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A critique of JCSP networking (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., Kerridge, J., & Romdhani, I. (2008, September). A critique of JCSP networking. Presented at 31st Communicating Process Architectures 2008, York, UK

We present a critical investigation of the current implementation of JCSP Networking, examining in detail the structure and behavior of the current architecture. Information is presented detailing the current architecture and how it operates, and wea... Read More about A critique of JCSP networking.

UV treatment of microorganisms on artificially-contaminated surfaces using excimer and microwave UV lamps (2008)
Journal Article
Christofi, N., Misakyan, M. A., Matafonova, G., Barkhudarov, E. M., Batoev, V., Kossyi, I. A., & Sharp, J. (2008). UV treatment of microorganisms on artificially-contaminated surfaces using excimer and microwave UV lamps. Chemosphere, 73(5), 717-722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.06.059

An XeBr excilamp having a peak emission at 283 nm, and microwave UV lamps with peak emissions at 253.7 nm that also generate ozone, have been tested for ability to eradicate high populations of microbial vegetative cells and spores (of bacteria and f... Read More about UV treatment of microorganisms on artificially-contaminated surfaces using excimer and microwave UV lamps.

Wideband Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Near Field Imaging Using Genetic Algorithms (2008)
Journal Article
Chung, S., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., & Excell, P. (2008). Wideband Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Near Field Imaging Using Genetic Algorithms. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 4, 591-595. https://doi.org/10.2529/piers080116072623

The potentially broad application area in engineering design using Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been widely adopted by many researchers due to its high consistency and accuracy. Presented here is the initial design of a wideband non-dispersive wire bow... Read More about Wideband Loaded Wire Bow-tie Antenna for Near Field Imaging Using Genetic Algorithms.

The Third International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology, ICCGI 2008: Preface (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paleologu, C., El-Bawab, T., Noll, J., Antonopoulos, N., Bi, J., Jiang, G., Delic, K., Roman, D., Dantas, S., Serrelis, E., Karwaczynski, P., Badica, C., Wei, H., Shah, R., Pentikousis, K., Alachaher, L., Boyle, D., Liotta, A., & Dini, O. (2008, July). The Third International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology, ICCGI 2008: Preface. Presented at The Third International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology (iccgi 2008), Athens, Greece

Presents the introductory welcome message from the conference proceedings.

Wide-Elevation Circular-Polarized Quadrifilar Helical Antenna Handset Design For Satellite Communication Using Genetic Algorithms (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., & Excell, P. (2008). Wide-Elevation Circular-Polarized Quadrifilar Helical Antenna Handset Design For Satellite Communication Using Genetic Algorithms.

A circularly-polarised quadrifilar helical antenna, operated at 2.4 GHz band and intended for the applications of satellite mobile communications, was designed and optimised using genetic algorithm. The antenna design was firstly attempted on an infi... Read More about Wide-Elevation Circular-Polarized Quadrifilar Helical Antenna Handset Design For Satellite Communication Using Genetic Algorithms.

Characteristics Of A Circularly-Polarised Conical-Beam Microstrip Patch Antenna Arrays (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Excell, P. S. (2008). Characteristics Of A Circularly-Polarised Conical-Beam Microstrip Patch Antenna Arrays.

This paper demonstrates the characteristics of a new microstrip antenna arrays radiating circularly polarized conical beam. The proposed antenna is realised as an array of a number of stripline fed slot patches whose diagonal corners are cut off and... Read More about Characteristics Of A Circularly-Polarised Conical-Beam Microstrip Patch Antenna Arrays.

Zero-valent iron fracture reactive barriers for remediating chlorinated solvent contaminants in fractured aquifers (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cai, Z., Thomson, N., Lerner, D., Wlison, R., Mclaren, R., & Oswald, S. (2008). Zero-valent iron fracture reactive barriers for remediating chlorinated solvent contaminants in fractured aquifers.

A novel remediation strategy, the zero-valent iron fracture reactive barrier (Fe0 FRB), is proposed to clean up chlorinated solvent pollution of groundwater in a fractured aquifer. A Fe0 FRB is an extended reactive zone where the fractures are partly... Read More about Zero-valent iron fracture reactive barriers for remediating chlorinated solvent contaminants in fractured aquifers.

Design of Multiband Balanced Folded Dipole Antenna Based on a Dual-arm Structure for Mobile Handsets (2008)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., & Excell, P. (2008). Design of Multiband Balanced Folded Dipole Antenna Based on a Dual-arm Structure for Mobile Handsets. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 4, 821-824. https://doi.org/10.2529/piers071221132026

In this paper, a balanced antenna for mobile handset applications with enhanced bandwidth performance, that covers four bands (GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS and 2.4-GHz WLAN), is investigated. The antenna is a slot planar dipole with folded structure and a... Read More about Design of Multiband Balanced Folded Dipole Antenna Based on a Dual-arm Structure for Mobile Handsets.

Field tests of fibre Bragg grating sensors incorporated into CFRP for railway bridge strengthening condition monitoring (2008)
Journal Article
Kerrouche, A., Boyle, W., Gebremichael, Y., Sun, T., Grattan, K., Täljsten, B., & Bennitz, A. (2008). Field tests of fibre Bragg grating sensors incorporated into CFRP for railway bridge strengthening condition monitoring. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 148(1), 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2008.07.014

The EU is in the process of upgrading the national railway networks to meet the demands from high-speed passenger trains and heavy Freight traffic. This upgrade necessitates a review of the development and implementation of novel technologies to repa... Read More about Field tests of fibre Bragg grating sensors incorporated into CFRP for railway bridge strengthening condition monitoring.

Concessionary fares and bus operator reimbursement in Scotland and Wales: No better or no worse off? (2008)
Journal Article
Rye, T., & Carreno, M. (2008). Concessionary fares and bus operator reimbursement in Scotland and Wales: No better or no worse off?. Transport Policy, 15(4), 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2008.06.003

Governments in the three constituent countries in Britain—Scotland, Wales and England—have recently introduced much more generous concessionary fares on buses for people of 60 and above, in order to increase “social inclusion” (see Department for Tra... Read More about Concessionary fares and bus operator reimbursement in Scotland and Wales: No better or no worse off?.

Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions (2008)
Journal Article
Xu, H., Yang, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 4, 84-89

A number of different representations of the Boolean function are used in order to find a good circuit representation in terms of area, speed and power performance. In this paper, an effective decomposition method is proposed for the bidirectional tr... Read More about Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions.

Scoping and mapping intangible cultural heritage in Scotland: final report (2008)
Journal Article
McCleery, A., McCleery, A., Gunn, L., & Hill, D. (2008). Scoping and mapping intangible cultural heritage in Scotland: final report. Museums Galleries Scotland, 1-55

The intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Scotland requires to be accorded a status which is equal to that of the material culture of Scotland. If this is not currently the case, this in part reflects difficulties inherent in identifying the existenc... Read More about Scoping and mapping intangible cultural heritage in Scotland: final report.

Multiform Views of Multiple Trees (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2008). Multiform Views of Multiple Trees. In Proceedings of IV2008 (252-257). https://doi.org/10.1109/iv.2008.21

We describe a case study of TaxVis, a multiple view system for examining relationships between sets of multiple classification trees. The system displays multiform views of the dataset, which in turn can either be a singular view of the larger forest... Read More about Multiform Views of Multiple Trees.

Effect of annealing on the structural and optical properties of indium-diffused Cd0. 7Zn0. 3Se thin films (2008)
Journal Article
Chavhan, S., Senthilarasu, S., Lee, J., & Lee, S. (2008). Effect of annealing on the structural and optical properties of indium-diffused Cd0. 7Zn0. 3Se thin films. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41(16), Article 165502. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/16/165502

Cadmium zinc-selenide (Cd0.7Zn0.3Se) thin films were deposited on the ITO substrate using chemical bath deposition techniques by optimizing the deposition parameters. The as-deposited films were annealed in air at 200, 300 and 400 °C for 1 h. The com... Read More about Effect of annealing on the structural and optical properties of indium-diffused Cd0. 7Zn0. 3Se thin films.

The Weibull–Lognormal Fading Channel: Analysis, Simulation, and Validation (2008)
Journal Article
Karadimas, P., & Kotsopoulos, S. (2009). The Weibull–Lognormal Fading Channel: Analysis, Simulation, and Validation. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 58(7), 3808-3813. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2008.2002697

In frequency-nonselective fading channels, the partial waves arriving at the mobile receiver cannot explicitly be of homogeneous nature due to nonuniform scattering caused by objects of specific reflective nature. Moreover, shadowing influences the r... Read More about The Weibull–Lognormal Fading Channel: Analysis, Simulation, and Validation.

You are where you have been. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarke, R. A., & Wigan, M. (2008, July). You are where you have been. Presented at Seminar on 'Location Privacy'

Location is a critical aspect of both privacy and surveillance. A detailed record of locations allows all sorts of other information to be linked together, adding to information about the subject and his or her associates in the same way that a uniq... Read More about You are where you have been..

Designing for accessibility: exploring fundamental issues (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S. (2008, July). Designing for accessibility: exploring fundamental issues. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Applied Ergonomics, Las Vegas, USA

No abstract available.