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Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations (Intelligent Systems Reference Library)

Springer, 2019

This book focuses on various aspects of research on ageing, including in relation to assistive technology; dignity of aging; how technology can support a greater understanding of the experience of physically aging and cognitive changes; mobility issues associated with the elderly; and emerging technologies.

The 80+ age group...

Nomic Truth Approximation Revisited (Synthese Library)

Springer, 2019

This monograph presents new ideas in nomic truth approximation. It features original and revised papers from a (formal) philosopher of science who has studied the concept for more than 35 years.

Over the course of time, the author's initial ideas evolved. He discovered a way to generalize his first theory of nomic...

Cognitive Reasoning for Compliant Robot Manipulation (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics)

Springer, 2018

In order to achieve human-like performance, this book covers the four steps of reasoning a robot must provide in the concept of intelligent physical compliance: to represent, plan, execute, and interpret compliant manipulation tasks. A classification of manipulation tasks is conducted to identify the central research questions of the...

The Portal

Murdoch Books, 1970

For thousands of years, the question has been asked: How do you get through the turbulence of life?

We are hurtling towards a pivotal moment for humanity, a point in time when what we do next could determine the future of our species. Economic, environmental, technological and humanitarian experts suggest we are...

Communications and Networking: 13th EAI International Conference, ChinaCom 2018, Chengdu, China, October 23-25, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of ... and Telecommunications Engineering)

Springer, 2019

The book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13^th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking, held in October 2018 in Chengdu, China. The 71 papers presented were carefully selected from 114 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on wireless communications and networking, next...

The Affect Theory of Silvan Tomkins for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (Relational Perspectives Book Series)

Routledge, 2019

The Affect Theory of Silvan Tomkins for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy explores central issues in current clinical work, using the theories put forward by Silvan Tomkins and presenting them in detail, as well as integrating them with the most up-to-date neuroscience findings and infancy research, all based on a...

Web, Artificial Intelligence and Network Applications: Proceedings of the Workshops of the 33rd International Conference on Advanced Information ... in Intelligent Systems and Computing (927))

Springer, 2019

The aim of the book is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of Web Computing, Intelligent Systems and Internet Computing.

As the Web has become a major source of...

Clinical Cases in Psychiatry: Integrating Translational Neuroscience Approaches

Springer, 2018

This case series book offers a practical and accessible approach to psychiatry, addressing major clinical problems ranging from psychosis to aging effects, each of which is tackled as it arises in everyday settings. With its emphasis on everyday practice strongly linked to underlying theory, the book combines clinical knowledge with...

New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics: Advances in Theory and Practice (Mechanisms and Machine Science)

Springer, 2018

This book contains the selected papers of the Sixth International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots (MESROB 2018), held in Cassino, Italy, in 2018. The main topics of the workshop include: design of medical devices, kinematics and dynamics for medical robotics, exoskeletons and prostheses, anthropomorphic hands , therapeutic...

Gambling Disorder

Springer, 2019

This book provides an overview of the state of the art in research on and treatment of gambling disorder. As a behavioral addiction, gambling disorder is of increasing relevance to the field of mental health. Research conducted in the last decade has yielded valuable new insights into the characteristics and etiology of gambling...

Quantifying and Processing Biomedical and Behavioral Signals (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies)

Springer, 2018

The book is based on interdisciplinary research on various aspects and dynamics of human multimodal signal exchanges. It discusses realistic application scenarios where human interaction is the focus, in order to

identify new methods for data processing and data flow coordination through synchronization, and...

Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You

Simon & Schuster, 2003

At the beginning of the twentieth century, H. G. Wells predicted that statistical thinking would be as necessary for citizenship in a technological world as the ability to read and write. But in the twenty-first century, we are often overwhelmed by a baffling array of percentages and probabilities as we try to navigate in a world dominated...

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