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A Small Scale Fading Model with Sectored and Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Karadimas, P., Vagenas, E. D., & Kotsopoulos, S. A. (2008, January). A Small Scale Fading Model with Sectored and Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering. Presented at 2008 5th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

In frequency non-selective fading channels the multipath components can arrive at the mobile receiver via a three dimensional (3-D) scattering mechanism. That case occurs especially in urban environments, in which the tall buildings and other obstacl... Read More about A Small Scale Fading Model with Sectored and Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering.

Models for the estimation of building integrated photovoltaic systems in urban environments (2008)
Journal Article
Clarke, P., Muneer, T., Davidson, A., & Kubie, J. (2008). Models for the estimation of building integrated photovoltaic systems in urban environments. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 222(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.1243/09576509jpe474

Growing concerns of global warming has spurred a rapid growth in micro-renewable technologies. Technologies, which can be integrated into building structures, such as photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, are a popular choice with clients and insta... Read More about Models for the estimation of building integrated photovoltaic systems in urban environments.

Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion. (2008)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion. Integration, the VSLI Journal, 41, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vlsi.2007.02.001

Dual forms of Reed-Muller (DFRM) are implemented in OR/XNOR forms, which are based on the features of coincidence operation. Map folding and transformation techniques are proposed for the conversion between Boolean and DFRM expansions. However, map t... Read More about Techniques for dual forms of Reed-Muller expansion conversion..

Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future (2008)
Journal Article
Hart, E., & Timmis, J. (2008). Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future. Applied Soft Computing, 8(1), 191-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2006.12.004

After a decade of research into the area of artificial immune systems, it is worthwhile to take a step back and reflect on the contributions that the paradigm has brought to the application areas to which it has been applied. Undeniably, there have... Read More about Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future.

Preparation and characterization of nano-scale ZnO as a buffer layer for inkjet printing of silver cathode in polymer solar cells (2008)
Journal Article
Eom, S. H., Senthilarasu, S., Uthirakumar, P., Hong, C., Lee, Y., Lim, J., Yoon, S. C., Lee, C., & Lee, S. (2008). Preparation and characterization of nano-scale ZnO as a buffer layer for inkjet printing of silver cathode in polymer solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 92(5), 564-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2007.12.004

Less-populated and well-isolated ZnO nanorods were prepared from a simple solution method by using polyethylene glycol (PEG) surfactant molecules. The structural and morphological information provided by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission sca... Read More about Preparation and characterization of nano-scale ZnO as a buffer layer for inkjet printing of silver cathode in polymer solar cells.

‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA (2008)
Journal Article
Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2008). ‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA. Medical Hypotheses, 70(3), 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2007.12.004

It is sometimes asserted that UK science is thriving, at other times that it has declined. We suggest that both assertions are partly true because the UK is thriving with respect to the volume of ‘normal’ science production but at the same time decli... Read More about ‘Down-shifting’ among top UK scientists? – The decline of ‘revolutionary science’ and the rise of ‘normal science’ in the UK compared with the USA.

Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craig, P., & Kennedy, J. (2008, January). Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications. Presented at Visualization and Data Analysis 2008

An increasingly common approach being taken by taxonomists to define the relationships between taxa in alternative hierarchical classifications is to use a set-based notation which states relationship between two taxa from alternative classifications... Read More about Concept relationship editor: a visual interface to support the assertion of synonymy relationships between taxonomic classifications.

Annealing effect on the structural and optical properties of a Cd1−xZnxS thin film for photovoltaic applications (2008)
Journal Article
Chavhan, S., Senthilarasu, S., & Lee, S. (2008). Annealing effect on the structural and optical properties of a Cd1−xZnxS thin film for photovoltaic applications. Applied Surface Science, 254(15), 4539-4545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.01.054

Herein is a report of a study on a Cd1−xZnxS thin film grown on an ITO substrate using a chemical bath deposition technique. The as-deposited films were annealed in air at 400 °C for 30 min. The composition, surface morphology and structural properti... Read More about Annealing effect on the structural and optical properties of a Cd1−xZnxS thin film for photovoltaic applications.

Evolutionary optimization of parameters for distributed virtual environments (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parkin, S. E., Andras, P., & Morgan, G. (2008). Evolutionary optimization of parameters for distributed virtual environments. In 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (1390-1397). https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2007.4424633

In a distributed virtual environment interest management schemes attempt to ensure virtual world objects exchange messages only if they are interacting. This provides an opportunity to allow such systems to scale to support many hundreds, even thousa... Read More about Evolutionary optimization of parameters for distributed virtual environments.

The influence of the extensional viscosity of very low concentrations of high molecular mass water-soluble polymers on atomisation and droplet impact (2008)
Journal Article
Williams, P. A., English, R. J., Blanchard, R. L., Rose, S. A., Lyons, L., & Whitehead, M. (2008). The influence of the extensional viscosity of very low concentrations of high molecular mass water-soluble polymers on atomisation and droplet impact. Pest management science, 64(5), 497-504. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.1523

BACKGROUND: Water-soluble polymers are increasingly added to herbicide and pesticide formulations at very low concentrations (100–1000 mg L−1) in order to control the spray characteristics, notably to reduce spray drift and influence droplet bounce.... Read More about The influence of the extensional viscosity of very low concentrations of high molecular mass water-soluble polymers on atomisation and droplet impact.