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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.

An Investigation into the improvement of Local Minima of the Hopfield Network (1996)
Journal Article
Peng, M., Gupta, N. K., & Armitage, A. (1996). An Investigation into the improvement of Local Minima of the Hopfield Network. Neural Networks, 9(7), 1241-1253. https://doi.org/10.1016/0893-6080%2896%2900017-2

The paper investigates the improvement of local minima of the Hopfield network. A local minima escape algorithm (LME algorithm), is proposed for improving local minima of small-scale networks. Experiments on travelling salesman problems (TSP) show th... Read More about An Investigation into the improvement of Local Minima of the Hopfield Network.

Accessibility and Location Decisions in a Peripheral Region of Europe: A Logit Analysis (1996)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., Leitham, S., & Nelson, J. D. (1996). Accessibility and Location Decisions in a Peripheral Region of Europe: A Logit Analysis. Regional Studies, 30(6), 579-588. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343409612331349878

Accessibility and location decisions in a peripheral region of Europe: a logit analysis, Reg. Studies 30, 579--588. This paper analyses the links between accessibility to markets and factors of production and firms' location decisions in a peripheral... Read More about Accessibility and Location Decisions in a Peripheral Region of Europe: A Logit Analysis.

Regulation of the expression of nitric oxide synthase and leishmanicidal activity by glycoconjugates of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan in murine macrophages (1996)
Journal Article
Proudfoot, L., Nikolaev, A. V., Feng, G., Wei, X., Ferguson, M. A. J., Brimacombe, J. S., & Liew, F. Y. (1996). Regulation of the expression of nitric oxide synthase and leishmanicidal activity by glycoconjugates of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan in murine macrophages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 93(20), 10984-10989. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.20.10984

Lipophosphoglycan (LPG) glycoconjugates from promastigotes of Leishmania were not able to induce the expression of the cytokine-inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) by the murine macrophage cell line, J774. However, they synergize with interferon y... Read More about Regulation of the expression of nitric oxide synthase and leishmanicidal activity by glycoconjugates of Leishmania lipophosphoglycan in murine macrophages.

Influence of grain direction on in-plane strength properties of plywood. (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kermani, A. (1996). Influence of grain direction on in-plane strength properties of plywood. In Proceedings of the International Wood Engineering Conference, Oct. 28-31, 1996, New Orleans, USA

Influence of grain direction on in-plane strength properties of plywood

Generalised Reed-Muller ASIC converter. (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Almaini, A. E. A., & Burnside, K. (1996). Generalised Reed-Muller ASIC converter. In 2nd International Conference on ASIC (73-76). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASIC.1996.562754

The paper outlines the design for a new IC for bidirectional conversion between the functional and operational domains of logic funcyions. The circuit can generate all fixed polarities of Generalised Reed-Muller expansions for a given Boolean express... Read More about Generalised Reed-Muller ASIC converter..

Determinants of new venture performance (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, S. (1996). Determinants of new venture performance. In Issues relating to small businesses in the hospitality and tourism industries, (116-132)

Abstract not available.

Expert system scheduling of cascade hydro-electric plants. (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Renton, M. W., & Wallace, A. R. (1996). Expert system scheduling of cascade hydro-electric plants. In Conference Proceeding of Opportunities and Advances in international Power Generation. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp%3A19960121

The hydrological interdependence of plants in cascade
hydro electric systems means that operation of any one
plant has an effect on water levels and storage at other
plants in the system. Hydro plants may be dispatched to
meet predicted demand, t... Read More about Expert system scheduling of cascade hydro-electric plants..

Molecular Analysis of the Replication Origin of the Lactococcus lactis Plasmid pCI305 (1996)
Journal Article
Foley, S., Bron, S., Venema, G., Daly, C., & Fitzgerald, G. F. (1996). Molecular Analysis of the Replication Origin of the Lactococcus lactis Plasmid pCI305. Plasmid, 36(2), 125-141. https://doi.org/10.1006/plas.1996.0040

The replication origin region, ori, of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis plasmid pCI305
contains three-and-one-half directly repeated 22-bp sequences and two inverted repeat sequences,
IR1 and IR2. These inverted repeat sequences overlap the pro... Read More about Molecular Analysis of the Replication Origin of the Lactococcus lactis Plasmid pCI305.

On temporal versioning in object oriented databases. (1996)
Journal Article
Lu, J., Barclay, P. J., & Kennedy, J. (1996). On temporal versioning in object oriented databases. Informationssystem-Architekturen, 3, 38-40

This paper describes the development of the data model TVM which contains a new concept, temporal versioning. This generalises the ideas of temporal databases and version management to object-oriented databases. TVM provides a new approach for data m... Read More about On temporal versioning in object oriented databases..