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The effects of hydrogen sulfide on HEK-293 cells and human primary bronchial fibroblasts (2015)
Thesis
Kaura, V. (2015). The effects of hydrogen sulfide on HEK-293 cells and human primary bronchial fibroblasts. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218567

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a key biologically relevant signalling molecule and has been recognised as the third endogenous gasotransmitter. H2S modulates various biological functions through complex mechanisms which may involve Transient Receptor Pote... Read More about The effects of hydrogen sulfide on HEK-293 cells and human primary bronchial fibroblasts.

Factors affecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Mersey catchment, North West England, and the potential for a recolonisation (2015)
Thesis
Billington, S. (2015). Factors affecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Mersey catchment, North West England, and the potential for a recolonisation. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218430

Salmon became locally extinct from the River Mersey, northwest England, during the 1950s – 1970s due to deterioration in water quality and man-made barriers. Stray salmon began entering the River Mersey in the 1990s but a self sustaining population h... Read More about Factors affecting Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Mersey catchment, North West England, and the potential for a recolonisation.

The nature of informed bereavement support and death education in selected English primary schools (2015)
Thesis
James, S. (. O. E. (2015). The nature of informed bereavement support and death education in selected English primary schools. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218345

School-based bereavement support provision in England is considered to be improving, but remains problematic (Child Bereavement United Kingdom [CBUK], 2013; Potts, 2013; Holland & McLennan, 2015; Holland & Wilkinson, 2015). Representing an aspect of... Read More about The nature of informed bereavement support and death education in selected English primary schools.

A fair trial at the International Criminal Court? : human rights standards and legitimacy (2015)
Thesis
Widder, E. R. (2015). A fair trial at the International Criminal Court? : human rights standards and legitimacy. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218279

Can the procedure at the International Criminal Court be regarded as fair? And why is the level of fairness important for the ICC’s legitimacy? This thesis argues that the right to a fair trial is an indispensable prerequisite for international tribu... Read More about A fair trial at the International Criminal Court? : human rights standards and legitimacy.

Exploring green and logistics service quality of Thai logistics service providers (2015)
Thesis
Siriwan Chaisurayakam. (2015). Exploring green and logistics service quality of Thai logistics service providers. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218264

The emergence of environmental or green issues in global supply chains has made it an essential practice to measure the performance of organisations of not only from their financial and management perspectives but also their environmental performance... Read More about Exploring green and logistics service quality of Thai logistics service providers.

The synthesis and evaluation of ferroelectric liquid crystal host materials (2015)
Thesis
Komandla, S. R. (2015). The synthesis and evaluation of ferroelectric liquid crystal host materials. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217874

This research is based on the synthesis and evaluation of liquid crystalline host materials for use in ferroelectric liquid crystal devices. The liquid crystal materials are synthesised by incorporating silane bulky end groups linked by an alkoxy spa... Read More about The synthesis and evaluation of ferroelectric liquid crystal host materials.

Synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticle composites with side chain liquid crystals (2015)
Thesis
Amos, O. (2015). Synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticle composites with side chain liquid crystals. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217823

The properties of specifically designed nanocomposites are currently of high interest to scientists as they are different to those of materials in bulk. Of special interest are nanocomposites made up of gold nanoparticles and liquid crystalline mater... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticle composites with side chain liquid crystals.

The war on welfare and the war on asylum (2015)
Journal Article
Burnett, J. (2015). The war on welfare and the war on asylum. Race & class, 57(2), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396815595919

This articles examines the parallels between the UK government’s ‘war’ on welfare and ‘war’ on asylum, in terms of the creation of widespread destitution and the rhetoric which punishes those depicted as ‘bogus’. In both cases, large private corporat... Read More about The war on welfare and the war on asylum.

“Lahat para sa lahat” (everything to everybody): consensual leadership, social capital and disaster risk reduction in a Filipino community (2015)
Journal Article
Bankoff, G. (2015). “Lahat para sa lahat” (everything to everybody): consensual leadership, social capital and disaster risk reduction in a Filipino community. Disaster Prevention and Management, 24(4), 430-447. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2014-0063

Purpose
– Effective leadership at the grassroots level can make a crucial difference to disaster risk reduction (DRR) at the local level. Guidance, however, is often not provided through the visible structures of local government but through alternat... Read More about “Lahat para sa lahat” (everything to everybody): consensual leadership, social capital and disaster risk reduction in a Filipino community.

Ultra-shallow-marine anoxia in an Early Triassic shallow-marine clastic ramp (Spitsbergen) and the suppression of benthic radiation (2015)
Journal Article
Wignall, P. B., Bond, D. P. G., Sun, Y., Grasby, S. E., Beauchamp, B., Joachimski, M. M., & Blomeier, D. P. G. (2016). Ultra-shallow-marine anoxia in an Early Triassic shallow-marine clastic ramp (Spitsbergen) and the suppression of benthic radiation. Geological magazine, 153(2), 316-331. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756815000588

Lower Triassic marine strata in Spitsbergen accumulated on a mid-to-high latitude ramp in which high-energy foreshore and shoreface facies passed offshore into sheet sandstones of probable hyperpycnite origin. More distal facies include siltstones, s... Read More about Ultra-shallow-marine anoxia in an Early Triassic shallow-marine clastic ramp (Spitsbergen) and the suppression of benthic radiation.

Guided mesh normal filtering (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, W., Deng, B., Zhang, J., Bouaziz, S., & Liu, L. (2015). Guided mesh normal filtering. Computer graphics forum : journal of the European Association for Computer Graphics, 34(7), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12742

The joint bilateral filter is a variant of the standard bilateral filter, where the range kernel is evaluated using a guidance signal instead of the original signal. It has been successfully applied to various image processing problems, where it prov... Read More about Guided mesh normal filtering.

The Landau-Lifshitz equation in atomistic models (2015)
Journal Article
Ellis, M. O., Evans, R. F., Ostler, T. A., Barker, J., Atxitia, U., Chubykalo-Fesenko, O., & Chantrell, R. W. (2015). The Landau-Lifshitz equation in atomistic models. Low Temperature Physics, 41(9), 705-712. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4930971

The Landau-Lifshitz (LL) equation, originally proposed at the macrospin level, is increasingly used in Atomistic Spin Dynamic (ASD) models. These models are based on a spin Hamiltonian featuring atomic spins of fixed length, with the exchange introdu... Read More about The Landau-Lifshitz equation in atomistic models.

A method comparison of a food frequency questionnaire to measure folate, choline, betaine, Vitamin C and carotenoids with 24-h dietary recalls in women of reproductive age (2015)
Journal Article
Coathup, V., Wheeler, S., & Smith, L. (2016). A method comparison of a food frequency questionnaire to measure folate, choline, betaine, Vitamin C and carotenoids with 24-h dietary recalls in women of reproductive age. European journal of clinical nutrition, 70(3), 346-351. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2015.159

© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to conduct a method comparison of a modified food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), designed to estimate usual dietary intake of selected micronutrients and anti... Read More about A method comparison of a food frequency questionnaire to measure folate, choline, betaine, Vitamin C and carotenoids with 24-h dietary recalls in women of reproductive age.

Banning of fetal sex determination and changes in sex ratio in India (2015)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A. S., Myles, P., Tata, L. J., & Fogarty, A. W. (2015). Banning of fetal sex determination and changes in sex ratio in India. The Lancet global health, 3(9), E523-E524. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x%2815%2900053-4

Sex-specific feticide is considered to be relatively common practice in India, where the male:female sex ratio at livebirth was about 1·10 in 2010–12,1 as opposed to a comparable sex ratio of 1·06 for Asian countries in 2010.2 These changes have occu... Read More about Banning of fetal sex determination and changes in sex ratio in India.

A prospective observational study to assess the impact of operator seniority on outcome following arteriovenous fistula formation (2015)
Journal Article
Barnes, R., Smith, G. E., & Chetter, I. C. (2015). A prospective observational study to assess the impact of operator seniority on outcome following arteriovenous fistula formation. The journal of vascular access, 16(5), 372-376. https://doi.org/10.5301/jva.5000401

Purpose: Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) surgery affords an excellent opportunity for junior surgeons to learn key vascular techniques. However, implementation of the European Working Time Directive has reduced trainee surgeon’s working hours, leading to... Read More about A prospective observational study to assess the impact of operator seniority on outcome following arteriovenous fistula formation.

Netcitizenship: addressing cyberevenge and sexbullying (2015)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2015). Netcitizenship: addressing cyberevenge and sexbullying. Journal of applied ethics and philosophy, 7, 14-23. https://doi.org/10.14943/jaep.7.14

This article discusses the phenomena of Cyberevenge, sexbullying, and sextortion, especially among young people. The discussion, based on extensive review of books, research reports, newspapers, journal articles and pertinent websites, analyzes these... Read More about Netcitizenship: addressing cyberevenge and sexbullying.

Cell shape recognition by colloidal cell imprints: Energy of the cell-imprint interaction (2015)
Journal Article
Borovicka, J., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2015). Cell shape recognition by colloidal cell imprints: Energy of the cell-imprint interaction. Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 92(3), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.92.032730

The results presented in this study are aimed at the theoretical estimate of the interactions between a spherical microbial cell and the colloidal cell imprints in terms of the Derjaguin, Landau, Vervey, and Overbeek (DLVO) surface forces. We adapted... Read More about Cell shape recognition by colloidal cell imprints: Energy of the cell-imprint interaction.

Does the use of specialist palliative care services modify the effect of socioeconomic status on place of death? A systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Nicolson, D. J., MacLeod, U., Allgar, V., Dalgliesh, C., & Johnson, M. (2016). Does the use of specialist palliative care services modify the effect of socioeconomic status on place of death? A systematic review. Palliative medicine, 30(5), 434-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216315602590

© SAGE Publications. Background: Cancer patients in lower socioeconomic groups are significantly less likely to die at home and experience more barriers to access to palliative care. It is unclear whether receiving palliative care may mediate the eff... Read More about Does the use of specialist palliative care services modify the effect of socioeconomic status on place of death? A systematic review.