Items where Year is 2002

Article

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Reeves, R., Webb, David J., Bennion, Ian and Neal, Ron (2002). A high sensitivity refractometer based upon a long period grating Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Review of scientific instruments, 73 (4), pp. 1702-1705.

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Zhang, Lin, Webb, David J. and Bennion, Ian (2002). Discrimination between strain and temperature effects using first and second-order diffraction from a long period grating. Optics communications, 211 (1-6), pp. 103-108.

Bailey, David and Driffield, Nigel (2002). Hymer and uneven development revisited:Foreign Direct Investment and regional inequalities. Contributions to Political Economy, 21 (1), pp. 55-68.

Balklava, Zita, Verderio, Elisabetta, Collighan, Russell, Gross, Stephane, Adams, Julian and Griffin, Martin (2002). Analysis of tissue transglutaminase function in the migration of Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts:the active-state conformation of the enzyme does not affect cell motility but is important for its secretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (19), pp. 16567-16575.

Bing, C., Russell, S.T., Beckett, E.E., Collins, P., Taylor, S., Barraclough, R., Tisdale, M.J. and Williams, G. (2002). Expression of uncoupling proteins-1,-2 and-3 mRNA is induced by an adenocarcinoma-derived lipid-mobilizing factor. British Journal of Cancer, 86 (4), pp. 612-618.

Bishop, Kate, Filatotchev, Igor and Mickiewicz, Tomasz (2002). Endogenous ownership structure:factors affecting the post-privatisation equity in largest Hungarian firms. Acta Oeconomica, 52 (4), pp. 443-471.

Bocij, Paul (2002). Corporate cyberstalking:an invitation to build theory. First Monday, 7 (11),

Bocij, Paul (2002). Victims of cyberstalking:an exploratory study of harassment perpetrated via the Internet. First Monday, 8 (10),

Boscolo, Sonia, Turitsyn, Sergei K., Novokshenov, V.Yu. and Nijhof, J.H.B. (2002). Self-similar parabolic optical solitary waves. Theoretical and mathematical physics, 133 (3), pp. 1647-1656.

Brock, Jon, Brown, Caroline C., Boucher, Jill and Rippon, Gina (2002). The temporal binding deficit hypothesis of autism. Development and Psychopathology, 14 (2), pp. 209-224.

Chattopadhyay, A.K., Klemm, R.A. and Sa, D. (2002). Pair breaking and bound states in disordered superconductors. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 14 (31), L577-L582.

Chattopadhyay, Amit K. (2002). Thermal re-emission model. Physical Review B, 65 (4),

Clark, T. Justin, Khan, Khalid S., Foon, Richard, Pattison, Helen M., Bryan, Stirling and Gupta, Janesh K. (2002). Quality of life instruments in studies of menorrhagia: a systematic review. European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology, 104 (2), pp. 96-104.

Cornford, Dan, Nabney, Ian T. and Williams, Christopher K. I. (2002). Modelling frontal discontinuities in wind fields. Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 14 (1-2), pp. 43-58.

Eperjesi, Frank, Fowler, Colin W. and Evans, B.J.W. (2002). Do tinted lenses or filters improve visual performance in low vision? A review of the literature. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 22 (1), pp. 68-77.

Garton, Sue (2002). Learner initiative in the language classroom. ELT Journal, 56 (1), pp. 47-56.

Gomes-Marcondes, Maria C.C., Smith, Helen J., Cooper, J.C. and Tisdale, Michael J. (2002). Development of an in-vitro model system to investigate the mechanism of muscle protein catabolism induced by proteolysis-inducing factor. British Journal of Cancer, 86 (10), pp. 1628-1633.

Gwandu, Bashir A.L., Shu, Xuewen, Allsop, Thomas D.P., Zhang, Wei, Webb, David J., Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (2002). Simultaneous refractive index and temperature measurement using cascaded long-period grating in double-cladding fibre. Electronics letters, 38 (14), pp. 695-696.

Huggins, Robert and Izushi, Hiro (2002). The digital divide and ICT learning in rural communities:examples of good practice service delivery. Local Economy, 17 (3), pp. 111-122.

Jarzabkowski, Paula (2002). Centralised or decentralised? Strategic implications of resource allocation models. Higher Education Quarterly, 56 (1), pp. 5-32.

Kabashima, Yoshiyuki, Nakamura, Kazutaka and van Mourik, Jort (2002). Statistical mechanics of typical set decoding. Physical Review E, 66 (3), pp. 1-6.

Lai, Y.C., Qiu, F., Zhang, W., Zhang, L, Bennion, I and Grattan, K.T.V. (2002). Amplified spontaneous emission-based technique for simultaneous measurement of temperature and strain by combining active fiber with fiber gratings. Review of scientific instruments, 73 (9), pp. 3369-3372.

Larrivée, Pierre (2002). Invariants sémantiques et constructions syntaxiques. Travaux de Linguistique, 45 , pp. 67-82.

Li, Shuliang, Davies, Barry, Edwards, John, Kinman, Russell and Duan, Yanqing (2002). Integrating group Delphi, fuzzy logic and expert systems for marketing strategy development:the hybridisation and its effectiveness. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 20 (5), pp. 273-284.

Liu, Y., Williams, J.A.R., Zhang, L. and Bennion, I. (2002). Abnormal spectral evolution of fiber Bragg gratings in hydrogenated fibers. Optics Letters, 27 (8), pp. 586-588.

Love, James H. and Roper, Stephen (2002). Internal versus external R&D:a study of R&D choice with sample selection. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 9 (2), pp. 239-255.

Malzahn, Dorthe and Opper, Manfred (2002). A variational approach to learning curves. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 14 ,

Manz, Stefan (2002). New evidence on Stobs internment camp 1914-1919. Hawick Archaeological Society Transactions , pp. 59-69.

Monville, Christelle, Fages, Christiane, Feyens, Anne-Marie, D'Hondt, Véronique, Guillet, Catherine, Vernallis, Ann, Gascan, Hugues and Peschanski, Marc (2002). Astroglial expression of the P-glycoprotein is controlled by intracellular CNTF. BMC Cell Biology, 3 ,

Nerukh, Dmitry, Karvounis, George and Glen, Robert C. (2002). Complexity of classical dynamics of molecular systems. I. Methodology. Journal of Chemical Physics, 117 (21), pp. 9611-9617.

Nerukh, Dmitry, Karvounis, George and Glen, Robert C. (2002). Complexity of classical dynamics of molecular systems. II. Finite statistical complexity of a water-Na+ system. Journal of Chemical Physics, 117 (21), pp. 9618-9622.

Rebollo-Neira, L. and Plastino, A. (2002). Recursive approach for constructing the q = 1/2 maximum entropy distribution from redundant data. Physical Review E, 66 (3),

Rebollo-Neira, Laura and Lowe, David (2002). Optimized orthogonal matching pursuit approach. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 9 (4), pp. 137-140.

Roberson, Debi, Davidoff, Jules and Shapiro, Laura R. (2002). Squaring the circle: the cultural relativity of 'good' shape. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2 (1), pp. 29-51.

Roper, Stephen and Love, James H. (2002). Innovation and export performance:evidence from UK and German manufacturing plants. Research policy, 31 (7), pp. 1087-1102.

Russell, S.T. and Tisdale, M.J. (2002). Effect of a tumour-derived lipid-mobilising factor on glucose and lipid metabolism in vivo. British Journal of Cancer, 87 (5), pp. 580-584.

Russell, Steve T., Hirai, K. and Tisdale, Michael J. (2002). Role of β3-adrenergic receptors in the action of a tumour lipid mobilizing factor. British Journal of Cancer, 86 (3), pp. 424-428.

Schütte, Uwe (2002). Der Hüter der Metaphysik. WG Sebalds Essays über die österreichische Literatur:WG Sebald's essays on Austrian literature. Manuskripte, 155 , pp. 124-129.

Sierra, Mauricio, Senior, Carl, Dalton, Jeffrey, McDonough, Michael, Bond, Alison, Phillips, Mary L., O'Dwyer, Anne M. and David, Anthony S. (2002). Autonomic response in depersonalisation disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 59 (9), pp. 833-838.

Swadener, J.G., Baskes, M.I. and Nastasi, M. (2002). Molecular dynamics simulation of brittle fracture in silicon. Physical Review Letters, 89 (8),

Tino, Peter and Nabney, Ian T. (2002). Hierarchical GTM: constructing localized non-linear projection manifolds in a principled way. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 24 (5), pp. 639-656.

Zhao, Donghui, Lai, Yicheng, Shu, Xuewen, Zhang, Wei and Bennion, Ian (2002). Supermode-noise suppression using a nonlinear Fabry–Pérot filter in a harmonically mode-locked fiber ring laser. Applied Physics Letters, 81 (24), pp. 4520-4522.

van Mourik, Jort and Saad, David (2002). Random graph coloring:Statistical physics approach. Physical Review E, 66 (5),

van Mourik, Jort, Saad, David and Kabashima, Yoshiyuki (2002). Critical noise levels for low-density parity check decoding. Physical Review E, 66 (2),

Book Section

Abd Elsalam, O H (2002). Egypt. IN: International Financial Accounting: A comparative approach. Roberts, C; Weetman, P and Gordon, P (eds) London (UK): Financial Times/Prentice Hall.

Ania-Castañón, J.D. and Turitsyn, S.K. (2002). Optimization of discrete Raman amplifiers for different kinds of fibers. IN: International conference on lasers, applications, and technologies 2002. Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 5137 . SUN: SPIE.

Bennett, David and Vaidya, Kirit (2002). Technology transfer and sustainable industrial development for developing countries. IN: Restructuring global manufacturing : towards global collaborative supply networks. Gregor, Mike and Shi, Yongjiang (eds) GBR: University of Cambridge.

Bounkong, Stephane, Saad, David and Lowe, David (2002). Independent component analysis for domain independent watermarking. IN: Artificial Neural Networks — ICANN 2002. Dorronso, Jose R. (ed.) Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2415 . ESP: Springer.

Chen, Shizhong, Duan, Yanqing and Edwards, John S. (2002). Towards an inter-organisational knowledge transfer framework for SMEs. IN: Third European conference on knowledge management. Carlsson, S. (ed.) IRL: Academic conferences.

Edwards, John S., Shaw, Duncan and Collier, Paul M. (2002). Group perceptions of knowledge management. IN: Third European Conference on Knowledge Management. Carlsson, S. (ed.) IRL: Academic conferences.

Fang, Jianxing, Chen, Xianfeng F., Zhang, Rong and Zhu, Shiqun (2002). Teleportation of an arbitrary two-particle state via entanglement swapping. IN: Quantum optics in computing and communications. Liu, Songhao; Guo, Guangcan; Lo, Hoi-Kwong and Imoto, Nobuyuki (eds) SPIE proceedings, 4917 . CHN: SPIE.

Giannone, D, Lee, Y W A, Khrushchev, I Y, Mezentsev, V K and Bennion, I (2002). Tuneable compensator of dispersion and slope using non-uniformly strained chirped fibre grating. IN: Summaries of Papers Presented at the Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Long Beach, California: Optical Society of America.

Giannone, Domenico, Lee, Y.W.A., Khrushchev, Igor, Mezentsev, Vladimir and Bennion, Ian (2002). A tuneable FBG-Based dispersion compensator for high bit-rate optical transmission. IN: Proceedings of the IoP International conference on Optoelectronics (Photon 02). UNSPECIFIED.

Gwandu, Bashir A.L., Shu, Xuewen, Allsop, Thomas D.P., Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Lin and Webb, David (2002). Simultaneous refractive index and temperature measurement using a cascaded long-period grating device. IN: Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, 2002. IEEE.

Herzallah, Randa and Lowe, David (2002). Improved robust control of nonlinear stochastic systems using uncertain models. IN: Proceedings of CONTOLO 2002. PRT: UNSPECIFIED.

Hipkin, Ian and Bennett, David (2002). Integrating technology and operations in a developing country context. IN: Operations management and the new economy. Christiansen, John K. and Boer, Harry (eds) DNK: UNSPECIFIED.

Hu, Youfang, Gubenko, A., Venus, G.B., Gadjiev, I., Il'inskaja, Natal'a D., Nesterov, S., Portnoi, Efim L., Dubov, Mykhaylo and Khrushchev, Igor (2002). Widely tunable gain-switched operation of external cavity grating-coupled surface emitting laser. IN: Semiconductor lasers and applications. Luo, Yo and Nakano, Yoshiaki (eds) SPIE proceedings, 4913 . CHN: SPIE.

Kabashima, Yoshiyuki, Sazuka, Naoya, Nakamura, Kazutaka and Saad, David (2002). Evaluating zero error noise thresholds by the replica method for Gallager code ensembles. IN: Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory,. IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory-Proceedings . IEEE.

Lamberts, Koen and Shapiro, Laura R. (2002). Exemplar models and category specific effects. IN: Category-Specificity in Brain and Mind. Forde, Emer M. E. and Humphreys, Glyn W. (eds) Brain Damage, Behaviour and Cognition . London: Psychology Press.

Larrivée, Pierre (2002). A final note on culture, Quebec native languages and the Quebec question. IN: Linguistic Conflict and Language Laws: Understanding the Quebec Question. Larrivée, Pierre (ed.) Palgrave Macmillan.

Orasan, Constantin and Krishnamurthy, Ramesh (2002). A corpus-based investigation of junk emails. IN: Proceeding of the Third International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2002). ESP: ELRA.

Shu, Xuewen, Gwandu, Bashir A.L., Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (2002). Super-high temperature sensitivity of long-period gratings in B/Ge co-doped fiber. IN: Rare-Earth-doped materials and devices VI. Jiang, Shibin and Keys, Robert W. (eds) SPIE proceedings . USA: SPIE.

Shu, Xuewen, Sugden, Kate, Zhao, Donghui, Floreani, Filip, Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (2002). Hybrid-type fibre Bragg gratings and their applications. IN: Advanced Sensor Systems and Applications. Rao, Yun-Jiang; Jones, Julian D. C.; Naruse, Hiroshi and Chen, Robert I. (eds) SPIE proceedings . CHN: SPIE.

Shu, Xuewen, Zhao, Donghui, Liu, Y., Gwandu, Y., Floreani, Filip and Zhang, Lin (2002). Effectively simultaneous temperature and strain measurement utilising a dual-grating sensor formed by type IA and type IIA FBGs. IN: Proceeding of the 1st IEEE international conference on sensors. IEEE.

Tanaka, Toshiyuki (2002). Density evolution for multistage CDMA multiuser detector. IN: Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, 2002. IEEE.

Vicente, Renato, Saad, David and Kabashima, Yoshiyuki (2002). Low density parity check codes: a statistical physics perspective. IN: Advances in electronics and electron physics. Hawkes, Peter W. (ed.) Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, 125 . Elsevier.

Wong, W.M. and Blow, K.J. (2002). Semiconductor optical amplifier-based nonlinear optical-loop mirror with feedback. IN: WDM and Photonic Switching Devices for Network Applications III. Chen, Ray T. and Chon, Joseph C. (eds) SPIE proceedings . USA: SPIE.

Yicheng, Lai, Zhang, Wei and Williams, John A.R. (2002). A novel all-fiber bipolar transversal filter with complementary outputs. IN: International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics 2002. IEEE.

Zhao, Donghui, Shu, Xuewen, Zhang, Wei, Lai, Yicheng, Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (2002). Stable dual-wavelength oscillation of an erbium-doped fiber ring laser at room temperature. IN: High-power lasers and applications II. Fan, Dianyuan; Truesdell, Keith A. and Yasui, Koji (eds) SPIE proceedings . CHN: SPIE.

van Mourik, Jort, Saad, David and Kabashima, Yoshiyuki (2002). Magnetization enumerator for LDPC codes - a statistical physics approach. IN: Information Theory, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Symposium on. IEEE.

Monograph

Csató, Lehel and Opper, Manfred (2002). Sparse on-line Gaussian processes. Technical Report. Aston University, Birmingham.

Saad, David (2002). Final Report on EPSRC Research Grant GR/N00562. Project Report. Aston University.

Skantzos, Nikos S., van Mourik, Jort, Kabashima, Yoshiyuki and Saad, David (2002). Average error exponent in Gallager low-density parity-check codes. Working Paper. Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Sun, Yi, Tino, Peter, Kaban, Ata and Nabney, Ian T. (2002). Semi-supervised learning of hierarchical latent trait models for data visualisation. Technical Report. Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

Tanaka, Toshiyuki and Saad, David (2002). Typical performance of low-density parity-check codes over general symmetric channels. Working Paper. Aston University.

van Mourik, Jort, Saad, David and Kabashima, Yoshiyuki (2002). Critical noise levels for LDPC decoding. Working Paper. Aston University.

Conference or Workshop Item

Abd Elsalam, O H and Weetman, P (2002). Implementing new accounting regulations in an emerging capital market: the case of Egypt. IN: American-Egyptian Scholars Association Annual Conference. Alexandria, 2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01.

Boscolo, Sonia A. and Turitsyn, Sergei K. (2002). "Magic" dispersion maps with distributed Raman amplification. IN: 16th Workshop on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems. Cadiz, 2002-06-09 - 2002-06-16.

Boscolo, Sonia, Turitsyn, Sergei K., Novokshenov, V.Yu. and Nijhof, Jeroen H.B. (2002). On the theory of self-similar parabolic optical solitary waves. IN: Nonlinear Guided Waves and Their Applications (NLGW 2002). Stresa, 2002-09-01 - 2002-09-04.

Bounkong, Stephane, Saad, David and Lowe, David (2002). ICA based steganography. IN: Second IMA International Conference on Mathematics in Communications. 2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01.

Higson, Helen E. (2002). We’re all joined up really! Coordination between academic schools and student support services. IN: Good practice in supporting students. Aston University, 2002-03-18. (Unpublished)

Higson, Helen E. and Jones, Karen E. (2002). Your students have excellent knowledge and skills but they don’t think about them...:a reflective learning project. IN: LTSN Best Conference. 2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01. (Unpublished)

Knight, Louise, Walker, Helen L., Caldwell, Nigel D. and Harland, Christine M. (2002). Reflecting on time, timing and timeliness in public sector supply networks. IN: 18th IMP conference. 2002-09-05 - 2002-09-07.

Muller, Ralf R., Giuseppe Caire, Giuseppe and Tanaka, Toshiyuki (2002). Density evolution and power profile optimization for iterative multiuser decoders based on individually optimum multiuser detectors. IN: 40th Annual Allerton Conference on Communications, Control and Computing. 2002-10-02 - 2002-10-04.

Tanaka, Toshiyuki (2002). CDMA multiuser detection, neural networks, and statistical mechanics. IN: Proceedings of workshop on concepts in information theory, Breisach, Germany, June, 2002. 2002-06-01 - 2002-06-01.

Tino, Peter, Sun, Yi and Nabney, Ian T. (2002). Semi-supervised construction of general visualization hierarchies. IN: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2002. 2002-01-01 - 2002-01-01.

Book

Huggins, Robert and Izushi, Hiro (2002). World knowledge competitiveness index 2002:benchmarking the globes high-performing regions. Cardiff (UK): Robert Huggins.

Thesis

Adjamian, Peyman (2002). Magnetoencephalography:technical improvements in image co-registration and studies of visual cortical oscillations. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Ballagan, Manmohan (2002). Temporal Visualisation. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Barber, Vicki S. (2002). Effects of oxidative stress and neuroprotection in apoptosis in neuronal cell models. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Batail, E. (2002). Statistical models for rainfall:characterisation and forecasting. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Boscolo, Sonia A. (2002). Mathematical and numerical modelling of dispersion-managed solitons, autosolitons and self-similar optical pulses. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Bouchekif, Hassen (2002). From uncontrolled to control and then 'quasiliving' Cationic ring-opening polymerisation (C.R.O.P.)of oxetane by activation chain-end (A.C.E.) mechanism. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Bridgeford, R.G (2002). The opportunity recognition process:the mechanisms by which entrepreneurial opportunities are recognised and the role played by social networks in this process. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Burford, James A. (2002). Synthesis and evaluation of novel polymer modifiers for biodegradable polymers. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Burrow, C.E. (2002). The effectiveness of lamotrigine in the treatment of photosensitive epilepsy. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Burrows, Claire L. (2002). The development and applications of the combined use of NMR and ultrasound. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Carter, M.R. (2002). Are HRM practices related with patient mortality in NHS hospitals?:A study examining the underlying reasons for such an association. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Cartland-Glover, Gregory M. (2002). Use of computational fluid dynamics in the design of bubble column reactors. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Chambers, Colette (2002). A systematic review of treatments for atopic dermatitis. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Charles, N. (2002). A study of patient-specific prognosis of ovarian cancer. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Chima, Chimereze O. (2002). Further studies on flow distribution on distillation sieve trays. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Cooper, Stuart M. (2002). Stakeholder accounting : the case of the electricity industry in England and Wales. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Csató, Lehel (2002). Gaussian processes:iterative sparse approximations. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Daraz, Umar (2002). Investigation of the oxidative degradation mechanisms and melt stabilisation of a new generation metallocene polytehylene. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Earthrowl, Timothy (2002). A three dimensional surface measurement and reconstruction system for respiratory function analysis. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Eason, Robert C. (2002). Treating type 2 diabetes through insulin resistance. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Elloway, Edward A.G. (2002). Acanthamoebal surface properties and the modulation of phagocytosis. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Embleton, Sally J. (2002). Physiological and pathological human ocular perfusion characteristics. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Ge, Yi (2002). Studies of recognition and selectivity by fluorescent polymers imprinted with N1-benzylidene pyridine-2-carboxamidrazones. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Gibson, O. (2002). Early seizure onset prediction in clinical recordings of EEG. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Gilchrist, Fiona M. (2002). The activity of pH membrane disruptive pseudopeptides and their subcellular fate in mammalian cells cultured in-vitro. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Goncalves, Marcio A. (2002). A comparative study of hospital management in Great Britain and Brazil : cost information use. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Hammond, Nigel A. (2002). The evaluation and development of the lead authority partnership scheme as a central intervention strategy for health and safety enforcement by local authorities. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Harper, Lucy V. (2002). Renal dopamine and salt-retaining states. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Hayavi, Sima (2002). Novel formulations for antigen delivery using biodegradable polymers: new approaches for the use of new and established adjuvants. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Hickey, A.J. (2002). Pharmaceutical inhalation aerosols: their delivery and therapeutic applications. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Hopkinson, D. (2002). The implications of internet auctions for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Great Britain. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Hussain, Majad (2002). Evaluation of biodegradable polymer microspheres and an anionic dendrimer for the potential delivery of antisense oligonucleotides. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Jamieson, Conor E. (2002). Studies on the mode of action and beta-lactamase inhibitory properties of novel oxapenem compounds. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Khal, Jwan (2002). Mechanism of protein catobolism in skeletal muscle during cancer cachexia. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Khoo, Wee K. (2002). AC self-bearing motors with a bridge configured winding. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Labeau, Emmanuelle (2002). The acquisition of French past tenses by tutored anglophone advanced learners : is aspect enough? PHD thesis, Aston University.

Li, Wei (2002). Synthesis of a new pyridine-stretched nucleoside. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Liu, Ning (2002). Composite materials impact damage detection using neural networks. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Lloyd, Victoria K. (2002). Individual differences in the sensory perception of fats. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Mallen, Edward A.H. (2002). Autonomic, biometric and oculomotor correlates of myopia in young adults. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Mann, Steve (2002). The development of discourse in a discourse of development:a case study of a group constructing a new discourse. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Mohammed, Zanlikha (2002). Design and optimisation of the resonant mirror, an optical biosensor, for the analysis of microalbuminuria in trauma patients. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Nicholson, K. (2002). Planning for success : an investigation into the management, organisation and feasibility of teaching modern foreign languages in the primary school. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Overd, Matthew M. (2002). Investigation of chaotic mixing in laminar fluid systems by the use of computational fluid dynamics. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Panoutsou, Calliope (2002). Economic and socio-economic evaluation of bioenergy schemes fueled with energy crops in Greece. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Paterson, S. (2002). An investigation into inducible antibacterial peptides in calliphora vomitoria. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Petch, Amelia K. (2002). DNA chip designed antisense oligodeoxynucleotides targeting EGFR MRNA for brain tumour therapy. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Pritchard, David (2002). Comparing German and British political culture through values : and analysis of the values of health care reform. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Richardson, Dawn K. (2002). Interventions against obesity through increased lipolysis in adipose tissue. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Russell, Steven T. (2002). The mode of action of a lipid mobilising factor in cancer cachexia. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Sayyed, Pakeeza Z. (2002). Evaluation of DNA enzymes targeted against the RNA component of human telomerase. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Serra, R.P. (2002). Bayesian ocean colour modelling. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Shah, Khalid U. (2002). Oral delivery strategies for the controlled release of cimetidine. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Singh, Harjit (2002). The synthesis and evaluation of small organic molecules as cholecystokinin antagonists. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Sourty, Erwan (2002). The tribology of linear tape recording systems. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Spencer, Emma L. (2002). Investigating the effects of antiepileptic drugs on the electrophysiology of vision. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Sun, Yi (2002). Non-linear hierarchical visualisation. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Surdu-Bob, Carmen Cristina (2002). Surface:plasma interactions in GaAs subjected to capacitively coupled RF plasmas. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Tims, Katy J. (2002). Automated synthesis and evaluation of potential new anti-microbial agents. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Vithlani, R. (2002). Symbolic use of export information:a multidimensional conceptualisation, its' effect on performance and key antecedents. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Walker, Ann (2002). The development of collaborative skills in young children. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Wei, Q. (2002). In vitro toxicity and bioactivity of some pyrimethamine derivatives as anti-tuberculosis agents. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Whitfield, Karen M. (2002). Sedation in paediatric intensive care. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Wilby, Christine M. (2002). Teacher logs and interactive decision-making:a case study of contingencies in an EFL organizational culture and the implications for teacher development for part-time teachers. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Woon, Wei L. (2002). Analysis of magnetoencephaoographic data as a nonlinear dynamical system. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Yu, Guoyu (2002). Fibre bragg gratings for microwave photonics and sensing. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Zhang, Yinfang (2002). The impact of the post-1993 economic reforms on Chinese state-owned enterprises:evidence from the electronics industry. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Zhang, Zhengwen (2002). Fast response static var generator for improving the power system performance of an electric arc furnace (EAF). PHD thesis, Aston University.

Zhao, Kejun (2002). Synthesis and cytotoxity of oxysterols:studies on the A,B ring polyoxygenated sterols. PHD thesis, Aston University.