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Towards Healthy Association Rule Mining (HARM): A fuzzy quantitative approach (2006)
Book Chapter

Association Rule Mining (ARM) is a popular data mining technique that has been used to determine customer buying patterns. Although improving performance and efficiency of various ARM algorithms is important, determining Healthy Buying Patterns (HBP)... Read More about Towards Healthy Association Rule Mining (HARM): A fuzzy quantitative approach.

Reliability of procedures used in the physical examination of non-specific low back pain: A systematic review (2006)
Journal Article

The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the quality of the research and to assess the reliability of different types of physical examination procedures used in the assessment of patients with non-specific low back pain. A search of ele... Read More about Reliability of procedures used in the physical examination of non-specific low back pain: A systematic review.

Sustainable energy? A feasibility study for Eastside, Birmingham, UK (2006)
Journal Article
Hunt, D. V. L., Jefferson, I., Jankovic, L., & Hunot, K. (2006). Sustainable energy? A feasibility study for Eastside, Birmingham, UK. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 159(4), 155-168. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2006.159.4.155

Eastside, a 130 ha brownfield site located to the eastern side of Birmingham's city centre, is undergoing social, economic and environmental changes, driven mainly through public and private investment estimated to be worth £6 billion. The regenerati... Read More about Sustainable energy? A feasibility study for Eastside, Birmingham, UK.

User resistance strategies and the problems of blanket prescriptions: A case study of resistance successes (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

‘Breaking the rules’ in baby-feeding practice in the UK: deviance and good practice? (2006)
Journal Article
Furber, C. M., & Thomson, A. M. (2006). ‘Breaking the rules’ in baby-feeding practice in the UK: deviance and good practice?. Midwifery, 22(4), 365-376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2005.12.005

Objective
to discover the views of midwives in relation to baby feeding.

Design and method
qualitative using grounded theory. Data collection used in-depth interviews with 30 midwives who volunteered to participate. Field notes of the interactio... Read More about ‘Breaking the rules’ in baby-feeding practice in the UK: deviance and good practice?.

Initial impact of the arc Graduate Certificate Rheumatology Practice on professional development (2006)
Journal Article

Parametric wavelength conversion from conventional near-infrared to visible band (2006)
Journal Article

The feasibility of distant wavelength conversion in photonic crystal fiber was explored. The one-pump parametric architecture was used to demonstrate translation from the conventional (1550 nm) to visible (500 nm) band. Experimental results are repor... Read More about Parametric wavelength conversion from conventional near-infrared to visible band.

Optofluidic plasmonics (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this manuscript we describe the manipulation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes excited in a two dimensional periodic nanohole array scattering structure by tuning the fluid over the metal surface. We describe the fabrication processes for m... Read More about Optofluidic plasmonics.

Nanophotonics for information systems integration (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Optical technology plays an increasingly important role in numerous information system applications, including optical communications, storage, signal processing, biology, medicine, and sensing. However, with these rapid technological advances, there... Read More about Nanophotonics for information systems integration.

375 THz parametric translation of modulated signal from 1550nm to visible band (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Record parametric frequency-translation of NRZ-modulated signal over 375THz is demonstrated using silica-PCF. The 1550-nm band is mapped to visible 500-nm spectral window, proving the feasibility of all-fiber universal band translator. Both single-ch... Read More about 375 THz parametric translation of modulated signal from 1550nm to visible band.

Helmholtz-Manakov solitons (2006)
Journal Article
Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2006). Helmholtz-Manakov solitons. Physical Review E, 74(6), 066612. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.066612

A novel spatial soliton-bearing wave equation is introduced, the Helmholtz-Manakov (H-M) equation, for describing the evolution of broad multi-component self-trapped beams in Kerr-type media. By omitting the slowly-varying envelope approximation, the... Read More about Helmholtz-Manakov solitons.

Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids (2006)
Journal Article
Pierotti, M. E., & Seehausen, O. (2007). Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(1), 240-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01206.x

Disruptive sexual selection on colour patterns has been suggested as a major cause of diversification in the cichlid species flock of Lake Victoria. In Neochromis omnicaeruleus, a colour and sex determination polymorphism is associated with a polymor... Read More about Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids.

Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons (2006)
Journal Article
Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2006). Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/39/50/004

A wide variety of different physical systems can be described by a relatively small set of universal equations. For example, small-amplitude nonlinear Schrödinger dark solitons can be described by a Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. Reductive perturb... Read More about Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons.

Evaluation: a link in the chain of sustainability (2006)
Book Chapter
Bell, F., Zaitseva, E., & Zakrzewska, D. (2006). Evaluation: a link in the chain of sustainability. In N. Lambropoulos, & P. Zaphiris (Eds.), User-centred design of online learning communities. IGI Global

Security and special operations: SOE and M15 during the Second World War (2006)
Book
Murphy, C. (2006). Security and special operations: SOE and M15 during the Second World War. Palgrave Macmillan

Understanding social work research (2006)
Book

This excellent new textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the nature of social work research. The book clearly demonstrates how research-mindedness is key to improving individual and collective social work practice, helping practitioners to... Read More about Understanding social work research.

Nodal network and CFD simulation of airflow and heat transfer in double skin facades with blinds (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Hanby, V., Cook, M., Infield, D., Ji, Y., Loveday, D., & Mei, L. (2006, December). Nodal network and CFD simulation of airflow and heat transfer in double skin facades with blinds. Presented at The 7th International Conference on System Simulation in Buildings, Liege, Belgium

The paper describes a modeling study of heat transfer and buoyancy-driven airflow in double skin facades consisting of a glass outer layer, a control device (venetian blind) and a double-glazed inner skin. The modeling study was based on two approach... Read More about Nodal network and CFD simulation of airflow and heat transfer in double skin facades with blinds.

One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles (2006)
Journal Article
Nolan, M., Pemble, M., Sheel, D., & Yates, H. (2006). One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles. Thin Solid Films, 515(4), 1956-1962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.07.182

In this work we describe a two stage chemical-vapour-deposition based route to growing nanoparticle containing thin films. As a model we describe titanium dioxide film formation on glass substrates. The process involves using a gas-to-particle conver... Read More about One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles.

The costs and effectiveness of information skills training and mediated searching: quantitative results from the EMPIRIC project (2006)
Journal Article
Brettle, A., Hulme, C., & Ormandy, P. (2006). The costs and effectiveness of information skills training and mediated searching: quantitative results from the EMPIRIC project. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 23(4), 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00670.x

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness and costs of providing information for patient care via librarian-mediated searches and information-skills training.
Methods: A questionnaire survey to library staff and health professionals in the North Wes... Read More about The costs and effectiveness of information skills training and mediated searching: quantitative results from the EMPIRIC project.

Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis (2006)
Journal Article
Yorke, J., Parle, M., James, M., Gay, T., Harkess, M., & Glanville, A. (2006). Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis

CONTEXT: Little is known about adolescents' and young adults' experience with cystic fibrosis while waiting for or after receiving a lung transplant. The psychological and psychosocial factors that may influence these patients' transplant outcomes ar... Read More about Lung transplantation in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis.