Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (927)

Not all little brown frogs are the same: A new species of secretive and cryptic Gephyromantis (Anura: Mantellidae) from Madagascar (2012)
Journal Article
Vieites, D. R., Wollenberg, K. C., & Vences, M. (2012). Not all little brown frogs are the same: A new species of secretive and cryptic Gephyromantis (Anura: Mantellidae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa, 3344(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3344.1.2

We describe a new species of small diurnal frog of the genus Gephyromantis from Mahasoa, a fragment of mid-altitude rainforest in the northern central east of Madagascar, located to the north east of Lake Alaotra. Analysis of DNA sequences of the mit... Read More about Not all little brown frogs are the same: A new species of secretive and cryptic Gephyromantis (Anura: Mantellidae) from Madagascar.

Masticatory loadings and cranial deformation in Macaca fascicularis: a finite element analysis sensitivity study (2012)
Journal Article
Fitton, L. C., Shi, J. F., Fagan, M. J., & O'Higgins, P. (2012). Masticatory loadings and cranial deformation in Macaca fascicularis: a finite element analysis sensitivity study. Journal of anatomy, 221(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01516.x

Biomechanical analyses are commonly conducted to investigate how craniofacial form relates to function, particularly in relation to dietary adaptations. However, in the absence of corresponding muscle activation patterns, incomplete muscle data recor... Read More about Masticatory loadings and cranial deformation in Macaca fascicularis: a finite element analysis sensitivity study.

‘Still finest wits are stilling Venus Rose’: Robert Southwell's ‘Optima Deo’, Venus and Adonis, and Tasso's canto della rosa (2012)
Journal Article
Lawrence, J. (2013). ‘Still finest wits are stilling Venus Rose’: Robert Southwell's ‘Optima Deo’, Venus and Adonis, and Tasso's canto della rosa. Renaissance Studies, 27(3), 389-406. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-4658.2012.00816.x

It has been argued, with reference to Venus and Adonis, that Shakespeare is the poet targeted specifically by Robert Southwell in his mournful stanza on love poetry in ‘The Author to the Reader’; this essay argues instead that Southwell's remark has... Read More about ‘Still finest wits are stilling Venus Rose’: Robert Southwell's ‘Optima Deo’, Venus and Adonis, and Tasso's canto della rosa.

Small and perfectly formed? Is democracy an alternative approach to school leadership? (2012)
Journal Article
Hope, M. (2012). Small and perfectly formed? Is democracy an alternative approach to school leadership?. School Leadership and Management, 32(3), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2012.688739

In recent decades, education policy has changed considerably so that now, numerous types of schools are available in the ‘marketplace’. The most recent additions to this landscape are Academies and Free Schools, with freedoms to make more choices abo... Read More about Small and perfectly formed? Is democracy an alternative approach to school leadership?.

Prefrontal control during a semantic decision task that involves idiom comprehension: A transcranial direct current stimulation study (2012)
Journal Article
Sela, T., Ivry, R. B., & Lavidor, M. (2012). Prefrontal control during a semantic decision task that involves idiom comprehension: A transcranial direct current stimulation study. Neuropsychologia, 50(9), 2271-2280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.05.031

Language processing and comprehension can be understood in terms of both linguistic and non-linguistic processes. To make a decision regarding the meaning of complex linguistic inputs such as idiomatic expressions, one has to perform multiple complex... Read More about Prefrontal control during a semantic decision task that involves idiom comprehension: A transcranial direct current stimulation study.

2-Aldiminophenoxytitanium chloride complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene (co-)polymerization behavior (2012)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Redshaw, C., Hao, X., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 2-Aldiminophenoxytitanium chloride complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene (co-)polymerization behavior. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 715, 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.048

A series of trichlorotitanium 2-aldiminophenoxylate complexes (C1-C6) was synthesized by the stoichiometric reaction of TiCl 4(THF) 2 with the potassium salts of 6-alkyl-2-aldiminophenolates derived from ligands (L1-L6) bearing a bulky benzhydryl sub... Read More about 2-Aldiminophenoxytitanium chloride complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene (co-)polymerization behavior.

An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a premises-level intervention to reduce alcohol-related harm including violence in the United Kingdom (2012)
Journal Article
Moore, S. C., Murphy, S., Moore, S. N., Brennan, I., Byrne, E., Shepherd, J., & Moore, L. (2012). An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a premises-level intervention to reduce alcohol-related harm including violence in the United Kingdom. BMC public health, 12(412), Article ARTN 412. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-412

Background To assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a licensed premises intervention to reduce severe intoxication and disorder; to establish effect sizes and identify appropriate approaches to the development and maintenance of... Read More about An exploratory randomised controlled trial of a premises-level intervention to reduce alcohol-related harm including violence in the United Kingdom.

Storm over San Isidro: "Civic Community" and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Nineteenth Century Philippines (2012)
Journal Article
Bankoff, G. (2012). Storm over San Isidro: "Civic Community" and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Nineteenth Century Philippines. Journal of historical sociology, 25(3), 331-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6443.2012.01422.x

Using a detailed archival account of a typhoon‐induced flood, this paper examines Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) as practised in a late nineteenth century provincial town in the Philippines. Culture is an important determinant when considering DRR for... Read More about Storm over San Isidro: "Civic Community" and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Nineteenth Century Philippines.

Developing a musculoskeletal model of the primate skull: Predicting muscle activations, bite force, and joint reaction forces using multibody dynamics analysis and advanced optimisation methods (2012)
Journal Article
Shi, J., Curtis, N., Fitton, L. C., O'Higgins, P., & Fagan, M. J. (2012). Developing a musculoskeletal model of the primate skull: Predicting muscle activations, bite force, and joint reaction forces using multibody dynamics analysis and advanced optimisation methods. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 310, 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.006

An accurate, dynamic, functional model of the skull that can be used to predict muscle forces, bite forces, and joint reaction forces would have many uses across a broad range of disciplines. One major issue however with musculoskeletal analyses is t... Read More about Developing a musculoskeletal model of the primate skull: Predicting muscle activations, bite force, and joint reaction forces using multibody dynamics analysis and advanced optimisation methods.

The disproportionate high risk of HIV infection among the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa (2012)
Journal Article
Magadi, M. A. (2013). The disproportionate high risk of HIV infection among the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS and Behavior, 17(5), 1645-1654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0217-y

The link between HIV infection and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rather complex and findings from previous studies remain inconsistent. While some argue that poverty increases vulnerability, existing empirical evidence largely support the vi... Read More about The disproportionate high risk of HIV infection among the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa.

The effect of a 3-month supervised exercise programme on gait parameters of patients with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication (2012)
Journal Article
King, S., Vanicek, N., Mockford, K. A., & Coughlin, P. A. (2012). The effect of a 3-month supervised exercise programme on gait parameters of patients with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication. Clinical biomechanics, 27(8), 845-851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.05.002

Background
The management of peripheral arterial disease with intermittent claudication includes angioplasty, pharmaceutical therapy, risk factor modification and exercise therapy. Supervised exercise programmes are used sporadically but may improve... Read More about The effect of a 3-month supervised exercise programme on gait parameters of patients with peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication.

Dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of post-combustion chemical absorption CO₂ capture plant (2012)
Journal Article
Biliyok, C., Lawal, A., Wang, M., & Seibert, F. (2012). Dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of post-combustion chemical absorption CO₂ capture plant. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 9, 428-445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.05.001

Development of dynamic models for post-combustion CO₂ capture using monoethanolamine solvent has been reported in the literature. Such models are only validated at steady-state, which means the models can predict process performance at different oper... Read More about Dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of post-combustion chemical absorption CO₂ capture plant.

Romancing the ordeal : representations of pain and suffering in Middle English metrical romances (2012)
Thesis
Tasdelen, P. (2012). Romancing the ordeal : representations of pain and suffering in Middle English metrical romances. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218815

This thesis concentrates on the representations of pain and suffering in forty-five Middle English metrical romances. This excludes certain Arthurian and non-anonymous material. It comprises an introduction, five chapters, and an index of themes rela... Read More about Romancing the ordeal : representations of pain and suffering in Middle English metrical romances.

Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society (2012)
Thesis
Algarni, A. F. (2012). Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218221

This thesis aims to contribute to current debates on the policing of Internet fraud by introducing the Saudi Arabian experience. Drawing on the findings of field research focusing on the capital city of Riyadh, this study assesses the extent to which... Read More about Policing internet fraud in Saudi Arabia : the mediation of risk in a theocratic society.