Next generation networks consider context information to deliver personalized services, where this context can include positioning information. On the other side, positioning information is relevant to some of the network main functions: geographical routing, network coverage, enhanced security, power saving etc. Therefore determining the position of nodes in wireless networks is pivotal and th...

THIS book documents the evolution of the practice of extradural analgesia in obstetrics during the last decade. Its pre-runner, published in 1972, did much to add momentum to the growing demand for this form of pain relief for the parturient. Contributors include Bromage and Abouleish from the USA, Jousten, Fuster, Van Steinberge from Western Europe and Moir, Doughty and Crawford from the Unite...

Abstract: Location-based services (LBS) have long been recognized as a significant component of the emerging information services. However, the localization cost and the performance of algorithm still need to be optimized. In the study, an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm based on a feed-forward neural network (IMPSO-FNN) combined with RFID sensors is proposed, which can achieve t...

This paper focuses on to identify the limits and insufficiencies in utilising Network Real-Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite Systems (NRTK GNSS) and its augmentation techniques in a precise positioning in a realtime navigation system related to visually impaired people. The purpose was to improve the positioning performance and ensure the availability of reliable and highly accurate po...

The human experience of pain is multidimensional and comprises sensory, affective, and cognitive dimensions. Preclinical assessment of pain has been largely focused on the sensory features that contribute to nociception. The affective (aversive) qualities of pain are clinically significant but have received relatively less mechanistic investigation in preclinical models. Recently, operant behav...

THIS book documents the evolution of the practice of extradural analgesia in obstetrics during the last decade. Its pre-runner, published in 1972, did much to add momentum to the growing demand for this form of pain relief for the parturient. Contributors include Bromage and Abouleish from the USA, Jousten, Fuster, Van Steinberge from Western Europe and Moir, Doughty and Crawford from the Unite...

BACKGROUND Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been successfully used to treat chronic intractable pain for over 40 years. Successful clinical application of SCS is presumed to be generally dependent on maximizing paresthesia-pain overlap; critical to achieving this is positioning of the stimulation field at the physiologic midline. Recently, the necessity of paresthesia for achieving effective r...

Floods have been a major cause of destruction, instigating fatalities and massive damage to the infrastructure overall economy affected country. Flood-related devastation results in loss homes, buildings, critical infrastructure, leaving no means communication or travel for people stuck such disasters. Thus, it is essential develop systems that can detect floods region provide timely aid relief...