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Optimising outcomes in the treatment of lower limb varicose veins (2012)
Thesis
Mekako, A. (2012). Optimising outcomes in the treatment of lower limb varicose veins. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214091

Varicose veins are dilated and tortuous subcutaneous veins, which affect a significant proportion of adults. They cause physical and emotional symptoms, and affect quality of life in sufferers. The management of varicose veins has evolved since the e... Read More about Optimising outcomes in the treatment of lower limb varicose veins.

'I see you have quite gone over to the supernaturalists' : the spiritual and scientific Arthur Conan Doyle (2012)
Thesis
Beck, D. M. (2012). 'I see you have quite gone over to the supernaturalists' : the spiritual and scientific Arthur Conan Doyle. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214074

This thesis examines the mistaken premise that Arthur Conan Doyle abandoned rational enquiry in order to embrace the supernatural, including spiritualism. It explores how Doyle’s diverse fiction and non-fiction define potentially supernatural phenome... Read More about 'I see you have quite gone over to the supernaturalists' : the spiritual and scientific Arthur Conan Doyle.

Modelling the fracture of advanced carbon and related materials (2012)
Thesis
Kipling, G. D. (2012). Modelling the fracture of advanced carbon and related materials. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214034

This thesis outlines the development of a novel computational model which is used to simulate the mechanical response of nuclear graphites on a microstructural scale. Application of finite element analysis (FEA) to the simulated microstructure models... Read More about Modelling the fracture of advanced carbon and related materials.

Narrow sidebranch arrays for low frequency duct noise control (2012)
Journal Article
Tang, S. K. (2012). Narrow sidebranch arrays for low frequency duct noise control. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132(5), 3086-3097. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4756951

The present study investigates the sound transmission loss across a section of an infinitely long duct where one or more narrow sidebranch tubes are installed flushed with the duct wall. The finite-element method is used to compute the wave propagati... Read More about Narrow sidebranch arrays for low frequency duct noise control.

Classical spin model of the relaxation dynamics of rare-earth doped permalloy (2012)
Journal Article
Ellis, M. O., Ostler, T. A., & Chantrell, R. W. (2012). Classical spin model of the relaxation dynamics of rare-earth doped permalloy. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 86(17), Article 174418. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.174418

In this paper, the ultrafast dynamic behavior of rare-earth doped permalloy is investigated using an atomistic spin model with Langevin dynamics. In line with experimental work, the effective Gilbert damping is calculated from transverse relaxation s... Read More about Classical spin model of the relaxation dynamics of rare-earth doped permalloy.

Alterations in gait speed and age do not fully explain the changes in gait mechanics associated with healthy older women (2012)
Journal Article
Alcock, L., Vanicek, N., & O'Brien, T. D. (2013). Alterations in gait speed and age do not fully explain the changes in gait mechanics associated with healthy older women. Gait and Posture, 37(4), 586-592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.09.023

Older adults exhibit modified gait patterns compared to the young, adopting movement strategies in response to changes in musculoskeletal function. Investigating the functional mobility of older women is particularly important because of their increa... Read More about Alterations in gait speed and age do not fully explain the changes in gait mechanics associated with healthy older women.

Women’s Body, State's Power: A Study on Chinese Miss Etiquette in International Games (2012)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2012). Women’s Body, State's Power: A Study on Chinese Miss Etiquette in International Games. Collection of Women’s Studies 妇女研究论丛, 6(114), 65-69

本文在“身体一文化象征身份一民族国家”的框架下论述了微观权力机制下礼仪小姐的公共性别身份的建构。一方面，礼仪小姐在与民族国家的互动中实现了身体资本的理性运作，这体现在对身体的自我评估和对男性他者评定的认同上，但在公共父权制下，身体的主体性淹没在力图使之... Read More about Women’s Body, State's Power: A Study on Chinese Miss Etiquette in International Games.

Environmental bargaining and boundary organizations: Remapping British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest (2012)
Journal Article
Affolderbach, J., Clapp, R. A., & Hayter, R. (2012). Environmental bargaining and boundary organizations: Remapping British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(6), 1391-1408. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2012.706567

In recent decades, the creation of conservation areas has been a significant and contested trend in resource peripheries around the globe, embracing the "remapping" of resource extents, tenures, and values and thereby land use patterns and regional d... Read More about Environmental bargaining and boundary organizations: Remapping British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest.

Uremic cardiomyopathy is characterised by loss of the cardioprotective effects of insulin (2012)
Journal Article
Semple, D. J., Bhandari, S., & Seymour, A. L. (2012). Uremic cardiomyopathy is characterised by loss of the cardioprotective effects of insulin. AJP - Renal Physiology, 303(9), F1275-F1286. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00048.2012

Chronic kidney disease is associated with a unique cardiomyopathy, characterised by a combination of structural and cellular remodelling, and an enhanced susceptibility to ischaemia-reperfusion injury. This may represent dysfunction of the reperfusio... Read More about Uremic cardiomyopathy is characterised by loss of the cardioprotective effects of insulin.

The person-centered dermatology self-care index: a tool to measure education and support needs of patients with long-term skin conditions (2012)
Journal Article
Cowdell, F., Ersser, S. J., Gradwell, C., & Thomas, P. W. (2012). The person-centered dermatology self-care index: a tool to measure education and support needs of patients with long-term skin conditions. Archives of Dermatology -Chicago-, 148(11), 1251-1255. https://doi.org/10.1001/archdermatol.2012.1892

Objective To validate the Person-Centered Dermatology Self-Care Index (PeDeSI) as a tool for clinical assessment and for potential use in research evaluation. Design To date, no validated assessment measures exist to identify the education and suppor... Read More about The person-centered dermatology self-care index: a tool to measure education and support needs of patients with long-term skin conditions.

Linguistic Alignment in Adults with and Without Asperger's Syndrome (2012)
Journal Article
Slocombe, K., Alavrez, I., Branigan, H., Jellema, T., Burnett, H., Fischer, A., …Levita, L. (2013). Linguistic Alignment in Adults with and Without Asperger's Syndrome. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(6), 1423 - 1436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1698-2

Individuals with Asperger's Syndrome (AS)often have difficulties with social interactions and conversations.We investigated if these difficulties could beattributable to a deficit in the ability to linguistically convergewith an interlocutor, which i... Read More about Linguistic Alignment in Adults with and Without Asperger's Syndrome.

Freaks and not freaks: theatre and the making of crip identity (2012)
Journal Article
Conroy, C. (2012). Freaks and not freaks: theatre and the making of crip identity. Lambda Nordica, 17(1-2), 168 - 193

ON SOME LEVEL it seems obvious that some disabled actors will want to explore the history of freak show performances. To replicate a performance form that neither performer nor audience have experienced has the frisson of an historical re-enactment.... Read More about Freaks and not freaks: theatre and the making of crip identity.

William Browne and the writing of early Stuart Wales (2012)
Book Chapter
Mottram, S. (2012). William Browne and the writing of early Stuart Wales. In S. Mottram, & S. Prescott (Eds.), Writing Wales, from the Renaissance to Romanticism (91-107). Farnham: Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315546131

A shared ethnic crisis has produced dramatically antithetical solutions, and whereas the myth-making of Pugh and Evans is in essence no more than an effort to salvage the myth-symbol complex of the Welsh past, Morgan Llwyd's work seeks to fashion tha... Read More about William Browne and the writing of early Stuart Wales.

Bioharness™ multivariable monitoring device. Part II: Reliability (2012)
Journal Article
Garrett, A. (2012). Bioharness™ multivariable monitoring device. Part II: Reliability. Journal of sports science & medicine, 11(3), 409 - 417

The BioharnessTM monitoring system may provide physiological information on human performance but the reliability of this data is fundamental for confidence in the equipment being used. The objective of this study was to assess the reliability of eac... Read More about Bioharness™ multivariable monitoring device. Part II: Reliability.

Thomas Hardy and the visual arts (2012)
Book Chapter
(2012). Thomas Hardy and the visual arts. Thomas Hardy in context (436 - 448). Cambridge University Press

Humans as Animal Sentinels for Forecasting Asthma Events: Helping Health Services Become More Responsive (2012)
Journal Article
Soyiri, I. N., & Reidpath, D. D. (2012). Humans as Animal Sentinels for Forecasting Asthma Events: Helping Health Services Become More Responsive. PLoS ONE, 7(10), e47823. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047823

The concept of forecasting asthma using humans as animal sentinels is uncommon. This study explores the plausibility of predicting future asthma daily admissions using retrospective data in London (2005-2006). Negative binomial regressions were used... Read More about Humans as Animal Sentinels for Forecasting Asthma Events: Helping Health Services Become More Responsive.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The mass-metallicity relationship (2012)
Journal Article
Foster, C., Hopkins, A. M., Gunawardhana, M., Lara-López, M. A., Sharp, R. G., Steele, O., …Wijesinghe, D. (2012). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The mass-metallicity relationship. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 547, Article A79. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220050

Context. The mass-metallicity relationship (MMR) of star-forming galaxies is well-established, however there is still some disagreement with respect to its exact shape and its possible dependence on other observables. Aims.We measure the MMR in the G... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): The mass-metallicity relationship.

‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching (2012)
Journal Article
Potrac, P., Jones, R., Gilbourne, D., & Nelson, L. (2012). ‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching. Sports Coaching Review, 1(2), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2013.768418

This autoethnographic story explores the competitive, calculating, and often uncaring world of performance football coaching. Particular attention is given to the dilemmas I (the first author) faced, the choices I made, and the consequences of my act... Read More about ‘Handshakes, BBQs, and bullets’: self-interest, shame and regret in football coaching.

Drugs (2012)
Book
Dalgarno, P., & Hammersley, R. (2012). Drugs. Dunedin Academic Press

D. G. Ritchie on socialism, history and Locke (2012)
Journal Article
Tyler, C. (2012). D. G. Ritchie on socialism, history and Locke. Journal of political ideologies, 17(3), 259-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2012.716615

The history of late-19th-century socialism tends to focus on the rise of more extreme forms, especially Marxism. This approach marginalizes the more moderate and yet no less powerful and influential forms of socialism, particularly those developed by... Read More about D. G. Ritchie on socialism, history and Locke.