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"Errant in time and space" : a reading of Leonora Carrington's major literary works (1997)
Thesis
Salmerón Cabañas, J. (1997). "Errant in time and space" : a reading of Leonora Carrington's major literary works. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216573

Part One deals with Carrington's association with the Surrealist movement and looks at her texts as dreams/nightmares. Born in 1917, Carrington arrived in Paris just before her twentieth birthday. The opening chapter deals chiefly with biographical m... Read More about "Errant in time and space" : a reading of Leonora Carrington's major literary works.

Critical systems thinking, theory and practice : a case study of an intervention in two British local authorities (1997)
Thesis
Munlo, I. (1997). Critical systems thinking, theory and practice : a case study of an intervention in two British local authorities. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212722

This thesis reports an intervention informed by critical systems thinking. The intervention drew upon a variety of systems and operational research methods to systemically explore the problems facing housing services for older people. Stakeholders we... Read More about Critical systems thinking, theory and practice : a case study of an intervention in two British local authorities.

The reform of urban policing in Victorian England : a study of Kingston upon Hull from 1836 to 1866 (1997)
Thesis
Welsh, D. R. (1997). The reform of urban policing in Victorian England : a study of Kingston upon Hull from 1836 to 1866. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211410

Chapter 1 introduces the economy, society and politics of Hull in the nineteenth century, concentrating on the middle decades of the century. The characteristics of the old police system in the early 1830s are analysed in chapter 2, along with the pr... Read More about The reform of urban policing in Victorian England : a study of Kingston upon Hull from 1836 to 1866.

The agriculture-water interface : policy integration and the environment (1997)
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Williams, S. E. (1997). The agriculture-water interface : policy integration and the environment. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209929

Although current environmental policies may prove successful against narrowly defined criteria of economic, social or environmental sustainability, it is by no means certain that the sustainability of inter-dependent economic and environmental system... Read More about The agriculture-water interface : policy integration and the environment.

Late quarternary montane vegetation dynamics in Bwindi-impenetrable forest, central Africa (1997)
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Marchant, R. (1997). Late quarternary montane vegetation dynamics in Bwindi-impenetrable forest, central Africa. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217081

Mubwindi Swamp in the Rukiga Highlands of south west Uganda is today surrounded by dense stands of moist lower montane forest. A survey of the present-day vegetation combined with an investigation of the surface pollen spectra indicate pollen accumul... Read More about Late quarternary montane vegetation dynamics in Bwindi-impenetrable forest, central Africa.

A critical process for the evaluation of methodology (1997)
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Ho, C. (1997). A critical process for the evaluation of methodology. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213342

This thesis uses Critical Systems Thinking (CST) as a basic philosophy to explore how to create a critical process for evaluating methodology. CST is different from the other two mainstreams of systems thinking (Hard Systems Thinking and Soft Systems... Read More about A critical process for the evaluation of methodology.

Batik cloths from Jambi, Sumatra (1997)
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Kerlogue, F. (1997). Batik cloths from Jambi, Sumatra. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215287

I set about exploring the history of Jambi batik with a view to establishing its nature, characteristics, methods of manufacture and function in its social context. A central aim of the study was to establish an accurate description of batiks fro... Read More about Batik cloths from Jambi, Sumatra.

The application of time encoded signals to automated machine condition classification using neural networks (1997)
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Lucking, W. (1997). The application of time encoded signals to automated machine condition classification using neural networks. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210518

This thesis considers the classification of physical states in a simplified gearbox using acoustical data and simple time domain signal shape characterisation techniques allied to a basic feedforward multi-layer perceptron neural network. A novel ext... Read More about The application of time encoded signals to automated machine condition classification using neural networks.

Forging intercultural communication : Korean readers' collective responses to English feminist texts : focussing on cross-cultural gender differences (1997)
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Lee, S. (1997). Forging intercultural communication : Korean readers' collective responses to English feminist texts : focussing on cross-cultural gender differences. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223800

This research aims to institutionalize Korean experience in English studies by forging infercultural communication between English texts and Korean readers, interrogating through gender studies. Beginning with the poststructuralist theory on the auth... Read More about Forging intercultural communication : Korean readers' collective responses to English feminist texts : focussing on cross-cultural gender differences.

Flow injection methods of sample introduction for ICP-MS (1997)
Thesis
Nelms, S. (1997). Flow injection methods of sample introduction for ICP-MS. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219805

This thesis is concerned with the application offlow injection techniques for on-line sample preparation for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). A comprehensive introduction to ICP-MS and the various sample introduction methods whi... Read More about Flow injection methods of sample introduction for ICP-MS.

A study of the formal education of girls and women in Nigeria and the socio-cultural changes arising from the introduction of western-type education, with special reference to the secondary phase of education in Imo State (1997)
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Uzoigwe, F. N. A. (1997). A study of the formal education of girls and women in Nigeria and the socio-cultural changes arising from the introduction of western-type education, with special reference to the secondary phase of education in Imo State. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217729

The introduction of formal education in Nigeria can be traced back to 1842. It is hard to accept that since then no detailed research has been carried out, in order to monitor the progress of girls and women, because of the fact that Nigeria's social... Read More about A study of the formal education of girls and women in Nigeria and the socio-cultural changes arising from the introduction of western-type education, with special reference to the secondary phase of education in Imo State.

Formation and properties of alumina coatings (1997)
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Schneider, J. M. (1997). Formation and properties of alumina coatings. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216232

Investigations concerning the microstructure and mechanical properties, composition and chemical bonding of alumina coatings have been performed. Alumina coatings have been deposited by both ionized reactive magnetron sputtering (IMS) and conventiona... Read More about Formation and properties of alumina coatings.

"A sea that had no shores" : the fiction of Violet Trefusis in relation to V. Sackville-West and V. Woolf (1997)
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Zamorano Rueda, A. I. (1997). "A sea that had no shores" : the fiction of Violet Trefusis in relation to V. Sackville-West and V. Woolf. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212152

This thesis shows how the notion of androgyny works in the fiction of Violet Trefusis. It also posits her writing in connection to some novels by Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Working within a theoretical framework provided by Julia Kristev... Read More about "A sea that had no shores" : the fiction of Violet Trefusis in relation to V. Sackville-West and V. Woolf.