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An empirical investigation of wood product information valued by young consumers (2015)
Journal Article
Osburg, V., Appelhanz, S., Toporowski, W., & Schumann, M. (2016). An empirical investigation of wood product information valued by young consumers. Journal of cleaner production, 110(January), 170-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.068

Recent media reports regarding wood products question the trustworthiness of wood origin declaration, the sustainability of production methods and the product quality. In light of this question, it becomes important to ensure consumer trust in wood a... Read More about An empirical investigation of wood product information valued by young consumers.

Measuring time perspective in adolescents : can you get the right answer by asking the wrong questions? (2015)
Journal Article
Perry, J. L., McKay, M. T., Worrell, F. C., Živkovič, U., Mello, Z. R., & Musil, B. (2015). Measuring time perspective in adolescents : can you get the right answer by asking the wrong questions?. Personality and individual differences, 78, 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.01.015

Time perspective continues to evolve as a psychological construct. The extant literature suggests that higher future orientation and lower present orientation are associated with better developmental outcomes. However, the extant literature also sugg... Read More about Measuring time perspective in adolescents : can you get the right answer by asking the wrong questions?.

Neural network approach for predicting drum pressure and level in coal-fired subcritical power plant (2015)
Journal Article
Oko, E., Wang, M., & Zhang, J. (2015). Neural network approach for predicting drum pressure and level in coal-fired subcritical power plant. Fuel, 151, 139-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.01.091

There is increasing need for tighter controls of coal-fired plants due to more stringent regulations and addition of more renewable sources in the electricity grid. Achieving this will require better process knowledge which can be facilitated through... Read More about Neural network approach for predicting drum pressure and level in coal-fired subcritical power plant.

Experience of pelvic floor muscle exercises among women in Taiwan: A qualitative study of improvement in urinary incontinence and sexuality (2015)
Journal Article
Kao, H., Hayter, M., Hinchliff, S., Tsai, C., & Hsu, M. (2015). Experience of pelvic floor muscle exercises among women in Taiwan: A qualitative study of improvement in urinary incontinence and sexuality. Journal of clinical nursing, 24(13-14), 1985-1994. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12783

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aims and objectives: To gain an in-depth understanding of women's experiences of performing pelvic floor muscle exercises for urinary incontinence and the impact on their sexuality. Background: Urinary incontinence is... Read More about Experience of pelvic floor muscle exercises among women in Taiwan: A qualitative study of improvement in urinary incontinence and sexuality.

Development and Evaluation of an Intervention to Support Family Caregivers of People with Cancer to Provide Home-based Care at the End of Life: a Feasibility Study (2015)
Journal Article
Luker, K., Cooke, M., Lloyd-Williams, M., Pilling, M., & Dunn, L. (2015). Development and Evaluation of an Intervention to Support Family Caregivers of People with Cancer to Provide Home-based Care at the End of Life: a Feasibility Study. European journal of oncology nursing, 19(2), 154 - 161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2014.09.006

Purpose: To design and evaluate an intervention to address carers’ needs for practical information and support skills when caring for a person with cancer at end of life. Method: Phase I 29 carers were interviewed about need for practical information... Read More about Development and Evaluation of an Intervention to Support Family Caregivers of People with Cancer to Provide Home-based Care at the End of Life: a Feasibility Study.

The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development (2015)
Journal Article
Malarkey, J., Baas, J. H., Hope, J. A., Aspden, R. J., Parsons, D. R., Peakall, J., …Thorne, P. D. (2015). The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development. Nature communications, 6(1), Article ARTN 6257. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7257

Sediment fluxes in aquatic environments are crucially dependent on bedform dynamics. However, sediment-flux predictions rely almost completely on clean-sand studies, despite most environments being composed of mixtures of non-cohesive sands, physical... Read More about The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development.

Longitudinal and lateral slip control of autonomous wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking (2015)
Journal Article
Khan, H., Iqbal, J., Baizid, K., & Zielinska, T. (2015). Longitudinal and lateral slip control of autonomous wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 16(2), 166-172. https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1400183

This research formulates a path-following control problem subjected to wheel slippage and skid and solves it using a logic-based control scheme for a wheeled mobile robot (WMR). The novelty of the proposed scheme lies in its methodology that consider... Read More about Longitudinal and lateral slip control of autonomous wheeled mobile robot for trajectory tracking.

Grünes Wachstum und alternative Wirtschaftsformen (2015)
Journal Article
Schulz, C., & Affolderbach, J. (2015). Grünes Wachstum und alternative Wirtschaftsformen. Geographische Rundschau, 67(5), 4-9

Green New Deal, Green Economy, Nachhaltiges Wachstum - sind einige der zentralem Schlagworte, die derzeit Hochkonjunktur in politischen Programmen und medialen Debatten haben, und immer häufiger auch zum Forschungsgegenstand der Geographie werden. Di... Read More about Grünes Wachstum und alternative Wirtschaftsformen.

Self-reported health status of older adults in Malaysia and Singapore: evidence from the 2007 Global Ageing Survey (2015)
Journal Article
Khan, H. T. A., & Flynn, M. (2016). Self-reported health status of older adults in Malaysia and Singapore: evidence from the 2007 Global Ageing Survey. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 11(3), 687-705. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-015-9390-2

The aim of this study is to investigate the correlates of self-reported health (SRH) among older adults in Malaysia and Singapore. The study uses data collected in the Global Ageing Study (GLAS) 2007, one of the largest surveys of its kind, specially... Read More about Self-reported health status of older adults in Malaysia and Singapore: evidence from the 2007 Global Ageing Survey.

In search of ‘lost’ knowledge and outsourced expertise in flood risk management (2015)
Journal Article
Haughton, G., Bankoff, G., & Coulthard, T. J. (2015). In search of ‘lost’ knowledge and outsourced expertise in flood risk management. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 40(3), 375-386. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12082

This paper examines the parallel discourses of ‘lost’ local flood expertise and the growing use of commercial consultancies to outsource aspects of flood risk work. We critically examine the various claims and counter-claims about lost, local and ext... Read More about In search of ‘lost’ knowledge and outsourced expertise in flood risk management.

What does Ophiomorpha irregulaire really look like? (2015)
Journal Article
Leaman, M., McIlroy, D., Herringshaw, L., Boyd, C., & Callow, R. (2015). What does Ophiomorpha irregulaire really look like?. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 439, 38-49. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.01.022

Ophiomorpha irregulaire is a surprisingly poorly characterised ichnotaxon given its common occurrence in hydrocarbon reservoir facies. Current debate surrounds the ichnotaxobases suitable for ichnospecific-level identification and also the palaeogeog... Read More about What does Ophiomorpha irregulaire really look like?.

Does radiation-induced c-MYC amplification initiate breast oncogenesis? (2015)
Journal Article
Wade, M. A., May, F. E., Onel, K., & Allan, J. M. (2016). Does radiation-induced c-MYC amplification initiate breast oncogenesis?. Molecular and Cellular Oncology, 3(1), Article e1010950. https://doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2015.1010950

© 2016 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. The MYC (v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog; c-MYC) locus on chromosome 8q is susceptible to high-level amplification following exposure of human breast cells to ionizing radiation, and c-MYC amp... Read More about Does radiation-induced c-MYC amplification initiate breast oncogenesis?.

3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO (2015)
Journal Article
Nefti-Meziani, S., Manzoor, U., Davis, S., & Pupala, S. K. (2015). 3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 68, 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.12.016

Depth estimation is a classical problem in computer vision and after decades of research many methods have been developed for 3D perception like magnetic tracking, mechanical tracking, acoustic tracking, inertial tracking, optical tracking using mark... Read More about 3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO.

Does having more women on the board impact firms' acquisition behavior? (2015)
Journal Article
Bozionelos, N., & Afanassieva, M. (2015). Does having more women on the board impact firms' acquisition behavior?. The Academy of Management perspectives, 29(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2015.0038

Is there a difference between how women and men behave as board directors when they are deciding whether to acquire other firms? And do boards with larger representations of women act differently when they consider buying other firms and deciding how... Read More about Does having more women on the board impact firms' acquisition behavior?.

Re-Os isotope and platinum group elements of a FOcal ZOne mantle source, Louisville Seamounts Chain, Pacific ocean (2015)
Journal Article
Tejada, M. L. G., Hanyu, T., Ishikawa, A., Senda, R., Suzuki, K., Fitton, G., & Williams, R. (2015). Re-Os isotope and platinum group elements of a FOcal ZOne mantle source, Louisville Seamounts Chain, Pacific ocean. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems G³, 16(2), 486-504. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GC005629

The Louisville Seamount Chain (LSC) is, besides the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain, one of the longest-lived hotspot traces. We report here the first Re-Os isotope and platinum group element (PGE) data for Canopus, Rigil, and Burton Guyots along the chain, w... Read More about Re-Os isotope and platinum group elements of a FOcal ZOne mantle source, Louisville Seamounts Chain, Pacific ocean.

Bacon and Bergson on Time and Motion (2015)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2015). Bacon and Bergson on Time and Motion. Visual culture in Britain, 16, 67--85. https://doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2015.990331

The bearing of Bergsonian thought on Bacon{\textquoteright}s paintings has become apparent as a result of Deleuze{\textquoteright}s study, Francis Bacon: Logique de la sensation (1981). But aside from Deleuze{\textquoteright}s application, there is a... Read More about Bacon and Bergson on Time and Motion.

Sounding Scarborough : research study on the soundscape of Scarborough (2015)
Thesis
Linsdell, C. J. (2015). Sounding Scarborough : research study on the soundscape of Scarborough. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218149

The portfolio presented functions as an artistic response to the soundscape of Scarborough. The thesis presents a set of soundscape research projects which seek out the core elements that make up Scarborough's individual acoustic identity. The resear... Read More about Sounding Scarborough : research study on the soundscape of Scarborough.

Black writing in Britain, 1770-1830 (2015)
Thesis
Hanley, R. (2015). Black writing in Britain, 1770-1830. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222291

This thesis examines the lives and works of six black authors whose writings were published in Britain between 1770 and 1830: Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, Ignatius Sancho, Ottobah Cugoano, Boston King, John Jea and Robert Wedderburn. It challenges the existin... Read More about Black writing in Britain, 1770-1830.

Acting Beckett : towards a poetics of performance (2015)
Thesis
Head, A. J. N. (2015). Acting Beckett : towards a poetics of performance. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216680

Samuel Beckett’s writing stalks the progress of twentieth century art and culture. Seen as both symptomatic of the practices of high Modernism, as well as influential within the fragmented tropes of postmodernity, his drama is often referred to as ex... Read More about Acting Beckett : towards a poetics of performance.

River dunes in unsteady conditions (2015)
Thesis
Unsworth, C. A. (2015). River dunes in unsteady conditions. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217884

This thesis explores the nature of river dunes in unsteady conditions. River dune research has two main philosophical approaches that are necessitated by the nature of dunes; they are individually dynamic features emergent from the interaction betwee... Read More about River dunes in unsteady conditions.