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Disclosure in the financial statements of banks : International accounting standards no.30 and the Kuwaiti banks (2002)
Thesis
Alhajraf, N. F. M. (2002). Disclosure in the financial statements of banks : International accounting standards no.30 and the Kuwaiti banks. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210152

Disclosure in financial statements in general has been the subject of many studies, yet disclosure in banks' financial statements has not yet been given the attention and research it deserves. Such a lack of attention might be due to the financial st... Read More about Disclosure in the financial statements of banks : International accounting standards no.30 and the Kuwaiti banks.

The role of boundaries in knowledge processes (2002)
Journal Article
Merali, Y. (2002). The role of boundaries in knowledge processes. European Journal of Information Systems, 11(1), 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave/ejis/3000413

Advances in communications and information technology deliver an increasingly dynamic and interconnected competitive context. To survive and prosper in this environment, organisations must be innovative and adaptive. Intellectual and relational capit... Read More about The role of boundaries in knowledge processes.

POSSUM and P-POSSUM overpredict mortality for carotid endarterectomy (2002)
Journal Article
Kuhan, G., Abidia, A. F., Wijesinghe, L. D., Chetter, I. C., Johnson, B. F., Wilkinson, A. .., …McCollum, P. T. (2002). POSSUM and P-POSSUM overpredict mortality for carotid endarterectomy. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, 23(3), 209-211. https://doi.org/10.1053/ejvs.2001.1557

Objectives: the aim was to test the predictive accuracy of POSSUM and P-POSSUM on patients undergoing CEA. Design: retrospective and prospective study. Materials: 499 CEAs performed by four vascular surgeons from a single unit from 1992-99. The media... Read More about POSSUM and P-POSSUM overpredict mortality for carotid endarterectomy.

Algorithms for accurate rapid prototyping replication of cancellous bone voxel maps (2002)
Journal Article
Sisias, G., Phillips, R., Dobson, C., Fagan, M., & Langton, C. (2002). Algorithms for accurate rapid prototyping replication of cancellous bone voxel maps. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 8(1), 6-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552540210413266

A set of algorithms has been developed and evaluated for 3D and 21/2D rapid prototyping replication of 3D reconstructions of cancellous bone samples. The algorithms replicate a voxel map without any loss of fidelity, so as to increase the validity of... Read More about Algorithms for accurate rapid prototyping replication of cancellous bone voxel maps.

The design, implementation and evaluation of a web-based learning environment for distance education (2002)
Thesis
Sadik, A. M. (2002). The design, implementation and evaluation of a web-based learning environment for distance education. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215754

In this study, the need was emphasised to investigate the effects of using the Web in teaching students at a distance using a multi-level evaluation framework. A Web-based learning environment was designed, developed, implemented and evaluated for th... Read More about The design, implementation and evaluation of a web-based learning environment for distance education.

Charterism and charterization within health services : a public choice analysis of the implementation of patients' charters in England and Hong Kong (2002)
Thesis
Ng, S. F. F. (2002). Charterism and charterization within health services : a public choice analysis of the implementation of patients' charters in England and Hong Kong. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215501

Patients' charters have been incorporated in health services systems among various countries including the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. By means of a comparative case study, this research looked at the implementation of patients' charters in the Nat... Read More about Charterism and charterization within health services : a public choice analysis of the implementation of patients' charters in England and Hong Kong.

Adrenomedullin and the microvasculature (2002)
Journal Article
Nikitenko, L. L., Smith, D. M., Hague, S., Wilson, C. R., Bicknell, R., & Rees, M. C. (2002). Adrenomedullin and the microvasculature. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 23(3), 101-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-6147%2800%2901983-0

The peptide adrenomedullin shows a remarkable range of effects on the vasculature that include vasodilatation, regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, inhibition of endothelial apoptosis and promotion of angiogenesis. It is becoming... Read More about Adrenomedullin and the microvasculature.

Normal female anal sphincter: difficulties in interpretation explained (2002)
Journal Article
Bollard, R. C., Gardiner, A., Lindow, S., Phillips, K., & Duthie, G. S. (2002). Normal female anal sphincter: difficulties in interpretation explained. Diseases of the colon & rectum, 45(2), 171-175. doi:10.1007/s10350-004-6139-7

PURPOSE: Our aims were to quantify the nature, characteristics, and frequency of variations in female anal sphincter anatomy. METHODS: Nulliparous patients from the antenatal clinic and healthy volunteers of both genders were studied. Sphincter lengt... Read More about Normal female anal sphincter: difficulties in interpretation explained.

Smoothing of pixelated finite element models of cancellous bone structures and the effect on the predicted structural properties of the bone (2002)
Journal Article
Dobson, C. A., Sisias, G., Phillips, R., Langton, C. M., & Fagan, M. J. (2002). Smoothing of pixelated finite element models of cancellous bone structures and the effect on the predicted structural properties of the bone. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 216(2), 145-149. https://doi.org/10.1243/0954411021536360

Many areas of biomedical engineering involve the modelling of biological systems, often using data from medical scanning techniques such as computed microtomography (μCT), and the prediction of the mechanical properties of these systems via finite el... Read More about Smoothing of pixelated finite element models of cancellous bone structures and the effect on the predicted structural properties of the bone.

A multi-agent decision support system for stock trading (2002)
Journal Article
Liu, K., Luo, Y., & Davis, D. N. (2002). A multi-agent decision support system for stock trading. IEEE Network, 16(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1109/65.980541

A distributed problem solving system can be characterized as a group of individual cooperating agents running to solve common problems. As dynamic application domains continue to grow in scale and complexity, it becomes more difficult to control the... Read More about A multi-agent decision support system for stock trading.

N-WASP activation by a β1-integrin-dependent mechanism supports PI3K-independent chemotaxis stimulated by urokinase-type plasminogen activator (2002)
Journal Article
Sturge, J., Hamelin, J., & Jones, G. (2002). N-WASP activation by a β1-integrin-dependent mechanism supports PI3K-independent chemotaxis stimulated by urokinase-type plasminogen activator. Journal of cell science, 115(4), 699-711

Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA)-uPA receptor (uPAR) and epidermal growth factor (EGF)-EGF receptor (EGFR) expression is highly correlated with breast cancer metastasis. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), small Rho GTPases, such as Cdc42 and... Read More about N-WASP activation by a β1-integrin-dependent mechanism supports PI3K-independent chemotaxis stimulated by urokinase-type plasminogen activator.

Coding of visible and hidden actions (2002)
Book Chapter
Jellema, T., & Perrett, D. (2002). Coding of visible and hidden actions. In W. Prinz, & B. Hommel (Eds.), Common Mechanisms in Perception and Action (356-380). Oxford: Oxford University Press

We review the properties of cells in the temporal cortex of the macaque monkey, which are sensitive to visual cues arising from the face and body and their movements. We speculate that the responses of populations of cells in the cortex of the anteri... Read More about Coding of visible and hidden actions.

Just or unjust war? : unilateral use of armed force by states at the turn of the 20th century (2002)
Thesis
Karoubi, M. T. 1. (2002). Just or unjust war? : unilateral use of armed force by states at the turn of the 20th century. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215149

The principle of the prohibition on the use of force or threat of force has been repeatedly stressed in United Nations General Assembly resolutions and nowadays, the principle is not only a conventional general principle but it has also become a pri... Read More about Just or unjust war? : unilateral use of armed force by states at the turn of the 20th century.

Reflections on the downfall of public international arbitration in the 20th century (2002)
Thesis
Al-Zahrani, O. S. F. (2002). Reflections on the downfall of public international arbitration in the 20th century. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212741

The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate the pattern of the rise and fall of inter-state arbitration as a means of international dispute settlement through the reflection of the legal doctrine over the past 100 years. The discussion will touch up... Read More about Reflections on the downfall of public international arbitration in the 20th century.