Wired/Wireless Internet Communications ; Vol. 3510 ; 3rd International Conference, WWIC 2005, Xanthi, Greece, May 11-13, 2005, Proceedings
Welcome to the 3rd International Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet C- munications (WWIC). This year we received 117 submissions, which allowed us to organize an - citing program with excellent research results, but required more e?ort from the 54 members of the international Program Committee and the 51 additional reviewers.
Window on Surgery and Orthodontics
offers comprehensive coverage of new techniques, important developments, and innovative ideas in all fields of clinical dentistry. Some topics discussed in this compilation include the biomechanical considerations of the extraction site in orthodontics; prognosis of operculectomy procedures in vertically impacted mandibular third molars; a 3D analysis of the loop position in anterior retraction arch wire and its effect on produced forces; comparative evaluation of subepithelial connective tissue grafts and acellular dermal matrix grafts in the treatment of gingival recession; understanding and evaluating the role of local anesthesia in dentistry; a review and case report of supernumerary teeth; the biological effects of static magnetic fields of commercial samarium-cobalt orthodontic magnets on cultured escherichia coli and staphylococci aurous; subpedicle connective tissue grafts; surgical removal of genial tubercules; and a discussion on the development of root analogue implants.
Wi-Fi™, Bluetooth™, Zigbee™ and WiMax™
Wi-Fi™, Bluetooth™, ZigBee™ and WiMax™ will provide a complete and detailed description of the recent wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee and WiMAX. These technologies are considered to be important topics in the telecommunication industry in the next decade. Some critical subjects will be particularly developed such as security, quality of service, roaming and power conservation. Wi-Fi™, Bluetooth™, ZigBee™ and WiMax™will also include some chapters on practicals aspects.
Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies : And Other Pricing Puzzles
How Prices Matter rices are ubiquitous, so much so that their importance to the smooth operation of a market economy (even one constrained by extensive polit- P ical controls as is the case in China) can go unnoticed and unheralded. Prices are what all trades, whether at the local mall or across the globe, are built around. Tey facilitate trades among buyers and sellers who don’t know each other, meaning they make less costly, or more socially benefcial, the allocation and redistribution of the planet’s scarce resources. Indeed, as the late Friedrich Hayek is renowned for having observed, prices summarize a vast amount of - formation on the relative scarcity and, hence, the relative cost of resources (with much of the information subjective in nature) that can be known only by ind-i viduals scattered across markets and cannot be collected in centralized loc- tions, except through market-determined prices.
Whole-cell biocatalysis : Next-generation technology for green synthesis of pharmaceutical, chemicals, and biofuels
Is a promising and emerging field of biological science that is mostly based on advancements in biosystems engineering for the production of useful products such as chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceuticals. It is a unique platform that provides an efficient catalytic system at affordable cost and with low maintenance. Recent studies have proven that whole-cell catalysis is very useful in conducting many complex and complicated chemical reactions that could be executed with greater ease and in an eco-friendly manner in ambient conditions with zero/minimal ecological effect. This has made whole-cell biocatalysis very popular and a center of significance in the field of modern biological catalysis.
White Gold : The Commercialisation of Rice : Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin
About understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry.
What is Drug Addiction?
Drug addiction is A socially common term and medically means Dependence that is a complex neurobiological disease that requires integrated treatment of the mind, body, and spirit. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change the brain, they change its structure and how it works. Without treatment, these brain changes can be long-lasting, Addiction is chronic, progressive, and if left untreated, it can be fatal. Individuals struggling with drug addiction often feel as though they cannot function normally without their drugs. This can lead to a wide range of issues that impact addictive daily life, personal relationships, and overall health. Over time, these serious side effects can be progressive, and if left untreated, it will lead to death.
What Every Woman Should Know about Cervical Cancer
Recent introduction of HPV vaccines has raised hopes for immunization against cervical cancer and for the first time in the history of humanity for eradication of one malignant disease. This new “opportunity” has changed many current views on cervical cancer prevention, control diagnosis and treatment. Many canons and guidelines became subject of review and many revisions are coming. This book is intended to summarize most of these events and to present them to all women in a language understandable by the eneral public. We expect the book will bring all readers the rationale for optimism and will provide guidance as how to gain knowledge and skills for critical thinking and making an educated decision when it will be necessary in their lives.
Wetlands and water framework directive : Protection, management and climate change
This book compares the lessons learned from a wetland-perspective approach to the changing climate and the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) with regard to environmental conservation. Examples from Germany and Poland are discussed due to the efficiency of their respective implementations of water conservation policies. Although the general scientific interest in specific issues such as wetlands, climate change, nature conservation and the WFD enjoy a well established position in international environmental research, these four elements are rarely considered together due to the complexity of the processes, biased scenarios of global change and subjective policy background. Major challenges involved in carrying out environmental conservation actions that assess the potential impacts of climate change and management plans on water bodies are identified.
Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development : The Netherlands 1850–2050
Examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed by a significant part of the international, statistical community. The study also reveals the importance of natural capital: soil, air, water and subsoil resources, showing their relation with the social structure of the ‘here and now´. Treatment and trade of natural resources also impacted on the quality of life ‘later’ and ‘elsewhere.’ Further, the book illustrates the role of natural capital by dividing the capital into three types of raw materials and concomitant material flows: bio-raw materials, mineral and fossil subsoil resources.
Web technologies research and development - APWeb 2005 ; 7th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, Shanghai, China, March 29 - April 1, 2005, Proceedings
APWeb is an international conference series on WWW technologies and is the primary forum for researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to exchange knowledge on WWW-related technologies and new advanced applications. After a thorough review process for each submission by the Program Committee members and expert reviewers recommended by PC members, APWeb 2005 accepted 71 regular research papers (acceptance ratio 16.9%) and 22 short papers (acceptance ratio 5.2%). This volume also includes 6 keynote papers and 11 invited demo papers.
Web information systems engineering – WISE 2020 ; 21st International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 20–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2020, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in October 2020. The 81 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 190 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: network embedding; graph neural network; social network; graph query; knowledge graph and entity linkage; spatial temporal data analysis; and service computing and cloud computing Part II: information extraction; text mining; security and privacy; recommender system; database system and workflow; and data mining and applications
Web information systems engineering – WISE 2020 ; 21st International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 20–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part I
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2020, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in October 2020. The 81 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 190 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: network embedding; graph neural network; social network; graph query; knowledge graph and entity linkage; spatial temporal data analysis; and service computing and cloud computing Part II: information extraction; text mining; security and privacy; recommender system; database system and workflow; and data mining and applications
Web Information Systems Engineering – WISE 2007 Workshops ; WISE 2007 International Workshops Nancy, France, December 3, 2007 Proceedings
This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of six workshops held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2007 in Nancy, France, in December 2007. The 44 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for presentation in the six workshops. The workshops discuss a broad range of subjects.
Web Information Systems Engineering - WISE 2005 Workshops ; WISE 2005 International Workshops, New York, NY, USA, November 20-22, 2005, Proceedings
Constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the three workshops held in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering in 2005. A total of 47 papers were submitted to the workshops. Topics addressed are scalable repository and reasoning services, practical Semantic Web applications, and query handling.
Web information systems and applications ; 17th International Conference, WISA 2020, Guangzhou, China, September 23–25, 2020, Proceedings
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Applications, WISA 2020, held in Guangzhou, China, in September 2020. The 42 full papers and 16 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 165 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on world wide web, recommendation, query processing and algorithm, natural language processing, machine learning, graph query, edge computing and data mining, data privacy and security, and blockchain.
Web Information Systems - WISE 2006 Workshops ; WISE 2006 International Workshops, Wuhan, China, October 23-26, 2006, Proceedings
This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the three workshops held in conjunction with the 7th International Conference on Web Information Systems, WISE 2006, in Wuhan, China, in October 2006. 31 revised full papers were carefully selected for presentation. The Workshop on Web Information Access and Digital Library (WIADL 2006) - which aims at improving and facilitating Web information access by using digital libraries . The Workshop of Web-Based Massive Data Processing (WMDP 2006) accounted for 13 papers, from 39 papers submitted. It discusses how to effectively and efficiently collect, extract, store, index, query and analyze massive data that has been accumulated in many web-based applications such as deep Web applications and Web search engines.
Web Information Systems - WISE 2006 ; 7th International Conference in Web Information Systems Engineering, Wuhan, China, October 23-26, 2006, Proceedings
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2006, held in Wuhan, China in October 2006. The 37 revised full papers and 17 revised short papers presented together with three invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 183 submissions.
Web Engineering ; 7th International Conference, ICWE 2007, Como, Italy, July 16-20, 2007, Proceedings
Contains the proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE2007), the Call for Papers attracted a high number of submissions with a verygoodcoverageof all the different facets of the Web engineering discipline. The 39 selected submissions comprise 26 full papers and 13 short papers they cover the di?erent aspects highlighted in the Call for Papers and represent well the many Web engineering research groups active worldwide. The program spans from service-based systems to testing and analysis, from quality and metrics to models, and from semantic issues and Web 2.0 to application development techniques.
Web Engineering ; 21st International Conference, ICWE 2021, Biarritz, France, May 18–21, 2021, Proceedings
Constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2021, which was supposed to be held in Biarritz, France, in May 2021. Due to the corona pandemic the conference changed to a virtual format. The total of 22 full and 13 short contributions presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 128 submissions. The book also contains 6 demonstration, 1 poster, 3 PhD, and 3 tutorial papers. The papers were organized in topical sections named: Semantic Web; social Web; Web modeling and engineering; Web big data and data analytics; Web mining and knowledge extraction; Web of Things; Web programming; Web user interfaces; PhD symposium; posters and demonstrations; and tutorials.



















