The goal of this book is to crystallize the emerging mobile computing technologies and trends by focusing on the most promising solutions in services computing. The book will provide clear proof that mobile technologies are playing an increasingly important and critical role in supporting toy computing. The goal of this book is to bring together academics and practitioners to describe the use a…
Latest research trends in Practical Applications Scalable Multi-Agent System Results of the workshops of the 14th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2016) held in Sevilla, Spain, from 1st to 3rd June 2016 Brings together researchers and developers articles from industry and the academic world reporting on the latest scientific and technic…
Latest research trends in Practical Applications Scalable Multi-Agent System Results of the workshops of the 14th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2016) held in Sevilla, Spain, from 1st to 3rd June 2016 Brings together researchers and developers articles from industry and the academic world reporting on the latest scientific and techni…
The first volume to focus on science and higher education in Latin America as a whole Presents perspectives that give direction to policy-making in Latin America Discusses fundamental issues and challenges of science policy Provides an encompassing analysis of multi-level relations in Latin America
Transnational, interdisciplinary comparison of drug laws and treatment for drug-addicted offenders Explores decisive factors for judges and prosecutors to select treatment instead of punishment options Examines challenges of cooperation between law enforcement and public health for drug treatment, and presents possible solutions
This volume contains papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Knowledge and Systems Engineering (KSE 2014), which was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 9–11 October, 2014. The conference was organized by the University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Besides the main track of contributed papers, this proceedings feature the results of four sp…
This book will guide financial institutions in developing new approaches and solutions for handling perennial issues. Emphasizing the value of creativity for project management in the banking sector, the author provides new insights for all those working in banking and finance. Presenting a number of new, outside-the-box ideas, the book can be regarded as the missing spice that will creatively …
This volume presents different conceptual and theoretical frameworks as well as research methods that have helped educational researchers to study emotions. It includes innovative approaches that push the methodological boundaries that have served educational researchers until now and proposes new ways of researching emotions in educational contexts. In particular, this edited volume provides a…
Kidney stone is a significant disease with a 12-15% prevalence in the United States. Patients with a history of stones have a 50% risk of making another stone in 5 years or 80% risk in their lifetime. The goal of this book is to educate the reader on the nuts and bolts of stone disease and to provide new and updated information to help them tackle this painful disease.