Items where Year is 1996

Article

Bao, X., Webb, David J. and Jackson, David A. (1996). Distributed temperature sensor based on Brillouin loss in an optical fibre for transient threshold monitoring. Canadian journal of physics, 74 (1-2), pp. 1-3.

Barber, David, Saad, David and Sollich, Peter (1996). Finite-size effects in on-line learning of multilayer neural networks. Europhysics Letters, 34 (2), pp. 151-156.

Bishop, Christopher M. and Nabney, Ian T. (1996). Modelling conditional probability distributions for periodic variables. Neural Computation, 8 (5), pp. 209-214.

Doran, Nick and Bennion, Ian (1996). Optical networks to span the globe. Physics world, 9 (11), pp. 35-40.

Doran, Nick, Forysiak, W, Knox, F M, Smith, N J and Bennion, I (1996). Optimising transmission capacity: long distance and terrestrial applications. Philosophical transactions A, 354 (1708), pp. 679-694.

Govan, D.S., Smith, N.J., Knox, F.M. and Doran, N. (1996). Stable soliton transmission with increased energy using dispersion management and periodic saturable absorption. Optics express , pp. 141-143.

Gray, John W.D., Pattison, David A., Kean, P.N., Doran, Nick and Bennion, Ian (1996). Synchronized mode-locked erbium fibre lasers with intracavity dispersion control using chirped in-fibre Bragg gratings. Journal of modern optics, 43 (5), pp. 1009-1015.

Hudson, K R, Vernallis, Ann and Heath, J K (1996). Characterization of the receptor binding sites of human leukemia inhibitory factor and creation of antagonists. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271 (20), pp. 11971-8.

Lowe, David and Tipping, Michael E (1996). Feed-forward neural networks and topographic mappings for exploratory data analysis. Neural Computing and Applications, 4 (2), pp. 83-95.

McClelland, T.E., Webb, David J., Sturman, B.I., Shamonina, E., Mann, M. and Ringhofer, K.H. (1996). Excitation of higher spatial harmonics by a moving light pattern in sillenites. Optics communications, 131 (4-6), pp. 115-321.

Parri, H R and Lansman, J B (1996). Multiple components of Ca2+ channel facilitation in cerebellar granule cells:expression of facilitation during development in culture. Journal of Neuroscience, 16 (16), pp. 4890-902.

Paré, C., Villeneuve, A., Belanger, P.A. and Doran, Nick (1996). Compensating for dispersion and nonlinear Kerr effect without phase conjugation. Optics letters, 21 (7), pp. 459-461.

Podoleanu, Adiran G., Dobre, George M., Webb, David J. and Jackson, David A. (1996). Coherence imaging by use of a Newton rings sampling function. Optics Letters, 21 (21), pp. 1789-1794.

Rao, Yun-Jiang, Webb, David J., Jackson, David A., Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (1996). High-resolution, wavelength-division-multiplexed in-fibre Bragg grating sensor system. Electronics letters, 32 (10), pp. 924-926.

Rattray, Magnus and Shapiro, Jon (1996). The dynamics of a genetic algorithm for a simple learning problem. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 29 (23), pp. 7451-7473.

Rebollo Neira, L. and Constantinides, A.G. (1996). Power spectrum estimation from values of noisy autocorrelations. Signal processing, 50 (3), pp. 223-231.

Revow, M., Williams, C. K. I. and Hinton, G. E. (1996). Using generative models for handwritten digit recognition. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 18 (6), pp. 592-606.

Saad, David (1996). General gaussian priors for improved generalisation. Neural Networks, 9 (6), pp. 937-945.

Saad, David and Solla, Sara A. (1996). Dynamics of on-line gradient descent learning for multilayer neural networks. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 8 , pp. 302-308.

Saad, David and Solla, Sara A. (1996). Learning with noise and regularizers in multilayer neural networks. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 9 , pp. 260-266.

Shamonina, E., Cedilnik, G., Mann, M., Kiessling, A., Webb, David J., Kowarschik, R. and Ringhofer, K.H. (1996). Investigation of two-wave mixing in arbitrary oriented sillenite crystals. Applied physics B, 64 (1), pp. 49-56.

Smith, N J and Doran, Nick (1996). Modulational instabilities in fibres with periodic dispersion. Optics letters, 21 (8), pp. 570-572.

Wollert, K C, Taga, T, Saito, M, Narazaki, M, Kishimoto, T, Glembotski, C C, Vernallis, Ann, Heath, J K, Pennica, D, Wood, W I and Chien, K R (1996). Cardiotrophin-1 activates a distinct form of cardiac muscle cell hypertrophy. Assembly of sarcomeric units in series VIA gp130/leukemia inhibitory factor receptor-dependent pathways. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271 (16), pp. 9535-45.

Zhu, Huaiyu and Rohwer, Richard (1996). Bayesian regression filter and the issue of priors. Neural Computing and Applications, 4 (3), pp. 130-142.

Book Section

Bishop, Christopher M., Svens'en, M. and Williams, Christopher K. I. (1996). EM optimization of latent-variable density models. IN: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 8. Touretzky, D. S.; Mozer, M. C. and Hasselmo, M. E. (eds) CHN: MIT.

Brady, G.P., Kalli, Kyriacos, Webb, David J., Jackson, David A., Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (1996). Recent developments in optical fibre sensing using fibre Bragg gratings. IN: Fiber Optic and Laser Sensors XIV. DePaula, Ramon P. and Berthold, John W. (eds) SPIE Proceedings . USA: SPIE.

Katayama, Hiroshi and Bennett, David (1996). Adaptable production and its realisation:some cases of Japanese manufacturers. IN: Manufacturing strategy : operation strategy in a global context. Voss, C. (ed.) GBR: UNSPECIFIED.

Knox, Finlay M., Harper, Paul, Kean, P.N., Bennion, Ian and Doran, Nick (1996). Soliton transmission at 10 Gbit/s over 2022 km of standard fibre with dispersion compensation. IN: Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC'96). IEEE.

Liu, Tonguy, Fernando, Gerard F., Rao, Yun-Jiang, Jackson, David A., Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (1996). In-situ strain measurements in composites during fatigue testing using optical fibre Bragg gratings and a portable CCD detection system. IN: Fiber Optic Sensors V. Bennett, Kim D.; Kim, Byoung Y. and Liao, Yanbiao (eds) SPIE Proceedings . DEU: SPIE.

Nabney, Ian T., McLachlan, Alan and Lowe, David (1996). Practical methods of tracking of nonstationary time series applied to real-world data. IN: Applications and science of artificial neural networks II. Rogers, S.K. and Ruck, D.W. (eds) SPIE proceedings, 2760 . USA: SPIE.

Rao, Y J, Ribeiro, A B Lobo, Jackson, D A, Zhang, Lin and Bennion, I (1996). Simultaneously spatial-, time-, and wavelength-division-multiplexed in-fibre Bragg grating sensor network. IN: Distributed and Multiplexed Fibre Optic Sensors VI. Kersey, Alan D. and Dakin, John P. (eds) SPIE proceedings . USA: SPIE.

Webb, D J, Surowiec, J, Sweeney, M, Jackson, D A, Hand, J W, Gavrilov, L R, Zhang, Lin and Bennion, I (1996). Miniature fibre optic ultrasonic probe. IN: Fibre Optic & Laser Sensors XIV. DePaula, Ramon P. and Berthold III, John W. (eds) SPIE proceedings . USA: SPIE.

West, Ansgar H L and Saad, David (1996). Adaptive back-propagation in on-line learning of multilayer networks. IN: Proceedings of the neural information processing systems. Touretzky, David S; Mozer, Michael C and Hasselmo, Michael E. (eds) Boston: MIT.

Williams, C. K. I. and Rasmussen, C. E. (1996). Gaussian processes for regression. IN: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 8. Touretzky, D. S.; Mozer, M. C. and Hasselmo, M. E. (eds) MIT.

Williams, Christopher K. I. (1996). Computing with infinite networks. IN: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. Mozer, M. C.; Jordan, M. I. and Petsche, T. (eds) Proceesing of the 1996 conference . GBR: MIT.

Zhang, Lin, Harper, P., Sugden, Kate, Williams, John R., Knox, F.M., Kean, P.N., Bennion, Ian and Doran, Nick (1996). Fabrication of highly efficient grating band-pass filters and their applications in soliton propagation system. IN: The International Society for Optical Engineering. Chan, Kam T.; Jian, Shuisheng and Tong, Franklin F. (eds) SPIE proceedings . CHN: SPIE.

Zhu, Huaiyu and Rohwer, Richard (1996). Using ancillary statistics in on-line learning algorithms. IN: Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Neural Information Processing. Amari, S I; Xu, L; Chan, L W; King, I and Leung, K S (eds) Springer.

Monograph

Bishop, Christopher M. (1996). Neural networks: a pattern recognition perspective. Technical Report. Aston University, Birmingham.

Goldberg, Paul W. (1996). The exact sample complexity of PAC-learning problems with unit VC dimension. Working Paper. Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK. (Unpublished)

Conference or Workshop Item

Miller, Henry and Higson, Helen E. (1996). Secretaries' and administrators' work and social relations. IN: Work and Social Relations Society for Research in HE. 1996-12-17 - 1996-12-19. (Unpublished)

Thesis

Aannaque, Abdeslam (1996). Kineto-elastodynamic analysis of high-speed four-bar mechanism. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Akram, Mohammed (1996). Bonding mechanism in a new refractory castable. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Al-Seffar, J.A. (1996). The use of open learning in the training of neurotechnologists:a regional case study. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Amass, Dorothy G. (1996). Block co-polymerization by transformation reactions. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Anwar, Mohammed (1996). The potential use of bio-ultracarbofluids in a standard diesel engine. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Appleby, Graham M. (1996). Satellite laser ranging and the ETALON Geodetic satellites. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Aston, Robert L. (1996). A legal perspective of integrated surface mining, solid waste landfill reclamation and land conservation. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Azzopardi, Daniel (1996). A methodology for analysis and control of discrete event dynamic systems. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Badyal, Karanbir (1996). The use of organotellurium heterocycles as precursors for novel organometallic compounds. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Ball, K.S. (1996). Computer based monitoring in U.K. service organizations : a comparative study. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Barbosa, F.V. (1996). Implications of restructuring and privatisation for competitiveness and perfomance:two Brazilian steel companies. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Baretto, Bernadette J. (1996). Studies on survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 6750. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Baxter, Ian A. (1996). Studies of the nature of Burkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Bouic, Phillip J. (1996). Ruthenium complexes as potential aqueous romp catalysts. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Carnochan, Stuart (1996). Orbit and altimetric corrections for the ERS satellites through analysis of single and dual satellite crossovers. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Child, Tim (1996). The neurotoxicity of acrylamide. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Chileshe, C.M. (1996). A converter compensator for power factor control in 3-phase induction machines. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Chohan, Sukhvinder K. (1996). Environmental degradation of polyethylene-based plastics. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Ciomocos, M.T. (1996). Micromechanics of agglomerate damage processes. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Coleman, N.J. (1996). Metakaolin as a cement extender. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Conway, Barbara R. (1996). The delivery of bioactive proteins using biodegradable microspheres. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Davenport, Jane (1996). The Application of Geographic Information Systems to climate change & land evaluation : a study of the effects of climate change upon crop productivity in a sub-tropical environment. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Davies, Emma L. (1996). Somatic cell gene therapy for diabetes mellitus: engineering a surrogate B-cell. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Dingley, Sharon (1996). A composite framework for the strategic alignment of information systems development. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Drake, Helen (1996). The Legitimation of authority in the European Union. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Fenwick, Kevin S. (1996). Flow patterns on distillation trays. PHD thesis, Aston University.

French, Karen A. (1996). Novel cationic polymers for use at biological interfaces. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Harrison, James J.H. (1996). Corporate governance in the NHS. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Horbury, Caroline R.J. (1996). Organisational change and safety culture: the impact of communication. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Hornby, Robert Edward (1996). An Analogy-Based Decision Support System for Strategic Formulation. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Hussey, Helen J. (1996). Polyunsaturated fatty acid requirements of murine colon adenocarcinomas. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Hutchings, Natalie (1996). Identification of visual field progression. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Issenhuth, Sylvie (1996). The antioxidant role of vitamin E in polyolefins. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Jackson, Andrew T. (1996). The design of a support department simulator for use in the design of manufacturing systems. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Jay, Stephen (1996). Drying processess in the United Kingdom:assessment of industrial energy utilisation and efficiency of drying systems and the modelling of drying characters using neural networks (BL). PHD thesis, Aston University.

Jensen, Anne-Lise B. (1996). Models of gas-liquid solubilities. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Jordan, Shaun (1996). Behavioural and neurochemical correlates of drugs acting at imidazoline and a2-adrenoceptor binding sites. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Kingston-Howlett, John C. (1996). The evolution and design of safety management systems. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Koulmas, C. (1996). Critical factors influencing structure, strategy and international competitiveness of Greek businesses. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Kuswandi, Kus (1996). Mechanism of uptake of the catecholic (7)-α-formamido cephalosporin BRL 41897A by klebsiella pneumoniae. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Lawrence, A.R. (1996). Japanese by design:an analysis of the UK automotive industry. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Lawrence, Monique A.M. (1996). The adsorption of phenolic and organotin compounds by clays and cation exchanged clays. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Lewis, Karen J. (1996). Biodegradable polymers for the sustained release of antisense nucleic acids. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Lu, Wei (1996). Studies on the luminance-related characteristics of the transient pattern reversal electroretinogram. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Maggs, J.D. (1996). Electromagnetic interference from variable speed motor drives. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Majeed, Z. (1996). New aspects in organotellurium halide chemistry. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Manak, Harminder S. (1996). Hydroxyl functionalities of middle rank british coals. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Mandich, Nenad V. (1996). Mechanisms of chromium deposition and dissolution under direct and pulse reverse plating conditions. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Marafi, Meena A. (1996). Studies on the deactivation and reactivation of spent hydroprocessing catalyst. PHD thesis, Aston University.

McAlpine, Keith (1996). An architecture for a collaborative authoring system. PHD thesis, Aston University.

McDevitt, Trudi (1996). Purification and characterisation of two cancer cachexia factors. PHD thesis, Aston University.

McHugh, G.J. (1996). An examinaton of how British local authorities are employing strategic planning and management in their economic development function. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Meidan, Victor M. (1996). Phonophoresis and topical drug delivery. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Mensah-Tandoh, J. (1996). The impact of organisational change on health care delivery to the adult mentally ill. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Mohd Omar, Noor A. (1996). Vision2020 and the English language : a study of the role of language in national development. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Molony, Anna (1996). The application of fibre Bragg grating networks as strain sensors and as phased array antenna true time delay elements. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Moore, Vanessa A. (1996). Interaction of peptides, peptidomimetics and other drug candidates with the DI/tripeptide transport system in intestinal epithelial cells, using the in vitro caco-2 cell culture system. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Morciniec, Michal (1996). The n-tuple network: coping with sub-optimality. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Murray, Barrie E. (1996). Investement appraisal in a deregulated electricity market. PHD thesis, Aston University.

N'Goala, Karine L.R. (1996). The synthesis of novel biodegradable polyesters and copolyesters from anhydrosulfites. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Newman, N.D. (1996). The application of parallel processing methods to vibrational analysis. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Palfreyman, Stuart A. (1996). Sonically induced narrowing of the NMR spectra of solids and other novel NMR techniques. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Paven, M.J.S. (1996). Validation and verification of embedded neural systems. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Pope, D.M. (1996). Some aspects of the editorial policy of L'Avenir from 16 October 1830 to 15 November 1831. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Potts, Michael A.S. (1996). Approximating differentiable relationships between delay embedded dynamical systems with radical basis functions. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Price, Jason E. (1996). Representation and parameterisation issues in genetic algorithms. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Qazaz, Cazhaow S. (1996). Bayesian error bars for regression. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Rae, Alexander S. (1996). Simulation of optical fibre communication systems influenced by stimulated brillouin scattering. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Rann, David (1996). The effective use of implicit parallelism through the use of an object-oriented programming language. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Rattray, Magnus (1996). Modelling the dynamics of genetic algorithms using statistical mechanics. PHD thesis, University of Manchester.

Richards, Keith (1996). Opening the staffroom door:aspects of collaborative interaction in a small language school. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Salbin, Mat K. (1996). Properties and performance of polymer modified cements and mortars. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Samra, B.K. (1996). The use of enzyme catalysts in organic media for the synthesis of biodegradable polyesters. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Sharratt, D. (1996). Teachers and organisational change (an analysis):an analysis. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Spiers, Ian D. (1996). Synthesis, crystallography and biological activity of myo-inositol phosphates. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Sugden, Kate (1996). Fabrication and applications of fibre Bragg gratings. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Tang, S. (1996). The selection and administration of Chinese foreign study. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Tipping, Michael E. (1996). Topographic mappings and feed-forward neural networks. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Toft, Andrew J. (1996). A comparison of integrated biomass to electricity systems. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Toland, Leon M. (1996). Isotropic compression of mixtures of hard and soft spheres. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Wallis, Mark P. (1996). Nucleoside and oligonucleotide approaches towards potential HIV chemotherapies. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Watman, Geoffrey P. (1996). Pharmacist monitoring of patient health in the community. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Webb, Martyn (1996). The Effect of low-grade aggregates on the abrasion resistance of concrete. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Wilton, Andrew P. (1996). Applications of fractals to image data compression. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Zapart, K. (1996). Neural networks applied to ignition timing calibration. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Zeng, Shunjie (1996). Polymer modified cement: hydration microstructure and diffusion properties. PHD thesis, Aston University.