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'Immune System Approaches to Intrusion Detection - A Review' (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aickelin, U., Greensmith, J., & Twycross, J. (2004). 'Immune System Approaches to Intrusion Detection - A Review'.

Abstract. The use of artificial immune systems in intrusion detection is
an appealing concept for two reasons. Firstly, the human immune system
provides the human body with a high level of protection from invading
pathogens, in a robust, s... Read More about 'Immune System Approaches to Intrusion Detection - A Review'.

'Bayesian Optimisation for Nurse Scheduling' (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aickelin, U., & Li, J. 'Bayesian Optimisation for Nurse Scheduling'. Presented at Combinatorial Optimization Conference (CO2004)

A Bayesian optimisation algorithm for a nurse scheduling problem is presented, which involves choosing a suitable scheduling rule from a set for each nurse's assignment. When a human scheduler works, he normally builds a schedule systematically foll... Read More about 'Bayesian Optimisation for Nurse Scheduling'.

Building Better Nurse Scheduling Algorithms (2004)
Journal Article
Aickelin, U., & White, P. (2004). Building Better Nurse Scheduling Algorithms. Annals of Operations Research, 128, https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AANOR.0000019103.31340.a6

The aim of this research is twofold: Firstly, to model and solve a complex nurse scheduling problem with an integer programming formulation and evolutionary algorithms. Secondly, to detail a novel statistical method of comparing and hence building be... Read More about Building Better Nurse Scheduling Algorithms.

Poor encoding of position by contrast-defined motion (2004)
Journal Article
Allen, H. A., Ledgeway, T., & Hess, R. F. (2004). Poor encoding of position by contrast-defined motion. Vision Research, 44(17), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2004.03.025

Second-order (contrast-defined) motion stimuli lead to poor performance on a number of tasks, including discriminating form from motion and visual search. To investigate this deficiency, we tested the ability of human observers to monitor multiple re... Read More about Poor encoding of position by contrast-defined motion.

Combinatorialism revisited (2004)
Book Chapter
Armstrong, D. (2004). Combinatorialism revisited. In J.-M. Monnoyer (Ed.), La Structure du Mond: objets, propriétés, états et choses: renouveau de la métaphysique dans l'école australienne. Vrin

The object of this paper is to argue once again for the combinatorial account of possibility defended in earlier work (Armstrong, 1989, 1997). But there I failed fully to realise the dialectical advantages that accrue once one begins by assuming the... Read More about Combinatorialism revisited.

Page Composition using PPML as a Link-editing Script (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bagley, S. R., & Brailsford, D. F. (2004). Page Composition using PPML as a Link-editing Script. In J. Vion-Dury (Ed.),

The advantages of a COG (Component Object Graphic) approach to the composition of PDF pages have been set out in a previous paper [1]. However, if pages are to be composed in this way then the individual graphic objects must have known bounding boxe... Read More about Page Composition using PPML as a Link-editing Script.

Nitric oxide synthase and NAD(P)H oxidase modulate coronary endothelial cell growth (2004)
Journal Article
Bayraktutan, U. (2004). Nitric oxide synthase and NAD(P)H oxidase modulate coronary endothelial cell growth. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 36,

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) including nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anion (O2-) are associated with cell migration, proliferation and many growth-related diseases. The objective of this study was to determine whether there was a reciprocal relat... Read More about Nitric oxide synthase and NAD(P)H oxidase modulate coronary endothelial cell growth.

High glucose mediates prooxidant and antioxidant enzyme activities in coronary endothelial cells (2004)
Journal Article
Bayraktutan, U., Weidig, P., McMaster, D., & Ulker, S. (2004). High glucose mediates prooxidant and antioxidant enzyme activities in coronary endothelial cells

Objective: Excess levels of free radicals such as nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anion (O2-)are associated with the pathogenesis of endothelial cell dysfunction in diabetes mellitus. This study was designed to investigate the underlying causes of o... Read More about High glucose mediates prooxidant and antioxidant enzyme activities in coronary endothelial cells.

Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt (2004)
Journal Article
Behnke, J. M., Harris, P. D., Bajer, A., Barnard, C. J., Sherif, N. E., Cliffe, L., …Zalat, S. (2004). Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Parasitology, 129(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200400558X

We compared helminth communities in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from 4 wadis in the arid montane region of the southern Sinai in Egypt, in a 4-week period in late summer. Total helminth species richness was 14 (8 nematodes, 5 cestodes and 1 acanth... Read More about Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Analysing similarity in exam timetabling (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burke, E., Eckersley, A., McCollum, B., Petrovic, S., & Qu, R. (2004). Analysing similarity in exam timetabling.

In this paper we carry out an investigation of some of the major features of exam timetabling problems with a view to developing a similarity measure. This similarity measure will be used within a case-based reasoning (CBR) system to match a new prob... Read More about Analysing similarity in exam timetabling.

'Movie Recommendation Systems Using An Artificial Immune System' (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Q., & Aickelin, U. 'Movie Recommendation Systems Using An Artificial Immune System'. Presented at 6th International Conference in Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture

We apply the Artificial Immune System (AIS)technology to the collaborative Filtering (CF)technology when we build the movie recommendation system. Two different affinity measure algorithms of AIS, Kendall tau and Weighted Kappa, are used to calculate... Read More about 'Movie Recommendation Systems Using An Artificial Immune System'.

GesRec3D: a real-time coded gesture-to-speech system with automatic segmentation and recognition thresholding using dissimilarity measures (2004)
Book Chapter
Craven, M. P., & Curtis, K. M. (2004). GesRec3D: a real-time coded gesture-to-speech system with automatic segmentation and recognition thresholding using dissimilarity measures. In A. Camurri, & G. Volpe (Eds.), Gesture-based communication in human-computer interaction: 5th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2003: Genova, Italy, April 2003: selected revised papers. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24598-8_21

A complete microcomputer system is described, GesRec3D, which facilitates the data acquisition, segmentation, learning, and recognition of 3-Dimensional arm gestures, with application as a Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) aid for peop... Read More about GesRec3D: a real-time coded gesture-to-speech system with automatic segmentation and recognition thresholding using dissimilarity measures.

The Use of Proof Planning Critics to Diagnose Errors in the Base Cases of Recursive Programs (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dennis, L. A. (2004). The Use of Proof Planning Critics to Diagnose Errors in the Base Cases of Recursive Programs. In W. Ahrendt, P. Baumgartner, & H. de Nivelle (Eds.),

This paper reports the use of proof planning to diagnose errors in program code. In particular it looks at the errors that arise in the base cases of recursive programs produced by undergraduates. It describes two classes of error that arise in thi... Read More about The Use of Proof Planning Critics to Diagnose Errors in the Base Cases of Recursive Programs.

Databases "sui generis" right: should we adopt the spin-off theory? (2004)
Journal Article
Derclaye, E. (2004). Databases "sui generis" right: should we adopt the spin-off theory?. European Intellectual Property Review, 26(9),

Eight years have passed since the Database Directive was enacted. A relatively abundant body of case law has now emerged but courts remain divided or uncertain over a number of issues. One of them is the most important question of the protection re... Read More about Databases "sui generis" right: should we adopt the spin-off theory?.

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.