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The needs of stakeholders in the formation of a local children's university : an exploration through grounded theory of participant drivers and their underpinning features (2014)
Thesis
Overton, D. T. (2014). The needs of stakeholders in the formation of a local children's university : an exploration through grounded theory of participant drivers and their underpinning features. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216363

There are over ninety local Children’s Universities (CUs) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. CUs aim to recognise the learning needs of children which are met through extracurricular and out of school provision. The performance of some local... Read More about The needs of stakeholders in the formation of a local children's university : an exploration through grounded theory of participant drivers and their underpinning features.

Preparation of porous polymeric scaffolds via high internal phase emulsion templating (2014)
Thesis
Alsuhaymi, L. (2014). Preparation of porous polymeric scaffolds via high internal phase emulsion templating. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218482

The aims of this project are to synthesise polymeric surfactants, investigate their ability to stabilise high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) and the structure of porous polymeric materials obtained after polymerising the oil phase of water-in-oil H... Read More about Preparation of porous polymeric scaffolds via high internal phase emulsion templating.

Colonisation of a managed realignment site by fishes (2014)
Thesis
Parker-Mian, T. (2014). Colonisation of a managed realignment site by fishes. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222652

Increasing pressures for coastal land reclamation intended for the purpose of settlement, flood defence and industrial development have resulted in a loss of intertidal habitats on a global scale. The result of this can be seen in the south-east of E... Read More about Colonisation of a managed realignment site by fishes.

Microbubbles enhanced synthetic phorbol ester degradation by ozonolysis (2014)
Journal Article
Kuvshinov, D., Siswanto, A., & Zimmerman, W. (2014). Microbubbles enhanced synthetic phorbol ester degradation by ozonolysis. International journal of chemical, molecular, nuclear, materials and metallurgical engineering, 8(1), 76-79

A phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (TPA) is a synthetic analogue of phorbol ester (PE), a natural toxic compound of Euphorbiaceae plant. The oil extracted from plants of this family is useful source for primarily biofuel. However this oil might also b... Read More about Microbubbles enhanced synthetic phorbol ester degradation by ozonolysis.

Theoretical investigation of the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade-based heat pump water heating system (2014)
Journal Article
He, W., Hong, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, X., Shen, J., & Ji, J. (2014). Theoretical investigation of the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade-based heat pump water heating system. Energy and Buildings, 77, 180-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.03.053

The aim of the paper was to present a dedicated theoretical investigation into the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade based heat pump water heating system. This involved thermo-fluid analyses, computer numerical model developm... Read More about Theoretical investigation of the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade-based heat pump water heating system.

The role of the Kinin-Kallikrein System in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (2014)
Thesis
Kashuba, E. (2014). The role of the Kinin-Kallikrein System in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216406

Background: Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is an incurable heterogeneous disease. The identification of reliable and cost effective biomarkers is therefore imperative. A comparative proteomic approach was previously employed to study protein ex... Read More about The role of the Kinin-Kallikrein System in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Benthic community structure and function along salinity and elevation gradients in the Humber Estuary (2014)
Thesis
Jones, K. (2014). Benthic community structure and function along salinity and elevation gradients in the Humber Estuary. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216400

Biological Traits Analysis (BTA) is increasingly being applied together with taxonomic and structural analysis in marine and estuarine studies of the benthos, to link species characteristics to ecosystem function. An investigation was made of benthic... Read More about Benthic community structure and function along salinity and elevation gradients in the Humber Estuary.

Zeremonielle Sattelzeit? Überlegungen zu einer Neuverortung der symbolischen Kommunikation am Ende der Frühen Neuzeit (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Biskup, T. (2014). Zeremonielle Sattelzeit? Überlegungen zu einer Neuverortung der symbolischen Kommunikation am Ende der Frühen Neuzeit. In Repräsentation und Selbstinszenierung Friedrichs des Großen

Friedrich II. "der Große" wird häufig zitiert, um den "Niedergang" frühneuzeitlichen Zeremoniells im 18. Jahrhundert zu belegen: Er gilt bis heute als roi-philosophe, dessen verächtliche Äußerungen zu "barockem" Zeremoniell auf einen grundsätzlichen... Read More about Zeremonielle Sattelzeit? Überlegungen zu einer Neuverortung der symbolischen Kommunikation am Ende der Frühen Neuzeit.

Flooding in a Vertically Rising Gas–Liquid Foam (2014)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Evans, G. M., & Stevenson, P. (2014). Flooding in a Vertically Rising Gas–Liquid Foam. Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 53(14), 6150-6156. https://doi.org/10.1021/ie4001844

The maximum liquid fraction that stable pneumatic foam can support is studied in this paper in order to illuminate change of flow regime from turbulent foam flow to the “emulsion regime” in which the distinct interface between the foam layer and the... Read More about Flooding in a Vertically Rising Gas–Liquid Foam.

Earth's youngest known ultrahigh-temperature granulites discovered on Seram, eastern Indonesia (2014)
Journal Article
Pownall, J. M., Hall, R., Armstrong, R. A., & Forster, M. A. (2014). Earth's youngest known ultrahigh-temperature granulites discovered on Seram, eastern Indonesia. Geology, 42(4), 279-282. https://doi.org/10.1130/G35230.1

Episodes of ultrahigh-temperature (UHT, ≥900 °C) granulite metamorphism have been recorded in mountain belts since the Neoarchean. However, evidence for the tectonic mechanisms responsible for the generation of such extreme thermal conditions is rare... Read More about Earth's youngest known ultrahigh-temperature granulites discovered on Seram, eastern Indonesia.

Immunomodulation within the head and neck tumour microenvironment (2014)
Thesis
Murray, P. F. (2014). Immunomodulation within the head and neck tumour microenvironment. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216127

Changes in the immune response have been implicated in the progression of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC). Evidence is emerging that processes within the tumour microenvironment can lead to immune modulation and subsequent tumour... Read More about Immunomodulation within the head and neck tumour microenvironment.

Slavery and the causes of the American revolution in plantation British America (2014)
Book Chapter
Burnard, T. (2014). Slavery and the causes of the American revolution in plantation British America. In A. Shankman (Ed.), The World of the Revolutionary American Republic : Land, Labor, and the Conflict for a Continent (54-76). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315817866

Only a minority of British American colonies joined Massachusetts in revolt against Britain in July 1776. Depending on how you count colonies, there were either 27 or 31 colonies in British America when Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Indep... Read More about Slavery and the causes of the American revolution in plantation British America.

Selective voluntary forgetting in young and older adults (2014)
Journal Article
Aguirre, C., Gomez-Ariza, C. J., Bajo, M. T., Andrés, P., & Mazzoni, G. (2014). Selective voluntary forgetting in young and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 29(1), 128-139. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035598

Aging is thought to involve a decline in executive-control capacities, although evidence regarding this claim is not always clear. Thus, although studies exist that suggest impoverished inhibitory memory control in older adults relative to younger ad... Read More about Selective voluntary forgetting in young and older adults.

The effect of posthypnotic suggestion and task difficulty on adherence to health-related requests (2014)
Journal Article
Carvalho, C., Mazzoni, G., & Kirsch, I. (2014). The effect of posthypnotic suggestion and task difficulty on adherence to health-related requests. Psychology of consciousness theory, research, and practice, 1(1), 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000006

The effects of posthypnotic suggestion on health-related behavior, using a behavioral measure of adherence were investigated. Three hundred twenty three students covering the full range of hypnotic suggestibility were prescribed an easy (mood rating)... Read More about The effect of posthypnotic suggestion and task difficulty on adherence to health-related requests.

Chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization/polymerization (2014)
Journal Article
Katla, V., Du, S., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. (2014). Chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization/polymerization. Review of catalysts, 1(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.96.2014.11.1.14

Recent progress of chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization and polymerization is reviewed herein. As well as the well-established trimerization of ethylene by chromium catalytic systems, such pre-catalysts have more generally been... Read More about Chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization/polymerization.

Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse (2014)
Journal Article
Dennis, C. A. (2014). Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse. Studies in the Education of Adults, 46(1), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2014.11661659

This article explores how ideas about quality in further education and community colleges are articulated by two policy texts. Published in 2012, How Colleges Improve examines the factors that have contributed towards sustained high performance or im... Read More about Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse.

Looming motion primes the visuomotor system (2014)
Journal Article
Skarratt, P. A., Gellatly, A. R. H., Cole, G. G., Pilling, M., & Hulleman, J. (2014). Looming motion primes the visuomotor system. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(2), 566-579. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034456

A wealth of evidence now shows that human and animal observers display greater sensitivity to objects that move toward them than to objects that remain static or move away. Increased sensitivity in humans is often evidenced by reaction times that inc... Read More about Looming motion primes the visuomotor system.

Principled simulation of cell proliferation dynamics using the CoSMoS approach (2014)
Journal Article
Polack, F., & Droop, A. (2014). Principled simulation of cell proliferation dynamics using the CoSMoS approach. Natural Computing, 14(1), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-014-9468-z

A collaboration between cancer biologists and academic software engineers has been exploring the development of an agent-based simulator to inform and support work on the dynamics of cell proliferation in the study of prostate disorders. The research... Read More about Principled simulation of cell proliferation dynamics using the CoSMoS approach.

Press self-regulation in Britain: a critique (2014)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2015). Press self-regulation in Britain: a critique. Science and engineering ethics, 21(1), 159-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-014-9538-8

This article reviews the history of press self-regulation in Britain, from the 1947 Ross Commission to the 2012 Leveson Inquiry Commission. It considers the history of the Press Council and the Press Complaints Commission, analysing the ways they dev... Read More about Press self-regulation in Britain: a critique.