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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.

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.

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.

Fibrin monomer and fibrinopeptide B act additively to increase DNA synthesis in smooth muscle cells cultured from human saphenous vein (2001)
Journal Article
Sturge, J., Carey, N., Davies, A. H., & Powell, J. T. (2001). Fibrin monomer and fibrinopeptide B act additively to increase DNA synthesis in smooth muscle cells cultured from human saphenous vein. Journal of vascular surgery, 33(4), 847-853. https://doi.org/10.1067/mva.2001.111984

Purpose: We investigated the hypothesis that fibrinogen increased DNA synthesis (and cell proliferation) of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) cultured from human saphenous vein and that the increased DNA synthesis was attenuated when cells were cultured on... Read More about Fibrin monomer and fibrinopeptide B act additively to increase DNA synthesis in smooth muscle cells cultured from human saphenous vein.

Behaviour modification and gentle teaching workshops: management of children with learning disabilities exhibiting challenging behaviour and implications for learning disability nursing. (2001)
Journal Article
Gates, B., Newell, R., & Wray, J. (2001). Behaviour modification and gentle teaching workshops: management of children with learning disabilities exhibiting challenging behaviour and implications for learning disability nursing. Journal of advanced nursing, 34(1), 86-95. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.3411730.x

BACKGROUND: Challenging behaviours (behaviour difficulties) represent a problem of considerable clinical significance for learning disability nurses, and a source of much human distress. Gentle teaching is a relatively new approach to dealing with be... Read More about Behaviour modification and gentle teaching workshops: management of children with learning disabilities exhibiting challenging behaviour and implications for learning disability nursing..

Risk modelling for carotid endarterectomy (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abidia, A., Wilkinson, A., Johnson, B., Gardiner, E., Kuhan, G., McCollum, P., Renwick, P., & Chetter, I. Risk modelling for carotid endarterectomy

A carotid POSSUM model for predicting death (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Payne, S. P., Sutton, G. L., Prytherch, D., Abidia, A., Kuhan, G., McCollum, P., & Chetter, I. A carotid POSSUM model for predicting death

Health and ill-health in the older population in England and Wales (2001)
Journal Article
Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., McGee, M. A., & Jagger, C. (2001). Health and ill-health in the older population in England and Wales. Age and ageing, 30(1), 53-62. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/30.1.53

Objective: to provide a profile of disorders and disabilities in the older population. Design: the MRC CFAS drew population samples of people aged 64 years and over from Family Health Service Authority lists at five sites and asked participants about... Read More about Health and ill-health in the older population in England and Wales.

Factors associated with unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya (2001)
Journal Article
Magadi, M., Madise, N., & Diamond, I. (2001). Factors associated with unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya. Journal of biosocial science, 33(2), 199-225. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932001001997

Studies addressing factors associated with adverse birth outcomes have almost exclusively been based on hospital statistics. This is a serious limitation in developing countries where the majority of births do not occur within health facilities. This... Read More about Factors associated with unfavourable birth outcomes in Kenya.

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.

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.

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.

Rural sustainability in Sarawak : (the role of adat and indigenous knowledge in promoting sustainable sago production in the coastal areas of Sarawak) (2001)
Thesis
Gapor, S. A. (2001). Rural sustainability in Sarawak : (the role of adat and indigenous knowledge in promoting sustainable sago production in the coastal areas of Sarawak). (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221471

Conventional development, a northern-inspired modernisation programme, is no longer seen as the only solution to rural development problems. It has been criticised for neglecting environmental issues and has failed to improve the lives of the rural p... Read More about Rural sustainability in Sarawak : (the role of adat and indigenous knowledge in promoting sustainable sago production in the coastal areas of Sarawak).

A matrix isolation study of main group and transition metal atom cryochemistry (2001)
Thesis
Harris, N. B. (2001). A matrix isolation study of main group and transition metal atom cryochemistry. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217412

The majority of the work described in this thesis is concerned with the isolation of transition metal and main group atoms in dilute reactive ligand matrices. The previously uncharacterised matrix isolated species were characterised using IR, UV-Vis-... Read More about A matrix isolation study of main group and transition metal atom cryochemistry.

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.