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Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2012). Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio. In 20th Telecommunications forum TELFOR 2012 (623-626). https://doi.org/10.1109/telfor.2012.6419287

Cognitive radio (CR) technology promises to be one possible solution to solve the problem of lack of frequency spectrum, by allowing access of unlicensed users in licensed bands, based on an opportunistic approach and without interfering with the lic... Read More about Comparing historical and current spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio.

Risk estimation of cardiovascular patients using Weka (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Bohacik, J., Davis, D., & Benedikovic, M. (2012). Risk estimation of cardiovascular patients using Weka.

Cardiovascular diseases remain the most prevalent cause of deaths worldwideand their prevention requires major life-style changes using limited health-care resources.Remote decision support for cardiovascular patients seems to allow them to lead a pr... Read More about Risk estimation of cardiovascular patients using Weka.

A comparative study of missing value imputation with multiclass classification for clinical heart failure data (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, Y., Kambhampati, C., Davis, D. N., Goode, K., & Cleland, J. G. F. (2012). A comparative study of missing value imputation with multiclass classification for clinical heart failure data. In Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD), 2012 9th International Conference on (2840-2844). https://doi.org/10.1109/fskd.2012.6233805

Clinical data often contains missing values. Imputation is one of the best known schemes to overcome the drawbacks associated with missing values in data mining tasks. In this work, we compared several imputation methods and analyzed their performanc... Read More about A comparative study of missing value imputation with multiclass classification for clinical heart failure data.

HEXOSYS II - Towards realization of light mass robotics for the hand (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Iqbal, J., Ahmad, O., & Malik, A. (2012). HEXOSYS II - Towards realization of light mass robotics for the hand. In 2011 IEEE 14th International Multitopic Conference (INMIC) (115-119). https://doi.org/10.1109/INMIC.2011.6151454

This research presents a prototype of a direct-driven, optimized and light-mass hand exoskeleton that is designed to fit over the dorsal side of the hand, thus retaining palm free for interaction with real/virtual objects. The link lengths of the pro... Read More about HEXOSYS II - Towards realization of light mass robotics for the hand.

Wittgenstein's 'Picture-Theory' and the Aesthetic Experience of Clear Thoughts (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Wilson, D. (2011). Wittgenstein's 'Picture-Theory' and the Aesthetic Experience of Clear Thoughts. In R. Heinrich, E. Nemeth, W. Pichler, & D. Wagner (Eds.), Image and Imaging in Philosophy, Science and the Arts. Volume 1 (143-161). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110330519.143

In the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Wittgenstein appeals to clarity when he characterises the aim, task and results of philosophy. In this essay I suggest that his ‘picture theory’ of language implies that clarity has aesthetic significance in phil... Read More about Wittgenstein's 'Picture-Theory' and the Aesthetic Experience of Clear Thoughts.

An Integrated Immersive Simulator for the Dismounted Soldier (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Cruz-Neira, C., Neumann, C., Odom, C., Reiners, D., Kathy, K., & Springer, J. (2011). An Integrated Immersive Simulator for the Dismounted Soldier.

Immersive military training simulators have been available for over thirty years; but, most of these training simulators have been targeted at training forces on vehicle operations and missions (e.g., flight simulators). These simulators typically us... Read More about An Integrated Immersive Simulator for the Dismounted Soldier.

A multi-DOF robotic exoskeleton interface for hand motion assistance (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Iqbal, J., Tsagarakis, N. G., & Caldwell, D. G. (2011). A multi-DOF robotic exoskeleton interface for hand motion assistance. In 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2011) (1575-1578). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090458

This paper outlines the design and development of a robotic exoskeleton based rehabilitation system. A portable direct-driven optimized hand exoskeleton system has been proposed. The optimization procedure primarily based on matching the exoskeleton... Read More about A multi-DOF robotic exoskeleton interface for hand motion assistance.

Preliminary study of hazardous materials management: An optimization model in the context of green supply chain management (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Zhao, R., Neighbour, G., & Deutz, P. (2011). Preliminary study of hazardous materials management: An optimization model in the context of green supply chain management. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781397

Although the general framework of supply chain management usually focuses on the production process, as well as the delivery of the product to the market and the consumers, the treatment and disposal of waste materials is usually given little deliber... Read More about Preliminary study of hazardous materials management: An optimization model in the context of green supply chain management.

Analysis of long term hydrological records to assess the changing regime and pathways in oil shale mining districts of North East Estonia (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Vaht, R., Mayes, W. M., Sepp, M., Järvet, A., & Mander, Ü. (2011). Analysis of long term hydrological records to assess the changing regime and pathways in oil shale mining districts of North East Estonia. . https://doi.org/10.2495/rm110031

This paper documents long term (1923-2005) changes in surface drainage areas and run-off characteristics in two small to medium (100-1000 km2) rivers draining part of the Ordovician oil shale field of north east Estonia. The changing regime in the he... Read More about Analysis of long term hydrological records to assess the changing regime and pathways in oil shale mining districts of North East Estonia.

A hierarchical method for the reduction of temporal expressions in Pandora (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, Y., & Walker, M. (2010). A hierarchical method for the reduction of temporal expressions in Pandora. . https://doi.org/10.1145/1772630.1772634

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a popular safety analysis technique used to determine the logical combination of events needed to cause a particular system failure. However, FTA is purely combinatorial and cannot analyse the effects of sequences of even... Read More about A hierarchical method for the reduction of temporal expressions in Pandora.

Automatic allocation of safety integrity levels (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Papadopoulos, Y., Walker, M., Reiser, M., Weber, M., Chen, D., Törngren, M., …Sandberg, A. (2010). Automatic allocation of safety integrity levels. . https://doi.org/10.1145/1772643.1772646

In this paper, we describe a concept for the automatic allocationof general Safety Integrity Levels (SILs) to subsystems andcomponents of complex hierarchical networked architectures thatdeliver sets of safety critical functions. The concept is gener... Read More about Automatic allocation of safety integrity levels.

Dysphonia measures in parkinson's disease and their use in prediction of its progression (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Kambhampati, C., Sarangdhar, M., & Poolsawad, N. (2010). Dysphonia measures in parkinson's disease and their use in prediction of its progression.

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that impairs the motor skills, speech and general muscle coordination. The progression of PD is assessed using a clinically defined rating scale known as Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scal... Read More about Dysphonia measures in parkinson's disease and their use in prediction of its progression.

Stimulus reconstruction from a Hodgkin-Huxley neural response: A numerical solution (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Sarangdhar, M., & Kambhampati, C. (2010). Stimulus reconstruction from a Hodgkin-Huxley neural response: A numerical solution. In Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering (627 - 632)

Neural responses are the fundamental expressions of any neural activity. Information carried by a neural response is determined by the nature of a neural activity. In majority of cases the underlying stimulus that triggers it remains largely... Read More about Stimulus reconstruction from a Hodgkin-Huxley neural response: A numerical solution.

Evaluation of a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Hofe, R., Ell, S. R., Fagan, M. J., Gilbert, J. M., Green, P. D., Moore, R. K., & Rybchenko, S. I. (2010). Evaluation of a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing.

This paper reports on isolated word recognition experiments using a novel silent speech interface. The interface consist of magnetic pellets that are fixed to relevant speech articulators, and a set of magnetic field sensors that measure changes in t... Read More about Evaluation of a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing.

Design of an RFID-enabled fresh meat retail supply chain (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Sergeyev, Y., Butcher, T., & Grant, D. (2010). Design of an RFID-enabled fresh meat retail supply chain. In K. S. Pawar, & C. S. Lalwani (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Logistics, 85-85

This paper reports on a research project to evaluate the benefits of using radio frequency identification (RFID) in a fresh meat retail supply chain.

Consumers as logisticians: The development of consumer logistics (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Teller, C., Kotzab, H., & Grant, D. (2010). Consumers as logisticians: The development of consumer logistics. In J. S. Arlbjørn (Ed.), Proceedings of the 22nd annual NOFOMA conference : Logistics and supply chain management in a globalised economy, Syddansk Universitet, Kolding, Denmark, 3-16