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Effective policy making for establishing sustainable local food systems : the East Riding of Yorkshire and the Abruzzo region, Italy. (2012)
Thesis
O'Neill, K. (2012). Effective policy making for establishing sustainable local food systems : the East Riding of Yorkshire and the Abruzzo region, Italy. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212755

This thesis investigates the ways in which local food has increasingly been seen as an integral part of rural development, and explored the increasing interest in local food from academics, policy-makers, businesses and consumers. The overall questio... Read More about Effective policy making for establishing sustainable local food systems : the East Riding of Yorkshire and the Abruzzo region, Italy..

New roles for auditors and reporting accountants in UK banking supervision under the Banking Act 1987 (2012)
Journal Article
Collins, D., Dewing, I., & Russell, P. (2012). New roles for auditors and reporting accountants in UK banking supervision under the Banking Act 1987. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 25(3), 535-565. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513571211209635

Purpose: The paper aims to offer an exploration of the Banking Act 1987 which was passed following the failure of Johnson Matthey Bankers (JMB) in 1984. This Act extended the role of auditors in banking supervision by removing traditional confidentia... Read More about New roles for auditors and reporting accountants in UK banking supervision under the Banking Act 1987.

An LPV pole-placement approach to friction compensation as an FTC problem (2012)
Journal Article
Chen, L., Patton, R., & Klinkhieo, S. (2012). An LPV pole-placement approach to friction compensation as an FTC problem. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, 22(1), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-012-0011-z

The concept of combining robust fault estimation within a controller system to achieve active Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) has been the subject of considerable interest in the recent literature. The current study is motivated by the need to develop m... Read More about An LPV pole-placement approach to friction compensation as an FTC problem.

Shared cognitive processes underlying past and future thinking: The impact of imagery and concurrent task demands on event specificity. (2012)
Journal Article
Anderson, R., Dewhurst, S., & Nash, R. (2012). Shared cognitive processes underlying past and future thinking: The impact of imagery and concurrent task demands on event specificity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 38(2), 356-365. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025451

Recent literature has argued that whereas remembering the past and imagining the future make use of shared cognitive substrates, simulating future events places heavier demands on executive resources. These propositions were explored in 3 experiments... Read More about Shared cognitive processes underlying past and future thinking: The impact of imagery and concurrent task demands on event specificity..

Suggested visual hallucination without hypnosis enhances activity in visual areas of the brain (2012)
Journal Article
McGeown, W. J., Venneri, A., Kirsch, I., Nocetti, L., Roberts, K., Foan, L., & Mazzoni, G. (2012). Suggested visual hallucination without hypnosis enhances activity in visual areas of the brain. Consciousness and cognition, 21(1), 100-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2011.10.015

This functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study investigated high and low suggestible people responding to two visual hallucination suggestions with and without a hypnotic induction. Participants in the study were asked to see color while loo... Read More about Suggested visual hallucination without hypnosis enhances activity in visual areas of the brain.

Wilful negligence: migration policy, migrants' work and the absence of social protection in the UK (2012)
Book Chapter
Craig, G., & Wilkinson, M. (2012). Wilful negligence: migration policy, migrants' work and the absence of social protection in the UK. Migration and welfare in the new Europe : social protection and the challenges of integration (177-194). Policy Press

In this chapter we explore important issues concerned with the social exclusion and social segregation of migrant workers in the UK.  Our main argument is that social and employment protection for this group of workers is often inadequate and the the... Read More about Wilful negligence: migration policy, migrants' work and the absence of social protection in the UK.

Pedagogical responses to the teaching of the transatlantic slave trade and its diasporic legacies in British schools (2012)
Book Chapter
Schwarz, S., & Evans, N. (2012). Pedagogical responses to the teaching of the transatlantic slave trade and its diasporic legacies in British schools. The transatlantic slave trade and slavery: new directions in teaching and learning (128 - 167). Africa World Press

Papers from a workshop held Nov. 2010 in Toronto, sponsored by UNESCO.

On the compressibility of gas diffusion layers in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2012)
Journal Article
Ismail, M. S., Hassanpour, A., Ingham, D. B., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2012). On the compressibility of gas diffusion layers in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Fuel Cells, 12(3), 391-397. https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.201100054

The mechanical behavior under compression for a number of gas diffusion layers (GDLs) and a sealing gasket used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) has been investigated. The results show that the stiffness of the carbon substrate increas... Read More about On the compressibility of gas diffusion layers in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

An integrated professionalism in further education: a time for phronesis? (2012)
Journal Article
Plowright, D., & Barr, G. (2012). An integrated professionalism in further education: a time for phronesis?. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 36(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2011.590584

The aim of this article is to examine the role taken by the Institute for Learning (IfL) in England to promote the nature of professionalism in the lifelong learning sector. It raises the possibility that the decisions taken by the IfL, since its inc... Read More about An integrated professionalism in further education: a time for phronesis?.

Does instructional format really matter? Cognitive load theory, multimedia and teaching English Literature (2012)
Journal Article
Martin, S. (2012). Does instructional format really matter? Cognitive load theory, multimedia and teaching English Literature. Educational Research and Evaluation, 18(2), 125-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2012.659899

This article reports a quasi-experimental study on the effects of multimedia teaching and learning in English Literature--a subject which places high cognitive load on students. A large-scale study was conducted in 4 high-achieving secondary schools... Read More about Does instructional format really matter? Cognitive load theory, multimedia and teaching English Literature.

Beauty hinders attention switch in change detection : the role of facial attractiveness and distinctiveness (2012)
Journal Article
Chen, W., Liu, C. H., & Nakabayashi, K. (2012). Beauty hinders attention switch in change detection : the role of facial attractiveness and distinctiveness. PLoS ONE, 7(2), e32897. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032897

Background: Recent research has shown that the presence of a task-irrelevant attractive face can induce a transient diversion of attention from a perceptual task that requires covert deployment of attention to one of the two locations. However, it is... Read More about Beauty hinders attention switch in change detection : the role of facial attractiveness and distinctiveness.

A class-based analysis of sustainable development: developing a radical perspective on environmental justice (2012)
Journal Article
Deutz, P. (2014). A class-based analysis of sustainable development: developing a radical perspective on environmental justice. Sustainable Development, 22(4), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1528

Recent resurgence of interest in social aspects of sustainability has enjoined with on-going debates on environmental justice and equity. However, discussions on the socio-geographic distribution of environmental (dis-) benefits have substantially ov... Read More about A class-based analysis of sustainable development: developing a radical perspective on environmental justice.

Clinical update — pharmacological issues in ophthalmology (2012)
Journal Article
Sherratt, A., & Yvonne, N. (2012). Clinical update — pharmacological issues in ophthalmology. International journal of ophthalmic practice, 3(1), 43-47. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijop.2012.3.1.43

This article addresses pharmacology and pharmacokinetic principles of main drug groups prescribed in advanced practice in ophthalmology settings. It is the first in a series of two articles which have been developed to underpin advanced practice in o... Read More about Clinical update — pharmacological issues in ophthalmology.

Improving the validation of finite element models with quantitative full-field strain comparisons (2012)
Journal Article
Gröning, F., Bright, J. A., Fagan, M. J., & O'Higgins, P. (2012). Improving the validation of finite element models with quantitative full-field strain comparisons. Journal of biomechanics, 45(8), 1498-1506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.02.009

The techniques used to validate finite element (FE) models against experimental results have changed little during the last decades, even though the traditional approach of using single point measurements from strain gauges has major limitations: the... Read More about Improving the validation of finite element models with quantitative full-field strain comparisons.

Francis Bacon: Painting in A Godless World (2012)
Book
Arya, R. (2012). Francis Bacon: Painting in A Godless World. Lund Humphries

Throughout his career, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) made many anti-religious and, more specifically, anti-Christian statements. Bacon was a militant atheist but his atheism was not a simple dismissal of religion and religious belief. He exploited the sy... Read More about Francis Bacon: Painting in A Godless World.

Speciation of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in red mud samples from the Ajka spill site, Hungary (2012)
Journal Article
Burke, I. T., Mayes, W. M., Peacock, C. L., Brown, A. P., Jarvis, A. P., & Gruiz, K. (2012). Speciation of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in red mud samples from the Ajka spill site, Hungary. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(6), 3085-3092. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3003475

Results are presented from X-ray absorption spectroscopy based analysis of As, Cr and V speciation within samples of bauxite ore processing residue (red mud) collected from the spill site at Ajka, Western Hungary. Cr K-edge XANES analysis found that... Read More about Speciation of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in red mud samples from the Ajka spill site, Hungary.

Ways forward in global counterterrorism (2012)
Journal Article
Beyer, C. (2014). Ways forward in global counterterrorism. Journal of International Affairs,

Military means are at the center of current counterterrorism efforts. This article argues that the focus on military means is a mistaken one. Military interventions as well as presence in occupied countries rather contribute to an increase in terrori... Read More about Ways forward in global counterterrorism.

User acceptance and corporate intranet quality: An evaluation with iQual (2012)
Journal Article
Barnes, S. J., & Vidgen, R. (2012). User acceptance and corporate intranet quality: An evaluation with iQual. Information and Management, 49(3-4), 164-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2012.02.002

We developed a model for intranet quality and acceptance; it was applied to data collected by the sales and marketing division of an international manufacturing company obtained via a Web survey (n = 131) and tested using partial least squares path m... Read More about User acceptance and corporate intranet quality: An evaluation with iQual.

Low-temperature plasmonics of metallic nanostructures (2012)
Journal Article
Bouillard, J. S. G., Dickson, W., O’Connor, D. P., Wurtz, G. A., & Zayats, A. V. (2012). Low-temperature plasmonics of metallic nanostructures. Nano Letters, 12(3), 1561-1565. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl204420s

The requirements for spatial and temporal manipulation of electromagnetic fields on the nanoscale have recently resulted in an ever-increasing use of plasmonics for achieving various functionalities with superior performance to those available from c... Read More about Low-temperature plasmonics of metallic nanostructures.

The robustness and restoration of a network of ecological networks (2012)
Journal Article
Pocock, M. J., Evans, D. M., & Memmott, J. (2012). The robustness and restoration of a network of ecological networks. Science, 335(6071), 973-977. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1214915

Understanding species' interactions and the robustness of interaction networks to species loss is essential to understand the effects of species' declines and extinctions. In most studies, different types of networks (such as food webs, parasitoid we... Read More about The robustness and restoration of a network of ecological networks.