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Factors associated with self- And informant ratings of quality of life,well-being and life satisfaction in people with mild-to-moderate dementia: Results from the improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life programme (2020)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Nelis, S. M., Quinn, C., Martyr, A., Jones, I. R., Victor, C. R., Knapp, M., Henderson, C., Hindle, J. V., Jones, R. W., Kopelman, M. D., Morris, R. G., Pickett, J. A., Rusted, J. M., Thom, J. M., Litherland, R., Matthews, F. E., & Clare, L. (2020). Factors associated with self- And informant ratings of quality of life,well-being and life satisfaction in people with mild-to-moderate dementia: Results from the improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life programme. Age and ageing, 49(3), 446-452. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz177

Background: A large number of studies have explored factors related to self- and informant ratings of quality of life in people with dementia, but many studies have had relatively small sample sizes and mainly focused on health conditions and dementi... Read More about Factors associated with self- And informant ratings of quality of life,well-being and life satisfaction in people with mild-to-moderate dementia: Results from the improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life programme.

The Anatomy of Acupuncture : Rediscovering the anatomical basis of acupuncture meridians and points (2020)
Thesis
Shaw, V. (2020). The Anatomy of Acupuncture : Rediscovering the anatomical basis of acupuncture meridians and points. (Thesis). Bangor University. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4449153

The earliest records of acupuncture contain references to anatomical examination of the human body through dissection. These sections of text are supported by official historical records from that time. The thesis, (by published works) examines the h... Read More about The Anatomy of Acupuncture : Rediscovering the anatomical basis of acupuncture meridians and points.

Investigation of the physiology and architecture of Salmonella Enteritidis biofilms under alkaline conditions (2020)
Journal Article
Papakonstantinou, A., & Efthimiou, G. (2020). Investigation of the physiology and architecture of Salmonella Enteritidis biofilms under alkaline conditions. Acta Scientific Microbiology, 3(3), 1-11

Formation of bacterial biοfilms is an important survival strategy in multiple adverse environments. It is often affected by the nature of the attachment surface, the bacterial strain and the surrounding physicochemical conditions. The effect of low p... Read More about Investigation of the physiology and architecture of Salmonella Enteritidis biofilms under alkaline conditions.

Coping tendencies and changes in athlete burnout over time (2020)
Journal Article
Madigan, D. . J., Rumbold, J. L., Gerber, M., & Nicholls, A. R. (2020). Coping tendencies and changes in athlete burnout over time. Psychology of sport and exercise, 48, Article 101666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101666

Burnout can lead to numerous negative outcomes for athletes. While we know a reasonable amount about how athlete burnout develops over time, we know comparably less about the role of coping in this process. The present study aimed to help address thi... Read More about Coping tendencies and changes in athlete burnout over time.

Dehydroacetic acid Derived Schiff base as Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Chemosensor for the Detection of Cu(II) ions in Aqueous Medium (2020)
Journal Article
Vashisht, D., Sharma, S., Kumar, R., Saini, V., Saini, V., Ibhadon, A., Sahoo, S. C., Sharma, S., Mehta, S. K., & Kataria, R. (2020). Dehydroacetic acid Derived Schiff base as Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Chemosensor for the Detection of Cu(II) ions in Aqueous Medium. Microchemical journal, 155, Article 104705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2020.104705

14 The deficiency, as well as overconsumption of essential metal ions, has serious health 15 implications. Hence, the design and synthesis of sensors for accurate detection of such ionic 16 species are of great significance. We report the synthesis a... Read More about Dehydroacetic acid Derived Schiff base as Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Chemosensor for the Detection of Cu(II) ions in Aqueous Medium.

A systematic review of adaptive wildlife management for the control of invasive, non-native mammals, and other human–wildlife conflicts (2020)
Journal Article
Richardson, S., Mill, A., Davis, D., Jam, D., & Ward, A. (2020). A systematic review of adaptive wildlife management for the control of invasive, non-native mammals, and other human–wildlife conflicts. Mammal Review, 50(2), 147-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12182

1. We are entering an era where species declines are occurring at their fastest ever rate, and the increased spread of non-native species is among the top causes. High uncertainty in biological processes makes the accurate prediction of the outcomes... Read More about A systematic review of adaptive wildlife management for the control of invasive, non-native mammals, and other human–wildlife conflicts.

An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, J., Xue, S., Barber, J., Zhou, Y., Meng, J., & Ke, X. (2020). An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(9), 4700-4734. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta11778d

The electrochemical (EC) reduction of CO2 is a promising approach for value-added fuel or chemical production. Cu-based electrodes have been extensively used as a ‘star’ material for CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons. This review mainly focuses on the re... Read More about An overview of Cu-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction.

Dementia Research Fit for the Planet: Reflections on Population Studies of Dementia for Researchers and Policy Makers Alike (2020)
Journal Article
Brayne, C. E., Barnes, L. E., Breteler, M. M., Brooks, R. L., Dufouil, C., Fox, C., Fratiglioni, L., Ikram, M. A., Kenny, R. A., Kivipelto, M., Lobo, A., Musicco, M., Qiu, C., Richard, E., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Ritchie, C., Skoog, I., Stephan, B. C., Venneri, A., & Matthews, F. E. (2020). Dementia Research Fit for the Planet: Reflections on Population Studies of Dementia for Researchers and Policy Makers Alike. Neuroepidemiology, 54(2), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1159/000505626

In recent years, a rapidly increasing collection of investigative methods in addition to changes in diagnostic criteria for dementia have followed "high-tech" trends in medicine, with the aim to better define the dementia syndrome and its biological... Read More about Dementia Research Fit for the Planet: Reflections on Population Studies of Dementia for Researchers and Policy Makers Alike.

Robust Integral Sliding Mode Control Design for Stability Enhancement of Under-actuated Quadcopter (2020)
Journal Article
Ullah, S., Mehmood, A., Khan, Q., Rehman, S., & Iqbal, J. (2020). Robust Integral Sliding Mode Control Design for Stability Enhancement of Under-actuated Quadcopter. International journal of control, automation and systems, 18(7), 1671-1678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-019-0302-3

In this paper, a robust backstepping integral sliding mode control (RBISMC) technique is designed for the flight control of a quadcopter, which is an under-actuated nonlinear system. First, the mathematical model of this highly coupled and under-actu... Read More about Robust Integral Sliding Mode Control Design for Stability Enhancement of Under-actuated Quadcopter.

Optimization and performance analysis of a solar concentrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric (CPV-TE) hybrid system (2020)
Journal Article
Rejeb, O., Shittu, S., Ghenai, C., Li, G., Zhao, X., & Bettayeb, M. (2020). Optimization and performance analysis of a solar concentrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric (CPV-TE) hybrid system. Renewable energy, 152, 1342-1353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.02.007

This work presents, for the first time, a statistical model to forecast the electrical efficiency of concentrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric system (CPV-TE). The main objective of this work is to analyze the impact of the input factors (product of s... Read More about Optimization and performance analysis of a solar concentrated photovoltaic-thermoelectric (CPV-TE) hybrid system.

Leading a step-change in scholarly cultures in College-based Higher Education (2020)
Book Chapter
Lea, J., Hall, G., & Lawrence, J. (2020). Leading a step-change in scholarly cultures in College-based Higher Education. In J. Potter, & C. Devecchi (Eds.), Leading Educational Change in HE: A transformative approach for leaders and practitioners. Routledge

This chapter looks at some of the challenges presented to colleges with higher education provision when seeking to enhance their research and scholarship. The chapter explains the context for the role of colleges in providing higher education courses... Read More about Leading a step-change in scholarly cultures in College-based Higher Education.

Women’s views about breast cancer prevention at mammography screening units and well women’s clinics (2020)
Journal Article
Rundle, A., Iles, S., Matheson, K., Cahill, L. E., Forbes, C. C., Saint-Jacques, N., Urquhart, R., & Younis, T. (2020). Women’s views about breast cancer prevention at mammography screening units and well women’s clinics. Current oncology, 27(3), e336-e342. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.27.5755

Background Women attending mammography screening units (msus) and well women’s clinics (wwcs) represent a motivated cohort likely to engage in interventions aimed at primary breast cancer (bca) prevention. Methods We used a feasibility questionnaire... Read More about Women’s views about breast cancer prevention at mammography screening units and well women’s clinics.

International palliative care research priorities: A systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Hasson, F., Nicholson, E., Muldrew, D., Bamidele, O., Payne, S., & McIlfatrick, S. (2020). International palliative care research priorities: A systematic review. BMC Palliative Care, 19(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-0520-8

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: There has been increasing evidence and debate on palliative care research priorities and the international research agenda. To date, however, there is a lack of synthesis of this evidence, examining commonalities, di... Read More about International palliative care research priorities: A systematic review.

The consequences of craniofacial integration for the adaptive radiations of Darwin’s finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers (2020)
Journal Article
Navalón, G., Marugán-Lobón, J., Bright, J. A., Cooney, C., & Rayfield, E. (2020). The consequences of craniofacial integration for the adaptive radiations of Darwin’s finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4(2), 270-278. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1092-y

© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. The diversifications of Darwin’s finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers are two text-book examples of adaptive radiation in birds. Why these two bird groups radiated while the rem... Read More about The consequences of craniofacial integration for the adaptive radiations of Darwin’s finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers.

“ ‘O Prison Darkness … Lions in the Cage’; The ‘Exceptional’ Prison Narratives of Guantanamo Bay” (2020)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (2020). “ ‘O Prison Darkness … Lions in the Cage’; The ‘Exceptional’ Prison Narratives of Guantanamo Bay”. In The Palgrave Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Media (67-87). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36059-7

Prison memoirs often consider the author’s life of crime prior to incarceration and reflect on the behaviors (e.g., greed) or structural violence (e.g., poverty, racism) that led them to the prison. But what happens then, when as in the case of Guant... Read More about “ ‘O Prison Darkness … Lions in the Cage’; The ‘Exceptional’ Prison Narratives of Guantanamo Bay”.

Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite (2020)
Journal Article
Patel, M., West, S. A., & Biernaskie, J. M. (2020). Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite. Evolution Letters, 4(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.150

Spiteful behaviors occur when an actor harms its own fitness to inflict harm on the fitness of others. Several papers have predicted that spite can be favored in sufficiently small populations, even when the harming behavior is directed indiscriminat... Read More about Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite.

Brands and Branding: An Analysis of the Evolutionary Development of Baijiu Industry Clusters in China (2020)
Thesis
Yang, H. (2020). Brands and Branding: An Analysis of the Evolutionary Development of Baijiu Industry Clusters in China. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4508198

Research into industry clusters and brands and branding has emerged and developed in the Western world for decades. In China, the Reform and Opening up policy adopted since the late 1970s, has resulted in impressive economic growth around economic cl... Read More about Brands and Branding: An Analysis of the Evolutionary Development of Baijiu Industry Clusters in China.

Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing (2020)
Thesis
Goodman, J. E. (2020). Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4420801

Domestic spaces carry layers of meaning. They evidence structural changes over time, representing different social and economic ideologies and priorities. Their spatial organisation affects the way that life is conducted within them. They are the phy... Read More about Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing.

Overcoming constraints to innovation : a study of Tanzanian entrepreneurial firms in the food and beverage industry (2020)
Thesis
Magobe, M. J. (2020). Overcoming constraints to innovation : a study of Tanzanian entrepreneurial firms in the food and beverage industry. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224335

Entrepreneurial firms operating in resource-constrained and uncertain environments find it difficult to engage in innovation activities due to challenging innovation constraints. Innovation constraints may block potential innovative firms from gettin... Read More about Overcoming constraints to innovation : a study of Tanzanian entrepreneurial firms in the food and beverage industry.