Computer applications in industry and technology

Bioinformatics involves specialized application of computer technology to investigative and conceptual problems in biology and medicine; neuroinformatics (NI) is the practice of bioinformatics in the neurosciences.

This book explores current research and development in the area of digital healthcare using recent technologies such as data science and artificial intelligence.

Improving healthcare and staying healthy is one of the most discussed and important issues in our society.

The Second International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR'23) brings together a diverse group of researchers from all over the world with the intent of fostering collaboration and dissemination of the innovations in computing technologies.

This book raises questions about the changing relationships between technology, people and health.

This heavily revised second edition comprehensively examines the causes and effects of obesity, both on the human body as well as society as a whole.

The Third International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR'24), August 12-14, 2024, Athens, Greece, brings together a diverse group of researchers from all over the world with the intent of fostering collaboration and dissemination of the innovations in computing technologies.

This book focuses on information seeking and the knowledge economy for teaching and research in Africa.

This book presents contributions which discuss the impact of eXtended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies considered jointly in the fields of Cultural Heritage and Innovative Design.

This book examines the concept of dignity from a variety of global perspectives.

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book 2025 Release contains 15 lessons that use real-world, project-based learning to cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program.

This book brings together experts from research and practice.

This new edition is a comprehensive source of imaging informatics fundamentals and how those fundamentals are applied in everyday practice.

The metaverse (no matter in which definition and sometimes even without.

This book focuses on data and knowledge management for teaching and research in Africa.

Nine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers and smartphonesEvery day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats.

This is the second edition of the first ever research monograph that explores the exciting field of augmented reality games and their enabling technologies.

The field of health psychology has grown dramatically in the last decade, with exciting new developments in the study of how psychological and psychosocial processes contribute to risk for and disease sequelae for a variety of medical problems.

The book contains selected contributions from the 48th Annual Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS 2022) held in Bergamo, Italy, July 2022.

Hardly a day goes by without news headlines concerning infectious disease threats.

Farming Human Pathogens: Ecological Resilience and Evolutionary Process introduces a cutting-edge mathematical formalism based on the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory to describe how punctuated shifts in mesoscale ecosystems can entrain patterns of gene expression and organismal evolution.

This book represents a collection of recent advances in computational studies in neuroscience research that practically applies to a collaborative and integrative environment in engineering and medical domains.

Bias analysis quantifies the influence of systematic error on an epidemiology study's estimate of association.

This series is directed to healthcare professionals who are leading the transfor- tion of health care by using information and knowledge to advance the quality of patient care.

An earlier book by Rodrick Wallace entitled Consciousness: A Mathematical Treatment of the Global Neuronal Workspace Model, introduced a formal information-theoretic approach to individual consciousness implementing approaches developed previously by the cognitive scientist Bernard Baars and the philosopher Fred Dretske.

Now is a critical time in pediatric informatics.

In health care systems that provide universal access to care, efforts to contain costs for standby hospital capacity usually result in wait lists for surgical procedures.

The ability to interface patient monitors directly to a computer, and generate a clinical record has existed for over 20 years.

Nurses are constantly involved with projects; staff nurses develop plans of care, nurse managers determine projected staffing patterns, staff development instructors create courses, informatics nurses implement software applications.

Medical information science requires analytic tools.

As the Internet's presence in health care grows more pervasive, an increasing number of health care providers have begun to implement eHealth innovations in their practice.

Healthcare practitioners and managers increasingly find themselves in clinical situations where they have to think fast and process myriad diagnostic test results, medications and past treatment responses in order to make decisions.

The rapid growth of the Web has led to the proliferation of information sources and content accessible via the Internet.

This series is directed to healthcare professionals who are leading the transformation of health care by using information and knowledge.

As health care costs soar there is increasing interest in examining what society and, particularly, patients receive in return for these expenditures.

For decades, the nations of the European Union wrote the book on universal health coverage.

PACS: A Guide to the Digital Revolution, Second Edition, fills an incredible need by explaining the technological advances associated with the transition of radiology departments to filmless environments.

This series is directed to healthcare professionals who are leading the tra- formation of healthcare by using information and knowledge.

Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics, Second Edition is a heavily updated and revised volume based on editors Friedman and Wyatt's successful first edition.

Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Health Care Information Systems, Second Edition, is heavily updated and revised from its First Edition, which is entitled Evaluating Health Care Information Systems: Methods and Applications.

Edited by five leaders in the field of health informatics, Consumer Health Informatics explores all aspects of this evolving science.

Practical Pathology Informatics introduces and demystifies a variety of topics in the broad discipline of pathology informatics with a focus on issues of particular relevance to the practicing anatomic pathologist.

Have you ever wanted to calculate the predicted peak flow for one of your asthmatic patients without spending valuable minutes searching for that confounded little slide rule gizmo?

Person-Centered Health Records: Toward HealthePeople provides essential information on person-centered healthcare systems that will serve individuals throughout their lifetime, enabling a new approach to wellness that goes far beyond outpatient visits to the physician's office or hospitalizations.