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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'More than half of the world's population is at risk of the tropical diseases malaria, leprosy, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, Chagas' disease, African trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis and half a billion are infected with at least one of these diseases'. J. H. F. Remme, World Health Organisation, 1993. 'If it is true that science is not limited by frontiers and all research Institutions then belong to mankind, so it is natural for each Institution to be responsible for the problems of those who live in the geographic area under its influence. There are no specific aspects concerning physical, chemical or philosophical concepts and facts, but specificity does exist concerning geology, sociology and pathology. It is the duty of each Institution to study the particular aspects concerning its geographic region, as missing links of the chain of universal knowledge may be found there.' H. L. de Oliveira, fonner Rector of the University ofSiio Paulo, 1967. 'Nuclear Medicine is cost effective, especially in the developing countries. ( . ).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Electricity Pricing In Transition is written to address the new issues facing utilities, retailers, regulators, and customers in the changing electricity market. It is organized into five sections. Section I deals with the new restructured organization that has emerged from yesterday's vertically integrated, regulated monopoly company. Section II deals with issues in competitive pricing. Section III reviews the role of demand response and product design in today's chaotic marketplace. Given the single importance of California's energy crisis and the fact that it will be studied for years to come, Section IV is devoted to studying the lessons learned from this crisis. The final section of the book deals with markets and regulations.This book will provide practitioners with guidance on how to avoid the major pitfalls in pricing electricity while the market is in transition by drawing upon the insights and lessons learned from the experience of others that are documented in this book.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book constitutes the Proceedings of the 26th Symposium on Acoustical Imaging held inWindsor, Ontario, Canada during September 9-12, 2001. This traditional scientific event is recognized as a premier forum for the presentation of advanced research results in both theoretical and experimental development. The lAIS was conceived at a 1967Acoustical Holography meeting in the USA. Since then, these traditional symposia provide an opportunity for specialists who are working in this area to make new acquaintances, renew old friendships and present recent results of their research. Our Symposium has grown significantly in size due to a broad interest in various topics and to the quality of the presentations. For the firsttime in 40 years, the IAIS was held in the province of Ontario in Windsor, Canada's Automotive Capital and City of Roses. The 26th IAIS attracted over 100specialists from 13countries representing this interdisciplinary field in physical acoustics, image processing, applied mathematics, solid-state physics, biology and medicine, industrial applications and quality control technologies. The 26th lAIS was organized in the traditional way with only one addition-a Special Session 'History of Acoustical Imaging' with the involvement of such well known scientists as Andrew Briggs, Noriyoshi Chubachi, Robert Green Jr., Joie Jones, Kenneth Erikson, and Bernhard Tittmann. Many of these speakers are well known scientists in their fields and we would like to thank them for making this session extremely successful.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Session One - eGovernment.- 1 Online Voting-Not only a Technical Challenge.- 2 The Impact of a Continuous Replenishment Program on Organisational Flexibility.- 3 Using Competitive Intelligence to Develop an Automated Visa Approval System.- Session Two - eMarkets.- 4 Design Components for Information Market Services: A Framework for Research and Practice.- 5 A Multidimensional Dynamic Regulation Model for E-Marketplaces: DYNEX.- 6 Measuring to Manage Electronic Commerce Technology: Estimating the Return on E-Commerce Technology.- 7 Systematic Design of an E-marketplace for Interior Products.- Session Three - Trust.- 8 On Long-Term Storage of Digitally Signed Documents.- 9 The Role of Trust in the Development of Web-based Customer Relationships.- 10 Specifying and Analysing Trust for Internet Applications.- 11 Integrating Model-based Security Risk Management into eBusiness Systems Development: The CORAS Approach.- Session Four - Fraud and Seccurity.- 12 Frauds and Information Technology: Analysis of the Influence on Accounting and Company Systems.- 13 State-Based Security Policy Enforcement in Component-Based E-Commerce Applications.- 14 IT Security - A Crucial Success Factor for e-Government.- Session Five - eBusiness.- 15 The Supply chain Perspective of e-business Evolution.- 16 A Peer-to-Peer Business Model for the Music Industry.- 17 Analysing e-business Models.- Session Six - Design and Information Systems.- 18 An Information Extraction Support System from BBS Using Topic Mapping Based on Structure of Conversation with a 3-dimensional Space.- 19 Towards a Generic e-Market Design.- 20 Implementation Aspects of SET/EMV.- Session Seven - eLearning.- 21 Initiating eLearning via Workflow Management.- 22 An e-Education Platform for Teaching-LearningProcesses that are Difficult to Visualize.- 23 Applying External Solutions to Organizational Development: eLearning as a Platform for Internal Growth.- Session Eight - eBusiness: B2C and C2B.- 24 More Than Just a Lock in the Browser: A Global Consumer-Company Transaction Security Perspective.- 25 Eye-Catcher or Blind Spot .- 26 Development of a Framework for Risks and Security in B2C E-Business.- 27 A Voucher-Integrated Trading Model for C2B and C2C E-Commerce System Development.- Session Nine - Technology and Design.- 28 Harmonise: A Solution for Data Interoperability.- 29 Using Workflow-based Systems for e-Services Provision.- 30 Local Area Network Management.- Session Ten - Public Services and Health.- 31 Electronic Prescriptions: Developments in Finland.- 32 Community Usage of the Online Conference Service: an Experience Report from three CS Conferences.- 33 Public Services: E-Governance and E-Health - What are we really talking about 'A Cure All for all Ills '.- 34 Electronic Negotiations in a Highly Concurrent Environment.- Session Eleven - eBusiness: B2B.- 35 More than just a transaction: Conceptualising industry-based networks for virtual trading communities.- 36 Agent-based Bidding in Electronic Markets.- 37 IS Innovation: Adoption of B2B e-Commerce.- Session Twelve - Web Design.- 38 The Myth of WebEDI.- 39 A Web-Based Recommender System for end-of-use ICT Products.- 40 Extending Enterprise Portal Capabilities With a Workflow Meta-Component Framework.- Session Thirteen - Application of eCommerce and eBusiness.- 41 Managing Change Toward e-Business: Slovenian and Croatian Perspectives.- 42 Evolution and Success of Online Newspapers.- 43 Electronic B2B Markets as an e-Business Model. Empirical Study in the Spanish Construction Sector.- 44 TheEvolution of e-Commerce Strategy and Supply Chain Management Practices in the Steel Manufacturing Industry.- Session Fourteen - Procedures for eCommerce and eBusiness.- 45 Argumentative Procedures in e-Commerce Environments.- 46 Integration of Electronic Services in the Execution of Business Transactions.- 47 Is The Answer to the Machine Really in the Machine .…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since the early 1980's, the IFIP WG8.1 conferences have provided a forum for the presentation and exchange of research results and practical experiences in the field of Information System Engineering. The WG8.1 '02 Conference is held in the beautiful Kanazawa area in North western Japan. The ubiquitous Web has revolutionised the way organisations communicate and work internally as well as externally and, consequently, the nature of information systems supporting business activities. Web-based systems have become the state of the art in information systems engineering in a very short time. As companies become more international in their strategies and activities, information systems themselves span the globe, led by the Internet. While the risks from failed systems may be enhanced due to higher expectations and increased complexity, we have the opportunity to learn more about the nature of information systems and to develop new engineering techniques and methods to improve the development of information services in a World Wide Web context. The aim theme of this working conference is 'Engineering Information Systems in the Internet Context' and the programme address both technologies and methodologies for building them. x The call for the EISIC Conference was given international audience. The program committee was chosen from very well reputed researchers in the international information systems, web information systems and communication communities. Seventeen papers have been selected for presentation and discussion during the conference.…