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Britain's revival and fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71 (2004)
Book
Smith, S. C. (2004). Britain's revival and fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203398098

© 2004 Simon C. Smith. All rights reserved. Britain's relationship with the Gulf region remains one of the few unexplored episodes in the study of British decolonization. The decision, announced in 1968, to leave the Gulf within three years represent... Read More about Britain's revival and fall in the Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States, 1950-71.

Attrition and bias in the MRC cognitive function and ageing study: An epidemiological investigation (2004)
Journal Article
Matthews, F. E., Chatfield, M., Freeman, C., McCracken, C., & Brayne, C. (2004). Attrition and bias in the MRC cognitive function and ageing study: An epidemiological investigation. BMC public health, 4, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-4-12

Background: Any hypothesis in longitudinal studies may be affected by attrition and poor response rates. The MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing study (MRC CFAS) is a population based longitudinal study in five centres with identical methodology in Eng... Read More about Attrition and bias in the MRC cognitive function and ageing study: An epidemiological investigation.

Implicit fitting using radial basis functions with ellipsoid constraint (2004)
Journal Article
Li, Q., Wills, D., Phillips, R., Viant, W. J., Griffiths, J. G., & Ward, J. (2004). Implicit fitting using radial basis functions with ellipsoid constraint. Computer graphics forum : journal of the European Association for Computer Graphics, 23(1), 55-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2004.00005.x

Implicit planar curve and surface fitting to a set of scattered points plays an important role in solving a wide variety of problems occurring in computer graphics modelling, computer graphics animation, and computer assisted surgery. The fitted impl... Read More about Implicit fitting using radial basis functions with ellipsoid constraint.

Assessing personality disorder through storymaking : a reliability and validity study of the 6-part story method (2004)
Thesis
Dent-Brown, K. (2004). Assessing personality disorder through storymaking : a reliability and validity study of the 6-part story method. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223817

The 6-Part Story Method (6PSM) involves the participant creating and telling a fictional story which is then discussed with the interviewer. Stories were recorded from NHS mental health clinicians, and from adult mental health patients with and witho... Read More about Assessing personality disorder through storymaking : a reliability and validity study of the 6-part story method.

Locus of control, attributional style, and school truancy : the case of Hong Kong (2004)
Thesis
Tam, S. K. T. (2004). Locus of control, attributional style, and school truancy : the case of Hong Kong. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219827

The present study on school truancy was developed out of a concern about students who do not adapt to the demands of the school environment as they go through the process of transition from primary school to secondary school. It suggested that the sc... Read More about Locus of control, attributional style, and school truancy : the case of Hong Kong.

An ethnographic evaluation of the design, development and deployment of a multimedia Mandarin learning software package for non Mandarin adult learners in Macao (2004)
Thesis
Tse, R. T. (2004). An ethnographic evaluation of the design, development and deployment of a multimedia Mandarin learning software package for non Mandarin adult learners in Macao. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218532

This study exammes the design, development and deployment of a multimedia CD-ROM for beginning Mandarin learning for adult learners in Macao. It focuses on three major issues: first the development, from existing textbooks and CD recordings, of the M... Read More about An ethnographic evaluation of the design, development and deployment of a multimedia Mandarin learning software package for non Mandarin adult learners in Macao.

Socio-economic change in a Saudi village : a social anthropological study of Assfan (2004)
Thesis
Al-Bishri, H. A. (2004). Socio-economic change in a Saudi village : a social anthropological study of Assfan. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215821

The main purpose of this research is to investigate and explore aspects of socio-economic life in a village, Assfan, in Saudi Arabia and to see whether there have been changes, after three decades of formal development planning in the country, and ho... Read More about Socio-economic change in a Saudi village : a social anthropological study of Assfan.

An assessment of the potential for in situ preservation of buried organic archaeological remains at Sutton Common, South Yorkshire (2004)
Thesis
Cheetham, J. L. (2004). An assessment of the potential for in situ preservation of buried organic archaeological remains at Sutton Common, South Yorkshire. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215101

The broad aim of this research was to develop a methodological approach to the monitoring of archaeological sites that contained, or had the potential to contain, well-preserved organic archaeological remains, by means of a multidisciplinary approach... Read More about An assessment of the potential for in situ preservation of buried organic archaeological remains at Sutton Common, South Yorkshire.

Fiscal federalism: the study of federal-state fiscal relations in Malaysia (2004)
Thesis
Bakar, I. H. (2004). Fiscal federalism: the study of federal-state fiscal relations in Malaysia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212434

The subject of fiscal federalism has been associated for many years with economics, in particular with the study of public finance. However, its political dimension is often neglected. This is the case in the conventional study of fiscal federalism i... Read More about Fiscal federalism: the study of federal-state fiscal relations in Malaysia.

A sea-change or a swamp? New spaces for voluntary sector engagement in governance in the UK (2004)
Journal Article
Taylor, M., Craig, G., Monro, S., Parkes, T., Warburton, D., & Wilkinson, M. (2004). A sea-change or a swamp? New spaces for voluntary sector engagement in governance in the UK. IDS Bulletin, 35(2), 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2004.tb00123.x

In recent years, the emphasis of the New Labour government on partnership and civil renewal has opened up new govemance spaces in the UK. These spaces have provided new opportunities for voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) but also posed new... Read More about A sea-change or a swamp? New spaces for voluntary sector engagement in governance in the UK.

Counterfactual and mental state reasoning in children with autism (2004)
Journal Article
Grant, C. M., Riggs, K. J., & Boucher, J. (2004). Counterfactual and mental state reasoning in children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AJADD.0000022608.57470.29

The contributions of counterfactual conditional reasoning (CCR), belief understanding, and inferential reasoning to the performance of children with autism (CWA) on standard false belief tasks were investigated. To assess the roles of these three fac... Read More about Counterfactual and mental state reasoning in children with autism.

Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (2004)
Journal Article
Malavasi, S., Florin, R., Franco, A., & Torricelli, P. (2004). Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 84(2), 455-459. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009440h

The pattern of somatic energy storage, measured as body lipid proportion, was investigated in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, by comparing the per cent lipids across three reproductive groups - large males (territory holding, caring for e... Read More about Somatic energy storage and reproductive investment in the grass goby Zosterisessor ophiocephalus.

Anorectal ultrasonography (2004)
Book Chapter
Gardiner, A. (2004). Anorectal ultrasonography. In Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract (123 - 139). Wiley Blackwell

Children's perceptions of dangerous substances (2004)
Journal Article
Pfeffer, K., & Wilson, B. (2004). Children's perceptions of dangerous substances. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 98(2), 700-710. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.98.2.700-710

The aim of this research was to examine age differences in children's perceptions of dangerous substances. Children's responses to photographs of child models encountering alcohol, a syringe, medicine, glue, and household bleach were coded for recogn... Read More about Children's perceptions of dangerous substances.

Finding that document! Enhancing the discovery and locating of journals (2004)
Journal Article
Awre, C. (2004). Finding that document! Enhancing the discovery and locating of journals. Interlending and Document Supply, 32(1), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610410520215

In order to address the problem of discovering and accessing relevant documents in the ever-increasing amount of information presented to us, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has funded a series of projects to address the chain of infor... Read More about Finding that document! Enhancing the discovery and locating of journals.

Wrapping strategies for temperature control of chilled foodstuffs during transport (2004)
Journal Article
Stubbs, D. M., Pulko, S. H., & Wilkinson, A. J. (2004). Wrapping strategies for temperature control of chilled foodstuffs during transport. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 26(1), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1191/0142331204tm0106oa

There is a growing market for food producers to supply their goods direct to customers, which has largely been brought about by the growing popularity of web-based ordering. However, the geographical distance between supplier and consumer can be larg... Read More about Wrapping strategies for temperature control of chilled foodstuffs during transport.