All Outputs (1013)

Roadway traffic sound measured up on a high-rise building - the sound-level's statistical normality (2022)
Journal Article
Muaz, M., Tang, S. K., Lin, T. C., Wong, K. T., & Ng, H. T. (2022). Roadway traffic sound measured up on a high-rise building - the sound-level's statistical normality. IEEE Access, 10, 105031-105039. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3204124

Percentile-value ceilings/thresholds have been mandated by governments around the world on roadway traffic sound-level. Such percentile values, by definition, change with the sound-level’s underlying probability distribution, i.e., the same percentil... Read More about Roadway traffic sound measured up on a high-rise building - the sound-level's statistical normality.

“I Hear the Music and My Spirits Lift!” Pleasure and Ballroom Dancing for Community-Dwelling Older Adults. (2022)
Journal Article
Chipperfield, S., & Bissell, P. (2022). “I Hear the Music and My Spirits Lift!” Pleasure and Ballroom Dancing for Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2021-0332

Physical activity for older adults is recommended to encourage the maintenance of functional autonomy and improve mental health. Ballroom dancing involves aerobic, strength and balance work and is an inherently social activity. This 12-month qualitat... Read More about “I Hear the Music and My Spirits Lift!” Pleasure and Ballroom Dancing for Community-Dwelling Older Adults..

The role of the health visitor in supporting women with postpartum psychosis: A review of the evidence (2022)
Journal Article
Davenport, C. J. (2022). The role of the health visitor in supporting women with postpartum psychosis: A review of the evidence. Journal of Health Visiting, 10(9), 382-386. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2022.10.9.382

This article explores postpartum psychosis – a severe and rare psychiatric condition affecting new mothers. Unlike other perinatal mental health conditions, and given its rarity, it is proposed that health visitors' experiences and understanding of p... Read More about The role of the health visitor in supporting women with postpartum psychosis: A review of the evidence.

Identifying Pathways to Support British Victims of Modern Slavery towards Safety and Recovery: A Scoping Study (2022)
Report
Heys, A., Barlow, C., Murphy, C., Wilkinson, S., & Gleich, L. (2022). Identifying Pathways to Support British Victims of Modern Slavery towards Safety and Recovery: A Scoping Study. Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre

Since 2013, the number of British nationals referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) as potential victims of modern slavery has increased year on year, rising from 90 in 2013 to 3,952 in 2021. These figures include potential adult and chil... Read More about Identifying Pathways to Support British Victims of Modern Slavery towards Safety and Recovery: A Scoping Study.

Implementation lessons learnt when trialling palliative care interventions in the intensive care unit: relationships between determinants, implementation strategies, and models of delivery-a systematic review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Meddick-Dyson, S. A., Boland, J. W., Pearson, M., Greenley, S., Gambe, R., Budding, J. R., & Murtagh, F. E. (2022). Implementation lessons learnt when trialling palliative care interventions in the intensive care unit: relationships between determinants, implementation strategies, and models of delivery-a systematic review protocol. Systematic reviews, 11(1), Article 186. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02054-8

BACKGROUND: Heterogeneity amongst palliative care interventions in the intensive care unit (ICU) and their outcomes has meant that, even when found to be effective, translation of evidence into practice is hindered. Previous evidence reviews have sug... Read More about Implementation lessons learnt when trialling palliative care interventions in the intensive care unit: relationships between determinants, implementation strategies, and models of delivery-a systematic review protocol.

Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Carbonisation of Waste Biomass: The Effect of Process Conditions on Hydrochar Properties (2022)
Journal Article
Holliday, M. C., Parsons, D. R., & Zein, S. H. (2022). Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Carbonisation of Waste Biomass: The Effect of Process Conditions on Hydrochar Properties. Processes, 10(9), Article 1756. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10091756

Hydrochars are an alternative form of biochar produced by hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC), a potentially cheaper and greener method. In this paper, the effect of multiple variables on hydrochar properties was investigated. Waste biomass was converte... Read More about Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Carbonisation of Waste Biomass: The Effect of Process Conditions on Hydrochar Properties.

No preconscious attentional bias towards itch in healthy individuals (2022)
Journal Article
Becker, J. M., Holle, H., van Ryckeghem, D. M., Van Damme, S., Crombez, G., Veldhuijzen, D. S., …van Laarhoven, A. I. (2022). No preconscious attentional bias towards itch in healthy individuals. PLoS ONE, 17(9), Article e0273581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273581

Rapidly attending towards potentially harmful stimuli to prevent possible damage to the body is a critical component of adaptive behavior. Research suggests that individuals display an attentional bias, i.e., preferential allocation of attention, for... Read More about No preconscious attentional bias towards itch in healthy individuals.

City-regionalism and (re)framing the urban question in China (2022)
Journal Article
Jonas, A., & Li, Y. (in press). City-regionalism and (re)framing the urban question in China. Transactions in Planning and Urban Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/27541223221116062

This paper situates the rise of city-regionalism in China in the context of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s approach to the urban question since 1949. From strictly controlling urbanization during the first two decades of socialist central planni... Read More about City-regionalism and (re)framing the urban question in China.

The Food Industry (2022)
Book Chapter
Rizzuti, A. (in press). The Food Industry. In Y. Zabyelina, & K. L. Thachuk (Eds.), The Private Sector and Organized Crime : Criminal Entrepreneurship, Illicit Profits, and Private Sector Security Governance. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003198635

The food sector is highly attractive to criminals. First, it is lucrative, and notwithstanding its fragility, hardly suffers from economic turndowns. Second, it is strongly yet fragmentarily regulated, often poorly investigated, and the penalties app... Read More about The Food Industry.

Digital Marketing Effectiveness of Wowmen Group Towards Gender Equity Awareness (2022)
Journal Article
Puspita Sari, A., & Karunanayake, G. (2022). Digital Marketing Effectiveness of Wowmen Group Towards Gender Equity Awareness. International Journal of Business and Technology Management, 4(3), 202-216

This study seeks to investigate digital marketing effectiveness of social media platforms and how it links to gender equity awareness. Focusing on Wowmen Group (a women’s social media platform), the research aims to uncover Wowmen Group’s perception... Read More about Digital Marketing Effectiveness of Wowmen Group Towards Gender Equity Awareness.

The Future of Volunteering in Extreme Weather Events: Critical Reflections on Key Challenges and Opportunities for Climate Resilience (2022)
Journal Article
Forrest, S., Dostál, J., & McEwen, L. (2022). The Future of Volunteering in Extreme Weather Events: Critical Reflections on Key Challenges and Opportunities for Climate Resilience. Journal of Extreme Events, 9(2-3), Article 2341003. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2345737623410038

Volunteers are playing a significant role in interacting with ongoing societal shocks and stresses, such as mobilizing resources and supporting responses to extreme weather events. Their actions contribute to the pursuit of local climate resilience b... Read More about The Future of Volunteering in Extreme Weather Events: Critical Reflections on Key Challenges and Opportunities for Climate Resilience.

The assessment and management of unintentional weight loss associated with cachexia in a primary care setting: a mixed-methods study (2022)
Thesis
Nwulu, U. U. (2022). The assessment and management of unintentional weight loss associated with cachexia in a primary care setting: a mixed-methods study. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4420753

Introduction: Unintentional weight loss (UWL) is the main symptom of cachexia, a multifactorial syndrome associated with advanced disease. Other symptoms include loss of appetite and muscle weakness. UWL in older adults can be caused by many disease... Read More about The assessment and management of unintentional weight loss associated with cachexia in a primary care setting: a mixed-methods study.

Ear pinnae in a neotropical katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) function as ultrasound guides for bat detection (2022)
Journal Article
Pulver, C. A., Celiker, E., Woodrow, C., Geipel, I., Soulsbury, C. D., Cullen, D. A., …Montealegre-Z, F. (2022). Ear pinnae in a neotropical katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) function as ultrasound guides for bat detection. eLife, 11, Article e77628. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77628

Early predator detection is a key component of the predator-prey arms race and has driven the evolution of multiple animal hearing systems. Katydids (Insecta) have sophisticated ears, each consisting of paired tympana on each foreleg that receive sou... Read More about Ear pinnae in a neotropical katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) function as ultrasound guides for bat detection.

Collaborative learning and coordination across agency boundaries to tackle wicked problems (2022)
Thesis
Sydelko, P. J. (2022). Collaborative learning and coordination across agency boundaries to tackle wicked problems. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4321188

Conventional approaches to government are confounded by issues that cross agency, stakeholder, jurisdictional, and geopolitical boundaries. These open-ended and highly interdependent issues are often characterized in the literature as ‘wicked problem... Read More about Collaborative learning and coordination across agency boundaries to tackle wicked problems.

From Ballet Shoes to Polyjuice Potion : performing girl heroes from 1936-2007 (2022)
Thesis
Morris, R. E. (2022). From Ballet Shoes to Polyjuice Potion : performing girl heroes from 1936-2007. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4320670

This thesis examines girl protagonists who demonstrate heroism through various types of performance beginning with Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes (1936) and concluding with J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series (1997-2007). According to Seth Lerer, ‘... Read More about From Ballet Shoes to Polyjuice Potion : performing girl heroes from 1936-2007.

Characterisation of reverse grading in ignimbrites through image analysis and experimental granular currents (2022)
Thesis
Johnson, M. (2022). Characterisation of reverse grading in ignimbrites through image analysis and experimental granular currents. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4320614

Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) are hot, density-driven fast-moving flows of gas, rock and ash produced by volcanic events such as explosive eruptions, the fallback of eruption columns or the collapse of lava domes. They are deadly geological haz... Read More about Characterisation of reverse grading in ignimbrites through image analysis and experimental granular currents.

A mixed methods study of outcomes, experiences, and perceptions of through-knee and above-knee amputation (2022)
Thesis
Crane, H. (2022). A mixed methods study of outcomes, experiences, and perceptions of through-knee and above-knee amputation. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4312145

Through-knee amputation (TKA) has several theoretical physical advantages over above-knee amputation (AKA), yet AKA remains the preferred level of amputation by UK vascular surgeons when below-knee amputation (BKA) is not feasible. How clinician’s pe... Read More about A mixed methods study of outcomes, experiences, and perceptions of through-knee and above-knee amputation.

Understanding behavioural ecology of river-resident fish in winter to improve protection at water pumping stations (2022)
Thesis
Norman, J. (2022). Understanding behavioural ecology of river-resident fish in winter to improve protection at water pumping stations. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4291429

Globally, there is a reliance on water pumping stations to manage river levels and prevent flooding in heavily-modified anthropogenic rivers. Pumping stations damage longitudinal and lateral river connectivity and their operation presents a major ris... Read More about Understanding behavioural ecology of river-resident fish in winter to improve protection at water pumping stations.

The Feeling Theory of emotions and the treatment of affective disorders (2022)
Thesis
Gorgogiannis, D. (2022). The Feeling Theory of emotions and the treatment of affective disorders. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4287082

I have two primary aims in this thesis. First, I intend to defend a Feeling Theory of emotion. Second, I want to explore the possible implications of a feeling theory for the treatment of emotional disorders. Both of these aims are important given th... Read More about The Feeling Theory of emotions and the treatment of affective disorders.

The impact of chronic breathlessness on psychological concerns and quality of life in an older, frail population in primary care (2022)
Thesis
Elliott-Button, H. L. (2022). The impact of chronic breathlessness on psychological concerns and quality of life in an older, frail population in primary care. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224612

Background Chronic breathlessness is a debilitating symptom with major detrimental impact on individuals, carers, across health care settings. Little is known about prevalence, impact, or experience of breathlessness in the older, frail population.... Read More about The impact of chronic breathlessness on psychological concerns and quality of life in an older, frail population in primary care.