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Exploring the barriers to compassion for postpartum mothers and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Thesis
Cackett, H. Exploring the barriers to compassion for postpartum mothers and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224421

This portfolio thesis comprises of three parts:
Part One: Systematic Literature Review
The systematic literature review explored the psychological experiences of postpartum mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A systematic search of 5 electronic d... Read More about Exploring the barriers to compassion for postpartum mothers and their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investigating modularity and transparency within bioinspired connectionist architectures using genetic and epigenetic models (2022)
Thesis
Lacey, G. A. Investigating modularity and transparency within bioinspired connectionist architectures using genetic and epigenetic models. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224286

Machine learning algorithms allow computers to deal with incomplete data in tasks such as speech recognition and object detection. Some machine learning algorithms take inspiration from biological systems due to useful properties such as robustness,... Read More about Investigating modularity and transparency within bioinspired connectionist architectures using genetic and epigenetic models.

An investigation into practices and determinants of the circular economy in the food by-product management using multiple case research design (2022)
Thesis
Do, N. Q. An investigation into practices and determinants of the circular economy in the food by-product management using multiple case research design. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224255

Food waste is one of the biggest global challenges in our modern time due to its serious environmental, economic, social and ethical implications. There is a pressing concern to address this challenge globally, which prompts governments, industries a... Read More about An investigation into practices and determinants of the circular economy in the food by-product management using multiple case research design.

Ecological Responses to Climate Change: Using the Common Ragworm (Hediste diversicolor) as an Indicator for Benthic Ecosystems (2022)
Thesis
James, J. Ecological Responses to Climate Change: Using the Common Ragworm (Hediste diversicolor) as an Indicator for Benthic Ecosystems. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4192688

Climate change is projected to have a negative impact on biodiversity over the next century. Similar drivers of change have been observed in the geological past and were also associated with loss of species, particularly in the marine environment. Th... Read More about Ecological Responses to Climate Change: Using the Common Ragworm (Hediste diversicolor) as an Indicator for Benthic Ecosystems.

Identity and the Prosecution of Interpersonal Violence in Late Medieval Yorkshire, 1340-85 (2022)
Thesis
Brown, S. (2022). Identity and the Prosecution of Interpersonal Violence in Late Medieval Yorkshire, 1340-85. (Thesis). University of Cambridge. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4920031

There has been a strong historiographical focus on quantifying medieval crime and profiling criminals. This methodology has often resulted in a failure to consider the intersection between the law and social attitudes. This current investigation is i... Read More about Identity and the Prosecution of Interpersonal Violence in Late Medieval Yorkshire, 1340-85.

The detection and assessment of malnutrition, sarcopenia and cachexia, in older adults with cancer (2022)
Thesis
Bullock, A. F. The detection and assessment of malnutrition, sarcopenia and cachexia, in older adults with cancer. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4484119

Background: Older adults with cancer are a complex and growing population requiring tailored care to achieve optimum treatment outcomes. However, their care is complicated by underrecognised
and under-treated nutrition-related wasting disorders: mal... Read More about The detection and assessment of malnutrition, sarcopenia and cachexia, in older adults with cancer.

A case study of collaborative learning among preparatory year students and their teachers at Hail University in Saudi Arabia (2022)
Thesis
Alali, F. A case study of collaborative learning among preparatory year students and their teachers at Hail University in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4302369

The concept of collaborative learning (CL) relates to the educational use of small groups, in which students work together to maximise their learning and to teach and learn from each other as much as possible, after receiving guidelines and instructi... Read More about A case study of collaborative learning among preparatory year students and their teachers at Hail University in Saudi Arabia.

A Review Of The Combined Stress From PH And Microplastic Derived Odours On The Carcinus Maenas Olfactory Capacity (2022)
Thesis
Ohnstad, H. A Review Of The Combined Stress From PH And Microplastic Derived Odours On The Carcinus Maenas Olfactory Capacity. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4297845

In recent years, a large amount of research has been done on climate change, which predicts ocean acidification (OA) will end up causing a significant drop in the pH of the oceans by the end of the 21st century. Research carried out looking at pH red... Read More about A Review Of The Combined Stress From PH And Microplastic Derived Odours On The Carcinus Maenas Olfactory Capacity.

Dwarf galaxies with AGN and their environments in observations and simulations (2022)
Thesis
Kristensen, M. T. Dwarf galaxies with AGN and their environments in observations and simulations. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224649

This thesis is a study of dwarf galaxies with active galactic nucleis (AGN) characteristics, their environments, and identification of them in both observations and simulations. More specifically, it attempts to answer the questions of what environme... Read More about Dwarf galaxies with AGN and their environments in observations and simulations.

A whole school approach to understanding complex developmental trauma (2022)
Thesis
Mears, J. A whole school approach to understanding complex developmental trauma. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224429

This portfolio thesis consists of three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical report and supporting appendices.
Part one is a systematic literature review exploring looked after children’s psychological experiences of education across... Read More about A whole school approach to understanding complex developmental trauma.

Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising. (2022)
Thesis
Kruglanski, A. J. Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4873566

The Wild Yeast Economies research project explored alternative forms of organising through a culinary metaphor. The question I asked is whether there could be recipes for alternative forms of organising, the kinds created by activists in hopeful aspi... Read More about Wild Yeast Economies :Control and spontaneity in alternative forms of organising..

How Does a Population Residing in a UK Town Perceive Hospice Care Provision? A Qualitative Study of Milton Keynes and its Hospice (2022)
Thesis
Bayley, Z. How Does a Population Residing in a UK Town Perceive Hospice Care Provision? A Qualitative Study of Milton Keynes and its Hospice. (Thesis). https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4291068

Hospice care in the UK is a complex service delivered through different streams of provision, managed and funded by independent charities within specific geographical catchment areas. These different service providers provide their own forms of care... Read More about How Does a Population Residing in a UK Town Perceive Hospice Care Provision? A Qualitative Study of Milton Keynes and its Hospice.

Anisotropic particles at liquid interfaces (2022)
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Morgan, S. O. Anisotropic particles at liquid interfaces. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224664

In this thesis we study the adsorption dynamics and self-assembly of anisotropic particles at a liquid-liquid interface. Firstly, we couple a Langevin dynamics model with the high-resolution finite element analysis software package Surface Evolver, w... Read More about Anisotropic particles at liquid interfaces.

Experience(s) of spiritual capital : towards a process perspective on embodiment and enculturation (2022)
Thesis
Cross, S. Experience(s) of spiritual capital : towards a process perspective on embodiment and enculturation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224474

This project interrogates notions of spiritual through a lens of process theology and asks how it might be developed. The project offers a practical theology which draws from Bourdieu’s theory of practise to conceive of spiritual capital as necessary... Read More about Experience(s) of spiritual capital : towards a process perspective on embodiment and enculturation.

Identification of the molecular pathways involved in paediatric and adult acute myeloid leukaemia (2022)
Thesis
Brown, E. Identification of the molecular pathways involved in paediatric and adult acute myeloid leukaemia. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224412

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) affects 3100 people every year in the UK, around 1% of whom are under 19 years of age. Despite improvements in immunotherapeutic treatment opportunities for AML, the rates of survival particularly in adults remain poor.... Read More about Identification of the molecular pathways involved in paediatric and adult acute myeloid leukaemia.

Stakeholder perspectives of the Social Licence to Operate: exploring the governance of shale gas development in England (2022)
Thesis
Mummery, C. E. Stakeholder perspectives of the Social Licence to Operate: exploring the governance of shale gas development in England. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224406

The aim of this research is to investigate the governance of Shale Gas Development (SDG) in England to determine how stakeholders perceive the regulatory regime, regulators and how they understand the associated risks and benefits. The three key rese... Read More about Stakeholder perspectives of the Social Licence to Operate: exploring the governance of shale gas development in England.

Nucleosynthesis in type Ia supernovae (2022)
Thesis
Keegans, J. D. Nucleosynthesis in type Ia supernovae. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224168

This thesis presents the post-processed isotopic yields from 39 SNIa models with masses of 1.4, 1.0 and 0.8 M⊙ and metallicities ranging from a 22Ne mass fraction of 0 to 0.1. In chapter 3 the full yields are presented, along with a description of th... Read More about Nucleosynthesis in type Ia supernovae.

Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys (2022)
Thesis
Sumayli, A. I. Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4508161

This research consists of two main parts. The first part concerns the study of the effect of pulse electromagnetic fields on the microstructural evolution and the hardness of an Al-20%Si alloy. A pulse magnetic field apparatus is used to produce diff... Read More about Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys.

Fear, trauma and found footage : how found footage horror can help us feel better (2022)
Thesis
Chinnery, B. Fear, trauma and found footage : how found footage horror can help us feel better. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224518

Why would people experiencing a global pandemic seek out a pandemic disaster movie? Why would horror films help people feel better about an unrelated real world source of health anxiety? Why do people enjoy horror cinema at all? This project seeks to... Read More about Fear, trauma and found footage : how found footage horror can help us feel better.