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Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services
Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems
focuses on the characteristics and features of second-order agents,
communication networks, and control protocols/algorithms in
continuous consensus of multi-agent systems. The book provides
readers with background on consensus control of multi-agent systems
and introduces the intrinsic characteristics of second-order
agents' behavior, including the development of continuous control
protocols/algorithms over various types of underlying communication
networks, as well as the implementation of computation- and
communication-efficient strategies in the execution of
protocols/algorithms. The book's authors also provide coverage of
the frameworks of stability analysis, algebraic criteria and
performance evaluation. On this basis, the book provides an
in-depth study of intrinsic nonlinear dynamics from agents'
perspective, coverage of unbalanced directed topology, random
switching topology, event-triggered communication, and random link
failure, from a communication networks' perspective, as well as
leader-following control, finite-time control, and global consensus
control, from a protocols/algorithms' perspective. Finally,
simulation results including practical application examples are
presented to illustrate the effectiveness and the practicability of
the control protocols and algorithms proposed in this book.
Cell Instructive Materials to Control and Guide Cell Function:
Programmable Bioactive Interfaces looks at the key determinants of
the dynamic interface between cell and materials and how this can
be applied in developing new, bioactive biomaterials surfaces. The
interface between cell and synthetic materials has attracted
considerable scientific and technological interest, leading to the
awareness that functional interfaces can actively guide and control
specific adhesion and recognitions events.
Metallic Biomaterials Processing and Medical Device Manufacturing
details the principles and practices of the technologies used in
biomaterials processing and medical device manufacturing. The book
reviews the main categories of metallic biomaterials and the
essential considerations in design and manufacturing of medical
devices. It bridges the gap between the designing of biomaterials
and manufacturing of medical devices including requirements and
standards. Main themes of the book include, manufacturing, coatings
and surface modifications of medical devices, metallic biomaterials
and their mechanical behaviour, degradation, testing and
characterization, and quality controls, standards and FDA
regulations of medical devices. The leading experts in the filed
discuss the requirements, challenges, recent progresses and future
research directions in the processing of materials and
manufacturing of medical devices. Metallic Biomaterials Processing
and Medical Device Manufacturing is ideal for those working in the
disciplines of materials science, manufacturing, biomedical
engineering, and mechanical engineering.
Osseoconductive Surface Engineering for Orthopedic Implants
provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of
osseointegration based on surface-mediated engineering. It offers a
practical approach to the design and development of implant surface
engineering, by reviewing and discussing the usability and efficacy
of each processing technique. The reader can learn about the
variety, characteristics, advantages, challenges, and optimum
parameters for each process-enabling targeted selection of coatings
and technologies to enhance long-term implant-bone integration.
An Introduction to Hypergeometric, Supertigonometric, and
Superhyperbolic Functions gives a basic introduction to the newly
established hypergeometric, supertrigonometric, and superhyperbolic
functions from the special functions viewpoint. The special
functions, such as the Euler Gamma function, the Euler Beta
function, the Clausen hypergeometric series, and the Gauss
hypergeometric have been successfully applied to describe the
real-world phenomena that involve complex behaviors arising in
mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering.
Machine Learning and the Internet of Medical Things in Healthcare
discusses the applications and challenges of machine learning for
healthcare applications. The book provides a platform for
presenting machine learning-enabled healthcare techniques and
offers a mathematical and conceptual background of the latest
technology. It describes machine learning techniques along with the
emerging platform of the Internet of Medical Things used by
practitioners and researchers worldwide. The book includes deep
feed forward networks, regularization, optimization algorithms,
convolutional networks, sequence modeling, and practical
methodology. It also presents the concepts of the Internet of
Things, the set of technologies that develops traditional devices
into smart devices. Finally, the book offers research perspectives,
covering the convergence of machine learning and IoT. It also
presents the application of these technologies in the development
of healthcare frameworks.
The last decade has seen enormous upheaval within all aspects of
health care, and the gastrointestinal/ gastroenterology (GI)
service has been no exception. Increasing demand for new and
established diagnostic and interventional procedures has encouraged
innovative models of service delivery, resulting in a range of
health professionals crossing traditional practice boundaries. In
particular, nurses and radiographers have seized the opportunity to
develop their scope of practice, managing a range of procedures
including colonoscopy, barium studies and CT colonography. This
has, in many cases, freed both radiologists and gastroenterologists
to take on new roles in the interventional service. The development
of new procedures and new ways of working has promoted a renewed
enthusiasm for critical evaluation of the GI service as a whole. As
practitioners and clinicians learn new skills and extend their
scope of practice it is essential that they have a thorough
understanding of the basis of safe, effective and evidence based
practice. This book offers the reader a detailed overview of the
range of imaging procedures that may be employed in the
investigation of gastrointestinal tract pathology, and explores
current practice related to the subsequent patient care pathways
and treatment options. It has been designed as a detailed reference
guide for all health professionals who have a direct involvement in
the GI tract and its imaging, including those who may be referring
patients for GI radiological investigation, those professionals who
are performing and subsequently reporting the procedures, and the
clinicians responsible for the subsequent patient management. This
book offers a unique insight into the rapidly changing radiology
service, and offers introductory chapters which provide the
fundamental underpinning knowledge required for safe and effective
GI practice. Subsequent chapters discuss the evidence base related
to a range of imaging procedures suitable for investigation of
upper and lower GI symptoms, supported by key pathology chapters.
The book also explores the range of treatments available for the
more common GI tract pathology. Multi professional authorship.
Detailed evidence-informed explanations of a range of individual GI
procedures, including suggestions for problem solving and
adaptation of technique. With extensive illustrations, medical
images, boxes and tables. References and further reading. /ul>
Computational Intelligence and Its Applications in Healthcare
presents rapidly growing applications of computational intelligence
for healthcare systems, including intelligent synthetic characters,
man-machine interface, menu generators, user acceptance analysis,
pictures archiving, and communication systems. Computational
intelligence is the study of the design of intelligent agents,
which are systems that act intelligently: they do what they think
are appropriate for their circumstances and goals; they're flexible
to changing environments and goals; they learn from experience; and
they make appropriate choices given perceptual limitations and
finite computation. Computational intelligence paradigms offer many
advantages in maintaining and enhancing the field of healthcare.
In general, every problem of science and engineering is governed by
mathematical models. There is often a need to model, solve and
interpret the problems one encounters in the world of practical
problems. Models of practical application problems usually need to
be handled by efficient computational models. New Paradigms in
Computational Modeling and Its Applications deals with recent
developments in mathematical methods, including theoretical models
as well as applied science and engineering. The book focuses on
subjects that can benefit from mathematical methods with concepts
of simulation, waves, dynamics, uncertainty, machine intelligence,
and applied mathematics. The authors bring together leading-edge
research on mathematics combining various fields of science and
engineering. This perspective acknowledges the inherent
characteristic of current research on mathematics operating in
parallel over different subject fields. New Paradigms in
Computational Modeling and Its Applications meets the present and
future needs for the interaction between various science and
technology/engineering areas on the one hand and different branches
of mathematics on the other. As such, the book contains 13 chapters
covering various aspects of computational modeling from theoretical
to application problems. The first six chapters address various
problems of structural and fluid dynamics. The next four chapters
include solving problems where the governing parameters are
uncertain regarding fuzzy, interval, and affine. The final three
chapters will be devoted to the use of machine intelligence in
artificial neural networks.
Health Care Paradigms in the Internet of Things Ecosystem brings
all IoT-enabled health care related technologies into a single
platform so that undergraduate and postgraduate students,
researchers, academicians and industry leaders can easily
understand IoT-based healthcare systems. The book uses data and
network engineering and intelligent decision support
system-by-design principles to design a reliable IoT-enabled health
care ecosystem and to implement cyber-physical pervasive
infrastructure solutions. It takes the reader on a journey that
begins with understanding the healthcare monitoring paradigm in
IoT-enabled technologies and how it can be applied in various
aspects. In addition, the book walks readers through real-time
challenges and presents a guide on how to build a safe
infrastructure for IoT-based health care. It also helps researchers
and practitioners understand the e-health care architecture through
IoT and the state-of-the-art in IoT countermeasures. Readers will
find this to be a comprehensive discussion on functional frameworks
for IoT-based healthcare systems, intelligent medicine, RFID
technology, HMI, Cognitive Interpretation, Brain-Computer
Interface, Remote Health Monitoring systems, wearable sensors,
WBAN, and security and privacy issues in IoT-based health care
monitoring systems.
Foundational Handbook of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and
Bioscience: A User Friendly Guide for IT Professionals, Healthcare
Providers, Researchers, and Clinicians uses color-coded
illustrations to explain AI from its basics to modern technologies.
Other sections cover extensive, current literature research and
citations regarding AI's role in the business and clinical aspects
of health care. The book provides readers with a unique opportunity
to appreciate AI technology in practical terms, understand its
applications, and realize its profound influence on the clinical
and business aspects of health care. Artificial Intelligence is a
disruptive technology that is having a profound and growing
influence on the business of health care as well as medical
diagnosis, treatment, research and clinical delivery. The AI
relationships in health care are complex, but understandable,
especially when discussed and developed from their foundational
elements through to their practical applications in health care.
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