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Lifestyle activities in mid-life contribute to cognitive reserve in late-life, independent of education, occupation, and late-life activities (2018)
Journal Article
Chan, D., Shafto, M., Kievit, R., Matthews, F., Spink, M., Valenzuela, M., & Henson, R. N. (2018). Lifestyle activities in mid-life contribute to cognitive reserve in late-life, independent of education, occupation, and late-life activities. Neurobiology of Aging, 70, 180-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.06.012

This study tested the hypothesis that mid-life intellectual, physical, and social activities contribute to cognitive reserve (CR). Two hundred five individuals (196 with magnetic resonance imaging) aged 66–88 years from the Cambridge Centre for Agein... Read More about Lifestyle activities in mid-life contribute to cognitive reserve in late-life, independent of education, occupation, and late-life activities.

Achieving environmental sustainability in Nigeria’s extractive industry : how viable is a human rights approach to environmental protection? (2018)
Thesis
Maduekwe, N. U. C. (2018). Achieving environmental sustainability in Nigeria’s extractive industry : how viable is a human rights approach to environmental protection?. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4429881

The Nigerian extractive industry illustrates the tension between economic development on the one hand and environmental sustainability on the other. As of 2017, the Central Bank of Nigeria Annual Report indicates that oil revenue constituted 56.2% of... Read More about Achieving environmental sustainability in Nigeria’s extractive industry : how viable is a human rights approach to environmental protection?.

In-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging and tomography studies of the evolution of solidification microstructures under pulse electromagnetic fields (2018)
Thesis
Du, W. (2018). In-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging and tomography studies of the evolution of solidification microstructures under pulse electromagnetic fields. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221948

This research studies the dynamic evolution of dendritic structures and intermetallic phases of four Al based alloys during the solidification under pulse electromagnetic fields (PMFs). An advanced PMF solidification device was upgraded, built, commi... Read More about In-situ synchrotron X-ray imaging and tomography studies of the evolution of solidification microstructures under pulse electromagnetic fields.

The evolution of galaxies : starbursts and beyond (2018)
Thesis
Wilkinson, C. L. (2018). The evolution of galaxies : starbursts and beyond. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221716

Determining how galaxies evolve and what drives their evolution is one of the biggest challenges in astronomy. This thesis aims to shed light on the life-cycle of galaxies by answering the following questions: (1) How do different selection methods o... Read More about The evolution of galaxies : starbursts and beyond.

Systemic risk in public sector outsourcing contracts (2018)
Thesis
Bloomfield, K. (2018). Systemic risk in public sector outsourcing contracts. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221366

The research presented in this thesis responds to a call towards the expansion of current perceptions of risk in complex organisational settings. Observing the literature, it becomes apparent that risk in projects is frequently treated as independent... Read More about Systemic risk in public sector outsourcing contracts.

Moving between what-is and what-might-be? Sustainable international partnership in higher education : perspectives from England and China (2018)
Thesis
Ma, J. (2018). Moving between what-is and what-might-be? Sustainable international partnership in higher education : perspectives from England and China. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221359

One of the ways in which universities relate to the world in the context of internationalisation is through partnership. However, many university partnerships either do not reflect institutional strategic planning, or do not make good use of the indi... Read More about Moving between what-is and what-might-be? Sustainable international partnership in higher education : perspectives from England and China.

The dynamics of contemporary slavery and conflict : agency, asylum and accountability (2018)
Thesis
Kidd, A. S. (2018). The dynamics of contemporary slavery and conflict : agency, asylum and accountability. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221343

This thesis offers a new approach to understanding contemporary slavery by focusing on the root causes rather than on the end result of the enslavement. Adopting this approach allows for a move away from the current tendency of homogenising victims o... Read More about The dynamics of contemporary slavery and conflict : agency, asylum and accountability.

Relationships between surface pollen and vegetation in the Meiling Mountains, southeast China : an aid to reconstruct past vegetation dynamics (2018)
Thesis
Fang, Y. (2018). Relationships between surface pollen and vegetation in the Meiling Mountains, southeast China : an aid to reconstruct past vegetation dynamics. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221270

Understanding the relationships between modern pollen deposits and their surrounding vegetation is an important tool to improve the quality of reconstructions and interpretations of past vegetation changes from fossil pollen records. The overall aim... Read More about Relationships between surface pollen and vegetation in the Meiling Mountains, southeast China : an aid to reconstruct past vegetation dynamics.

The organisational structuring of cross sector partnerships : an empirical examination of two cross sector partnerships in the Humber region, UK (2018)
Thesis
Bachev, P. (2018). The organisational structuring of cross sector partnerships : an empirical examination of two cross sector partnerships in the Humber region, UK. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221204

The last couple of decades have marked an increasing interest in what are now widely called cross sector partnerships (CSPs) between businesses, governments and not-for-profits. The extant literature generally refers to these partnerships as mechanis... Read More about The organisational structuring of cross sector partnerships : an empirical examination of two cross sector partnerships in the Humber region, UK.

Consumer protection regarding halal food in Malaysian and English law (2018)
Thesis
Halim, M. A. B. A. (2018). Consumer protection regarding halal food in Malaysian and English law. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221196

The thesis will explore consumer protection in respect of the abuse of halal food law in Malaysia. It will argue that the protection of halal food consumers is not sufficient to protect consumers in Malaysia. It will identify potential halal food-law... Read More about Consumer protection regarding halal food in Malaysian and English law.

Equity and debt market timing, cost of capital and value and performance : evidence from listed firms in Thailand (2018)
Thesis
Chamaiporn Kumpamool. (2018). Equity and debt market timing, cost of capital and value and performance : evidence from listed firms in Thailand. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221186

Market timing is an infant theory of capital structure used to explain concealed motivation of managers. Equity market timing refers to equity issuance when the stock market is favourable to reduce the cost of capital, while debt market timing refers... Read More about Equity and debt market timing, cost of capital and value and performance : evidence from listed firms in Thailand.

Pregnancy decision making among Thai women living with HIV : a grounded theory study (2018)
Thesis
Kownaklai, J. (2018). Pregnancy decision making among Thai women living with HIV : a grounded theory study. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220970

Research regarding pregnancy and women living with HIV does exist, however, in-depth qualitative research about the decision making process concerning around pregnancy and the pregnancy journey for women living with HIV is absent from both the intern... Read More about Pregnancy decision making among Thai women living with HIV : a grounded theory study.

Studying the Solar system with the International Pulsar Timing Array (2018)
Journal Article
Caballero, R. N., Guo, Y. J., Lee, K. J., Lazarus, P., Champion, D. J., Desvignes, G., …Zhu, W. W. (2018). Studying the Solar system with the International Pulsar Timing Array. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(4), 5501-5516. https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STY2632

Pulsar-timing analyses are sensitive to errors in the Solar-system ephemerides (SSEs) that timing models utilize to estimate the location of the Solar-system barycentre, the quasi-inertial reference frame to which all recorded pulse times-of-arrival... Read More about Studying the Solar system with the International Pulsar Timing Array.

Sir John Gladstone and the Debate over the Amelioration of Slavery in the British West Indies in the 1820s (2018)
Journal Article
Burnard, T., & Candlin, K. (2018). Sir John Gladstone and the Debate over the Amelioration of Slavery in the British West Indies in the 1820s. Journal of British Studies, 57(4), 760-782. https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2018.115

© 2018 The North American Conference on British Studies. Sir John Gladstone made a fortune as a Demerara sugar-planter and a key supporter of the British policy of amelioration in which slavery would be improved by making it more humane. Unlike resid... Read More about Sir John Gladstone and the Debate over the Amelioration of Slavery in the British West Indies in the 1820s.

The best-achieving Online Students are overrepresented in Course Ratings (2018)
Journal Article
Tejeiro, R., Whitelock-Wainwright, A., Perez, A., & Urbina-Garcia, A. (2018). The best-achieving Online Students are overrepresented in Course Ratings. European Journal of Open Education and e-Learning Studies, 3(2), 43-58. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1456188

Student ratings are the most used and influential measure of performance in Higher Education, and an integral component of formative and summative decision making. This may be particularly relevant in the relatively new online courses, where the peda... Read More about The best-achieving Online Students are overrepresented in Course Ratings.

Shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops (2018)
Journal Article
Di, W., Zhang, Z., Li, L., Lin, K., Li, J., Li, X., Binks, B. P., Chen, X., & Zang, D. (2018). Shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops. Physical Review Fluids, 3, Article 103606. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.103606

In this study, we investigated the shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops upon increasing the sound intensity. Here, a levitated liquid drop evolves progressively from an oblate spheroidal shape to a flattened film to a... Read More about Shape evolution and bubble formation of acoustically levitated drops.

A comprehensive targeted next-generation sequencing panel for genetic diagnosis of patients with suspected inherited thrombocytopenia (2018)
Journal Article
Johnson, B., Doak, R., Allsup, D., Astwood, E., Evans, G., Grimley, C., James, B., Myers, B., Stokley, S., Thachil, J., Wilde, J., Williams, M., Makris, M., Lowe, G. C., Wallis, Y., Daly, M. E., Morgan, N. V., & the UK GAPP Study Group. (2018). A comprehensive targeted next-generation sequencing panel for genetic diagnosis of patients with suspected inherited thrombocytopenia. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2(4), 640-652. https://doi.org/10.1002/rth2.12151

Background: Inherited thrombocytopenias (ITs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by low platelet counts and often disproportionate bleeding with over 30 genes currently implicated. Previously the UK-GAPP study using whole exome sequ... Read More about A comprehensive targeted next-generation sequencing panel for genetic diagnosis of patients with suspected inherited thrombocytopenia.

Perspectives of patients, family caregivers and health professionals on the use of outcome measures in palliative care and lessons for implementation: a multi-method qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Pinto, C., Bristowe, K., Witt, J., Davies, J. M., de Wolf-Linder, S., Dawkins, M., Guo, P., Higginson, I. J., Daveson, B., & Murtagh, F. E. (2018). Perspectives of patients, family caregivers and health professionals on the use of outcome measures in palliative care and lessons for implementation: a multi-method qualitative study. Annals of palliative medicine, 7(s3), S137-S150. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm.2018.09.02

Background: Routine use of outcome measures in palliative care is recommended to demonstrate and improve quality of care. The use of outcome measures is relatively recent in UK specialist palliative care services and understanding their use in practi... Read More about Perspectives of patients, family caregivers and health professionals on the use of outcome measures in palliative care and lessons for implementation: a multi-method qualitative study.

F.H. Bradley and secular and religious debates in the philosophy of history (2018)
Journal Article
Connelly, J. (2018). F.H. Bradley and secular and religious debates in the philosophy of history. Philosophical Enquiries. Revue des philosophies anglophones, 97-116

This paper considers F. H. Bradley’s The Presuppositions of Critical History as a foundational document in philosophy of history, and its origin in debates in church history triggered by claims that biblical stories should be subject to the constrain... Read More about F.H. Bradley and secular and religious debates in the philosophy of history.