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A simulated annealing algorithm for multi-agent systems: A job-shop scheduling application (2004)
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Aydin, M. E., & Fogarty, T. C. (2004). A simulated annealing algorithm for multi-agent systems: A job-shop scheduling application. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 15(6), 805-814. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AJIMS.0000042665.10086.cf

In this paper, a parallel implementation of the modular simulated annealing algorithm for classical job-shop scheduling is presented. The implementation is for a multi agent system running on the distributed resource machine, which is a novel, scalab... Read More about A simulated annealing algorithm for multi-agent systems: A job-shop scheduling application.

Outcomes of the first round of local authority air quality Review and Assessments under the UK's air quality strategy (2004)
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Chatterton, T., Woodfield, N. K., Beattie, C. I., & Longhurst, J. (2004). Outcomes of the first round of local authority air quality Review and Assessments under the UK's air quality strategy. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 6(10), 849-853. https://doi.org/10.1039/b404090m

In 1997, the UK government instigated the practice of Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) in the UK. This process is based on local authorities undertaking Review and Assessments of air quality within their areas. The first round of Review and Assess... Read More about Outcomes of the first round of local authority air quality Review and Assessments under the UK's air quality strategy.

A cumulative prospect theory approach to passengers behavior modeling: Waiting time paradox revisited (2004)
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Avineri, E. (2004). A cumulative prospect theory approach to passengers behavior modeling: Waiting time paradox revisited. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations, 8(4), 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/15472450490523856

Common travel-choice models are based on the assumption that travelers ' behavior is rational. However, using normative models to describe individual choice was criticized by behavioral scientists, and recently also by transportation researchers. In... Read More about A cumulative prospect theory approach to passengers behavior modeling: Waiting time paradox revisited.

Predicting the occurrence of grind hardening in cubic boron nitride grinding of crankshaft steel (2004)
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Harrison, A. J., Pearce, T. R., & Fricker, D. C. (2004). Predicting the occurrence of grind hardening in cubic boron nitride grinding of crankshaft steel. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 218(10), 1339-1356. https://doi.org/10.1243/0954405042323577

Grind hardening is a stock removal grinding operation in which the heat generated in the grinding zone is used to heat-treat the workpiece surface to a specified depth. A thermal model to describe this process has been developed from the original Jae... Read More about Predicting the occurrence of grind hardening in cubic boron nitride grinding of crankshaft steel.

Sub-lethal effects of metal exposure: Physiological and behavioural responses of the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica (2004)
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Duquesne, S., Liess, M., & Bird, D. J. (2004). Sub-lethal effects of metal exposure: Physiological and behavioural responses of the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica. Marine Environmental Research, 58(2-5), 245-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.03.066

Variation in glycogen concentration, condition index (CI) and filtration activity were measured in the bivalve Macoma balthica buried in sediment and experimentally exposed to cadmium (Cd). The stress due to elevated but sub-lethal concentrations (30... Read More about Sub-lethal effects of metal exposure: Physiological and behavioural responses of the estuarine bivalve Macoma balthica.

Teams of autonomous agents for job-shop scheduling problems: An experimental study (2004)
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Fogarty, T. C., & Aydin, M. E. (2004). Teams of autonomous agents for job-shop scheduling problems: An experimental study. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 15(4), 455-462. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AJIMS.0000034108.66105.59

ATeams - teams of autonomous agents co-operating by sharing solutions through a common memory-have been proposed as a means of solving combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, the ATeam architecture is tested on the job-shop scheduling pro... Read More about Teams of autonomous agents for job-shop scheduling problems: An experimental study.

Voltammetric behavior of Chlorophyll a at a screen-printed carbon electrode and its potential role as a biomarker for monitoring fecal contamination (2004)
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Hart, J. P., Pemberton, R., & Amine, A. (2004). Voltammetric behavior of Chlorophyll a at a screen-printed carbon electrode and its potential role as a biomarker for monitoring fecal contamination. Analytical Letters, 37(8), 1625-1643. https://doi.org/10.1081/AL-120037592

Direct cyclic voltammetric determination of Chlorophyll a (Chl a) at a screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) resulted in a single, irreversible anodic oxidation peak at Ep = +400 mV vs. Ag/AgCl. Electrochemical investigations revealed that Chl a was... Read More about Voltammetric behavior of Chlorophyll a at a screen-printed carbon electrode and its potential role as a biomarker for monitoring fecal contamination.

A screen-printed, amperometric, biosensor array for the detection of organophosphate pesticides based on inhibition of wild type, and mutant acetylcholinesterases, from Drosophila melanogaster (2004)
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Hart, J. P., Crew, A. P., Hart, J. P., Wedge, R., Marty, J. L., & Fournier, D. (2004). A screen-printed, amperometric, biosensor array for the detection of organophosphate pesticides based on inhibition of wild type, and mutant acetylcholinesterases, from Drosophila melanogaster. Analytical Letters, 37(8), 1601-1610. https://doi.org/10.1081/AL-120037590

Screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) modified with cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC) have been used as base transducers in the construction of amperometric pesticide biosensors. Six individual biosensors were fabricated by depositing wildtype (WT) ace... Read More about A screen-printed, amperometric, biosensor array for the detection of organophosphate pesticides based on inhibition of wild type, and mutant acetylcholinesterases, from Drosophila melanogaster.

Activation marker expression and apoptotic susceptibility of T-cell clones derived from CD34+, young and SENIEUR donors (2004)
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McLeod, J. D., Pawelec, G., Bárcia, R. N., & Della Valle, N. S. (2004). Activation marker expression and apoptotic susceptibility of T-cell clones derived from CD34+, young and SENIEUR donors. Experimental Gerontology, 39(4), 531-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2003.11.015

T-cell clones (TCC) derived from human peripheral blood lymphocytes of a young control, a healthy elderly (SENIEUR) donor, or from CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells were utilised in this study to examine how in vivo and in vitro ageing affects T-c... Read More about Activation marker expression and apoptotic susceptibility of T-cell clones derived from CD34+, young and SENIEUR donors.

Using genetic programming for feature creation with a genetic algorithm feature selector (2004)
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Smith, M. G., & Bull, L. (2004). Using genetic programming for feature creation with a genetic algorithm feature selector. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 3242, 1163-1171. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30217-9_117

The use of machine learning techniques to automatically analyse data for information is becoming increasingly widespread. In this paper we primarily examine the use of Genetic Programming and a Genetic Algorithm to preprocess data before it is classi... Read More about Using genetic programming for feature creation with a genetic algorithm feature selector.

Sequential and continuum bifurcations in degenerate elliptic equations (2004)
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Beardmore, R. E., & Laister, R. (2004). Sequential and continuum bifurcations in degenerate elliptic equations. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 132(01), 165-174. https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-03-06979-X

We examine the bifurcations to positive and sign-changing solutions of degenerate elliptic equations. In the problems we study, which do not represent Fredholm operators, we show that there is a critical parameter value at which an infinity of bifurc... Read More about Sequential and continuum bifurcations in degenerate elliptic equations.

'The very pests of society': The Irish and 150 years of public health in England (2004)
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Scally, G. (2004). 'The very pests of society': The Irish and 150 years of public health in England. Clinical Medicine, 4(1), 77-81. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.4-1-77

In the context of efforts to reduce health inequalities, the health status of the Irish in England should be a major subject for concern. As England's longest standing and most numerous ethnic minority, the Irish have at times been regarded as a publ... Read More about 'The very pests of society': The Irish and 150 years of public health in England.

Violations of expected utility theory in route-choice stated preferences: Certainty effect and inflation of small probabilities (2004)
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Prashker, J. N., & Avineri, E. (2004). Violations of expected utility theory in route-choice stated preferences: Certainty effect and inflation of small probabilities. Transportation Research Record, 1894(1894), 222-229. https://doi.org/10.3141/1894-23

Common travel-choice models are based on the maximum utility assumption. However, the use of expected utility theory in descriptive models of individual choice has been criticized by behavioral scientists and recently also by transportation researche... Read More about Violations of expected utility theory in route-choice stated preferences: Certainty effect and inflation of small probabilities.

Temporary work agencies: Here today, gone tomorrow? (2004)
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Purcell, J., Purcell, K., & Tailby, S. (2004). Temporary work agencies: Here today, gone tomorrow?. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 42(4), 705-725. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2004.00337.x

The complexities of the triangular relationship between employer, worker and agency are explored in two sectors to establish the extent to which the use of agency workers constitutes strategic and rational decisions on the part of employers. Evidence... Read More about Temporary work agencies: Here today, gone tomorrow?.