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Abd Elsalam, O H, Street, D L and Bryant, S (2006). Board characteristics, ownership structure and the timeliness of corporate internet reporting. IN: Fourth International conference on corporate governance: Global developments in corporate governance. Birmingham, 2006-01-01 - 2006-01-01.

Abd Elsalam, O H, Street, D L and Bryant, S (2006). An examination of Internet reporting by London-listed companies. IN: European Accounting Association conference. Dublin, 2006-01-01 - 2006-01-01.

Abd Elsalam, O H, Street, D L and Bryant, S (2006). An examination of internet reporting by London-listed companies. IN: AIB Annual Conference 2006. Beijing, 2006-06-23 - 2006-06-26.

Abd Rahman, Azmawani (2006). Buyer-supplier relationships in advanced manufacturing technology acquisition and implementation : a study in Malaysia. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Abd-Elsalam, Omneya H. and El-Masry, Ahmed (2006). Ownership structure and corporate dividend policies in Egypt. Global review of business and economic research ,

Ackfeldt, Anna-Lena (2006). An investigation into the antecedents of prosocial service behaviours : a travel service context. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Adams, Debra H. (2006). An evaluation of three strategies to reduce device releted infection associated with hypodermic needles and peripheral vascular catheters. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Ahlert, Dieter and Evanschitzky, Heiner (2006). Multi-Channel-Management im Spannungsfeld von Kundenzufriedenheit und Organisation. Thexis, 4 , pp. 21-25.

Al-Ani, Bahjat, Hewett, Peter W., Ahmed, Suborna, Cudmore, Melissa, Fujisawa, Takeshi, Ahmad, Shakil and Ahmed, Asif (2006). The release of nitric oxide from S-nitrosothiols promotes angiogenesis. PLoS ONE, 1 (1),

Alamino, Roberto C. and Caticha, Nestor (2006). Online learning in discrete hidden Markov models. IN: Bayesian inference and maximum entropy methods In science and engineering. Mohammad-Djafari, Ali (ed.) AIP conference proceedings . FRA: AIP.

Alani, Harith and Brewster, Christopher A. (2006). Metrics for ranking ontologies. IN: Proceedings of the Workshop on Evaluating Ontologies for the Web. GBR: UNSPECIFIED.

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Dobb, Helen L., Mezentsev, Vladimir, Earthgrowl, T., Gillooly, Andrew M., Webb, David J. and Bennion, Ian (2006). The spectral sensitivity of long period gratings fabricated in elliptical core D-shaped optical fibre. Optics communications, 259 (2), pp. 37-544.

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Dobb, Helen L., Neal, Ron, Kalli, Kyriacos, Themistos, Christos, Rahman, B.M.A., Webb, David, Mapps, Des J. and Bennion, Ian (2006). Enhanced spectral sensitivity of fibre long period gratings to refractive index of aqueous solutions utilising copper patterned coatings. IN: Optical fibers and sensors for medical diagnostics and treatment applications VI. Gannot, Israel (ed.) USA: SPIE.

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Dubov, Mykhaylo, Dobb, Helen L., Main, Andrew S., Martínez, Amós, Kalli, Kyriacos, Webb, David J. and Bennion, Ian (2006). A comparison of the spectral properties of high temperature annealed long period gratings inscribed by fs laser, UV and fusion-arc. IN: Reliability of optical fiber components, devices, systems, and networks III. Limberger, Hans G. and Matthewson, M. John (eds) SPIE proceedings, 6193 . SPIE.

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Dubov, Mykhaylo, Dobb, Helen L., Main, Andrew S., Martínez, Amós, Kalli, Kyriacos, Webb, David J. and Bennion, Ian (2006). A comparison of the spectral properties of high temperature annealed long period gratings inscribed by fs laser, UV and fusion-arc. IN: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Limberger, Hans G. and Matthewson, M. John (eds) SPIE proceedings . GBR: SPIE.

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Dubov, Mykhaylo, Martínez, Amós, Floreani, Filip, Khrushchev, Igor, Webb, David J. and Bennion, Ian (2006). Bending characteristics of fiber long-period gratings with cladding index modified by femtosecond laser. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24 (8), pp. 3147-3154.

Allsop, Thomas D.P., Floreani, Filip, Jedrzejewski, K.P., Marques, P.V.S., Romero, R., Webb, David J. and Bennion, Ian (2006). Spectral characteristics of tapered LPG device as a sensing element for refractive index and temperature. Journal of lightwave technology, 24 (2), pp. 870-878.

Anand, Monika, Balar, Barvhi, Ulloque, Rory, Gross, Stephane R. and Kinzy, Terri G. (2006). Domain and nucleotide dependence of the interaction between Saccharomyces cerevisiae translation elongation factors 3 and 1A. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 , pp. 32318-32326.

Andrews, Jane (2006). Disabled volunteers : an analysis of the experiences of wheelchair-users who volunteer. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Andrews, Jane and Higson, Helen (2006). MISLEM - Pilot study, interim report. Aston University.

Andrews, Jane and Higson, Helen E. (2006). Professionalism and quality in European business courses : initial results. IN: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. Nottingham, 2006-03-30. (Unpublished)

Andrews, Jane and Higson, Helen E. (2006). Professionalism and quality in European business courses:utilising research to enhance student learning and promote employability - a pan-European study. IN: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. 2006-03-30. (Unpublished)

Ania-Castañón, J.D., Turitsyn, S.K., Tonello, A., Wabnitz, S. and Pincemin, E. (2006). Multi-level optimization of a fiber transmission system via nonlinearity management. Optics Express, 14 (18), pp. 8065-8071.

Ania-Castañón, J.D., Turitsyn, S.K., Tonello, A., Wabnitz, S. and Pincemin, E. (2006). Multilevel system optimisation via nonlinearity management. IN: UNSPECIFIED IEEE.

Ania-Castañón, Juan D., Karalekas, Vassilis, Perez-Gonzalez, J., Harper, Paul, Chen, Xianfeng F. and Zhang, Lin (2006). Signal power excursion and pump efficiency in quasi-lossless ultra-long Raman laser links. IN: European Conference on Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. IEEE.

Ania-castañón, Juan Diego, Ellingham, Tim J., Ibbotson, R., Chen, X., Zhang, L. and Turitsyn, Sergei K. (2006). Ultralong Raman Fiber Lasers as Virtually Lossless Optical Media. Physical Review Letters, 96 (2),

Aricescu, A.R., Assenberg, R., Bill, Roslyn M., Busso, D., Chang, V.T., Davis, S.J., Dubrovsky, A., Gustafsson, L., Hedfalk, K., Heinemann, U., Jones, I.M., Ksiazek, D., Lang, C., Maskos, K., Messerschmidt, A., Macieira, S., Peleg, Y., Perrakis, A., Poterszman, A., Schneider, G., Sixma, T.K., Sussman, J.L., Sutton, G., Tarboureich, N., Zeev-Ben-Mordehai, T. and Jones, E. Yvonne (2006). Eukaryotic expression:Developments for structural proteomics. Acta Crystallographica: Section D, 62 (10), pp. 1114-1124.

Armstrong, Richard A. (2006). Classic beta-amyloid deposits cluster around large diameter blood vessels rather than capillaries in sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Current Neurovascular Research, 3 (4), pp. 289-294.

Armstrong, Richard A. (2006). Measuring the spatial arrangement patterns of pathological lesions in histological sections of brain tissue. Folia Neuropathologica, 44 (4), pp. 229-237.

Armstrong, Richard A. (2006). Seasonal growth of the crustose lichen Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. in South Gwynedd, Wales. Symbiosis, 41 (2), pp. 97-102.

Ashraf, Mohammed (2006). A technique to randomise consecutive codons in a sequence of DNA using MAX oligonucleotides. PHD thesis, Aston University.

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Bahia, R.K. (2006). Skin adhesive hydrogels for the topical delivery of active agents. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Bailey, David and Cowling, Keith (2006). Industrial policy and vulnerable capitalism. International Review of Applied Economics, 20 (5), pp. 537-553.

Baines, Tim S., Lightfoot, Howard, Williams, G.M. and Greenough, Richard (2006). State-of-the-art in lean design engineering:a literature review on white collar lean. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 220 (9), pp. 1539-1547.

Baines, Tim and Kay, John (2006). An integrated process for strategic positioning within the value chain. IN: 13th European Operations Management Association conference. 2006-06-18 - 2006-06-21.

Baker, Ronald H. (2006). An institutional perspective on management accounting change in the public sector : a case study from Canada. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Balklava, Zita and Grant, Barth D. (2006). The regulation of endocytosis by kinases: cell biology meets genomics. Genome Biology, 6 (13), p. 245.

Batowski, M. and Mickiewicz, Tomasz (2006). Politicians or administrators? State corporate governance in Poland. IN: Corporate governance and finance in Poland and Russia. Mickiewicz, Tomasz (ed.) Studies in economic transition . Basingstoke (UK): Palgrave Macmillan.

Beatson, Amanda T., Coote, Leonard V. and Rudd, John M. (2006). Determining consumer satisfaction and commitment through self-service technology and personal service usage. Journal of Marketing Management, 22 (7-8), pp. 853-882.

Beck, Katy E., De Girolamo, Luigi A., Griffin, Martin and Billett, E. Ellen (2006). The role of tissue transglutaminase in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)-induced toxicity in differentiated human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Neuroscience Letters, 405 (1-2), pp. 46-51.

Belal, Ataur (2006). Stakeholders' perceptions of Corporate Social Reporting (CSR) in Bangladesh. Working Paper. Aston University.

Belal, Ataur and Cooper, Stuart (2006). An exploration of the absence of corporate social reporting (CSR) in Bangladesh. Working Paper. Aston University, Birmingham (UK).

Bhamber, Ranjeet S. (2006). Numerical modelling of advanced modulation formats and WDM transmission. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Bhogal, Ameek S., Lorite, Maria L. and Tisdale, Michael J. (2006). Changes in nucleic acid and protein levels in atrophying skeletal muscle in cancer cachexia. Anticancer Research, 26 (6B), pp. 4149-4154.

Bing, C., Russell, S., Becket, E., Pope, M., Tisdale, M.J., Trayhurn, P. and Jenkins, J.R. (2006). Adipose atrophy in cancer cachexia:morphologic and molecular analysis of adipose tissue in tumour-bearing mice. British Journal of Cancer, 95 (8), pp. 1028-1037.

Binner, J. M., Jones, B., Kendall, G., Tepper, J. and Tino, P. (2006). Does money matter? An artificial intelligence approach. IN: Proceedings of the 9th Joint Conference on Information Sciences, JCIS 2006. GBR: Atlantis Press SARL.

Binner, Jane M., Elger, C. Thomas, Nilsson, Birger and Tepper, Jonathan A. (2006). Predictable non-linearities in U.S. inflation. Economics Letters, 93 (3), pp. 323-328.

Binner, Jane and Bissoondeeal, Rakesh K. (2006). Admissible monetary aggregates for the Euro area. Working Paper. Aston University, Birmingham (UK).

Binner, Jane, Bissoondeeal, Rakesh K. and Elger, C. Thomas (2006). Monetary models of exchange rates and sweep programs. Working Paper. Aston University.

Boscolo, Sonia A., Bhamber, Ranjeet S., Mezentsev, Vladimir, Turitsyn, Sergei K. and Grigoryan, Vladimir S. (2006). RZ-DPSK transmission at 80 Gbit/s channel rate using in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers. IN: 2006 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. Marciniak, M. (ed.) IEEE.

Boscolo, Sonia, Bhamber, Ranjeet S., Turitsyn, Sergei K., Mezentsev, Vladimir and Grigoryan, Vladimir S. (2006). RZ-DPSK transmission at 80 Gbit/s channel rate using in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers. Optics communications, 266 (2), pp. 656-659.

Boscolo, Sonia, Bhamber, Ranjeet, Mezentsev, Vladimir K., Turitsyn, Sergei K. and Grigoryan, Vladimir S. (2006). RZ-DPSK transmission at 80 Gbit/s channel rate using in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers. IN: 2006 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks. IEEE.

Boscolo, Sonia, Bhamber, Ranjeet and Turitsyn, Sergei K. (2006). Design of Raman-based NOLM for optical 2R regeneration of RZ-DPSK transmission. IN: OFC 2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. IEEE.

Boscolo, Sonia, Bhamber, Ranjeet and Turitsyn, Sergei K. (2006). Design of Raman-based nonlinear loop mirror for all-optical 2R regeneration of differential phase-shift-keying transmission. IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 42 (7), pp. 619-624.

Boscolo, Sonia, Derevyanko, Stanislav, Turitsyn, Sergei K., Kovalev, Alexander S. and Bogdan, Mikhail M. (2006). On the theory of autosoliton propagation in optical fibers guided by in-line nonlinear devices. IN: ICONO 2005. Rosanov, Nikolai and Trillo, Stephano (eds) SPIE proceedings, 6255 . SPIE.

Boscolo, Sonia and Turitsyn, Sergei K (2006). On the theory of self-similar parabolic optical pulses. IN: 4th Workshop on Nonlinear Physics: Theory and Experiment IV. Baia Verde, 2006-06-22 - 2006-07-01.

Boscolo, Sonia and Turitsyn, Sergei K. (2006). All-optical signal regeneration by temporal slicing of nonlinearly flattened optical waveform. IN: ICONO 2005. Drabovich, Konstantin; Makarov, Vladimir and Shen, Yuen-Ron (eds) SPIE proceedings . UNSPECIFIED.

Boscolo, Sonia, Turitsyn, Sergei K., Bhamber, Ranjeet, Mezentsev, Vladimir K. and Grigoryan, Vladimir S. (2006). Feasibility of soliton-like DPSK transmission at 40 Gb/s with in-line semiconductor optical amplifiers. IEEE photonics technology letters, 18 (3), pp. 490-492.

Bounkong, S., van Mourik, Jort and Saad, David (2006). Coloring random graphs and maximizing local diversity. Physical Review E, 74 (5),

Braimiotis, Christos (2006). Numerically optimized implementations, mitigation and simulations of polarisation mode dispersion in real-time transmission systems. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Brannan, Matthew J. and Priola, Vicenza (2006). 'Between a rock and a hard place':towards a theorisation of the role of gender in junior management. IN: The good, the bad and the ugly. NLD: UNSPECIFIED.

Budhwar, Pawan S., Luthar, Harsh K. and Bhatnagar, Jyotsna (2006). The dynamics of HRM systems in Indian BPO firms. Journal of Labor Research, 27 (3), pp. 339-360.

Bush, Joe, Langley, Christopher A., Jesson, Jill K. and Wilson, Keith A. (2006). Perceived barriers to the development of community pharmacy's public health function - a survey of the attitudes of Directors of Public Health and Chief Pharmacists in UK Primary Care Organisations. IN: British Pharmaceutical Conference 2006. 2006-09-04 - 2006-09-06.

Butler, Michael J.R. (2006). Human resource strategy:introducing a new management typology to make change stick. Journal on Management, 1 (2), pp. 57-69.

Butler, Michael J.R. and Reddy, Peter A. (2006). Storytelling, creativity and imagination in a business school module and its impact on student learning. IN: 3rd Biennial Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference (PLAT 2006). York St John University, 27-19 June. (Unpublished)

Béguerie, P. (2006). Automatic incident detection in video suveillance. Masters thesis, Aston University.

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Casey, A.L., Worthington, T., Bonser, R.S., Lambert, P.A. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2006). Rapid serodiagnosis of Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection following median sternotomy. Journal of Infection, 52 (4), pp. 276-281.

Casey, A.L., Worthington, T., Caddick, J.M., Hilton, A.C., Lambert, P.A. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2006). RAPD for the typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci implicated in catheter-related bloodstream infection. Journal of Infection, 52 (4), pp. 282-289.

Castro, Olga (2006). As traducións da literatura galega no Reino Unido:a situación actual e proxección de futuro. Anuario Grial de Estudios Literarios Galegos, 2005 , pp. 22-37.

Champaneria, R (2006). Evidence based pharmacogenetics study of the use of anti-psychotics in treatment of schizophrenia. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Chen, Shizhong, Duan, Yanqing and Edwards, John (2006). An investigation of SMEs’ inter-organisational knowledge transfer needs in Internet marketing. IN: Proceedings of KMAC2006, the Knowledge Management Aston Conference 2006. Edwards, John S. (ed.) GBR: Operational Research Society.

Chen, Shizhong, Duan, Yanqing and Edwards, John S. (2006). Inter-organisational knowledge transfer process model. IN: Encyclopedia of communities of practice in information and knowledge management. Coakes, Elayne and Clarke, Steve (eds) IGI Global.

Chen, Shizhong, Duan, Yanqing, Edwards, John S. and Lehaney, Brian (2006). Toward understanding inter-organizational knowledge transfer needs in SMEs:insight from a UK investigation. Journal of Knowledge Management, 10 (3), pp. 6-23.

Chen, X., Zhou, K., Zhang, L. and Bennion, I. (2006). In-fiber twist sensor based on a fiber Bragg grating with 81° tilted structure. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18 (24), pp. 2596-2598.

Chen, Xianfeng F. (2006). Advanced Optical Fibre Gratings and Applications. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Chen, Xianfeng F., Zhou, Kaiming, Suo, Rui, Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (2006). In-fibre twist sensor based on TFBG structures. IN: Optical Fiber Sensors, OSA Technical Digest (CD). Optical Society of America.

Chen, Xianfeng F., Zhou, Kaiming, Zhang, Lin and Bennion, Ian (2006). In-fibre twist sensor based on a fibre Bragg grating with 81º tilted structure. IEEE photonics technology letters, 18 (24), pp. 2596-2598.

Chew, Celine (2006). Strategic positioning in voluntary and non-profit organizations in the UK : exploring the experiences of British charitable organizations:Exploring the experiences of British Charitable Organizations. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Clark, Urszula (2006). Discourse stylistics and detective fiction:A case study. IN: Literature and Stylistics for Language Learners: Theory and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan.

Clarke, Ian, Hallsworth, Alan, Jackson, Peter, De Kervenoael, Ronan J., Perez Del Aguila, Rossana and Kirkup, Malcolm (2006). Retail restructuring and consumer choice 1:long term local changes in consumer behaviour : Portsmouth 1980-2002. Environment and Planning A, 38 (1), pp. 25-46.

Claussen, Jens Christian (2006). Processing of information in synchroneously firing chains in networks of neurons. IN: Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2006 - 16th International Conference, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) . GRC: Springer.

Cole, Jacqueline M., Hannon, Alex C., Martin, Richard A. and Newport, Robert J. (2006). Direct observation of R...R distances in rare-earth (R) phosphate glasses by magnetic difference neutron diffraction. Physical Review B, 73 (10),

Coleman, Michael D., Aerry, R., Wanogho, E., Khan, N.B., Lambert, Peter A. and Rathbone, Daniel L. (2006). Effects of glutathione and N-acetyl cysteine on the antimycobacterial efficacy of isoniazid on Mycobacterium fortuitum in vitro. Journal of Chemotherapy, 18 (6), pp. 665-666.

Collins, Julie (2006). Spatially structured cognitve models of semantic information:the implications for computerised databases. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Combe, Ian A. (2006). Strategic orientations in practice:Exploring the strategic belief structures of line-managers embedded in practice. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Conner, Alex C., Simms, John, Howitt, Stephen G., Wheatley, Mark and Poyner, David R. (2006). The second intracellular loop of the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor provides molecular determinants for signal transduction and cell surface expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281 (3), pp. 1644-1651.

Cowie, Barbara M., Webb, David J., Tam, Betty, Slack, Paul and Brett, Peter N. (2006). Distributive tactile sensing using fibre Bragg grating sensors for biomedical applications. IN: The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. IEEE.

Cowie, Barbara, Webb, David, Tam, Betty, Slack, Paul and Brett, Peter (2006). Distributive tactile sensing using fibre bragg grating sensors. IN: Biophotonics and new therapy frontiers. Grzymala, Romualda and Haeberle, Oliver (eds) SPIE proceedings . FRA: SPIE.

Cummins, S.S. (2006). Synthesis and evaluation of novel ligands for quantum dot stabilisation and polymerisation studies. PHD thesis, Aston University.

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Dai, Niann-Tzyy (2006). Tissue engineering of co-cultured skin substitutes using biocomposite membranes based on collagen and polycaprolactone. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Dancer, Laura J. and Woods, Stephen A. (2006). Higher-order factor structures and intercorrelations of the 16PF5 and FIRO-B. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 14 (4), pp. 385-391.

Davies, Matthew N., Hattotuwagama, Channa K., Moss, David S., Drew, Michael G.B. and Flower, Darren R. (2006). Statistical deconvolution of enthalpic energetic contributions to MHC-peptide binding affinity. BMC Structural Biology, 6 (5),

De Kervenoael, Ronan J. and Nilsson, Ulf (2006). Faces of pricing and profit planning at the doorstep of the EU: government pricing policy in the innovative pharmaceutical sector in Turkey. Journal of Global Business Management, 2 (2),

De Propris, Lisa and Driffield, Nigel (2006). The importance of clusters for spillovers from foreign direct investment and technology sourcing. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 30 (2), pp. 277-291.

Deans, D.A.C., Wigmore, S.J., Gilmour, H., Tisdale, Michael J., Fearon, Kenneth C.H. and Ross, J.A. (2006). Expression of the proteolysis-inducing factor core peptide mRNA is upregulated in both tumour and adjacent normal tissue in gastro-oesophageal malignancy. British Journal of Cancer, 94 (5), pp. 731-736.

Derevyanko, Stanislav A., Prilepsky, Jaroslaw E. and Yakushev, Dennis A. (2006). Statistics of a noise-driven Manakov soliton. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 39 (6), pp. 1297-1309.

Despic, Ozren and Dey, Prasanta K. (2006). Flexible multiplicative analytic hierarchy model. IN: Proceedings of DEA Conference. Greece, 2006-07-01. (Unpublished)

Dey, Prasanta K. and Hariharan, Seetharaman (2006). Operational performance measurement using the analytic hierarchy process. IN: Proceedings of International Conference on Quality Management and Organization Development. Liverpool, 2006-08-09 - 2006-08-11. (Unpublished)

Dey, Prasanta K. and Ho, William (2006). A hybrid genetic algorithm approach for the multi-depot vehicle routing problem. IN: Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM). University of Hong Kong, 2006-01-05 - 2006-01-07. (Unpublished)

Dobb, H., Carroll, K., Webb, D. J., Kalli, K., Komodromos, M., Themistos, C., Peng, G. D., Argyros, A., Large, M. C J, Van Eijkelenborg, M. A., Arresy, M. and Kukureka, S. (2006). Reliability of fibre Bragg gratings in polymer optical fibre. Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 6193 ,

Dobb, H., Carroll, K., Webb, D.J., Kalli, K., Komodromos, M., Themistos, C., Peng, G.D., Argyros, A., Large, M.C.J., van Eijkelenborg, Martjin A., Fang, Q. and Boyd, I.W. (2006). Grating based devices in polymer optical fibre. IN: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Culshaw, Brain; Mignani, Anna G.; Bartelt, Hartmut and Jaroszewicz, Leszek R. (eds) SPIE proceedings, 6189 . GBR: SPIE.

Dobb, Helen L., Kalli, Kyriacos and Webb, David J. (2006). Measured sensitivity of arc-induced long-period grating sensors in photonic crystal fibre. Optics communications, 260 (1), pp. 84-191.

Doytchinova, Irini A., Guan, Pingping and Flower, Darren R. (2006). EpiJen:a server for multistep T cell epitope prediction. BMC Bioinformatics, 7 (3), pp. 131-141.

Driffield, Nigel L. and Taylor, Karl (2006). Wage spillovers, inter-regional effects and the impact of inward investment. Spatial economic analysis, 1 (2), pp. 187-205.

Driffield, Nigel and Pal, Sarmistha (2006). Do external funds yield lower returns? Recent evidence from East Asian economies. Journal of Asian Economics, 17 (1), pp. 171-188.

Dubov, Mykhaylo, Allsop, Thomas D.P., Martínez, Amós, Mezentsev, Vladimir and Bennion, Ian (2006). Highly birefringent long period gratings fabricated with femtosecond laser. IN: Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006. Technical digest . USA: Optical Society of America (OSA).

Dubov, Mykhaylo, Mezentsev, Vladimir, Petrović, Jovana S. and Bennion, Ian (2006). Femtosecond inscription in silica glass. IN: International Conference on High Power Laser Beams. 2006-07-03 - 2006-07-08. (Unpublished)

Duma, I.S. (2006). Computer simulation of the Cont-Bouchaud percolation model of financial markets. Masters thesis, Aston University.

di Betta, Anna Maria and Romani, Cristina (2006). Lexical learning and dysgraphia in a group of adults with developmental dyslexia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 23 (3), pp. 376-400.

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Edwards, John (2006). Knowledge Management Strategy - What Have We Learnt? IN: Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM. GBR: UNSPECIFIED.

Ellingham, T., Ania-Castañón, Juan D., Ibbotson, R., Chen, Xianfeng F., Zhang, Lin and Turitsyn, Sergei K. (2006). Quasi-lossless optical links for broad-band transmission and data processing. IEEE photonics technology letters, 18 (1), pp. 268-270.

Ellingham, Tim John (2006). Raman amplification and performance altering effects. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Evangelista, Pietro and Sweeney, Edward (2006). Techonology usage in the supply chain:the case of small 3PLs. International Journal of Logistics Management, 17 (1), pp. 55-74.

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Fay, Doris, Borrill, Carol S., Amir, Ziv, Haward, Robert and West, Michael A. (2006). Getting the most out of multidisciplinary teams: a multi-sample study of team innovation in health care. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 79 (4), pp. 553-567.

Fender, Amanda, Rigg, Euan J., Maier, Robert R.J., MacPherson, William N., Barton, James S., Moore, Andrew J., Jones, Julian D.C., Zhao, Donghui, Zhang, Lin, Bennion, Ian, McCulloch, Scott and Jones, Ben J.S. (2006). Dynamic two-axis curvature measurement using multicore fiber Bragg gratings interrogated by arrayed waveguide gratings. Applied Optics, 45 (36), pp. 9041-9048.

Filatotchev, Igor, Isachenkova, Natalia and Mickiewicz, Tomasz (2006). Corporate governance, managers' independence, exporting and performance of firms in transition economies. Working Paper. University College London, London (UK).

Filatotchev, Igor and Mickiewicz, Tomasz (2006). 'Private benefits of control' and debt financing. IN: Corporate governance and finance in Poland and Russia. Mickiewicz, Tomasz (ed.) Studies in economic transition . Basingstoke (UK): Palgrave Macmillan.

Foster, Catherine and Higson, Helen (2006). Involving the family. IN: Business, Management, Accounting and Finance Subject Centre Annual Conference. 2006-04-06 - 2006-04-07. (Unpublished)

Fox, Chris, Maidment, Ian D., Boustani, Malaz and Katona, Cornelius (2006). Memantine combined with an acetyl cholinesterase inhibitor:hope for the future? Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2 (2), pp. 121-125.

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Garner, Steve J. (2006). The uses of whiteness: what sociologists working on Europe can draw from US research on whiteness. Sociology, 40 (2), pp. 257-275.

Georgeson, Mark A. and Meese, Timothy S. (2006). Fixed or variable noise in contrast discrimination? The jury's still out... Vision Research, 46 (25), pp. 4294-4303.

Goh, K.M., Tjahjono, Benny, Baines, Tim and Subramaniam, S. (2006). A review of research in manufacturing prognostics. IN: 2006 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics. SGP: IEEE.

Graf, R., Fernandez, A., Dubov, M., Brückner, H.J. and Apolonski, A. (2006). Pearl-chain waveguides machined with a femtosecond high-energy oscillator. IN: Proceedings of 2nd EPS-QEOD - Europhoton conference on solid-state and fiber coherent light sources. UNSPECIFIED.

Graf, R., Fernandez, A., Dubov, Mykhaylo, Brückner, H.J. and Apolonski, A. (2006). Pearl-chain waveguides machined with a femtosecond high-energy oscillator. IN: EPS-QEOD - Europhoton Conference on Solid-State and Fiber Coherent Light Sources. 2006-09-10 - 2006-09-15.

Gray, Ashley (2006). Nonlinearly regenerated long haul data transmission. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Green, Simon O. (2006). Zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel: Migrations- und Staatsangehörigkeitspolitik. IN: Regieren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Innen- und Außenpolitik seit 1949. Schmidt, Manfred G. and Zohlnhöfer, Reimut (eds) Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

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Gurling, Catherine (2006). Resources and entrepreneurial capability within boards of directors in established smaller independent firms : sources of innovation and firm growth in the UK plastic processing industry. PHD thesis, Aston University.

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Hartell, A. (2006). Risk and benefit assessment for Tolcapone in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Masters thesis, Aston University.

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He, Yi (2006). Development and licensing of bio-pharmaceuticals. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Hewett, Peter W., Daft, Emma L., Laughton, Charles A., Ahmad, Shakil, Ahmed, Asif and Murray, J. Clifford (2006). Selective inhibition of the human tie-1 promoter with triplex-forming oligonucleotides targeted to ets binding sites. Molecular Medicine, 12 (1-3), pp. 8-16.

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Hubber, N.A. (2006). Sensing and control of adipocyte function. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Hussain, Islam (2006). Design and characterization of zeolite membranes for fluid separation. PHD thesis, Aston University.

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Jin, R. (2006). Experimental and theoretical studies on six-membered ring hydrogen bond systems in crystalline drug substances. Masters thesis, Aston University.

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Johansson, Tomas and Lesnic, Daniel (2006). A variational conjugate gradient method for determining the fluid velocity of a slow viscous flow. Applicable Analysis, 85 (11), pp. 1327-1341.

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Jones, Anthony and Cornford, Dan (2006). A flexible, extensible object oriented real-time near photorealistic visualization system:the system framework design. IN: Progress in Spatial Data Handling: 12th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling. GBR: Springer.

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Matthews, Robert (2006). Profiling of CSF:Reliability of diagnosis. PLoS Medicine, 3 (10),

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Molloy, A.J. (2006). Force sensing for measuring human body movement. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart (2006). An adaptive sampling procedure for speech perception experiments. IN: INTERSPEECH 2006 and 9th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, INTERSPEECH 2006 - ICSLP. USA: International Speech Communication Association.

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Nasieva, Irina O., Boscolo, Sonia and Turitsyn, Sergei K. (2006). Bit error rate improvement by nonlinear optical decision element. Optics letters, 31 (9), pp. 1205-1207.

Nastasa, Ciprian (2006). Mechanisms of transfer film formation on data recording heads. PHD thesis, Aston University.

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Olczak, Matthew (2006). Chain-store pricing and the structure of retail markets. Working Paper. University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK).

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Papanikolaou, Alexandros (2006). A combined approach for hiding partial information in RSA. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Parsons, R.L. (2006). Isolation, characterisation and application of novel microbial protein cross-linking enzymes. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Peel, Elizabeth A., Parry, Odette, Douglas, Margaret and Lawton, Julia (2006). "It's no skin off my nose":Why people take part in qualitative research. Qualitative Health Research, 16 (10), pp. 1335-1349.

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Peterson, Rachael C. (2006). Objective methods for anterior ocular grading. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Petrovic, Jovana (2006). Modelling of long period gratings in PCFs inscribed by an electric arc and gratings in SMF inscribed by femtosecond laser pulses. PHD thesis, Aston University.

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Pham Ngoc Thinh, C.Q. (2006). Traffic lights management using belief propagation. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Pincemin, Erwan, Tan, Antoine, Bezard, Aude, Tonello, Alessandro, Wabnitz, Stefano, Ania-Castañón, Juan D. and Turitsyn, Sergei (2006). Robustness of 40 Gb/s ASK modulation formats in the practical system infrastructure. Optics Express, 14 (25), pp. 12049-12062.

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Rochelle, Kim S.H. (2006). Deficits in motor control:causes or correlates of reading disability? PHD thesis, Aston University.

Rogers, Mark (2006). Estimating the impact of R&D on productivity using the BERD-ARD data. University of Oxford. (Unpublished)

Roper, Stephen, Du, Jun and Love, James H. (2006). The innovation value chain. Working Paper. Aston University, Birmingham (UK). (Unpublished)

Roper, Stephen and Love, James H. (2006). Innovation and regional absorptive capacity:the labour market dimension. Annals of Regional Science, 40 (2), pp. 437-447.

Roper, Stephen, Love, James H. and Añón Higón, Dolores (2006). The determinants of export performance:evidence for manufacturing plants in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 53 (5), pp. 586-615.

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Russell, Danielle G. R. (2006). Development of liquid formulations for targetted drug delivery to the oesophagus. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Rutherford, Anna C., Traer, Colin, Wassmer, Thomas, Pattni, Krupa, Bujny, Miriam V., Carlton, Jeremy G., Stenmark, Harald and Cullen, Peter J. (2006). The mammalian phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase (PIKfyve) regulates endosome-to-TGN retrograde transport. Journal of Cell Science, 119 (19), pp. 3944-3957.

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Schmidt, Vincent A. and Binner, Jane M (2006). Analyzing Divisia Rules Extracted from a Feedforward Neural Network. Air Force Research Laboratory.

Schütte, Uwe (2006). Brückenschlag, Familienalbum und Traum/a-Material. Zur Rolle der Prosa im Werk von Heiner Müller. Euphorion, 100 , pp. 461-488.

Schütte, Uwe (2006). Die Poetik des Extremen. Ausschreitungen einer Sprache des Radikalen:excesses of a language of radical. Göttingen (DE): Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

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Sedlmayr, N., Yurkevich, I.V. and Lerner, I.V. (2006). Tunnelling density of states at Coulomb-blockade peaks. EPL, 76 (1), pp. 109-114.

Shaw, D., Edwards, J. and Collier, P.M. (2006). Quid pro quo:reflections on the value of problem structuring workshops. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 57 (8), pp. 939-949.

Shaw, D. and Edwards, J.S. (2006). Manufacturing knowledge management strategy. International Journal of Production Research, 44 (10), pp. 1907-1925.

Shipton, Helen (2006). Cohesion or confusion? Towards a typology for organizational learning research. International Journal of Management Reviews, 8 (4), pp. 233-252.

Shu, Xuewen, Sugden, Kate and Bennion, Ian (2006). Resonant fiber grating devices and their applications. IN: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. GBR: SPIE.

Siddique, Shamyla (2006). A systematic review of the adverse events of imatinib mesylate in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Sierra, Mauricio, Senior, Carl, Phillips, Mary L. and David, Anthony S. (2006). Autonomic response in the perception of disgust and happiness in depersonalization disorder. Psychiatry Research : Neuroimaging, 145 (2-3), pp. 225-231.

Singh, Krish D., Logan, Nicola S. and Gilmartin, Bernard (2006). Three-dimensional modeling of the human eye based on magnetic resonance imaging. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 47 (6), pp. 2272-2279.

Slack, Cathy, Somers, W. Gregory, Sousa-Nunes, Rita, Chia, William and Overton, Paul M. (2006). A mosaic genetic screen for novel mutations affecting Drosophila neuroblast divisions. Genetics, 7 ,

Smets, Michael (2006). Collaborative entrepreneurship:how communities of networked firms use continuous innovation to create economic wealth. Organization Studies, 27 (6), pp. 899-902.

Smirnakis, M. (2006). ECG analysis. Masters thesis, Aston University.

Steeley, James M. (2006). Volatility transmission between stock and bond markets. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 16 (1), pp. 71-86.

Styles, I.B., Calcagni, A., Claridge, E., Orihuela-Espina, F. and Gibson, J.M. (2006). Quantitative analysis of multi-spectral fundus images. Medical Image Analysis, 10 (4), pp. 578-597.

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Sweeney, Edward (2006). From the management of distribution to the management of supply chains:the evolution of SCM. Logistics Solutions, 2 , pp. 11-14.

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Taiwo, F. A., Powers, H. J., Nakano, E., Griffiths, Helen R. and Nugent, D. F. (2006). Free radical reactions in atherosclerosis; An EPR spectrometry study. Spectroscopy, 20 (2), pp. 67-80.

Tam, B.K.Y. (2006). A novel actuated digit with tactile feedback for clinical applications. PHD thesis, Aston University.

Taylor, Paul D., Attwood, Teresa K. and Flower, Darren R. (2006). Combining algorithms to predict bacterial protein sub-cellular location:parallel versus concurrent implementations. Bioinformation, 1 (8), pp. 285-289.

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