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This work discusses advances in the field of biomedical materials, and includes coverage of studies of cell interactions with biomaterials. The potential applications for the development of new materials, tissue engineering and future medical devices are also discussed.

Clinical and biomedical research production is rapidly growing, but delivery to practitioners remains unacceptably slow. This work presents analyses and recommendations that should lead to competitive advantages by increasing the quality and effectiveness of health care delivery.

Contains overviews of various topics in the field of molecular signal transduction. Contributions include discussion of GTPases, protein kinases, receptors and transcription factors. A particular focus is on the influence of oxygen radicals on signalling processes.

The aim of this volume are to provide a comprehensive background to the properties of bulk water at the microscopic level and with a substantial account of the theoretical and experimental contributions which have been done to understand the role of water in various biological systems.

The goal of the 7th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics is to close the gap between high technology and accessibility for people having lost their independence due to the loss of physical and/or cognitive capabilities.

This volume presents research from the interdisciplanary field of norms, logic and information systems, a cross-pollinations between traditional deontic logic and computer science.

The assessment of human locomotion is discussed in this text. Part one presents measurement techniques and the Calibrated Anatomical System Technique (CAST). Part two discusses the clinical applications of gait analysis performed in the Instituto Ortopedica Rizzoli in Milan, Italy.

In this text, clinical features, neuroradiological and electrophysiological data, morphological aspects, genetic data and biochemical results will be provided by actively engaged researchers on Neuronal Ceroid Lipfuscinoses from the Europen Concerted Action.

This work examines the ways in which proteolytic enzymes have an esential function in all cells. New aspects are considered, such as: structure of proteases and mechanisms of protein degradation; functions and properties of proteases and inhibitors; signal peptidases; and autophagy.

This work reflects recent developments in the area of mathematical morphology, which may also be of use to computer scientists. An introductory chapter summarizes some basic concepts and the work goes on to cover granulometries, and the geometric character of mathematical morphology.

A collection of 26 papers, selected from the 119 presented at the VIII National Symposium on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, 1999. They are organized into categories reflecting: pattern recognition; speech recognition; image processing; computer vision; and applications.

This set of papers by European and North American archaeologists explore the interface between spatial technologies and areas of theoretical concern in spatial archaeology.

'I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning the history of nanoscale science, and to those who would like to better understand some of the ethical, legal and social dilemmas to what I believe has rightly been labeled the technology of the 21st century.'- Rocky Rawstern, Nanotechnology NowScience and engineering, industry and politics, environmentalists and transhumanists are Discovering the Nanoscale. Policy makers are demanding explicit consideration of ethical, legal and social aspects, and popular books are explaining the achievements and promises of nanoscience. It may therefore seem surprising that this is the first collection of studies that considers nanoscience and nanotechnologies from the critical perspective of Science and Technology Studies (STS). However, when one appreciates that such a critical perspective needs to be historically informed it often involves intimate acquaintance with the research process. Accordingly, this book on the historical, analytical, and ethical study of nanoscience and -technology has come together in a period of several years. Though it presents only first results, these results for the most part stem from sustained investigations of nanoscience and nanotechnologies and of the contexts that are shaping their development. Nanoscience and technologies are developing very quickly, and for this reason, both pose a challenge to the more reflective approach commonly taken by science studies, while at the same time requiring the perspective provided by science studies scholars. Many are convinced that nothing meaningful can be said about the social and ethical implications of nanotechnologies at this early stage, but one can already see what programmatic attitudes go into nanoscale research, what metaphors are shaping it, and what conception of nature is implicit in its vision. It is also often assumed that in order to consider all aspects of nanotechnologies it is sufficient to know a bit of the science and to have some ethical intuitions. This collection of papers establishes that one also needs to appreciate nanoscale research and development in the larger context of the changing relations of science, technology, and society.

This text reviews past successes and failures within the field of drug metabolism and attempts to predict new directions that may be taken in the 21st century.

This work describes virtual reality (VR) as a communication tool. The shifting structures of communication systems present opportunities for communication researchers and this book attempts to scan the future of communications within the virtual reality field.

This text provides an innovative international forum for the researchers, developers and practitioners who are actively expanding the role of electronic technologies in healthcare.

This text, the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop, brings together interdisciplinary contributions such as mathematics and molecular biology to address the different facets of the problem to connect the many scales of the computer simulation of many systems of interest in chemistry.

This work aims to give a comprehensive overview of classical electromagnetic theory, together with a detailed insight into modern numerical methods for the analysis of the problems in electromagnetics. Special attention is given to the utilization of computers.

Poverty has long been recognized as a socio-economic problem. Objective analyses of a quantitative nature are a prerequisite to understanding the nature of poverty, and one of the first efforts of this kind came from Sir Frederick Morton Eden in 1779. This book evaluates his contribution.

Addresses several functional areas such as: planning, scheduling, monitoring, control, fault classification and diagnosis, training, and help desks. This book is of interest to researchers and professionals in telecommunication, AI experts, and graduate students.

Focusing on data mining, this work is a joint effort from researchers in Japan, and includes a report on the forefront of data collection, user-centred mining and user interaction/reaction. It offers an overview of modern solutions with real-world applications, sharing hard-learned experiences.

This international comparative study of the ombudsman institution began in 1994 when the authors formed the idea of producing a successor to Caiden's "International Handbook of Ombudsman". It includes methodology and strategy, findings, and thematic chapters on such issues as human rights.

Aiming to improve quality in health care and diagnoses, this work discusses information processing in medicine and presents a new approach. By object-oriented analysis, modelling and design, it enables an evolutionary development according to the needs of the medical environment.

This is the proceedings of the IPA Fourth International Copyright Symposium, 1998. It aimed to reconfirm the creative role of the publisher as a conduit for culture built upon the knowledge and experience of the past, as well as to explore the publishers' new role.

"This volume, in my view, should prove to be a landmark publication. Farreras and her colleagues have thrown available light onto what will prove to be a rich field of historical research and historically informed science policy."- Wade E. Pickren, Journal of the History of the Behavioral SciencesThis volume breaks new ground in assessing the intramural research conducted at the United States National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (today the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) in the 1950s. The research conducted in these institutes was pioneering and laid the foundation for current neuroscience and behavioural research. Dr. Ingrid Farreras uses the records of the time and also oral histories conducted with retired institute scientists to present the institutional context in which the research was conducted. Topics in her discussion include the history of the United States Public Health Service, the creation of the two institutes at the National Institutes of Health, the organization of their extramural and intramural research programs, and brief summaries of the research that the fifteen laboratories and branches of both institutes conducted during the 1950s. Twelve noted scientists involved in neurological and mental health research then provide their unique, first-hand accounts of their experiences at the NIH. The volume also contains four appendices providing information about the organizational structure of the two institutes, the scientists who worked there, citations of illustrative landmark papers that were published based on their research, and selected primary and secondary resources related to the history of these institutes. The aim of the volume is to foster continuing additional descriptive and analytical research on the history of biomedical sciences in the areas of neurology and mental health in the mid twentieth century.

Drawing on research in the social sciences, communications and other fields, this book analyzes how the online environment is influencing the experience of psychology.

An introduction to the methodology and practice of analysis, design and implementation of distributed health information systems. It includes a special section dedicated to security and interoperability of such systems as well as to advanced electronic health record approaches.

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of knowledge modelling technology, illustrating the main tenets of this paradigm, surveying the state of the art and then presenting in detail the application of this technology to parametric design problems.

This text examines the current situation and trends in the use of health informatics and telematics in Africa and Latin America. It is intended to provide an understanding of the opportunities in health informatics for the advancement of technical co-operation between Europe and developing regions.