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J.S. Mill's boundaries of freedom of expression: a critique (2017)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2017). J.S. Mill's boundaries of freedom of expression: a critique. Philosophy : the journal of the British Institute of Philosophical Studies, 92(4), 565-596. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819117000213

The essay opens with some background information about the period in which JS Mill wrote. The discussion revolves around the concept of blasphemy which Mill considered to be highly problematic. Tagging unpopular views as “blasphemous” amounted to abu... Read More about J.S. Mill's boundaries of freedom of expression: a critique.

Student perceptions of their autonomy at University (2017)
Journal Article
Henri, D. C., Morrell, L. J., & Scott, G. W. (2018). Student perceptions of their autonomy at University. Higher Education, 75(3), 507-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0152-y

© 2017, The Author(s). Learner autonomy is a primary learning outcome of Higher Education in many countries. However, empirical evaluation of how student autonomy progresses during undergraduate degrees is limited. We surveyed a total of 636 students... Read More about Student perceptions of their autonomy at University.

Improving Hospital at Home for frail older people: insights from a quality improvement project to achieve change across regional health and social care sectors (2017)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Hemsley, A., Blackwell, R., Pegg, L., & Custerson, L. (2017). Improving Hospital at Home for frail older people: insights from a quality improvement project to achieve change across regional health and social care sectors. BMC health services research, 17(1), Article ARTN 387. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2334-9

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Against a background of rising numbers of frail older people, there is a need to improve quality and safety of services whilst containing costs. Improving patient outcomes requires change across hospital and communit... Read More about Improving Hospital at Home for frail older people: insights from a quality improvement project to achieve change across regional health and social care sectors.

Stellar origin of 15N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB: Supernovae with explosive hydrogen burning (2017)
Journal Article
Liu, N., Nittler, L. R., Pignatari, M., Alexander, C. M. O., & Wang, J. (2017). Stellar origin of 15N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB: Supernovae with explosive hydrogen burning. The Astrophysical journal, 842(1), L1. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa74e5

© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. We report C, N, and Si isotopic data for 59 highly 13 C-enriched presolar submicron-to micron-sized SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite, including eight putative nova grains (PNGs)... Read More about Stellar origin of 15N-rich presolar SiC grains of type AB: Supernovae with explosive hydrogen burning.

Crystal structures and gas adsorption behavior of new lanthanide-benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate frameworks (2017)
Journal Article
Panyarat, K., Surinwong, S., Prior, T. J., Konno, T., & Rujiwatra, A. (2017). Crystal structures and gas adsorption behavior of new lanthanide-benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate frameworks. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 251, 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2017.06.003

Six new lanthanide metal organic complexes, i.e. [La2(NO2-BDC)3(H2O)4] (1) [Ln(L)0.5(NO2-BDC) (H2O)]·3H2O (Ln = Eu (2), Tb (3), Dy (4) and Ho (5); L = BDC2− or BDC2−/NO2-BDC2-) and [Tm(NO2-BDC)1.5(H2O)]·H2O (6), have been synthesized using mixed liga... Read More about Crystal structures and gas adsorption behavior of new lanthanide-benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate frameworks.

Accommodating minority shareholdings within the European Union Merger Control regime: advocating a more cooperative way forward (2017)
Journal Article
Davison, L. M. (2017). Accommodating minority shareholdings within the European Union Merger Control regime: advocating a more cooperative way forward. Liverpool Law Review, 38(3), 259-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-017-9201-y

The paper focuses upon a neglected area of EU merger control, the acquisition of minority shareholdings that have the potential to cause competitive harm at the European Union level, and which therefore should be vetted under EU law. Using economic t... Read More about Accommodating minority shareholdings within the European Union Merger Control regime: advocating a more cooperative way forward.

Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes (2017)
Journal Article
McPolin, C. P., Olivier, N., Bouillard, J.-S., O'Connor, D. P., Krasavin, A. V., Dickson, W., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2017). Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes. Light Science & Applications, 6(6), e16237. https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2016.237

We propose and investigate, both experimentally and theoretically, a novel mechanism for switching and modulating plasmonic signals based on a Fano interference process, which arises from the coupling between a narrow-band optical Fabry-Pérot cavity... Read More about Universal switching of plasmonic signals using optical resonator modes.

The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time-current evidence (2017)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Beiser, A. S., Breteler, M. M., Fratiglioni, L., Helmer, C., Hendrie, H. C., …Brayne, C. (2017). The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time-current evidence. Nature Reviews Neurology, 13(6), 327-339. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2017.63

Dementia is an increasing focus for policymakers, civil organizations and multidisciplinary researchers. The most recent descriptive epidemiological research into dementia is enabling investigation into how the prevalence and incidence are changing o... Read More about The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time-current evidence.

To what extent do frameworks of reading development and the phonics screening check support the assessment of reading development in England? (2017)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J. (2017). To what extent do frameworks of reading development and the phonics screening check support the assessment of reading development in England?. English in Education, 51(2), 130-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/eie.12119

The purpose of this article is to question the suitability of the phonics screening check in relation to models and theories of reading development. The article questions the appropriateness of the check by drawing on theoretical frameworks which und... Read More about To what extent do frameworks of reading development and the phonics screening check support the assessment of reading development in England?.

Drosophila Short stop as a paradigm for the role and regulation of spectraplakins (2017)
Journal Article
Voelzmann, A., Liew, Y. T., Qu, Y., Hahn, I., Melero, C., Sánchez-Soriano, N., & Prokop, A. (2017). Drosophila Short stop as a paradigm for the role and regulation of spectraplakins. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 69, 40-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.05.019

Spectraplakins are evolutionarily well conserved cytoskeletal linker molecules that are true members of three protein families: plakins, spectrins and Gas2-like proteins. Spectraplakin genes encode at least 7 characteristic functional domains which a... Read More about Drosophila Short stop as a paradigm for the role and regulation of spectraplakins.

Criminal reconciliation following the legislation : through the lenses of prosecutors in China (2017)
Thesis
Sun, Y. (2017). Criminal reconciliation following the legislation : through the lenses of prosecutors in China. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224069

Since 2012, the procedure of criminal reconciliation (CR) applied in public prosecution cases has developed from pilot projects in some district procuratorates to a statute-based procedure for use throughout China. The law now allows prosecutors to h... Read More about Criminal reconciliation following the legislation : through the lenses of prosecutors in China.

Being a Mongolian student in an ‘enclosed-wall’: an exploration of social identity construction of the Mongolian students in Minzu universities of China (2017)
Thesis
Wang, L. (2017). Being a Mongolian student in an ‘enclosed-wall’: an exploration of social identity construction of the Mongolian students in Minzu universities of China. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223962

Countries with domestic ethnic diversity confront many similar educational challenges: on one side, there is a need to address equalities in the public education system, thus ensuring that minority groups are able to access opportunities in education... Read More about Being a Mongolian student in an ‘enclosed-wall’: an exploration of social identity construction of the Mongolian students in Minzu universities of China.

Challenges and opportunities of e-fulfilment operations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (2017)
Thesis
Alotaibi, M. G. H. (2017). Challenges and opportunities of e-fulfilment operations in the Gulf Cooperation Council. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223361

Electronic commerce (EC) in scholarship and practice has been richly discussed. Consumers’ fulfilment is considered a potential factor for firms. EC involves different processes, from inbound to outbound, which have to maintain consistency of flow wi... Read More about Challenges and opportunities of e-fulfilment operations in the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Investigating the biological and clinical implications of Endo180 in breast cancer (2017)
Thesis
Wang, K. (2017). Investigating the biological and clinical implications of Endo180 in breast cancer. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222284

Endo180 is a 180 kDa type-1 transmembrane receptor that belongs to the mannose receptor family and interacts with extracellular / intracellular collagens. Endo180 expression is correlated with tumour grade, disease progression and poor prognosis in s... Read More about Investigating the biological and clinical implications of Endo180 in breast cancer.

Generation of model-based safety arguments from automatically allocated safety integrity levels (2017)
Thesis
Sorokos, I. (2017). Generation of model-based safety arguments from automatically allocated safety integrity levels. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222118

To certify safety-critical systems, assurance arguments linking evidence of safety to appropriate requirements must be constructed. However, modern safety-critical systems feature increasing complexity and integration, which render manual approaches... Read More about Generation of model-based safety arguments from automatically allocated safety integrity levels.

How do electronic musicians make their music? : creative practice through informal learning resources (2017)
Thesis
Wan, W. K. (2017). How do electronic musicians make their music? : creative practice through informal learning resources. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221045

The paper will explore the creative practices of professional electronic musicians through their interviews published in consumer materials, commonly perceived as informal learning resources. Drawing on data gathered from music technology and music c... Read More about How do electronic musicians make their music? : creative practice through informal learning resources.

Dawnsmoke and the influence of character tropes on the construction of fantasy fiction (2017)
Thesis
Hurst, E. (2017). Dawnsmoke and the influence of character tropes on the construction of fantasy fiction. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220796

This thesis is formed of a fantasy novel, Dawnsmoke, and an exegesis that will examine the role played by character tropes on the creation of the three principal protagonists in Dawnsmoke. Dawnsmoke interweaves three narrative strands from a diver... Read More about Dawnsmoke and the influence of character tropes on the construction of fantasy fiction.

Quantification of training load, neuromuscular fatigue, biochemical and endocrine responses to fast bowling in cricket (2017)
Thesis
Bray, J. W. (2017). Quantification of training load, neuromuscular fatigue, biochemical and endocrine responses to fast bowling in cricket. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220472

Recent professionalization, the emergence of, and ever-increasing popularity of limited overs cricket, have resulted in traditional playing schedules evolving and expanding. Consequently, players now compete for much of the year, experiencing periods... Read More about Quantification of training load, neuromuscular fatigue, biochemical and endocrine responses to fast bowling in cricket.

Part-time defenders of the Realm : is the history of the Territorial Army a likely indicator of Future Reserves 2020 success? (2017)
Thesis
Allan, S. M. (2017). Part-time defenders of the Realm : is the history of the Territorial Army a likely indicator of Future Reserves 2020 success?. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220370

This research investigates whether the Army Reserve (AR), the new name for the Territorial Army, can become a more integrated, more efficient, better trained, and more deployable force, as intimated by the government, than their previous incarnations... Read More about Part-time defenders of the Realm : is the history of the Territorial Army a likely indicator of Future Reserves 2020 success?.