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Professionalism and long working hours in NHS nursing. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wise, S. (2005, December). Professionalism and long working hours in NHS nursing. Paper presented at 23rd Annual International Labour Process Conference

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Instant messaging: using log files to identify patterns of interaction in group of teenage users. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davison, B., & Buckner, K. (2005, April). Instant messaging: using log files to identify patterns of interaction in group of teenage users. Presented at IFIP WG 9.3 HOIT2005 Conference, York

This paper presents preliminary findings on teenagers’ use of instant messaging (IM) as an example of an Internet technology. The results are quantitative, being drawn from the information held in users’ IM log files. The current purpose is to valida... Read More about Instant messaging: using log files to identify patterns of interaction in group of teenage users..

Time-series Explorer: An Animated Information Visualisation for Microarray Time-course Data (2005)
Journal Article
Craig, P., Kennedy, J., & Cumming, A. (2005). Time-series Explorer: An Animated Information Visualisation for Microarray Time-course Data. BMC Bioinformatics, 6(Suppl 3), P8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-6-S3-P8

Microarray technologies are a relatively new development that allow biologists to monitor the activity of thousands of genes (normally around 8,000) in parallel across multiple stages of a biological process. While this new perspective on biological... Read More about Time-series Explorer: An Animated Information Visualisation for Microarray Time-course Data.

Application of Robust Chattering-Reduction Sliding Mode Control Techniques for Position Control of a Vector-Controlled Induction Machine with Non-Linear Friction Dynamics (2005)
Journal Article
Goh, K. B., Dunnigan, M. W., & Williams, B. W. (2005). Application of Robust Chattering-Reduction Sliding Mode Control Techniques for Position Control of a Vector-Controlled Induction Machine with Non-Linear Friction Dynamics. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 219(8), 577-590. https://doi.org/10.1243/095965105x33635

Sliding mode control (SMC) methods possess several advantageous properties such as robustness against parameter variation, disturbance rejection, straightforward design, and are simple to implement. In this paper, a sliding mode control algorithm (wh... Read More about Application of Robust Chattering-Reduction Sliding Mode Control Techniques for Position Control of a Vector-Controlled Induction Machine with Non-Linear Friction Dynamics.

Sensorless second-order sliding-mode speed control of a voltage-fed induction-motor drive using nonlinear state feedback (2005)
Journal Article
Rashed, M., Goh, K. B., Dunnigan, M. W., MacConnell, P. F. A., Stronach, A. F., & Williams, B. W. (2005). Sensorless second-order sliding-mode speed control of a voltage-fed induction-motor drive using nonlinear state feedback. IEE proceedings. Electric power applications, 152(5), 1127. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-epa%3A20050042

A high-performance and robust sensorless speed-control scheme of a voltage-fed
induction motor has been developed in which the control of speed and flux is decoupled. A robust
control strategy, specifically a sliding-mode technique, is considered h... Read More about Sensorless second-order sliding-mode speed control of a voltage-fed induction-motor drive using nonlinear state feedback.

New test for determination of masonry tensile bond strength. (2005)
Journal Article
Khalaf, F. (2005). New test for determination of masonry tensile bond strength. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 17(6), 725-732. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290899-1561%282005%2917%3A6%28725%29

The bond strength between masonry units and mortar has been of considerable interest to researchers for some time. The flexural bond strength of masonry in particular is needed for the design of masonry walls subjected to horizontal forces applied no... Read More about New test for determination of masonry tensile bond strength..

Prospective epidemiologic study of the outcome and cost-effectiveness of antenatal screening to detect neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-HPA-1a (2005)
Journal Article
Turner, M. L., Bessos, H., Fagge, T., Harkness, M., Rentoul, F., Seymour, J., Wilson, D., Gray, I., Ridheesh, A., Cairns, J., & Urnaniak, S. (2005). Prospective epidemiologic study of the outcome and cost-effectiveness of antenatal screening to detect neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-HPA-1a. Transfusion, 45(12), 1945-1956. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00645.x

To assess the value of antenatal screening to detect neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) due to anti-HPA-1a, a prospective study was carried out to quantify the potential clinical benefits and determine whether screening would be cost-effecti... Read More about Prospective epidemiologic study of the outcome and cost-effectiveness of antenatal screening to detect neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to anti-HPA-1a.

ACTIVpanel: The missing link? (2005)
Journal Article
Steven, G. (2005). ACTIVpanel: The missing link?. Edinburgh Napier University Teaching Fellows Journal,

Performance of a stress-laminated-timber arch bridge (2005)
Journal Article
Kermani, A., & Freedman, G. J. H. (2005). Performance of a stress-laminated-timber arch bridge. Proceedings of the ICE - Bridge Engineering, 158(4), 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1680/bren.2005.158.4.155

For the past three years the authors have been involved in the optimisation of the performance of stress-laminated-timber arch (SLTA) structures by utilising the strength properties of timber in an arching action for use as vehicle and pedestrian bri... Read More about Performance of a stress-laminated-timber arch bridge.

Execution time prediction in DSM-based mobile grids (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ballette, M., Liotta, A., & Ramzy, S. (2005, May). Execution time prediction in DSM-based mobile grids. Presented at CCGrid 2005. IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2005, Cardiff, Wales

Mobile grids are collaborative, resource sharing environments formed by a collection of heterogeneous devices ranging from fixed PCs to wireless devices such as PDAs, laptops, cellulars etc. We investigate the distributed shared memory (DSM) paradigm... Read More about Execution time prediction in DSM-based mobile grids.

Temporal classification for fault-prediction in a real-world telecommunications network (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaudet, M., Iqbal, N., Hussain, A., & Sharif, K. (2005, September). Temporal classification for fault-prediction in a real-world telecommunications network. Presented at IEEE 2005 International Conference on Emerging Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan

This paper presents a new temporal classification approach for fault-prediction in a Telecommunications Network. The countrywide data network of Pakistan Telecom (PTCL) has been selected as a basis for the investigation of classification algorithms t... Read More about Temporal classification for fault-prediction in a real-world telecommunications network.

Parallelization of population-based multi-objective meta-heuristics: An empirical study (2005)
Journal Article
Baños, R., Gil, C., Paechter, B., & Ortega, J. (2006). Parallelization of population-based multi-objective meta-heuristics: An empirical study. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 30(7), 578-592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2005.05.021

In single-objective optimization it is possible to find a global optimum, while in the multi-objective case no optimal solution is clearly defined, but several that simultaneously optimize all the objectives. However, the majority of this kind of pro... Read More about Parallelization of population-based multi-objective meta-heuristics: An empirical study.

An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, R., & Paechter, B. (2005, September). An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case. Presented at 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Edinburgh, Scotland

A grouping genetic algorithm (GGA) for the university course timetabling problem is outlined. We propose six different fitness functions, all sharing the same common goal, and look at the effects that these can have on the algorithm with respect to b... Read More about An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case..

Carbon black nanoparticles induce type II epithelial cells to release chemotaxins for alveolar macrophages. (2005)
Journal Article
Barlow, P. G., Clouter-Baker, A., Donaldson, K., MacCallum, J., & Stone, V. (2005). Carbon black nanoparticles induce type II epithelial cells to release chemotaxins for alveolar macrophages. Particle and fibre toxicology, 2(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-2-11

Background - Alveolar macrophages are a key cell in dealing with particles deposited in the lungs and in determining the subsequent response to that particle exposure. Nanoparticles are considered a potential threat to the lungs and the mechanism of... Read More about Carbon black nanoparticles induce type II epithelial cells to release chemotaxins for alveolar macrophages..

Using behavioural and state variables to identify proximate causes of population change in a seabird (2005)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., Grémillet, D., Daunt, F., Ryan, P. G., Crawford, R. J., & Wanless, S. (2006). Using behavioural and state variables to identify proximate causes of population change in a seabird. Oecologia, 147(4), 606-614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0321-z

Changes in animal population size are driven by the interactions between intrinsic processes and extrinsic forces, and identifying the proximate mechanisms behind population change remains a fundamental question in ecology. Here we report on how meas... Read More about Using behavioural and state variables to identify proximate causes of population change in a seabird.