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Psychological factors that influence patient participation in cancer clinical trials (2001)
Thesis
Davis, C. J. (2001). Psychological factors that influence patient participation in cancer clinical trials. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212990

The accrual of patients to cancer clinical trials has been noted by a number of authors as a significant problem. Research to date has examined a range of patient and physician related factors that may account for the low accrual rate. Patient refusa... Read More about Psychological factors that influence patient participation in cancer clinical trials.

Evaluating the quality of care within residential services for older people (2001)
Thesis
McCarty, L. (2001). Evaluating the quality of care within residential services for older people. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215601

The quality of care within residential services for older people has been a source of concern within health and social care for some time. Several attempts have been made to develop a means of assessing the quality of care; however, the nature and qu... Read More about Evaluating the quality of care within residential services for older people.

A personal construct theory approach to addressing adherence in an adolescent asthmatic population (2001)
Thesis
Lakin, J. A. (2001). A personal construct theory approach to addressing adherence in an adolescent asthmatic population. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216976

This study is an exploratory investigation into understanding adherence behaviour in a random sample of 13 asthmatic adolescents selected from a General Practice population. Personal Construct Theory is used as a theoretical and methodological framew... Read More about A personal construct theory approach to addressing adherence in an adolescent asthmatic population.

Experiences of menorrhagia and hysterectomy : an exploratory study (2001)
Thesis
Crook, R. (2001). Experiences of menorrhagia and hysterectomy : an exploratory study. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222079

Hysterectomy is the second most commonly performed women’s operation today, and yet still ‘the psychological implications remain obscure’ (Meikle, 1977; p i28). Previous research focused on whether hysterectomy ‘caused’ psychological distress, but wa... Read More about Experiences of menorrhagia and hysterectomy : an exploratory study.

Determinants of job satisfaction of doctors and nurses in organised settings (hospitals and health centres) in Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman (2001)
Thesis
Al Shafaee, M. A. M. (2001). Determinants of job satisfaction of doctors and nurses in organised settings (hospitals and health centres) in Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212125

Oman has inadequate health manpower, particularly doctors and nurses, as evident from the limited prospect for Omanization (employment of Omani nationals). Medical services in Oman have relied primarily on the recruitment of expatriate doctors and nu... Read More about Determinants of job satisfaction of doctors and nurses in organised settings (hospitals and health centres) in Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman.

The early modern demographic dynamic : celibates and celibacy in seventeenth-century England (2001)
Thesis
Spicksley, J. M. (2001). The early modern demographic dynamic : celibates and celibacy in seventeenth-century England. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212130

Chapter One begins by locating the rise in celibacy within the demographic context of Tudor and Stuart England. The most prominent feature of population change in the seventeenth century was the stagnation that occurred around 1650, following on as i... Read More about The early modern demographic dynamic : celibates and celibacy in seventeenth-century England.

The problem of management accountability in the public sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) : case study of two public sector organisations (2001)
Thesis
Ali, J. S. (2001). The problem of management accountability in the public sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) : case study of two public sector organisations. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212138

This study originates from the search of the author, who himself is a main Agent, as per the Principal-Agent Model developed in the study, for proper Management Accountability in his public sector organization. The problem of low level of Management... Read More about The problem of management accountability in the public sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) : case study of two public sector organisations.

Ideal and practice : aspects of noble life in late Elizabethan and Jacobean England (2001)
Thesis
Danushevskaya, A. V. (2001). Ideal and practice : aspects of noble life in late Elizabethan and Jacobean England. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212103

The thesis investigates what sixteenth and seventeenth century humanists thought about the role of the nobility in society; their views about the proper education of the nobility (including its expected cost) and way of life they considered appropria... Read More about Ideal and practice : aspects of noble life in late Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

Media agenda-building battles between Greenpeace and Shell : a rhetorical and discursive approach (2001)
Thesis
Bakir, T. V. (2001). Media agenda-building battles between Greenpeace and Shell : a rhetorical and discursive approach. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212144

The empirical focus of this research comprises the UK television news battles between Greenpeace (a highly media-aware International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO)), and the oil company Shell (a multinational corporation (MNC)). Specifically, t... Read More about Media agenda-building battles between Greenpeace and Shell : a rhetorical and discursive approach.

1977 protocol II additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international law (2001)
Thesis
Kawai, T. (2001). 1977 protocol II additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international law. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212189

Traditionally the laws of war, or widely known as international humanitarian law today, in principle did not cover civil wars but only wars between States. The Geneva Conventions were adopted in 1949 to increase the protection of victims in armed con... Read More about 1977 protocol II additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and customary international law.

A psychological investigation of autistic spectrum disorders : implications for the concept of Asperger syndrome (2001)
Thesis
Schura, R.-P. J. D. (2001). A psychological investigation of autistic spectrum disorders : implications for the concept of Asperger syndrome. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212134

Asperger Syndrome was first described in 1944. Because of its similar presentation with autism it was subsumed under autistic spectrum disorders about 35 years later. The present study re-assessed Asperger's original article and identified specific d... Read More about A psychological investigation of autistic spectrum disorders : implications for the concept of Asperger syndrome.

Spirit of change : a quest for the heart of quality (2001)
Thesis
Garrod, J. P. (2001). Spirit of change : a quest for the heart of quality. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214260

Why do quality initiatives work in some organisations but not in others? In a quest to discover the heart of quality, this thesis sets change programmes within the context of a turbulent global environment, where learning to adapt is the key to survi... Read More about Spirit of change : a quest for the heart of quality.

Exploring the relationship between case study and action research : case study research being organised on the Kaohsiung Harbour in Taiwan (2001)
Thesis
Hsu, C.-Y. (2001). Exploring the relationship between case study and action research : case study research being organised on the Kaohsiung Harbour in Taiwan. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217769

This dissertation reports on a case study investigation of the organisational setting of the Kaohsiung Harbour Bureau (KHB) in Taiwan. It reports on my methodological contribution in doing my study in a particular way, namely, by making use of my pos... Read More about Exploring the relationship between case study and action research : case study research being organised on the Kaohsiung Harbour in Taiwan.

The British theatre economics and management in the 1990s as an effect of Thatcherite capitalism (2001)
Thesis
Chun, B. (2001). The British theatre economics and management in the 1990s as an effect of Thatcherite capitalism. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211225

This thesis will examine theatrical changes which were taken place in Britain in the 1990s as an influence of Thatcherite capitalism. There are two bases in developing that subject. The first is that arts subsidy, namely, money, has been more respons... Read More about The British theatre economics and management in the 1990s as an effect of Thatcherite capitalism.

Monitoring and modelling hydrological response and sediment yield in a North York Moors catchment : an assessment of predictive uncertainty in a coupled hydrological-sediment yield model (2001)
Thesis
Ayoung, M. S. A. (2001). Monitoring and modelling hydrological response and sediment yield in a North York Moors catchment : an assessment of predictive uncertainty in a coupled hydrological-sediment yield model. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213717

A fully distributed coupled hydrological-sediment yield model was developed. An assessment was made of the predictive uncertainty in the individual model predictions, as well as the uncertainty propagated from the primary hydrological model to the se... Read More about Monitoring and modelling hydrological response and sediment yield in a North York Moors catchment : an assessment of predictive uncertainty in a coupled hydrological-sediment yield model.

An empirical study of the teaching and learning of speaking and listening skills in relation to work place needs with reference to the national curriculum, in some secondary schools in the County of Humberside (2001)
Thesis
Yusoff, N. (2001). An empirical study of the teaching and learning of speaking and listening skills in relation to work place needs with reference to the national curriculum, in some secondary schools in the County of Humberside. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216662

One broad question addressed in this research is "What are the links between the learning of speaking and listening skills in secondary school, and the future use of speaking and listening in the work place?" To facilitate the answer to the above... Read More about An empirical study of the teaching and learning of speaking and listening skills in relation to work place needs with reference to the national curriculum, in some secondary schools in the County of Humberside.