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Fungal interactions with metals and radionuclides for environmental bioremediation (1996)
Book Chapter
Singleton, I., & Tobin, J. M. (1996). Fungal interactions with metals and radionuclides for environmental bioremediation. In J. C. Frankland, N. Magan, & G. M. Gadd (Eds.), Fungi and environmental change (282-298). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511753190.018

Microorganisms, including fungi, are known to accumulate metals from their external environment and the possibility of using fungi as a means of treating metal/radionuclide-containing effluents is well recognized (Siegel, Galun & Siegel, 1990; Gadd,... Read More about Fungal interactions with metals and radionuclides for environmental bioremediation.

GABA-, Glycine-, and Glutamate-Gated Channels and Their Possible Involvement in Neurological and Psychiatric Illness (1996)
Book Chapter
Darlison, M. G., & Harvey, R. J. (1996). GABA-, Glycine-, and Glutamate-Gated Channels and Their Possible Involvement in Neurological and Psychiatric Illness. In Molecular Biology of Membrane Transport Disorders (169-180). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1143-0_9

Rapid chemical communication between cells in the vertebrate central nervous system is mediated by ligand-gated ion-channel receptors (also called ionotropic receptors), which are multisubunit complexes, that each contain an ion-selective channel. In... Read More about GABA-, Glycine-, and Glutamate-Gated Channels and Their Possible Involvement in Neurological and Psychiatric Illness.

Critical Issues in User Interface Systems Engineering (1996)
Book
Benyon, D., & Palanque, P. (Eds.). (1996). Critical Issues in User Interface Systems Engineering. London, UK: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1001-9

This book developed from an IFIP workshop which brought together methods and architecture researchers in Human Computer Interaction and Software Engineering. To an extent this introduction is a little unfair to the authors, as we have distilled the r... Read More about Critical Issues in User Interface Systems Engineering.

Domains Models for User Interface Design (1996)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D. (1996). Domains Models for User Interface Design. In D. Benyon, & P. Palanque (Eds.), Critical Issues in User Interface Systems Engineering (3-19). London, UK: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1001-9_1

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is concerned with developing computer-based systems which help people undertake their work or other activities and which demonstrate a high degree of usability. Both the process of development and the various products... Read More about Domains Models for User Interface Design.

Lease Finance in Emerging Markets: An Eastern European Study (1996)
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., & Herbert, W. E. (1996). Lease Finance in Emerging Markets: An Eastern European Study. Managerial Finance, 22(12), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018597

The emergence of lease markets in Eastern Europe provides a new menu of opportunities for inward foreign leasing investment by Western Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). The Eastern European markets, like other emerging markets, exhibit high expected... Read More about Lease Finance in Emerging Markets: An Eastern European Study.

Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. (1995). Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area. Changing childbirth update. . . 7-7. . ISSN 0738-2359.

The author writes about the Easterhouse Breastfeeding Promotion Project. Mothers who had breastfed were recruited and trained to present breastfeeding as the most natural choice to pregnant mothers in this socially deprived area.

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. & Stone, D. (1995). The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area. Prenatal and neonatal medicine. 1. (supplement 1). 130-130. . ISSN 1359-8635.

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area.

Clinical trial to investigate stabilisation of the spine (1996)
Book Chapter
Fairbank, J., Frost, H., & Wilson-MacDonald, J. (1995). Clinical trial to investigate stabilisation of the spine. In R. Aspden, & R. Porter (Eds.), Lumbar spine disorders : current concepts. Vol.2, 143-160. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing

This chapter is a resume of a protocol which we have presented to the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom for a multicentre trial to investigate the value of spinal fusion and spinal stabilisation for chronic low back pain. It has not yet... Read More about Clinical trial to investigate stabilisation of the spine.

Clinical reasoning - a mental health perspective. (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A. (1996, January). Clinical reasoning - a mental health perspective. Paper presented at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Leeds, England

Gesture as a means of computer access (1996)
Journal Article
Keates, S., & Perricos, C. (1996). Gesture as a means of computer access. Communication Matters Journal, 10(1), 17-19

No abstract available.

Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bates, C., Jelly, I., Forgacs, I., Szabo, E., & Kerridge, J. (1996, April). Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems. Presented at International Conference and Exhibition HPCN EUROPE 1996, Brussels, Belgium

This paper describes a mechanism, semantic computability, through which data can be described in such a way as to enable the automated creation of structured, scaleable data sets for performance evaluation. The approach is demonstrated with reference... Read More about Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems.

The design of the IRISS parallel database machine (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walter, D., & Kerridge, J. (1996, April). The design of the IRISS parallel database machine. Presented at High-Performance Computing and Networking: International Conference and Exhibition HPCN EUROPE 1996, Brussels, Belgium

The decision support potential of large commercial relational databases is limited by the vast amounts of computing power required to perform complex queries on large datasets. Massively parallel processing offers the potential to open up new possibi... Read More about The design of the IRISS parallel database machine.

Discrete-Event Simulation of a Parallel Database Machine (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Iliev, R., Lazarov, V., Kerridge, J. M., England, R., & Boyanov, K. (1996, September). Discrete-Event Simulation of a Parallel Database Machine. Presented at Parcella 1996, VII. International Workshop on Parallel Processing by Cellular Automata and Arrays, Berlin, Germany

Speedup Image Processing (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J. M., England, R., Yanev, S., Boyanov, K., & Sinyagina, N. (1996, September). Speedup Image Processing. Presented at Parcella 1996, VII. International Workshop on Parallel Processing by Cellular Automata and Arrays, Berlin, Germany

A genetic solution for the cutting stock problem (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
András, P., András, A., & Szabό, Z. (1996). A genetic solution for the cutting stock problem. In Proceedings of the First Online Workshop on Soft Computing (WSC1) (87-92)

The cutting stock problem it is of great interest in relation with several real world problems. Basically it means that there are some smaller pieces that have to be cut from a greater stock piece, in such a way, that the remaining part of the stock... Read More about A genetic solution for the cutting stock problem.

Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., & Tappin, D. M. (1996). Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased. BMJ, 313(7070), 1484-1485. doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1484c

EDITOR,—In the deprived housing estates on the periphery of Glasgow roughly 7% of babies are breast fed at the end of the first week of life. Much research has related infant feeding to maternal background and socioeconomic status,1 2 and, despite pr... Read More about Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased.

Stability of a gas-liquid interface in a periodic vertical motion (1996)
Journal Article
Valha, J., & Kubie, J. (1996). Stability of a gas-liquid interface in a periodic vertical motion. Chemical Engineering Science, 51(22), 4997-5006. https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2509%2896%2900348-x

An investigation has been undertaken to examine the stability of a gas-liquid interface in a vertical cylindrical vessel subjected to a sinusoidal vertical motion. Experimental results indicate that there is a certain limiting critical frequency at w... Read More about Stability of a gas-liquid interface in a periodic vertical motion.