All Outputs (20074)

Iron(III) bromide catalyzed bromination of 2-tert-butylpyrene and corresponding position-dependent aryl-functionalized pyrene derivatives (2014)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Hu, J., Tomiyasu, H., Tao, Z., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R. J., …Yamato, T. (2014). Iron(III) bromide catalyzed bromination of 2-tert-butylpyrene and corresponding position-dependent aryl-functionalized pyrene derivatives. RSC advances, 5(12), 8835-8848. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA12216J

The present work probes the bromination mechanism of 2-tert-butylpyrene (1), which regioselectively affords mono-, di-, tri- and tetra-bromopyrenes, by theoretical calculation and detailed experimental methods. The bromine atom may be directed to the... Read More about Iron(III) bromide catalyzed bromination of 2-tert-butylpyrene and corresponding position-dependent aryl-functionalized pyrene derivatives.

Use of the enhanced frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX) to determine chemically-induced phenotypic effects (2014)
Journal Article
Hu, L., Zhu, J., Rotchell, J. M., Wu, L., Gao, J., & Shi, H. (2015). Use of the enhanced frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX) to determine chemically-induced phenotypic effects. The Science of the total environment, 508, 258-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.086

The frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX) is an established method for the evaluation of the developmental toxicities of chemicals. To develop an enhanced FETAX that is appropriate for common environmental contaminants, we exposed Xenopus t... Read More about Use of the enhanced frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus (FETAX) to determine chemically-induced phenotypic effects.

Why are we not flooded by involuntary autobiographical memories? Few cues are more effective than many (2014)
Journal Article
Vannucci, M., Pelagatti, C., Hanczakowski, M., Mazzoni, G., & Paccani, C. R. (2015). Why are we not flooded by involuntary autobiographical memories? Few cues are more effective than many. Psychological research, 79(6), 1077-1085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-014-0632-y

Recent research on involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs) has shown that these memories can be elicited and studied in the laboratory under controlled conditions. Employing a modified version of a vigilance task developed by Schlagman and Kvavi... Read More about Why are we not flooded by involuntary autobiographical memories? Few cues are more effective than many.

Rethinking how we understand individual healthcare needs for people living with long-term conditions: a qualitative study (2014)
Journal Article
Reeve, J., & Cooper, L. (2016). Rethinking how we understand individual healthcare needs for people living with long-term conditions: a qualitative study. Health and Social Care in the Community, 24(1), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12175

It has been suggested that we need to ‘Think Differently’ about how we organise care for people with long‐term conditions. Current approaches prioritise reducing population disease burden, meaning health need is defined predominantly in terms of dise... Read More about Rethinking how we understand individual healthcare needs for people living with long-term conditions: a qualitative study.

Complaining about typhoid in 1930s Britain (2014)
Book Chapter
Wall, R. (2014). Complaining about typhoid in 1930s Britain. In J. Reinarz, & R. Wynter (Eds.), Complaints, controversies and grievances in medicine: Historical and social science perspectives (184-202). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

Attributions of cancer 'alarm' symptoms in a community sample (2014)
Journal Article
Whitaker, K. L., Scott, S. E., Winstanley, K., Macleod, U., & Wardle, J. (2014). Attributions of cancer 'alarm' symptoms in a community sample. PLoS ONE, 9(12), Article e114028. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114028

© 2014 Whitaker et al. Background: Attribution of early cancer symptoms to a non-serious cause may lead to longer diagnostic intervals. We investigated attributions of potential cancer 'alarm' and non-alarm symptoms experienced in everyday life in a... Read More about Attributions of cancer 'alarm' symptoms in a community sample.

DNA damage response and senescence in endothelial cells of human cerebral cortex and relation to Alzheimer's neuropathology progression: A population-based study in the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC-CFAS) cohort (2014)
Journal Article
Garwood, C. J., Simpson, J. E., Al Mashhadi, S., Axe, C., Wilson, S., Heath, P. R., …Wharton, S. B. (2014). DNA damage response and senescence in endothelial cells of human cerebral cortex and relation to Alzheimer's neuropathology progression: A population-based study in the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC-CFAS) cohort. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 40(7), 802-814. https://doi.org/10.1111/nan.12156

Aims: Abnormalities of the brain microvasculature in Alzheimer's disease have led to the vascular hypothesis of the disease, which predicts that vascular changes precede neuronal dysfunction and degeneration. To determine the spectrum of endothelial... Read More about DNA damage response and senescence in endothelial cells of human cerebral cortex and relation to Alzheimer's neuropathology progression: A population-based study in the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC-CFAS) cohort.

Period, birth cohort and prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A meta-analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Lee, H. Y., Norton, S., Prina, A. M., Fleming, J., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2014). Period, birth cohort and prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A meta-analysis. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 29(12), 1212-1220. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4148

Objective: There have been dramatic societal changes in East Asia over the last hundred years. Several of the established risk factors could have important period and cohort effects. This study explores temporal variation of dementia prevalence in ma... Read More about Period, birth cohort and prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A meta-analysis.

Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates treatment against multiple myeloma induced bone disease using a computational model (2014)
Journal Article
Ji, B., Yang, Q., Genever, P. G., & Fagan, M. J. (2014). Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates treatment against multiple myeloma induced bone disease using a computational model. Bio-medical materials and engineering, 24(6), 3373-3378. https://doi.org/10.3233/BME-141160

Multiple myeloma (MM)-induced bone disease is mortal for most MM patients. Bisphosphonates are first-line treatment for MM-induced bone disease, since it can inhibit osteoclast activity and the resultant bone resorption by suppressing the differentia... Read More about Investigating the efficacy of bisphosphonates treatment against multiple myeloma induced bone disease using a computational model.

The economic, social and conservation benefits of recreation-orientated artificial reefs (2014)
Thesis
Kirkbride-Smith, A. E. (2014). The economic, social and conservation benefits of recreation-orientated artificial reefs. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217189

Coral reefs are highly diverse and economically important. Despite this, a confluence of anthropogenic threats endangers reefs globally. The diving tourism industry is an important beneficiary of coral reefs, especially reefs located within the tropi... Read More about The economic, social and conservation benefits of recreation-orientated artificial reefs.

State estimation technique for a planetary robotic rover (2014)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Rehman-Saad, M., Malik, A., & Mahmood-Tahir, A. (2014). State estimation technique for a planetary robotic rover. Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 58-68

Given the long traverse times and severe environmental constraints on a planet like Mars, the only option feasible now is to observe and explore the planet through more sophisticated planetary rovers. To achieve increasingly ambitious mission objecti... Read More about State estimation technique for a planetary robotic rover.

Youth consumers' perceptions of corporate social responsibility : an Islamic perspective (2014)
Thesis
Alfakhri, Y. M. M. (2014). Youth consumers' perceptions of corporate social responsibility : an Islamic perspective. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217113

As the interest in CSR has increased, the concept has been applied to different sectors and cultures. However, CSR has been founded on liberal, Western foundations and most CSR investigations have been based on Western values as they have considered... Read More about Youth consumers' perceptions of corporate social responsibility : an Islamic perspective.

University music students' thinking about performance : cultural creativity in an educational context (2014)
Thesis
Poyser, R. (2014). University music students' thinking about performance : cultural creativity in an educational context. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218226

This research seeks to explore the knowledge and beliefs of university music performance students, and to see whether any pattern(s) or framework(s) of theory can be postulated. The research also considers the impact on this framework of the educatio... Read More about University music students' thinking about performance : cultural creativity in an educational context.

Spenser’s Dutch uncles: The family of love and the four translations of a theatre for worldlings (2014)
Book Chapter
Mottram, S. (2014). Spenser’s Dutch uncles: The family of love and the four translations of a theatre for worldlings. In J. Maria Perez Fernandez, & E. Wilson-Lee (Eds.), Translation and the Book Trade in Early Modern Europe (164-184). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139942393.009

© José María Pérez Fernández and Edward Wilson-Lee 2014. A Theatre for Worldlings is a milestone work in more ways than one. Commonly regarded as the first English emblem book, it is “always to be remembered as containing the first printed verse of E... Read More about Spenser’s Dutch uncles: The family of love and the four translations of a theatre for worldlings.

The first use of Fulton's K for assessing and comparing the conditions of inter-tidal fish populations (2014)
Journal Article
Barrett, C. J., Johnson, M., Hall, N. J., & Hull, S. (2016). The first use of Fulton's K for assessing and comparing the conditions of inter-tidal fish populations. Marine Ecology, 37(1), 42-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12234

Fulton's K condition factor was applied, for the first time, to inter-tidal specimens of the shanny (Lipophrys pholis) and long-spined scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis) from two English rocky shore and two Welsh rocky shore sites during summer 2010 an... Read More about The first use of Fulton's K for assessing and comparing the conditions of inter-tidal fish populations.

'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom (2014)
Thesis
Lowing, K. (2014). 'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom. (Thesis). Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4174480

The Scots language has been historically marginalised in Scotland, arguably due to its lack of ‘capital’ (see Bailey, 1987 and Bourdieu, 1986). The European Union, under the Charter for Minority Languages, recognised Scots as a minority language in 2... Read More about 'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom.

An evaluation of community based university nursing education programme and stakeholders' experiences (2014)
Thesis
Nambozi, G. (2014). An evaluation of community based university nursing education programme and stakeholders' experiences. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218898

This study is concerned with an evaluation of a nursing education programme designed to provide practical experience of child health education in two primary schools local to a university in Western Uganda. The purpose of the programme evaluated in t... Read More about An evaluation of community based university nursing education programme and stakeholders' experiences.

Preoperative supervised exercise and outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (2014)
Thesis
Barakat, H. M. (2014). Preoperative supervised exercise and outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216676

Objective The aim of this research was to evaluate the role of preoperative supervised exercise training on perioperative outcomes and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters in patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)... Read More about Preoperative supervised exercise and outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

A critically systemic approach for understanding information systems failure in the UK public sector (2014)
Thesis
Alqarni, S. F. (2014). A critically systemic approach for understanding information systems failure in the UK public sector. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222212

In the United Kingdom, the implementation of large-scale Information System (IS) projects has led to multifarious problems over the last few decades, and this seems to be an ongoing situation. As a result, within the public sector organisations, a nu... Read More about A critically systemic approach for understanding information systems failure in the UK public sector.

Experiences and coping strategies of Jordanian parents of children with Beta Thalassaemia Major (2014)
Thesis
Al-Awamreh, K. M. (2014). Experiences and coping strategies of Jordanian parents of children with Beta Thalassaemia Major. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216729

Globally, thalassaemia is considered the most common inherited single-gene disorder. It is more prevalent in the Mediterranean Region (Tadmouri, et al., 2003). For instance, in Jordan there were about 1500 thalassaemia patients with a prevalence rate... Read More about Experiences and coping strategies of Jordanian parents of children with Beta Thalassaemia Major.