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Does soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) affect neutrophil activation and adhesion following ischaemia-reperfusion? (1999)
Journal Article
Spark, J. I., Scott, D. J. A., Chetter, I. C., Guillou, P. J., & Kester, R. C. (1999). Does soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) affect neutrophil activation and adhesion following ischaemia-reperfusion?. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, 17(2), 115-120. https://doi.org/10.1053/ejvs.1998.0710

Objective: to examine the effect of reperfusion plasma and sICAM-1 on neutrophil integrin expression and neutrophil adhesion to determine if sICAM-1 has a potential role in the regulation of neutrophil adhesion. Materials: twenty-seven patients, 17 m... Read More about Does soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) affect neutrophil activation and adhesion following ischaemia-reperfusion?.

The role of collagen in the declining mechanical properties of aging human cortical bone (1999)
Journal Article
Zioupos, P., Currey, J. D., & Hamer, A. J. (1999). The role of collagen in the declining mechanical properties of aging human cortical bone. Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 45(2), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291097-4636%28199905%2945%3A2%3C108%3A%3Aaid-jbm5%3E3.0.co%3B2-a

The importance of the mechanical role of collagen in bone is becoming increasingly more clear as evidence mounts on the detrimental effects of altered collagen on the mechanical properties of bone. We previously examined a set of mechanical propertie... Read More about The role of collagen in the declining mechanical properties of aging human cortical bone.

Cultural relativism : case studies of public relations in the Emirates, 1994-1996 (1999)
Thesis
Al-Ameri, A. S. O. (1999). Cultural relativism : case studies of public relations in the Emirates, 1994-1996 [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217396

This research investigates the impact of oil on a traditional Arab society. The . literature which addresses societal change IS methodically reviewed, with substantial attention given to the theories of noted sociologist Max Weber as well as many mor... Read More about Cultural relativism : case studies of public relations in the Emirates, 1994-1996.

A computer science perspective on the bendsimplification algorithm (1999)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M., & Herbert, S. (1999). A computer science perspective on the bendsimplification algorithm. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 26(4), 253-270. https://doi.org/10.1559/152304099782294177

The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether the use of bends provides a better basis than point elimination for research on line structuring. These investigations were undertaken using Arc/Info 7.1.1. Comparative experimental results sugges... Read More about A computer science perspective on the bendsimplification algorithm.

Does angioplasty improve the quality of life for claudicants?: A prospective study (1999)
Journal Article
Chetter, I. C., Spark, J. I., Scott, D. J. A., & Kester, R. C. (1999). Does angioplasty improve the quality of life for claudicants?: A prospective study. Annals of vascular surgery, 13(1), 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100169900226

This study aims to analyze the impact of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for claudication on patients' quality of life (QOL). The patients in this study included 108 claudicants, 74 men and 34 women, with a median age of 67 years (range 4... Read More about Does angioplasty improve the quality of life for claudicants?: A prospective study.

Crystallization Regimes and Reptation in Polypropylene Molecular Weight Fractions (1999)
Journal Article
Ibhadon, A. O. (1999). Crystallization Regimes and Reptation in Polypropylene Molecular Weight Fractions. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 71(4), 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291097-4628%2819990124%2971%3A4%3C579%3A%3Aaid-app9%3E3.0.co%3B2-6

Crystal growth rate data based on the kinetic nucleation theory of chain folding and the effect of reptation, have been used to predict the rate of crystal growth at moderate to high supercoolings in iPP molecular weight fractions. Growth rate data o... Read More about Crystallization Regimes and Reptation in Polypropylene Molecular Weight Fractions.

A nonstandard approach to the stochastic nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations (1999)
Thesis
Enright, B. E. (1999). A nonstandard approach to the stochastic nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4227193

This thesis is concerned with finding weak solutions for the stochastic Nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes Equations. The method employed is that of Nonstandard analysis, in particular Loeb space theory. In Chapter 5, a new existence result is proven, this... Read More about A nonstandard approach to the stochastic nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations.

Fractal analyses of some natural systems (1999)
Thesis
Wu, S.-C. (1999). Fractal analyses of some natural systems [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224357

Fractal dimensions are estimated by the box-counting method for real world data sets and for mathematical models of three natural systems. 1 he natural systems are nearshore sea wave profiles, the topography of Shei-pa National Park in Taiwan, and th... Read More about Fractal analyses of some natural systems.

Physical self-perceptions and participation in physical activities among Greek adolescents (1999)
Thesis
Besbea, R. (1999). Physical self-perceptions and participation in physical activities among Greek adolescents [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220418

The study investigated the physical self concepts and the physical activity levels and patterns of a sample of Greek adolescents. It also provided information about the associations between physical self concepts and physical activity participation.... Read More about Physical self-perceptions and participation in physical activities among Greek adolescents.

Initial training of male elementary school teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : an empirical study of contributions by principals and teachers to teaching practice (1999)
Thesis
Kabli, A. M. B. (1999). Initial training of male elementary school teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : an empirical study of contributions by principals and teachers to teaching practice [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216953

Background.
Official documents and academic writings call for the improvement of initial teacher training in Saudi Arabia. Interest focuses especially on the absence of school mentoring roles in the teaching practice of student teachers from Teacher... Read More about Initial training of male elementary school teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : an empirical study of contributions by principals and teachers to teaching practice.

A critical history of the origins of critical systems thinking (1999)
Thesis
Valero-Silva, N. (1999). A critical history of the origins of critical systems thinking [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216237

This thesis provides a critical history of the origins of Critical Systems Thinking (CST). Its theoretical framework is based upon a detailed analysis of the work of the French philosopher Michel Foucault. It is aimed at demystifying CST's claims of... Read More about A critical history of the origins of critical systems thinking.

The development and application of chemometrics to process analysis in an industrial environment (1999)
Thesis
Moffatt, J. B. S. (1999). The development and application of chemometrics to process analysis in an industrial environment [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210921

This thesis describes two main sections of work, an examination of a commercial product, Intrasite Gel, and the development of an algorithm for variable selection using projected latent structures.Following on from the successful development of a var... Read More about The development and application of chemometrics to process analysis in an industrial environment.

Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren (1999)
Thesis
Christensen, P. H. (1999). Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210622

This thesis is an analytical ethnography of children, aged between six and twelve, who live in Vanlose, a local district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The data were produced during fourteen months of fieldwork in the children's homes, their local school an... Read More about Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren.

An empirical study of Saudi secondary school students' achievement motivation, attitude toward subjects, perception of classroom environment and teaching aids, in relationships to academic achievement in three school subjects (1999)
Thesis
Al-Hakami, I. A.-H. M. (1999). An empirical study of Saudi secondary school students' achievement motivation, attitude toward subjects, perception of classroom environment and teaching aids, in relationships to academic achievement in three school subjects [Doctoral thesis, University of Hull]. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210603

Low levels of academic achievement among secondary school students, especially in Islamic Religious Science, Arabic Language and English Language, have become a matter of concern to Saudi society in recent years. Educationalists have, based largely o... Read More about An empirical study of Saudi secondary school students' achievement motivation, attitude toward subjects, perception of classroom environment and teaching aids, in relationships to academic achievement in three school subjects.

The geography of organic farming in England and Wales in the 1990s (1999)
Journal Article
Ilbery, B., Holloway, L., & Arber, R. (1999). The geography of organic farming in England and Wales in the 1990s. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 90(3), 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9663.00070

Little research has been conducted on the changing geographical distribution of organic farming in England and Wales in the 1990s. Using officially published secondary data, this paper examines the changing patterns of organic farming between 1993 an... Read More about The geography of organic farming in England and Wales in the 1990s.

Theater of terror : Domestic violence in thomas thistlewood’s jamaica, 1750-1786 (1999)
Book Chapter
Burnard, T. (1999). Theater of terror : Domestic violence in thomas thistlewood’s jamaica, 1750-1786. In C. Daniels, & M. V. Kennedy (Eds.), Over the threshold : intimate violence in early America (pp. 237-253). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203949054

© 1999 by Routledge. One and a half months after arriving in Jamaica, John Thistlewood, a young Englishman residing with his uncle, Thomas, an overseer on a Westmoreland sugar plantation, had a nasty shock. On April 15,1764, John " Hard a great Noise... Read More about Theater of terror : Domestic violence in thomas thistlewood’s jamaica, 1750-1786.