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Trends in the quality of human-centric software engineering experiments – a quasi-experiment (2012)
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(2012). Trends in the quality of human-centric software engineering experiments – a quasi-experiment. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 1002-1017. https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2012.76

Context: Several text books and papers published between 2000 and 2002 have attempted to introduce experimental design and statistical methods to software engineers undertaking empirical studies. Objective: This paper investigates whether there has b... Read More about Trends in the quality of human-centric software engineering experiments – a quasi-experiment.

A Bayesian interpretation of the particle swarm optimization and its kernel extension. (2012)
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(2012). A Bayesian interpretation of the particle swarm optimization and its kernel extension. PloS one, e48710 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048710

Particle swarm optimization is a popular method for solving difficult optimization problems. There have been attempts to formulate the method in formal probabilistic or stochastic terms (e.g. bare bones particle swarm) with the aim to achieve more ge... Read More about A Bayesian interpretation of the particle swarm optimization and its kernel extension..

Three empirical studies on the agreement of reviewers about the quality of software engineering experiments (2012)
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(2012). Three empirical studies on the agreement of reviewers about the quality of software engineering experiments. Information and Software Technology, 804 -819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2011.11.008

Context During systematic literature reviews it is necessary to assess the quality of empirical papers. Current guidelines suggest that two researchers should independently apply a quality checklist and any disagreements must be resolved. However, t... Read More about Three empirical studies on the agreement of reviewers about the quality of software engineering experiments.

Fast Magnetic Flux Leakage Signal Inversion for the Reconstruction of Arbitrary Defect Profiles in Steel Using Finite Elements (2012)
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Priewald, R. H., Magele, C., Ledger, P. D., Pearson, N. R., & Mason, J. S. D. (2013). Fast Magnetic Flux Leakage Signal Inversion for the Reconstruction of Arbitrary Defect Profiles in Steel Using Finite Elements. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 49(1), 506-516. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmag.2012.2208119

This paper proposes a fast and effective method for reconstructing arbitrary defect profiles in steel plates from magnetic flux leakage (MFL) measurements widely used in nondestructive testing (NDT) of oil storage tanks and pipelines. The inverse rec... Read More about Fast Magnetic Flux Leakage Signal Inversion for the Reconstruction of Arbitrary Defect Profiles in Steel Using Finite Elements.

Testing the Variability Selection Hypothesis: The Adoption of Social Learning in Increasingly Variable Environments (2012)
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Channon. (2012). Testing the Variability Selection Hypothesis: The Adoption of Social Learning in Increasingly Variable Environments. Artificial Life, 317 -324. https://doi.org/10.7551/978-0-262-31050-5-ch042

The variability selection hypothesis predicts the adoption of versatile behaviors and survival strategies, in response to increasingly variable environments. In hominin evolution the most apparent adaptation for versatility is the adoption of social... Read More about Testing the Variability Selection Hypothesis: The Adoption of Social Learning in Increasingly Variable Environments.

Initiation of aneurysms as a mechanical bifurcation phenomenon (2012)
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(2012). Initiation of aneurysms as a mechanical bifurcation phenomenon. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 179 - 184 (6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.05.001

Recent studies on localized bulging in inflated membrane tubes have shown that the initiation pressure for the onset of localization is determined through a bifurcation condition. This kind of localization has also been shown to be much more sensitiv... Read More about Initiation of aneurysms as a mechanical bifurcation phenomenon.

Towards a generalisation of Noether's theorem to nonclassical Hopf-Galois structures (2011)
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Truman. (2011). Towards a generalisation of Noether's theorem to nonclassical Hopf-Galois structures

We study the nonclassical Hopf-Galois module structure of rings of algebraic integers in some extensions of p-adic fields and number fields which are at most tamely ramified. We show that if L/K is an unramified extension of p-adic fields which is H-... Read More about Towards a generalisation of Noether's theorem to nonclassical Hopf-Galois structures.

Systematic Literature Review: Teaching Novices Programming Using Robots (2011)
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(2011). Systematic Literature Review: Teaching Novices Programming Using Robots. IET Software, 502-513. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-sen.2011.0125

Teaching programming to novices is a difficult task due to the complex nature of the subject, the negative stereotypes are associated with programming and because introductory programming courses often fail to encourage student understanding. This s... Read More about Systematic Literature Review: Teaching Novices Programming Using Robots.

Using mapping studies as the basis for further research - A participant-observer case study (2011)
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(2011). Using mapping studies as the basis for further research - A participant-observer case study. Information and Software Technology, 638 -651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2010.12.011

Context We are strong advocates of evidence-based software engineering (EBSE) in general and systematic literature reviews (SLRs) in particular. We believe it is essential that the SLR methodology is used constructively to support software engineeri... Read More about Using mapping studies as the basis for further research - A participant-observer case study.

On a class of three-phase checkerboards with unusual effective properties (2011)
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(2011). On a class of three-phase checkerboards with unusual effective properties. Comptes Rendus Mécanique, 411-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crme.2011.03.016

We examine the band spectrum, and associated Floquet-Bloch eigensolutions, arising in a class of three-phase periodic checkerboards. On a periodic cell $[-1,1[^2$, the refractive index is defined by $n^2= 1+ g_1(x_1)+g_2(x_2)$ with $g_i(x_i)= r^2\qua... Read More about On a class of three-phase checkerboards with unusual effective properties.

Optical imaging of neurons in the crab stomatogastric ganglion with voltage-sensitive dyes (2011)
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(2011). Optical imaging of neurons in the crab stomatogastric ganglion with voltage-sensitive dyes. Journal of Visualized Experiments, https://doi.org/10.3791/2567

Voltage-sensitive dye imaging of neurons is a key methodology for the understanding of how neuronal networks are organised and how the simultaneous activity of participating neurons leads to the emergence of the integral functionality of the network.... Read More about Optical imaging of neurons in the crab stomatogastric ganglion with voltage-sensitive dyes.

Requirements for commercial X-ray element-specific imaging technology (2011)
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Austin, J. (2011). Requirements for commercial X-ray element-specific imaging technology. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring, 53(3), 127 - 131. https://doi.org/10.1784/insi.2011.53.3.127

Analysis of the composition of material samples nondestructively by means of standard X-ray tube imaging is extremely challenging due to the breadth of the bremsstrahlung spectrum, resulting from mono-energetic electrons striking a thick tungsten tar... Read More about Requirements for commercial X-ray element-specific imaging technology.

Model annotation for synthetic biology: automating model to nucleotide sequence conversion. (2011)
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Misirli, G., Hallinan, J. S., Yu, T., Lawson, J. R., Wimalaratne, S. M., Cooling, M. T., & Wipat, A. (2011). Model annotation for synthetic biology: automating model to nucleotide sequence conversion. Bioinformatics, 27(7), 973 - 979. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btr048

MOTIVATION: The need for the automated computational design of genetic circuits is becoming increasingly apparent with the advent of ever more complex and ambitious synthetic biology projects. Currently, most circuits are designed through the assembl... Read More about Model annotation for synthetic biology: automating model to nucleotide sequence conversion..

Video Conferencing Over Very Narrow Band Internet Using Image Metamorphosis (2011)
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Mukarram IIossain, A. N., Kabir, S., & Haider Ati, M. (2011). Video Conferencing Over Very Narrow Band Internet Using Image Metamorphosis. Dhaka University Journal of Applied Science & Engineering, 1(2),

A Video conference is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allows two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmission simultaneously. Image Metamorphosis or image morphing is a power tool for creating visua... Read More about Video Conferencing Over Very Narrow Band Internet Using Image Metamorphosis.

Human Facial Expression Recognition Using Region-based Motion Estimation (2010)
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Kabir, A., & Kabir, S. (2010). Human Facial Expression Recognition Using Region-based Motion Estimation. Dhaka University Journal of Science, 58(2),

Facial expressions are the indicators to a person’s emotional state and also the principle means of human non-verbal communication. If computers would have the ability to perceive and respond to facial expressions, the human-computer interaction woul... Read More about Human Facial Expression Recognition Using Region-based Motion Estimation.

The continuous Skolem-Pisot problem (2010)
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Bell. (2010). The continuous Skolem-Pisot problem. Theoretical Computer Science, 3625 - 3634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2010.06.005

We study decidability and complexity questions related to a continuous analogue of the Skolem-Pisot problem concerning the zeros and nonnegativity of a linear recurrent sequence. In particular, we show that the continuous version of the nonnegativity... Read More about The continuous Skolem-Pisot problem.

Electromagnetic wave scattering from the sea surface in the presence of wind wave patterns (2010)
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(2010). Electromagnetic wave scattering from the sea surface in the presence of wind wave patterns. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 5049 - 5049 (5073). https://doi.org/10.1080/0143116031000095907

The study is concerned with electromagnetic wave (EM) scattering by a random sea surface in the presence of coherent wave patterns. The coherent patterns are understood in a broad sense as the existence of certain dynamical coupling between linear Fo... Read More about Electromagnetic wave scattering from the sea surface in the presence of wind wave patterns.

Characterization and stability of localized bulging/necking in inflated membrane tubes (2010)
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(2010). Characterization and stability of localized bulging/necking in inflated membrane tubes. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 581 - 602. https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxq026

We consider localized bulging/necking in an inflated hyperelastic membrane tube with closed ends. We first show that the initiation pressure for the onset of localized bulging is simply the limiting pressure in uniform inflation when the axial force... Read More about Characterization and stability of localized bulging/necking in inflated membrane tubes.