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Aims to bring together researchers working in the basics of electromagnetic NDT on one hand and industrialist discussing their practical problems on the other hand. The papers in this work cover topics as: Microwave applications and Material Characterization; General Eddy Current Inspection Tasks; Novel Techniques and Sensors; and more.

This text details advances in learning theory that relate to problems studied in neural networks, machine learning, mathematics and statistics.

Ethics and accountability have become important themes for modern government, as in most of the countries there is a severe crisis of legitimacy. Increasingly, there is a feeling that performance management alone will not solve this crisis. This book deals with ethics and accountability in a context of governance and new public management.

Development of models with explicit mechanisms for data generation from cluster structures is of major interest in order to provide a theoretical framework for cluster structures found in data. This work proposes a framework for typological classification based on a fuzzy clustering model of data generation.

This book is intended to provide a treatment of the theory and applications of Stochastic Neural Networks, that is networks able to learn random processes from experience, on the basis of recent developments on this subject.

Ever since the early days of machine learning and data mining, it has been realized that the traditional attribute-value and item-set representations are too limited for many practical applications. This book collects studies on mining and learning within graphs, trees and sequences in studies worldwide.

Discusses developments in numerical simulation of physical phenomena associated with electromagnetic NDE methods, electromagnetic sensors, signal and image processing techniques and inverse solutions to NDE problems. This work emphasizes basic science and early engineering developments in the field and contains 36 technical papers.

Human body and the world in which it functions is a changing complex adaptive system. We are able to collect data about it, but the challenge is to infer local dynamics from that data. Intelligent Caring Biomechatronic Creatures and Healthmaticians have a better chance of inferring the dynamics that needs to be understood than human physicians.

Information on the transportation tools used and the prevalence of typical problems associated with out-of-home mobility. This book analyses the impact of health, social networks, home environments, psychological aspects on the mobility and activities of older people, differences between urban and non-urban areas, and age and gender differences.

Divided into four parts, this book contains a number of articles that cover mathematical models of heart, arterial tree, baroreceptor control and applications for simulators. It includes historical reviews on the heart, arterial tree and baroreceptors. The models presented are all based on fundamental physiological principles.

This volume reports the achievements of Telenurse. Telenurse is a project within the R&TD programme of the EU dedicated to promoting the use of the International Classification for Nursing Practice as a common language for nursing in Europe.

Current approaches to the development of legal knowledge-based systems (LKBS), such as the use of rule-based systems, case-based systems or logics, have obtained limited theoretical and practical results. This overview of the field describes present approaches and analyzes their problems.

Deals with the computer analysis of the blood pressure signal from a research and clinical point of view. An explanation is given of the state of the art and future trends in the field are identified. Coverage includes methodological aspects and physiological and mathematical modelling.

The papers in this volume represent a conceptual framework for managing diversity in public organizations, strategies for meeting the challenges of diversity management in the civil service, as well as different dimensions of diversity in the civil service.

This volume addresses the relationship of citizenship and public management in Europe. After 15 years of state reform, it is time for an overall discussion of the theoretical and empirical impact and limits of New Public Management on the practice of citizenship.

Modern databases and information systems essentially differ from their predecessors. Ontology-based and knowledge-based approaches to system development, UML based IS development methodologies, XML databases and heterogeneous information models have come to the fore. This book discusses these fundamental aspects.

Reports on the second congress organised by TIDE, Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly People, a Community Programme dealing with subjects that were part of the European Union's Fourth Framework Programme of research technological development and demonstrations.

Reflects on the discussion on using chaos theory for the study of society. This book explores the interface between chaos theory and the social sciences. A broad variety of fields (including Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Management, Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences) are represented.

An overview of the current standing of the work in Health Informatics Standardization worldwide. The contributions cover topics such as models, the electronic Health Care record, coding systems, messaging, open systems, health cards, imaging communication with medical devices and data protection.

This volume covers the proceedings of the 2nd international symposium on three-dimensional scoliotic deformities. It covers topics such as: 3-D acquisition; reconstruction and modelling techniques; 3-D biomechanical analysis; and 3-D treatment of scoliosis.

Presents the proceedings of the 11th ICCC world conference on computer communications. Divided into three sections dealing with systems and networks, services and applications and performance and methodology, it offers information on advances towards a new world in technology and technique.

This guide covers main issues in transforming the vast majority of models to be used in the context of the semantic web: XML schemas, relational models, UML diagrams, RDF schemas and ontologies. Different practical approaches are presented as well as discussions on some theoretical issues.

An analysis of the legal status of herbal remedies. It demonstrates that the problem of the use of medicinal plants is that people think they have a low or even absent toxicity. It is also thought that if the product does not have any therapeutic property, it cannot be harmful.

Modelling of information is necessary in developing information systems. Information is acquired from many sources, by using various methods and tools. This publication focuses on modelling of information, along with modelling of time.

Aims to demonstrate that the basic principles of national accounts can and should be extended to a wider range of statistics, notably social and environmental statistics. For this purpose, a so-called System of Economic and Social Accounting Matrices and Extensions (SESAME) is designed and applied in this book.

Starts with a description of telematics in primary healthcare, focusing on the need of the general practitioner for horizontal and vertical data transmission and support. This publication examines the basis for the development of telematics in primary healthcare with regard to ethical, social and organisational impact and consumer perspective.