Ioanna (2015) Human capital investment for front-line non managerial employees in the hospitality sector in Dubai (U.A.E.). Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kramer, Christoper (2015) Foreign subsidiaries in Brazil: location determinants for high value-added activities. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kaleem, Mohammed (2015) Methodology and algorithms for Urdu language processing in a conversational agent. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Kenny, Deborah (2015) Vocation, caring and nurse identity. Doctoral thesis (EdD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Knott, Lucy (2015) What effects does a physiotherapy-led group intervention using interactive behavioural modification therapy (IBMT) have for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain? Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Leightley, Daniel (2015) 3D human action recognition and motion analysis using selective representations. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Lewis, Andrew (2015) Identifying and evaluating factors that influence South British Asian’s attitudinal loyalty towards professional football in Britain. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Lachkovic, Julie Maria (2015) Outcomes for children with delayed language development: does temperament make a difference? Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Lallement, Maxime Thadee Rene (2015) Power over life from Agamben to Foucault: an examination of the question of sovereignty. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Larkin, Bethany Alexandria Jane (2015) Bloodstain pattern analysis: scratching the surface. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Lobo, Prem (2015) Impact of alternative fuels on the PM emissions characteristics of gas turbine engines. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Loos, Christoph M (2015) The palace at 3 a.m. (ordo inversus) a woodcut (re-)invention in resonance with Merleau-Ponty's 'chiasma'. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Luckson, Manju (2015) Exploring the research culture of nurses and allied health professionals (AHPS) in a research focused and a non-research focused healthcare organisation in the UK. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Morad, Sabariah Binti (2015) An exploration of a teaching school programme in Malaysia: towards democratic education. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Menzies, Kathleen (2015) Academic attitudes to new media in UK higher education: an interdisciplinary study. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

McCormick, Samantha (2015) Ashes to art, dust to diamonds: the incorporation of human cremation ashes into objects and tattoos in contemporary British practices. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

McLoughlin, John (2015) Development of a conceptual framework with a smart database for fabric sewability. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Mchouh, Najibeh Rajab (2015) The effect of recasting nickel chromium and cobalt chromium alloys on the quality of fixed prosthodontic devices. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Menegon, Michele (2015) The herpetofauna of the Eastern Afromontane: evolutionary history, biogeography and conservation. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Menichino, Gillian (2015) Narrative musical structures: a composer’s perspective on form, process and product. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Mertena, Ilze (2015) Tourists’ embodied transport experiences of travelling by train. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Micallef Grimaud, Jean Pierre (2015) Small state governmental capacities and strategies to influence the EU decision-making process: a case study of Malta. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Moss, Andrew David (2015) The impact of endurance exercise intensity on local and systemic hormonal and cytokine responses in the recreationally active young and old. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Murphy, Neil Anthony (2015) The influence of media representations on mental health practitioners. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Noori, Zaid Izzadin Mohammed (2015) Arabic goal-oriented conversational agents using semantic similarity techniques. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Needham, Maria Sian (2015) Locating lost masculinities in Margaret Atwood’s the handmaid’s tale. Masters thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Nazhad, Niazi (2015) Antiglycation and antioxidant properties of Momordica charantia. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ng, Choon Ching (2015) Face age estimation using wrinkle patterns. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Oh, Yim-Taek (2015) Passive and active drag of paralympic swimmers. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ormond, Sean Patrick Dennis (2015) Titanium silicalite-1 macrostructures for use in photocatalytic removal of organic pollutants from aqueous media. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

O'Reilly, Dean (2015) A feasibility study on the application of polarimetric decomposition algorithms to the detection of concealed weapons. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Okunola, Olaseni Muritala (2015) Users’ experience of e-government services: a case study based on the Nigeria immigration service. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Ostovarpour, Soheyla (2015) Development and characterisation of photocatalytic surfaces that are active under fluorescent light. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Padfield, William Nicholas (2015) ‘L’ascension sociale’ and the return to origins: reconstructions of family and social origin in the writings of Albert Camus, Annie Ernaux, Didier Eribon and Édouard Louis. Masters thesis (MPhil), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Pearce, David Matthew (2015) Semantic sentence similarity incorporating linguistic concepts. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Paddock, Katie (2015) The impact of the transition to a care home on residents' sense of identity. Doctoral thesis (PhD), University of Manchester.

Patel, Ajay (2015) The regulation and enforcement of nutrition and health claims for food. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Patel, Rajesh (2015) The role of reflective practice in educating about race, identity and difference. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Pattimore, Rhys Edward (2015) Mythic rhetoric: influence and manipulation in Milton's paradise lost and Pullman's his dark materials. Masters thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Pearson, Catherine (2015) The detection of new psychoactive substances using microfluidic devices. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Piasecki, Matthew John (2015) Motor unit characteristics in young and old skeletal muscle. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Rudman, Thomas Matthew (2015) Archives of defeat? A historical materialist analysis of the theological turn of Alain Badiou. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Richards, Michael (2015) Confessions of a community psychologist: the tale of a group of men challenging the perceptions of learning difficulties and health promotion. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Rosenburgh, Angus Ewan (2015) Restoration and recovery of Sphagnum on degraded blanket bog. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Routledge, Glenn James (2015) A critical evaluation of the law on same-sex marriage. Masters thesis (LLM), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Seidelmann, Lukas Josef Wilfried (2015) Atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharges for the surface modification of polypropylene. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Syngelaki, Argyro (2015) Screening for pregnancy complications at 11-13 weeks’ gestation. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Skritsovali, Konstantina (2015) Corporate social responsibility. A critical case study in the UK electricity industry. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Shaheen, Noshina (2015) The impact of dysfunctions in telomere capping on ageing and cellular senescence. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Smith, Jonathan (2015) Muscle and bone health in adult males with muscular dystrophy. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Sykes, Lewis Jeremy (2015) The augmented tonoscope towards a deeper understanding of the interplay between sound and image in visual music. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Stebbings, Georgina K. (2015) Genetics of skeletal muscle strength and its determinants in healthy, untrained males. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Shukur, Ali (2015) The influence of nanomaterial uptake on small arterial function. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Simpson, Lydia (2015) Managing customer/distributor relationships via e-business channels - evidence from a UK chemical manufacturer. Masters thesis (MSc), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Smith, Jamie P (2015) Forensic electrochemistry: developing electrochemical sensors for the detection of illicit compounds. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Spurr, Ashley (2015) Digital design for an ageing society. Masters thesis (MA), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Svenson, Lawrence Walter (2015) The evolving use of administrative health data for quantifying burden of illness. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Thomas, Richard Gough (2015) Scepticism and experience in the educational writing of William Godwin. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Talat, Usman (2015) An exploration of the workers emotional experience during organisational change: a qualitative study. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Tawat, Saleh (2015) Managing negative electronic word of mouth: a study of British hotels. Masters thesis (MPhil), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Teay, Siew Hon (2015) An autonomous and intelligent system for rotating machinery diagnostics. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Twine, Christine (2015) The use of trend forecasting in the product development process. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Twiss, James (2015) Modern psychometrics and the design and application of patient-reported outcome measures. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Valle, Simon (2015) Population viability and conservation of grey parrots psittacus erithacus on the island of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

van Ginkel, Sander Leonard (2015) The effect of exercise and ace inhibition on angiotensin II. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Wallace, SJ (2015) Developing Methods to Measure Sentence Severity and Assess Disparity in Sentencing in the Criminal Courts of England and Wales. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Lancaster University.

Wagner, Bernhard (2015) People like us? People like them? Contemporary media representations of social class. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Wagner, Karen Susan (2015) Diphtheria epidemiology in the UK and Europe. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Walsh, Vincent (2015) Developing a whole system approach to urban farming in an area of high deprivation. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Watson, Jennifer Ann (2015) Patient and professional perspectives on living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Wilson, Christine Sarah (2015) Imagery, mirror box therapy and action observation in stroke. Masters thesis (MPhil), Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Zhang, Zhengxiao (2015) Extraction optimization, structure modification and immunomodulatory activity in vitro for arabinoxylans from cereals. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.

Zagorianakos, Andonis (2015) The study of intuition as an objectifying act from a Husserlian perspective, in the cases of three prospective teachers of mathematics. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University.