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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 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?.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the CLASS trial (2015)
Journal Article
Brittenden, J., Cotton, S. C., Elders, A., Tassie, E., Scotland, G., Ramsay, C. R., …Campbell, M. K. (2015). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the CLASS trial. Health Technology Assessment, 19(27), 1-342. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19270

Background Foam sclerotherapy (foam) and endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) have emerged as alternative treatments to surgery for patients with varicose veins, but uncertainty exists regarding their effectiveness in the medium to longer term. Objec... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation and surgery for varicose veins: results from the CLASS trial.

Quantitative research (2015)
Journal Article
Watson, R. (2015). Quantitative research. Nursing standard : official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing, 29(31), 44-48. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.31.44.e8681

This article describes the basic tenets of quantitative research. The concepts of dependent and independent variables are addressed and the concept of measurement and its associated issues, such as error, reliability and validity, are explored. Exper... Read More about Quantitative research.

Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature (2015)
Journal Article
Chiari, Y., Glaberman, S., Serén, N., Carretero, M. A., & Capellini, I. (2015). Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature. Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America, 25(3), 596-602. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0439.1

The release of large quantities of chemicals into the environment represents a major source of environmental disturbance. In recent years, the focus of ecotoxicology has shifted from describing the effects of chemical contaminants on individual speci... Read More about Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature.

Evaluating Predominant Causes of Insanity in Cases of Drug-Induced Psychoses (2015)
Journal Article
Wondemaghen, M. (2015). Evaluating Predominant Causes of Insanity in Cases of Drug-Induced Psychoses. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 14(1), 76-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2015.1019682

The insanity defense operates on the basis that individuals who do not have the capacity to understand the consequences or wrongness of their action should not be held criminally responsible because there is a defect of reason. The defect must arise... Read More about Evaluating Predominant Causes of Insanity in Cases of Drug-Induced Psychoses.

Central and Peripheral Fatigue in Male Cyclists after 4-, 20-, and 40-km Time Trials (2015)
Journal Article
Thomas, K., Goodall, S., Stone, M., Howatson, G., Gibson, A. S. C., & ANSLEY, L. (2015). Central and Peripheral Fatigue in Male Cyclists after 4-, 20-, and 40-km Time Trials. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(3), 537-546. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000000448

Purpose Few studies have assessed neuromuscular fatigue after self-paced locomotor exercise; moreover, none have assessed the degree of supraspinal fatigue. This study assessed central and peripheral fatigue after self-paced exercise of different d... Read More about Central and Peripheral Fatigue in Male Cyclists after 4-, 20-, and 40-km Time Trials.

Systematic review and economic modelling of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of art therapy among people with non-psychotic mental health disorders (2015)
Journal Article
Uttley, L., Scope, A., Stevenson, M., Rawdin, A., Taylor Buck, E., Sutton, A., …Wood, C. (2015). Systematic review and economic modelling of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of art therapy among people with non-psychotic mental health disorders. Health Technology Assessment, 19(18), 1-120. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19180

Background: Mental health problems account for almost half of all ill health in people under 65 years. The majority are non-psychotic (e.g. depression, anxiety and phobias). For some people, art therapy may provide more profound and long-lasting heal... Read More about Systematic review and economic modelling of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of art therapy among people with non-psychotic mental health disorders.

αIIbβ3 variants defined by next-generation sequencing: Predicting variants likely to cause Glanzmann thrombasthenia (2015)
Journal Article
Buitrago, L., Rendon, A., Liang, Y., Simeoni, I., Negri, A., ThromboGenomics Consortium, …Coller, B. S. (2015). αIIbβ3 variants defined by next-generation sequencing: Predicting variants likely to cause Glanzmann thrombasthenia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(15), E1898-E1907. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422238112

Next-generation sequencing is transforming our understanding of human genetic variation but assessing the functional impact of novel variants presents challenges. We analyzed missense variants in the integrin αIIbβ3 receptor subunit genes ITGA2B and... Read More about αIIbβ3 variants defined by next-generation sequencing: Predicting variants likely to cause Glanzmann thrombasthenia.

Polarization and mutual coupling effects in aluminum nanoantenna arrays (2015)
Journal Article
Dorh, N., Stokes, J., & Cryan, M. J. (2015). Polarization and mutual coupling effects in aluminum nanoantenna arrays. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 32(4), 721-729. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.32.000721

This paper uses finite-difference time-domain modeling to study the impact of varying the polarization of the point source(s) on both a single aluminum dipole nanoantenna and a 2×2 array. Starting with the single dipole nanoantenna, this paper demons... Read More about Polarization and mutual coupling effects in aluminum nanoantenna arrays.