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Book Chapter

An Ontology-Based Actuator Discovery and Invocation Framework in Home Care Systems

Wang F & Turner KJ (2009) An Ontology-Based Actuator Discovery and Invocation Framework in Home Care Systems. In: Mokhtari M, Khalil I, Bauchet J, Zhang D & Nugent C (eds.) Ambient Assistive Health and Wellness Management in the Heart of the City: 7th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2009, Tours, France, July 1-3, 2009. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin: Springer, pp. 66-73. http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-02867-0; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02868-7_9

Article

Reproductive biology of Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata and effective pollination across its native range in Queensland, Australia

Bacles C, Brooks J, Lee DJ, Schenk PM, Lowe AJ & Kremer A (2009) Reproductive biology of Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata and effective pollination across its native range in Queensland, Australia. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 71 (2), pp. 125-132. http://www.nisc.co.za/oneAbstract?absId=3120; https://doi.org/10.2989/SF.2009.71.2.7.822

Book Chapter

The Palaeoenvironment of Myvatnssveit During the Viking Age and Early Medieval Period

Lawson I, Milek K, Adderley WP, Casely AF, Church MJ, Duarte L, Dugmore AJ, Edwards KJ, Gathorne-Hardy FJ, Gudmundsson G, Morrison S, Newton A & Simpson I (2009) The Palaeoenvironment of Myvatnssveit During the Viking Age and Early Medieval Period. In: Lucas G (ed.) Hofstadir - Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland. Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series, 1, 1. Iceland: Institute of Archaeology, Iceland, pp. 26-54. http://www.instarch.is/instarch/english/publication/monograph_series/hofstadir/

Book Chapter

Land: Its Organisation and Management at Norse Hofstaðir

Simpson I, Adderley WP, Thomson AM, Gudmundsson G, Vésteinsson O, Friđriksson A & McGovern TH (2009) Land: Its Organisation and Management at Norse Hofstaðir. In: Lucas G (ed.) Hofstadir - Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland. Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series, 1, 1. Iceland: Institute of Archaeology, Iceland, pp. 335-370. http://www.instarch.is/instarch/english/publication/monograph_series/hofstadir/

Book Chapter

Farmed fish: the impact of diet on fatty acid compositions

Bell JG & Tocher DR (2009) Farmed fish: the impact of diet on fatty acid compositions. In: Rossell B (ed.) Fish Oils. Oils and Fats, Volume 4. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 171-184. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-190522463X,descCd-description.html

Article

Effects of substitution of dietary fish oil with a blend of vegetable oils on liver and peripheral blood leucocyte fatty acid composition, plasma prostaglandin E2 and immune parameters in three strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Petropoulos IK, Thompson K, Morgan AL, Dick JR, Tocher DR & Bell JG (2009) Effects of substitution of dietary fish oil with a blend of vegetable oils on liver and peripheral blood leucocyte fatty acid composition, plasma prostaglandin E2 and immune parameters in three strains of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture Nutrition, 15 (6), pp. 596-607. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2095.2008.00627.x

Conference Paper (published)

Implications of root spatial relationship in young wheat obtained from CT-scanning for an invasion by fungal pathogens

Kleczkowski A, Bailey DJ, Otten W, Grose MJ & Gilligan CA (2009) Implications of root spatial relationship in young wheat obtained from CT-scanning for an invasion by fungal pathogens. In: Steinberg C, Edel-Hermann V, Friberg H, Alabouvette C & Tronsmo A (eds.) Working Group “Multitrophic Interactions in Soil”, Proceedings of the meeting at Dijon (France), 24-27 June, 2007, volume 42. IOBC Conference Working Group 'Multitrophic Interactions in Soil', Dijon, France, 24.06.2007-27.06.2007. International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control/West Palaearctic Regional Section, pp. 109-112. http://www.iobc-wprs.org/pub/bulletins/bulletin_2009_42_table_of_contents_abstracts.pdf

Conference Paper (published)

Caricaturing to improve face matching

Hancock PJB, McIntyre AH & Kittler J (2009) Caricaturing to improve face matching. In: Bio-inspired Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security (BLISS), 2009 Symposium on Print. Bio-inspired Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security (BLISS), 2009 Symposium on Print, Edinburgh, 20.08.2009-22.08.2009. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 49-49. http://www.proceedings.com/07116.html; https://doi.org/10.1109/BLISS.2009.17

Book Chapter

Dynamical Information Processing in the CA1 Microcircuit of the Hippocampus

Graham B & Cutsuridis V (2009) Dynamical Information Processing in the CA1 Microcircuit of the Hippocampus. In: Heinke D & Mavritsaki E (eds.) Computational Modelling in Behavioural Neuroscience: Closing the Gap Between Neurophysiology and Behaviour. Advances in Behavioural Brain Science. Hove: Taylor and Francis (Psychology Press), pp. 1-20. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781841697383/

Book Chapter

Employing Multicast in P2P Overlay Networks

Kolberg M (2009) Employing Multicast in P2P Overlay Networks. In: Shen X, Yu H, Buford J & Akon M (eds.) Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking. New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London: Springer, pp. 861-874. http://www.springerlink.com/content/k116673334425017/

Book Chapter

Multi-modal Speech Processing Methods: An Overview and Future Research Directions Using a MATLAB Based Audio-Visual Toolbox

Abel A & Hussain A (2009) Multi-modal Speech Processing Methods: An Overview and Future Research Directions Using a MATLAB Based Audio-Visual Toolbox. In: Esposito A, Hussain A, Marinaro M, Martone & R (eds.) Multimodal Signals: Cognitive and Algorithmic Issues: COST Action 2102 and euCognition International School Vietri sul Mare, Italy, April 21-26, 2008: Revised, Selected and Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5398. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 121-129. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-00525-1_12; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00525-1_12

Article

Primates in Peril: The world's 25 most endangered primates 2008-2010

Mittermeier RA, Wallis J, Rylands AB, Ganzhorn JU, Oates JF, Williamson EA, Palacios E, Heymann EW, Kierulff MCM, Yongcheng L, Supriatna J, Roos C, Walker S, Cortes-Ortiz L & Schwitzer C (2009) Primates in Peril: The world's 25 most endangered primates 2008-2010. Primate Conservation, 24, pp. 1-57. http://www.primate-sg.org/T25full07.htm

Book Chapter

Le gorille oriental (Gorilla beringei)

Ferriss S, Robbins MM & Williamson EA (2009) Le gorille oriental (Gorilla beringei). In: Caldecott J & Miles L (eds.) Atlas mondial des grands singes et de leur conservation. UNESCO, pp. 141-167. http://publishing.unesco.org/details.aspx?Code_Livre=4726

Article

A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality

Ferguson E, Williams L, O'Connor R, Howard S, Hughes BM, Johnston DW, Allan JL, O'Connor DB, Lewis CA, Grealy MA & O'Carroll R (2009) A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71 (9), pp. 981-986. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181bd888b

Conference Paper (published)

Dispatching Rules for Production Scheduling: a Hyper-heuristic Landscape Analysis

Ochoa G, Vazquez-Rodriguez JA, Petrovic S & Burke E (2009) Dispatching Rules for Production Scheduling: a Hyper-heuristic Landscape Analysis. In: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2009 CEC '09. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE Press, pp. 1873-1880. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4983169&isnumber=4982922; https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2009.4983169

Book Chapter

Exploring hyper-heuristic methodologies with genetic programming

Burke E, Hyde M, Kendall G, Ochoa G, Ozcan E & Woodward J (2009) Exploring hyper-heuristic methodologies with genetic programming. In: Mumford C & Jain L (eds.) Computational Intelligence: Collaboration, Fusion and Emergence. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, 1, Volume 1. Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 177-201. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j11565558t12900u/

Book Chapter

Formal Models of the Calyx of Held

Bracciali A, Brunelli M, Cataldo E & Degano P (2009) Formal Models of the Calyx of Held. In: Condon A, Harel D, Kok J, Salomaa A & Winfree E (eds.) Algorithmic Bioprocesses. Natural Computing Series, 6. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 331-366. http://www.springerlink.com/content/vt6u7g0315414806/

Book Chapter

Finding and discriminating faces using biological barcodes

Dakin SC & Watt R (2009) Finding and discriminating faces using biological barcodes. In: Stoica A, Arlsan T, Erdogan A, Higuchi T, Bouridane A & El-Rayis A (eds.) 2009 International Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security, BLISS 2009. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press, p. 50. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5376852; https://doi.org/10.1109/BLISS.2009.26

Article

On the Relevance of Alpha-hulls to the Boundary Detection Problem in Sensor Networks

Fayed M & Mouftah HT (2009) On the Relevance of Alpha-hulls to the Boundary Detection Problem in Sensor Networks. Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 34 (3), pp. 95-98. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/defdeny.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fstamp%2Fstamp.jsp%3Ftp%3D%26arnumber%3D5443856&denyReason=-134&arnumber=5443856&productsMatched=null&userType=inst; https://doi.org/10.1109/CJECE.2009.5443856

Conference Paper (published)

Studying the effects of adding spatiality to a process algebra model

Maharaj S, McCaig C & Shankland C (2009) Studying the effects of adding spatiality to a process algebra model. In: Clark A & Guerriero M (eds.) 8th Workshop on Process Algebra and Stochastically Timed Activities: PASTA 2009. 8th Workshop on Process Algebra and Stochastically Timed Activities (PASTA 2009): Edinburgh, UK, Edinburgh, 26.08.2009-26.08.2009. Edinburgh, UK: University of Edinburgh, pp. 153-158. http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/pepa/group/pastaworkshop/PASTA09/proceedings.pdf

Conference Paper (published)

Model of hyperpolarization dependent LTD in MVN neurons

Graham B, Menzies J & Dutia MB (2009) Model of hyperpolarization dependent LTD in MVN neurons. In: volume 10. CNS 2009: Annual Meeting of the Organization for Computational Neurosciences: Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, 18.07.2009-23.07.2009. BMC, pp. 205-205. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P205

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A Novel Nonparametric Multiple Imputation Algorithm for Estimating Missing Data

Gheyas IA & Smith L (2009) A Novel Nonparametric Multiple Imputation Algorithm for Estimating Missing Data. In: Ao S, Gelman L, Hukins D, Hunter A & Korsunsky A (eds.) Proceedings of The World Congress on Engineering 2009: Volume 2. ICCSDE'09: The 2009 International Conference of Computational Statistics and Data Engineering: London, U.K., 1-3 July, 2009, London, UK, 01.07.2009-03.07.2009. Hong Kong: Newswood Limited, pp. 1281-1286. http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2009/WCE2009_pp1281-1286.pdf

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A Neural Network Approach to Time Series Forecasting

Gheyas IA & Smith L (2009) A Neural Network Approach to Time Series Forecasting. In: Ao S, Gelman L, Hukins D, Hunter A & Korsunsky A (eds.) Proceedings of The World Congress on Engineering 2009: Volume 2. ICCSDE'09: The 2009 International Conference of Computational Statistics and Data Engineering: London, U.K., 1-3 July, 2009, London, UK, 01.07.2009-03.07.2009. Hong Kong: Newswood Limited, pp. 1292-1296. http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2009/WCE2009_pp1292-1296.pdf

Conference Paper (published)

Modeling the effects of GABA-A inhibition on the spike timing-dependent plasticity of a CA1 pyramidal cell

Cutsuridis V, Cobb SR & Graham B (2009) Modeling the effects of GABA-A inhibition on the spike timing-dependent plasticity of a CA1 pyramidal cell. In: volume 10. CNS 2009 - Annual Meeting of the Organization for Computational Neurosciences: Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, 18.07.2009-23.07.2009. BMC, pp. 191-192. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2202-10-S1-P191.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-P191

Conference Paper (published)

How Bursts Shape the STDP Curve in the Presence/Absence of GABAergic Inhibition

Cutsuridis V, Cobb SR & Graham B (2009) How Bursts Shape the STDP Curve in the Presence/Absence of GABAergic Inhibition. In: Alippi C, Polycarpou M, Panayioutou C & Ellinas G (eds.) Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2009: 19th International Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, September 14-17, 2009, Proceedings, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5768. ICANN 2009: 19th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks: An Annual Conference of the European Neural Network Society, Limassol, Cyprus, 14.09.2009-17.09.2009. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 229-238. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-04274-4_24; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04274-4_24

Conference Paper (published)

Goals and Policies for Sensor Network Management

Campbell GA & Turner KJ (2009) Goals and Policies for Sensor Network Management. In: Benveniste M, Braem B, Dini C C, Fortino G, Karnapke R, Mauri J & Monsi M (eds.) SENSORCOMM '08: Proceedings of the 2008 Second International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications. SENSORCOMM '08: Second International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, Cap Esterel, France, 25.08.2008-31.08.2008. Washington DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 354-359. http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/research/pdf/sens-goal.pdf

Conference Paper (published)

Hybrid Overlay Multicast Simulation and Evaluation

Buford J & Kolberg M (2009) Hybrid Overlay Multicast Simulation and Evaluation. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (ed.) 2009 6th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference: "Empowering the Connected Consumer". CCNC 2009: 6th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, Las Vegas, USA, 10.01.2009-13.01.2009. New York, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 1-2. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4784809; https://doi.org/10.1109/CCNC.2009.4784809

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Chameleon: An adaptable 2-tier variable hop overlay

Brown A, Kolberg M & Buford J (2009) Chameleon: An adaptable 2-tier variable hop overlay. In: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (ed.) CCNC'09: Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Conference on Consumer Communications and Networking Conference. CCNC 2009 - 6th IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2009, Las vegas, USA, 10.01.2009-13.01.2009. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, pp. 770-775. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1700527.1700727; https://doi.org/10.1109/CCNC.2009.4784716

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Modelling the bubonic plague in a prairie dog burrow: a work in progress

Benkirane S, Shankland C, Norman R & McCaig C (2009) Modelling the bubonic plague in a prairie dog burrow: a work in progress. In: Clark A & Guerriero M (eds.) 8th Workshop on Process Algebra and Stochastically Timed Activities: PASTA 2009. PASTA 2009 - 8th Workshop on Process Algebra and Stochastically Timed Activities, Edinburgh, UK, 26.08.2009-27.08.2009. Edinburgh, UK: University of Edinburgh, pp. 145-152. http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~sbk/PASTA2009.pdf

Article

Assessing radiation impact at a protected coastal sand dune site: an intercomparison of models for estimating the radiological exposure of non-human biota

Wood MD, Beresford NA, Barnett CL, Copplestone D & Leah RT (2009) Assessing radiation impact at a protected coastal sand dune site: an intercomparison of models for estimating the radiological exposure of non-human biota. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100 (12), pp. 1034-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.04.010

Book Chapter

Use of information technology in aquaculture

Bostock J (2009) Use of information technology in aquaculture. In: Burnell GM & Allan G (eds.) New Technologies in Aquaculture: Improving Production Efficiency, Quality and Environmental Management. First ed. Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, 178. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Limited, pp. 1065-1118. http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/search.aspx?basic=new%20technologies%20in%20aquaculture

Book Chapter

Foraging range and the spatial distribution of worker bumblebees

Goulson D & Osborne JL (2009) Foraging range and the spatial distribution of worker bumblebees. In: Jarau SHM (ed.) Food exploitation by social insects: Ecological, Behavioural, and Theoretical Approaches. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 97-111. http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/9781420075618.ch5

Book Chapter

The Use of Scent-Marks by Foraging Bumblebees

Goulson D (2009) The Use of Scent-Marks by Foraging Bumblebees. In: Jarau S & Hrncir M (eds.) Food exploitation by social insects: Ecological, Behavioural, and Theoretical Approaches. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 251-260. http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/9781420075618.ch13

Article

Protection of the environment from ionising radiation in a regulatory context (protect): proposed numerical benchmark values

Andersson P, Garnier-Laplace J, Beresford NA, Copplestone D, Howard BJ, Howe P, Oughton D & Whitehouse P (2009) Protection of the environment from ionising radiation in a regulatory context (protect): proposed numerical benchmark values. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 100 (12), pp. 1100-1108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.010

Conference Paper (published)

Construction of examination timetables based on ordering heuristics

Rahman SA, Bargiela A, Burke E, Ozcan E & McCollum B (2009) Construction of examination timetables based on ordering heuristics. In: Vural F, Yazici A, Toroslu H, Can T, Senkul P & Sacan A (eds.) 2009 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2009. 2009 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2009, Guzelyurt, Northern Cyprus, 14.09.2009-16.09.2009. Red Hook, NJ, USA: IEEE, pp. 680-685. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5291905; https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCIS.2009.5291905

Conference Paper (published)

Examination timetabling using late acceptance hyper-heuristics

Ozcan E, Bykov Y, Birben M & Burke E (2009) Examination timetabling using late acceptance hyper-heuristics. In: 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2009. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2009. CEC '09, Trondheim, Norway, 18.05.2009-21.05.2009. Red Hook, NJ, USA: IEEE, pp. 997-1004. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4983054; https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2009.4983054

Conference Paper (published)

Evolving reusable 3D packing heuristics with genetic programming

Allen SD, Burke E, Hyde M & Kendall G (2009) Evolving reusable 3D packing heuristics with genetic programming. In: Proceedings of the 11th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2009. GECCO 2009 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Montreal, Canada, 08.07.2009-12.07.2009. New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 931-938. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1569901.1570029; https://doi.org/10.1145/1569901.1570029

Article

Machine learning in virtual screening

Melville JL, Burke E & Hirst JD (2009) Machine learning in virtual screening. Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening, 12 (4), pp. 332-343. https://doi.org/10.2174/138620709788167980

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Analyzing the landscape of a graph based hyper-heuristic for timetabling problems

Ochoa G, Qu R & Burke E (2009) Analyzing the landscape of a graph based hyper-heuristic for timetabling problems. In: Proceeding GECCO '09 Proceedings of the 11th Annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation. 11th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2009), Montréal, Canada, 08.07.2009-12.07.2009. New York, NY: ACM, pp. 341-348. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1569949&CFID=230982929&CFTOKEN=65117036; https://doi.org/10.1145/1569901.1569949

Book Review

Carrots and Sticks: Principles of Animal Training

Buchanan-Smith HM (2009) Carrots and Sticks: Principles of Animal Training. Review of: Carrots and Sticks: Principles of Animal Training By Paul McGreevy, Robert Boakes, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 318pp, ISBN:9780521686914. Biologist, 66 (1), pp. 62-62.

Article

Alternative cell line for the isolation of salmonid alphavirus-1

Herath T, Costa JZ, Thompson K, Adams A & Richards R (2009) Alternative cell line for the isolation of salmonid alphavirus-1. Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 22, pp. 19-27. http://www.landbunadur.is/landbunadur/wgsamvef.nsf/8bbba2777ac88c4000256a89000a2ddb/93e7759f88de1e9400257672004b7e4d/$FILE/IAS%20Alternative%20cell%20line.pdf