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Acceptance Of E-Mobility In India, Anja Marlen Buechler
Acceptance Of E-Mobility In India, Anja Marlen Buechler
Plymouth Business School Theses
India signed in 2015 the historic Paris climate agreement together with more than 170 nations in order to fight against global warming and to reduce CO2-emissions in order to control global warming caused by greenhouse effect. The transportation sector was in 2021 the second biggest source of CO2-emissions worldwide. Decarbonising this sector will have a major effect on the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. That is the reason why this sector will be challenged by the pressure through politics and legal demands for CO2-neutral and emission free vehicles. India is also facing those challenges. At the Glasgow Climate Change Conference in …
Cooperation And Collective Action And Its Prospect To Collective Intelligence In Global German Companies, Kujtime Ademi
Cooperation And Collective Action And Its Prospect To Collective Intelligence In Global German Companies, Kujtime Ademi
Plymouth Business School Theses
Contemporary business organisations face a fierce struggle to survive in a global economic environment which is increasingly characterised by rapid change and transitions. Against the backdrop of such burgeoning competition, corporations are confronted with diminishing innovation, rising customer expectations as well as a workforce distributed across the globe. These factors converge to create a pressing need for companies to organise effective application of employees’ knowledge, skills and experiences. As the changes within the global environment constrain the ability of organisations to adapt to these transitions, they must seek recourse to mechanisms that enable them to proactively tackle economic and social …
The Perceived Value Co-Creation And The Degree Of Value Co-Creation Of Chinese Senior Travellers: A Case Study In Guizhou Province (China), Yu Lei
Plymouth Business School Theses
Gifted with the reality that the number of aged people has been growing at a high rate of speed from year to year, China has great potential to benefit from the development of senior tourism. Besides, value co-creation has become a more and more attractive research topic in tourism context. However, although previous research (including both English and Chinese literature) has paid considerable attention to value co-creation, few studies have focused on senior travellers’ attitudes on value co-creation in tourism industry. As mentioned above, since more and more Chinese seniors show great interest in tourism-related activities, especially in the post …
The Development Of A Maturity Model To Assess Supplier Relationship Management (Srm) Performance In The Egyptian Food Processing Sector, Lobna Hafez
Plymouth Business School Theses
The food processing sector is one of the most important industrial sectors in Egypt. The sector, however, faces various challenges arising from the local supply side, leading to the inconsistent quality of inputs. This could be traced to poor cultivation practices, low quality and unavailability of inputs, lack of quality assurance and quality control and limited skills. Supplier relationship management (SRM) can provide a solution to these challenges. If buying firms worked on improving their relationship with suppliers, mutual benefits could be achieved. For this reason, this research focuses on developing a maturity model to assess the level of SRM …
An Investigation Of Organic Dining Behaviour In Restaurants At Three Selected Cities In The Uk: A Holistic Approach, Lokman Dinc
An Investigation Of Organic Dining Behaviour In Restaurants At Three Selected Cities In The Uk: A Holistic Approach, Lokman Dinc
Plymouth Business School Theses
An Investigation of Organic Dining Behaviour In Restaurants At three selected cities in the UK : A Holistic Approach Lokman Dinc Abstract The organic food market has experienced significant growth in recent decades all over the world. Within the context of the UK, a remarkable rise can be seen considering the recent popularisation of organic food products. UK diners are becoming increasingly conscious about what they eat, while several reasons such as health and environmental concerns shape diners’ organic food consumption. With these trends in mind, the aim of this research is to develop a holistic understanding of organic dining …
An Empirical Study Of Crowd Dynamics And Managing Safety At Events, Kristin Finn
An Empirical Study Of Crowd Dynamics And Managing Safety At Events, Kristin Finn
Plymouth Business School Theses
The UK live events market has long been considered to be a growth sector. Given the range of challenges linked to event crowd safety felt by the industry in recent years, and despite recent setbacks associated with new safety measures and public uncertainty following the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, event organisers remain optimistic about the future. Many authors have studied crowd dynamics and safety planning in recent years, but often the emphasis has been one of objective observation and expert opinion. The outcomes of this thesis are timely as it aimed to investigate attitudinal differences among event …
Awareness Of Social Care Needs In People With Epilepsy And Intellectual Disability, A. Gabrielsson, S. Tromans, H. Newman, P. Triantafyllopoulou, A. Hassiotis, P. Bassett, L. Watkins, I. Sawhney, M. Cooper, L. Griffiths, A. Pullen, A. Roy, H. Angus-Leppan, Rh Thomas, M. Kinney, P. Tittensor, R. Shankar
Awareness Of Social Care Needs In People With Epilepsy And Intellectual Disability, A. Gabrielsson, S. Tromans, H. Newman, P. Triantafyllopoulou, A. Hassiotis, P. Bassett, L. Watkins, I. Sawhney, M. Cooper, L. Griffiths, A. Pullen, A. Roy, H. Angus-Leppan, Rh Thomas, M. Kinney, P. Tittensor, R. Shankar
Peninsula Medical School
Background: Nearly a quarter of people with intellectual disability (ID) have epilepsy with large numbers experiencing drug-resistant epilepsy, and premature mortality. To mitigate epilepsy risks the environment and social care needs, particularly in professional care settings, need to be met. Purpose: To compare professional care groups as regards their subjective confidence and perceived responsibility when managing the need of people with ID and epilepsy. Method: A multi-agency expert panel developed a questionnaire with embedded case vignettes with quantitative and qualitative elements to understand training and confidence in the health and social determinants of people with ID and epilepsy. The cross-sectional …
Poo Matters! A Scoping Review Of Impact Of Constipation On Epilepsy, Alexandra Gabrielsson, Samuel Tromans, Lance Watkins, Lisa Burrows, Richard Laugharne, Rohit Shankar
Poo Matters! A Scoping Review Of Impact Of Constipation On Epilepsy, Alexandra Gabrielsson, Samuel Tromans, Lance Watkins, Lisa Burrows, Richard Laugharne, Rohit Shankar
Peninsula Medical School
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder which frequently presents with co-morbid physical health conditions, including constipation. However, the nature of the relationship between the two conditions has not been well defined. AIM: To quantify constipation's relationship with epilepsy and anti-seizure medication (ASM). METHOD: A scoping review registered on PROSPERO (CRD42022320079) with suitable search terms was conducted and reported in accordance with PRISMA guidance. CINAHL, Embase, PsycInfo and MEDLINE electronic databases were searched by an information specialist. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tools alongside the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (OCEBM) levels of evidence were used to …
How To … Define Clinical Education Research Terminology: A Glossary, Gabrielle M. Finn, Ben Charmer, Oliver E. Burton, Aqua Asif, Matthew H.V. Byrne, Nicola Brennan, Megan E.L. Brown
How To … Define Clinical Education Research Terminology: A Glossary, Gabrielle M. Finn, Ben Charmer, Oliver E. Burton, Aqua Asif, Matthew H.V. Byrne, Nicola Brennan, Megan E.L. Brown
Peninsula Medical School
Clinical education research (ClinEdR) utilises diverse terminology, which can lead to confusion. A common language is essential for enhancing impact. An expert panel drawn from various workstreams within the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Incubator for Clinical Education Research was tasked with reviewing an initial list of terms for the development of a glossary of terms in the field of ClinEdR. The glossary was populated with terms, definitions and foundational papers by the authors and peer-reviewed for accuracy. The glossary of terms developed for ClinEdR should enable researchers to use a common language, promoting consistency and improving …
Guiding Principles For Effective Collaborative Implementation Strategies For Multisite Hospital Improvement Initiatives: A Mixed-Method Realist Evaluation Of Collaborative Strategies Used In Four Multisite Initiatives At Public Hospitals In New South Wales, Australia, Janet C. Long, Mitchell N. Sarkies, Emilie Francis-Auton, Natalie Roberts, Rebecca Hardwick, Hoa Mi Nguyen, Jean Frederic Levesque, Diane E. Watson, Johanna Westbrook, Peter D. Hibbert, Frances Rapport, Jeffrey Braithwaite
Guiding Principles For Effective Collaborative Implementation Strategies For Multisite Hospital Improvement Initiatives: A Mixed-Method Realist Evaluation Of Collaborative Strategies Used In Four Multisite Initiatives At Public Hospitals In New South Wales, Australia, Janet C. Long, Mitchell N. Sarkies, Emilie Francis-Auton, Natalie Roberts, Rebecca Hardwick, Hoa Mi Nguyen, Jean Frederic Levesque, Diane E. Watson, Johanna Westbrook, Peter D. Hibbert, Frances Rapport, Jeffrey Braithwaite
Peninsula Medical School
Objective Large-scale, multisite hospital improvement initiatives can advance high-quality care for patients. Implementation support is key to adoption of change in this context. Strategies that foster collaboration within local teams, across sites and between initiative developers and users are important. However not all implementation strategies are successful in all settings, sometimes realising poor or unintended outcomes. Our objective here is to develop guiding principles for effective collaborative implementation strategies for multi-site hospital initiatives. Design Mixed-method realist evaluation. Realist studies aim to examine the underlying theories that explain differing outcomes, identifying mechanisms and contextual factors that may trigger them. Setting We …
Effects Of Preservation By Ethanol On Δ13c And Δ15n Of Three Tissues Of The Critically Endangered European Eel Anguilla Anguilla, Rose M. Boardman, Adrian C. Pinder, Adam T. Piper, Catherine Gutmann Roberts, Rosalind M. Wright, John Robert Britton
Effects Of Preservation By Ethanol On Δ13c And Δ15n Of Three Tissues Of The Critically Endangered European Eel Anguilla Anguilla, Rose M. Boardman, Adrian C. Pinder, Adam T. Piper, Catherine Gutmann Roberts, Rosalind M. Wright, John Robert Britton
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
The temporal effects of ethanol preservation on the δ13C and δ15N values of tissues excised from European eel Anguilla anguilla were assessed. Preservation significantly enriched 13C values of fin and mucus but not dorsal muscle. The 13C enrichment occurred in the initial 15 days of preservation and was independent of initial eel mass. Tissue preservation effects on δ15N values were negligible. These tissue-specific isotopic shifts should be considered when ethanol-preserved eel samples are used.
Quality-Of-Things Based Machine Learning For The Miot Applications, Shaymaa Al-Juboori, Ali H. Husseen Al-Nuaimi, Amulya Karaadi, Is Haka Mkwawa, Jianwu Zhang, Lingfen Sun
Quality-Of-Things Based Machine Learning For The Miot Applications, Shaymaa Al-Juboori, Ali H. Husseen Al-Nuaimi, Amulya Karaadi, Is Haka Mkwawa, Jianwu Zhang, Lingfen Sun
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Enhancing the Quality of Things (QoT) is urgently needed given the rapid evolution of the Multimedia Internet of Things (MIoT). One of the challenges with MIoT is Acceptable QoT. Achieving AQoT can optimize bandwidth and storage at a level that will satisfy MIoT application’s minimal requirements. Intelligent systems using Machine Learning (ML) techniques can improve the performance of MIoT applications by keeping the minimum requirements of the resources which are necessary to maintain AQoT. The aim of this study is to develop a MIoT system based on ML to provide high performance with an acceptable QoT. The Gaussian-Naive Bayes, Fine …
Testing The Adequacy Of Formal Models Of An Irrational Learning Effect, Lenard Dome
Testing The Adequacy Of Formal Models Of An Irrational Learning Effect, Lenard Dome
School of Psychology Theses
The inverse base-rate effect (IBRE) is an irrational phenomenon in predictive learning characterized by as a preference for rare, unlikely outcomes in the face of ambiguity. This thesis investigates the adequacy of formal explanations for this puzzling phenomenon. In the first project, I will focus on mechanisms of learning that mathematical models posit underlie this preference. A class of attentional explanation produces a counter-intuitive prediction: the effect disappears under concurrent load. I confirm the prediction, but only when participants were under an obvious time constraint -- irrationality reduces under increased task demands. This suggests that multiple learning mechanisms operate independently …
An Analysis Of The Iranian Post-Earthquake Management And Structural Assessment System, Nirvan Razaghi-Kashani
An Analysis Of The Iranian Post-Earthquake Management And Structural Assessment System, Nirvan Razaghi-Kashani
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
This thesis investigated the theory and practice of structural assessment, as a component in a more extensive post-earthquake disaster management system. The research focused on Iran as a case study, and in particular the capital city of Iran (Tehran). This study aimed overview of the system used for post-earthquake disaster management and structural assessment in Tehran. This thesis examined three specific sub-components of the system, namely: The Earthquake Information Management System (EIMS), seismic hazard education programs, and initiatives to engage communities in the disaster management process. A blended phenomenological and ethnographic approach provided the basis for the analysis of collected …
Adaptive Cybersecurity Training Framework For Social Media Risks, Fai Ben Salamah
Adaptive Cybersecurity Training Framework For Social Media Risks, Fai Ben Salamah
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
Social media has become embedded in our everyday lives, personal activities, and the workplace. Thus, educating users on emerging cybersecurity challenges for social media has become imperative. In this project, a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted and a mix of approach analyses to derive a framework that identifies the activities involved in adapting cybersecurity training for social media risks. I collected answers from 641 Kuwaiti employees in various sectors: education, healthcare, leadership and management, arts, entertainment, the police, and military, and interviewed 25 people who serve as policymakers, cybersecurity trainers, and those who have experienced cybersecurity training before. The …
A Platform As A Service Framework For Ambient Assisted Living Services, Hendrik Dr. Kuijs
A Platform As A Service Framework For Ambient Assisted Living Services, Hendrik Dr. Kuijs
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
The primary objective of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technology is to provide aid and assistance to individuals, particularly the elderly, in maintaining their independence and residing in their own homes and their known environment for an extended duration. AAL technology is becoming increasingly important due to the continuous decrease of birth-rate and increasing life expectancy, leading to a shrinking proportion of younger population in developed countries. This research proposes a cloud-based platform as a service (PaaS) for AAL that enables service providers to deliver services without the need for the user to invest in expensive technical equipment in advance, thus …
The Application Of Data Analytics Technologies For The Predictive Maintenance Of Industrial Facilities In Internet Of Things (Iot) Environments, Thomas Rieger
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
In industrial production environments, the maintenance of equipment has a decisive influence on costs and on the plannability of production capacities. In particular, unplanned failures during production times cause high costs, unplanned downtimes and possibly additional collateral damage. Predictive Maintenance starts here and tries to predict a possible failure and its cause so early that its prevention can be prepared and carried out in time. In order to be able to predict malfunctions and failures, the industrial plant with its characteristics, as well as wear and ageing processes, must be modelled. Such modelling can be done by replicating its physical …
Investigation Of Expanding Diffuser Based Wind Generation System For Use In Scaled Hydrodynamic Testing Of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Jessica Guichard
Investigation Of Expanding Diffuser Based Wind Generation System For Use In Scaled Hydrodynamic Testing Of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Jessica Guichard
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
Floating offshore wind turbines present a great potential for harnessing the power of offshore wind and meeting future energy demands. Though some floating offshore wind farms have already been commissioned, research on floating offshore wind turbine platforms needs to be pursued, in particular for the purpose of cost reduction. In this context, the ability to conduct scaled hydrodynamic testing of floating offshore wind turbine platforms is an important advantage for a wave tank. The COAST Laboratory of the University of Plymouth aims to provide this possibility. The wave tank being built before the decision to add a wind generation system …
Bond Behaviour Between Carbon Fibre Strand And Mortar Under Marine Environment, Jie Ji
Bond Behaviour Between Carbon Fibre Strand And Mortar Under Marine Environment, Jie Ji
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
Owing to the steel corrosion in traditional steel reinforced concrete structures exposed to marine environment, the present study explores carbon fibre textile reinforced mortar (TRM) as the alternative construction material. Moreover, sea sand and seawater can be used in casting mortar in this study, because carbon fibre is non-corrosive. Focusing on the long-term bond degradation at the interface between the carbon fibre strand (CFS) and mortar in carbon fibre TRM under marine environments, experimental and numerical investigations have been carried out by using single CFS-reinforced mortar (CFSRM) specimens. Interfacial debonding is one of the key failure modes in TRM, due …
Modelling Of Chloride Transport In Concrete, Lixuan Mao
Modelling Of Chloride Transport In Concrete, Lixuan Mao
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
Chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcing steel has been recognized as the primary factor in degrading the durability of reinforced concrete structures exposed to chloride-rich environments. This research aims to investigate the underlying mechanisms of ionic transport behaviors in both natural and recycled aggregate concrete and to develop accurate and reliable prediction models to estimate the chloride transport processes during diffusion and migration tests. Based on the understanding of ionic diffusion, electromigration, polarization, and physicochemical reactions, several numerical and analytical models for chloride penetration in heterogenous concrete are proposed. Firstly, Poisson, Laplace, and current conservation models are developed based on Gauss’s law …
Single-System And Dual-Process Accounts Of Explicit And Implicit Memory, Rory Wilfrid Spanton
Single-System And Dual-Process Accounts Of Explicit And Implicit Memory, Rory Wilfrid Spanton
School of Psychology Theses
While some expressions of memory are accompanied by conscious awareness, others do not elicit this awareness yet still impact task performance. Theorists have long questioned whether these explicit and implicit forms of memory are governed by separate cognitive systems or a single system. There is much behavioural evidence for multiple-systems and dual-process accounts, mainly focusing on studies of recognition memory and long-term repetition priming. However, experimental results and mathematical modelling have shown the ability of a single-system account to explain the relationship between various forms of explicit and implicit memory. This thesis uses behavioural experiments and mathematical modelling to further …
Graphene-Based Biosensors For Quantitative Characterisation Of Dna Methylation, Mina Safarzadeh
Graphene-Based Biosensors For Quantitative Characterisation Of Dna Methylation, Mina Safarzadeh
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
DNA methylation is associated with various diseases including cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative disorders, making it a potential biomarker to diagnose and prognose these diseases. Hence, a tool to detect and quantify DNA methylation can be valuable to improve clinical tests. In this thesis, we report two different biosensors for the detection and quantification of methylated tumour suppressor gene, O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), which is a potential biomarker for brain tumours and breast cancer. Both of the reported biosensors in this thesis are based on screen-printed reduced graphene oxide electrodes (rGO SPEs) and are electrochemical biosensors. In the Ab/ssDNA biosensor the …
Phenomenology From Lattice Field Theory Simulations, Gaurav Sinha Ray
Phenomenology From Lattice Field Theory Simulations, Gaurav Sinha Ray
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
Lattice QCD is a well-established ab initio probe of the Strong interaction in the low energy nonperturbative regime. As a systematically improvable numerical tool it has proven an effective means of validating the Standard Model against observations from particle physics experiments. In this thesis two topics of phenomenological importance are studied on lattices generated with the Nf = 2+1+1 Highly Improved Staggered Quark action, the spectroscopy of hybrid charmonium mesons, and the hadronic vacuum polarisation. Chapters 1 and 2 serve as a brief introduction to the lattice and provide the relevant background on the theoretical concepts. Basic ingredients such as …
Optimizing Flow Routing Using Network Performance Analysis, Muna Al-Saadi
Optimizing Flow Routing Using Network Performance Analysis, Muna Al-Saadi
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
The main task of a network is to hold and transfer data between its nodes. To achieve this task, the network needs to find the optimal route for data to travel by employing a particular routing system. This system has a specific job that examines each possible path for data and chooses the suitable one and transmit the data packets where it needs to go as fast as possible. In addition, it contributes to enhance the performance of network as optimal routing algorithm helps to run network efficiently. The clear performance advantage that provides by routing procedures is the faster …
Immersive Multidimensional Data Visualisation Using Geon Based Objects, Marius Varga
Immersive Multidimensional Data Visualisation Using Geon Based Objects, Marius Varga
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses
In an ever-expanding technologically driven society large amounts of data are being generated daily. The sheer volume of data is becoming a challenge to understand or use in the decision-making process. This is not only limited to businesses, politicians or scientists but it is becoming more relevant to the general public as well. The data has become a commodity, but its value is closely tied to our ability, as data owners, to extract meaning from it. Typically, the process is complex and mainly reserved for proficient data scientists who are familiar with the process of extracting information and the specialised …
Shanshuihua: ‘Mountain-Water-Painting’ For An Ecological Age, Lei Liu
Shanshuihua: ‘Mountain-Water-Painting’ For An Ecological Age, Lei Liu
School of Art, Design and Architecture Theses
This practice-led research project appraises the tradition of shanshuihua, or ‘mountain-water painting’, within broader traditions of Chinese ink painting, or shuimohua, and, through links with ancient Chinese philosophies, considers its continuing relevance to contemporary painting, and modern ecological themes, both in China and beyond. The research initially assesses historical connections between ink painting and the fundamental philosophies of Chinese history and culture, namely Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and maps certain connections to the development of shanshuihua. Through a series of interviews with contemporary Chinese artists, the project investigates whether the influence of these philosophic traditions have a continuing significance to …
Assessing The Efficacy Of A Novel Galactooligosaccharide To Promote Fish Health And Robustness, Lucy May Sykes
Assessing The Efficacy Of A Novel Galactooligosaccharide To Promote Fish Health And Robustness, Lucy May Sykes
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
Aquaculture has been steadily increasing global production; however, there remains a progressively greater demand for sustainable sources of protein, whilst the prevalence of disease represents a major constraint to industry growth. Feed additives are gaining traction as useful tools to help combat disease and promote health, and previous research has documented benefits to the mucosal surfaces and microbial communities within a range of teleost species. Three experimental in vivo feeding trials were undertaken using a range of in-depth analyses, such as growth performance, haematology, immunology, intestinal histology, intestinal gene expression and intestinal bacterial 16S rRNA sequence libraries. Studies were conducted …
The Role Of Circadian Entrainment In Rice Blast Disease, Ciaran Griffin
The Role Of Circadian Entrainment In Rice Blast Disease, Ciaran Griffin
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
A circadian clock is present in some capacity in almost all forms of life, and is useful for a wide array of traits, but crucially allows organisms to predict future conditions and adapt their behaviour to synchronise with, and thrive under, their dynamic environment. Accordingly, plant environmental stress responses are gated in a circadian manner, including that for pathogenic defence and immunity. Comparatively less work has been carried out on the plant pathogens, but there are increasing reports of pathogens capable of rhythmically altering their behaviour and virulence-related traits. Magnaporthe oryzae, the fungal pathogen responsible for the destruction of enough …
Towards The Validation Of Novel Cognitive And Physiological Indicators Of Affective State In Horses (Equus Caballus), Sarah Kappel
Towards The Validation Of Novel Cognitive And Physiological Indicators Of Affective State In Horses (Equus Caballus), Sarah Kappel
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
Assessing animal emotions reliably is crucial for making accurate decisions about animal welfare, but subjective affective (emotional) states are inaccessible for direct measurement. We know that negative affect modulates attention in humans and some animals. The overarching aim of this thesis is to investigate if the preferential attention allocation towards certain information (i.e. attention bias, AB) could be a potential proxy measure of affective valence in horses. First, I provide an overview of the theoretical background to attention and AB by reviewing the literature on AB in humans and animals (Chapter 2). I examine which methodological aspects need consideration when …
Does Connectivity With Nature Alter Consumer Behaviour? Linking Ocean Connectedness And Consumer Views On Single-Use Packaging, Sohvi Katariina Nuojua
Does Connectivity With Nature Alter Consumer Behaviour? Linking Ocean Connectedness And Consumer Views On Single-Use Packaging, Sohvi Katariina Nuojua
School of Biological and Marine Sciences Theses
Single-use packaging items constitute a large proportion of the plastic litter found in the marine environment. Consumer behaviour is a key contributor to the accumulation of this pollution in the environment. This thesis outlines correlational and experimental research on consumer responses to environmentally relevant qualities of single-use packaging. Furthermore, it considers a novel concept of ocean connectedness as a psychological moderator of consumer response. Studies 1 and 2 investigated consumer responses to recyclability of packaging as well as its raw material (plastic, glass, carton and aluminium) in undergraduate students and in a broader UK public sample. Ocean connectedness was assessed …