All Outputs (2031)

Multi-objective optimisation of cancer chemotherapy using evolutionary algorithms. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PETROVSKI, A. and MCCALL, J. 2001. Multi-objective optimisation of cancer chemotherapy using evolutionary algorithms. In Zitzler, E., Thiele, L., Deb, K., Coello Coello, C.A. and Corne, D. (eds.) Proceedings of the 1st International conference on evolutionary multi-criterion optimization (EMO 2001), 7-9 March 2001, Zurich, Switzerland. Lecture notes in computer science, 1993. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 531-545. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44719-9_37

The main objectives of cancer treatment in general, and of cancer chemotherapy in particular, are to eradicate the tumour and to prolong the patient survival time. Traditionally, treatments are optimised with only one objective in mind. As a result o... Read More about Multi-objective optimisation of cancer chemotherapy using evolutionary algorithms..

Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 over-expression in primary and metastatic ovarian cancer. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCFADYEN, M.C.E., CRUICKSHANK, M.E., MILLER, I.D., MELVIN, W.T. and MURRAY, G.I. 2001. Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 over-expression in primary and metastatic ovarian cancer. Presented at the 183rd Meeting of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 3-6 July 2001, Liverpool, UK.

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignances worldwide. This paper discusses a study in which the presence of CYP1B1 in primary and metastatic ovarian cancer was investigated through immunohistochemistry. The aim of th... Read More about Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 over-expression in primary and metastatic ovarian cancer..

Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1: a novel mechanism of drug resistance. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCFADYEN, M.C.E., MELVIN, W.T. and MURRAY, G.I. 2001. Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1: a novel mechanism of drug resistance. Presented at the 2001 British cancer research meeting (BCRM 2001), 1-4 July 2001, Leeds, UK.

CYP1B1 is a member of the cytochrome P450 enzymes, which are central to the oxidative metabolism of a wide range of substrates, including endogenous compounds involved in cell signaling, environmental carcinogens and anti-cancer drugs. This presentat... Read More about Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1: a novel mechanism of drug resistance..

Are we being served? (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BREMNER, P.A.M. and FREATHY, P. 2001. Are we being served? Consumer versus retailers perceptions of customer service expectations within selected menswear stores. Presented at the 11th International European Association for Education and Research in Commercial Distribution (EAERCD) conference 2001 (EAERCD 2001), 27-29 June 2001, Tilburg, Netherlands.

This paper examines the mismatch between consumer and retailer perceptions of customer service and its potential impact on customer satisfaction. Having examined the main influences and themes from primary research this paper attempts to suggest that... Read More about Are we being served?.

Debugging knowledge-based applications with a generic toolkit. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRAW, S. and BOSWELL, R. 2000. Debugging knowledge-based applications with a generic toolkit. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE international conference on tools with artificial intelligence (ICTAI 2000), 13-15 November 2000, Vancouver, Canada. New York: IEEE [online], article number 889866, pages 182-185. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TAI.2000.889866

Knowledge refinement tools assist in the debugging and maintenance of knowledge based systems (KBSs) by attempting to identify and correct faults in the knowledge that account for incorrect problem-solving. Most refinement systems target a single she... Read More about Debugging knowledge-based applications with a generic toolkit..

Self-optimising CBR retrieval. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
JARMULAK, J., CRAW, S. and ROWE, R. 2000. Self-optimising CBR retrieval. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE international conference on tools with artificial intelligence (ICTAI 2000), 13-15 November 2000, Vancouver, Canada. New York: IEEE [online], article number 889897, pages 376-383. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TAI.2000.889897

One reason why Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) has become popular is because it reduces development cost compared to rule-based expert systems. Still, the knowledge engineering effort may be demanding. In this paper we present a tool which helps to reduce... Read More about Self-optimising CBR retrieval..

Sunlight and daylight in the traditional built environment: case of the hot arid regions. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2000. Sunlight and daylight in the traditional built environment: case of the hot arid regions. In Sayigh, A.A.M. (ed.) Renewables: the energy for the 21st century: proceedings of the 6th World renewable energy congress (WREC VI), 1-7 July 2000, Brighton, UK. Oxford: Pergamon Press [online], chapter 123, pages 624-627. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-008043865-8/50123-9

Sunlighting is an essential consideration in order to achieve an architecture that is environmentally conscious in hot arid regions. The aim of this chapter is to identify the sunlighting strategies and their resulting typology in some urban spaces,... Read More about Sunlight and daylight in the traditional built environment: case of the hot arid regions..

Citizenship information research at the School of Information and Media. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. Citizenship information research at the School of Information and Media. Presented at the 7th Information for Scotland conference, 16 November 2000, Edinburgh, UK.

Discusses recent and current research into citizenship information needs at the School of Information and Media, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Reviews the most important results from two large-scale, nation-wide surveys (funded by the Briti... Read More about Citizenship information research at the School of Information and Media..

A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2001. A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs. New review of information behaviour research, 1(1): proceedings of the 3rd International conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts (ISIC III), 16-18 August 2000, Gothenburg, Sweden, pages 87-104.

This paper discusses the second stage of the Citizenship Information research project, funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre: a national survey, by personal doorstep interview and using the random walk sample method, of the cit... Read More about A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs..

Applying genetic algorithms to multi-objective land use planning. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MATTHEWS, K.B., CRAW, S., ELDER, S., SIBBALD, A.R. and MACKENZIE, I. 2000. Applying genetic algorithms to multi-objective land use planning. In Whitley, L.D., Goldberg, D.E., Cantú-Paz, E., Spector, L., Parmee, I.C. and Beyer, H.-G. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2000 Genetic and evolutionary computation conference (GECCO 2000): joint meeting of the 9th International conference on genetic algorithms (ICGA-2000), and the 5th Annual genetic programming conference (GP-2000), 10-12 July 2000, Las Vegas, USA. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann, pages 613-620.

This paper explores the application of multi-objective genetic algorithms (mGAs) to rural land-use planning, a spatial allocation problem. Two mGAs are proposed. Both share an underlying structure of: fitness assignment using Pareto-dominance ranking... Read More about Applying genetic algorithms to multi-objective land use planning..

Environmental design using dynamic insulation. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TAYLOR, B.J. and IMBABI, M.S. 2000. Environmental design using dynamic insulation. ASHRAE transactions, 106(1): proceedings of the 2000 Winter meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), 5-9 February 2000, Dallas, USA, pages 15-26.

In conventional airtight buildings, the architect has considerable freedom to decide how much the external environment will influence the internal heating, cooling, and ventilation loads. The services engineer provides the plant and equipment require... Read More about Environmental design using dynamic insulation..

Representing problem-solving for knowledge refinement. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CRAW, S. and BOSWELL, R. 1999. Representing problem-solving for knowledge refinement. In Proceedings of the 16th American Association for Artificial Intelligence national conference on artificial intelligence (AAAI-99), co-located with the 11th Annual conference on innovative applications of artificial intelligence (IAAI-99), 18-22 July 1999, Orlando, USA. Palo Alto: AAAI Press, pages 227-234.

Knowledge refinement tools seek to correct faulty knowledge based systems (KBSs) by identifying and repairing potentially faulty rules. The goal of the KrustWorks project is to provide a source of refinement components from which specialised refineme... Read More about Representing problem-solving for knowledge refinement..

Raman spectroscopy of laser irradiated titanium dioxide. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LEE, S.-K., RICE, J.H., AL-OBAIDI, A.H.R., ROBERTSON, P.K.J. and MCSTAY, D. 1999. Raman spectroscopy of laser irradiated titanium dioxide. In White, N. and Augousti, A.T. (eds.) Sensors and their applications X: proceedings of the 10th Conference on sensors and their applications, 5-8 September 1999, Cardiff, UK. Bristol: IOP Publishing, pages 293-298.

Raman spectroscopy is applied to investigate the effect of exposure to high power laser radiation on the crystalline phases of TiO2. Measurement of the changes in the Raman spectra of TiO2 with exposure to laser radiation was reported. This has prove... Read More about Raman spectroscopy of laser irradiated titanium dioxide..

The application of surface second harmonic sensor to probe laser induced modification of titanium dioxide. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LEE, S.-K., VRILLET, G., AL-OBAIDI, A.H.R., ROBERTSON, P.K.J. and MCSTAY, D. 1999. The application of surface second harmonic sensor to probe laser induced modification of titanium dioxide. In White, N. and Augousti, A.T. (eds.) Sensors and their applications X: proceedings of the 10th Conference on sensors and their applications, 5-8 September 1999, Cardiff, UK. Bristol: IOP Publishing, pages 37-41.

The effects of high power pulsed laser light on a TiO2 photocatalyst have been investigated using a surface second harmonic generation (SSHG) sensor. When TiO2 is irradiated with a laser at 355mm a visible change in colour from white to dark blue cry... Read More about The application of surface second harmonic sensor to probe laser induced modification of titanium dioxide..

The use of carbon and gold electrodes in anodic stripping voltammetric heavy metal sensors. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BONSEN, E.M., ROBERTSON, P.K.J., MCSTAY, D., POLLARD, P., BACKES, M. and SHAW, J. 1999. The use of carbon and gold electrodes in anodic stripping voltammetric heavy metal sensors. In White, N. and Augousti, A.T. (eds.) Sensors and their applications X: proceedings of the 10th Conference on sensors and their applications, 5-8 September 1999, Cardiff, UK. Bristol: IOP Publishing, pages 83-88.

The use of anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV)has been proven in the past to be a precise and sensitive analytical method with an excellent limit of detection. Electrochemical sensors could help to avoid expensive and time consuming procedures as samp... Read More about The use of carbon and gold electrodes in anodic stripping voltammetric heavy metal sensors..

Fundamental properties of aboutness. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BRUZA, P., SONG, D. and WONG, K.-F. 1999. Fundamental properties of aboutness. In Proceedings of the 22nd Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) annual international conference on research and development in information retrieval (SIGIR'99), 15-19 August 1999, Berkeley, USA. New York: ACM [online], pages 277-278. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/312624.312696

Information retrieval (IR) is a reasoning process which is assumed to be driven by determining aboutness between two information carriers (i.e. document and query). This, the study of aboutness will be very helpful to set up the theoretical foundatio... Read More about Fundamental properties of aboutness..

Modeling as a fragment assembling process. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AHRIZ, H. and TOMASENA, M. 1999. Modeling as a fragment assembling process. In Price, C. (ed.) Proceedings of the 13th International workshop on qualitative reasoning (QR99), 6-9 June 1999, Loch Awe, UK. Evanston, IL: Qualitative Reasoning Group [online], pages 1-10. Available from: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/papers/Files/qr-workshops/QR99/Ahriz_1999_Modeling_Fragment_Assembling_Process.pdf

Model based reasoning about physical systems deals with diagnosis, supervision, interpretation, explanation, etc. Most of the contributions to this domain do not pay much attention to model construction, and it was generally accepted that a model was... Read More about Modeling as a fragment assembling process..

Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 in breast cancer. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MURRAY, G.I., BUCHAN, S., MCFADYEN, M.C.E., MILLER, I.D., PAYNE, S. and MELVIN, W.T. 1998. Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 in breast cancer. Presented at the 1998 Joint special conference of the British Association for Cancer Research and the Royal Society of Medicine (Oncology Section), 7-8 December 1998, London, UK.

This poster gives an overview of recent research into cytochrome P450 CYP1B1, which has previously been shown to present increased expression in several types of human cancer. This study specifically used immunohistochemistry to investigate the expre... Read More about Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 in breast cancer..

The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 1998. The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach. In Wilson, T.D. and Allen, D.K. (eds.) Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: proceedings of the 2nd International conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts (ISIC 1998), 13-15 August 1998, Sheffield, UK. London: Taylor Graham, pages 304-320. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/isic/ISIC1998/98_Marcella.pdf

The aims of the Citizenship Information project were to measure demand for citizenship information and establish the nature of information need exhibited by users. The objectives of the project were to: 1.define and describe citizenship information 2... Read More about The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach..

The use of dynamic and diffusive insulation for combined heat recovery and ventilation in buildings. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TAYLOR, B.J., WEBSTER, R. and IMBABI, M.S. 1997. The use of dynamic and diffusive insulation for combined heat recovery and ventilation in buildings. In Proceedings of the Building Environmental Performance Analysis Club (BEPAC) / Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) sustainable building mini-conference, 5-6 February 1997. Abingdon, UK. Reading: BEPAC, pages 168-174.

Modern buildings, domestic and commercial, have attempted to reduce their energy requirements by improving the airtightness of the envelope and increasing the thickness of insulation. However, this trend has developed simultaneously with increased us... Read More about The use of dynamic and diffusive insulation for combined heat recovery and ventilation in buildings..