Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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The Dynamics of Islam and Modernity in Tajikistan: Contemporary Ismaili Discourse
(University of ExeterInstitute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 2014-04-24)This thesis examines the contemporary religious renewal and discourse on modernity of the Shi‘a Imami Ismaili Muslims of Nizari branch (hereinafter Ismaili) in post-Soviet Tajikistan. These developments are set against ... -
Dynamics of Stratospheric Sudden Warming Events: Data Analysis and Modelling
(University of ExeterMathematics, 2014-05-14)The polar vortex is a large scale cyclone located in the middle atmosphere near to the planet’s geographic poles. These vortices form during the hemispheric winter and break down in the spring of the following year. They ... -
The Dynamics of Voting Behaviour in the Post-2004 European Parliament
(University of ExeterPolitics, 2012-11-12)The European Parliament offers a unique setting for studying the behaviour of elected representatives and the way they interpret their mandate. In contrast to national legislatures, where legislators face domestic geographical ... -
Dyslexia assessment practice within the UK higher education sector: Assessor, lecturer and student perspectives
(University of ExeterEducation, 2016-02-24)The formal assessment of dyslexia within the UK higher education sector is a relatively recent practice. The extant literature that there is reflects this historical observation. Missing from this body of literature, though, ... -
Early development and the honesty of aposematic signals in a poison frog
(University of ExeterBiosciences, 2012-11-12)The causes and consequences of variation in aposematic signals during immature stages are not clearly understood. This thesis explores the effects of early environment on the expression of aposematic signals in the green ... -
Early Development of Foreign Direct Investment in the Travel Trade Industry of China: 1998 to 2007
(University of ExeterThe Business School, 2010-08-31)This research aims to investigate the development approaches, operational experiences, and market influences of foreign invested travel service (FITS) companies, including travel agencies and tour operators, in China in ... -
Early Girls’ Marriage in Tajikistan: Causes and Continuity
(University of ExeterSociology, 2014-12-29)Although there is little official data, early girls’ marriage before the age of 18 appears to have increased in Tajikistan over recent years, due to the limited socio-economic opportunities. This study aimed to explore ... -
Early Muslim Traditionalism: A Critical Study of the Works and Political Theology of Ahmad Ibn Hanbal
(University of ExeterThe College of Social Sciences and International Studies, 2011-09-28)The political theology of AÎmad Ibn Íanbal (d. 241/855( is analysed through comprehensive examination of the authenticity of theological and juridical books attributed to him. The eponym of the ÍanbalÐ school (madhhab) of ... -
The early Seleucids, their gods and their coins
(University of ExeterDepartment of Classics and Ancient History, 2009-12-14)This thesis argues that the iconography on Seleucid coins was created in order to appeal to the various ethnic groups within the empire and thereby reinforced the legitimacy of the dynasty. It first examines the iconography ... -
Early stage drug discovery screening for novel compounds active against the persister phenotype in Burkholderia thailandensis.
(University of ExeterCollege of Life and Environmental Studies, 2016-04-04)Many pathogenic microorganisms are believed to stochastically switch into low metabolic states that display resistance to supra-lethal levels of antibiotics. These so-called “persister” cells have been associated with ... -
Early Warning Signals of Environmental Tipping Points
(University of ExeterGeography, 2015-06-26)This thesis examines how early warning signals perform when tested on climate systems thought to exhibit future tipping point behaviour. A tipping point in a dynamical system is a large and sudden change to the state of ... -
Early-warning indicators for tipping points
(University of ExeterCollege of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, 2016-06-30)The term ‘tipping event’ is used to describe a certain class of phenomena as observed in many different fields of science. It refers to an event where a gradual change of external forcing causes a sudden, large, often ... -
Echoes of the Fall of the Umayyads in Traditional and Modern Sources: A Case Study of the Final Eight Years of the Umayyad Empire with Some Reference to Gramsci’s Theory of Cultural Hegemony
(University of ExeterInstitute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 2015-11-30)The prolonged decline of the Umayyads is among the most intriguing episodes in Muslim history, and has generated a lasting impact on subsequent Muslim socio-political and religious thinking. The early sources for the Umayyad ... -
Eco-efficient friction materials
(University of ExeterEngineering, 2008-08-08)Automotive friction materials are multi component composites in which fibrous materials play a fundamental role. Modern friction formulations have been developed around asbestos fibres, a heavily used material before ... -
Eco-Fiction: Bringing Climate Change into the Imagination
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2016-06-24)As a global population, inclusive of humans, fauna, and flora, we are each subject, though disproportionality, to the risks associated with our planet’s changing climate. These changes are largely caused by our unabated ... -
Ecological and anthropogenic constraints on waterbirds of the Forth Estuary: population and behavioural responses to disturbance
(University of ExeterBiosciences, 2010-06-04)Disturbance from engineering works is an increasing problem in terrestrial and marine ecosystems throughout the world. Many reported declines in population size, breeding success and body condition have been diagnosed as ... -
Ecological and evolutionary implications of shapes during population expansion
(University of ExeterCentre for Ecology and Conservation, 2015-01-09)The spatial spread of populations is one of the most visible and fundamental processes in population and community ecology. Due to the potential negative impacts of spatial spread of invasive populations, there has been ... -
An Ecological Approach to Educational Technology: Affordance as a Design Tool for Aligning Pedagogy and Technology
(University of ExeterEducation, 2014-12-15)Digital technologies have for many years been acclaimed as tools that hold the power to transform learning, yet educational research has so far failed to demonstrate the transformative effects of these digital technologies ... -
The Ecological Body
(University of ExeterArts, Languages and Literatures, 2008-07-01)This thesis examines an approach to movement education that I call Move into Life. This praxis is interrogated here through a set of ecological principles and tools. I discuss how this approach opens up our normative ... -
Ecological conditions leading to the seep of antibiotic resistance genes in the model-type bacterium Escherichia coli
(University of ExeterCollege of Life and Environmental SciencesBiosciences, 2015-09-14)In antibiotic therapy design, conventional wisdom holds that higher antibiotic dosages always leads to the observation of fewer bacterial cells, resulting in a monotonic decay in cell number as a function of increasing ...