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Methane Dynamics in Peat: Importance of Shallow Peats and a Novel Reduced-Complexity Approach for Modeling Ebullition (2013)
Book Chapter
Ramirez, J., Coulthard, T. J., Baird, A. J., & Waddington, J. M. (2013). Methane Dynamics in Peat: Importance of Shallow Peats and a Novel Reduced-Complexity Approach for Modeling Ebullition. In Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands; Geophysical Monograph Series (173-185). American Geophysical Union. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008gm000811

Northern peatlands are one of the largest natural sources of atmospheric methane (CH4), and it is important to understand the mechanisms of CH4 loss from these peatlands so that future rates of CH4 emission can be predicted. CH4 is lost to the atmosp... Read More about Methane Dynamics in Peat: Importance of Shallow Peats and a Novel Reduced-Complexity Approach for Modeling Ebullition.

Investigation of the gate oxide leakage current of low temperature formed hafnium oxide films (2013)
Journal Article
Verrelli, E., & Tsoukalas, D. (2013). Investigation of the gate oxide leakage current of low temperature formed hafnium oxide films. Journal of applied physics, 113(11), Article 114103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4795278

In this work, low temperature physically deposited hafnium oxide films are investigated in terms of their electrical properties through measurements and analysis of leakage currents in order to understand the defects behavior in this dielectric mater... Read More about Investigation of the gate oxide leakage current of low temperature formed hafnium oxide films.

Kinematics fingerprints of leader and follower role-taking during cooperative joint actions (2013)
Journal Article
Sacheli, L. M., Tidoni, E., Pavone, E. F., Aglioti, S. M., & Candidi, M. (2013). Kinematics fingerprints of leader and follower role-taking during cooperative joint actions. Experimental Brain Research, 226(4), 473-486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-013-3459-7

Performing online complementary motor adjustments is quintessential to joint actions since it allows interacting people to coordinate efficiently and achieve a common goal. We sought to determine whether, during dyadic interactions, signaling strateg... Read More about Kinematics fingerprints of leader and follower role-taking during cooperative joint actions.

What is available for case identification in autism research in mainland China? (2013)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Matthews, F. E., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2013). What is available for case identification in autism research in mainland China?. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7(5), 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2012.11.003

Little is known about research on Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) in mainland China. The few available studies in mainland China have shown the screening and diagnostic instruments for ASC used in mainland China were different from the West. Literat... Read More about What is available for case identification in autism research in mainland China?.

Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd dating of metamorphic garnet: evidence for multiple accretion events during the Caledonian orogeny in Scotland (2013)
Journal Article
Bird, A. F., Thirlwall, M. F., Strachan, R. A., & Manning, C. J. (2013). Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd dating of metamorphic garnet: evidence for multiple accretion events during the Caledonian orogeny in Scotland. Journal of the Geological Society, 170(2), 301-317. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2012-083

Caledonian orogenesis in Scotland is currently interpreted in terms of a Mid-Ordovician arc- continent collision (Grampian event) followed by the Silurian collision of Laurentia with Baltica (Scandian event). Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd garnet ages of c. 475-460... Read More about Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd dating of metamorphic garnet: evidence for multiple accretion events during the Caledonian orogeny in Scotland.

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior toward ethylene of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridylmetal (iron or cobalt) chlorides (2013)
Journal Article
Wang, S., Li, B., Liang, T., Redshaw, C., Li, Y., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior toward ethylene of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridylmetal (iron or cobalt) chlorides. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 42(25), 9188-9197. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt00011g

A series of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- (arylimino)ethyl]pyridines was synthesized and used to prepare the iron(ii) and cobalt(ii) chloride complexes thereof. All organic compounds were fully characterized by elemental ana... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior toward ethylene of 2-[1-(4,6-dimethyl-2-benzhydrylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridylmetal (iron or cobalt) chlorides.

Surface estimation of a pedestrian walk for outdoor use of power wheelchair based robot (2013)
Journal Article
Khan, A. A., un Nabi, S. R., & Iqbal, J. (2013). Surface estimation of a pedestrian walk for outdoor use of power wheelchair based robot. Life science journal, 10(3), 1697-1704

In mobile robotics, surface estimation and object recognition play vital role in navigation and control. This research presents a normal vector estimation method of a surface using Delaunay tessellation. The proposed strategy is an expansion of previ... Read More about Surface estimation of a pedestrian walk for outdoor use of power wheelchair based robot.

Robotics for nuclear power plants - Challenges and future perspectives (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Iqbal, J., Tahir, A. M., Ul Islam, R., & Riaz-Un-Nabi. (2013). Robotics for nuclear power plants - Challenges and future perspectives. In 2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI) (151-156). https://doi.org/10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473373

Use of robotics and computerized tools in Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) has been identified as a highly recommended practice by IAEA. The key rationale of robotics application has always been to avoid human exposure to hazardous environments and tasks... Read More about Robotics for nuclear power plants - Challenges and future perspectives.

Incidence of and risk factors for perineal trauma: A prospective observational study (2013)
Journal Article
Smith, L. A., Price, N., Simonite, V., & Burns, E. E. (2013). Incidence of and risk factors for perineal trauma: A prospective observational study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-59

Background: Our aim was to describe the range of perineal trauma in women with a singleton vaginal birth and estimate the effect of maternal and obstetric characteristics on the incidence of perineal tears. Methods: We conducted a prospective observa... Read More about Incidence of and risk factors for perineal trauma: A prospective observational study.

Design of a multiple bloom filter for distributed navigation routing (2013)
Journal Article
Jiang, P., Ji, Y., Wang, X., Zhu, J., & Cheng, Y. (2014). Design of a multiple bloom filter for distributed navigation routing. IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics. Systems, 44(2), 254-260. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2013.2242884

Unmanned navigation of vehicles and mobile robots can be greatly simplified by providing environmental intelligence with dispersed wireless sensors. The wireless sensors can work as active landmarks for vehicle localization and routing. However, wire... Read More about Design of a multiple bloom filter for distributed navigation routing.

Blue-emitting butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraarylpyrenes: Synthesis, crystal structures, and photophysical properties (2013)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Hu, J. Y., Iwanaga, F., Seto, N., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R., & Yamato, T. (2013). Blue-emitting butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraarylpyrenes: Synthesis, crystal structures, and photophysical properties. Organic Letters, 15(6), 1318-1321. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol4002653

The first example of aryl-functionalized, butterfly-shaped, highly fluorescent and stable blue-emitting monomers, namely, 7-tert-butyl-1,3,5,9- tetrakis(p-R-phenyl)pyrenes, were synthesized by the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction from a novel b... Read More about Blue-emitting butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraarylpyrenes: Synthesis, crystal structures, and photophysical properties.

Bootstrapping the early lexicon: how do children use old knowledge to create new meanings? (2013)
Journal Article
Mather, E. (2013). Bootstrapping the early lexicon: how do children use old knowledge to create new meanings?. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 96. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00096

Compared to other aspects of language development, such as acquiring grammar, we perhaps take for granted the complexity of building a lexicon. More than 50 years ago the philosopher W.V.O. Quine provided a now famous example of what makes word learn... Read More about Bootstrapping the early lexicon: how do children use old knowledge to create new meanings?.

Sexual health information seeking: a survey of adolescent practices (2013)
Journal Article
Whitfield, C., Jomeen, J., Hayter, M., & Gardiner, E. (2013). Sexual health information seeking: a survey of adolescent practices. Journal of clinical nursing, 22(23-24), 3259-3269. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12192

Aims and objectives: To identify sources of information and support preferred by young people to understand adolescent practices as adolescents develop a sexual health knowledge base. Background: Statistics suggest that adolescents are not always mak... Read More about Sexual health information seeking: a survey of adolescent practices.

The association between social stress and global cognitive function in a population-based study: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk study (2013)
Journal Article
Leng, Y., Wainwright, N. W., Hayat, S., Stephan, B. C., Matthews, F. E., Luben, R., …Brayne, C. (2013). The association between social stress and global cognitive function in a population-based study: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk study. Psychological Medicine, 43(3), 655-666. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291712001316

Background Stress is thought to exert both positive and negative effects on cognition, but the precise cognitive effects of social stress and individuals' response to stress remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between different me... Read More about The association between social stress and global cognitive function in a population-based study: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk study.

Regulation of store-operated channel molecules ORAI and STIM by oxidative stress in blood vessels (2013)
Thesis
Daskoulidou, N. (2013). Regulation of store-operated channel molecules ORAI and STIM by oxidative stress in blood vessels. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221321

ORAI and STIM genes are recently identified store-operated calcium channel molecules that play important roles in human physiology. In this thesis, the effects of oxidative stress conditions including high glucose, homocysteine and H₂O₂ on the expres... Read More about Regulation of store-operated channel molecules ORAI and STIM by oxidative stress in blood vessels.

Ethical narratives in contested landscapes : the implementation and experience of public policy values for traveller caravan sites (2013)
Thesis
Parnell-Berry, B. (2013). Ethical narratives in contested landscapes : the implementation and experience of public policy values for traveller caravan sites. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219935

This thesis presents an interdisciplinary approach to investigate decision-making in English local authorities, through an ethnographic, narrative framework. Based on fieldwork conducted between 2009 and 2010, the thesis explores several families’ ex... Read More about Ethical narratives in contested landscapes : the implementation and experience of public policy values for traveller caravan sites.

Aspects of the New Commonwealth immigration question and its impacts: a study in policy making and elite politics, 1968-1981 (2013)
Thesis
Nolan, M. R. (2013). Aspects of the New Commonwealth immigration question and its impacts: a study in policy making and elite politics, 1968-1981. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216052

[Author's synopsis]:
This thesis offers an analysis of policy making on aspects of the New Commonwealth immigration issue in Britain between 1968 and 1981. It concerns three formally distinct but profoundly interlocking issues: immigration control i... Read More about Aspects of the New Commonwealth immigration question and its impacts: a study in policy making and elite politics, 1968-1981.

Improving the quality of care for patients with faecal incontinence (2013)
Thesis
Hussain, Z. I. (2013). Improving the quality of care for patients with faecal incontinence. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216013

Objective:
Up to 0.5–1.0% of adults will experience varying degrees of faecal incontinence that affects their quality of life. The management of a patient with faecal incontinence is often difficult in spite of a diversity of treatment options for s... Read More about Improving the quality of care for patients with faecal incontinence.