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Biomarker clustering of colorectal cancer data to complement clinical classification
Conference Proceeding

In this paper, we describe a dataset relating to cellular and physical conditions of patients who are operated upon to remove colorectal tumours. This data provides a unique insight into immunological status at the point of tumour removal, tumour... Read More about Biomarker clustering of colorectal cancer data to complement clinical classification.

Unconditional quantile regressions, earnings disparity and gender discrimination in post-transformation of urban China
Conference Proceeding

Market-oriented economic reform has gone through several key stages to bring substantial changes to current Chinese economy. It has accelerated after 1992, and meets the pattern transformation of economic development in 2002. During this dramatic and... Read More about Unconditional quantile regressions, earnings disparity and gender discrimination in post-transformation of urban China.

Modelling the effects of user learning on forced innovation diffusion
Conference Proceeding

Technology adoption theories assume that users’ acceptance of an innovative technology is on a voluntary basis. However, sometimes users are force to accept an innovation. In this case users have to learn what it is useful for and how to use it. This... Read More about Modelling the effects of user learning on forced innovation diffusion.

Focused ion beam milling of brass for microinjection mould fabrication
Conference Proceeding

In this paper focused ion beam (FIB) milling (sputtering) is demonstrated for the fabrication of brass microinjection moulding inserts which have been previously conventionally milled. It is found that FIB milling of the α phase of the material resul... Read More about Focused ion beam milling of brass for microinjection mould fabrication.

The application of a data mining framework to energy usage profiling in domestic residences using UK data
Conference Proceeding

Changes in the UK electricity market mean that domestic users will be required to modify their usage behaviour in order that supplies can be maintained. Clustering allows usage proles collected at the household level to be clustered into groups and... Read More about The application of a data mining framework to energy usage profiling in domestic residences using UK data.

Examining the classification accuracy of TSVMs with feature selection in comparison with the GLAD algorithm
Conference Proceeding

Gene expression data sets are used to classify and predict patient diagnostic categories. As we know, it is extremely difficult and expensive to obtain gene expression labelled examples. Moreover, conventional supervised approaches cannot function pr... Read More about Examining the classification accuracy of TSVMs with feature selection in comparison with the GLAD algorithm.

Deception and self-awareness
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a study conducted for the Shades of Grey EPSRC research project (EP/H02302X/1), which aims to develop a suite of interventions for identifying terrorist activities. The study investigated the body movements demonstrated by partici... Read More about Deception and self-awareness.

Investigating the detection of adverse drug events in a UK general practice electronic health-care database
Conference Proceeding

Data-mining techniques have frequently been developed for Spontaneous reporting databases. These techniques aim to find adverse drug events accurately and efficiently. Spontaneous reporting databases are prone to missing information,under reporting... Read More about Investigating the detection of adverse drug events in a UK general practice electronic health-care database.

Comparing decision support tools for cargo screening processes
Conference Proceeding

When planning to change operations at ports there are two key stake holders with very different interests involved in the decision making processes. Port operators are attentive to their standards, a smooth service flow and economic viability while b... Read More about Comparing decision support tools for cargo screening processes.

A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK
Conference Proceeding

This paper reviews major studies in three traditional lines of research in residential energy consumption in the UK, i.e. economic/infrastructure, behaviour, and load profiling. Based on the review the paper proposes a three-dimensional model for arc... Read More about A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK.

Repository management: an emerging profession in the information sector
Conference Proceeding

The first half of the 21st century has seen huge growth in the open access movement with the potential to change the nature of scholarly communication. Higher education institutions in the United Kingdom have established institutional repositories to... Read More about Repository management: an emerging profession in the information sector.

Ohne Bibel geht es nicht: vom Lesen, Lieben und Leben der Bibel (Why the Bible is necessary)
Conference Proceeding

Three papers given in German for a wider audience in the summer of 2010. The first lecture describes why people expect to hear God's voice when they read the Bible; the second deals with Pope Benedict's XVI book on »Jesus of Nazareth«; and the third... Read More about Ohne Bibel geht es nicht: vom Lesen, Lieben und Leben der Bibel (Why the Bible is necessary).

Draw a line on your PDA to authenticate
Conference Proceeding

The trend toward a highly mobile workforce and the ubiquity of graphical interfaces (such as the stylus and touch-screen) has enabled the emergence of graphical authentications in Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) [1]. However, most of the current g... Read More about Draw a line on your PDA to authenticate.

Respectable white ladies, wayward girls, and telephone thieves in Miami’s “Case of the Clinking Brassieres”
Conference Proceeding

This essay uses the 1950 “case of the clinking brassieres” to explore female theft in Miami at mid-century and the ways in which gender, race, class, respectability, and youth offered protections and shaped treatment within Florida’s criminal justice... Read More about Respectable white ladies, wayward girls, and telephone thieves in Miami’s “Case of the Clinking Brassieres”.

Scenario analysis, decision trees and simulation for cargo screening
Conference Proceeding

Positive obligations and administrative law
Conference Proceeding

Mapping the uncharted territory of folk drama
Conference Proceeding

Students of mumming and guising plays – the seasonal verse dramas performed for over 200 years throughout much of England, Scotland, and northern Ireland – have suffered from having too much information to work with. The first part of this poster... Read More about Mapping the uncharted territory of folk drama.

The transnationalisation of the state: a neo-Gramscian perspective
Conference Proceeding

From the centre to the margins: German-speaking scholarship on Matthew’s Gospel as a case study for Matthean scholarship as a whole
Conference Proceeding

Matthean scholarship was once a booming discipline and one of the centres of New Testament research; it’s probably not just biased prejudice when a German claims that the initial thrust behind the heyday of Matthean scholarship in the early second ha... Read More about From the centre to the margins: German-speaking scholarship on Matthew’s Gospel as a case study for Matthean scholarship as a whole.

PCA 4 DCA: the application of principal component analysis to the Dendritic Cell Algorithm
Conference Proceeding

As one of the newest members in the field of articial immune systems (AIS), the Dendritic Cell Algorithm (DCA) is based on behavioural models of natural dendritic cells (DCs). Unlike other AIS, the DCA does not rely on training data, instead domain... Read More about PCA 4 DCA: the application of principal component analysis to the Dendritic Cell Algorithm.