All Outputs (1254)

Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments (2015)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Zhang, Z., Matthews, F. E., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2015). Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments. Autism, 19(8), 1010-1017. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361314556785

Research to date in mainland China has mainly focused on children with autistic disorder rather than Autism Spectrum Conditions and the diagnosis largely depended on clinical judgment without the use of diagnostic instruments. Whether children who ha... Read More about Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments.

Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control (2015)
Journal Article
Campbell, K. L., Shafto, M. A., Wright, P., Tsvetanov, K. A., Geerligs, L., Cusack, R., …Villis, L. (2015). Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control. Neurobiology of Aging, 36(11), 3045-3055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.07.028

Much is known about how age affects the brain during tightly controlled, though largely contrived, experiments, but do these effects extrapolate to everyday life? Naturalistic stimuli, such as movies, closely mimic the real world and provide a window... Read More about Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control.

Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (2015)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Prina, A. M., Jones, A. P., Barnes, L. E., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2015). Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. Age and ageing, 44(6), 1005-1011. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv137

Background: few studies have investigated the impact of the community environment, as distinct from area deprivation, on cognition in later life. This study explores cross-sectional associations between cognitive impairment and dementia and environme... Read More about Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study.

Love, power and resistance : representations of Chinese-Caucasian romance in twentieth-century Anglophone literature (2015)
Thesis
Zeng, S. (2015). Love, power and resistance : representations of Chinese-Caucasian romance in twentieth-century Anglophone literature. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4227259

This thesis has examined a body of Anglophone literature centred on Chinese-Caucasian romance across the twentieth century, a time when such interracial literature started to emerge in a wide range of genres. Aiming to map out the evolution of the re... Read More about Love, power and resistance : representations of Chinese-Caucasian romance in twentieth-century Anglophone literature.

Three essays on SMEs credit risk and capital structure (2015)
Thesis
El Kalak, I. (2015). Three essays on SMEs credit risk and capital structure. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224013

The main purpose of this study is to provide further insight into the SMEs’ credit risk and capital structure. Thus, this thesis presents three essays on SMEs probability of bankruptcy and capital structure in chapter 3 to chapter 5. The first empiri... Read More about Three essays on SMEs credit risk and capital structure.

Exploration of the bioadhesivity of sporopollenin microcapsules and their use to encapsulate and release drugs and vitamin D (2015)
Thesis
Almutairi, F. (2015). Exploration of the bioadhesivity of sporopollenin microcapsules and their use to encapsulate and release drugs and vitamin D. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223953

Sporopollenin is the polymeric fabric of the outer shell (known as exine) of plant spores and pollen grains. It is a highly cross-linked polymer composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. It contains functional groups such as phenols, carboxylic acids... Read More about Exploration of the bioadhesivity of sporopollenin microcapsules and their use to encapsulate and release drugs and vitamin D.

Conceptualisation and development of the admin-avatar taxonomy : antecedents, attitudinal and behavioural consequences (2015)
Thesis
Elsharnouby, M. H. (2015). Conceptualisation and development of the admin-avatar taxonomy : antecedents, attitudinal and behavioural consequences. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221335

Academics and practitioners have increasingly acknowledged the significance of the consumer–brand relationship in both traditional and online contexts. However, the impersonal nature of the online environment is considered to be a hindrance in the de... Read More about Conceptualisation and development of the admin-avatar taxonomy : antecedents, attitudinal and behavioural consequences.

Immersive systemic knowing : rational analysis and beyond (2015)
Thesis
Rajagopalan, R. (2015). Immersive systemic knowing : rational analysis and beyond. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221251

Applied systems thinking has rapidly developed through successive waves of development, and the current reigning paradigm is the revisioned approach to critical systems thinking. This research scrutinizes systemic intervention. It employs the meth... Read More about Immersive systemic knowing : rational analysis and beyond.

Morgan Le Fay and other women : a study of the female phantasm in medieval literature (2015)
Thesis
Lambert, A. A. O. (2015). Morgan Le Fay and other women : a study of the female phantasm in medieval literature. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218355

‘Morgan le Fay and Other Women’ is an interdisciplinary study that seeks to rationalise the various manifestations of a universal Other in medieval culture. Using Theresa Bane’s statement that ‘Morgan le F[a]y is a complicated figure in history and m... Read More about Morgan Le Fay and other women : a study of the female phantasm in medieval literature.

The permissibility of the practice of inscribing graffiti in Beverley Minster, with specific reference to the eastern side of the reredos (2015)
Thesis
Hiscott, R. (2015). The permissibility of the practice of inscribing graffiti in Beverley Minster, with specific reference to the eastern side of the reredos. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218334

This thesis provides an understanding of the nature of the practice of inscribing graffiti on the eastern side of the reredos in Beverley Minster in the medieval and early modern periods. It focuses on the types of graffiti that were inscribed when t... Read More about The permissibility of the practice of inscribing graffiti in Beverley Minster, with specific reference to the eastern side of the reredos.

Modelling and experimental study of the spray forming of dissimilar metals (2015)
Thesis
Lee, T. L. (2015). Modelling and experimental study of the spray forming of dissimilar metals. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218236

This research describes a systematic study to develop a strong interfacial bond in as-sprayed dissimilar metallic alloys. Non-destructive three-dimensional microstructure and residual stress characterisations via X-ray micro-computed tomography and n... Read More about Modelling and experimental study of the spray forming of dissimilar metals.

The effects of safety training on the overall safety culture of an organisation (2015)
Thesis
Silburn, G. M. (2015). The effects of safety training on the overall safety culture of an organisation. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218140

In this dissertation the author will discuss the effects of safety training on the overall safety culture of an organisation. The research was conducted within the engineering department of Associated British Ports, within the Port of Hull. The st... Read More about The effects of safety training on the overall safety culture of an organisation.

The effect of self-efficacy, role clarity, and trust on customer well-being and loyalty through value co-creation : the case of fitness centres (2015)
Thesis
Yousefian, J. (2015). The effect of self-efficacy, role clarity, and trust on customer well-being and loyalty through value co-creation : the case of fitness centres. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218098

Nowadays, there are two critical concerns in societies such as British: customer defection in the sport clubs and the reduction of well-being. Therefore, sport clubs need to deliver programmes that are helpful to retain existing customers as well as... Read More about The effect of self-efficacy, role clarity, and trust on customer well-being and loyalty through value co-creation : the case of fitness centres.

Rethinking presence : a grounded theory of nurses and teleconsultation (2015)
Thesis
Barrett, D. 1. (2015). Rethinking presence : a grounded theory of nurses and teleconsultation. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217787

[Introduction]: Ensuring the provision of equitable, high quality care is becoming progressively more challenging in a context of an ageing population, increased prevalence of long term conditions and a prolonged period of public spending austerity.... Read More about Rethinking presence : a grounded theory of nurses and teleconsultation.

Novel concepts for non-invasive telemonitoring in chronic heart failure (2015)
Thesis
Mabote, T. (2015). Novel concepts for non-invasive telemonitoring in chronic heart failure. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217295

Background: The morbidity and mortality from chronic heart failure (HF) remains alarmingly high, in part due to failure to apply substantial disease modifying strategies to halt disease progression. Telemonitoring has been proposed as a potential dis... Read More about Novel concepts for non-invasive telemonitoring in chronic heart failure.

After the trawl: Memory and afterlife in the wake of Hull's distant-water fishing industry (2015)
Journal Article
Byrne, J. (2015). After the trawl: Memory and afterlife in the wake of Hull's distant-water fishing industry. International Journal of Maritime History, 27(4), 816-822. https://doi.org/10.1177/0843871415610281

© International Maritime Economic History Association. This paper offers an overview of Byrne's recent research into the economic, social, spatial and cultural consequences of the decline of Hull's distant-water trawl fishery after the 1976 Cod Wars.... Read More about After the trawl: Memory and afterlife in the wake of Hull's distant-water fishing industry.

Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2015). Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (114-145). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0006

This chapter offers the first historical comparison of organizational choice in two of the world’s leading insurance nations, the United States and Germany, as they industrialized before 1914. It provides an overview of the context in which insurance... Read More about Organizational Forms in Insurance: A Comparison of the USA and Germany during Industrialization.

Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R., & Doe, H. (2015). Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (47-67). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0003

From the eighteenth century British marine insurance developed via a wide range of organizational forms, including individual and syndicated underwriters, mutual associations, chartered corporations, unchartered stock companies, and protection and in... Read More about Organizational Choice in UK Marine Insurance.

Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory (2015)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R., & Yoneyama, T. (2015). Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory. In R. Pearson, & T. Yoneyama (Eds.), Corporate Forms and Organisational Choice in International Insurance (1-26). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.003.0001

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the development of organizations in insurance worldwide from the origins of the industry to the present day and summarizes the relevant theoretical and empirical literature on this topic. It describes... Read More about Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance: An Overview of the History and Theory.

Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance (2015)
Book
Pearson, R., & Yoneyama, T. (Eds.). (2015). Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198739005.001.0001

Throughout history humans have commonly organized to prevent or mitigate risks, or to compensate for losses caused by risk events. Given the infinite variety of risks that existed, it is unsurprising that insurance—the primary modern risk mitigation... Read More about Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance.