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Radiative transfer through the intergalactic medium (2004)
Journal Article
Bolton, J., Meiksin, A., & White, M. (2004). Radiative transfer through the intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 348(3), L43-L48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07567.x

We use a probabilistic method to compute the propagation of an ionization front corresponding to the reionization of the intergalactic medium in a Λ-cold dark matter (ΛCDM) cosmology, including both hydrogen and helium. The effects of radiative trans... Read More about Radiative transfer through the intergalactic medium.

Does the abundance of hoverfly mimics (Syrphidae) depend on the numbers of their hymenopteran models ? (2004)
Journal Article
Howarth, B., Edmunds, M., & Gilbert, F. (2004). Does the abundance of hoverfly mimics (Syrphidae) depend on the numbers of their hymenopteran models ?. Evolution, 58(2), 367-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01652.x

We tested the prediction that, if hoverflies are Batesian mimics, this may extend to behavioral mimicry such that their numerical abundance at each hour of the day (the daily activity pattern) is related to the numbers of their hymenopteran models. A... Read More about Does the abundance of hoverfly mimics (Syrphidae) depend on the numbers of their hymenopteran models ?.

The Ubiquitin Ligase SCF Fbw7 Antagonizes Apoptotic JNK Signaling (2004)
Journal Article
Nateri, A. S., Riera-Sans, L., Da Costa, C., & Behrens, A. (2004). The Ubiquitin Ligase SCF Fbw7 Antagonizes Apoptotic JNK Signaling. Science, 303(5662), 1374-1378. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1092880

Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) are essential for neuronal microtubute assembly and apoptosis. Phosphorylation of the activating protein 1 (AP1) transcription factor c-Jun, at multiple sites within its transactivation domain, is required for JNK-induce... Read More about The Ubiquitin Ligase SCF Fbw7 Antagonizes Apoptotic JNK Signaling.

Galanin-Like Peptide Stimulates the Release of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Vitro and May Mediate the Effects of Leptin on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis (2004)
Journal Article
Seth, A., Stanley, S., Jethwa, P., Gardiner, J., Ghatei, M., & Bloom, S. (2004). Galanin-Like Peptide Stimulates the Release of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Vitro and May Mediate the Effects of Leptin on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis. Endocrinology, 145(2), 743-750. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2003-0873

Leptin regulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in relation to nutritional status. The mechanism through which leptin mediates its effects on neuroendocrine reproductive circuits remains unclear. Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is a recently iden... Read More about Galanin-Like Peptide Stimulates the Release of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Vitro and May Mediate the Effects of Leptin on the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis.

An assessment of the bioaccumulation of estrone in Daphnia magna (2004)
Journal Article
Gomes, R. L., Deacon, H. E., Lai, K. M., Birkett, J. W., Scrimshaw, M. D., & Lester, J. N. (2004). An assessment of the bioaccumulation of estrone in Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(1), 105-108. https://doi.org/10.1897/02-613

The bioaccumulation of estrone by Daphnia magna was determined. Direct uptake via the aqueous medium occurred within the first 16 h. A bioconcentration factor of 228 was established over all temporal periods. Ingestion via Chlorella vulgaris gave a p... Read More about An assessment of the bioaccumulation of estrone in Daphnia magna.

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.

Efficient delivery of Cre-recombinase to neurons in vivo and stable transduction of neurons using adeno-associated and lentiviral vectors (2004)
Journal Article
Ahmed, B., Chakravarthy, S., Eggers, R., Hermens, W., Zhang, J., Niclou, S., …Verhaagen, J. (2004). Efficient delivery of Cre-recombinase to neurons in vivo and stable transduction of neurons using adeno-associated and lentiviral vectors. BMC Neuroscience, 5(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-5-4

BACKGROUND: Inactivating genes in vivo is an important technique for establishing their function in the adult nervous system. Unfortunately, conventional knockout mice may suffer from several limitations including embryonic or perinatal lethality and... Read More about Efficient delivery of Cre-recombinase to neurons in vivo and stable transduction of neurons using adeno-associated and lentiviral vectors.

'Artificial Immune Systems: A new Decision Making Paradigm for Operational Research' (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aickelin, U. (2004). 'Artificial Immune Systems: A new Decision Making Paradigm for Operational Research'.

Over the last few years, more and more heuristic decision making techniques have been inspired by nature, e.g. evolutionary algorithms, ant colony optimisation and simulated annealing. More recently, a novel computational intelligence technique inspi... Read More about 'Artificial Immune Systems: A new Decision Making Paradigm for Operational Research'.

'Investigating Artificial Immune Systems For Job Shop Rescheduling In Changing Environments' (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aickelin, U., Burke, E., & Mohamed Din, A. (2004). 'Investigating Artificial Immune Systems For Job Shop Rescheduling In Changing Environments'.

ABSTRACT

Artificial immune system can be used to generate schedules in changing environments and it has been proven to be more robust than schedules developed using a genetic algorithm. Good schedules can be produced especially when the number of... Read More about 'Investigating Artificial Immune Systems For Job Shop Rescheduling In Changing Environments'.

'On Affinity Measures for Artificial Immune System Movie Recommenders' (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aickelin, U., & Chen, Q. 'On Affinity Measures for Artificial Immune System Movie Recommenders'. Presented at RASC-2004, The 5th International Conference on: Recent Advances in Soft Computing

Abstract. We combine Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) technology with Collaborative Filtering (CF) and use it to build a movie recommendation system. We already know that Artificial Immune Systems work well as movie recommenders from previous work by... Read More about 'On Affinity Measures for Artificial Immune System Movie Recommenders'.

An Indirect Genetic Algorithm for a Nurse Scheduling Problem (2004)
Journal Article
Aickelin, U., & Dowsland, K. (2004). An Indirect Genetic Algorithm for a Nurse Scheduling Problem. Computers and Operations Research, 31(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-0548%2803%2900034-0

This paper describes a Genetic Algorithms approach to a manpower-scheduling problem arising at a major UK hospital. Although Genetic Algorithms have been successfully used for similar problems in the past, they always had to overcome the limitations... Read More about An Indirect Genetic Algorithm for a Nurse Scheduling Problem.

'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.