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Self-Organizing maps for the automatic interpretation of crowd dynamics (2008)
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Monekosso, N., Zhan, B., Remagnino, P., Monekosso, D., & Velastin, S. (2008). Self-Organizing maps for the automatic interpretation of crowd dynamics. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5358 LNCS(PART 1), 440-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89639-5_42

This paper introduces the use of self-organizing maps for the visualization of crowd dynamics and to learn models of the dominant motions of crowds in complex scenes. The self-organizing map (SOM) model is a well known dimensionality reduction method... Read More about Self-Organizing maps for the automatic interpretation of crowd dynamics.

A comparison of cultivation techniques for successful tree establishment on compacted soil (2008)
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Sinnett, D., Poole, J., & Hutchings, T. R. (2008). A comparison of cultivation techniques for successful tree establishment on compacted soil. Forestry, 81(5), 663-679. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpn039

Soil compaction is often responsible for the poor establishment of trees on restored brownfield sites. This paper examines the root development, survival and growth of Alnus cordata, Larix kaempferi, Pinus nigra and Betula pendula after cultivation w... Read More about A comparison of cultivation techniques for successful tree establishment on compacted soil.

Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns (2008)
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Mullen, R. J., Monekosso, D., Barman, S., Remagnino, P., & Wilkin, P. (2008). Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5217 LNCS, 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87527-7_24

This paper presents preliminary results on an investigation into using artificial swarms to extract and quantify features in digital images. An ant algorithm has been developed to automatically extract the outlines and primary venation patterns from... Read More about Artificial ants to extract leaf outlines and primary venation patterns.

Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life (2008)
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Danford, A., Richardson, M., Stewart, P., Tailby, S., & Upchurch, M. (2008). Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life. New Technology, Work and Employment, 23(3 SPEC. ISS.), 151-166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2008.00210.x

The paper measures the effects of workplace partnership and selected high performance work practices on four different dimensions of employee experience. Whilst the partnership-high performance work systems nexus seems to have little impact on employ... Read More about Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life.

Semantic matching for the medical domain (2008)
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Shamdasani, J., Bloodsworth, P., & McClatchey, R. (2008). Semantic matching for the medical domain. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5071 LNCS, 198-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70504-8_21

This paper proposes some modifications to the SMatch algorithm that enables the semantic matching of medical terminologies using the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) as a source of background knowledge. Semantic Matching is the process of disco... Read More about Semantic matching for the medical domain.

Human agency and social suffering (2008)
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Frost, L., & Hoggett, P. (2008). Human agency and social suffering. Critical Social Policy, 28(4), 438-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018308095279

In this paper the authors are primarily exploring the notion of social suffering within a psychosocial paradigm. A brief outline of Bourdieu's concept of social suffering, and a similarly concise explication of the psychosocial subject as contemporar... Read More about Human agency and social suffering.

From students to professionals: Results of a longitudinal study of attitudes to pre-qualifying collaborative learning and working in health and social care in the United Kingdom (2008)
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Miers, M. E., & Pollard, K. (2008). From students to professionals: Results of a longitudinal study of attitudes to pre-qualifying collaborative learning and working in health and social care in the United Kingdom. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 22(4), 399-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820802190483

During a longitudinal evaluation of a pre-qualifying interprofessional curriculum, health and social care students completed questionnaires concerning communication and teamwork skills and interprofessional learning and working. Data were collected o... Read More about From students to professionals: Results of a longitudinal study of attitudes to pre-qualifying collaborative learning and working in health and social care in the United Kingdom.

Semantic visualization of patient information (2008)
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Zillner, S., Hauer, T., Rogulin, D., Tsymbal, A., Huber, M., & Solomonides, T. (2008). Semantic visualization of patient information. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMS.2008.11

Clinical practice and research rely increasingly on analytic approaches to patient data. Visualization enables the comparative exploration of similar patients, a key requirement in certain clinical decision support systems. Patient data is complex an... Read More about Semantic visualization of patient information.

From rhetorics to practice in monetary policy: A Romanian perspective (2008)
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Gabor, D. (2008). From rhetorics to practice in monetary policy: A Romanian perspective. Comparative Economic Studies, 50(3), 511-534. https://doi.org/10.1057/ces.2008.24

In August 2005, the National Bank of Romania changed its monetary policy framework in an attempt to sharpen its influence on monetary conditions in the economy. It replaced the strategy of targeting monetary aggregates used since 1990 with inflation... Read More about From rhetorics to practice in monetary policy: A Romanian perspective.

Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae (2008)
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Amey, R., Schleicher, T., Slinn, J., Lewis, M., Macdonald, H., Neill, S., & Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2008). Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 122(1), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-008-9313-2

A proteomic approach was used to identify host proteins altering in abundance during Peronospora viciae infection of a susceptible cultivar of pea (Pisum sativum cv. Livioletta). Proteins were extracted from fully developed pea leaflets at 4 days pos... Read More about Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae.

Detecting activities for assisted living (2008)
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Monekosso, D., & Remagnino, P. (2008). Detecting activities for assisted living. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 11, 228-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85379-4_28

The objective is to detect activities taking place in a home for the purpose of creating models of behavior for the occupant. An array of sensors captures the status of appliances used in the home. Models for the occupant’s activities are built from... Read More about Detecting activities for assisted living.

The demand for military expenditure in developing countries: Hostility versus capability (2008)
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Smith, R. P., Dunne, J. P., & Perlo-Freeman, S. (2008). The demand for military expenditure in developing countries: Hostility versus capability. Defence and Peace Economics, 19(4), 293-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/10242690802166566

This paper considers the interpretation of the empirical results of the developing literature on the demand for military spending that specifies a general model with arms race and spill-over effects and estimates it on cross-section and panel data. I... Read More about The demand for military expenditure in developing countries: Hostility versus capability.

Specifying colour and maintaining colour accuracy for 3D printing (2008)
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Parraman, C., Walters, P., Huson, D., & Reid, B. (2008). Specifying colour and maintaining colour accuracy for 3D printing. Proceedings of SPIE, 6805, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766540

Advances in rapid prototyping technologies have led to the emergence of three-dimensional printers which can fabricate physical artefacts, including the application of surface colours. In light of these developments, this paper asserts that the need... Read More about Specifying colour and maintaining colour accuracy for 3D printing.

Colour in flux: Describing and printing colour in art (2008)
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Parraman, C. (2008). Colour in flux: Describing and printing colour in art. Proceedings of SPIE, 6807, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766612

This presentation will describe artists, practitioners and scientists, who were interested in developing a deeper psychological, emotional and practical understanding of the human visual system who were working with wavelength, paint and other materi... Read More about Colour in flux: Describing and printing colour in art.

An on-line interactive self-adaptive image classification framework (2008)
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Sannen, D., Nuttin, M., Smith, J., Tahir, M. A., Caleb-Solly, P., Lughofer, E., & Eitzinger, C. (2008). An on-line interactive self-adaptive image classification framework. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5008 LNCS, 171-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79547-6_17

In this paper we present a novel image classification framework, which is able to automatically re-configure and adapt its feature-driven classifiers and improve its performance based on user interaction during on-line processing mode. Special emphas... Read More about An on-line interactive self-adaptive image classification framework.

Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward (2008)
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Jarvis, R. (2008). Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward. European Romantic Review, 19(2), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509580802030441

Wordsworth's Stepping Westward, one of the Poems Written During a Tour in Scotland included in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807), has received little critical attention compared with its companion tour poem, The Solitary Reaper. This essay offers a fresh... Read More about Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward.

Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm (2008)
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Hess, J., Greenman, J., & Duffield, J. (2008). Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm. Journal of Breath Research, 2(1), 017003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/1/017003

A new model about the genesis of malodour emanating from the tongue is introduced. A new approach uses mathematical formulae to combine existing empirical knowledge and bring it into context. The resulting description of halitosis includes the three-... Read More about Modelling oral malodour from a tongue biofilm.

Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index (2008)
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Saad, S., & Greenman, J. (2008). Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index. Journal of Breath Research, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/2/1/017008

Two methods have been employed to measure the amount of tongue biofilm in humans: (1) areal density of microbes (cfu cm-2) (tongue scrape from a known/measured area), or (2) a tongue-coating index, where a human judge assesses the amount of 'coating'... Read More about Tongue biofilm areal density and tongue coating index.

Environmental and resource degradation associated with small-scale enterprise clusters in the red river delta of Northern Vietnam (2008)
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Konstadakopulos, D. (2008). Environmental and resource degradation associated with small-scale enterprise clusters in the red river delta of Northern Vietnam. Geographical Research, 46(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00491.x

The paper reports on an empirical study of the environmental and resource degradation observed in small-scale handicraft clusters in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Most entrepreneurs in these clusters face important challenges, including de... Read More about Environmental and resource degradation associated with small-scale enterprise clusters in the red river delta of Northern Vietnam.

Nitric oxide evolution and perception (2008)
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Harrison, J., Neill, S., Bright, J., Desikan, R., Hancock, J. T., & Wilson, I. D. (2008). Nitric oxide evolution and perception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm218

Various experimental data indicate signalling roles for nitric oxide (NO) in processes such as xylogenesis, programmed cell death, pathogen defence, flowering, stomatal closure, and gravitropism. However, it still remains unclear how NO is synthesize... Read More about Nitric oxide evolution and perception.