The computer vision based applications market is increasing since several years ago. A lot of new application areas are incorporating this type of systems to solve particular problems. An emergent trend in last decades is incorporate dedicated devices to particular…

Open societies are situated in dynamic environments and are formed by heterogeneous autonomous agents. In order to ensure social order, norms have been employed as coordination mechanisms. However, the dynamical features of open systems may cause that norms loose their…

A paradigm for modelling and analysing Home Automation Systems is introduced, based on Multi-Agent System theory. A rich and versatile environment for Home Automation System simulation is constructed for investigating the performances of the system. The exploitation of limited resources…

For a mobile robot that interacts with humans such as a home assistant or a tour guide robot, activities such as locating objects, following specific people, and distinguishing among different people are fundamental, yet challenging robotic vision tasks. For complex…

Congenital hypothyroidism induces developmental abnormalities in the auditory receptor, causing deafness due to a poor development of the outer hair cells (OHCs) and a lack of synaptogenesis between these cells and the olivocochlear axons. This efferent innervation is formed by…

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AIM:
This article is a report on a descriptive study of nursing identity as constructed in the Web 2.0 site YouTube.
BACKGROUND:
Public images of the nurse carry stereotypes that rely on the taken for granted gender category of the…

Whiteness is often detached from the notion of diaspora in the recent flurry of interest in the phenomenon, yet it is a key feature of some of the largest and oldest displacements. This paper explores the specific contexts of white…

Copyright by Sage Publications, 2009. Published in Journal of Health Management, 11(1), pp.93-108., The article examines health inequalities and the impact of changing healthcare provision in rural Indonesia. Traditional medicine is often the only source of medical care for a…

The final publication is available at link.springer.com http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10344-011-0513-2, The pervasiveness of pharmaceuticals such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the aquatic ecosystem through the discharge of wastewater, and their potential to biomagnify within this ecosystem, is now recognised. Residues of…