All Outputs (1018)

The impact of conflict on the shadow economy and FDI : evidence from causal and spatial inference (2022)
Thesis
Alfar, A. J. K. (2022). The impact of conflict on the shadow economy and FDI : evidence from causal and spatial inference. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224283

Conflict affects governance policies, rendering them fewer effective tools, which motivates people to move into the informal sector. The shadow economy activities are labour intensive and suitable for adoption with low-return capital and small-scale... Read More about The impact of conflict on the shadow economy and FDI : evidence from causal and spatial inference.

Children’s perceptions of climate change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (2022)
Thesis
Halstead, F. (2022). Children’s perceptions of climate change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224276

We are in the midst of a climate crisis (IPBES, 2022). Our reliance on burning fossil fuels as the primary energy source for the global economy is leading to atmospheric and oceanic heating, which is leading to a range of societal consequences includ... Read More about Children’s perceptions of climate change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

Attending responding becoming : a living-learning inquiry in a naturally inclusional playspace (2022)
Thesis
Gardiner, L. J. N. (2022). Attending responding becoming : a living-learning inquiry in a naturally inclusional playspace. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224223

Traditional scientific paradigms emphasise writing in the third person, effectively marginalising the subjective perspective of the researcher. Many systems thinking, cybernetics and complexity approaches are better in this regard, as they involve sy... Read More about Attending responding becoming : a living-learning inquiry in a naturally inclusional playspace.

Probing the Local Interstellar Medium with Scintillometry of the Bright Pulsar B1133 + 16 (2022)
Journal Article
McKee, J. W., Zhu, H., Stinebring, D. R., & Cordes, J. M. (2022). Probing the Local Interstellar Medium with Scintillometry of the Bright Pulsar B1133 + 16. The Astrophysical journal, 927(1), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac460b

The interstellar medium hosts a population of scattering screens, most of unknown origin. Scintillation studies of pulsars provide a sensitive tool for resolving these scattering screens and a means of measuring their properties. In this paper, we re... Read More about Probing the Local Interstellar Medium with Scintillometry of the Bright Pulsar B1133 + 16.

Rise of the 'Gig Worker' Economy or Just Mending the Legislative Leak? (2022)
Journal Article
Hardy, S. (2022). Rise of the 'Gig Worker' Economy or Just Mending the Legislative Leak?. Business Law Review, 43(1), 18-23

This article assesses the extent to which the UK's Supreme Court (UKSC) rulings in Uber and Pimlico Plumbers have resolved the long-standing conundrum facing employers of the label 'worker'. This analysis raises critical issues relating to the effect... Read More about Rise of the 'Gig Worker' Economy or Just Mending the Legislative Leak?.

Addressing Optimisation Challenges for Datasets with Many Variables, Using Genetic Algorithms to Implement Feature Selection (2022)
Journal Article
Gordon, N., Kambhampati, C., & Alabad, A. (2022). Addressing Optimisation Challenges for Datasets with Many Variables, Using Genetic Algorithms to Implement Feature Selection. AI, Computer Science and Robotics Technology, 1, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.5772/acrt.01

This article provides an optimisation method using a Genetic Algorithm approach to apply feature selection techniques for large data sets to improve accuracy. This is achieved through improved classification, a reduced number of features, and further... Read More about Addressing Optimisation Challenges for Datasets with Many Variables, Using Genetic Algorithms to Implement Feature Selection.

The NuGrid AGB Evolution and Nucleosynthesis Data Set (2022)
Journal Article
Battino, U., Pignatari, M., Tattersall, A., Denissenkov, P., & Herwig, F. (2022). The NuGrid AGB Evolution and Nucleosynthesis Data Set. Universe, 8(3), Article 170. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe8030170

Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars play a key role in the chemical evolution of galaxies. These stars are the fundamental stellar site for the production of light elements such as C, N and F, and half of the elements heavier than Fe via the slow neu... Read More about The NuGrid AGB Evolution and Nucleosynthesis Data Set.

Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World (2022)
Book
Damousi, J., Burnard, T., & Lester, A. (Eds.). (2022). Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World. Manchester: Manchester University Press

This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth... Read More about Humanitarianism, empire and transnationalism, 1760-1995: selective humanity in the Anglophone World.

Family carer perspectives on the language of behaviour change in dementia: an online mixed methods survey (2022)
Journal Article
Wolverson, E., Moniz-Cook, E., Dunn, R., & Dunning, R. (2022). Family carer perspectives on the language of behaviour change in dementia: an online mixed methods survey. Age and ageing, 51(3), Article afac047. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac047

OBJECTIVE: following the #BanBPSD campaign there has been critical interest in common terminology used for 'changes in behaviour' associated with dementia. However, commentaries and emerging studies have not fully considered family carer perspectives... Read More about Family carer perspectives on the language of behaviour change in dementia: an online mixed methods survey.

A cucurbit[6]uril-carbon dot system: a potentially new bioimaging agent. (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Tian, Y., Liu, M., Hong-Meng, T., Li, C. R., Zeng, X., …Redshaw, C. (2022). A cucurbit[6]uril-carbon dot system: a potentially new bioimaging agent. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 6, 973-980. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2qm00022a

We report novel cucurbit[6]uril (Q[6])/carbon quantum dots (CQDs) prepared by solvothermal and nitrogen doped methods. The m-Q[6]-CQDs have been characterized by FTIR, XRD and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The obtained m-Q[6]-CQDs exhibit good wa... Read More about A cucurbit[6]uril-carbon dot system: a potentially new bioimaging agent..

The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery (2022)
Journal Article
Jamialahmadi, T., Nematy, M., Abdalla, M., Jangjoo, A., Goshayeshi, L., Kroh, M., …Sahebkar, A. (2022). The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2022, Article 7319742. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7319742

Background. Morbid obesity is frequently complicated by chronic liver diseases, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and fibrosis. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is found to be elevated in morbid obesity... Read More about The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery.

Following the icy thing: When natural ice was a commodity (2022)
Journal Article
Atkinson, D. (2022). Following the icy thing: When natural ice was a commodity. International Journal of Maritime History, 34(1), 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714221083345

This article explores how a focus on commodities, and associated ‘follow-the-thing’ methodologies, might help nuance and deepen traditional historical narratives of the natural-ice trade between Norway and Britain in the 1850–1920 period. The article... Read More about Following the icy thing: When natural ice was a commodity.

The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab (2022)
Book
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab. (1). Champaign Illinois: Springer

This book analyses French cultural policies in the face of what the French government perceives as a challenge to its Republican secular raison d'être. It makes general arguments about France’s changing identity and specific arguments about the burqa... Read More about The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab.

The Poetry of Life : Understanding Human Control Systems and the Brilliance of their Design and Function (2022)
Book
St Clair Gibson, A. (2022). The Poetry of Life : Understanding Human Control Systems and the Brilliance of their Design and Function. Whitley Bay: UK Book Publishing

A coherent series of 60 essays examining all aspects of life and its control, from basic body and mind function, to mroe generic theories of mechanisms underpinning life, and then on to philosophical issues associated with life as we know it.

Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage (2022)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Jordan, A. R., Odell, A., Kavanagh, O., Hicks, K. M., Eaglen, T., …Saxton, J. M. (2022). Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer, 151(2), 265-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33982

Epidemiological evidence shows that regular physical activity is associated with reduced risk of primary and recurrent colon cancer. However, the underlying mechanisms of action are poorly understood. We evaluated the effects of stimulating a human c... Read More about Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage.

COVID-19: Impact on Pediatric Palliative Care (2022)
Journal Article
Scott, H. M., Coombes, L., Braybrook, D., Roach, A., Harðardóttir, D., Bristowe, K., …Harding, R. (in press). COVID-19: Impact on Pediatric Palliative Care. Journal of pain and symptom management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.330

Context: Children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families are potentially vulnerable during COVID-19 lockdowns due to pre-existing high clinical support needs and social participation limitations. Objecti... Read More about COVID-19: Impact on Pediatric Palliative Care.

An observational study of hand hygiene compliance of surgical healthcare workers in a Nigerian teaching hospital (2022)
Journal Article
Ataiyero, Y., Dyson, J., & Graham, M. (2022). An observational study of hand hygiene compliance of surgical healthcare workers in a Nigerian teaching hospital. Journal of Infection Prevention, 23(2), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/17571774211066774

Background: Patients sometimes contract healthcare associated infections (HCAI) which are unrelated to their primary reasons for hospital admission. Surgical site infections are the most investigated and most recurrent type of HCAI in developing coun... Read More about An observational study of hand hygiene compliance of surgical healthcare workers in a Nigerian teaching hospital.

Hydrodynamic studies of floating structures: Comparison of wave-structure interaction modelling (2022)
Journal Article
Sheng, W., Tapoglou, E., Ma, X., Taylor, C. J., Dorrell, R. M., Parsons, D. R., & Aggidis, G. (2022). Hydrodynamic studies of floating structures: Comparison of wave-structure interaction modelling. Ocean engineering, 249, Article 110878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110878

Current panel methods for wave-structure interactions employ the potential flow theory, which provide fast, reliable and relatively accurate predictions for the marine structures, and now some open source packages, NEMOH and HAMS, are available. In t... Read More about Hydrodynamic studies of floating structures: Comparison of wave-structure interaction modelling.

Evidence Based Teaching in Secondary Schools (2022)
Book
Stones, S., & Glazzard, J. (2022). Evidence Based Teaching in Secondary Schools. SAGE Publications

Trainee teachers need to understand what is meant by 'evidence based teaching' and how this influences and shapes teaching in classrooms today. This book explores what we mean by 'evidence' in education and how education researchers trial and evalua... Read More about Evidence Based Teaching in Secondary Schools.

A modified rule-based energy management scheme for optimal operation of a hybrid PV-wind-Stirling engine integrated multi-carrier energy system (2022)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). A modified rule-based energy management scheme for optimal operation of a hybrid PV-wind-Stirling engine integrated multi-carrier energy system. Applied energy, 312, Article 118763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118763

In this study, rule-based energy management strategies (EMS) based on the modifications of the traditional load following (LF) and circuit charging (CC) have been proposed and developed to effectively coordinate the operation of an integrated multi-c... Read More about A modified rule-based energy management scheme for optimal operation of a hybrid PV-wind-Stirling engine integrated multi-carrier energy system.