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Neutron capture cross section of unstable Ni63: Implications for stellar nucleosynthesis (2013)
Journal Article
Wallner, A., Vlastou, R., Vlachoudis, V., Vermeulen, M. J., Versaci, R., Ventura, A., Vaz, P., Lederer, C., Massimi, C., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Barbagallo, M., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Bosnar, D., …Variale, V. (2013). Neutron capture cross section of unstable Ni63: Implications for stellar nucleosynthesis. Physical review letters, 110(2), Article 022501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.110.022501

The Ni63(n,γ) cross section has been measured for the first time at the neutron time-of-flight facility n-TOF at CERN from thermal neutron energies up to 200 keV. In total, capture kernels of 12 (new) resonances were determined. Maxwellian averaged c... Read More about Neutron capture cross section of unstable Ni63: Implications for stellar nucleosynthesis.

A Novel Missense Mutation, I890T, in the Pore Region of Cardiac Sodium Channel Causes Brugada Syndrome (2013)
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Tarradas, A., Selga, E., Beltran-Alvarez, P., Pérez-Serra, A., Riuró, H., Picó, F., Iglesias, A., Campuzano, O., Castro-Urda, V., Fernández-Lozano, I., Pérez, G. J., Scornik, F. S., & Brugada, R. (2013). A Novel Missense Mutation, I890T, in the Pore Region of Cardiac Sodium Channel Causes Brugada Syndrome. PLoS ONE, 8(1), Article e53220. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053220

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a life-threatening, inherited arrhythmogenic syndrome associated with autosomal dominant mutations in SCN5A, the gene encoding the cardiac Na+ channel alpha subunit (Nav1.5). The aim of this work was to characterize the func... Read More about A Novel Missense Mutation, I890T, in the Pore Region of Cardiac Sodium Channel Causes Brugada Syndrome.

A commentary on studies presenting projections of the future prevalence of dementia (2013)
Journal Article
Norton, S., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2013). A commentary on studies presenting projections of the future prevalence of dementia. BMC public health, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1

Background: Population ageing over the first half of this century is likely to lead to dramatic increases in the prevalence of dementia. This will affect all regions of the world, but particularly developing regions. Dementia projections have been us... Read More about A commentary on studies presenting projections of the future prevalence of dementia.

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: probing the epoch of radiation domination using large-scale structure (2013)
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Poole, G. B., Blake, C., Parkinson, D., Brough, S., Colless, M., Contreras, C., Couch, W., Croton, D. J., Croom, S., Davis, T., Drinkwater, M. J., Forster, K., Gilbank, D., Gladders, M., Glazebrook, K., Jelliffe, B., Jurek, R. J., Li, I.-H., Madore, B., Martin, D. C., …Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: probing the epoch of radiation domination using large-scale structure. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 429(3), 1902-1912. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts431

We place the most robust constraint to date on the scale of the turnover in the cosmological matter power spectrum using data from the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. We find this feature to lie at a scale of k 0 = 0.0160 +0.0035 -0.0041 (h Mpc -1 ) (6... Read More about The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: probing the epoch of radiation domination using large-scale structure.

Early mortality from colorectal cancer in England: A retrospective observational study of the factors associated with death in the first year after diagnosis (2013)
Journal Article
Downing, A., Aravani, A., MacLeod, U., Oliver, S., Finan, P. J., Thomas, J. D., Quirke, P., Wilkinson, J. R., & Morris, E. J. (2013). Early mortality from colorectal cancer in England: A retrospective observational study of the factors associated with death in the first year after diagnosis. The British Journal of Cancer, 108(3), 681-685. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.585

Background: The United Kingdom performs poorly in international comparisons of colorectal cancer survival with much of the deficit owing to high numbers of deaths close to the time of diagnosis. This retrospective cohort study investigates the patien... Read More about Early mortality from colorectal cancer in England: A retrospective observational study of the factors associated with death in the first year after diagnosis.

Financial flexibility, corporate investment and performance: evidence from financial crises (2013)
Journal Article
Arslan-Ayaydin, Ö., Florackis, C., & Ozkan, A. (2014). Financial flexibility, corporate investment and performance: evidence from financial crises. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 42(2), 211-250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-012-0340-x

This study examines the impact of financial flexibility on the investment and performance of East Asian firms over the period 1994-2009. We employ a sample of 1,068 firms and place particular emphasis on the periods of the Asian crisis (1997-1998) an... Read More about Financial flexibility, corporate investment and performance: evidence from financial crises.

The tight-rope between vulgarity and chastity, how middle-class white women in the South of Brazil construct 'modern' sexual identities (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, J. (2014). The tight-rope between vulgarity and chastity, how middle-class white women in the South of Brazil construct 'modern' sexual identities. Journal of gender studies, 23(1), 81-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2012.752349

This article focuses on the lived experience of whiteness in self-identified white women from the middle classes in the Southern Brazilian city of Florianópolis and their attempts to reclaim and embody sexualities in which pleasure is as much the pro... Read More about The tight-rope between vulgarity and chastity, how middle-class white women in the South of Brazil construct 'modern' sexual identities.

Change point models for cognitive tests using semi-parametric maximum likelihood (2013)
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Van Den Hout, A., Muniz-Terrera, G., & Matthews, F. E. (2013). Change point models for cognitive tests using semi-parametric maximum likelihood. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 57(1), 684-698. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2012.07.024

Random-effects change point models are formulated for longitudinal data obtained from cognitive tests. The conditional distribution of the response variable in a change point model is often assumed to be normal even if the response variable is discre... Read More about Change point models for cognitive tests using semi-parametric maximum likelihood.

Service provision for autism in mainland China: A service providers' perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Matthews, F. E., Murray, S., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2013). Service provision for autism in mainland China: A service providers' perspective. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(1), 440-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2012.08.010

Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with service providers regarding the current healthcare provision and education services for children with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and their families in mainland China. 10 service provide... Read More about Service provision for autism in mainland China: A service providers' perspective.

A two-decade comparison of prevalence of dementia in individuals aged 65 years and older from three geographical areas of England: Results of the cognitive function and ageing study i and II (2013)
Journal Article
Matthews, F. E., Arthur, A., Barnes, L. E., Bond, J., Jagger, C., Robinson, L., & Brayne, C. (2013). A two-decade comparison of prevalence of dementia in individuals aged 65 years and older from three geographical areas of England: Results of the cognitive function and ageing study i and II. Lancet, 382(9902), 1405-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2813%2961570-6

Background: The prevalence of dementia is of interest worldwide. Contemporary estimates are needed to plan for future care provision, but much evidence is decades old. We aimed to investigate whether the prevalence of dementia had changed in the past... Read More about A two-decade comparison of prevalence of dementia in individuals aged 65 years and older from three geographical areas of England: Results of the cognitive function and ageing study i and II.

Cognitive decline and dementia risk in older adults with psychotic symptoms: A prospective cohort study (2013)
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Köhler, S., Allardyce, J., Verhey, F. R., McKeith, I. G., Matthews, F., Brayne, C., & Savva, G. M. (2013). Cognitive decline and dementia risk in older adults with psychotic symptoms: A prospective cohort study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(2), 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.010

Objectives: To study the temporal association between psychotic symptoms with cognitive decline and incident dementia. Design: Population-based prospective cohort study. Setting: General population in England and Wales. Participants: A subsample of 2... Read More about Cognitive decline and dementia risk in older adults with psychotic symptoms: A prospective cohort study.

The role of performance appraisal in employees' motivation in the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) (2013)
Thesis
Alsnaideh, F. M. (2013). The role of performance appraisal in employees' motivation in the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220669

Performance appraisal (PA) is widely used across the world to evaluate and motivate individuals’ performance in order to increase organisational productivity. This study explores the role of performance appraisal in employees’ motivation at the Saudi... Read More about The role of performance appraisal in employees' motivation in the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC).

Energy conversion and storage via photoelectrochemical methods (2013)
Thesis
Altalhi, A. A. (2013). Energy conversion and storage via photoelectrochemical methods. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220658

Photoelectro analytical chemistry provides an elegant technique by which to explore, amongst others, various industrial and environmental applications. To this end, four areas of photoelectroanalytical chemistry are investigated in order to develop i... Read More about Energy conversion and storage via photoelectrochemical methods.

Employees' perceptions of fairness in practice of performance appraisal (2013)
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Alharbi, S. H. (2013). Employees' perceptions of fairness in practice of performance appraisal. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220406

Employees’ performance appraisal (PA) is an essential tool used by organisations to develop and improve employees’ competencies and skills, and so assure organisations’ survival. In recent years research has moved from a psychometric approach, such a... Read More about Employees' perceptions of fairness in practice of performance appraisal.

Guanxi-type relationships (shabakat al-alakat) and relationship marketing : new linkages in the Egyptian SME sector (2013)
Thesis
Shaalan, A. S. L. (2013). Guanxi-type relationships (shabakat al-alakat) and relationship marketing : new linkages in the Egyptian SME sector. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220287

Establishing strong, high-quality relationships with customers can be an important element in conducting business throughout the world, particularly in complex and highly competitive markets. This study attempts to explore and examine the differences... Read More about Guanxi-type relationships (shabakat al-alakat) and relationship marketing : new linkages in the Egyptian SME sector.

The role of recruitment, training and development in achieving employees' effectiveness in the banking sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2013)
Thesis
Alruwaili, N. F. (2013). The role of recruitment, training and development in achieving employees' effectiveness in the banking sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220283

Employees’ effectiveness is a long-term goal for organisations that seek to succeed and continue in the business world, which has become since the last decade of the twentieth century a world where there is no place except for the strong, because of... Read More about The role of recruitment, training and development in achieving employees' effectiveness in the banking sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Investigations into the relationship between behavioural tendencies and social status using the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus as a model organism (2013)
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Case, J. P. N. (2013). Investigations into the relationship between behavioural tendencies and social status using the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus as a model organism. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215731

Many studies have shown that animals from a variety of taxa display behavioural tendencies which differ between individuals. If such tendencies are consistent over time and across contexts, they are generally referred to as personalities, temperament... Read More about Investigations into the relationship between behavioural tendencies and social status using the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus as a model organism.