All Outputs (909)

Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution (2013)
Journal Article
Brough, S., Croom, S., Sharp, R., Hopkins, A. M., Taylor, E. N., Baldry, I. K., Gunawardhana, M. L. P., Liske, J., Norberg, P., Robotham, A. S. G., Bauer, A. E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Colless, M., Foster, C., Kelvin, L. S., Lara-Lopez, M. A., López-Sánchez, Á. R., Loveday, J., Owers, M., Pimbblet, K. A., & Prescott, M. (2013). Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(4), 2903-2917. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1489

We present observations of 18 galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey made with the SPIRAL optical integral field unit (IFU) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The galaxies are selected to have a narrow range in stellar mass (6 × 10... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution.

Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK (2013)
Journal Article
Cooper, K., Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., Weiss, L., Somerfield, P., Elliott, M., Turner, K., Ware, S., & Vivian, C. (2013). Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK. Marine pollution bulletin, 75(1-2), 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.009

Physical and biological seabed impacts can persist long after the cessation of marine aggregate dredging. Whilst small-scale experimental studies have shown that it may be possible to mitigate such impacts, it is unclear whether the costs of restorat... Read More about Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK.

Predictors of fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia among newborns of HIV-positive mothers (2013)
Journal Article
Laar, A. K., Grant, F. E., Addo, Y., Soyiri, I., Nkansah, B., Abugri, J., Laar, A. S., Ampofo, W. K., Tuakli, J. M., & Quakyi, I. A. (2013). Predictors of fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia among newborns of HIV-positive mothers. BMC research notes, 6(1), Article 350. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-350

Background: Malaria and HIV infections during pregnancy can individually or jointly unleash or confound pregnancy outcomes. Two of the probable outcomes are fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia. We determined clinical and demographic facto... Read More about Predictors of fetal anemia and cord blood malaria parasitemia among newborns of HIV-positive mothers.

Politics UK (2013)
Book
Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2013). Politics UK. Routledge

Workshop - Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills in Modern Undergraduate Medical Curricula (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2013, September). Workshop - Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills in Modern Undergraduate Medical Curricula. Presented at 8th HYMS Education Conference, Bishop Burton, East Yorkshire

Objectives: Following the workshop participants will be able to * Recognise opportunities to strengthen the teaching of clinical reasoning within their environment * Evaluate students’ individual clinical reasoning learning needs * Discuss curre... Read More about Workshop - Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills in Modern Undergraduate Medical Curricula.

‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration (2013)
Journal Article
Gouseti, A. (2013). ‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration. European Journal of Education, 48(4), 570-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12051

The idea of using digital technologies and in particular web 2.0 tools to enhance school collaboration has recently been received with great enthusiasm and a range of new collaborative initiatives has emerged. Through a comparative qualitative case s... Read More about ‘Old Wine in Even Newer Bottles’: the uneasy relationship between web 2.0 technologies and European school collaboration.

Predicting risk of 2-year incident dementia using the camcog total and subscale scores (2013)
Journal Article
Restaino, M., Matthews, F. E., Minett, T., Albanese, E., Brayne, C., & Stephan, B. C. M. (2013). Predicting risk of 2-year incident dementia using the camcog total and subscale scores. Age and ageing, 42(5), 649-653. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft082

Background: being able to identify individuals at high risk of dementia is important for diagnostics and intervention. Currently, there is no standard approach to assessing cognitive function in older aged individuals to best predict incident dementi... Read More about Predicting risk of 2-year incident dementia using the camcog total and subscale scores.

E-learning for transformation? : a grounded theory investigation of the student and staff experience in two educational programmes at the University of Malta (2013)
Thesis
Vancell, J. (2013). E-learning for transformation? : a grounded theory investigation of the student and staff experience in two educational programmes at the University of Malta. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220674

E-learning has become a mainstream feature in Higher Education. It is no longer restricted to the innovative practice of pioneer educators. But how are students and staff experiencing this change? This research used the Grounded Theory methodology... Read More about E-learning for transformation? : a grounded theory investigation of the student and staff experience in two educational programmes at the University of Malta.

Cormac McCarthy and the cities of God, man and the plain (2013)
Thesis
McInroy, R. W. (2013). Cormac McCarthy and the cities of God, man and the plain. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220275

Cormac McCarthy seeks to understand human community, the bonds of love which mark humanity, and the impact when those bonds are broken. Throughout his career, however, his work has increasingly focused on a quest for some spiritual core to existence,... Read More about Cormac McCarthy and the cities of God, man and the plain.

The genetics and evolutionary dynamics of sexual system evolution in tadpole shrimps (2013)
Thesis
Mathers, T. C. (2013). The genetics and evolutionary dynamics of sexual system evolution in tadpole shrimps. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216243

Sexual reproduction is found throughout the eukaryote tree of life and fundamentally affects the organisms that practice it. In particular, the sexual system of an organism can influence genetic diversity, population structure, genome structure, the... Read More about The genetics and evolutionary dynamics of sexual system evolution in tadpole shrimps.

Predicting children’s reading comprehension : an analysis of cognitive skills and motivational factors (2013)
Thesis
Gray, E. A. (2013). Predicting children’s reading comprehension : an analysis of cognitive skills and motivational factors. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215972

Extensive research has been carried out to examine the cognitive skills and motivational variables that influence reading comprehension. However, there are substantially fewer studies which have examined the influence of cognitive skills and motivati... Read More about Predicting children’s reading comprehension : an analysis of cognitive skills and motivational factors.

A human geographical exploration of adventure motorcycling : freedom to move, freedom to feel, freedom to choose (2013)
Thesis
Wolferink, G. S. (2013). A human geographical exploration of adventure motorcycling : freedom to move, freedom to feel, freedom to choose. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215967

Freedom is a term that is used often when an adventure motorcyclist is asked what it is all about and when asked what it is what he or she experiences and why he or she engages in this activity. This thesis explores what adventure motorcycling is all... Read More about A human geographical exploration of adventure motorcycling : freedom to move, freedom to feel, freedom to choose.

Dealing with feelings : perspectives on the emotional labor of school leadership (2013)
Thesis
Downes, P. H. (2013). Dealing with feelings : perspectives on the emotional labor of school leadership. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215860

People are central to the institution of schools. Where there are people, there are emotions. Managing these emotions for wage is the work of school leaders. Recognizing the emotional demand involved in monitoring, managing and understanding this dem... Read More about Dealing with feelings : perspectives on the emotional labor of school leadership.

Swimming against the tide : the implementation of philosophy for children in the primary classroom (2013)
Thesis
O'Riordan, N. (2013). Swimming against the tide : the implementation of philosophy for children in the primary classroom. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215796

Philosophy for Children is a cognitive enhancement programme that utilises Socratic questioning and a dialogic pedagogy to develop the reasoning, creativity, social skills and ethical understanding of children. An abundance of research has establishe... Read More about Swimming against the tide : the implementation of philosophy for children in the primary classroom.

Storytelling, story fragments, and solving ill-structured organisational problems (2013)
Thesis
Snowden, N. C. (2013). Storytelling, story fragments, and solving ill-structured organisational problems. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215787

This thesis explores how storytelling, and in particular story fragments, are involved in our everyday practice of solving ill-structured organisational problems. Data was collected from one primary research site, with a degree of triangulation affor... Read More about Storytelling, story fragments, and solving ill-structured organisational problems.

Surveillance : an investigation into individual reactions to the capture and recording of personal images through interpretation of the moment (2013)
Thesis
Bailey, J. P. (2013). Surveillance : an investigation into individual reactions to the capture and recording of personal images through interpretation of the moment. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215726

This research project explores surveillance and how individuals react to its presence. This is achieved through research into the development of surveillance, exploring early techniques such as espionage as discussed by Crowdy, (2006), and Bentham’s... Read More about Surveillance : an investigation into individual reactions to the capture and recording of personal images through interpretation of the moment.

The relationship between FDI and international trade : evidence from P.R. China and OECD (2013)
Thesis
Liu, Z. (2013). The relationship between FDI and international trade : evidence from P.R. China and OECD. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215563

This study examines the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade. It aims at offering a unified representation of trade-FDI cycles to better understand the process of internationalisation via exploring the trade-FD... Read More about The relationship between FDI and international trade : evidence from P.R. China and OECD.

Where do all the spoons go? : perceptions of parents of adult heroin users (2013)
Thesis
Cartwright, L. (. S. (2013). Where do all the spoons go? : perceptions of parents of adult heroin users. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215545

[From the introduction]: Research aims and objectives This thesis aims to discover what sorts of tensions (if any) were created for parents when their problematic drug using adult offspring were mandated into drug treatment programmes in the commun... Read More about Where do all the spoons go? : perceptions of parents of adult heroin users.

Assessing the effects of radiotherapy on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using microfluidic techniques (2013)
Thesis
Carr, S. D. (2013). Assessing the effects of radiotherapy on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using microfluidic techniques. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215491

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate how HNSCC tissue biopsies maintained in a pseudo in vivo environment within a bespoke microfluidic device, respond to radiation treatment. Materials and Methods 35 patients with HNSCC were recru... Read More about Assessing the effects of radiotherapy on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using microfluidic techniques.

Effect of non-esterified fatty acids on insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk in polycystic ovary syndrome (2013)
Thesis
Aye, M. M. (2013). Effect of non-esterified fatty acids on insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk in polycystic ovary syndrome. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215486

Introduction: Insulin resistance (IR) and obesity coexist in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and contribute to increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. An intrinsic insulin signalling defect is present in skeletal muscle of PCOS and it... Read More about Effect of non-esterified fatty acids on insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk in polycystic ovary syndrome.