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Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes (2013)
Journal Article
Menon, A., Herwig, F., Denissenkov, P. A., Clayton, G. C., Staff, J., Pignatari, M., & Paxton, B. (2013). Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes. The Astrophysical journal, 772(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/1/59

The R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars are hydrogen-deficient, variable stars that are most likely the result of He-CO WD mergers. They display extremely low oxygen isotopic ratios, 16 O/ 18 O ≃ 1-10, 12 C/ 13 C ≥ 100, and enhancements up to 2.6 dex in... Read More about Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes.

Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement (2013)
Journal Article
Drennan, S., Stafford, N. D., Greenman, J., & Green, V. (2013). Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement. Immunology, 140(3), 335-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/imm.12144

The presence of regulatory T (Treg) cells is thought to be an important mechanism by which head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) successfully evades the immune system. Using multicolour flow cytometry, the frequency and functional capacity of... Read More about Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement.

An efficient approach to the synthesis of novel pyrene-fused azaacenes (2013)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Iwanaga, F., Hu, J. Y., Tomiyasu, H., Nakano, M., Redshaw, C., …Yamato, T. (2013). An efficient approach to the synthesis of novel pyrene-fused azaacenes. Organic Letters, 15(14), 3594-3597. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol401438a

An efficient synthetic approach for functionalization of both the active sites (1,3-) and the K-region (4,5,9,10-) of pyrene was accomplished by bromination and oxidation with considerable yield. These novel pyrene-fused azaacenes were thoroughly inv... Read More about An efficient approach to the synthesis of novel pyrene-fused azaacenes.

Is the relationship between prices and exchange rates homogeneous? (2013)
Journal Article
Hall, S. G., Hondroyiannis, G., Kenjegaliev, A., Swamy, P. A. V. B., & Tavlas, G. S. (2013). Is the relationship between prices and exchange rates homogeneous?. Journal of International Money and Finance, 37, 411-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2013.06.014

Empirical tests of purchasing power parity (PPP) are implicitly based on the conditions of symmetry and proportionality of the price coefficients. We investigate a separate condition, which we term homogeneity. Specifically, while there may be factor... Read More about Is the relationship between prices and exchange rates homogeneous?.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Linking star formation histories and stellar mass growth (2013)
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Bauer, A. E., Hopkins, A. M., Gunawardhana, M., Taylor, E. N., Baldry, I., Bamford, S. P., …Sharp, R. (2013). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Linking star formation histories and stellar mass growth. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434(1), 209-221. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1011

WWe present evidence for stochastic star formation histories in low-mass (M * < 10 10 M ⊙ ) galaxies from observations within the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. For ̃73 000 galaxies between 0.05 < z < 0.32, we calculate star formation ra... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Linking star formation histories and stellar mass growth.

The DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin restores β-cell function and survival in human isolated islets through GLP-1 stabilization (2013)
Journal Article
Shah, P., Ardestani, A., Dharmadhikari, G., Laue, S., Schumann, D. M., Kerr-Conte, J., …Maedler, K. (2013). The DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin restores β-cell function and survival in human isolated islets through GLP-1 stabilization. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 98(7), E1163–E1172. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2013-1029

Context: Inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) is a potent strategy to increase glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) induced insulin secretion in diabetes. It is important to know whether new drugs a... Read More about The DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin restores β-cell function and survival in human isolated islets through GLP-1 stabilization.

The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population (2013)
Journal Article
Van Der Linde, R. M., Stephan, B. C., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., & Savva, G. M. (2013). The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 28(7), 700-709. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.3873

Objective Behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS) are common in the older population and may be an indication of early dementia. We explored the predictive effect of the presence of BPS on the 2-year progression to dementia in a cognitively impa... Read More about The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population.

Levinas : subjectivity, affectivity and desire (2013)
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Wilde, A. E. (2013). Levinas : subjectivity, affectivity and desire. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215830

The thesis argues that Emmanuel Levinas’s later concept of ethical subjectivity, explicated in his late work Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence, can really only be understood by taking into account the very early work On Escape. The thesis argues... Read More about Levinas : subjectivity, affectivity and desire.

Repairing the legacies of transatlantic slavery (2013)
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Wilkins, D. J. (2013). Repairing the legacies of transatlantic slavery. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215184

Recent decades have seen the emergence of calls for financial reparations to African Americans, Caribbean nations and Africa. These claims have sought to utilise legal principles of torts and unjust enrichment to create a causal chain between the his... Read More about Repairing the legacies of transatlantic slavery.

Cranial form evolution and functional adaptations to diet among papionins : a comparative study combining quantitative genetics, geometric morphometrics, and finite element analysis (2013)
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Prôa, A. M. G. P. R. (2013). Cranial form evolution and functional adaptations to diet among papionins : a comparative study combining quantitative genetics, geometric morphometrics, and finite element analysis. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215158

This thesis aims to study the evolution of cranial form and its biomechanical adaptation to the function of feeding in papionins, a group of primates with well-established phylogeny, large variations in cranial form, and well known ecologies and diet... Read More about Cranial form evolution and functional adaptations to diet among papionins : a comparative study combining quantitative genetics, geometric morphometrics, and finite element analysis.

Unknown input observer approaches to robust fault diagnosis (2013)
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Sun, X. (2013). Unknown input observer approaches to robust fault diagnosis. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214961

This thesis focuses on the development of the model-based fault detection and isolation /fault detection and diagnosis (FDI/FDD) techniques using the unknown input observer (UIO) methodology. Using the UI de-coupling philosophy to tackle the robustne... Read More about Unknown input observer approaches to robust fault diagnosis.

Fault tolerant control for nonlinear aircraft based on feedback linearization (2013)
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Tang, Y. (2013). Fault tolerant control for nonlinear aircraft based on feedback linearization. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214935

The thesis concerns the fault tolerant flight control (FTFC) problem for nonlinear aircraft by making use of analytical redundancy. Considering initially fault-free flight, the feedback linearization theory plays an important role to provide a baseli... Read More about Fault tolerant control for nonlinear aircraft based on feedback linearization.

Laboratory scale experiments with water surface waves (2013)
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Bedard, R. J. A. (2013). Laboratory scale experiments with water surface waves. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214779

The thesis presents the development, implementation and results of two series of experiments, at large and small scale, for the study of surface gravity waves. A number of measurement techniques are developed and implemented to capture space and time... Read More about Laboratory scale experiments with water surface waves.

Novel chiral liquid crystal organic-inorganic hybrid nanoparticle systems : Design, synthesis and investigation (2013)
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Ichim, I. C. (2013). Novel chiral liquid crystal organic-inorganic hybrid nanoparticle systems : Design, synthesis and investigation. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214773

A first step is taken towards the validation of organic synthesis techniques. Small molecular organic compounds were prepared as intermediates for the liquid crystal materials which exhibit room temperature cholesteric mesophases. These cholesterol b... Read More about Novel chiral liquid crystal organic-inorganic hybrid nanoparticle systems : Design, synthesis and investigation.

An exploration of grounded theory with reference to self and identity of part-time, mature learners in higher education (2013)
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James, F. P. (2013). An exploration of grounded theory with reference to self and identity of part-time, mature learners in higher education. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214658

This study explores ‘Constructivist’ Grounded Theory, a methodology advanced by Charmaz (2006) to serve as a redevelopment of Glaser and Strauss’ original version. The study’s focus is a group of mature learners on a part-time Higher Education progra... Read More about An exploration of grounded theory with reference to self and identity of part-time, mature learners in higher education.

A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems (2013)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Riaz un Nabi, S., Attayyab Khan, A., & Khan, H. (2013). A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems. Life science journal, 10(3), 130-137

This paper presents a novel robotic framework to help students to practically grasp the concepts of Robotics and Control Systems in a laboratory environment. The framework is centered on a robotic rover having two tank-like tracks which permit locomo... Read More about A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems.

Real-time target detection and tracking: A comparative in-depth review of strategies (2013)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Pasha, M., Riaz-un-Nabi, Khan, H., & Iqbal, J. (2013). Real-time target detection and tracking: A comparative in-depth review of strategies. Life science journal, 10(3), 804-813

This survey reports the approaches for object detection and successful target tracking based on image acquisition for real time applications. Moving target detection and its tracking is an important research topic in computer vision and robotics. Com... Read More about Real-time target detection and tracking: A comparative in-depth review of strategies.