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Essays on corporate hedging, ownership structure and financial conservatism policies (2016)
Thesis
Babajide, B. O. (2016). Essays on corporate hedging, ownership structure and financial conservatism policies. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222220

Corporate hedging strategies are those risk management mechanisms used by firms to reduce their exposure to the risk of price movement in the financial markets. In Modigliani and Miller’s theorem, corporate hedging and corporate financing are irrelev... Read More about Essays on corporate hedging, ownership structure and financial conservatism policies.

An anatomy of a social network : momentum, enhanced engagement and social media fatigue : a qualitative case study of situated literacy and engagement among further education re-sit students in the UK (2016)
Thesis
Scott, H. E. (2016). An anatomy of a social network : momentum, enhanced engagement and social media fatigue : a qualitative case study of situated literacy and engagement among further education re-sit students in the UK. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221152

The thesis presents a case study of how an online social network supported the classroom learning experienced by students undertaking the GCSE English re-sit. Inherent to the study is the problem of engagement and motivation among students ambivalent... Read More about An anatomy of a social network : momentum, enhanced engagement and social media fatigue : a qualitative case study of situated literacy and engagement among further education re-sit students in the UK.

Consumer motivations for social media usage and its impact on customers' trust and long-term relationships (2016)
Thesis
Algahtani, A. M. (2016). Consumer motivations for social media usage and its impact on customers' trust and long-term relationships. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220648

New challenges and opportunities have recently arisen for companies’ relationships with customers as a result of the increasing prevalence of social media. By enabling companies to build online communities, social media allow marketers to access info... Read More about Consumer motivations for social media usage and its impact on customers' trust and long-term relationships.

Microparticle image processing and field profile optimisation for automated Lab-On-Chip magnetophoretic analytical systems (2016)
Thesis
Chowdhury, M. M. U. (2016). Microparticle image processing and field profile optimisation for automated Lab-On-Chip magnetophoretic analytical systems. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219336

The work described in this thesis, concerns developments to analytical microfluidic Lab-On-Chip platform originally developed by Prof Pamme's research group at the University of Hull. This work aims to move away from traditional laboratory analysis s... Read More about Microparticle image processing and field profile optimisation for automated Lab-On-Chip magnetophoretic analytical systems.

In situ imaging and diffraction studies of the deformation of metallic glasses and composites (2016)
Thesis
Khong, J. C. (2016). In situ imaging and diffraction studies of the deformation of metallic glasses and composites. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219302

Three types of experimental studies were done on metallic glass alloys in this PhD project. Firstly, in situ tensile deformation of bulk metallic glass alloy Zr₄₁.₂Ti₁₃.₈Cu₁₂.₅Ni₁₀Be₂₂.₅ (Vit-1), and a bulk metallic glass matrix composite, Zr₃₉.₆Ti₃₃... Read More about In situ imaging and diffraction studies of the deformation of metallic glasses and composites.

Investigation into the effectiveness of blended learning as a means of supporting management development in MBA programmes (2016)
Thesis
Alokluk, J. A. (2016). Investigation into the effectiveness of blended learning as a means of supporting management development in MBA programmes. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219127

The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of blended learning as a means of delivering management development in Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes. This research followed an interpretivist and qualitative approach, u... Read More about Investigation into the effectiveness of blended learning as a means of supporting management development in MBA programmes.

An inquiry into adult male prisoners' experiences of education (2016)
Thesis
Nichols, H. (2016). An inquiry into adult male prisoners' experiences of education. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218906

Offender learning policy in England and Wales is vocationally focused and thus primarily aims to educate prisoners to increase their employability. Through an analysis of letters written by prisoners and interviews with serving prisoners, ex prisoner... Read More about An inquiry into adult male prisoners' experiences of education.

The effect of environmental, physical, and nutritional factors on in vitro fertilisation (2016)
Thesis
Cunningham, T. K. (2016). The effect of environmental, physical, and nutritional factors on in vitro fertilisation. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218708

Folliculogenesis, fertilisation and implantation of a human embryo requires unity of many different pathways. The literature review discusses folliculogensis, implantation and the potential affect that endocrine disrupting agents (EDAs) and Vitamin D... Read More about The effect of environmental, physical, and nutritional factors on in vitro fertilisation.

Implications and consequences : how can learning from the use of a psychometric tool inform other HRD interventions? (2016)
Thesis
Freer, B. H. (2016). Implications and consequences : how can learning from the use of a psychometric tool inform other HRD interventions?. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218435

This thesis presents findings on the implications and consequences of using a personality preference model as an organizational development tool. Whilst the research focuses on the proprietary model Insights Discovery®, the intention is not to valida... Read More about Implications and consequences : how can learning from the use of a psychometric tool inform other HRD interventions?.

Visual cortical alpha rhythms : function and relation to other dynamic signatures in local networks (2016)
Thesis
Hawkins, K. (2016). Visual cortical alpha rhythms : function and relation to other dynamic signatures in local networks. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218213

The alpha rhythm (8-12Hz) was the first EEG rhythm recorded by Hans Berger in 1929. Despite being the earliest rhythm discovered, alpha rhythms remain the most mysterious in terms of mechanism and function. In the visual system, post-stimulus alpha o... Read More about Visual cortical alpha rhythms : function and relation to other dynamic signatures in local networks.

Investigating reach and grasp in Parkinson's disease cognitive impairment (2016)
Thesis
Cosgrove, J. (2016). Investigating reach and grasp in Parkinson's disease cognitive impairment. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218207

Reach and grasp are evolutionary conserved motor actions controlled by highly specialised neural pathways that have major nodes in the posterior parietal and premotor frontal cortices. Mild cognitive impairment is an important non-motor symptom of Pa... Read More about Investigating reach and grasp in Parkinson's disease cognitive impairment.

Investigations into the electrical properties of hybrid memristor devices containing surface modified zinc oxide nanorods (2016)
Thesis
Gardner, B. (2016). Investigations into the electrical properties of hybrid memristor devices containing surface modified zinc oxide nanorods. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218124

This thesis focusses on improving the fabrication and electronic switching properties of hybrid memristor devices that have been developed in the nanophysics group at the University of Hull. The devices consist of vertically aligned semiconducting Zn... Read More about Investigations into the electrical properties of hybrid memristor devices containing surface modified zinc oxide nanorods.

Bram Stoker, Ellen Terry, Pamela Colman Smith and the Art of Devilry (2016)
Book Chapter
Cockin, K. (2016). Bram Stoker, Ellen Terry, Pamela Colman Smith and the Art of Devilry. In C. Wynne (Ed.), Bram Stoker and the Gothic (159-171). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465047_11

When Oscar Wilde designated Ellen Terry ‘Our Lady of the Lyceum’ (Robertson, 1931: 149), the Marian terminology positioned the Lyceum Theatre itself as a sacred space or seat of worship. It was Henry Irving’s temple, with Bram Stoker as his trusted b... Read More about Bram Stoker, Ellen Terry, Pamela Colman Smith and the Art of Devilry.

Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon foam electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acid solution (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Yu, S., Daio, T., Ismail, M. S., Sasaki, K., & Lyth, S. M. (2016). Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon foam electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acid solution. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163(9), F1049-F1054. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0631609jes

Metal-free, nitrogen-doped carbon foam is utilized as a model non-precious electrocatalyst system to investigate the role of nitrogen in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in the absence of iron contamination. This graphene-like foam displays relati... Read More about Metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon foam electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acid solution.

Non-linear control law for articulated serial manipulators: Simulation augmented with hardware implementation (2016)
Journal Article
Ullah, M. I., Ajwad, S. A., Irfan, M., & Iqbal, J. (2016). Non-linear control law for articulated serial manipulators: Simulation augmented with hardware implementation. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 22(1), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.22.1.14094

The performance of a robotic arm includes accuracy, repeatability and reliability to accomplish a task. These parameters, in turn, are function of associated control law. Multi-Degree Of Freedom (DOF) robotic arms, because of their inherent highly no... Read More about Non-linear control law for articulated serial manipulators: Simulation augmented with hardware implementation.

Optimal v/s robust control: A study and comparison for articulated manipulator (2016)
Journal Article
Ajwad, S. A., Mehmood, A., Ullah, M. I., & Iqbal, J. (2016). Optimal v/s robust control: A study and comparison for articulated manipulator. Journal of the Balkan Tribological Association, 22(3), 2469-2475

Highly nonlinear and coupled dynamics of a robotic manipulator demands sophisticated control strategies. These strategies must have the ability to handle the uncertainties and external disturbances that can significantly deviate the system from its d... Read More about Optimal v/s robust control: A study and comparison for articulated manipulator.

The business of decolonization: The foreign office, British business, and the end of empire in Kuwait and Qatar (2016)
Book Chapter
Smith, S. C. (2016). The business of decolonization: The foreign office, British business, and the end of empire in Kuwait and Qatar. In J. Fisher, E. G. Pedaliu, & R. Smith (Eds.), The Foreign Office, Commerce and British Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (381-399). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46581-8_17

The Gulf States, while small in size, were of increasing economic and financial significance to the British economy in the post-war period. While the loss of India in 1947 reduced the strategic importance of the Gulf, this was more than compensated f... Read More about The business of decolonization: The foreign office, British business, and the end of empire in Kuwait and Qatar.

Analytical modeling for switched damping electromagnetic energy harvester (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ooi, B. L., Gilbert, J. M., Aziz, A. R. A., & Thein, C. K. Analytical modeling for switched damping electromagnetic energy harvester

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. This paper presents a novel switched damping method which is able to improve the operational bandwidth of a linear electromagnetic energy harvester. In this system, different damping coefficients,... Read More about Analytical modeling for switched damping electromagnetic energy harvester.

Different pathways for different journeys: Ethnicity, identity transition and desistance (2016)
Book Chapter
Calverley, A. (2016). Different pathways for different journeys: Ethnicity, identity transition and desistance. In A. Robinson, & P. Hamilton (Eds.), Moving on from Crime and Substance Use: Transforming Identities (121-152). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447324676.003.0007

This chapter argues that the processes of adopting viable non-offending identities are as important in the desistance of minority ethnic offenders as they are for offenders who are white. However, differences in structural location and cultural expec... Read More about Different pathways for different journeys: Ethnicity, identity transition and desistance.