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Structural characterisation of carbon nanotubes in the presence of a Ni catalyst (2004)
Book Chapter
Edwards, H., Fay, M. W., Bououdina, M., Gregory, D., Walker, G., & Brown, P. D. (2004). Structural characterisation of carbon nanotubes in the presence of a Ni catalyst. In S. McVitie, & D. McComb (Eds.), Electron Microscopy and Analysis 2003: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003. Institute of Physics Publishing

Multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) grown by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of an ethene / hydrogen gas mixture on alumina supported and unsupported nickel catalysts for 10, 20 and 120 minutes at 600oC and 700oC are compared. Nano-scale nickel part... Read More about Structural characterisation of carbon nanotubes in the presence of a Ni catalyst.

TEM assessment of As-doped GaN epitaxial layers grown on sapphire (2004)
Book Chapter
Fay, M. W., Harrison, I., Larkins, E. C., Novikov, S. V., Foxon, C., & Brown, P. D. (2004). TEM assessment of As-doped GaN epitaxial layers grown on sapphire. In S. McVitie, & D. McComb (Eds.), Electron Microscopy and Analysis 2003: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003 (23-26). Institute of Physics Publishing

TEM investigations of As-doped GaN layers grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on sapphire substrates reveal the presence of extensive regions of cubic stacking disorder within the hexagonal GaN matrix. Electron energy loss spectroscopy su... Read More about TEM assessment of As-doped GaN epitaxial layers grown on sapphire.

Textkritische Überlegungen zur späten Lyrik Ingeborg Bachmanns (2004)
Book Chapter
Göttsche, D. (2004). Textkritische Überlegungen zur späten Lyrik Ingeborg Bachmanns. In D. Göttsche, & M. Albrecht (Eds.), "Über die Zeit schreiben". Teil 3. Literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Essays zum Werk Ingeborg Bachmanns. Königshausen & Neumann

Characterisation of dispersions within annealed HVOLF thermally sprayed AlSnCu coatings (2004)
Book Chapter
Kong, C.-J., Moldovan, G., Fay, M. W., McCartney, D. G., & Brown, P. D. (2004). Characterisation of dispersions within annealed HVOLF thermally sprayed AlSnCu coatings. In S. McVitie, & D. McComb (Eds.), Electron Microscopy and Analysis 2003: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003. Institute of Physics Publishing

High velocity oxy-liquid fuel (HVOLF) AlSnCu coatings are characterised following annealing for up to 5 hours at 300°C. A combination of statistical analysis of BSE images and TEM observations demonstrate the decrease in the number of sub-micron and... Read More about Characterisation of dispersions within annealed HVOLF thermally sprayed AlSnCu coatings.

The application of tripod polishing and focused ion beam milling to the TEM specimen preparation of HVOF thermally sprayed coatings (2004)
Book Chapter
Kong, G., McCartney, D. G., & Brown, P. D. (2004). The application of tripod polishing and focused ion beam milling to the TEM specimen preparation of HVOF thermally sprayed coatings. In S. McVitie, & D. McComb (Eds.), Electron microscopy and analysis 2003: proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003. Institute of Physics Publishing

The microstructure of high velocity oxy fuel thermally sprayed coatings is highly anisotropic and inhomogeneous. Tripod polishing has enabled the preparation of samples with up to 0.5mm diameter electron transparent areas, where a statistically signi... Read More about The application of tripod polishing and focused ion beam milling to the TEM specimen preparation of HVOF thermally sprayed coatings.

Scanning electron microscopy of biomaterials (2004)
Book Chapter
McKinlay, K., Scotchford, C., Grant, D., Oliver, J., King, J. R., & Brown, P. D. (2004). Scanning electron microscopy of biomaterials. In S. McVitie, & D. McComb (Eds.), Electron Microscopy and Analysis 2003: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003. Institute of Physics Publishing

A comparison of conventional high vacuum scanning electron microscopy (HVSEM), environmental SEM (ESEM) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) in the assessment of cell-material interactions is made. The processing of cells cultured for conven... Read More about Scanning electron microscopy of biomaterials.

Correlation of electrical and structural properties of Au contacts to KOH treated n-GaN (2004)
Book Chapter
Moldovan, G., Harrison, I., Roe, M., & Brown, P. D. (2004). Correlation of electrical and structural properties of Au contacts to KOH treated n-GaN. In S. McVitie, & D. McComb (Eds.), Electron microscopy and analysis 2003: proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003. Institute of Physics Publishing

A correlated current-voltage (I-V), electron beam induced conductivity (EBIC) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) study of Au contacts to KOH treated n-type GaN is presented. A strong degradation of I-V characteristics occurs following the KO... Read More about Correlation of electrical and structural properties of Au contacts to KOH treated n-GaN.

Self-archiving publications (2004)
Book Chapter
Pinfield, S. (2004). Self-archiving publications. In G. Gorman, & F. Rowland (Eds.), International Yearbook of Library and Information Management 2004/2005: Scholarly Publishing in an Electronic Era. Facet Publishing

This chapter discusses the historical development, current practice and future prospects of the self-archiving of research papers in open-access repositories (so-called 'e-print archives'). It describes how the development of interoperable e-print re... Read More about Self-archiving publications.

Lasting lessons about intentional communitites (2004)
Book Chapter
Sargisson, L., & Sargent, L. T. (2004). Lasting lessons about intentional communitites. In Living in utopia: New Zealand's intentional communitites. Ashagte

This chapter considers lasting lessons about intentional communities drawn from a survey of over 60 utopian communities in New Zealand.

Public Management and Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia (2004)
Book Chapter
Common, R. (2004). Public Management and Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia. In M. Evans (Ed.), Policy Transfer in Global Perspective. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315246574

This chapter challenges the notion that New Public Management (NPM) is being globalized. The impact of NPM was analysed in relation to three governments in South-East Asia - Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. The multi-level approach to the study of... Read More about Public Management and Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia.

Malaysia: A case of 'business as usual'? (2003)
Book Chapter
Common, R. (2003). Malaysia: A case of 'business as usual'?. In A. Cheung, & I. Scott (Eds.), Governance and Public Sector Reform in Asia: Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual?. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203221693

In terms of economic policy, the Asian financial crisis provoked a very individual response from Malaysia. Unlike its near neighbours, Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea, Malaysia refused to countenance the possibility of swallowing the prescription... Read More about Malaysia: A case of 'business as usual'?.

The pathogenesis of disease due to type b Haemophilus influenzae (2003)
Book Chapter
Aubrey, R., & Tang, C. (2003). The pathogenesis of disease due to type b Haemophilus influenzae. In M. A. Herbert, D. W. Hood, & E. R. Moxon (Eds.), Haemophilus influenzae protocols. Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-321-6%3A29

Haemophilus influenzae is a Gram-negative bacterium that was first described by Pfeiffer in 1892 (1). This ubiquitous, human-specific organism was originally thought to be the etiologic agent of “influenza.” However, H. influenzae was not consistentl... Read More about The pathogenesis of disease due to type b Haemophilus influenzae.

Danger theory: the link between AIS and IDS? (2003)
Book Chapter
Aickelin, U., Bentley, P., Cayzer, S., Kim, J., & McLeod, J. (2003). Danger theory: the link between AIS and IDS?. In J. Timmis, P. Bentley, & E. Hart (Eds.), Artificial immune systems: second international conference, ICARIS 2003, Edinburgh, UK, September 1-3, 2003: proceedings. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45192-1_15

We present ideas about creating a next generation Intrusion Detection System (IDS) based on the latest immunological theories. The central challenge with computer security is determining the difference between normal and potentially
harmful activity... Read More about Danger theory: the link between AIS and IDS?.

EBIC study of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts (2003)
Book Chapter
Moldovan, G., Harrison, I., & Brown, P. D. (2003). EBIC study of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts. In A. Cullis, & P. Midgley (Eds.), Microscopy of semiconducting materials 2003 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics conference, Cambridge University, 31 March - 3 April 2003. IOP Publishing Ltd

The performance of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts is strongly dependent on the GaN surface processing prior to contacting. Current-voltage and EBIC line scans demonstrate that KOH treatment acts to degrade the Schottky contacts. EBIC imaging rev... Read More about EBIC study of Au / n-type GaN Schottky contacts.

Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia (2003)
Book Chapter
Pupavac, V. (2003). Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia. In G. Hogan-Brun, & S. Wolff (Eds.), Minority languages in Europe: frameworks, status, prospects. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter discusses language and national aspirations through a case study of language politics in Croatia. Not only is language crucially influenced by national politics, but language politics has played a significant role in national politics in... Read More about Politics and language rights: a case study of language politics in Croatia.

Case-Based Reasoning as a Heuristic Selector in a Hyper-Heuristic for Course Timetabling Problems (2002)
Book Chapter
Petrovic, S., & Qu, R. (2002). Case-Based Reasoning as a Heuristic Selector in a Hyper-Heuristic for Course Timetabling Problems. In Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information Engineering Systems and Allied Technologies. IOS Press

This paper studies Knowledge Discovery (KD) using Tabu Search and Hill Climbing within Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) as a hyper-heuristic method for course timetabling problems. The aim of the hyper-heuristic is to choose the best heuristic(s) for given... Read More about Case-Based Reasoning as a Heuristic Selector in a Hyper-Heuristic for Course Timetabling Problems.