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The posthuman condition and the problem of youth in twenty-first century fiction and poetry (2000-2010) (2016)
Thesis
Sawas, W. (2016). The posthuman condition and the problem of youth in twenty-first century fiction and poetry (2000-2010). (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220706

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In the twenty-first century, poetry, speculative fiction, science fiction, and young-adult fiction introduce new representations of youth in relation to contemporary social changes that arise from the application of technolo... Read More about The posthuman condition and the problem of youth in twenty-first century fiction and poetry (2000-2010).

The effect of acute virgin coconut oil supplementation and aerobic exercise on triglyceride levels following postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in healthy males. (2016)
Thesis
Scott, C. M. (2016). The effect of acute virgin coconut oil supplementation and aerobic exercise on triglyceride levels following postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in healthy males. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218479

BACKGROUND: A substantial body of literature postulates that high levels of blood triglycerides (TG) cause oxidative stress which impairs vascular function and may instigate a pathway to cardiovascular disease (CVD) (Padilla et al., 2006). Exercise h... Read More about The effect of acute virgin coconut oil supplementation and aerobic exercise on triglyceride levels following postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in healthy males..

The imprint of satellite accretion on the chemical and dynamical properties of disc galaxies (2016)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Lara, T., Few, C. G., Gibson, B. K., Pérez, I., Florido, E., Minchev, I., & Sánchez-Blázquez, P. (2016). The imprint of satellite accretion on the chemical and dynamical properties of disc galaxies. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 586, A112. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526470

Aims. We study the effects of the cosmological assembly history on the chemical and dynamical properties of the discs of spiral galaxies as a function of radius. Methods. We made use of the simulated Milky Way mass, fully-cosmological discs from Rams... Read More about The imprint of satellite accretion on the chemical and dynamical properties of disc galaxies.

The role of the industrial workplace in working-class community, 1945-1980 (2016)
Journal Article
Ramsden, S. (2016). The role of the industrial workplace in working-class community, 1945-1980. Family and Community History, 19(1), 34-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631180.2016.1144959

Historiography of the post-war working classes has tended to underplay the role of industrial workplaces in the community life of many localities. This article uses an oral history case-study of Beverley, East Yorkshire, to show how industrial workpl... Read More about The role of the industrial workplace in working-class community, 1945-1980.

Dental morphology and mechanical efficiency during development in a hard object feeding primate (Cercoebus atys) (2016)
Thesis
Swan, K. R. (2016). Dental morphology and mechanical efficiency during development in a hard object feeding primate (Cercoebus atys). (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218539

Teeth play a prominent role in food acquisition and processing by providing the working surfaces to initiate and propagate fracture. Variation in the shape and size of teeth has therefore naturally been associated with various dietary adaptations. Ho... Read More about Dental morphology and mechanical efficiency during development in a hard object feeding primate (Cercoebus atys).

The effect of training mode on the validity of training load measures for quantifying the training dose in professional rugby league (2016)
Thesis
Weaving, D. A. (2016). The effect of training mode on the validity of training load measures for quantifying the training dose in professional rugby league. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219251

Establishing the accurate quantification of the training load is a key focus for researchers and sport scientists to maximise the likelihood of appropriate training prescription. In the field, there are numerous methods adopted to quantify the physio... Read More about The effect of training mode on the validity of training load measures for quantifying the training dose in professional rugby league.

The effect of HNSCC-derived soluble factors on the proliferation and function of immune cells (2016)
Thesis
Smith, J. D. (2016). The effect of HNSCC-derived soluble factors on the proliferation and function of immune cells. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219345

Malignant epithelium and associated stromal cells secrete soluble factors which may influence tumour evasion of host immunity. The effect of these factors on the proliferation and function of individual immune cell populations has been investigated a... Read More about The effect of HNSCC-derived soluble factors on the proliferation and function of immune cells.

Compositional dependability analysis of dynamic systems with uncertainty (2016)
Thesis
Kabir, S. (2016). Compositional dependability analysis of dynamic systems with uncertainty. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218244

Over the past two decades, research has focused on simplifying dependability analysis by looking at how we can synthesise dependability information from system models automatically. This has led to the field of model-based safety assessment (MBSA), w... Read More about Compositional dependability analysis of dynamic systems with uncertainty.

Reflections on the Spiritual in Rothko (2016)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2016). Reflections on the Spiritual in Rothko. Religion and the Arts, 20, 315--335. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685292-02003003

Much has been made of the metaphysical aspects of Mark Rothko's abstract art, especially his classic works of the 1950s and the Seagram murals. The claims for the spirituality of Rothko's work are by no means unique either to his art or to art in gen... Read More about Reflections on the Spiritual in Rothko.

Pollen signals of ground flora in managed woodlands (2016)
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Bunting, M., Grant, M., & Waller, M. (2016). Pollen signals of ground flora in managed woodlands. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 224(2), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.001

This paper explores the vegetation signals contained in the non-arboreal pollen and spore (NAPS) components of pollen assemblages from Tauber traps placed in woodlands subject to rotational cutting (coppicing) in lowland England. Sets of three Tauber... Read More about Pollen signals of ground flora in managed woodlands.

A temporary occupant of no. 10? : prime ministerial succession in the event of the death of the incumbent (2016)
Journal Article
Norton, P. (2016). A temporary occupant of no. 10? : prime ministerial succession in the event of the death of the incumbent. Public Law, 18-34

The Prime Minister in the United Kingdom is head of government. He is the sovereign’s principal minister, chair of the Cabinet, and the nation’s representative at various international gatherings, including the European Council, who holds the office... Read More about A temporary occupant of no. 10? : prime ministerial succession in the event of the death of the incumbent.

Religion, Spirituality and Secularity (2016)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2016). Religion, Spirituality and Secularity. The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, 24, 131--150. https://doi.org/10.1093/ywcct/mbw007

This chapter responds to a range of contemporary debates in the fields of religion, spirituality and secularism in books published in 2015. The chapter is divided into three sections: 1. The Visual and Material Culture of Religion; 2. Secularism and... Read More about Religion, Spirituality and Secularity.

A dynamic HAZOP case study using the Texas City refinery explosion (2016)
Journal Article
Isimite, J., Rubini, P., & Isimite, J. O. (2016). A dynamic HAZOP case study using the Texas City refinery explosion. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 40(March), 496-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2016.01.025

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. The catastrophic explosion that occurred at Texas City on 23 March 2005 during the start-up of the raffinate splitter resulted in an estimated 15 deaths and 180 injuries. Since the incident, several studies have investigated the... Read More about A dynamic HAZOP case study using the Texas City refinery explosion.

Ectodysplasin A Pathway Contributes to Human and Murine Skin Repair (2016)
Journal Article
Garcin, C. L., Huttner, K. M., Kirby, N., Schneider, P., & Hardman, M. J. (2016). Ectodysplasin A Pathway Contributes to Human and Murine Skin Repair. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 136(5), 1022-1030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2015.09.002

The highly conserved ectodysplasin A (EDA)/EDA receptor signaling pathway is critical during development for the formation of skin appendages. Mutations in genes encoding components of the EDA pathway disrupt normal appendage development, leading to... Read More about Ectodysplasin A Pathway Contributes to Human and Murine Skin Repair.

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (2016)
Journal Article
Spagnul, C., Greenman, J., Wainwright, M., Kamil, Z., & Boyle, R. W. (2016). Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4(8), 1499-1509. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tb02569a

© 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2013, the World Health Organization reported that 884 million people lack access to clean potable water. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to conventional antibiot... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

The discovery of lensed radio and x-ray sources behind the frontier fields cluster MACS J0717.5+3745 with the JVLA and Chandra (2016)
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van Weeren, R. J., Ogrean, G. A., Jones, C., Forman, W. R., Andrade-Santos, F., Bonafede, A., Brüggen, M., Bulbul, E., Clarke, T. E., Churazov, E., David, L., Dawson, W. A., Donahue, M., Goulding, A., Kraft, R. P., Mason, B., Merten, J., Mroczkowski, T., Murray, S. S., Nulsen, P. E. J., …Zitrin, A. (2016). The discovery of lensed radio and x-ray sources behind the frontier fields cluster MACS J0717.5+3745 with the JVLA and Chandra. The Astrophysical journal, 817(2), Article ARTN 98. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/817/2/98

© 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.. We report on high-resolution JVLA and Chandra observations of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Frontier Cluster MACS J0717.5+3745. MACS J0717.5+3745 offers the largest contiguous magnif... Read More about The discovery of lensed radio and x-ray sources behind the frontier fields cluster MACS J0717.5+3745 with the JVLA and Chandra.

Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey (2016)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Allgar, V., Macleod, U., Jones, A., Oliver, S., & Currow, D. (2016). Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey. PLoS ONE, 11(1), e0146960. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146960

Background Family caregivers provide significant care at the end of life. We aimed to describe caregiver characteristics, and of those unwilling to repeat this role under the same circumstances. Methods Observational study of adults in private househ... Read More about Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey.

The Impact of Vein Mechanical Compliance on Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes (2016)
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Smith, G. E., Barnes, R., Chetter, I. C., Barnes, R., & Fagan, M. (2016). The Impact of Vein Mechanical Compliance on Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes. Annals of vascular surgery, 32, 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2015.11.002

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. Background Arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) are the preferred access for hemodialysis but suffer a high early failure rate. The aim of this study was to determine how venous distensibility, as measured in vitro, relates to early out... Read More about The Impact of Vein Mechanical Compliance on Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes.

Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media (2016)
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Zhukovsky, P., Ruggeri, K., Garcia-Garzon, E., Plakolm, S., Haller, E., Petrova, D., Mahalingam, V., & Menezes, I. G. (2016). Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media. Frontiers in public health, 3, Article 284. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00284

Background: Increased access to transportation and information has led to the emergence of more diverse patient choice and new forms of health care consumption, such as medical travel. In order for health care providers to effectively attract patient... Read More about Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media.

Can the effects of anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability on nekton fauna be detected in fishery data? Insights from the monitoring of the artisanal fishery within the Venice lagoon (2016)
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Zucchetta, M., Scapin, L., Cavraro, F., Pranovi, F., Franco, A., & Franzoi, P. (2016). Can the effects of anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability on nekton fauna be detected in fishery data? Insights from the monitoring of the artisanal fishery within the Venice lagoon. Estuaries and coasts : journal of the Estuarine Research Federation, 39(4), 1164-1182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0064-y

Nekton communities in transitional ecosystems are naturally adapted to stressful conditions associated with high environmental variability. Human activities in these systems are likely to determine additional stress with a possible effect on fish fau... Read More about Can the effects of anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability on nekton fauna be detected in fishery data? Insights from the monitoring of the artisanal fishery within the Venice lagoon.