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Natur und Tierfilme (2005)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2005). Natur und Tierfilme. In P. Zimmermann, & K. Hoffmann (Eds.), Zur Ästhetik und Geschichte des nonfiktionalen Films in Deutschland 1895 bis 1945, Band III (152-165). Reclam

Gezüchtet und geopfert: Der Tier- und Naturfilm (2005)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2005). Gezüchtet und geopfert: Der Tier- und Naturfilm. In K. Kreimeier, A. Ehmann, & J. Goergen (Eds.), Geschichte des dokumentarischen Films in Deutschland. Band 2: Weimarer Republik (1918-1933) (173-186). Reclam

Cooperation, risk and the evolution of teamwork (2005)
Book Chapter
Andras, P., & Lazarus, J. (2005). Cooperation, risk and the evolution of teamwork. In N. Gold (Ed.), Teamwork: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives (56-77). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523203_4

Our aims in this chapter are twofold. First, we place teamwork in the context of the evolutionary analysis of cooperation and altruism. This allows us to predict the evolutionary scenarios likely to have favoured the evolution of team work, the proba... Read More about Cooperation, risk and the evolution of teamwork.

Self-Aware software – will it become a reality? (2005)
Book Chapter
Andras, P., & Charlton, B. G. (2005). Self-Aware software – will it become a reality?. In O. Babaoglu, M. Jelasity, A. Montresor, C. Fetzer, & S. Leonardi (Eds.), Self-star Properties in Complex Information Systems: conceptual and Practical Foundations (229-259). Springer

The possibility of building self-aware software fascinated computer scientist since the beginning of computer science. Research in AI, and in particular on software agents, agent system, computational reflection and reflective software delivered inte... Read More about Self-Aware software – will it become a reality?.

Distributed Monitoring: Methods, Means and Technologies (2005)
Book Chapter
Liotta, A. (2005). Distributed Monitoring: Methods, Means and Technologies. In Intelligent Knowledge-Based Systems: Business and Technology in the New Millennium (965-998). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-7829-3_29

Monitoring has been described by Joyce et al. as “the process of dynamic collection, interpretation and presentation of information concerning objects or software processes under scrutiny”. In his book on network and system management, Sloman has lat... Read More about Distributed Monitoring: Methods, Means and Technologies.

Computer access for motor impaired users (2005)
Book Chapter
Trewin, S., & Keates, S. (2006). Computer access for motor impaired users. In C. Ghaoui (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction (92-99). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-562-7.ch015

Computers can be a source of tremendous benefit for those with motor impairments. Enabling computer access empowers individuals, offering improved quality of life. This is achieved through greater freedom to participate in computer-based activities f... Read More about Computer access for motor impaired users.

Environmental Pollution and Restoration: A Role for Bioremediation (2005)
Book Chapter
Philp, J. C., Bamforth, S., Singleton, I., & Atlas, R. M. (2005). Environmental Pollution and Restoration: A Role for Bioremediation. In R. M. Atlas, & J. Philp (Eds.), Bioremediation (1-48). American Society for Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/9781555817596.ch1

With greater understanding of microbial diversity and the development of bioengineering, bioremediation is taking its place as a cost-effective technique in integrated environmental restoration efforts. The major reasons for the control of water and... Read More about Environmental Pollution and Restoration: A Role for Bioremediation.

Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain (2005)
Book Chapter
Rainbird, H., Munro, A., & Senker, P. (2005). Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain. In N. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, K. Leithwood, & D. Livingstone (Eds.), International Handbook of Educational Policy; Springer International Handbooks of Education (885-901). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3201-3_47

Recent policy debates have emphasised the significance of workplace learning to the vision of the ‘learning society’ and the ‘knowledge-based economy’. Whereas these terms trip relatively easily off the tongue, identifying what they mean in terms of... Read More about Running Faster to Stay in the Same Place? The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Government Policy for Workplace Learning in Britain.

Introduction. (2005)
Book Chapter
Wollman, H., & Spencer, P. (2005). Introduction. In P. Spencer, & H. Wollman (Eds.), Nations and Nationalism: A Reader (1-19). Edinburgh University Press/Rutgers University Press

Nationalism has become a topic of wide-ranging significance and heated debate in recent years, with a huge expansion in the amount of literature available. Bringing together the best and most representative of these writings, Nations and Nationalism... Read More about Introduction..

An overview of artificial immune systems. (2005)
Book Chapter
Timmis, J., Knight, T., de Castro, L., & Hart, E. (2005). An overview of artificial immune systems. In R. Paton, H. Bolouri, W. M. L. Holcombe, J. H. Parish, & R. Tateson (Eds.), Computation in Cells and Tissues: Perspectives and Tools of Thought (51-86). Springer-Verlag

The immune system is highly distributed, highly adaptive, self-organising in nature, maintains a memory of past encounters and has the ability to continually learn about new encounters. From a computational point of view, the immune system has much t... Read More about An overview of artificial immune systems..

Regulation of catabolic gene systems. (2005)
Book Chapter
Tangney, M., & Mitchell, W. J. (2005). Regulation of catabolic gene systems. In P. Durre (Ed.), Handbook on clostridia (583-606). CRC Press

Speeding behaviour and collision involvement in Scottish car drivers. (2005)
Book Chapter
Stradling, S. G., Carreno, M., Ferguson, N., & Rye, T. (2005). Speeding behaviour and collision involvement in Scottish car drivers. In D. A. Hennessy, & D. L. Wiesenthal (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Road User Behavior and Traffic Safety (113-123). Nova Science Publishers

This chapter combines data sets from two recent studies of Scottish drivers, one conducted for the Scottish Executive and one for the Strathclyde Safety Camera Partnership. Both surveys involved in-home interviews with quota samples of drivers. Full... Read More about Speeding behaviour and collision involvement in Scottish car drivers..

Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation. (2005)
Book Chapter
Stonehouse, G., & Pemberton, J. (2005). Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation. In D. D. Carbonara (Ed.), Technology Literacy Applications in Learning Environments (260-262). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-479-8.ch017

The importance of knowledge to an organization’s competitive performance is widely recognized. A knowledge-centric organization is one within which the creation and management of knowledge are at the heart of its strategic thinking, operations, and a... Read More about Learning to become a knowledge-centric organisation..

Hyper-heuristics. (2005)
Book Chapter
Ross, P. (2005). Hyper-heuristics. In E. Burke, & G. Kendall (Eds.), Search Methodologies: Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques (529-556). Springer-Verlag

This chapter introduces and overviews an emerging methodology in search and optimisation. One of the key aims of these new approaches, which have been termed hyper-heuristics, is to raise the level of generality at which optimisation systems can oper... Read More about Hyper-heuristics..