Books: 'Light-based Technologies and Design'

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Weiyin, Ma, ed. Rapid prototyping: Laser-based and other technologies. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2004.

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service), ScienceDirect (Online, ed. Handbook of silicon based MEMS: Materials & technologies. Norwich, N.Y: William Andrew, 2010.

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Li, Jin. Applying web-based VR technologies to support design and manufacturing. Wolverhampton: University of Wolverhampton, 2004.

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Medical device technologies: A systems based overview using engineering standards. [Waltham, MA]: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012.

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Chao, Lee. Strategies and technologies for developing online computer labs for technology-based courses. Hershey, PA: IGI Pub., 2008.

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Keller, Hubert B. Reliable Software Technologies – Ada-Europe 2013: 18th Ada-Europe International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies, Berlin, Germany, June 10-14, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013.

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Kazeykin, Valeriy, and Vladimir Tolstolugov. Theory and practice of implementation of high energy efficient technologies in construction based on Thermaron heat generators. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1146805.

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The monograph summarizes the legislative and regulatory framework, as well as shows the theory and practice of energy saving and energy efficiency development in Russia and in the world with the actualization of the use of a breakthrough domestic high-energy-efficient technology based on molecular heat generators Termaron. These devices use the principles of hydrolysis, cavitation, magnetism, resonance and synergy of these processes. The results of research conducted with the participation of specialists from Dubna state University, as well as the practice of using the Termaron ATP, showed that its operation provides a high efficiency in the use of electric energy, equal to 0.98, and the coefficient of conversion of electric energy to heat is from 2.3 to 4.6 (on average, 3.45). At the same time, the cost of heat energy and hot water supply is two to three times lower compared to traditional types of heat generating devices. It is intended for representatives of government authorities, University teachers, scientific and practical specialists in the field of design, construction and operation of energy-efficient residential and commercial real estate, state and municipal employees, managers and employees of development companies, students, masters, postgraduates and other specialists interested in improving their competencies in the field of energy efficiency based on domestic innovative breakthrough technologies in Russia and abroad.

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Society, American Astronomical, and SPIE (Society), eds. Modern technologies in space- and ground-based telescopes and instrumentation: 27 June-2 July 2010, San Diego, California, United States. Bellingham, Wash: SPIE, 2010.

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Kovalenko, Vladimir. Design of information systems. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/987869.

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The tutorial discusses the design features of information systems (is) involved in the implementation of CALS technologies: MRP/MRPII/ERP systems, e-Commerce systems (B2B), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and decision support systems (OLAP). The issues of choosing the design technology, software tools for project development, building functional and information models in the environment of Business Studio, MS Visio, Elma, AllFusion Modeling Suite and Oracle Designer 10g, as well as the development of technical and operational documentation are highlighted. The characteristics of CASE technologies and their implementation in the Oracle Designer 10g environment are considered. A comparative analysis of the standards of the organization of the life cycle of creating and using IP, practical recommendations for the development of standard profiles, examples of the development of an IP project based on a cascading model of the life cycle, including using a process approach in the management and automation of processes. The models of the client — server architecture and the structure of cloud computing are considered. Modern approaches to the selection of ready-made is and their implementation in automated enterprises are studied in detail. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. It is intended for students (bachelors and specialists) and masters of higher educational institutions studying in the direction of "Applied Informatics". It is also recommended for teachers and specialists working in the field of information technology.

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Rashid, Mehmood, Berbineau Marion, Garcia Cristina Rico, Huang Chung-Ming, Chilamkurti Naveen, and SpringerLink (Online service), eds. Communication Technologies for Vehicles: 4th International Workshop, Nets4Cars/Nets4Trains 2012, Vilnius, Lithuania, April 25-27, 2012. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.

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Lomakina, Tat'yana, and Nina Vasil'chenko. Modern technology of teaching a foreign language: design and experience. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1111366.

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The monograph deals with the theoretical and practical issues of pedagogical design of the technology of teaching a foreign language in the system of secondary vocational education. Presents an analysis of key concepts "instructional design" and "technology of education" that is meaningful and reveals the basic principles of the system, activity-based and student-centered approaches to the design of learning technologies to address new opportunities and the status of the str system in the modern socio-economic conditions. The author has developed a method of selection of the content of learning English language, based on the modular structure of the course, taking into account international experience in building the content of language education for professional purposes, the requirements of the educational-methodical complex of teaching business English and core competencies stipulated by the Council of Europe, as well as the requirements of the labour market and the needs of employers standardisert, intensificarea language training specialist of middle management by reflection of the status and trends of professional activities in various fields. For use in the system of professional development of teachers of secondary vocational education, additional education and the system of corporate training.

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Duff, Jon M. CADKey Light: Computer aided design and drafting for engineers and technologists. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice Hall, 1991.

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Future organizational design: The scope for the IT-based enterprise. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.

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Polyakov, Anatoliy, Maksim Ivanov, Elena Ryzhkova, and Ekaterina Filimonova. Electrical engineering and electronics: laboratory workshop. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1214583.

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The textbook presents the main theoretical provisions, evaluation tools, laboratory work and homework for the courses of the electrical cycle. It is intended for self-study of the main sections of theoretical electrical engineering. Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. For bachelors and undergraduates studying in the areas of training 15.03/04.04 "Automation of technological processes and production", 27.03/04.04 "Management in technical systems", 13.03.01 "Heat power engineering and heat engineering", 15.03.02 "Technological machines and equipment", 09.03.01 "Informatics and computer engineering", 09.03.02 "Information systems and technologies", 29.03.01 "Technology of light industry products", 29.03.02 "Technologies and design of textile products", 29.03.04 "Technology of artistic processing of materials", 27.03.01 "Standardization and metrology", 18.03.01 "Chemical technology", 20.03.01 "Technosphere safety", 15.03.06 "Mechatronics and robotics" of all forms of education studying the disciplines "Electrical Engineering", "Electrical Engineering and fundamentals of electronics", "Electrical Engineering and industrial electronics", "Electrical engineering, fundamentals of electronics and automation". Theoretical provisions, scientific, practical and methodological recommendations can be useful when studying the disciplines of the master's program " Electrotechnical complexes and systems. Energy saving".

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Valeriu, Abtramciuc, ed. Light and Photonics: Science and Technology, Intern. Sci. Conf. (2015 ; Balţi). Light 2015 International Scientific Conference Light and Photonics: Science and Technology dedicated to International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies-2015 : Book of abstracts, 22nd May, 2015, Alecu Russo Balti State Univ., Rep. of Moldova. Iaşi: ModTech, 2015.

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El-Gomati, Mohamed M., and M. Suhail Zubairy, eds. Optics in our time. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Open, 2016.

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Ismailov, Nariman, Samira Nadzhafova, and Aygyun Gasymova. Bioecosystem complexes for the solution of environmental, industrial and social problems (on the example of Azerbaijan). ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1043239.

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A key objective of the modern development of society is the observance of ecological and socio-economic unity in human life and comprehensive improvement of environment and quality of life should be considered in close connection with the quality of the natural landscape. The formation of scientific understanding of the unity of society and nature is driven by the need for practical implementation of such unity. This defines the focus of this monograph. Given the overall assessment of the current state of the environment in Azerbaijan, considers the scenarios for the future development of the area. The prospects of the use of biotechnology in integrated environmental protection. In the framework of the above to address complex social, environmental and production problems in Azerbaijan developed scientific basis of integrated system of industrial farms — biclusters with a closed production cycle through effective utilization of regional biological resources, whose interactions and relationships take on the character of vzaimodeistvie components for obtaining focused final result with high practical importance. Microbiological, biochemical and technological processes are the basis of all development of biotechnology. Presents the development will help strengthen the ties between science and production, establishing mechanisms to conduct applied research in the field of innovation and creation of knowledge-based technologies in solving current and future environmental problems in Azerbaijan. We offer innovative ideas distinguishes the potential need for their materialization into new products, technologies and services, including the widespread use of digital technologies to design dynamic digital environmental map in space and in time. For students, scientific and engineering-technical workers, students and specializing in environmental technology, environmental protection.

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Tenny, Dana. "A quick wit and a light hand": Design movements & children's books 1880-1910 : based on an exhibition held at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library, June 10-September 15, 1993. [Toronto]: Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections, Toronto Public Library, 1993.

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Kondrat'ev, Sergey. Theory and practice of personalized learning. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1098272.

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The monograph presents the psychological theory and organization of personalized learning in general education schools. The concept of integrative subjectivity of a person as a form of reflexive and areflexive self-existence is considered as the psychological basis of personalized learning. The author characterizes the personality and the social individual in the light of the humanitarian Christian paradigm: reveals the phenomenology of integrative subjectivity, its structural organization, levels and forms of development of the individual and the social individual. From the standpoint of the Christian psychology of education, the general psychological and socio-psychological aspects of personalized learning are revealed, the psychological typification of students and teachers is justified, the extraordinary pedagogical interaction as a psychological mechanism of personalized learning is presented, the experimental construction of psychological types of primary school students based on the perception of educational material, as well as the typological features of teachers. Technologies of personalized learning are presented. The monograph reflects the results of many years of theoretical and experimental research of the author. It is of interest to seminarians, students, postgraduates of Orthodox educational institutions, students of Higher theological courses, faculties of advanced training and retraining, as well as philosophers, psychologists, teachers, social workers, and specialists in the field of education.

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Narboni, Roger. Lighting the Landscape: Art, Design, Technologies. Birkhäuser Basel, 2004.

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Venuvinod, Patri K., and Weiyin Ma. Rapid Prototyping: Laser-Based and Other Technologies. Springer, 2003.

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1965-, Ma Zongmin, ed. Web-based intelligent e-learning systems: Technologies and applications. Hershey PA: Information Science Pub., 2006.

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E, Lathan Corinna, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., eds. Evaluating a web-based interface for Internet telemedicine. [Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1997.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., ed. Application of finite-element-based solution technologies for viscoplastic structural analyses. [Washington, DC]: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1990.

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United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., ed. Application of finite-element-based solution technologies for viscoplastic structural analyses. [Washington, DC]: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1990.

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Integrating object-oriented CAD and rule-based technologies for construction planning. [Champaign, IL]: US Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, 1996.

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T, Goh Tiong, ed. Multiplatform e-learning systems and technologies: Mobile devices for ubiquitous ICT-based education. Hershey PA: Information Science Reference, 2009.

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Strategies and Technologies for Developing Online Computer Labs for Technology-based Courses. IGI Global, 2007.

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Strategies and Technologies for Developing Online Computer Labs for Technology-Based Courses. Igi Publishing, 2007.

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Ivan, Cindrich, Lee S. H. 1939-, Sutherland Richard Lee 1950-, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers., and United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency., eds. Diffractive and holographic technologies, systems, and spatial light modulators VI: 27-28 January 1999, San Jose, California. Bellingham, Wash., USA: SPIE, 1999.

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Adler, Paul S., and Terry A. Winograd, eds. Usability: Turning Technologies into Tools. Oxford University Press, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195075106.001.0001.

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As more and more equipment incorporates advanced technologies, usability -- the ability of equipment to take advantage of users' skills and thereby to function effectively in the broad range of real work situations -- is becoming an essential component of equipment design. Usability: Turning Technologies into Tools collects six essays that herald a fundamental shift in the way industry and researchers think about usability. In this new, broader definition, usability no longer means safeguarding against human error, but rather enabling human beings to learn, to use, and to adapt the equipment to satisfy better the demands and contingencies of their work. Following an introduction that develops some core concepts of usability, the subsequent chapters: -- describe the role of usability in guiding one of Xerox's largest strategic initiatives -- analyze a Monsanto chemical plant where a study of worker's conversational patterns contributed to the design of a more effective system of controls -- present an empirical study of equipment design practices in U.S. industry which contrasts technology-centered and skill-based design approaches -- summarize recent Scandinavian experiences with user participation in design, with specific reference to the DEMOS and UTOPIA projects -- analyze European experiences that suggest five key criteria for effective human-centered design of advanced manufacturing technology --offer an insightful discussion of the powerful, often hidden human and organizational resources that conventional design processes overlook. Today, three quarters of all advanced technology implementations in manufacturing fail to achieve their performance goals because of inadequate usability. By viewing the human being as a mechanistic system component, and not a particularly reliable one, the traditional "human factors" model of usability virtually ensures that the uniquely human qualities -- experience, adaptation, innovation -- will be neglected, and therefore that new technologies will realize little of their true potential. Usability: Turning Technologies into Tools answers the need for better usability criteria and more effective design and usability assurance processes. In so doing, it leads the way to making a new, broader concept of usability central to design. Its chapters will be of interest to managers and professionals in computer systems, manufacturing engineering, industrial design, and human factors, as well as researchers in disciplines such as computer science, engineering, design studies, sociology, organizational behavior and human resource management, industrial relations, education, and business strategy.

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Cross, Katharine, Katharina Tondera, Anacleto Rizzo, Lisa Andrews, Bernhard Pucher, Darja Istenič, Nathan Karres, and Robert McDonald, eds. Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment. IWA Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/9781789062267.

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There are 2.4 billion people without improved sanitation and another 2.1 billion with inadequate sanitation (i.e. wastewater drains directly into surface waters), and despite improvements over the past decades, the unsafe management of fecal waste and wastewater continues to present a major risk to public health and the environment (UN, 2016). There is growing interest in low cost sanitation solutions which harness natural systems. However, it can be difficult for wastewater utility managers to understand under what conditions such nature-based solutions (NBS) might be applicable and how best to combine traditional infrastructure, for example an activated sludge treatment plant, with an NBS such as treatment wetlands. There is increasing scientific evidence that treatment systems with designs inspired by nature are highly efficient treatment technologies. The cost-effective design and implementation of ecosystems in wastewater treatment is something that exists and has the potential to be further promoted globally as both a sustainable and practical solution. This book serves as a compilation of technical references, case examples and guidance for applying nature-based solutions for treatment of domestic wastewater, and enables a wide variety of stakeholders to understand the design parameters, removal efficiencies, costs, co-benefits for both people and nature and trade-offs for consideration in their local context. Examples through case studies are from across the globe and provide practical insights into the variety of potentially applicable solutions. ISBN: 9781789062250 (Paperback) ISBN: 9781789062267 (eBook)

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Jmaiel, Mohamed. The Impact of Digital Technologies on Public Health in Developed and Developing Countries: 18th International Conference, ICOST 2020, Hammamet, Tunisia, June 24–26, 2020, Proceedings. Springer Nature, 2020.

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Materials for Solar Cell Technologies I. Materials Research Forum LLC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781644901090.

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The book reviews recent research and new trends in the area of solar cell materials. Topics include fabrication methods, solar cell design, energy efficiency and commercialization of next-generation materials. Special focus is placed on graphene and carbon nanomaterials, graphene in dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells and organic photovoltaic cells, as well as on transparent conducting electrode (TCE) materials, hollow nanostructured photoelectrodes, monocrystalline silicon solar cells (MSSC) and BHJ organic solar cells. Also discussed is the use of graphene, sulfides, and metal nanoparticle-based absorber materials.

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International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015.

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Forsyth, Tim. Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.602.

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Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change is an approach to adaptation that aims to include vulnerable people in the design and implementation of adaptation measures. The most obvious forms of CBA include simple, but accessible, technologies such as storing freshwater during flooding or raising the level of houses near the sea. It can also include more complex forms of social and economic resilience such as increasing access to a wider range of livelihoods or reducing the vulnerability of social groups that are especially exposed to climate risks. CBA has been promoted by some development nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international agencies as a means of demonstrating the importance of participatory and deliberative methods within adaptation to climate change, and the role of longer-term development and social empowerment as ways of reducing vulnerability to climate change. Critics, however, have argued that focusing on “community” initiatives can often be romantic and can give the mistaken impression that communities are homogeneous when in fact they contain many inequalities and social exclusions. Accordingly, many analysts see CBA as an important, but insufficient, step toward the representation of vulnerable local people in climate change policy, but that it also offers useful lessons for a broader transformation to socially inclusive forms of climate change policy, and towards seeing resilience to climate change as lying within socio-economic organization rather than in infrastructure and technology alone.

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1940-, Koizumi Tetsunori, Lasker G. E. 1935-, Pohl Jens G, International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics., and International Symposium on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics (3rd : 1991 : Baden-Baden, Germany), eds. Advances in human systems and information technologies: Human ecology, evolution of science and technology, knowledge-based systems, neural networks, cognitive systems, systems methodologies, architecture, computer integrated manufacturing, computer-user partnership in design. [Windsor, Ont.]: International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, 1992.

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Fu, Wai-Tat, Mingkun Gao, and Hyo Jin Do. Computational Methods for Socio-Computer Interaction. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198799603.003.0016.

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From the Arab Spring to presidential elections, various forms of online social media, forums, and networking platforms have been playing increasing significant roles in our societies. These emerging socio-computer interactions demand new methods of understanding how various design features of online tools may moderate the percolation of information and gradually shape social opinions, influence social choices, and moderate collective action. This chapter starts with a review of the literature on the different ways technologies impact social phenomena, with a special focus on theories that characterize how social processes are moderated by various design features of user interfaces. It then reviews different theory-based computational methods derived from these theories to study socio-computer interaction at various levels. Specific examples of computational techniques are reviewed to illustrate how they can be useful for influencing social processes for various purposes. The chapter ends with how future technologies should be designed to improve socio-computer interaction.

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Alagoz, Esra, Kim Johnson, Andrew Quanbeck, and David Gustafson. Technology-Based Interventions for Late-Life Addiction. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199392063.003.0011.

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Late-life addiction has been a neglected topic in the field of substance-use disorders research. Research suggests that with the aging baby-boomer generation, decline in fertility rates, and increases in life expectancy, there will be an increasing demand on the substance-abuse treatment systems designed specifically for individuals aged 65 and older in the next decade. Emerging technologies such as electronic health records, dashboards, communication tools, and new-generation monitoring devices offer significant opportunities to advance the treatment and recovery management of substance use disorders. This chapter explains the emerging technologies that are being used in addiction treatment and proposes guidelines for how these systems can be adopted for older adults by drawing on experiences from ElderTree, an interactive health technology designed for older populations.

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Randhawa, Gurvaneet S., and Edwin A. Lomotan. Harnessing Big Data-Based Technologies to Improve Cancer Care. Edited by David A. Chambers, Wynne E. Norton, and Cynthia A. Vinson. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190647421.003.0034.

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Big data promises to harness the power of advanced computing to transform health and health care, including cancer research and care delivery. In health care, big data can be generated by administrative and clinical processes, by patients and families, and by machines. Ultimately, the goal of big data is to transform data into actionable knowledge with attention to four dimensions: person-level data collection; data access, exchange, and aggregation; population-level analytics; and provider, researcher, or patient-facing clinical decision support. A fabric of trust forms the basis for policies for governance, privacy and security, and confidentiality. This chapter offers several examples of the application of big data along the cancer care continuum, ranging from primary prevention through diagnosis, survivorship, and end-of-life care. Challenges to the effective collection and use of big data include its integration with health care delivery; interoperability; and the need for validated, well-designed informatics tools.

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Fedosov, Anton. Supporting the Design of Technology-Mediated Sharing Practices. Carl Grossmann, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24921/2020.94115943.

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Online social networks have made sharing personal experiences with others mostly in form of photos and comments a common activity. The convergenceof social, mobile, cloud and wearable computing expanded the scope of usergeneratedand shared content on the net from personal media to individual preferencesto physiological details (e.g., in the form of daily workouts) to informationabout real-world possessions (e.g., apartments, cars). Once everydaythings become increasingly networked (i.e., the Internet of Things), future onlineservices and connected devices will only expand the set of things to share. Given that a new generation of sharing services is about to emerge, it is of crucialimportance to provide service designers with the right insights to adequatelysupport novel sharing practices. This work explores these practices within twoemergent sharing domains: (1) personal activity tracking and (2) sharing economyservices. The goal of this dissertation is to understand current practices ofsharing personal digital and physical possessions, and to uncover correspondingend-user needs and concerns across novel sharing practices, in order to map thedesign space to support emergent and future sharing needs. We address this goalby adopting two research strategies, one using a bottom-up approach, the otherfollowing a top-down approach.In the bottom-up approach, we examine in-depth novel sharing practices within two emergent sharing domains through a set of empirical qualitative studies.We offer a rich and descriptive account of peoples sharing routines and characterizethe specific role of interactive technologies that support or inhibit sharingin those domains. We then design, develop, and deploy several technology prototypesthat afford digital and physical sharing with the view to informing the design of future sharing services and tools within two domains, personal activitytracking and sharing economy services.In the top-down approach, drawing on scholarship in human-computer interaction (HCI) and interaction design, we systematically examine prior workon current technology-mediated sharing practices and identify a set of commonalitiesand differences among sharing digital and physical artifacts. Based uponthese findings, we further argue that many challenges and issues that are presentin digital online sharing are also highly relevant for the physical sharing in thecontext of the sharing economy, especially when the shared physical objects havedigital representations and are mediated by an online platform. To account forthese particularities, we develop and field-test an action-driven toolkit for designpractitioners to both support the creation of future sharing economy platformsand services, as well as to improve the user experience of existing services.This dissertation should be of particular interest to HCI and interaction designresearchers who are critically exploring technology-mediated sharing practicesthrough fieldwork studies, as well to design practitioners who are building and evaluating sharing economy services.

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Bilow, Marcel, Tillmann Klein, and Ulrich Knaack. DEFLATE-ABLES. 010 publishers, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/bookrxiv.13.

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Pneumatic structures have been thoroughly investigated and developed during the 1960s. However, the energy crisis and aesthetic developments stopped the process of employing these structures as a mainstream construction method. Nowadays these structures are typically used in special areas of architecture and design. Imagine-Deflateables concentrates on the very limited knowledge of vacuum constructions and develops a range of aesthetic, technical and functional design possibilities. Until today, there has been a very limited number of designs developed and realized using pressurized constructions – despite the fact that this technology could lead to positive aspects: the air pressure of the earth can be used as a stabilizing and form-giving parameter, creating a specific and inspiring shape. In addition, the very nature of this technology offers varying degrees of thermal and acoustic insulation. There are of course weak points such as potential leakage and the need for high pressurization of the construction; but new material technologies and specific structural concepts will provide solutions to overcome these issues. Exploiting the possibilities of extremely light and, at the same time, energetically active constructions, deflateables are one of the promising fields of architectural and design developments. The chance to create structures that can move and react to requests such as user and climate requirements as well as formative demands, lifts this topic onto the level of a realistic and usable technology for as yet unknown design possibilities.

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White, Christine. ‘Humming the Sets’. Edited by Robert Gordon and Olaf Jubin. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199988747.013.17.

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This chapter discusses the impact of stage design on musical theatre, and the development of musical theatre as a product packaged for consumption across the world. Its focus is chiefly on British musicals of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, during which ‘scenography’ has become recognized as the term for describing the whole theatre-designed space, encompassing, set, costume, sound, light, and more recently including film, animations, and a host of projection technologies and digital media. The chapter refers to contemporary reviews of productions, their success and failure, and the nature of the musical as a form in harmony with new scenic production aesthetics. What becomes apparent in this chapter is the interconnectedness of scenic practices and production aesthetics, which relates directly to the visual impact of musicals on the British stage and the interchange of production styles and modes of the UK and North America.

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Fairhurst, Michael. Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198809104.001.0001.

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Biometrics is the scientific discipline of identifying individuals by means of the measurement of unique personal attributes, such as facial appearance, fingerprints, iris patterning, the voice, the way we write, and the way we walk. The new technologies of biometrics have a wide range of practical applications, from securing mobile phones and laptops to establishing identity in bank transactions, travel documents, and national identity cards. Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction considers the capabilities of biometrics-based identity checking and looks at the basic techniques in use today, developments in system design, and emerging technologies. It also explores the benefits and limitations of biometrics technologies, and how they can effectively support our increasingly interconnected society.

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Mallapragada, Madhavi. Desi Networks. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038631.003.0005.

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This chapter explores how desi activism reimagines the Indian immigrant location and seeks to mobilize the politics of citizenship around issues of race and class. Using drumnyc.org, the homepage of New York-based organization Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), as a case study, it foregrounds a particular mode of citizenship among South Asian immigrants wherein belonging and rights are negotiated through technologies of race and immigration and through network cultures. The site represents its immigrant members as active political subjects in the U.S. homeland who craft a cultural location for themselves by engaging, resisting, and responding to the disciplinary strategies of the technologized racial state. In doing so, the activists of DRUM reveal how belonging is produced and enacted through the transnational online media and through immigrant, labor, and racial coalitions. Desi is here articulated to labor struggles, racial alliances, and immigrant collectives to produce desi networks as brown, working-class spaces of political leadership.

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Groth, Lars. Future Organizational Design: The Scope for the IT-Based Enterprise. Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 2000.

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Stevens, Gunnar, and Volkmar Pipek. Making Use. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198733249.003.0005.

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In the context of socio-informatics, the term “appropriation”—derived from the verb “to appropriate,” using the definition “to set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use”—refers to the establishing of new social practices in the light of new technologies. So, roughly speaking, appropriation is closely related with change, although in everyday life such transformations may be slow, unnoticed, quiet, and evolutionary. The concept of appropriation has a long and varied history and can be traced through its roots in German idealism to Marxism and more recent conceptions such as activity theory. This chapter examines the relevance of this concept to problems around the design space, notably those to do with who does design and at what point. The main focus of the chapter is to understand how various commitments to participation, end-user development, tailorability, and infrastructuring are dependent on the concept of appropriation.

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Bennett Moses, Lyria. Regulating in the Face of Sociotechnical Change. Edited by Roger Brownsword, Eloise Scotford, and Karen Yeung. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199680832.013.49.

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This chapter looks broadly at how lawyers and regulators should understand the relationship between regulation and changing technologies. It argues that instead of asking how we might 'regulate technology' or 'regulate new technology', we should focus on the question of how we might institutionally manage the adjustment of law and regulation in light of ongoing sociotechnical change. In particular, it argues that 'technology' is neither a special rationale for nor a special object of regulation, but rather that it is changes in the sociotechnical landscape that generate a need to constantly re-evaluate regulatory regimes. It concludes with high-level principles that follow from this reframing for regulatory design, choice of regulatory institution, regulatory timing, and regulatory responsiveness.

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Pridane, Aija, Natalja Vronska, and Iveta Lice-Zikmane. Development of Home Economics Education for Life Quality in Latvia. Edited by Vija Dislere. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22616/llu9789984483689.

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The research “Development of Home Economics Education for Life Quality in Latvia” is based on authors’ experience gained in long-term activities. The study is a scientific monograph, the materials is approbated in authors’ doctoral thesis and in scientific publications. The Home Economics education in Latvia has significantly changed from the acquisition of a simple, practical, narrow specification profession to the conscious, all-around development of a pupil’s individuality aimed at awareness of the quality of life and purposeful action to improve its quality. The aim of the book is to introduce the public to different aspects of the development of Home Economics and Technologies (Design and Technology) education for life quality in Latvia at schools and at University level. This book describes the research done by authors within Home Economics and Technologies sphere during 2000-2020 years in Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LLU), Institute of Education and Home Economics. Here are described the historical development of the Home Economics from 19th century until nowadays in Latvia, the change of paradigm of Home Economics studies, relationship between various aspects of the education in Home Economics and Technologies in the context of sustainable development, methodology structure for training teachers of Home Economics and Technologies at University level, understanding of life quality criteria of Home Economics and Technologies education in elementary school, research of pupils nutrition habits; the Information and Communication Technology Integration Skills Development Model in Home Economics and Technologies education for prospective teachers based on transformative digital learning, integration and student-centred approach implementation in the study process. The book is intended for researchers, University lecturers, teachers, master students, students, and other interested parties. The book is print with the financial support of the Association “School of Home Environment”.

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Westfahl, Gary. A Bridge to the Present. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252037801.003.0007.

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This chapter examines three William Gibson novels: Virtual Light, Idoru, and All Tomorrow's Parties. Virtual Light confirms Gibson's desire to break with the past and move in new directions. More specifically, Gibson wanted readers to enter and appreciate a different sort of Gibsonian world. Accordingly, Virtual Light was set in 2005, only twelve years after its publication, and its imagined new technologies were not far removed from actual technologies of the early 1990s. While computer hackers eventually play a small role in the story, there is only one fleeting glimpse of a virtual realm recalling cyberspace, and the two protagonists have almost no interactions with computers. While Gibson remained interested in futuristic science, this novel devotes more attention to speculative sociology. Idoru examines the mechanisms that promote celebrities and keep them in the public eye. It seems to repudiate Virtual Light, whereas All Tomorrow's Parties seems to repudiate Idoru.

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