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Introducing an effect of climate change into globals models of rain fade on telecommunications links (2014)
Thesis
Ranatunga, C. (2014). Introducing an effect of climate change into globals models of rain fade on telecommunications links. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216848

Rain attenuation limits the performance of microwave telecommunication links functioning above approximately 5 GHz. Recent studies have revealed that over the last twenty years the occurrence of rain, at intensities that cause outage on terrestrial l... Read More about Introducing an effect of climate change into globals models of rain fade on telecommunications links.

Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices (2014)
Journal Article
Adderley, R., Hope, M., Hughes, G., Jones, L., Messiou, K., & Shaw, T. (2014). Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices. European journal of special needs education, 30(1), 106-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2014.964580

This paper reports a small-scale research project which took place in one primary school in the north-east of England. The study aimed to listen to children about how the practices of teachers helped and/or hindered their sense of inclusion in classr... Read More about Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices.

Co-performer empathy in expert ensemble playing (2014)
Thesis
Waddington, C. E. (2014). Co-performer empathy in expert ensemble playing. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217030

This thesis, comprising four empirical studies, investigates the process of co-performer empathy in expert ensemble playing. Following an extensive review of the existing literature relating to both optimal experiences of performance and empathy, it... Read More about Co-performer empathy in expert ensemble playing.

Synthesis of Fe-oxide nanoparticles using microreactors (2014)
Thesis
Simmons, M. D. (2014). Synthesis of Fe-oxide nanoparticles using microreactors. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217046

The work described in this thesis focuses upon the development of a novel adaptable continuous flow technique for the synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles using commercially available microreactor system, to allow for easy scaling up towards a large... Read More about Synthesis of Fe-oxide nanoparticles using microreactors.

Understanding coach educators' experiences of everyday practice : a narrative-biographical study (2014)
Thesis
Allanson, A. (2014). Understanding coach educators' experiences of everyday practice : a narrative-biographical study. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216297

In recent years, coach education has been the subject of increasing levels of investigation and associated critique. While such inquiry has provided some fascinating insights into coach learner’s engagements with formal coach education provision, the... Read More about Understanding coach educators' experiences of everyday practice : a narrative-biographical study.

Social perception in the real world : employing visual adaptation paradigms in the investigation of mechanisms underlying emotion and trustworthiness perception (2014)
Thesis
Wincenciak, J. (2014). Social perception in the real world : employing visual adaptation paradigms in the investigation of mechanisms underlying emotion and trustworthiness perception. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217329

Social context can substantially influence our perception and understanding of emotion and action of observed individuals. However, less is known about how temporal context can affect our judgement of behaviour of other people. The aim of this thesis... Read More about Social perception in the real world : employing visual adaptation paradigms in the investigation of mechanisms underlying emotion and trustworthiness perception.

Exploration of a xenograft model of human prostate cancer to predict patient treatment response (2014)
Thesis
Beekharry, R. (2014). Exploration of a xenograft model of human prostate cancer to predict patient treatment response. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217670

For several years, docetaxel was the only treatment to improve survival of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. There are now many novel agents available but the optimal sequence of treatments remains undefined. The emergence of prostate cancer... Read More about Exploration of a xenograft model of human prostate cancer to predict patient treatment response.

The influence of dietary and other environmental changes on vascular risk markers in type 2 diabetes (2014)
Thesis
Konya, J. (2014). The influence of dietary and other environmental changes on vascular risk markers in type 2 diabetes. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216910

Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by insulin resistance, impaired glycaemia, endothelial, clotting and platelet dysfunction, resulting in increased cardiovascular risk. Cardiovascular parameters are influenced by various... Read More about The influence of dietary and other environmental changes on vascular risk markers in type 2 diabetes.

King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed (2014)
Journal Article
Veach, C. (2014). King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed. English Historical Review, 129(540), 1051-1078. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceu221

This article re-examines King John’s persecution and eventual destruction of his former friend, William de Briouze, a signal example of John’s tyranny on the eve Magna Carta. Approaching the episode from the transnational perspective of the two men i... Read More about King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed.

Nanoparticles/polysaccharide nanocomposites for water purification (2014)
Thesis
AlAhmadi, N. S. M. (2014). Nanoparticles/polysaccharide nanocomposites for water purification. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222805

The main objective of this study was to synthesise of nanocomposites made of nanoparticles and cellulose or cellulose derivatives for the use of these in water purification. A variety of different kinds of nanoparticles were synthesised using similar... Read More about Nanoparticles/polysaccharide nanocomposites for water purification.

Board composition, grey directors and corporate failure in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Wu, C. Y., & Hsu, H. (2014). Board composition, grey directors and corporate failure in the UK. The British accounting review, 46(3), 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2013.12.002

This study examines the effect of board composition on the likelihood of corporate failure in the UK. We consider both independent and non-independent (grey) non-executive directors (NEDs) to enhance our understanding of the impact of NEDs’ personal... Read More about Board composition, grey directors and corporate failure in the UK.

The frequency of anomalously red galaxies in SDSS clusters (2014)
Journal Article
Shearman, O., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2014). The frequency of anomalously red galaxies in SDSS clusters. Publications / Astronomical Society of Australia, 31, Article ARTN e038. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2014.34

We present a systematic photometric search for spectroscopically confirmed anomalously red galaxies members of 748 low redshift clusters between 0.03 < z < 0.17 from the SDSS-C4 cluster catalogue (Miller et al. 2005). For each cluster we spectroscopi... Read More about The frequency of anomalously red galaxies in SDSS clusters.

The green economy, sustainability transitions and transition regions : a case study of Boston (2014)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., & O'Neill, K. (2014). The green economy, sustainability transitions and transition regions : a case study of Boston. Geografiska annaler. Series B, Human geography, 96(3), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.1111/geob.12046

This paper is focused upon exploring the development of the green economy in particular locations, with the aim of identifying why some cities and regions have been successful in engendering green growth. To date we have little idea where the green e... Read More about The green economy, sustainability transitions and transition regions : a case study of Boston.

Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure (2014)
Journal Article
Abbott, A., & Jones, P. (2014). Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure. Economic issues, 19(2), 39-53

This paper draws on the literature that explains why governments spend procyclically, to predict the pattern of cyclical expenditure across government budgets. Procyclical expenditure increases at a faster rate than income in economic upturns and fal... Read More about Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure.

The Lyman α forest as a tool for disentangling non-Gaussianities (2014)
Journal Article
Chongchitnan, S. (2014). The Lyman α forest as a tool for disentangling non-Gaussianities. Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics, 2014(10), Article ARTN 034. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/034

© 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl . Detection of primordial non-Gaussianity will give us an unprecedented detail of the physics of inflation. As observational probes are now exploring new expanses of the inflationary landscape, it is c... Read More about The Lyman α forest as a tool for disentangling non-Gaussianities.

A candidate multimodal functional genetic network for thermal adaptation (2014)
Journal Article
Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Pathak, R., Prajapati, I., Bankston, S., Thompson, A., Usher, J., & Isokpehi, R. D. (2014). A candidate multimodal functional genetic network for thermal adaptation. PeerJ, 2014(1), e578. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.578

Vertebrate ectotherms such as reptiles provide ideal organisms for the study of adaptation to environmental thermal change. Comparative genomic and exomic studies can recover markers that diverge between warm and cold adapted lineages, but the genes... Read More about A candidate multimodal functional genetic network for thermal adaptation.

The construction of anosognosia: History and implications (2014)
Journal Article
Marková, I. S., & Berrios, G. E. (2014). The construction of anosognosia: History and implications. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 61, 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.09.011

The construction of anosognosia as a clinical ‘disorder’ resulted from the convergence (in the work of various writers and culminating in Babinski) of a name, a concept, and a clinical phenomenon. During the early stages of this convergence, unawaren... Read More about The construction of anosognosia: History and implications.

Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees (2014)
Journal Article
de Thierry, E., Lam, H., Harcourt, M., Flynn, M., & Wood, G. (2014). Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees. Employee relations, 36(6), 654-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-02-2013-0020

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use the theoretical and empirical pension literatures to question whether employers are likely to gain any competitive advantage from degrading or eliminating their employees’ defined benefit (DB) pensions.... Read More about Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees.

Synthesis and evaluation of a novel ionophore based on a thiacalix[4]arene derivative bearing imidazole units (2014)
Journal Article
Zhao, J. L., Tomiyasu, H., Ni, X., Zeng, X., Elsegood, M. R. J., Redshaw, C., …Yamato, T. (2014). Synthesis and evaluation of a novel ionophore based on a thiacalix[4]arene derivative bearing imidazole units. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 38(12), 6041-6049. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4nj01099j

O-Alkylation of the flexible thiacalix[4]arene 1 with 2-chloromethyl-1-methyl-1H-imidazole 2 in the presence of Na₂CO₃ or K₂CO₃ afforded mono-O-alkylation product 3 in 29–51% yield, along with recovery of the starting compound. In contrast, the same... Read More about Synthesis and evaluation of a novel ionophore based on a thiacalix[4]arene derivative bearing imidazole units.