Killian, Sheila(Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, 2004)
This paper examines at a levy on plastic bags introduced in Ireland in 2002, and a
comparable measure phased in by South Africa from 2003. It looks at the approach
taken by the Revenue in each case, and isolates key ...
This paper introduces Collaborative Reinforcement Learning (CRL), a coordination model for solving system-wide optimisation problems in distributed systems where there is no support for global state. In CRL the autonomic ...
Lyons, G.M.; Arshak, Khalil; Cavanagh, Leon M.; Gaidan, Ibrahim; Moore, Edward G.; Clifford, S.A.; Phelan, R.; Cunniffe, Colm; Harris, John A.(IEEE Computer Society, 2004)
The response of screen-printed thick-films of NiO/TiO2 to organic solvent vapours was studied. It was found that these films displayed a significant resistance change in response to the vapours even at room temperature. ...
In2O3 and SiO mixtures into thick film pn-junctions form were investigated for γ-radiation dosimetry purposes. Results show that the current is increased with the increase in radiation dose to a certain level, exceeding ...
In this work, the use of mixed oxide materials, such as Manganese oxide (MnO) and Tellurium dioxide (Te02) in the form of thermally evaporated thin film structures, is explored for gamma radiation dosimetry application. ...
This article presents quantitative and qualitative accounts of relational discourses in a random sample of approximately 4100 texts written by Irish young people (aged 10-12 and 14-17 years). The existence of such discourses ...
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) lithography has
significant advantages over the electron beam counterpart in terms
of resist sensitivity, backscattering and proximity effects.
Applying the Top Surface Imaging (TSI) principal to ...
Arshak, Khalil; Moore, Edward G.; Cunniffe, Colm; Cavanagh, Leon M.; Harris, John A.; Clifford, S.A.(IEEE Computer SocietyMIEL 2004. 24th International Conference on Microelectronics, 2004)
The effect of ethanol vapour and temperature was
investigated on gas sensors fabricated from poly (vinylacetate)\carbon black composites based around a predetermined percolation threshold. Samples with 8% carbon black ...
Conboy, Kieran; Fitzgerald, Brian(Association for Computing Machinery, 2004)
Since the software crisis of the 1960’s, numerous methodologies
have been developed to impose a disciplined process upon
software development. It is now widely accepted that these
methodologies are unsuccessful and ...
Zhu, Liming; Ali Babar, Muhammad(IEEE Computer Society, 2004)
Software architecture (SA) evaluation is a quality assurance technique that is increasingly attracting significant research and commercial interests. A number of SA evaluation methods have been developed. Most of these ...