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Whistleblowing as planned behavior - a survey of South Korean police officers (2008)
Journal Article
Park, H., & Blenkinsopp, J. (2009). Whistleblowing as planned behavior - a survey of South Korean police officers. Journal of Business Ethics, 85(4), 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9788-y

This article explores the relevance of the Theory of Planned Behavior to whistleblowing research, and considers whether its widely tested validity as a model of the link between attitudes, intention, and behavior might make it an appropriate candidat... Read More about Whistleblowing as planned behavior - a survey of South Korean police officers.

Can trend followers survive in the long-run? Insights from agent-based modeling (2008)
Book Chapter
He, X. Z., Hamill, P., & Li, Y. (2008). Can trend followers survive in the long-run? Insights from agent-based modeling. In A. Brabazon, & M. O'Neill (Eds.), Natural Computing in Computational Finance (253-269). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77477-8_14

This chapter uses a simple stochastic market fraction (MF) asset pricing model to investigate market dominance, profitability, and how traders adopting fundamental analysis or trend following strategies can survive under various market conditions in... Read More about Can trend followers survive in the long-run? Insights from agent-based modeling.

Indirect mate choice, direct mate choice and species recognition in a bower-building cichlid fish lek (2008)
Journal Article
Genner, M. J., Young, K. A., Haesler, M. P., & Joyce, D. A. (2008). Indirect mate choice, direct mate choice and species recognition in a bower-building cichlid fish lek. Journal of evolutionary biology, 21(5), 1387-1396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01558.x

Sexual selection arising through female mate choice typically favours males with larger, brighter and louder signals. A critical challenge in sexual selection research is to determine the degree to which this pattern results from direct mate choice,... Read More about Indirect mate choice, direct mate choice and species recognition in a bower-building cichlid fish lek.

An evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: self-efficacy, support and self-reported competence in preregistration student nurses and midwives (2008)
Journal Article
Lauder, W., Watson, R., Topping, K., Holland, K., Johnson, M., Porter, M., Roxburgh, M., & Behr, A. (2008). An evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: self-efficacy, support and self-reported competence in preregistration student nurses and midwives. Journal of clinical nursing, 17(14), 1858-1867. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02223.x

Aims and objectives. This element of the larger Scottish evaluation aimed to explore differences between access routes, cohorts and higher education institutes (HEI) (universities and colleges) in levels of self-efficacy, student support and self-rep... Read More about An evaluation of fitness for practice curricula: self-efficacy, support and self-reported competence in preregistration student nurses and midwives.

A hierarchy of items within Eysenck's EPI (2008)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Roberts, B., Gow, A., & Deary, I. (2008). A hierarchy of items within Eysenck's EPI. Personality and individual differences, 45(4), 333-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.022

Based on the recent finding of a hierarchical scale for Neuroticism in the NEO-Five Factor Inventory, a further personality inventory: the Eysenck Personality Inventory was analysed using the Mokken Scaling Procedure for hierarchical scales. Items fr... Read More about A hierarchy of items within Eysenck's EPI.

Using Risk Factors and Quantitative Ultrasound to Identify Postmenopausal Caucasian Women at Risk of Osteoporosis (2008)
Journal Article
Minnock, E., Cook, R., Collins, D., Tucker, J., & Zioupos, P. (2008). Using Risk Factors and Quantitative Ultrasound to Identify Postmenopausal Caucasian Women at Risk of Osteoporosis. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 11(4), 485-493.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocd.2008.04.002

There is a need to prescreen large numbers of individuals for osteoporosis due to current demands on clinical resources. Some previous attempts to predict individuals at risk have used simple indices based on patient information, or Quantitative Ultr... Read More about Using Risk Factors and Quantitative Ultrasound to Identify Postmenopausal Caucasian Women at Risk of Osteoporosis.

OC6. Endo180 function in metastatic prostate cancer bone lesions (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kogianni, G., Eleftheriou, K., Waxman, J., Cobb, J. P., & Sturge, J. OC6. Endo180 function in metastatic prostate cancer bone lesions. Presented at VII International Conference on Cancer Induced Bone Disease, Edinburgh

Evaluation of the Titan2D two-phase flow model using an actual event: case study of the 2005 Vazcún Valley Lahar (2008)
Journal Article
Williams, R., Stinton, A. J., & Sheridan, M. F. (2008). Evaluation of the Titan2D two-phase flow model using an actual event: case study of the 2005 Vazcún Valley Lahar. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 177(4), 760-766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.045

Titan2D is a depth-averaged, thin-layer computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, suitable for simulating a variety of geophysical mass flows. Titan2D output data include flow thickness and flow momentum at each time step for all cells traversed by th... Read More about Evaluation of the Titan2D two-phase flow model using an actual event: case study of the 2005 Vazcún Valley Lahar.

Early transition metal complexes bearing a C-capped tris(phenolate) ligand incorporating a pendant imine arm: Synthesis, structure, and ethylene polymerization behavior (2008)
Journal Article
Wright, J. A., Hughes, D. L., Elsegood, M. R., Redshaw, C., & Homden, D. (2008). Early transition metal complexes bearing a C-capped tris(phenolate) ligand incorporating a pendant imine arm: Synthesis, structure, and ethylene polymerization behavior. Inorganic chemistry, 47(13), 5799-5814. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic702506w

The ligand 3-[2,2′-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenol)-5-tert- butylsalicylidene-(2,6-diisopropyl)phenylimine] (L 1 H 3 ) was reacted with MCl 4 (M = Ti, Zr) or MCl 5 (M = Nb, Ta) to give complexes of the type [MCl 2 (L 1 H 2 ) 2 ] (M = Ti (1);... Read More about Early transition metal complexes bearing a C-capped tris(phenolate) ligand incorporating a pendant imine arm: Synthesis, structure, and ethylene polymerization behavior.

On the origin of the remarkable stability of aqueous foams stabilised by nanoparticles: link with microscopic surface properties (2008)
Journal Article
Cervantes Martinez, A., Rio, E., Delon, G., Saint-Jalmes, A., Langevin, D., & Binks, B. P. (2008). On the origin of the remarkable stability of aqueous foams stabilised by nanoparticles: link with microscopic surface properties. Soft matter, 4(7), 1531-1535. https://doi.org/10.1039/b804177f

We have performed a quantitative study of the coarsening of foams stabilised by partially hydrophobic silica nanoparticles. We have used a variety of techniques: optical and electron microscopy, microfluidics, and multiple light scattering. Using ear... Read More about On the origin of the remarkable stability of aqueous foams stabilised by nanoparticles: link with microscopic surface properties.

Application of an inexpensive and high-throughput genomic DNA extraction method for the molecular ecology of zooplanktonic diapausing eggs (2008)
Journal Article
Montero-Pau, J., Gómez, A., & Muñoz, J. (2008). Application of an inexpensive and high-throughput genomic DNA extraction method for the molecular ecology of zooplanktonic diapausing eggs. Limnology and oceanography, methods ASLO, 6(6), 218-222. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2008.6.218

We describe the application of a simple, low-cost, and effective method of DNA extraction ( hot sodium hydroxide and Tris, HotSHOT) to the diapausing propagules of continental aquatic invertebrates for its use in PCR amplification. We illustrate the... Read More about Application of an inexpensive and high-throughput genomic DNA extraction method for the molecular ecology of zooplanktonic diapausing eggs.

Impact of late-life self-reported emotional problems on Disability-Free Life Expectancy: Results from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (2008)
Journal Article
Pérès, K., Jagger, C., & Matthews, F. E. (2008). Impact of late-life self-reported emotional problems on Disability-Free Life Expectancy: Results from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 23(6), 643-649. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.1955

Objectives: Depression in old age is a major public health problem though its relationship to onset of disability and death is not well understood. We aim to quantify the impact of late-life self-reported depression and emotional problems on both the... Read More about Impact of late-life self-reported emotional problems on Disability-Free Life Expectancy: Results from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study.

Telomerase : a tumor marker in the peripheral blood of colorectal cancer patients (2008)
Thesis
Khair, G. (2008). Telomerase : a tumor marker in the peripheral blood of colorectal cancer patients. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211034

Colorectal cancer (CRC) recurrence after curable resection is still high. This fact strongly suggests that the dissemination of circulating tumour cells (CTC) occurs early in the disease process. The first clinical results obtained suggest that CTC d... Read More about Telomerase : a tumor marker in the peripheral blood of colorectal cancer patients.

Nanoparticles at liquid interfaces (2008)
Thesis
Lees, T. J. G. (2008). Nanoparticles at liquid interfaces. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208950

This thesis is concerned with the study of two phase systems stabilised by nanometre sized solid particles. The understanding of how modifying these particles at the oil(air)-water interface can change the properties of the bulk systems they stabilis... Read More about Nanoparticles at liquid interfaces.

Streptavidin-cytokine fusion proteins for use as adjuvants in cancer vaccines (2008)
Thesis
Henderson, R. (2008). Streptavidin-cytokine fusion proteins for use as adjuvants in cancer vaccines. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208726

The work presented in this thesis describes the production and characterisation of recombinant streptavidin-cytokine fusion proteins. Immunoadjuvants can augment the weak or non-existent antitumour response of a patient with cancer to immunotherapy.... Read More about Streptavidin-cytokine fusion proteins for use as adjuvants in cancer vaccines.

The privatised lifer : an observation of a cohort of life-sentenced prisoners through HMP Wolds December 2003 – July 2005 (2008)
Thesis
Peake, R. (2008). The privatised lifer : an observation of a cohort of life-sentenced prisoners through HMP Wolds December 2003 – July 2005. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208541

This research proved a unique opportunity to observe a cohort of 20 life-sentenced prisoners that had already negotiated an often fragmented and difficult ‘system’. These prisoners were at the Category-C stage of their sentence (medium security) and... Read More about The privatised lifer : an observation of a cohort of life-sentenced prisoners through HMP Wolds December 2003 – July 2005.

Experiential learning and the acquisition of managerial tacit knowledge (2008)
Journal Article
Armstrong, S. J., & Mahmud, A. (2008). Experiential learning and the acquisition of managerial tacit knowledge. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 7(2), 189-208. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMLE.2008.32712617

Tacit knowledge is believed to be one factor that distinguishes successful managers from others. We sought to determine whether levels of accumulated managerial tacit knowledge (LAMTK) were associated with managers' dominant learning styles. Instrume... Read More about Experiential learning and the acquisition of managerial tacit knowledge.

K Yorkshirská tragédie (A Yorkshire Tragedy) (2008)
Journal Article
Drabek, P. (2008). K Yorkshirská tragédie (A Yorkshire Tragedy). Divadelní revue, 19(2), 113 - 124

A Czech translation (by Pavel Drábek) of A Yorkshire Tragedy (c1607), attributed to Thomas Middleton.