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The role of PE in providing education for leisure in the UK and KSA (2003)
Thesis
Abduljawad, A. A. B. (2003). The role of PE in providing education for leisure in the UK and KSA. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215664

In post-industrial society, most people in the West have abundant leisure. However, leisure is not always perceived or experienced as beneficial. Lack of fulfilling leisure activities may lead to psychological problems and delinquency. One way to add... Read More about The role of PE in providing education for leisure in the UK and KSA.

Changing tack : defining a strategic direction for innovation in the United Kingdom shipping industry (2003)
Thesis
Robinson, J. E. (2003). Changing tack : defining a strategic direction for innovation in the United Kingdom shipping industry. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215893

In the early 1980s technology presented the shipping community with an opportunity to offload its moribund communications infrastructure in favour of a satellite based electronic umbilical that promised to revolutionise communications with ships at s... Read More about Changing tack : defining a strategic direction for innovation in the United Kingdom shipping industry.

Introduction of multimedia project-based learning in a technology-rich environment : a study of teacher attitudes and influencing factors in basic education schools in Oman (2003)
Thesis
Al-Hamdani, D. S. (2003). Introduction of multimedia project-based learning in a technology-rich environment : a study of teacher attitudes and influencing factors in basic education schools in Oman. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217468

In 1998 the government of Oman embarked on a major reform of the education system, to be implemented in stages. Key features of the new-style schools, called Basic Education schools, were to be a constructivist approach to teaching, and the integrati... Read More about Introduction of multimedia project-based learning in a technology-rich environment : a study of teacher attitudes and influencing factors in basic education schools in Oman.

A longitudinal investigation into the influence of atypical antipsychotics on cognitive function in schizophrenia (2003)
Thesis
Tyson, P. J. (2003). A longitudinal investigation into the influence of atypical antipsychotics on cognitive function in schizophrenia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219840

Cognitive deficits are a well recognised feature of schizophrenia, with patients showing disproportionate impairments in aspects of memory and executive function. Atypical antipsychotics have shown some success at remediating these deficits which sug... Read More about A longitudinal investigation into the influence of atypical antipsychotics on cognitive function in schizophrenia.

Metatheatre as a political tool in Yugoslav drama in the 1980s and 1990s (2003)
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Heaney, D. R. (2003). Metatheatre as a political tool in Yugoslav drama in the 1980s and 1990s. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220627

The wars in the Balkans in the 1990s inspired great interest in the historical, socioeconomic and political aspects of the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. These accounts often referred to the actual events as the ‘Yugoslav tragedy’. Yugoslav... Read More about Metatheatre as a political tool in Yugoslav drama in the 1980s and 1990s.

Exploitation and management of the artisanal fisheries in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria (2002)
Thesis
Muhoozi, L. I. (2002). Exploitation and management of the artisanal fisheries in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210190

The fisheries resources of Lake Victoria support the livelihoods to the lakeside rural communities and are vital to the economies of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, especially through fish exports. Management decisions to enable long-term sustainable exp... Read More about Exploitation and management of the artisanal fisheries in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria.

Women who kill their abusive partners : an analysis of queer theory, social justice and the criminal law (2002)
Thesis
Carline, A. (2002). Women who kill their abusive partners : an analysis of queer theory, social justice and the criminal law. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210200

This thesis examines the criminal law's treatment of women who kill their abusive partners through a theoretical framework developed from queer theory and social justice. More specifically, in relation to queer theory, the thesis considers the work o... Read More about Women who kill their abusive partners : an analysis of queer theory, social justice and the criminal law.

Interrogating the subject-world of economic epistemology: re-imagining theory and difference (2002)
Thesis
Kaul, N. (2002). Interrogating the subject-world of economic epistemology: re-imagining theory and difference. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213330

The epistemological inheritance of economics is 'rooted' in the enlightenment tensions over knowledge, thus demonstrating how the endeavour of economics is not a universal timeless objective science but a 'routed' body of knowledge whose underlying f... Read More about Interrogating the subject-world of economic epistemology: re-imagining theory and difference.

Contribution of personality factors to bullying in the workplace (2002)
Thesis
Seigne, E. (2002). Contribution of personality factors to bullying in the workplace. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215659

Although many studies have investigated the contributing factors of workplace bullying, most have focussed on organisational factors, and few have explored the notion of personality as a contributory factor. This thesis represents an attempt to remed... Read More about Contribution of personality factors to bullying in the workplace.

The determination of the core structure and core surfactant interface in overbased detergents (2002)
Thesis
Rogerson, E. (2002). The determination of the core structure and core surfactant interface in overbased detergents. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216198

Overbased detergents are oil additives, which are included in oil to neutralise the acids that are generated as by-products during the combustion process within an engine. These overbased detergents have been investigated on an atomic scale by the pr... Read More about The determination of the core structure and core surfactant interface in overbased detergents.

Retiring to paradise? : reassessing liminality through leisure migration to Spain (2002)
Thesis
Oliver, C. J. (2002). Retiring to paradise? : reassessing liminality through leisure migration to Spain. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210217

Over the last forty years, we have witnessed the birth of a new phenomenon in the Western world, that of 'the dream retirement. ' This study examines a group of (mainly) Northern European older people who move to Spain in search of the culmination of... Read More about Retiring to paradise? : reassessing liminality through leisure migration to Spain.

A longitudinal investigation of the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction (2002)
Thesis
Upstone, L. (2002). A longitudinal investigation of the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216193

This longitudinal study aimed to investigate into the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction. The study was based upon the psychological sequelae model of infertility and encompasses the framework of the family systems theory. The study c... Read More about A longitudinal investigation of the impact of IVF treatment on marital satisfaction.

Antiferroelectricity and related chirality induced frustrations in smectic liquid crystals : effect of molecular structure (2002)
Thesis
Petrenko, A. S. (2002). Antiferroelectricity and related chirality induced frustrations in smectic liquid crystals : effect of molecular structure. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219693

This work was devoted to synthesis of new antiferroelectric liquid crystalline materials in series of chiral I-methylheptyI4'-(4-n-alkyloxybenzoyloxy)biphenyl-4-carboxylates. 9 new types of materials were synthesised and their chemical, mesomorphic a... Read More about Antiferroelectricity and related chirality induced frustrations in smectic liquid crystals : effect of molecular structure.

Perceptions on the usefulness of published financial information to the Egyptian capital marker (2002)
Thesis
Desoky, A. M. (2002). Perceptions on the usefulness of published financial information to the Egyptian capital marker. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210141

The main objective of this study is to investigate empirically users' perceptions of the usefulness of financial information that could be provided in corporate annual reports presented by listed companies in Egypt. This investigation is carried out,... Read More about Perceptions on the usefulness of published financial information to the Egyptian capital marker.

The exploration of a multi-dimensional safe behaviour model for construction workers in Hong Kong : a structural equation modelling approach (2002)
Thesis
Kam, C.-K. C. (2002). The exploration of a multi-dimensional safe behaviour model for construction workers in Hong Kong : a structural equation modelling approach. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210208

Safety and Health in the workplace has long been the priority work of the Hong Kong administration but the accidentstatistics in Hong Kong tell another story. No matter how sophisticated a safe system is designed, its ultimate success depends very mu... Read More about The exploration of a multi-dimensional safe behaviour model for construction workers in Hong Kong : a structural equation modelling approach.

Genetic structure and colonisation history of European and UK population of Gammarus pulex (2002)
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Hadfield, S. J. (2002). Genetic structure and colonisation history of European and UK population of Gammarus pulex. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212242

The structure of populations has been studied for many years and there have been three main factors that have been suggested as the cause for present-day distributions of species, those being environment, biology and history. With the use of molecula... Read More about Genetic structure and colonisation history of European and UK population of Gammarus pulex.

Comedy and the supernatural on the English stage between 1589 and 1621 : a study of the relevance for early modern audiences of comic representations of magic, fairies and witchcraft (2002)
Thesis
Holland, N. D. (2002). Comedy and the supernatural on the English stage between 1589 and 1621 : a study of the relevance for early modern audiences of comic representations of magic, fairies and witchcraft. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212328

What kinds of relevance to wider beliefs and practices did the comic representation of magic, fairies and witchcraft have for an early modem audience? This study will approach this main question through the consideration of two subsidiary questions.... Read More about Comedy and the supernatural on the English stage between 1589 and 1621 : a study of the relevance for early modern audiences of comic representations of magic, fairies and witchcraft.