Books published by IOS Press

This text is a user-oriented methodology for formative (technology) assessment of the development of medical IT-based solutions throughout the system's lifecycle.

A discussion of the conceptual and pragmatic issues involved in the assessment of statistical knowledge and the use of assessments to improve instruction. The text has four sections, including: innovative models for classroom assessments; and assessing understanding of probability.

This text shows how the infrastructure of telecommunications is a world in transition, and looks at a number of trends that contribute to this: convergence of traditional telephony and data network worlds; blurring of boundaries between public and private networks; and the information superhighway.

This is a review of recent literature on most of the major classes of herbicide chemistry in commercial use. Aspects of herbicide activity are covered, and related to, for example: photosynthesis; inhibition of amino acid biosynthesis; disruption of cell division and microtubule assembly.

This work presents a dialogue between researchers/analysts on policy-relevant telecommunication issues and public- and private-sector decision-makers engaged in making telecommunciation policy. It explores the new challenges to regulation in Europe.

An overview of research projects in biomedical engineering, that constitute an integral part of the EC medical research programme on devices and instruments for biomedical applications. It covers diagnostic methods and monitoring, treatment and rehabilitation, and technical and clinical evaluation.

Deals with the computer analysis of heart rate and blood pressure signals from research and clinical points of view. A state-of-the-art survey is followed by an identification of the future trends in the area.

This work is the outcome of the global consultation on the development and enforcement of international environmental law, with a special focus on the preservation of biological diversity. It presents a list of recommendations and conclusions drafted by international experts.

The advent of the Single European Market and new developments in computing technologies and telecommunications will facilitate the flow of health information. This work looks at the present and future situation and covers legal, technical and managerial aspects.

This work examines the theory and applications of intelligent systems, such as neural networks, (adaptive) fuzzy logic, evolutionary computing and their hybrids and deriviatives.

During the communist regimes in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, agriculture was directed without regard of quality and market need. Democratisation and adoption of market driven economies have caused problems. The aim of this text is to facilitate solving agricultural problems using biotechnology.

This text is the result of the co-operation between academics and civil servants active in this policy field. It aims to contribute to a more effective equality oriented personnel policy which takes into account policy insights and developments regarding gender, equality and personnel policy.

This text discusses advances in the role of nutrients and vitamins in cancer prevention and treatment. Basic and clinical scientists from different regions in the world have made contributions to the volume.

Throughout Europe, judicial systems are under an increasing societal and political strain to increase the speed of proceedings and to improve their organizational funding This work aims to stimulate developments in public administration in the field of justice.

An examination of the different facets of "presence", the sense of "being there" in a mediated environment. It notes theoretical and practical reasons for studying this concept, identifies different theories of presence, and outlines factors that encourage a sense of presence in media users.

A core technology for making the Semantic Web happen, but also to leverage application areas like Knowledge Management and E-Business, is the field of Semantic Annotation, which turns human-understandable content into a machine understandable form. This book reports on the broad range of technologies that are used to achieve this translation.

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.

Comprises the speeches, reflections and analyses on management of the Czech industrialist Tomas Bata. Coverage includes such principles as total quality, customer supremacy, just-in-time scheduling, global competition, employee co-management, vertical integration and flexible organization.

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.