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  1. Comprehensive energy balance analysis and techno-economic evaluation of static hydrogen carbon savings for an industrial dual-fuel combustor used in food manufacturing

    Article • Fuel, August 2026, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  2. Moisture ingress evaluation of encapsulation materials using multiphysics modelling for perovskite solar cell packaging

    Article • Next Materials, April 2026, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  3. Critical weight percent of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) that optimizes water barrier and transport properties of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) for improved photovoltaic module packaging reliability

    Article • Next Materials, April 2026, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  4. A Systematic Review of Hierarchical Control Frameworks in Resilient Microgrids: South Africa Focus

    Article • Energies, January 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  5. Parametric Identification of a Deep-Cycle Gel Battery Using the Recursive Least Squares (RLS)

    Article • December 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  6. Economic Analysis of A Rule-Based PV-BESS-H2 Hybrid System

    Article • November 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  7. Energy-Efficient Zonal HVAC Control using Iot, CCTV Occupancy Analytics and MPC

    Article • November 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  8. Power Electronics and Control for an off-Grid Agrivoltaic Irrigation System

    Article • November 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  9. Energy and Water Management in Smart Buildings Using Spiking Neural Networks: A Low-Power, Event-Driven Approach for Adaptive Control and Anomaly Detection

    Article • Energies, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  10. Development of a Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Energy Technology Training Module for STEM Undergraduates for Solar Energy Sector Deployment

    Article • Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education, June 2025, Eurasian Society of Educational Research

    Michael Short

  11. Design and Implementation of Deep Discharge Control in Lithium-ion Batteries Recycling

    Article • May 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  12. Industrial Energy Forecasting Using Machine Learning and Plant Activity Metrics

    Article • March 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  13. Low-Power Energy-Efficient Hetero-Dielectric Gate-All-Around MOSFETs: Enablers for Sustainable Smart City Technology

    Article • Energies, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  14. High-Volume Battery Recycling: Technical Review of Challenges and Future Directions

    Article • Batteries, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  15. High-Volume Battery Recycling: Technical Review of Challenges and Future Directions

    Article • January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  16. Parameters Estimation of Three-Phase Induction Motor Using the Parameter Estimator App

    Article • ITEGAM- Journal of Engineering and Technology for Industrial Applications (ITEGAM-JETIA), January 2025, GN1 Genesis Network

    Michael Short

  17. A novel hybrid enhanced oil recovery technique to enhance oil production from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs by combining electrical heating with nanofluid flooding

    Article • Materials Today Sustainability, September 2024, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  18. A Review of the EoL EV Batteries Sorting and Disassembly Challenges

    Article • August 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  19. PLC & Scada Based Automation for Smart Juice Manufacturing Process

    Article • August 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  20. Technologies for EoL EV Batteries Recycling: Assessment and Proposals

    Article • August 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  21. Integrated Operational Planning For Smart Electric Networks in Middlesbrough, UK

    Article • August 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  22. Parallel Implementation of Fuzzy-PID Controllers for Pitch Control of Offshore Wind Turbines

    Article • August 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  23. Transient Recovery of Energy Storage Balance in DC Microgrids with MARL-Based Power Control

    Article • July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  24. On Probabilistic Timing Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Systems Experiencing Random Errors

    Article • July 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  25. Advanced MARL-Based control of decentralized battery energy storage systems

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Michael Short, Arockia Selvakumar Arockia Doss

  26. Preface: 4th International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Automation and Control Technologies (RIACT 2023)

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Michael Short

  27. An internet of things development framework for smart city pilot study

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Michael Short, Arockia Selvakumar Arockia Doss

  28. Electrical Heating Impacts on Wetting Properties in Electrical Enhanced Oil Recovery (EEOR)

    Article • January 2024, EAGE Publications

    Michael Short

  29. Multiagent-Based Control for Plug-and-Play Batteries in DC Microgrids with Infrastructure Compensation

    Article • Batteries, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  30. Plug-and-Play MARL for SoC and Power Balance Regulation of Heterogeneous BESSs

    Article • December 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  31. Critical skills needs and challenges for STEM/STEAM graduates increased employability and entrepreneurship in the solar energy sector

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, November 2023, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  32. Design and Development of Integrated Data Acquisition System to Replace Power Analyser for Power Quality Measurement and Analysis

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  33. Multiagent Power Flow Control for Plug-and-Play Battery Energy Storage Systems in DC Microgrids

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  34. Lateral Control of Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicle Using Model Predictive Control

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  35. Development and Test of a Prototype IoT-based Energy-Aware Distributed Control System(eDCS)

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  36. Towards a Smarter City in Bangkok: Exploring the impacts of digital intermodal transport and logistics services

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  37. Cost and environmental benefit analysis: An assessment of renewable energy integration and smart solution technologies in the InteGRIDy project

    Article • Cleaner Energy Systems, August 2023, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  38. Energy Consumption Modeling and Forecasting for Commercial Industrial Manufacturing Applications

    Article • July 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  39. Evaluation framework for Techno-economic analysis of energy system retrofit technologies

    Article • Energy and Buildings, May 2023, Elsevier

    Tariq Ahmed, Michael Short

  40. Reinforcement Learning-Based Intelligent Control Strategies for Optimal Power Management in Advanced Power Distribution Systems: A Survey

    Article • Energies, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  41. Cost-effective electrification of remote houses and communities with renewable energy sources

    Article • January 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Michael Short

  42. Preface: 3rd International Conference on Robotics, Intelligent Automation and Control Technologies (RIACT 2022)

    Article • January 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Michael Short

  43. Towards sustainable transport in Bangkok

    Article • January 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Arockia Selvakumar Arockia Doss, Michael Short

  44. Using magnesium oxide nanoparticles in a magnetic field to enhance oil production from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs

    Article • Materials Today Chemistry, January 2023, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  45. Design and Analysis of Cumulative Regenerative System for a 42 kWh Battery Pack

    Article • September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Short

  46. Experimental study of electrical heating to enhance oil production from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs

    Article • Fuel, September 2022, Elsevier

    Jan Vinogradov, Michael Short

  47. A feasibility study on emissions reductions and demand response in a seaport building

    Article • July 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  48. A feasibility study on regeneration capture on a seaport electrified gantry crane

    Article • July 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  49. A Qualitative Based Causal-Loop Diagram for Understanding Policy Design Challenges for a Sustainable Transition Pathway: The Case of Tees Valley Region, UK

    Article • Sustainability, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  50. Developing a user interface to define wettability in real time using digital techniques: proof-of-concept

    Article • January 2022, EAGE Publications

    Michael Short

  51. Optimal Battery Dispatch Using Finite-Input Set Non-Linear Model Predictive Control: Algorithm Development and Case Study

    Article • Electronics, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  52. On binomial quantile and proportion bounds: With applications in engineering and informatics

    Article • Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Short

  53. Strategies for Controlling Microgrid Networks with Energy Storage Systems: A Review

    Article • Energies, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  54. Preface

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, November 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Michael Short

  55. Transitioning to Society 5.0 in Africa: Tools to Support ICT Infrastructure Sharing

    Article • Data, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  56. An Integrated Approach to Adaptive Control and Supervisory Optimisation of HVAC Control Systems for Demand Response Applications

    Article • Energies, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  57. Smooth particle filter‐based likelihood approximations for remaining useful life prediction of Lithium‐ion batteries

    Article • IET Smart Grid, February 2021, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  58. Robotic Arm for Biomedical Applications

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Short

  59. Control and Informatics for Demand Response and Renewables Integration

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Short

  60. First Step Towards a System Dynamic Sustainability Assessment Model for Urban Energy Transition

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Short

  61. Time-Frequency Image Analysis and Transfer Learning for Capacity Prediction of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Energies, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  62. A Decentralized Informatics, Optimization, and Control Framework for Evolving Demand Response Services

    Article • Energies, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  63. Towards Self-Sustainable Island Grids through Optimal Utilization of Renewable Energy Potential and Community Engagement

    Article • Energies, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  64. Lifetime Degradation Cost Analysis for Li-Ion Batteries in Capacity Markets using Accurate Physics-Based Models

    Article • Energies, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  65. Electrical and Mechanical Sensor-Based Mass Flow Rate Measurement System: A Comparative Approach

    Article • June 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  66. Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharing a Remedy for the Reduction of Network Operator Cost and Environmental Pollution

    Article • June 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  67. Electricity demand forecasting for decentralised energy management

    Article • Energy and Built Environment, April 2020, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  68. On the Role of Regulatory Policy on the Business Case for Energy Storage in Both EU and UK Energy Systems: Barriers and Enablers

    Article • Energies, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  69. Degradation Cost Analysis of Li-Ion Batteries in the Capacity Market with Different Degradation Models

    Article • Electronics, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Maher Al-Greer, Michael Short

  70. Optimal Dispatch of Aggregated HVAC Units for Demand Response: An Industry 4.0 Approach

    Article • Energies, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  71. An Industrial Digitalization Platform for Condition Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance of Pumping Equipment

    Article • Sensors, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  72. On the use of thermal inertia in building stock to leverage decentralised demand side frequency regulation services

    Article • Applied Thermal Engineering, March 2018, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  73. Demand Response Technology Readiness Levels for Energy Management in Blocks of Buildings

    Article • Buildings, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  74. Eligible earliest deadline first: Server-based scheduling for master-slave industrial wireless networks

    Article • Computers & Electrical Engineering, November 2017, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  75. A Microcontroller-Based Adaptive Model Predictive Control Platform for Process Control Applications

    Article • Electronics, October 2017, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  76. Integrating Technologies for Demand Response in Blocks of Buildings - A UK Case Study

    Article • July 2017, IGLC

    Vladimir Vukovic, Michael Short

  77. Timing analysis for embedded systems using non-preemptive EDF scheduling under bounded error arrivals

    Article • Applied Computing and Informatics, July 2017, Emerald

    Michael Short

  78. Demand response in blocks of buildings: opportunities and requirements

    Article • Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, March 2017, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center

    Michael Short

  79. Move Suppression Calculations for Well-Conditioned MPC

    Article • ISA Transactions, March 2017, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  80. Smart Grid Inspired Future Technologies

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimir Vukovic, Michael Short

  81. Load forecasting and dispatch optimisation for decentralised co-generation plant with dual energy storage

    Article • Applied Energy, January 2017, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  82. Future Demand Response Services for Blocks of Buildings

    Article • November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimir Vukovic, Michael Short

  83. Heuristic scheduling of multiple smart home appliances: Utility planning perspective

    Article • October 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  84. A transmission window technique for CAN networks

    Article • Journal of Systems Architecture, September 2016, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  85. An embedded prototype of a residential smart appliance scheduling system

    Article • September 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  86. Scheduling master-slave wireless networks in the presence of interference

    Article • September 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  87. An improved CMOS-based inductor simulator with simplified structure for low-frequency applications

    Article • Journal of Computational Electronics, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Short

  88. Tunneling Horizontal IEC 61850 Traffic through Audio Video Bridging Streams for Flexible Microgrid Control and Protection

    Article • Energies, March 2016, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  89. Bounds on Worst-Case Deadline Failure Probabilities in Controller Area Networks

    Article • Journal of Computer Networks and Communications, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Michael Short

  90. Heuristic Optimization of Consumer Electricity Costs Using a Generic Cost Model

    Article • Energies, December 2015, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  91. Dependable Control for Wireless Distributed Control Systems

    Article • Electronics, November 2015, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  92. A Note on the Suboptimality of Nonpreemptive Real-time Scheduling

    Article • IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  93. Fault-tolerant generator telecontrol over a microgrid IP network

    Article • September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  94. Evaluation of a heuristic approach for efficient scheduling of residential smart home appliances

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  95. Near-optimal scheduling of residential smart home appliances using heuristic approach

    Article • March 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  96. Tools to support sustainable entrepreneurship in energy positive neighbourhoods

    Article • Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, December 2014, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center

    Michael Short

  97. MODELLING AND VALIDATION OF THE VEHICLE LONGITUDINAL MODEL

    Article • International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, December 2014, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publisher

    Michael Short

  98. Simple bounds on deadline failure probabilities in fault-tolerant real-time networks

    Article • September 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  99. Jitter sensitivity of a self-tuning input-constrained predictive controller

    Article • July 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  100. Improved Inequalities for the Poisson and Binomial Distribution and Upper Tail Quantile Functions

    Article • ISRN Probability and Statistics, December 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Michael Short

  101. An experimental HIL study on the jitter sensitivity of an adaptive control system

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  102. Review of Creep Cavitation and Rupture of Low Cr Alloy and its Weldment

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, August 2013, Trans Tech Publications

    Michael Short

  103. Towards Efficient Probabilistic Scheduling Guarantees for Real-Time Systems Subject to Random Errors and Random Bursts of Errors

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  104. A first qualitative evaluation of star replication schemes for FTT-CAN

    Article • September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  105. A hybrid EDF algorithm for implementing resource-constrained real-time control applications

    Article • September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  106. A test facility for experimental HIL analysis of industrial embedded control systems

    Article • September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  107. Application level compensation for burst errors in wireless control networks

    Article • September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  108. Real-time infinite horizon adaptive/predictive control for Smart home HVAC applications

    Article • September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  109. Article • Advanced Materials Research, April 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Michael Short

  110. Current State of Developing Creep Damage Constitutive Equation for 0.5Cr0.5Mo0.25V Ferritic Steel

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, April 2012, Trans Tech Publications

    Michael Short

  111. Analysis and redesign of the ‘TTC’ and ‘TTH’ schedulers

    Article • Journal of Systems Architecture, January 2012, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  112. Fast online identification of low-order time-delayed industrial processes

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 2012, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Michael Short

  113. Optimised implementation of adaptive GPC for low-order systems with time delays

    Article • Electronics Letters, January 2012, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Michael Short

  114. RTE-SIM: A Simple, Low-Cost and Flexible Environment to Support the Teaching of Real-Time and Embedded Control

    Article • International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, October 2011, SAGE Publications

    Michael Short

  115. Bandwidth-efficient burst error tolerance in TDMA-based CAN networks

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  116. Improved schedulability analysis of implicit deadline tasks under limited preemption EDF scheduling

    Article • September 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  117. A generic controller architecture for intelligent robotic systems

    Article • Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, April 2011, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  118. Conformance Testing of Soft-Core Can Controllers: A Low-Cost and Practical Approach

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Short

  119. On the Implementation of Dependable Real-Time Systems with Non-Preemptive EDF

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Short

  120. Calorimeters and Techniques Used for Power Loss Measurements in Electrical Machines

    Article • IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, December 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  121. Improving information throughput and transmission predictability in Controller Area Networks

    Article • July 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  122. Analysis of overclocked controller area network

    Article • June 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  123. Timely Recovery from Task Failures in Non-preemptive, Deadline-driven Schedulers

    Article • June 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  124. Improved Task Management Techniques for Enforcing EDF Scheduling on Recurring Tasks

    Article • April 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  125. A note on ‘Efficient scheduling of periodic information monitoring requests’

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, February 2010, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  126. A minimal kernel for implementing dependable real-time control applications

    Article • January 2010, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Michael Short

  127. Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for Thrift Cyclic Scheduling

    Article • Algorithms, November 2009, MDPI AG

    Michael Short

  128. Reducing message-length variations in resource-constrained embedded systems implemented using the Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol

    Article • Journal of Systems Architecture, May 2009, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  129. Assessment of performance and dependability in embedded control systems: Methodology and case study

    Article • Control Engineering Practice, November 2008, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  130. Assessment of high-integrity embedded automotive control systems using hardware in the loop simulation

    Article • Journal of Systems and Software, July 2008, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  131. Exploring the Impact of Task Preemption on Dependability in Time-Triggered Embedded Systems: A Pilot Study

    Article • July 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  132. Development guidelines for dependable real-time embedded systems

    Article • March 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  133. Two novel shared-clock scheduling algorithms for use with ‘Controller Area Network’ and related protocols

    Article • Microprocessors and Microsystems, August 2007, Elsevier

    Michael Short

  134. Fault-Tolerant Time-Triggered Communication Using CAN

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, May 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  135. Assessing the Impact of Redundancy on Performance and Reliability in a Drive-By-Wire System

    Article • April 2006, SAE International

    Michael Short

  136. A software tool for automating the design of robot fuzzy force controllers

    Article • Robotica, March 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Short

  137. Hardware in the loop simulation of embedded automotive control system

    Article • January 2005, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Michael Short

  138. Adaptive and Nonlinear Fuzzy Force Control Techniques Applied to Robots Operating in Uncertain Environments

    Article • Journal of Robotic Systems, July 2003, Wiley

    Michael Short