Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (3475)

UNTEA and UNRWI : United Nations involvement in West New Guinea during the 1960's (2000)
Thesis
Saltford, J. F. (2000). UNTEA and UNRWI : United Nations involvement in West New Guinea during the 1960's. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220398

This thesis examines the role played by the United Nations in the implementation of the August 1962 New York Agreement. The Agreement ended a thirteen year dispute between the Netherlands and Indonesia concerning the future of West New Guinea and its... Read More about UNTEA and UNRWI : United Nations involvement in West New Guinea during the 1960's.

Antiferroelectric liquid crystals : hosts and binary mixtures (2000)
Thesis
Parghi, D. D. (2000). Antiferroelectric liquid crystals : hosts and binary mixtures. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4408280

This thesis details the work carried out towards a doctoral degree in the synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of liquid-crystalline materials possessing antiferroelectric smectic C* (SmCA*) and non-chiral anticlinic smectic C (SmCait) phases.... Read More about Antiferroelectric liquid crystals : hosts and binary mixtures.

To the brink of empire : Rusk, Kissinger and the transformation of American foreign policy (2000)
Thesis
Serewicz, L. W. (. W. (2000). To the brink of empire : Rusk, Kissinger and the transformation of American foreign policy. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210879

In July 1965, Lyndon Johnson committed the United States to the ground war in Vietnam. This thesis argues that the 1965 decision marks a turning point in American foreign policy by creating a near Machiavellian Moment for the United States characteri... Read More about To the brink of empire : Rusk, Kissinger and the transformation of American foreign policy.

Reengineering BPR: a critical exploration (2000)
Thesis
Athanasiou, C. D. (2000). Reengineering BPR: a critical exploration. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212370

Purpose and aims of the thesis: This thesis critically reviews the current BPR literature through the perspective of the systemic/holistic management thinking, in such a way as to bring the study of BPR into a new era. Central to this holistic type o... Read More about Reengineering BPR: a critical exploration.

Psycho-analysis and textual production (2000)
Thesis
Cox, D. (2000). Psycho-analysis and textual production. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210905

As its title suggests, this study is divided into two separate but related parts. Each part of the thesis is then sub-divided into sections. Part I is evolutionary in nature, building its argument in a more linear and expository style than those sect... Read More about Psycho-analysis and textual production.

Measurement and evaluation of managerial efficiency in English league football : a stochastic frontier analysis (2000)
Thesis
Dawson, P. M. (2000). Measurement and evaluation of managerial efficiency in English league football : a stochastic frontier analysis. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215515

[From the introduction]:
The thesis is organised as follows. In Chapters 1 and 2 we present a review of the existing literature. Chapter 1 analyses the role of incentives and human capital attributes as mechanisms for determining performance. Much o... Read More about Measurement and evaluation of managerial efficiency in English league football : a stochastic frontier analysis.

Liquid crystals with novel terminal chains as ferroelectric hosts (2000)
Thesis
Cosquer, G. Y. (2000). Liquid crystals with novel terminal chains as ferroelectric hosts. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223925

Changes to the molecular structure of liquid crystals can have a significant effect upon their mesomorphism and ferroelectric properties. Most of the research in liquid crystal for display applications concentrates on the design and synthesis of nove... Read More about Liquid crystals with novel terminal chains as ferroelectric hosts.

Motivation in organisations : the need for a critical systemic approach (2000)
Thesis
Ho, Y.-H. (2000). Motivation in organisations : the need for a critical systemic approach. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210947

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate by critical consideration the suitability of various approaches of inquiry for exploring and enhancing motivation intervention in contemporary organisations; in particular, to spell out the need for a critic... Read More about Motivation in organisations : the need for a critical systemic approach.

The meaning of self-defence under article 51 of the United Nations charter (2000)
Thesis
Al-Sharif, E. (2000). The meaning of self-defence under article 51 of the United Nations charter. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211239

This thesis examines the development of the concept of individual and collective self-defence as expressed in Article 51 of the UN Charter. In doing so, it will analyse the attempts to stretch the scope of the right of self-defence beyond the limits... Read More about The meaning of self-defence under article 51 of the United Nations charter.

Financial exclusion and inclusion : credit union development in Kingston upon Hull (2000)
Thesis
Fuller, D. 1.-2. (2000). Financial exclusion and inclusion : credit union development in Kingston upon Hull. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214363

Within the flourishing area of new economic geography, increased attention is currently being paid to a variety of 'alternative' sources of credit and finance. As one of these forms, British credit unions are currently particularly 'sexy'. One reason... Read More about Financial exclusion and inclusion : credit union development in Kingston upon Hull.

The fourteenth-century sheriff : English local administration in the late Middle Ages (1999)
Thesis
Gorski, R. (. C. 1. (1999). The fourteenth-century sheriff : English local administration in the late Middle Ages. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210975

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the sheriffs appointed in fourteenth-century England, the period identified by both Stubbs and Maitland as having witnessed the shrievalty's final emasculation. This thesis is not a continuation of Morris' wor... Read More about The fourteenth-century sheriff : English local administration in the late Middle Ages.

A modelling and networking architecture for distributed virtual environments with multiple servers. (1999)
Thesis
Chang, J. (1999). A modelling and networking architecture for distributed virtual environments with multiple servers. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215463

Virtual Environments (VEs) attempt to give people the illusion of immersion that they are in a computer generated world. VEs allow people to actively participate in a synthetic environment. They range from a single-person running on a single computer... Read More about A modelling and networking architecture for distributed virtual environments with multiple servers..

The development of a purposeless system approach (1999)
Thesis
Su, H.-Y. (1999). The development of a purposeless system approach. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219133

This thesis explores how one's understanding of the world may be broadened by consciously engaging rationalities in opposition. I conduct this exploration by considering the relationship between what I call one's "originating rationality" and its opp... Read More about The development of a purposeless system approach.

Health care and social justice evaluation : a critical and pluralist approach (1999)
Thesis
Vega-Romero, R. R. (1999). Health care and social justice evaluation : a critical and pluralist approach. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214868

This thesis proposes a critical, systemic and pluralist approach to evaluating health programs. It examines ways in which efforts to promote equality and plurality are undermined by the application of foundationalist and universal conceptions of soci... Read More about Health care and social justice evaluation : a critical and pluralist approach.

Perceptions of the role of the secondary school counsellor in Saudi Arabia (1999)
Thesis
Al-Ghamdi, S. A. (1999). Perceptions of the role of the secondary school counsellor in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215042

The role and function of the school counsellor has always been a matter of controversy and confusion. Commonly school counsellors neither fill their defined role nor meet all students' needs. In Saudi Arabia this is exacerbated by a lack of professio... Read More about Perceptions of the role of the secondary school counsellor in Saudi Arabia.

The oxidation chemistry of the xylenes and related aromatic hydrocarbons (1999)
Thesis
Ellis, C. (1999). The oxidation chemistry of the xylenes and related aromatic hydrocarbons. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215045

The research was concerned with obtaining kinetic data and product information for the oxidation chemistry of the isomeric xylenes and benzyl radicals at 753K.

A trace amount (0.01 % for kinetic study, 0.5% for product study) of each xylene was se... Read More about The oxidation chemistry of the xylenes and related aromatic hydrocarbons.