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Constructions of masculinity and men's experiences of barriers to help-seeking from mental health services (2017)
Thesis
Claridge, D. Constructions of masculinity and men's experiences of barriers to help-seeking from mental health services. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220589

This portfolio thesis is divided into three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical study and a set of appendices.

Part one is a systematic literature review, exploring the existing literature relating to the barriers men report when a... Read More about Constructions of masculinity and men's experiences of barriers to help-seeking from mental health services.

Personal experiences of living with an intellectual disability (2017)
Thesis
Whitney, G. Personal experiences of living with an intellectual disability. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220586

This portfolio thesis contains three separate parts; a systematic literature review, an empirical study and corresponding appendices.

Part one is a systematic literature review, in which the theoretical, conceptual and empirical literature relatin... Read More about Personal experiences of living with an intellectual disability.

An exploration of the integration of speech with co-speech gesture with non-invasive brain stimulation (2017)
Thesis
Zhao, W. An exploration of the integration of speech with co-speech gesture with non-invasive brain stimulation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220574

The current PhD project focuses on the integration of gesture with their co-occurring speech with the use of non-invasive brain stimulation. The project investigated ‘where’ and ‘when’ gesture-speech integration takes place. Building on the paradigm... Read More about An exploration of the integration of speech with co-speech gesture with non-invasive brain stimulation.

Development and validation of a psychological screening tool to assess pre-enlistment psychological factors likely to impact on military well-being and performance in the context of the Sri Lankan military (2017)
Thesis
Kanthilatha, H. G. Development and validation of a psychological screening tool to assess pre-enlistment psychological factors likely to impact on military well-being and performance in the context of the Sri Lankan military. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220564

Military personnel who are directly involved in war face its most harmful consequences. However, research suggests that personality differences and characteristics might mitigate or exacerbate the impact on individual responses to war-related experie... Read More about Development and validation of a psychological screening tool to assess pre-enlistment psychological factors likely to impact on military well-being and performance in the context of the Sri Lankan military.

Online customer experience in an emerging e-retail market (2017)
Thesis
Izogo, E. E. Online customer experience in an emerging e-retail market. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220559

Although customer experience has attracted significant attention in marketing theorizing for over three decades, research has barely progressed beyond the traditional conceptualizations of the concept. Specifically, research on multichannel retailing... Read More about Online customer experience in an emerging e-retail market.

An investigation of transnational higher education in Hong Kong : developing transnational intercultural communities of practice (2017)
Thesis
Lau, T. E. An investigation of transnational higher education in Hong Kong : developing transnational intercultural communities of practice. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220538

Driven by globalisation and neoliberal agendas (GATE, 2000; WTO, 2015), Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) has emerged to meet the educational demand of markets around the world, including those in Hong Kong (Lo, 2017; UK Higher Education Internat... Read More about An investigation of transnational higher education in Hong Kong : developing transnational intercultural communities of practice.

Management of watergate to enhance fisheries in the Nam Kam River system, Thailand (2017)
Thesis
Apiradee Hanpongkittikul. Management of watergate to enhance fisheries in the Nam Kam River system, Thailand. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220520

The impact of watergate operation on hydrology and habitat, and their effects on fish migration, fish diversity, population structure, and recruitment of fisheries resources were studied in the Nam Kam River system, a tributary of the Mekong in Thail... Read More about Management of watergate to enhance fisheries in the Nam Kam River system, Thailand.

Export processing zones (EPZs) in Tanzania : impact and influencing factors (2017)
Thesis
Kiria, J. S. Export processing zones (EPZs) in Tanzania : impact and influencing factors. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220466

This thesis is an attempt to understand the impact of, and factors influencing the outcomes of EPZs in a latecomer context, using Tanzania as a case study. Also, it aims to understand why governments in developing context preserve tax incentives. The... Read More about Export processing zones (EPZs) in Tanzania : impact and influencing factors.

The care priorities of haemodialysis patients (2017)
Thesis
Reid, C. The care priorities of haemodialysis patients. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220291

Background: Patients receiving haemodialysis have a reduced quality of life when compared to the general population and report deficiencies in satisfaction with care. As such it is important that we are able to evaluate dialysis care from the patient... Read More about The care priorities of haemodialysis patients.

Detection performance and mitigation techniques in CR networks (2017)
Thesis
Ammar, M. Detection performance and mitigation techniques in CR networks. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219886

Pervasive wireless communications rely enormously on spectrum utilization; the increase in demand for new wireless services and their application has led to spectrum scarcity. Spectrum limitations can be resolved by cognitive radio (CR) which is a te... Read More about Detection performance and mitigation techniques in CR networks.

Is it all academic? : a review of the utility of management research and the quest for economic and social impact (2017)
Thesis
Ord, K. Is it all academic? : a review of the utility of management research and the quest for economic and social impact. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219860

This study was prompted by recent changes in higher education funding policies that have been introduced to encourage greater economic and social impact from investments in academic research. Historically certain elements of the social sciences, part... Read More about Is it all academic? : a review of the utility of management research and the quest for economic and social impact.

Trauma, culture and compassion : interpreter, asylum seeker and refugee perspectives of mental health interventions (2017)
Thesis
Myler, C. Trauma, culture and compassion : interpreter, asylum seeker and refugee perspectives of mental health interventions. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219745

This portfolio thesis has three parts. Part one is a systematic literature review in which an analysis is conducted on existing research exploring asylum seekers’ and refugees’ beliefs and experiences of interventions for trauma-related distress. A s... Read More about Trauma, culture and compassion : interpreter, asylum seeker and refugee perspectives of mental health interventions.

Riding out the storm: The challenges faced and strategies used when balancing teaching commitments and a PhD (2017)
Journal Article
Heaviside, H., Staff, H., & Donnan, K. (2017). Riding out the storm: The challenges faced and strategies used when balancing teaching commitments and a PhD. Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, 13(2), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpssepr.2017.13.2.32

Neophyte academics appear to be susceptible to occupational stress and there is an increasing need to explore the mental health of individuals in the early stages of an academic career. In this article we present the reflections of three sport and ex... Read More about Riding out the storm: The challenges faced and strategies used when balancing teaching commitments and a PhD.

Nanoparticulate Pd-Sn Compounds Supported on Metal Oxides: Synthesis, Material and Catalytic Properties (2017)
Journal Article
Ibhadon, A. O., Francesconi, M. G., & Johnston, S. K. (2017). Nanoparticulate Pd-Sn Compounds Supported on Metal Oxides: Synthesis, Material and Catalytic Properties. Chemical Engineering & Process Techniques, 3(3), Article 1044

The manufacture of chemicals requires innovation at the catalyst frontier so that processes can be developed with higher energy efficiency and increased facility of separation and recovery of products. Catalysts with high selectivity and activity con... Read More about Nanoparticulate Pd-Sn Compounds Supported on Metal Oxides: Synthesis, Material and Catalytic Properties.

Reply to Discussion on ‘Tectonic and environmental controls on Palaeozoic fluvial environments: Reassessing the impacts of early land plants on sedimentation’ Journal of the Geological Society, London, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2016-063 (2017)
Journal Article
Santos, M. G., Mountney, N. P., Peakall, J., Thomas, R. E., Wignall, P. B., & Hodgson, D. M. (2017). Reply to Discussion on ‘Tectonic and environmental controls on Palaeozoic fluvial environments: Reassessing the impacts of early land plants on sedimentation’ Journal of the Geological Society, London, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2016-063. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(5), 950-952. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2017-031

We thank Davies et al. (2017) for their comments and welcome the opportunity to further discuss the role of early land plants in fluvial environments. Critically, Davies et al. (2017) note that although testable hypotheses exist for the possible role... Read More about Reply to Discussion on ‘Tectonic and environmental controls on Palaeozoic fluvial environments: Reassessing the impacts of early land plants on sedimentation’ Journal of the Geological Society, London, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2016-063.

Accelerometery and Heart Rate Responses of Professional Fast-Medium Bow- lers in One-Day and Multi-Day Cricket (2017)
Journal Article
Johnstone, J. A., Hughes, G., Mitchell, A. C., Ford, P. A., Watson, T., Duffield, R., Gordon, D., Roberts, J. D., & Garrett, A. T. (2017). Accelerometery and Heart Rate Responses of Professional Fast-Medium Bow- lers in One-Day and Multi-Day Cricket. Journal of sports science & medicine, 16(3), 311-317

The physical demands of fast-medium bowling are increasingly being recognised, yet comparative exploration of the differing demands between competitive formats (i.e. one-day [OD] versus multi-day [MD] matches) remain minimal. The aim of this study wa... Read More about Accelerometery and Heart Rate Responses of Professional Fast-Medium Bow- lers in One-Day and Multi-Day Cricket.

Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dethlefs, N., & Turner, A. (2017, September). Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks. Presented at 14th European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL 2017, Lyon, France

This paper describes how the recurrent connectionist architecture epiNet, which is capable of dynamically modifying its topology, is able to provide a form of transparent execution. EpiNet, which is inspired by eukaryotic gene regulation in nature, i... Read More about Transparency Of Execution Using Epigenetic Networks.

Galactic chemical evolution (2017)
Book Chapter
Mollá, M., Cavichia, O., Costa, R. D. D. D., Gibson, B. K., & Díaz, Á. I. (in press). Galactic chemical evolution. In Highlights of Spanish astrophysics IX. Sociedad Española de Astronomía

We analyze the evolution of oxygen abundance radial gradients resulting from our chemical evolution models calculated with different prescriptions for the star formation rate (SFR) and for the gas infall rate, in order to assess their respective role... Read More about Galactic chemical evolution.

Deep Chandra observations of the stripped galaxy group falling into Abell 2142 (2017)
Journal Article
Eckert, D., Gaspari, M., Owers, M. S., Molendi, S., Gastaldello, F., Paltani, S., Ettori, S., Venturi, T., Rossetti, M., Rudnick, L., Roediger, E., Roediger, E., Eckert, D., Ettori, S., Gaspari, M., Gastaldello, F., Molendi, S., Owers, M., Paltani, S., Rossetti, M., …Venturi, T. (2017). Deep Chandra observations of the stripped galaxy group falling into Abell 2142. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 605(September), A25. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730555

In the local Universe, the growth of massive galaxy clusters mainly operates through the continuous accretion of group-scale systems. The infalling group in Abell 2142 is the poster child of such an accreting group, and as such, it is an ideal target... Read More about Deep Chandra observations of the stripped galaxy group falling into Abell 2142.