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Conference Abstract

Shahid S & Smith L (2008) Extracellular spike detection using Cepstrum of Bispectrum. Eighteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2009 , Berlin, Germany, 18/07/2009 - 23/07/2009. Journal of Neuroscience, pp. 1-1. http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~lss/recentpapers/sfn2008/SFNposter.pdf


Conference Abstract

Zhao C, Hancock PJB & Bednar JA (2008) Modelling face adaptation aftereffects. 31st European Conference on Visual Perception, Utrecht, 24/08/2008 - 28/08/2008. Perception, 37 (Supplement), pp. 158-158. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v080567


Conference Abstract

Pintea L, Kuehl H, Laporte N, Maisels F & Williamson EA (2008) The Great Apes Mapper: developing an online global geo-database and visualization tool for monitoring great ape populations. 22nd Congress of the International Primatatological Society, 2008, Edinburgh, Uk, 03/08/2008 - 08/08/2008. Primate Eye, 96, p. 314. http://ips.conference-services.net/programme.asp?conferenceID=1080&action=prog_presenters


Book Chapter

Carter S, Dennison EP & Tipping R (2008) Edinburgh before the burgh: the pre-medieval evolution of the Parliament site to c 1128. In: Holyrood Archaeology Project Team (ed.) Scotland’s Parliament Site and the Canongate: archaeology and history. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, pp. 9-16. http://www.socantscot.org/partnumber.asp?pnid=172532


Conference Paper (published)

Frowd CD, Park J, McIntyre AH, Bruce V, Pitchford M, Fields S, Kenirons M & Hancock PJB (2008) Effecting an improvement to the fitness function. How to evolve a more identifiable face. In: Proceedings BLISS 2008 - 2008 ECSIS Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security. BLISS '08. ECSIS Symposium on Bio-inspired Learning and Intelligent Systems for Security, 2008, Edinburgh, 04.08.2008-06.08.2008. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Science Society Press, pp. 3-10. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=4595787&abstractAccess=no&userType=inst; https://doi.org/10.1109/BLISS.2008.28


Book Chapter

Matias L, Garcia D & Zamora R (2008) Efectos escala-dependientes de la abundancia de semillas y la estructura del hábitat en la depredación post-dispersiva de dos especies de matorral mediterráneo. In: Maestre F, Escudero A & Bonet A (eds.) Introducción al análisis espacial de datos en Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales: Métodos y aplicaciones. CC Experimentales. Madrid: Dykinson, pp. 591-604. http://www.dykinson.com/libros/introduccion-al-analisis-espacial-de-datos-en-ecologia-y-ciencias-ambientales/9788498493085/


Book Chapter

Little A & Griffey JAF (2008) Sexual selection, mate choice, and primate preferences. In: Weber E & Krause L (eds.) Animal Behaviour: New Research. New York, NY: Nova Science, pp. 1-33. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=20227


Conference Paper (published)

Ochoa G, Tomassini M, Verel S & Darabos C (2008) A study of NK landscapes' basins and local optima networks. In: GECCO'08: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation 2008. GECCO '08 - 10th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation, Atlanta, GA, USA, 12.07.2008-16.07.2008. New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 555-562. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1389204; https://doi.org/10.1145/1389095.1389204


Conference Paper (published)

Blum JM & Magill E (2008) M-Psychiatry: Sensor Networks for Psychiatric Health Monitoring. In: Proceedings of PGNET 2008: The 9th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting. PGNET 2008: The 9th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting, Liverpool, 23.06.2008-24.06.2008. Liverpool: PGNET. http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/pgnet2008/Proceeedings/


Book Chapter

Atkin JAD, Burke E, Greenwood JS & Reeson D (2008) A metaheuristic approach to aircraft departure scheduling at London Heathrow airport. In: Hickman M, Mirchandani P & Voss S (eds.) Computer-aided Systems in Public Transport, Part III. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 600. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 235-252. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-73312-6_12; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73312-6_12


Conference Paper (published)

Liefooghe A, Jourdan L, Basseur M, Talbi E & Burke E (2008) Metaheuristics for the bi-objective ring star problem. In: van Hemert J & Cotta C (eds.) Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization: 8th European Conference, EvoCOP 2008, Naples, Italy, March 26-28, 2008. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4972. 8th European Conference, EvoCOP 2008: » Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, Naples, Italy, 26.03.2008-28.03.2008. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 206-217. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-78604-7_18; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78604-7_18


Article

Ming DW, Gellert R, Morris RV, Arvidson RE, Brueckner J, Clark BC, Cohen BA, d'Uston C, Economou TET, Fleischer I, Klingelhoefer G, McCoy TJ, Mittlefehldt DW, Schmidt ME, Schröder C, Squyres SW, Treguier E, Yen AS & Zipfel J (2008) Geochemical properties of rocks and soils in Gusev Crater, Mars: Results of the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer from Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 113 (E12), Art. No.: E12S39. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JE003195


Article

Arvidson RE, Ruff SW, Morris RV, Ming DW, Crumpler LS, Yen AS, Squyres SW, Sullivan RJ, Bell III JF, Cabrol NA, Clark BC, Farrand WH, Gellert R, Greenberger R & Schröder C (2008) Spirit Mars Rover Mission to the Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater: Mission overview and selected results from the Cumberland Ridge to Home Plate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 113 (E12), Art. No.: E12S33. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JE003183


Book Chapter

Tyler A (2008) In situ and airborne gamma-ray spectrometry. In: Povinec P (ed.) Analysis of Environmental Radionuclides. Radioactivity in the Environment, 11. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, pp. 407-448. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569486007110135


Conference Paper (published)

Leibovici DG, Swan J, Anand S & Jackson M (2008) Combining Attribute with Geometry for Automated Generalization and Schematisation. In: International Research Symposium on Computer-based Cartography. (Auto Carto), Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA. AutoCarto 2008, the 17th International Research Symposium on Computer-based Cartography, Shepherdstown, WV, USA, 08.09.2008-11.09.2008. Cartography and Geographic Information Society. http://www.cartogis.org/docs/proceedings/2008/leibovici.pdf


Book Chapter

Maisels F (2008) Chapter 8: Standardised reporting. In: Kuhl H, Maisels F, Ancrenaz M & Williamson E (eds.) Best Practice Guidelines for Surveys and Monitoring of Great Ape Populations. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, 36. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN Ape Species Specialist Group. http://apes.eva.mpg.de/eng/pdf/guidelines/IUCN_SGA_Monitoring_Section_8_Trip_report_format-English_For_web.pdf


Book Chapter

Maisels F, Colom A & Inogwabini B (2008) Section 6: Training. In: Kuehl H, Maisels F, Ancrenaz M & Williamson E (eds.) Best Practice Guidelines for Surveys and Monitoring of Great Ape Populations.. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, 36. Gland, Switzerland: SSC Primate Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. http://apesportal.eva.mpg.de/database/surveyGuidelines


Book Chapter

Maisels F & Aba'a R (2008) Section 3: Survey design. In: Kuehl H, Maisels F, Ancrenaz M & Williamson E (eds.) Best Practice Guidelines for Surveys and Monitoring of Great Ape Populations. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, 36. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN Ape Species Specialist Group. http://apesportal.eva.mpg.de/database/surveyGuidelines


Article

Indiveri G, Douglas R & Smith L (2008) Silicon neurons. Scholarpedia, 3 (3), Art. No.: 1887. https://doi.org/10.4249/scholarpedia.1887


Book Chapter

Cusack M, Pérez-Huerta A, Dalbeck P, Chung P & Lee MR (2008) Comparison of calcite crystallographic texture in the shells of the Rhynchonelliform brachiopod, Terebratulina retusa and the bivalve mollusc, Mytilus edulis. In: Rollett A (ed.) Applications of Texture Analysis. Ceramic Transactions, 201. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 587-593. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470444214.ch64/summary; https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470444214.ch64


Book Chapter

Cusack M, England J, Parkinson D, Dalbeck P, Lee MR, Curry GB & Fallick AE (2008) Oxygen isotope composition, magnesium distribution and crystallography of Terebratulina retusa. In: Harper D, Long S & Nielsen C (eds.) Brachiopoda: Fossil and Recent. Fossils and strata monograph series, 54. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 259-267. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-140518664X.html


Book Chapter

Farmer KH & Courage A (2008) Sanctuaries and reintroduction: a role in gorilla conservation?. In: Stoinski T, Steklis H & Mehlman P (eds.) Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. New York: Springer, p. 362. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9780387707204


Research Report

Tipping R, McCulloch R & Tisdall E (2008) Field by Field. Historic Period Environmental Change on a Hill Farming Landscape at Ben Lawers - Final Report to the National Trust for Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Historic Scotland and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. The National Trust for Scotland; Scottish Natural Heritage; Historic Scotland; The Carnegie Trust. University of Stirling.


Article

Hunter P, Tyler A, Willby N & Gilvear D (2008) The spatial dynamics of vertical migration by Microcystis aeruginosa in a eutrophic shallow lake: A case study using high spatial resolution time-series airborne remote sensing. Limnology and Oceanography, 53 (6), pp. 2391-2406. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2391


Book Chapter

Zittoun T, Cornish F, Gillespie A & Aveling E (2008) Using social knowledge: A case study of a diarist's meaning-making during World War II. In: Sugiman K, German K, Wagner W & Yamada Y (eds.) Meaning In Action: Constructions, Narratives, and Representations. Japan: Springer Verlag, pp. 163-181. http://www.springer.com/psychology/personality+%26+social+psychology/book/978-4-431-74679-9


Book Chapter

Ainge JA, Dudchenko P & Wood ER (2008) Context-dependent firing of hippocampal place cells: does it underlie memory?. In: Mizumori S (ed.) Hippocampal Place Fields. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 44-58. http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195323245.001.0001/acprof-9780195323245-chapter-3


Book Chapter

Doherty M (2008) Theory of Mind. In: Salkind N (ed.) Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology. London: SAGE, pp. 978-981. http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book227695; https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199692040.003.0017


Book Chapter

Anderson J & Vick S (2008) Primates' use of others' gaze. In: Itakura S & Fujita K (eds.) Origins of the Social Mind: Evolutionary and Developmental Views. Tokyo: Springer Japan, pp. 39-64. http://www.springer.com/psychology/cognitive+psychology/book/978-4-431-75178-6


Book Chapter

Sheehy N & O'Connor R (2008) Cognitive style and suicidal behaviour. In: Palmer S (ed.) Suicide: Strategies and Interventions for Reduction and Prevention. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 69-83. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781583919958/


Book Chapter

Smith L (2008) Artificial general intelligence: an organism and level based position statement. In: Wang P, Goertzel B & Franklin S (eds.) Artificial General Intelligence, 2008: Proceedings of the First AGI Conference. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Volume 171. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IOS Press, pp. 429-433. http://www.iospress.nl/book/artificial-general-intelligence-2008/


Book Chapter

Hussain A, Gurney K, Abdullah R & Chambers J (2008) Emergent common functional principles in control theory and the vertebrate brain: A case study with autonomous vehicle control. In: Kurkova V, Neruda R & Koutnik J (eds.) Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2008: 18th International Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, September 3-6, 2008, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5164. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 949-958. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-87559-8_98; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87559-8_98


Commentary

Caldwell CA (2008) Convergent cultural evolution may explain linguistic universals. Commentary on: MH Christiansen and N Chater, 'Language as shaped by the brain', Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2008) 31, pp.489-509. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31 (5), pp. 515-516. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X08005050


Book Chapter

Williamson EA & Fawcett K (2008) Long-term research and conservation of the Virunga mountain gorillas. In: Wrangham R & Ross E (eds.) Science and Conservation in African Forests: The Benefits of Longterm Research. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 213-229. http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511754920&cid=CBO9780511754920A027


Book Chapter

Ochoa G, Lutton E & Burke E (2008) The cooperative royal road: Avoiding Hitchhiking. In: Monmarche N, Talbi E, Collet P, Schoenauer M & Lutton E (eds.) Artificial Evolution: 8th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2007, Tours, France, October 29-31, 2007, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4926. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 184-195. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-79305-2_16?LI=true#; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79305-2_16


Conference Paper (published)

Leibovici DG, Swan J, Anand S & Jackson M (2008) Combining Attribute with Geometry for Automated Generalization and Schematisation. In: Proceedings, AutoCarto2008. The 17th International Research Symposium on Computer-based Cartography. AutoCarto Proceedings Papers, 2008. AutoCarto2008. The 17th International Research Symposium on Computer-based Cartography, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA, 08.09.2008-11.09.2008. Cartography and Geographic Information Society. http://www.cartogis.org/docs/proceedings/2008/leibovici.pdf


Conference Paper (published)

Foerster T, Burghardt D, Neun M, Regnauld N, Swan J & Weibel R (2008) Towards an Interoperable Web Generalisation Services Framework. In: 11th ICA workshop on map generalisation and multiple representation. 11th ICA workshop on generalisation and multiple representation, Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 20.06.2008-21.06.2008. Switzerland: International Cartographic Association. http://www.geo.uzh.ch/~burg/literatur/foerster_2008_ica_workshop.pdf


Conference Paper (published)

Maggenti G, Bracciali A & Mancarella P (2008) Abduction and Legal Reasoning. In: e-Forensics '08 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Forensic applications and techniques in telecommunications, information, and multimedia and workshop, volume Article No. 33. e-Forensics 2008: 1st international conference on Forensic applications and techniques in telecommunications, information, and multimedia and workshop, Adelaide, Australia, 21.01.2008-23.01.2008. Brussels, Belgium: ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering). http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1363260


Research Report

Bostock J, Muir J, Young J, Newton R & Paffrath S (2008) Prospective Analysis of the Aquaculture Sector in the EU. PART 1: Synthesis Report. Papatryfon I (Editor) JRC Scientific and Technical Reports. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=1739