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Modelling environmental variation in Young’s modulus for Pinus radiata and implications for determination of critical buckling height. (2006)
Journal Article
Watt, M. S., Moore, J. R., Facon, J., Downes, G. M., Clinton, P. W., Coker, G., …Bown, H. E. (2006). Modelling environmental variation in Young’s modulus for Pinus radiata and implications for determination of critical buckling height. Annals of Botany, 98, 765-775. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcl161

Background and Aims: Although density-specific stiffness, E/, (where E is Young's modulus and is wood density) is often assumed constant by the elastic similarity model, and in determination of critical buckling height (Hcrit), few studies have test... Read More about Modelling environmental variation in Young’s modulus for Pinus radiata and implications for determination of critical buckling height..

Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. (2006)
Journal Article
Soddell, J. A., Stainsby, F. M., Eales, K. L., Seviour, R. J., & Goodfellow, M. (2006). Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 56, 2265-2269. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64034-0

Three strains of non-motile, Gram-positive, filamentous actinomycetes, isolates J4T, J5 and J59, initially recognized microscopically in activated sludge foam by their distinctive branching patterns, were isolated by micromanipulation. The taxonomic... Read More about Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam..

The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.). (2006)
Journal Article
Gardiner, B. A., & Brüchert, F. (2006). The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.). American Journal of Botany, 93, 1512-1521

This paper reports on the effect of wind loading below damaging strength on tree mechanical and physical properties. In a wind-exposed Sitka spruce stand in western Scotland, 60 trees at four different levels of wind exposure (10 m, 30 m, 50 m, 90 m... Read More about The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka Spruce (picea sitchenisis Bong.)..

Harmonic errors associated with the use of choppers in optical experiments. (2006)
Journal Article
Benjamin, K., Armitage, A., & South, R. B. (2006). Harmonic errors associated with the use of choppers in optical experiments. Measurement : journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 39, 764-770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2006.02.008

Rotating chopper wheels are used to modulate optical radiation in many experimental systems, typically for measuring the frequency response of an optical system. The assumption is often made that the chopped radiation varies sinusoidally. In practice... Read More about Harmonic errors associated with the use of choppers in optical experiments..

Security in Wireless Networks: The FlexiNET Approach (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kostopoulos, G., Kavadias, C., Chrysoulas, C., Denazis, S., & Koufopavlou, O. (2006, June). Security in Wireless Networks: The FlexiNET Approach. Presented at CSNDSP 2006, 5th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, Patra, Greece

Security is a crucial factor in the provision of the mobile services. The rapid growth of harmful attacks has increased the need for higher security level, especially in the case of wireless networks. In this paper we present a new security approach... Read More about Security in Wireless Networks: The FlexiNET Approach.

Condition monitoring of hydraulic systems using neural network for data analysis (2006)
Thesis
Yu, F. Condition monitoring of hydraulic systems using neural network for data analysis. (Thesis). Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2254714

Condition monitoring of engineering processes or equipment has become of paramount importance as there is a growing need for improved performance, reliability, safety and more efficient maintenance. Condition monitoring in railway industry as a whole... Read More about Condition monitoring of hydraulic systems using neural network for data analysis.

Editorial: Nonlinear adaptive PID control - Part II (2006)
Journal Article
Hussain, A., Grimble, M., & Zayed, A. (2006). Editorial: Nonlinear adaptive PID control - Part II. Control and Intelligent Systems, 34(3), 175

The article provides an overview of papers about nonlinear adaptive proportional integral derivative (PID) control, published in the August 2006 issue of "Control and Intelligent Systems." Zayed and colleagues wrote an editorial describing a nonlinea... Read More about Editorial: Nonlinear adaptive PID control - Part II.

The requirements for original doctoral research in nursing. (2006)
Journal Article
Snowden, A. (2006). The requirements for original doctoral research in nursing. Nursing Times. 102. . 38-40. . ISSN 0954-7762.

Clinical and academic doctorates (PhDs) demand an original piece of research. This article examines how to generate such research in nursing and proposes that it is not as elusive as it first appears.

Pedestrian sensing with feature extraction. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chamberlain, T., Armitage, A., Rutter, M., & Binnie, D. (2006). Pedestrian sensing with feature extraction. In ITS World Congress (1-11)

Automated pedestrian sensing and tracking is receiving increasing attention from researchers in a number of areas. Applications are common in security, in urban planning, and in the retail industry. A common approach is to use CCTV and visible image... Read More about Pedestrian sensing with feature extraction..

NetHost-Sensor: Investigating the capture of end-to-end encrypted intrusive data (2006)
Journal Article
Abimbola, A., Munoz, J., & Buchanan, W. J. (2006). NetHost-Sensor: Investigating the capture of end-to-end encrypted intrusive data. Computers and Security, 25(6), 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2006.04.001

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) are systems that protect against violation of data integrity, confidentiality and availability of resources. In the past 20 years, these systems have evolved with the technology and have become more sophisticated. D... Read More about NetHost-Sensor: Investigating the capture of end-to-end encrypted intrusive data.

Dynamically configured vehicle (2006)
Patent
Charissis, V., Anderson, P., & Kenny, T. (2006). Dynamically configured vehicle. GB2424398

An off-road vehicle able to negotiate a variable terrain comprising a cabin section 2 which is set on the hub body, in addition to a plurality of arms 4, with ground engaging mobility means, such as wheels 5, able to move independently of each other... Read More about Dynamically configured vehicle.

Skills and employability (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W. (2006). Skills and employability.

Replication fork blockage by transcription factor-DNA complexes in Escherichia coli (2006)
Journal Article
Payne, B., van Knippenberg, I., Bell, H., Filipe, S., Sherratt, D., & McGlynn, P. (2006). Replication fork blockage by transcription factor-DNA complexes in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Research, 34(18), 5194-5202. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkl682

All organisms require mechanisms that resuscitate replication forks when they break down, reflecting the complex intracellular environments within which DNA replication occurs. Here we show that as few as three lac repressor-operator complexes block... Read More about Replication fork blockage by transcription factor-DNA complexes in Escherichia coli.

Chronic pancreatitis: pathophysiology and patient care (2006)
Journal Article
Smith, G., & Fawcett, T. (2006). Chronic pancreatitis: pathophysiology and patient care. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 4(7), 20-26

Chronic pancreatitis represents a continuous and prolonged inflammatory and fibrosing process in the pancreas resulting in permanent exocrine and often also endocrine dysfunction. Patients present with varying degrees of symptom distress. The usual c... Read More about Chronic pancreatitis: pathophysiology and patient care.

PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wie, B., Sharif, M., Almaini, A. E. A., & Binnie, D. (2006, September). PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA. Presented at Proceedings of IEEE 13th International Conference on Systems, Signals & Image Processing, IWSSIP’06,

In this paper the performance of a Cell Averaging Constant False Alarm Rate (CA-CFAR) Pseudo-Noise (PN) code adaptive detector is analysed for a single path communication channel. The detection process uses a digital Matched Filter (MF) and is implem... Read More about PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA..

The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006). The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37876-3_19

The authors discuss eGovernment as a computerization movement, and present a case study of a small project that was part of a modernising government initiative in a UK municipality. The case is analysed by means of an analytic construct, the technolo... Read More about The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry..

Gender differences and mental health: An exploratory study of knowledge and attitudes to mental health among Scottish teenagers (2006)
Journal Article
Williams, B., & Pow, J. (2007). Gender differences and mental health: An exploratory study of knowledge and attitudes to mental health among Scottish teenagers. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 12(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00413.x

Method:  A cross-sectional survey of 496 teenagers was conducted in order to explore their knowledge and attitude towards mental health and people with mental health problems. Results:  Boys reported lower levels of knowledge and different sources... Read More about Gender differences and mental health: An exploratory study of knowledge and attitudes to mental health among Scottish teenagers.