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Enacting sport policy : towards a micropolitical and emotional understanding of community sports coaching work (2016)
Thesis
Ives, B. (2016). Enacting sport policy : towards a micropolitical and emotional understanding of community sports coaching work. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219198

State agencies in many Western nations have utilised sport and physical activity as a means of facilitating various sporting and non-sporting policy outcomes. Surprisingly, however, there remains a dearth of empirical research addressing the working... Read More about Enacting sport policy : towards a micropolitical and emotional understanding of community sports coaching work.

Newer imaging modalities to identify high-risk ambulatory patients with heart failure (2016)
Thesis
Pellicori, P. (2016). Newer imaging modalities to identify high-risk ambulatory patients with heart failure. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219080

The lack of widely accepted objective measures of cardiac dysfunction other than left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has hampered, and continues to hamper, clinical research in patients with heart failure (HF). Identifying patients at higher ri... Read More about Newer imaging modalities to identify high-risk ambulatory patients with heart failure.

Processing and patterning of metal organic frameworks and metal organic gels (2016)
Thesis
Akinola, T. O. (2016). Processing and patterning of metal organic frameworks and metal organic gels. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218967

Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs), due to their unique properties, have attracted significant research interest in diverse areas such as drug delivery, gas adsorption catalysis and bio-sensing. Although these materials have valuable attributes for futu... Read More about Processing and patterning of metal organic frameworks and metal organic gels.

Novel photochromic liquid crystals (2016)
Thesis
Hussey, J. (2016). Novel photochromic liquid crystals. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218747

The combination of photochromic units and liquid crystal mesogens has over the years been investigated intensively. However the focus of this work has been on very few photochromic groups. The overall aim of this work is to combine photochromic group... Read More about Novel photochromic liquid crystals.

Non-standard methodology in organic synthesis : mechanochemistry with macrocycles and sporopollenin (2016)
Thesis
Abdulwahaab, B. H. (2016). Non-standard methodology in organic synthesis : mechanochemistry with macrocycles and sporopollenin. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224065

Glyoxal-bridged bisaminal tetraazamacrocyclic derivatives of 1,4,7,10 tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen) and 1,4,8,11- tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) can be N-functionalized to incorporate coordinating groups or for conjugation to biomolecules. Herein... Read More about Non-standard methodology in organic synthesis : mechanochemistry with macrocycles and sporopollenin.

Development a portable system for monitoring chemicals pollutants in environmental river water samples (2016)
Thesis
Oiaidha, Z. O. (2016). Development a portable system for monitoring chemicals pollutants in environmental river water samples. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224046

Environmental pollution has become a serious problem around the world that influences all living organisms directly and indirectly. The growing world population is accompanied by developments in several fields including industry, agriculture and tech... Read More about Development a portable system for monitoring chemicals pollutants in environmental river water samples.

An investigation into how Web 2.0 technologies can be used to enhance the educational supervision of teachers (2016)
Thesis
Alghamdi, M. (2016). An investigation into how Web 2.0 technologies can be used to enhance the educational supervision of teachers. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220715

The concept of educational supervision has witnessed significant development in recent years and many studies in this field have demonstrated how computers and the internet have been employed in the process. However, the researcher has found no studi... Read More about An investigation into how Web 2.0 technologies can be used to enhance the educational supervision of teachers.

Radiation response of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using early markers of apoptosis and proliferation, utilising a microfluidic approach (2016)
Thesis
Srivastava, R. (2016). Radiation response of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using early markers of apoptosis and proliferation, utilising a microfluidic approach. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220297

Introduction The purpose of this study was to assess the response to irradiation of HNSCC tissue samples maintained in a microfluidic device, utilising early markers of apoptosis and proliferation. Materials and Methods Rat liver had initially b... Read More about Radiation response of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using early markers of apoptosis and proliferation, utilising a microfluidic approach.

Improving the management of change requests in construction of large building projects in Saudi Arabia (2016)
Thesis
Alsahly, F. F. M. (2016). Improving the management of change requests in construction of large building projects in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219707

One of the challenges faced by project managers is frequent change requests, which usually lead to changes in the scope of a project. Change has been said to be inevitable, and without change everything stagnates. However, ad hoc changes can be adver... Read More about Improving the management of change requests in construction of large building projects in Saudi Arabia.

Monte-Carlo simulations of Gunn diodes and hot-phonon effects in bulk semiconductors (2016)
Thesis
Appleyard, N. (2016). Monte-Carlo simulations of Gunn diodes and hot-phonon effects in bulk semiconductors. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219588

This thesis uses Monte Carlo simulations to investigate electron transport in GaAs, its ternary In0.₅₃Ga₀.₄₇As and GaN. Ensemble Monte Carlo methods are used to determine the effects of a non-equilibrium phonon distribution on the transport propertie... Read More about Monte-Carlo simulations of Gunn diodes and hot-phonon effects in bulk semiconductors.

Using external fields to control the behaviour of anisotropic particles at liquid interfaces (2016)
Thesis
Newton, B. J. (2016). Using external fields to control the behaviour of anisotropic particles at liquid interfaces. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219525

In this thesis we use analytical theory and high resolution finite element simulations (using the program ‘Surface Evolver’) to consider the influence of an external magnetic field on the orientation and self-assembly of rod-like magnetic particles.... Read More about Using external fields to control the behaviour of anisotropic particles at liquid interfaces.

Towards metal based anti-cancer agents : synthesis, structure, and biological studies (2016)
Thesis
Miller-Shakesby, D. M. (2016). Towards metal based anti-cancer agents : synthesis, structure, and biological studies. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219487

The most successful metal currently utilized in anti-cancer therapeutics is platinum. Despite its success though, cisplatin and other platinum derivatives have major limitations including high rates of drug resistance, a variety of side effects and a... Read More about Towards metal based anti-cancer agents : synthesis, structure, and biological studies.

Exploring entrepreneurial motivations and barriers : a study of female business owners in Pakistan (2016)
Thesis
Tariq, J. (2016). Exploring entrepreneurial motivations and barriers : a study of female business owners in Pakistan. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219447

Female entrepreneurship, with a focus on mothers is a relatively unexplored topic in the context of Pakistan, yet it is a significant growing theme of literature on female entrepreneurship in the western context (Ekinsmyth, 2013). This study seeks... Read More about Exploring entrepreneurial motivations and barriers : a study of female business owners in Pakistan.

A class act : class and taste in the work of Grayson Perry (2016)
Thesis
Walsh, S. J. (2016). A class act : class and taste in the work of Grayson Perry. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219438

[Summary]: Part One (Chapters 1- 3) discusses the theoretical and historical development of our ideas about class and the intersections of class and taste. Part Two (Chapters 4-8) focuses on Perry’s work. Chapter One explores the differing conceptio... Read More about A class act : class and taste in the work of Grayson Perry.

Classification of breast malignancy using optimised advanced diffusion-weighted imaging : and surgical planning for breast tumour resection using MR-guided focused ultrasound (2016)
Thesis
Purvis, N. L. (2016). Classification of breast malignancy using optimised advanced diffusion-weighted imaging : and surgical planning for breast tumour resection using MR-guided focused ultrasound. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219311

Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Imaging (IVIM) is a non-invasive MR-imaging technique that enables the measurement of cellularity and vascularity using diffusion-weighted (DW)-imaging. IVIM has been applied to various cancer types including breast cance... Read More about Classification of breast malignancy using optimised advanced diffusion-weighted imaging : and surgical planning for breast tumour resection using MR-guided focused ultrasound.

A cognitive approach to how children understand the concept of death as scientific knowledge (2016)
Thesis
Zamka, G. I. (2016). A cognitive approach to how children understand the concept of death as scientific knowledge. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218921

This study focuses on children’s cognitive understanding of the concept of death from a scientific perspective. The investigation is conducted through the sub-concepts of understanding death - irreversibility, inevitability, universality and non-func... Read More about A cognitive approach to how children understand the concept of death as scientific knowledge.

Fraudulent financial reporting : an application of fraud models to Malaysian public listed companies (2016)
Thesis
Mohamed Yusof, K. (2016). Fraudulent financial reporting : an application of fraud models to Malaysian public listed companies. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218892

There have been great concerns among stakeholders on how fraudulent financial reporting (FFR) can affect the reputation of public-listed companies (PLCs). The post Enron era has witnessed many FFR cases around the globe. FFR has impacted many countri... Read More about Fraudulent financial reporting : an application of fraud models to Malaysian public listed companies.

Bursa Malaysia index series revision effects on market microstructure (2016)
Thesis
Abd Karim, M. N. B. (2016). Bursa Malaysia index series revision effects on market microstructure. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218879

This thesis presents three interrelated empirical chapters on the Bursa Malaysia index series revisions effects on market microstructure. In the first empirical chapter, “The Effect of Changes in the Composition of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Indices on... Read More about Bursa Malaysia index series revision effects on market microstructure.