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A computer science perspective on the bendsimplification algorithm (1999)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M., & Herbert, S. (1999). A computer science perspective on the bendsimplification algorithm. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 26(4), 253-270. https://doi.org/10.1559/152304099782294177

The primary aim of this study was to evaluate whether the use of bends provides a better basis than point elimination for research on line structuring. These investigations were undertaken using Arc/Info 7.1.1. Comparative experimental results sugges... Read More about A computer science perspective on the bendsimplification algorithm.

Does angioplasty improve the quality of life for claudicants?: A prospective study (1999)
Journal Article
Chetter, I. C., Spark, J. I., Scott, D. J. A., & Kester, R. C. (1999). Does angioplasty improve the quality of life for claudicants?: A prospective study. Annals of vascular surgery, 13(1), 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100169900226

This study aims to analyze the impact of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for claudication on patients' quality of life (QOL). The patients in this study included 108 claudicants, 74 men and 34 women, with a median age of 67 years (range 4... Read More about Does angioplasty improve the quality of life for claudicants?: A prospective study.

Crystallization Regimes and Reptation in Polypropylene Molecular Weight Fractions (1999)
Journal Article
Ibhadon, A. O. (1999). Crystallization Regimes and Reptation in Polypropylene Molecular Weight Fractions. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 71(4), 579-584. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28sici%291097-4628%2819990124%2971%3A4%3C579%3A%3Aaid-app9%3E3.0.co%3B2-6

Crystal growth rate data based on the kinetic nucleation theory of chain folding and the effect of reptation, have been used to predict the rate of crystal growth at moderate to high supercoolings in iPP molecular weight fractions. Growth rate data o... Read More about Crystallization Regimes and Reptation in Polypropylene Molecular Weight Fractions.

A nonstandard approach to the stochastic nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations (1999)
Thesis
Enright, B. E. (1999). A nonstandard approach to the stochastic nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4227193

This thesis is concerned with finding weak solutions for the stochastic Nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes Equations. The method employed is that of Nonstandard analysis, in particular Loeb space theory. In Chapter 5, a new existence result is proven, this... Read More about A nonstandard approach to the stochastic nonhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations.

Fractal analyses of some natural systems (1999)
Thesis
Wu, S. (1999). Fractal analyses of some natural systems. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224357

Fractal dimensions are estimated by the box-counting method for real world data sets and for mathematical models of three natural systems. 1 he natural systems are nearshore sea wave profiles, the topography of Shei-pa National Park in Taiwan, and th... Read More about Fractal analyses of some natural systems.

Physical self-perceptions and participation in physical activities among Greek adolescents (1999)
Thesis
Besbea, R. (1999). Physical self-perceptions and participation in physical activities among Greek adolescents. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220418

The study investigated the physical self concepts and the physical activity levels and patterns of a sample of Greek adolescents. It also provided information about the associations between physical self concepts and physical activity participation.... Read More about Physical self-perceptions and participation in physical activities among Greek adolescents.

Initial training of male elementary school teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : an empirical study of contributions by principals and teachers to teaching practice (1999)
Thesis
Kabli, A. M. B. (1999). Initial training of male elementary school teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : an empirical study of contributions by principals and teachers to teaching practice. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216953

Background. Official documents and academic writings call for the improvement of initial teacher training in Saudi Arabia. Interest focuses especially on the absence of school mentoring roles in the teaching practice of student teachers from Teacher... Read More about Initial training of male elementary school teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : an empirical study of contributions by principals and teachers to teaching practice.

A critical history of the origins of critical systems thinking (1999)
Thesis
Valero-Silva, N. (1999). A critical history of the origins of critical systems thinking. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216237

This thesis provides a critical history of the origins of Critical Systems Thinking (CST). Its theoretical framework is based upon a detailed analysis of the work of the French philosopher Michel Foucault. It is aimed at demystifying CST's claims of... Read More about A critical history of the origins of critical systems thinking.

The development and application of chemometrics to process analysis in an industrial environment (1999)
Thesis
Moffatt, J. B. (1999). The development and application of chemometrics to process analysis in an industrial environment. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210921

This thesis describes two main sections of work, an examination of a commercial product, Intrasite Gel, and the development of an algorithm for variable selection using projected latent structures.Following on from the successful development of a var... Read More about The development and application of chemometrics to process analysis in an industrial environment.

Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren (1999)
Thesis
Christensen, P. H. (1999). Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210622

This thesis is an analytical ethnography of children, aged between six and twelve, who live in Vanlose, a local district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The data were produced during fourteen months of fieldwork in the children's homes, their local school an... Read More about Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren.

An empirical study of Saudi secondary school students' achievement motivation, attitude toward subjects, perception of classroom environment and teaching aids, in relationships to academic achievement in three school subjects (1999)
Thesis
Al-Hakami, I. A. M. (1999). An empirical study of Saudi secondary school students' achievement motivation, attitude toward subjects, perception of classroom environment and teaching aids, in relationships to academic achievement in three school subjects. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210603

Low levels of academic achievement among secondary school students, especially in Islamic Religious Science, Arabic Language and English Language, have become a matter of concern to Saudi society in recent years. Educationalists have, based largely o... Read More about An empirical study of Saudi secondary school students' achievement motivation, attitude toward subjects, perception of classroom environment and teaching aids, in relationships to academic achievement in three school subjects.

Theater of terror : Domestic violence in thomas thistlewood’s jamaica, 1750-1786 (1999)
Book Chapter
Burnard, T. (1999). Theater of terror : Domestic violence in thomas thistlewood’s jamaica, 1750-1786. In C. Daniels, & M. V. Kennedy (Eds.), Over the threshold : intimate violence in early America (237-253). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203949054

© 1999 by Routledge. One and a half months after arriving in Jamaica, John Thistlewood, a young Englishman residing with his uncle, Thomas, an overseer on a Westmoreland sugar plantation, had a nasty shock. On April 15,1764, John " Hard a great Noise... Read More about Theater of terror : Domestic violence in thomas thistlewood’s jamaica, 1750-1786.

Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964 (1999)
Book
Killingray, D., & Omissi, D. (Eds.). (1999). Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964. Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526121462

For imperialists, the concept of guardian is specifically to the armed forces that kept watch on the frontiers and in the heartlands of imperial territories. Large parts of Asia and Africa, and the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean were imperi... Read More about Guardians of Empire: The Armed Forces of the Colonial Powers, c.1700-1964.

Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918 (1999)
Book
Omissi, D. (1999). Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27283-9

Indian soldiers served in France from 1914 to 1918. This book is a selection of their letters. By turns poignant, funny, and almost unbearably moving, these documents vividly evoke the world of the Western Front - as seen through 'subaltern' Indian e... Read More about Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-1918.

Point transfer matrices for the Schrödinger equation: The algebraic theory (1999)
Journal Article
Gordon, N. A., & Pearson, D. B. (1999). Point transfer matrices for the Schrödinger equation: The algebraic theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics, 129(4), 717-732. https://doi.org/10.1017/S030821050001310X

This paper deals with the theory of point interactions for the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation. The familiar example of the δ5-potential V(x) = gδ(x - x 0 ), for which the transfer matrix across the singularity (point transfer matrix) is given b... Read More about Point transfer matrices for the Schrödinger equation: The algebraic theory.

Managing atopic eczema: evidence and issues (1999)
Book Chapter
Elliott, B. (1999). Managing atopic eczema: evidence and issues. A Practical Handbook for Community Health Nurses: Working with Children and their Parents (164 - 175). Blackwell Science Ltd

Deconstruction of fractals and its implications for cartographic education (1999)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M. (1999). Deconstruction of fractals and its implications for cartographic education. The Cartographic journal, 36(1), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1179/caj.1999.36.1.15

The research reported here was designed for two reasons: firstly, to involve anyone with an interest in cartographic visualization to participate in eliciting cartographic knowledge and to provide them with the opportunity to contribute their practic... Read More about Deconstruction of fractals and its implications for cartographic education.