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This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM
in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and
good practices associated with the engagement, access, and
retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses
strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce
the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an
overview of implementations in different regions of the world and
provide numerous examples that can be transferred to other higher
education institutions.
This book discusses the digital design of integrated circuits under
process variations, with a focus on design-time solutions. The
authors describe a step-by-step methodology, going from logic gates
to logic paths to the circuit level. Topics are presented in
comprehensively, without overwhelming use of analytical
formulations. Emphasis is placed on providing digital designers
with understanding of the sources of process variations, their
impact on circuit performance and tools for improving their designs
to comply with product specifications. Various circuit-level
"design hints" are highlighted, so that readers can use then to
improve their designs. A special treatment is devoted to unique
design issues and the impact of process variations on the
performance of FinFET based circuits. This book enables readers to
make optimal decisions at design time, toward more efficient
circuits, with better yield and higher reliability.
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Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research - 4th World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2011, Mykonos, Greece, September 21-23, 2011. Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Miltiadis D Lytras, Da Ruan, Robert D. Tennyson, Patricia Ordonez De Pablos, Francisco Jose Garcia-Penalvo, …
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th World Summit on
the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2011, held in Mykonos, Greece, in
September 2011. The 90 revised full papers presented were carefully
reviewed and selected from 198 submissions. The papers address
issues such as information technology, e-learning, e-business,
cultural heritage, e-government.
Current political discourse emphasizes the globalized nature of
security threats, and focusing on Latin America, this book
identifies local complexities of Human Security. From Human to Post
Human Security in Latin America provides a fresh look to some acute
problems regarding human security in Latin America: human rights
and dignity, water, food and health insecurities. These problems
are persistent and constitute human security threats in the near
future. In this book, each chapter studies a critical social
problem in Latin America and analyzes it from the human security
perspective, providing examples that illustrate the critical state
in which Latin America is found regarding environmental security
and providing a comparative perspective to give a wider view of
these issues. Now security threats are truly global; given the
limits of the international community and the nation state to solve
these issues, it is necessary to revisit the most acute problems
that the planet faces from a more comprehensive perspective. This
is essential reading for professionals in the field of policy
making, practitioners with a need of a conceptual support, and
those interested in human security in Latin America from a Latin
American perspective.
In this timely book, Emilio Jose Garcia and Brenda Vale explore
what sustainability and resilience might mean when applied to the
built environment. Conceived as a primer for students and
professionals, it defines what the terms sustainability and
resilience mean and how they are related to each other and to the
design of the built environment. After discussion of the origins of
the terms, these definitions are then compared and applied to case
studies, including Whitehill and Bordon, UK, Tianjin Eco-city,
China, and San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, which highlight the
principles of both concepts. Essentially, the authors champion the
case that sustainability in the built environment would benefit
from a proper understanding of resilience.
This book gathers peer-review contributions to the 4th
International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2021, held on
November 23-24, 2021, in Evora, Portugal. They report on
cutting-edge technologies and optimized workflows for promoting
active aging and assisting elderly people at home, as well as in
healthcare centers. They discuss the main challenges in the
development, use and delivery of health care services and
technologies. Not only they propose solutions for improving in
practice the monitoring and management of health parameters and
age-related diseases, yet they also describe improved approaches
for helping seniors in their daily tasks and facilitating their
communication and integration with assistive technologies, thus
improving their quality of life, as well as their social
integration. All in all, this book provides health professionals,
researchers, and service providers with extensive information on
the latest trends in the development and practical application of
gerontechnology, with a special emphasis on improving quality of
life of the elderly.
In this timely book, Emilio Jose Garcia and Brenda Vale explore
what sustainability and resilience might mean when applied to the
built environment. Conceived as a primer for students and
professionals, it defines what the terms sustainability and
resilience mean and how they are related to each other and to the
design of the built environment. After discussion of the origins of
the terms, these definitions are then compared and applied to case
studies, including Whitehill and Bordon, UK, Tianjin Eco-city,
China, and San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina, which highlight the
principles of both concepts. Essentially, the authors champion the
case that sustainability in the built environment would benefit
from a proper understanding of resilience.
This book uncovers the crucial issues in learning technologies in
this digital transformation moment, specifically within the
COVID-19 umbrella effects. Remote learning, educational
technologies, or distance learning are usually used topics by
teachers, students, and researchers because the educational context
should be transformed and even reinvented itself drastically.
Technologies have been used more intensively in the last year than
during the last decade. However, what is the effect of these "new"
technologies on the teaching and learning methodologies? Are
teachers and students fully digital competent to integrate these
technologies in their teaching and learning activities? In this
book, the authors claim to go forward that the online teaching
conception to replicate the face-to-face teaching through a camera.
They propose adapting the active methodologies to the online or
hybrid context, which is a challenge that must be corroborated with
rigorous educational research.
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Swarm Intelligence - 13th International Conference, ANTS 2022, Malaga, Spain, November 2-4, 2022, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Marco Dorigo, Heiko Hamann, Manuel Lopez-Ibanez, Jose Garcia Nieto, Andries Engelbrecht, …
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International
Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2022, held in Malaga, Spain,
in November 2022. The 19 full papers presented, together with 14
short papers and 4 extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and
selected from 45 submissions. ANTS 2022 contributions are dealing
with any aspect of swarm intelligence such as behavioral models of
social insects, empirical and theoretical research in swarm
intelligence, application of swarm intelligence methods, and much
more.
Superconducting quantum circuits are among the most promising
solutions for the development of scalable quantum computers. Built
with sizes that range from microns to tens of metres using
superconducting fabrication techniques and microwave technology,
superconducting circuits demonstrate distinctive quantum properties
such as superposition and entanglement at cryogenic temperatures.
This book provides a comprehensive and self-contained introduction
to the world of superconducting quantum circuits, and how they are
used in current quantum technology. Beginning with a description of
their basic superconducting properties, the author then explores
their use in quantum systems, showing how they can emulate
individual photons and atoms, and ultimately behave as qubits
within highly connected quantum systems. Particular attention is
paid to cutting-edge applications of these superconducting circuits
in quantum computing and quantum simulation. Written for graduate
students and junior researchers, this accessible text includes
numerous homework problems and worked examples.
This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM
in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and
good practices associated with the engagement, access, and
retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses
strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce
the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an
overview of implementations in different regions of the world and
provide numerous examples that can be transferred to other higher
education institutions.
This book gathers revised selected papers from the 3rd
International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2020, held on
October 5-6, 2020, in Evora, Portugal. They reports on cutting-edge
technologies and optimized workflows for promoting active aging and
assisting and elderly people at home, as well as in healthcare
centers. It discusses the main challenges in the development, use
and delivery of health care services and technologies. Not only
they proposes solutions for improving in practice the monitoring
and management of health parameters and age-related diseases, yet
they also describes improved approaches for helping seniors in
their daily tasks and facilitating their communication and
integration with assistive technologies, thus improving their
quality of life, as well as their social integration. The book
provides health professionals, researchers, and service providers
with extensive information on the latest trends in the development
and practical application of gerontechnology in elderly care.
This book investigates the sustainability performance of system
that use microgrids in desalination processes. Climate change may
be especially dramatic in its effects on island environments. In
these environments, aquifers and wells could become over exploited
resulting the use of desalination plans. The synergies between
water, energy, and food sectors have been identified as vital in
achieving the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. The
book explores desalination and microgrids technically as well the
economic and legal aspects that must be considered in order explore
their techno-economic feasibility - analyzing how to improve the
desalination process, proposing a method to locate and size a
microgrid. Other synergies between the water, energy, and food
system are discussed and the benefits to society that might result
in these systems. Also, the lessons learned are highlighted in the
context of how they may apply to other sustainable enterprises.
This book gathers revised selected papers from the 3rd
International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2020, held on
October 5-6, 2020, in Evora, Portugal. They reports on cutting-edge
technologies and optimized workflows for promoting active aging and
assisting and elderly people at home, as well as in healthcare
centers. It discusses the main challenges in the development, use
and delivery of health care services and technologies. Not only
they proposes solutions for improving in practice the monitoring
and management of health parameters and age-related diseases, yet
they also describes improved approaches for helping seniors in
their daily tasks and facilitating their communication and
integration with assistive technologies, thus improving their
quality of life, as well as their social integration. The book
provides health professionals, researchers, and service providers
with extensive information on the latest trends in the development
and practical application of gerontechnology in elderly care.
This book summarizes the latest studies regarding innovation in
urban design and planning. It shares many tips and insights about
sustainable solutions for the issues facing transport systems,
innovative digital technologies, and ICT trends. The book touches
upon the need to integrate the three fields of Architecture,
Engineering, and Technology that have become indispensable. This is
intended to respond to the increasing human needs and population
growth in cities on one hand and to develop a holistic approach
that helps overcome challenges to sustainability and environment
management on the other hand. With the power of engineering in
practice, problems of design and development once considered too
complex to be dealt with other than empirically, intuitively, or by
trial and error, are now becoming more solvable and applicable.
This book offers strategies and solutions that enable designers to
bring together knowledge in the fields of architecture,
engineering, and technology to overcome challenges facing in modern
times.
This book discusses the digital design of integrated circuits under
process variations, with a focus on design-time solutions. The
authors describe a step-by-step methodology, going from logic gates
to logic paths to the circuit level. Topics are presented in
comprehensively, without overwhelming use of analytical
formulations. Emphasis is placed on providing digital designers
with understanding of the sources of process variations, their
impact on circuit performance and tools for improving their designs
to comply with product specifications. Various circuit-level
"design hints" are highlighted, so that readers can use then to
improve their designs. A special treatment is devoted to unique
design issues and the impact of process variations on the
performance of FinFET based circuits. This book enables readers to
make optimal decisions at design time, toward more efficient
circuits, with better yield and higher reliability.
In the increasingly volatile American economy, where close to 800
billion dollars is owed in credit card debt and where there has
been a steady decline in work-related benefits like health
insurance and pensions, consumer debt has become a fact of life.
Credit cards are the new safety net being used by desperate middle
and low income families to manage essential expenses such as
groceries and medical bills. Here is a troubling examination of the
causes and consequences of the explosive rise in American consumer
debt.
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Gerontechnology - First International Workshop, IWoG 2018, Caceres, Spain, and Evora, Portugal, 14 and 17 December, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Jose Garcia-Alonso, Cesar Fonseca
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference
proceedings of the First International Workshop on Gerotechnology,
IWoG 2018, held in Caceres, Spain on December 14, 2018, and in
Evora, Portugal, on December 17, 2018. The 24 revised full papers
along with 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and
selected from 71 submissions.The papers are organized in topical
sections on knowledge management for health: context, cognition,
behavior and user modeling; technologies to increase the quality of
life of the elderly population; Internet of Things (IoT); smarts
technologies and algorithms for health; monitoring and management
of chronic and non-chronic diseases;solutions for active aging,
social integration and self-care; health interventions to support
caregivers of elderly people; public health initiatives.
In the past, elderly patients were given artificial airway
technologies, such as a tracheostomy tube, to assist with their
breathing. However, thanks to the advances in medical technologies,
older patients now may receive respiratory care while enjoying the
comfort of their own home. Noninvasive Ventilation Technologies and
Healthcare for Geriatric Patients is a pivotal reference source
that provides vital research on the models and processes of care
for elderly subjects that require noninvasive ventilation as well
as the development of technological solutions. While highlighting
topics such as elderly care, respiratory failure, and home care,
this publication explores healthcare management as well as the
methods of professional homecare medical services. This book is
ideally designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, senior health
technicians, hospital administrators, clinical directors,
laboratories, medical practitioners, nurses, and medical students.
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