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Dynamic control and information processing in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction using a coevolutionary algorithm (2008)
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Toth, R., Stone, C., Adamatzky, A., De Lacy Costello, B., & Bull, L. (2008). Dynamic control and information processing in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction using a coevolutionary algorithm. Journal of Chemical Physics, 129(18), 184708. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2932252

We propose that the behavior of nonlinear media can be controlled dynamically through coevolutionary systems. In this study, a light-sensitive subexcitable Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction is controlled using a heterogeneous cellular automaton. A checke... Read More about Dynamic control and information processing in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction using a coevolutionary algorithm.

Highly sensitive room temperature sensors based on the UV-LED activation of zinc oxide nanoparticles (2008)
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de Lacy Costello, B., Ewen, R. J., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Richardson, M. (2008). Highly sensitive room temperature sensors based on the UV-LED activation of zinc oxide nanoparticles. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 134(2), 945-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2008.06.055

This study describes novel work on the use of UV-light emitting diodes (LEDs) to enhance the room temperature gas sensitivity of thick film zinc oxide sensors. Sensors based on nanoparticulates of zinc oxide activated with a UV-LED of peak wavelength... Read More about Highly sensitive room temperature sensors based on the UV-LED activation of zinc oxide nanoparticles.

A sensor system for monitoring the simple gases hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and ethanol in exhaled breath (2008)
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de Lacy Costello, B., Ewen, R. J., & Ratcliffe, N. M. (2008). A sensor system for monitoring the simple gases hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and ethanol in exhaled breath. Journal of Breath Research, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037011

A sensor array system was constructed incorporating electrochemical sensors for hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and ethanol, a ceramic sensor for total volatiles and a dye-based optical ammonia sensor. The system was calibrated using stan... Read More about A sensor system for monitoring the simple gases hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and ethanol in exhaled breath.

An analysis of volatiles in the headspace of the faeces of neonates (2008)
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Ewen, R., de Lacy Costello, B., Ewer, A. K., Garner, C. E., Probert, C. S., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Smith, S. (2008). An analysis of volatiles in the headspace of the faeces of neonates. Journal of Breath Research, 2(3), 037023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037023

A gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GCMS) analysis of the headspace from the faeces of neonates was undertaken to record the volatiles associated with preterm babies on a neonatal unit. The compounds ethanol, acetone, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 3-methylb... Read More about An analysis of volatiles in the headspace of the faeces of neonates.

A comparative study of the analysis of human urine headspace using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (2008)
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Smith, S., Burden, H., Persad, R., Whittington, K., de Lacy Costello, B., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Probert, C. S. (2008). A comparative study of the analysis of human urine headspace using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Breath Research, 2(3), 037022. https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037022

First-void urine samples were obtained from 24 elderly, asymptomatic men (median age 62.9 years). The headspace above pH adjusted urine samples were extracted using a carboxen/polydimethylsiloxane solid phase micro-extraction fibre and the volatile o... Read More about A comparative study of the analysis of human urine headspace using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

The characteristics of novel low-cost sensors for volatile biomarker detection (2008)
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de Lacy Costello, B., Ewen, R. J., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Richards, M. (2008). The characteristics of novel low-cost sensors for volatile biomarker detection. Journal of Breath Research, 2(3), 037017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037017

For breath analyses, volatile detectors capable of sensing extremely low concentrations in the sub-ppm range are required. Novel room temperature sensors were fabricated based on ultraviolet light activation of nanoparticulate metal oxide surfaces us... Read More about The characteristics of novel low-cost sensors for volatile biomarker detection.

A sensor system for monitoring the simple gases hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and ethanol in exhaled breath (2008)
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de Lacy Costello, B. (2008). A sensor system for monitoring the simple gases hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and ethanol in exhaled breath. Journal of Breath Research, 2(3), 037011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037011

A sensor array system was constructed incorporating electrochemical sensors for hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and ethanol, a ceramic sensor for total volatiles and a dye-based optical ammonia sensor. The system was calibrated using stan... Read More about A sensor system for monitoring the simple gases hydrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and ethanol in exhaled breath.

On logical gates in precipitating medium: Cellular automaton model (2008)
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Martínez, G. J., Adamatzky, A., & de Lacy Costello, B. (2008). On logical gates in precipitating medium: Cellular automaton model. Physics Letters A, 372(31), 5115-5119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.05.087

We study a two-dimensional semi-totalistic binary cell-state cellular automaton, which imitates a reversible precipitation in an abstract chemical medium. The systems exhibits a non-trivial growth and nucleation. We demonstrate how basic computationa... Read More about On logical gates in precipitating medium: Cellular automaton model.

Foreign exchange trading using a learning classifier system (2008)
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Stone, C., & Bull, L. (2008). Foreign exchange trading using a learning classifier system. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 125, 169-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78979-6_8

We apply a simple Learning Classifier System to a foreign exchange trading problem. The performance of the Learning Classifier System is compared to that of a Genetic Programming approach from the literature. The simple Learning Classifier System is... Read More about Foreign exchange trading using a learning classifier system.

Learning classifier systems in data mining: An introduction (2008)
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Bernadó-Mansilla, E., Bull, L., & Holmes, J. (2008). Learning classifier systems in data mining: An introduction. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 125, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78979-6_1

This chapter provides an introduction to Learning Classifier Systems before reviewing a number of historical uses in data mining. An overview of the rest of the volume is then presented. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

On the effect of long-term electrical stimulation on three-dimensional cell cultures: Hen embryo brain spheroids (2008)
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Uroukov, I. S., & Bull, L. (2008). On the effect of long-term electrical stimulation on three-dimensional cell cultures: Hen embryo brain spheroids. Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 1, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.2147/mder.s3245

A comprehensive dataset of multielectrode array recordings was collected from three-dimensional hen embryo brain cell cultures, termed spheroids, under long-term electrical stimulation. The aim is to understand the ongoing changes in the spiking acti... Read More about On the effect of long-term electrical stimulation on three-dimensional cell cultures: Hen embryo brain spheroids.

Evolving localizations in reaction-diffusion cellular automata (2008)
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Adamatzky, A., Bull, L., Collet, P., & Sapin, E. (2008). Evolving localizations in reaction-diffusion cellular automata. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 19(04), 557-567. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129183108012376

We consider hexagonal cellular automata with immediate cell neighbourhood and three cell-states. Every cell calculates its next state depending on the integral representation of states in its neighbourhood, i.e., how many neighbours are in each one s... Read More about Evolving localizations in reaction-diffusion cellular automata.

Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system (2008)
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Bull, L., Budd, A., Stone, C., Uroukov, I., Costello, B. D. L., & Adamatzky, A. (2008). Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system. Artificial Life, 14(2), 203-222. https://doi.org/10.1162/artl.2008.14.2.203

We propose that the behavior of nonlinear media can be controlled automatically through evolutionary learning. By extension, forms of unconventional computing (viz., massively parallel nonlinear computers) can be realized by such an approach. In this... Read More about Towards unconventional computing through simulated evolution: Control of nonlinear media by a learning classifier system.

Random number generation by cellular automata with memory (2008)
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Alonso-Sanz, R., & Bull, L. (2008). Random number generation by cellular automata with memory. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 19(02), 351-367. https://doi.org/10.1142/S012918310801211X

This paper considers an extension to the standard framework of cellular automata which implements memory capabilities by featuring cells by elementary rules of its last three states. A study is made of the potential value of elementary cellular autom... Read More about Random number generation by cellular automata with memory.