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Core intended learning outcomes for tackling health inequalities in undergraduate medicine Curriculum development (2015)
Journal Article
Williamson, A. E., Ayres, R., Allen, J., & Macleod, U. (2015). Core intended learning outcomes for tackling health inequalities in undergraduate medicine Curriculum development. BMC Medical Education, 15(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-015-0342-1

© 2015 Williamson et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: Despite there being a concerted effort in recent years to influence what doctors can do to tackle health inequalities in the UK, there has been limited policy focus on what undergraduate... Read More about Core intended learning outcomes for tackling health inequalities in undergraduate medicine Curriculum development.

Low-temperature plasma treatment induces DNA damage leading to necrotic cell death in primary prostate epithelial cells (2015)
Journal Article
Hirst, A. M., Simms, M. S., Mann, V. M., Maitland, N. J., O'Connell, D., & Frame, F. M. (2015). Low-temperature plasma treatment induces DNA damage leading to necrotic cell death in primary prostate epithelial cells. The British Journal of Cancer, 112(9), 1536-1545. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.113

Background:
In recent years, the rapidly advancing field of low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasmas has shown considerable promise for future translational biomedical applications, including cancer therapy, through the generation of reactive ox... Read More about Low-temperature plasma treatment induces DNA damage leading to necrotic cell death in primary prostate epithelial cells.

Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Mitchell, E. D., Pickwell-Smith, B., & Macleod, U. (2015). Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review. BMJ open, 5(4), Article e006965. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006965

© 2015, BMJ. All rights reserved. Objective: To identify patient and practitioner factors that influence cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation (EP). Design: Systematic review. Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, EBM Reviews, Science and Soci... Read More about Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review.

Systematic review of compression following treatment for varicose veins (2015)
Journal Article
El-Sheikha, J., Carradice, D., Nandhra, S., Leung, C., Smith, G., Campbell, B., & Chetter, I. (2015). Systematic review of compression following treatment for varicose veins. British journal of surgery, 102(7), 719-725. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9788

Background Consensus regarding compression following treatment of varicose veins has yet to be reached. This systematic review aims to establish the optimal compression regimen after venous treatment. Methods A systematic review of MEDLINE, Embase an... Read More about Systematic review of compression following treatment for varicose veins.

A clinician's guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing 1: An introduction (2015)
Journal Article
Nichols, S., Taylor, C., & Ingle, L. (2015). A clinician's guide to cardiopulmonary exercise testing 1: An introduction. British journal of hospital medicine, 76(4), 192-195. https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2015.76.4.192

Compared to standard exercise tolerance testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a reliable and powerful tool that can be used for risk stratification, exercise prescription and clinical diagnosis.

Anti-war and the cyber triangle : strategic implications of cyber operations and cyber security for the state (2015)
Thesis
Herpig, S. (2015). Anti-war and the cyber triangle : strategic implications of cyber operations and cyber security for the state. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221774

[From the introduction:]

The main driver for this choice of research was the growing influence of Internet-related issues in contemporary politics in various fields. 2009 saw an intensification of this link between information and communication te... Read More about Anti-war and the cyber triangle : strategic implications of cyber operations and cyber security for the state.

Reverse logistics symbiosis in waste recycling : investigating municipal systems and household behaviour in England (2015)
Thesis
Jalil, E. E. A. (2015). Reverse logistics symbiosis in waste recycling : investigating municipal systems and household behaviour in England. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221087

Municipality Solid Waste management services are reverse logistics (RL) operations of significant scale and importance throughout the developed world, and yet the topic has only received limited attention within the logistics and supply-chain managem... Read More about Reverse logistics symbiosis in waste recycling : investigating municipal systems and household behaviour in England.

Strategies for cardiovascular prevention by evidence based medicine (2015)
Thesis
Costanzo, P. (2015). Strategies for cardiovascular prevention by evidence based medicine. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219030

Cardiovascular prevention aims to early identify patients at higher risk of developing a cardiovascular event, Prompt identification and treatment of those can potentially reduce the risk of events to occur.

The purpose of this study was to assess... Read More about Strategies for cardiovascular prevention by evidence based medicine.

Consumer motives to purchase regional products : the relationship with regional cultural differences and demographic variables (2015)
Thesis
Waehning, N. (2015). Consumer motives to purchase regional products : the relationship with regional cultural differences and demographic variables. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218087

Purpose – The purpose of this thesis is to propose a scale for measuring purchase intention of regional products (REGIOSCALE) to complement the currently used CETSCALE, which was developed to measure ethnocentrism, rather than region-specific purchas... Read More about Consumer motives to purchase regional products : the relationship with regional cultural differences and demographic variables.

Study of factors affecting parental choice of private and public school in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia (2015)
Thesis
Alsuiadi, F. A. (2015). Study of factors affecting parental choice of private and public school in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218000

In recent years a preference for secondary private school education over secondary public school education has increased rapidly among parents in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This study explored why, in the perceptions of 386 particip... Read More about Study of factors affecting parental choice of private and public school in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.

An exploration into the use of Facebook groups for health conditions (2015)
Thesis
Moxon, G. E. (2015). An exploration into the use of Facebook groups for health conditions. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217537

This portfolio thesis comprises of three parts.

The first part is a systematic literature review, in which empirical literature relating to the use of Facebook groups in health conditions is explored. It aims to provide an understanding of how ind... Read More about An exploration into the use of Facebook groups for health conditions.

New mobile visualities and the social communication of photography : Instagram as a case study (2015)
Thesis
Serafinelli, E. (2015). New mobile visualities and the social communication of photography : Instagram as a case study. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217513

This research intends to show how visuality, through the mobility of Instagram (a social media platform designed for photo sharing), is modifying individuals’ perception of the world and their mediated lives. It examines how Instagram transforms indi... Read More about New mobile visualities and the social communication of photography : Instagram as a case study.

Opening up the fuzzy front-end phase of service innovation (2015)
Thesis
Bundit Thanasopon. (2015). Opening up the fuzzy front-end phase of service innovation. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217313

The “fuzzy front-end” (FFE) of innovation begins when an opportunity is first considered worthy of further ideation, exploration, and assessment and ends when a firm decides to invest in or to terminate the idea (Khurana & Rosenthal, 1998). Since suc... Read More about Opening up the fuzzy front-end phase of service innovation.

Solidification of metal alloys in pulse electromagnetic fields (2015)
Thesis
Manuwong, T. (2015). Solidification of metal alloys in pulse electromagnetic fields. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217193

This research studies the evolution of solidification microstructures in applied external physical fields including in a pulse electric current plus a static magnetic field, and a pulse electromagnetic field. A novel electromagnetic pulse device and... Read More about Solidification of metal alloys in pulse electromagnetic fields.

The coastal fisheries of England & Wales : data poor or a model for the future? (2015)
Thesis
Prime, M. (2015). The coastal fisheries of England & Wales : data poor or a model for the future?. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216482

Coastal fisheries account for a significant amount of economic activity and are crucial to the way of life for countless people and their communities. The coastal fleet has reduced in size and effort, but advances in technology and new target species... Read More about The coastal fisheries of England & Wales : data poor or a model for the future?.

The coalition and the conservatives (2015)
Book Chapter
Norton, P. (2015). The coalition and the conservatives. In A. Seldon, & M. Finn (Eds.), The Coalition Effect, 2010–2015 (467-491). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139946551.018

© Cambridge University Press 2015. The effect on the Conservative Party of being in a coalition government from May 2010 onwards was profound. It challenged the essence of the party's approach to government. It did so in two respects. First, the part... Read More about The coalition and the conservatives.

The future of EPAC-targeted therapies: Agonism versus antagonism (2015)
Journal Article
Parnell, E., Palmer, T. M., & Yarwood, S. J. (2015). The future of EPAC-targeted therapies: Agonism versus antagonism. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 36(4), 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2015.02.003

Pharmaceutical manipulation of cAMP levels exerts beneficial effects through the regulation of the exchange protein activated by cAMP (EPAC) and protein kinase A (PKA) signalling routes. Recent attention has turned to the specific regulation of EPAC... Read More about The future of EPAC-targeted therapies: Agonism versus antagonism.

Is long-term ecological functioning stable: The case of the marine benthos? (2015)
Journal Article
Frid, C., & Caswell, B. (2015). Is long-term ecological functioning stable: The case of the marine benthos?. Journal of Sea Research, 98, 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.08.003

It is widely acknowledged that human activities are contributing to substantial biodiversity loss and that this threatens ecological processes underpinning human exploitation of ‘ecosystem services’ (defined by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment as... Read More about Is long-term ecological functioning stable: The case of the marine benthos?.