Oppositions and reactions to contestations of the hetero-patriarchal order are becoming a main site engagement for feminist queer activism scholarship. Yet further spatial intersectional attention these oppositions, dubbed “anti-gender politics”, is needed move beyond single-issue analyses their geographical ‘placings’. This special issue seeks develop such by situating them within nationalisms...

Methods NBIC engaged the biosurveillance community within and beyond the federal government through a series of extensive discussions, workshops, and symposia to define a strategy for future development of integrated biosurveillance activities grounded in legislative and presidential direction. The NBIC Strategic Plan was extensively reviewed by the twelve federal Departments that comprise the ...

U bicomp systems present exciting opportunities to do good and to make life better for diverse groups, from consumers and office workers1,2 to populations with more specialized needs, such as first responders.3 At the same time, ubicomp itself is exciting because of the interdisciplinary nature of the research and development required to exploit these opportunities. Consequently, as ubicomp edu...

Rob A. Zuidwijk CWI E-mail: [email protected] Url: http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/projects/wavelets.html November 6, 1997 Abstract In this lecture, the continuous wavelet transform will be discussed and some attention will be given to the discrete wavelet transform. Finally, wavelet transforms on multidimensional data will be considered. The set-up of the lecture is as follows: 1. The continuous wavelet t...

This paper reports on a survey of state-of-the-art application scenarios for smart office environments. Based on an analysis of ongoing research activities and industry projects, functionalities and services of future office systems are extracted. In a second step, these results are used to identify the key characteristics of emerging products. Keywords—Ambient Intelligence, Ubiquitous Computin...

The depth and breadth of pathophysiology content, foundational for nursing practice, is well suited for traditional lecture delivery. Use of creative strategies can deepen students' understanding while respecting students' diverse talents and ways of learning. The authors discuss strategies they used, including case studies, questions asked during lecture using immediate feedback technology, cr...

in 1985-86, the european office of world health organization (who) proposed the health promotion program under the theme “healthy cities projects”. with the aim of securing individual and collective welfare, the staffs of healthy city in tehran also began their official activities at 13th aban street at rey (tehran’s 20th municipal district) along with community participation and intersectoral ...