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Shear wave dispersion in mechanically self-similar gel networks (1998)
Journal Article
Williams, P. R., & Williams, R. L. (1998). Shear wave dispersion in mechanically self-similar gel networks. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 31(9), 1083

A study of viscoelastic shear wave dispersion in a simulated gelation process involving mechanically self-similar nodal networks is reported. The network formed at the gel point (the infinite network cluster, or `critical gel') shares a common struct... Read More about Shear wave dispersion in mechanically self-similar gel networks.

Cyberpolitics and the future of democratic communications. (1998)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (1998). Cyberpolitics and the future of democratic communications. In Information for Scotland. Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland

The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections (1998)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1998). The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections. Collection Building, 17(4), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604959810238293

Argues that the hybrid nature of collection development (electronic and print) requires a corresponding hybridised system of collection exploitation. Proposes a model for the exploitation of hybrid cultural collections that draws on ethnographic prin... Read More about The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections.

Suggested reasons for the discrepancy in the reproducibility results of the inter-comparison of laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of walls. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pompoli, R., & Smith, S. (1998). Suggested reasons for the discrepancy in the reproducibility results of the inter-comparison of laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of walls.

Update report on additional theoretical investigations into inter-laboratory results (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. (1998, December). Update report on additional theoretical investigations into inter-laboratory results. Paper presented at CEN TC126 WG1 AhG4

Dynamic Programming approach for constrained Model Predictive Control (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soufian, M., Sandoz, D., & Soufian, M. (1998). Dynamic Programming approach for constrained Model Predictive Control. In IFAC proceeding on System Structure and Control (219-224)

No abstract available.

Multi-dimension modelling techniques for reciprocal space of NMR imaging (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soufian, M., & Soufian, M. (1998). Multi-dimension modelling techniques for reciprocal space of NMR imaging. In UKACC International Conference on Control '98. (Conf. Publ. No. 455) (1623-1628). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp%3A19980472

In this paper the application of multidimensional modelling techniques to a reciprocal space components of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging system is considered. These include a 2-dimensional input/output autoregressive moving average (ARMA... Read More about Multi-dimension modelling techniques for reciprocal space of NMR imaging.

Developing a methodology for the design of accessible interfaces. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (1998). Developing a methodology for the design of accessible interfaces. In Proceedings of the 4th ERCIM Workshop on User Interfaces for All

Users with a number of different motion impairment conditions cannot cope with most current computer access systems. Such conditions include athetoid, ataxic and spastic Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Friedrich?s Ataxia, tetraplegia and spinal i... Read More about Developing a methodology for the design of accessible interfaces..

Amnesia: Neuropsychological Interpretation and Artificial Neural Network Simulation (1998)
Journal Article
Opre, A., & Andras, P. (1998). Amnesia: Neuropsychological Interpretation and Artificial Neural Network Simulation. Cognition, Brain, Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2(3-4), 315-335

The amnesia syndrome is characterized by normal perceptual, linguistic and intellectual functioning together with an inability to remember explicitly recent events and new information. Amnesic patients generally exhibit spared priming effects on impl... Read More about Amnesia: Neuropsychological Interpretation and Artificial Neural Network Simulation.

Modulo correlativity and its application in a multiple valued logic system (1998)
Journal Article
Wang, L. Y., Chen, X., & Almaini, A. E. A. (1998). Modulo correlativity and its application in a multiple valued logic system. International Journal of Electronics, 85(5), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/002072198133851

Several new concepts such as pseudoprime and correlativity, are presented. Then modulo subtraction and modulo division, which are very useful in computing the canonical expansion, are proposed in a multiple valued modulo algebra system with either a... Read More about Modulo correlativity and its application in a multiple valued logic system.

Robust Combined Adaptive and Variable Structure Adaptive Control of Robot Manipulators (1998)
Journal Article
Yu, H. (1998). Robust Combined Adaptive and Variable Structure Adaptive Control of Robot Manipulators. Robotica, 16(6), 623-650. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263574798000563

The paper addresses the robust adaptive control problem of robot manipulators. The dynamic equations of robot manipulators and their fundamental properties that facilitate analysis and control system design are first reviewed. Then the direct, indire... Read More about Robust Combined Adaptive and Variable Structure Adaptive Control of Robot Manipulators.

Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capper, G., & Currie, J. (1998). Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings.

Indoor and outdoor concentrations of various pollutants were measured in a naturally ventilated building in the West End of Edinburgh during and after the period of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to assess the effect upon indoo... Read More about Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings..

Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Capper, G. (1998, November). Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces. Presented at EPIC'98 2nd European conference on energy performance and indoor climate in buildings

Smoking restrictions in the workplace and increased health consciousness at home have seen a sizable reduction in the number of spaces where smoking is permissible. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ventilation in public houses,... Read More about Evaluation of ventilation performance in public spaces..

Algebraic properties of multiple-valued modulo systems and their applications to current-mode CMOS circuits. (1998)
Journal Article
Wang, L. Y., Chen, X., & Almaini, A. E. A. (1998). Algebraic properties of multiple-valued modulo systems and their applications to current-mode CMOS circuits. IEE proceedings. Computers and digital techniques, 145, 364-368. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cdt%3A19982204

The paper presents the concepts of pseudoprime and modulo correlativity and establishes the relationships among completeness of modulo operations, uniqueness of solution of equations, invertibility of a square matrix, and correlativity of vectors in... Read More about Algebraic properties of multiple-valued modulo systems and their applications to current-mode CMOS circuits..

Clustering and Adaptive Mobile Robot Navigation in an Unknown Environment (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nefti, S., Soufian, M., & Pontnau, J. (1998). Clustering and Adaptive Mobile Robot Navigation in an Unknown Environment. In Proceedings of INES98 (55)

No abstract available.

The distribution of government employment and the local economic impact of the Scottish parliament (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W. (1998). The distribution of government employment and the local economic impact of the Scottish parliament.

Exact Algebraic Pole-Zero cancellation using Symbolic Mathematical Computation. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Larcombe, P., Woodham, C. A., & Brown, I. C. (1998). Exact Algebraic Pole-Zero cancellation using Symbolic Mathematical Computation. . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp%3A19980212

Modern symbolic computational systems which perform automated manipulation of mathematical variables offer insights during modelling and problem solving which remain otherwise partially or wholly obscured to the analyst. The classic inverted pendulum... Read More about Exact Algebraic Pole-Zero cancellation using Symbolic Mathematical Computation..

Experimental approach for measuring resolution of complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging systems (1998)
Journal Article
Wei, H., Johnston, E., & Binnie, D. (1998). Experimental approach for measuring resolution of complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging systems. Optical Engineering, 37(9), 2565. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601778

This paper demonstrates a convenient experimental technique for measuring the resolution of a digital imaging system. The spatial frequency response of the system is obtained by deriving the modulation transfer function (MTF) from the measured contra... Read More about Experimental approach for measuring resolution of complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging systems.

Fundamental behaviour of rectangular hollow sections with web openings. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D., Davies, G., & Owen, J. S. (1998, August). Fundamental behaviour of rectangular hollow sections with web openings. Presented at 8th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS)

Oscillations of liquids in single-outlet vessels (1998)
Journal Article
Kubie, J. (1998). Oscillations of liquids in single-outlet vessels. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 212(8), 759-764. https://doi.org/10.1243/0954406981521493

This paper considers the oscillatory behaviour of liquids in single-outlet vessels, i.e. vessels in which the outflowing liquid is replaced by another fluid which enters the vessel through the same opening. A theoretical model is developed and an equ... Read More about Oscillations of liquids in single-outlet vessels.