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The Impact of the South African War (2002)
Book
Omissi, D., & Thompson, A. S. (Eds.). (2002). The Impact of the South African War. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598294

This exciting new book marks a major shift in the study of the South African War. It turns attention from the war's much debated causes onto its more neglected consequences. An international team of scholars explores the myriad legacies of the war -... Read More about The Impact of the South African War.

The construct validity of a rating scale designed to assess spirituality and spiritual care (2002)
Journal Article
McSherry, W., Draper, P., & Kendrick, D. (2002). The construct validity of a rating scale designed to assess spirituality and spiritual care. International journal of nursing studies, 39(7), 723-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7489%2802%2900014-7

A postal survey, containing a questionnaire and covering letter, was distributed to 1029 ward-based nurses, of all grades, in a Large NHS Trust in an attempt to establish how nurses perceived spirituality and spiritual care. A response rate of 55.3%... Read More about The construct validity of a rating scale designed to assess spirituality and spiritual care.

A longitudinal diary-based study of the demand-control model and effort in a sample of Greek nursing staff (2002)
Thesis
Papangeli, A. (2002). A longitudinal diary-based study of the demand-control model and effort in a sample of Greek nursing staff. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219112

The present study employed a diary-based longitudinal framework in order to examine the demand-control model in a homogeneous group of Greek nursing staff. The purpose of the present study is twofold. First, it aimed at examining the demand-control m... Read More about A longitudinal diary-based study of the demand-control model and effort in a sample of Greek nursing staff.

Dissemination of culture through a translational community : German drama in English translation on the London West End stage from 1900-1914 (2002)
Thesis
Krebs, K. (2002). Dissemination of culture through a translational community : German drama in English translation on the London West End stage from 1900-1914. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217450

[From the introduction:]
This thesis seeks both to chart the dissemination of German drama 'on the London West End Stage between 1900 and 1914 and to provide an account of the ideological factors which inevitably underlie such a considerable program... Read More about Dissemination of culture through a translational community : German drama in English translation on the London West End stage from 1900-1914.

Children's drama : technical and educational approaches to the development of TV and theatre drama in Oman (2002)
Thesis
Alzadjali, K. B. A. R. (2002). Children's drama : technical and educational approaches to the development of TV and theatre drama in Oman. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215694

The purpose of this study is to explore how Omani children's drama, in schools and theatres and T.V. can be developed and enriched to become a useful educational tool for the nation's development, while also meeting children's cognitive and emotional... Read More about Children's drama : technical and educational approaches to the development of TV and theatre drama in Oman.

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.

Genetic structure and colonisation history of European and UK population of Gammarus pulex (2002)
Thesis
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.

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.

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.

Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature (2002)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Stimpson, A., Topping, A., & Porock, D. (2002). Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of advanced nursing, 39(5), 421-431. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02307.x

Background. The assessment of clinical competence has returned to centre stage of nurse education. However, there is little evidence to support the use of clinical competence and a wide variety of methods for its use. Research question. The present s... Read More about Clinical competence assessment in nursing: a systematic review of the literature.

What can be shown, cannot be said: Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy in the Tractatus and the Investigations (2002)
Thesis
Phillips, D. M. (2002). What can be shown, cannot be said: Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy in the Tractatus and the Investigations. (Thesis). University of Durham. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4055594

My thesis is that the say-show distinction is the basis of Ludwig Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy in both the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) and the Philosophical Investigations (1953). Wittgenstein said that the Investigations should... Read More about What can be shown, cannot be said: Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy in the Tractatus and the Investigations.

mt-DNA sequences and possible invasion pathways of the Chinese mitten crab (2002)
Journal Article
Hänfling, B., Carvalho, G. R., & Brandl, R. (2002). mt-DNA sequences and possible invasion pathways of the Chinese mitten crab. Marine ecology progress series, 238, 307-310. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps238307

The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis is an invasive species that inflicts considerable economical and ecological damage in European and American freshwaters. Sequence variation at the mitochondrial COI gene was investigated from Chinese, Europe... Read More about mt-DNA sequences and possible invasion pathways of the Chinese mitten crab.

Studies of ischaemia and reperfusion in cardiac hypertrophy (2002)
Thesis
Richardson, S. .. (2002). Studies of ischaemia and reperfusion in cardiac hypertrophy. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217972

Cardiac hypertrophy may be associated with an enhanced susceptibility to ischaemic/reperfusion injury but the mechanisms remain unresolved. There is evidence for an increased dependence on glucose metabolism in cardiac hypertrophy, which may be benef... Read More about Studies of ischaemia and reperfusion in cardiac hypertrophy.

Copyhold tenure and its survival in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire from c.1750 to 1925 (2002)
Thesis
Craven, M. (. T. 1. (2002). Copyhold tenure and its survival in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire from c.1750 to 1925. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215291

The aim of this thesis is two-fold: first to trace and quantify the persistence of an ancient tenure, namely copyhold, in the Holderness area of East Yorkshire from the mid-eighteenth century; and second to plot its subsequent rate of extinction down... Read More about Copyhold tenure and its survival in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire from c.1750 to 1925.

The legal status of prisoners of war in Islamic law : assessment of its compatibility with the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war (2002)
Thesis
Al Zamil, K. M. (2002). The legal status of prisoners of war in Islamic law : assessment of its compatibility with the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210266

Military confrontations in many parts of the world raise concerns regarding the treatment of prisoners of war. Whilst the regime of prisoners of war under international law is clearly codified in the 1949 Geneva Convention relating to the treatment o... Read More about The legal status of prisoners of war in Islamic law : assessment of its compatibility with the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war.

Intervention to alleviate shyness : social skills training and brief counselling (2002)
Thesis
Al Ghalib, L. J. (2002). Intervention to alleviate shyness : social skills training and brief counselling. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210183

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a Social Skills Training programme (based on Bandura's social learning theory) and Brief Counselling (using Egan model) to alleviate shyness.The aetiology of shyness is examined together w... Read More about Intervention to alleviate shyness : social skills training and brief counselling.

'For a decent order in the Church' : ceremony, culture and conformity in an early Stuart diocese, with particular reference to the See of Westminster (2002)
Thesis
Abraham, P. L. (2002). 'For a decent order in the Church' : ceremony, culture and conformity in an early Stuart diocese, with particular reference to the See of Westminster. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210137

The title of this thesis is taken from the Book of Common Prayer, specifically from the section 'Of Ceremonies: Why some be Abolished and some Retained'. It takes as its premise the theory that arguments over the way in which worship was conducted we... Read More about 'For a decent order in the Church' : ceremony, culture and conformity in an early Stuart diocese, with particular reference to the See of Westminster.

Acquisition of superexcitatory properties by an irrelevant background stimulus (2002)
Journal Article
Williams, D. A., Mehta, R., Poworoznyk, T. M., Orihel, J. S., George, D. N., & Pearce, J. M. (2002). Acquisition of superexcitatory properties by an irrelevant background stimulus. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 28(3), 284-297. https://doi.org/10.1037//0097-7403.28.3.284

Six appetitive conditioning experiments with rats demonstrated that an irrelevant X accompanying a negative patterning discrimination (XA+, XB+, XAB-) acquires extraordinarily high levels of conditioned excitation. Responding to X was similar to that... Read More about Acquisition of superexcitatory properties by an irrelevant background stimulus.