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Flexible virtual learning environments: a schema-driven approach using sematic web concepts (2008)
Thesis
Wen, L. Flexible virtual learning environments: a schema-driven approach using sematic web concepts. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213878

Flexible e-Iearning refers to an intelligent educational mechanism that focuses on simulating and improving traditional education as far as possible on the Web by integrating various electronic approaches, technologies, and equipment. This mechanism... Read More about Flexible virtual learning environments: a schema-driven approach using sematic web concepts.

A search for 'creative' 'partnerships' : constructing pedagogies for artists and educators working together (2008)
Thesis
Owen, R. N. Y. A search for 'creative' 'partnerships' : constructing pedagogies for artists and educators working together. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213014

This thesis examines what constitutes a 'creative' 'partnership' and whether theoretical frameworks and models can be articulated which produce 'creative partnerships'. The thesis derives from an ethnographic study of Fichte Nursery School and artist... Read More about A search for 'creative' 'partnerships' : constructing pedagogies for artists and educators working together.

Investigating the experiences of people with learning disabilities in accident & emergency from a carer perspective (2008)
Thesis
Piper, E. Investigating the experiences of people with learning disabilities in accident & emergency from a carer perspective. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212860

Primary and secondary health services have a duty to provide for the health needs of people with learning disabilities. Previously this group of the population may have experienced segregated and/or a lack of adequate health services. However a combi... Read More about Investigating the experiences of people with learning disabilities in accident & emergency from a carer perspective.

The treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis (2008)
Thesis
Middleton, E. T. The treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209112

Osteoporosis is a skeletal condition in which bone strength is compromised leading to a propensity to fragility fractures. Osteoporotic fractures have significant consequences for both the individual, due to the resulting morbidity and mortality, and... Read More about The treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Characterization of thermal dissipation within integrated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) layered packaging structure (2008)
Thesis
Lim, D. J. Characterization of thermal dissipation within integrated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) layered packaging structure. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208848

Integrated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) generally have a high output power and generate significant amounts of heat, which needs to be removed from the chip to ensure continued operation. Since IGBT chips are commonly mounted on a layered assembl... Read More about Characterization of thermal dissipation within integrated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) layered packaging structure.

Supervisors' perspectives on their supervisory relationships: a qualitative analysis (2008)
Thesis
Clohessy, S. Supervisors' perspectives on their supervisory relationships: a qualitative analysis. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208731

This study aims to explore supervisors' perspectives of their supervisory relationships (SRs) with trainee clinical psychologists, particularly the ways in which they enhance these relationships, and identify and resolve problems.A retrospective qual... Read More about Supervisors' perspectives on their supervisory relationships: a qualitative analysis.

The characterisation of family-13 kinesins in Trypanosoma brucei (2008)
Thesis
Chan, K. Y. The characterisation of family-13 kinesins in Trypanosoma brucei. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208634

Kinesins are motor proteins involved in the movement of organelles and sub-organelles along microtubule tracks within the cell. Phylogenetic analysis of the 46 kinesin genes coded by the Trypanosoma brucei genome resulted in the grouping of seven kin... Read More about The characterisation of family-13 kinesins in Trypanosoma brucei.

Ecological implications of introducing Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843) and Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842) into inland waters in England (2008)
Thesis
Beyer, K. Ecological implications of introducing Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843) and Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842) into inland waters in England. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208549

Non-native species invasions threaten the structure, function and biodiversity of ecosystems worldwide, and those of non-native fishes pose amongst the greatest threats to inland waters of the U.K. This PhD investigated the establishment, dispersal a... Read More about Ecological implications of introducing Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843) and Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842) into inland waters in England.

A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited (2008)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A., Hamden, R., & Walker, J. (2008). A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited. European journal of operational research, 187(2), 636-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2007.03.023

There is wide acceptance of the need for a more holistic approach to sustainability. However, practical solutions remain elusive and tend to exhibit underlying conflicts between different paradigms and their associated methodologies. This paper argue... Read More about A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited.

Influences on the First-Perspective Alignment Effect from Text Route Descriptions (2008)
Journal Article
Wildbur, D. J., & Wilson, P. (2008). Influences on the First-Perspective Alignment Effect from Text Route Descriptions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61(5), 763-783. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470210701303224

Four experiments investigated the more efficient recall of routes learned from text descriptions when the imagined orientation at test was in alignment with the first experienced perspective. Experiments 1 and 2 replicated the effect, but found littl... Read More about Influences on the First-Perspective Alignment Effect from Text Route Descriptions.

Labouring and learning towards competitiveness: the future of local labour markets after Harker, Leitch and Freud (2008)
Journal Article
Nunn, A., & Johnson, S. (2008). Labouring and learning towards competitiveness: the future of local labour markets after Harker, Leitch and Freud. Local Economy, 23(2), 122-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/02690940801976190

In 1999 Geddes and Newman highlighted five key tensions in New Labour's adoption of the 'new centrist' approach to Local Economic Development (LED). This article reflects on the continuing relevance of these tensions in relation local labour markets... Read More about Labouring and learning towards competitiveness: the future of local labour markets after Harker, Leitch and Freud.

'Future Threats, Future Carriers' (2008)
Journal Article
Martin, C. (2008). 'Future Threats, Future Carriers'. Defence management journal, 79 - 85

Defence Management Journal

Offending fathers: navigating the boundaries between risk and resource? (2008)
Journal Article
Walker, L. (2008). Offending fathers: navigating the boundaries between risk and resource?. Prison service journal, 8-12

Fatherhood has been the subject of growing academic, media and policy focus.  In recent years politicians and social policy-makers have turned their attention to the role of fathers in the family.  Stanley and Gamble identify two social trends which... Read More about Offending fathers: navigating the boundaries between risk and resource?.

Influence of branched chains on the mesomorphic properties of symmetrical and unsymmetrical triphenylene discotic liquid crystals (2008)
Journal Article
Stackhouse, P. J., & Hird, M. (2008). Influence of branched chains on the mesomorphic properties of symmetrical and unsymmetrical triphenylene discotic liquid crystals. Liquid crystals, 35(5), 597-607. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290802040026

A series of novel symmetrical and unsymmetrical triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystalline materials with one or six branched peripheral alkoxy chains have been prepared. These materials have been compared with analogous known symmetrical and uns... Read More about Influence of branched chains on the mesomorphic properties of symmetrical and unsymmetrical triphenylene discotic liquid crystals.

Using self-evaluation for inspection: How well prepared are primary school headteachers? (2008)
Journal Article
Plowright, D. (2008). Using self-evaluation for inspection: How well prepared are primary school headteachers?. School Leadership and Management, 28(2), 101-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632430801969799

This article explores the extent to which primary school headteachers are prepared for the increasing contribution that self-evaluation is now expected to make to raising standards. Data were collected from headteachers in one local authority in Engl... Read More about Using self-evaluation for inspection: How well prepared are primary school headteachers?.

Stable quantum filters with scattering phenomena (2008)
Journal Article
Ahamed, W. U., & Kambhampati, C. (2008). Stable quantum filters with scattering phenomena. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 5(2), 132-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-008-0132-x

Quantum neural network filters for signal processing have received a lot of interest in the recent past. The implementations of these filters had a number of design parameters that led to numerical inefficiencies. At the same time the solution proced... Read More about Stable quantum filters with scattering phenomena.

Vers la reconnaissance d'un droit étatique à l'autoprotection? Entre le droit et la politique (2008)
Journal Article
Tzevelekos, V. (2008). Vers la reconnaissance d'un droit étatique à l'autoprotection? Entre le droit et la politique. Revue générale de droit international public, 112(2), 295-328

The paper defines the concept of self-help in international law and investigates its legal dimension. The argument put forth is that, whereas self-help does not correspond to a proper legal right for states, it finds a number of legal expressions (fr... Read More about Vers la reconnaissance d'un droit étatique à l'autoprotection? Entre le droit et la politique.

Poor readers' use of orthographic information in learning to read new words: A visual bias or a phonological deficit? (2008)
Journal Article
McNeil, A. M., & Johnston, R. S. (2008). Poor readers' use of orthographic information in learning to read new words: A visual bias or a phonological deficit?. Memory & cognition, 36(3), 629-640. https://doi.org/10.3758/mc.36.3.629

In this study, we examined the ability of 11-year-old poor readers and reading age controls to learn new print vocabulary. It was found that the poor readers were slower than the controls to learn to read a set of nonwords accurately but that, when a... Read More about Poor readers' use of orthographic information in learning to read new words: A visual bias or a phonological deficit?.