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National Education in Hong Kong in the New Era (Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy)
by Jason Cong LinThis book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of national education in Hong Kong. At the societal level, it offers an in-depth understanding of a divisive issue for Hongkongers, elaborating the official approach so that diverse stakeholders have a basis for re-evaluating the nature and implementation of national education for rational and critical dialogue. At the policy and curricular level, it offers evidence-based suggestions to foster inclusive and reflective decision-making and curriculum development related to national education. At a practical level it facilitates the teaching of national education in schools and helps diverse stakeholders to reflect on how national education relates to them, and what they can do to co-construct an inclusive and reflective national education. The book will interest researchers in multicultural education, national identity, identity politics and China and Hong Kong Studies.
Innovative Technologies on Electrical Power Systems for Smart Cities Infrastructure: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Electrical Systems and Smart Technologies (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures)
by Imad Aboudrar Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh Anand Nayyar Ilias OuachtoukThis book compiles selected papers from the International Conference on Electrical Systems and Smart Technologies (ICESST 2024), held in Dakhla, Morocco (December 11-13, 2024). It presents key research insights, offering a structured exploration of innovations in electrical systems and smart technologies. The first section covers power electronics and electrical systems, focusing on advanced control techniques, electrical machines, and drives. It then transitions to computational intelligence and soft computing, highlighting the role of machine learning and deep learning in enhancing modern electrical systems. Next, the book delves into IoT and embedded systems, emphasizing their impact on smart infrastructure and smart cities, addressing challenges and solutions in efficiency and effectiveness. The smart grids and power systems section explores energy management, renewable energy integration, and forecasting, underscoring sustainability in modern power systems. This leads to a discussion on sustainable energy solutions, covering hydrogen energy, fuel cells, storage systems, and electrical mobility. Finally, the book examines automation, robotics, and control technologies, showcasing advancements in mechatronics, industrial automation, and AI-driven robotics. This comprehensive guide provides valuable insights into current trends, challenges, and future directions in electrical engineering and smart technologies, making it essential for professionals, researchers, and students.
Cancer Simply Explained: What is Cancer and What Can We Do About It?
by Visar Vela Besmira Sabani Günther SpahnCancer is one of the most feared diseases worldwide, affecting anyone. But what if you were better equipped with sound scientific knowledge to understand, prevent, detect, and treat cancer? This book provides all the essential information on the causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer in an easily understandable manner. It maintains medical precision while explaining in simple terms and uses illustrative comparisons. By employing real-world analogies not found in any other cancer book, complex topics are made accessible. Visually appealing, it combines informative content with visual aids to facilitate understanding Whether you are a patient, survivor, or just interested, this book offers valuable information to better understand and manage cancer.
Multimodal Interaction Technologies for Training Affective Social Skills
by Satoshi NakamuraThis book focuses on how interactive, multimodal technology such as virtual agents can be used in training and treatment (social skills training, cognitive behavioral therapy). People with socio-affective deficits have difficulties controlling their social behavior and also suffer from interpreting others’ social behavior. Behavioral training, such as social skills training, is used in clinical settings. Patients are trained by a coach to experience social interaction and reduce social stress. In addition to behavioral training, cognitive behavioral therapy is also useful for understanding better and training social-affective interaction. All these methods are effective but expensive and difficult to access. This book describes how multimodal interactive technology can be used in healthcare for measuring and training social-affective interactions. Sensing technology analyzes users’ behaviors and eye-gaze, and various machine learning methods can be used for prediction tasks. This bookfocuses on analyzing human behaviors and implementing training methods (e.g., by virtual agents, virtual reality, dialogue modeling, personalized feedback, and evaluations). Target populations include depression, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, and a much larger group of social pathological phenomena.
Pitfalls in Diagnosis and Treatment of Shoulder Joint Diseases
by Yu-Jie Liu Chang-Ming Huang Jing XueThis book is to provide useful information for clinical diagnosis and treatment of shoulder joint diseases, avoid getting lost and falling into the traps of misdiagnosis and mistreatment. Typical cases are selected from patients with shoulder joint diseases who, despite undergoing minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, still experience some unfavourable outcomes and adverse events that directly affect postoperative results, and in some cases, even lead to medical disputes. Pitfalls in diagnosis and treatment of should joint diseases are presented, with detailed discussion on countermeasures. It will be a helpful reference for practitioners working in this field.
RNA-Based Cancer Therapeutics: Techniques, Applications and Challenges in Prognosis
by Narendra Kumar Sharma Tikam Chand Dakal Pawan Kumar Maurya Gulshan WadhwaBy consistently dedicating efforts to multi-omic and other high-throughput technologies, it is expected that RNA therapies will have a vital role in future personalized medicine approaches for cancer therapy. Within this framework, analyzing the genetic sequence of a patient's tumor would allow for the detection of crucial driver mutations or changes that cause resistance to drugs. These mutations may then be targeted with RNA therapies that are particularly designed to treat those particular variations. Recent clinical trials have shown that RNA-based therapies hold great potential for treating several illnesses. However, further investigations are required to improve the delivery materials and understand the RNA alterations linked to these groundbreaking drugs, in order to facilitate their integration into clinical practice. Ideally, these therapeutic substances would be specifically administered to the tumor cells of interest using a targeted delivery agent. In this hypothetical situation, the choice of medications for cancer patients would differ depending on the precise abnormalities detected in each person, potentially including inhibitors that target circuits known to cause resistance to treatments. However, doing a more thorough assessment of the challenges and potential benefits discussed in each chapter would enhance the capacity to critically analyze this rapidly evolving field of therapies. This book largely examines the latest developments and clinical studies related to RNA-based medications, while also examining the challenges and future possibilities linked with them. This method shows potential for greatly improving the prognosis of cancer patients.
The Palgrave Companion to the Philosophy of Set Theory (Palgrave Companions)
by Carolin Antos Neil Barton Giorgio VenturiThis volume showcases some of the up-and-coming voices of an emerging field - the philosophy of set theory - which in recent years has gained prominence in the philosophy of mathematics. The chapters in this volume both present new topics and propose solutions to old problems. It contains a broad picture of the philosophy of set theory, examining questions from epistemology and ontology, whilst touching on the use of formal theories in the study of mathematical infinity. Key features of this volume: • Explores new and interesting connections between philosophy, set theory, and the study of infinity. • Considers questions intended to appeal to a wider audience in both philosophy and mathematical logic. • Examines three key areas of study: Epistemology, Formal Theories, and Ontology. The book provides a key reference text for future debates and is ideal for both newcomers to the philosophy of set theory and established researchers in the field.
Bioactive Phytochemicals in By-products from Bulb, Flower and Fruit Vegetables
by Mohamed Fawzy RamadanThis book collates bioactive compounds from the by-products of bulb, flower and fruit vegetables, and it explores vegetable processing by-products utilization. By-products and wastes from vegetable processing have been gathering attention in the food industry due to the management of residues that pose significant disposal challenges. This book not only addresses these concerns but also underscores the potential of these by-products as sources of value-added phytochemicals, with a focus on the recovery of bioactive phytochemicals and technologically critical secondary metabolites. This book covers vegetable by-products’ economic significance, ecological implications, and their applications spanning nutrition, health, and industry. Divided into 13 chapters, the book offers an overview of the phytochemical, nutritional, biochemical and physicochemical properties of vegetable processing wastes. It discusses process by-products of diverse vegetables, including fennel, garlic, onion, artichoke, cauliflower, broccoli, bitter melon, bell pepper, chili pepper, chayote, cucumber, eggplant, green plantain banana, pumpkin and tomato. In each chapter, readers will find an economic perspective for each biowaste, the chemical analysis of the bioactive compounds, their biological and functional properties, and relevant food and non-food applications of extracts and bioactive compounds from vegetable by-products. This book, coupled with its companion volume, "Bioactive Phytochemicals in By-products from Leaf, Stem, Root, and Tuber Vegetables," serves as an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and researchers seeking to deepen their understanding of this research area. It also extends its relevance to professionals within the food industry, offering the latest insights and findings from cutting-edge research.
Augmented Wellness: Exploring the Power of VR and AR in Healthcare
by Ben Othman Soufiane Chinmay Chakraborty Bhuvan UnhelkarThis book is an essential resource that delves into the transformative potential of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) within the healthcare industry. In a world where technology is continually reshaping the way we approach medical treatment, training, and education, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of how AR and VR technologies are becoming integral to the advancement of healthcare. It serves as a bridge between the rapidly evolving field of healthcare and the cutting-edge innovations in AR and VR, addressing the significant impact these technologies have on patient care, medical training, and the ethical considerations surrounding their use. The book has a broad audience, including healthcare professionals, students, and technology enthusiasts. It explores the practical applications of AR and VR in healthcare, highlighting their roles in patient education, pain management, telemedicine, and medical training. Additionally, the book delves into the ethical and regulatory considerations of integrating AR and VR into healthcare, sparking conversations around patient privacy and moral dilemmas. With real-world case studies and emerging technologies, "Augmented Wellness" provides readers with the knowledge to navigate the ever-changing landscape of augmented and virtual reality in healthcare. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand, embrace, or innovate within this dynamic intersection of healthcare and technology. It ensures that healthcare transformation through AR and VR is beneficial and ethically responsible. This comprehensive book explores the vast and intricate universe of Virtual and Augmented Reality in healthcare. It delves into the multitude of ways in which these technologies are being harnessed todiagnose, treat, educate, and support patients. The aim is to provide an in-depth understanding of the present state and exciting potential future of VR and AR in the healthcare ecosystem. We have created a resource accessible to a broad audience, from healthcare professionals and technology enthusiasts to policymakers and students. The book offers a balanced blend of real-world case studies, expert insights, technical details, and practical applications, covering a wide range of topics, from using VR for pain management and physical therapy to AR's role in assisting surgeons during complex procedures.
Advanced Information Networking and Applications: Proceedings of the 39th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2025), Volume 7 (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #251)
by Leonard BarolliNetworks of today are going through a rapid evolution and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence and actuations are emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnection problems. To fulfill their large range of applications different kinds of networks need to collaborate and wired and next generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. This volume covers the theory, design and applications of computer networks, distributed computing and information systems. The aim of the volume &“Advanced Information Networking and Applications&” is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications.
Computational Diffusion MRI: 15th International Workshop, CDMRI 2024, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 6, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15171)
by Maxime Chamberland Tom Hendriks Muge Karaman Remika Mito Nancy Newlin S. Shailja Elinor ThompsonThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Workshop, CDMRI 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, the 27th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. The conference took place in Marrakesh, Morocco, October 6, 2024. The 19 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions.
The Digital Reinforcement of Bias and Belief: Understanding the Cognitive and Social Impact of Web-Based Information Processing (Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology)
by Patrizia A. EckerThis book explores how digital environments amplify confirmation bias, shaping the way individuals consume, create, and recall information. Focusing on web-based platforms such as social media and online news, the book examines the role of active content creation and temporal dynamics in reinforcing existing beliefs and perpetuating cognitive feedback loops. Through original research and case studies, it highlights the interplay between algorithmic curation, participatory engagement, and misinformation spread in online spaces. This book fills a critical gap in research on the psychological mechanisms underlying bias formation in the digital age. It provides insights for tech leaders, media experts, and policymakers seeking to understand and mitigate the cognitive and societal impact of online information processing. By bridging the fields of cyberpsychology, media studies, and artificial intelligence, it offers strategies for fostering more balanced digital ecosystems.
Mergers & Acquisitions im Mittelstand: Strategien, Methoden und praktische Erfahrungen (essentials)
by Axel SteuernagelDas Buch bietet eine Einführung und ist zugleich ein praktisches Nachschlagewerk für die Planung und erfolgreiche Durchführung von Unternehmenskäufen und -verkäufen im Mittelstand, sog. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).Der Autor zeigt zunächst Gründe auf, warum sich mittelständische Unternehmer mit M&A Transaktionen beschäftigen sollten, als Käufer oder Verkäufer. Neben praktischen Hinweisen für strategische Überlegungen vor dem Start von M&A Aktivitäten gibt er einen detaillierten Überblick über einen typischen M&A Prozess bei Käufen und Verkäufen mittelständischer Unternehmen. Relevante Phasen und Begriffe werden anschaulich erklärt sowie erfahrungsbasierte und pragmatische Hinweise zur Verbesserung der Erfolgschancen gegeben. Darauf aufbauend, erläutert der Autor, wie eine erfolgreiche Integration eines mittelständischen Unternehmens erfolgen kann. Eine Zusammenfassung der wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktoren für M&A im Mittelstand schließt dieses an Unternehmer und unternehmerisch agierende Manager gerichtete Buch ab.
Health and Healthcare in Complexity: 3P Ecosystems for Collaborating, Adapting and Leading Change
by Sandra Jones Dein Vindigni OamThis book unveils the transformative potential of the 3P Ecosystem Framework for Collaborative Health Partnerships, offering a comprehensive guide to designing and implementing sustainable health solutions for complexity. Through an ecological lens, complemented by a distributed leadership approach, this volume addresses contemporary health challenges and provides empirical evidence from diverse case studies. The chapters delve into the need for a holistic, collaborative approach exploring critical topics such as how to adapt and lead change that is inclusive of practitioners and patients, indigenous health practices and the use of digital health innovation to support transnational health partnerships. Expert contributors present a blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, making this book an essential resource for understanding and navigating the complexities of modern health ecosystems. Readers will discover how to foster collaboration that builds capacity and promotes self-determination in various health contexts. Ideal for academics, students, practitioners, and policymakers in health professions, social sciences, business, and leadership, this book offers valuable tools, resources and frameworks for creating adaptable and equitable health solutions. Whether you are involved in mainstream or community health provision or international health collaborations, this volume provides the knowledge and resources needed to drive impactful change.
Assessment of Materials in Ageing Offshore Structures
by John V. Sharp John WintleThis book provides essential knowledge and techniques required to assess materials for extending the life of ageing offshore structures used for energy production. With over half of these structures currently in a life extension phase, the effects of ageing and degradation are at the forefront of the industry. The book presents the changes in industry practices and key technological advancements that have shaped the field since its inception. It reviews the original properties of the materials employed in offshore structures and provides a deep understanding of their behaviour as they age over time. The relevant degradation processes are investigated for offshore structural materials such as steel, welds, bolted joints, concrete, grout, reinforcement, pre-tensioning and non-metallic materials (including coatings and composites). Materials engineers will be equipped with the necessary tools in this book to evaluate materials in existing ageing structures. The book goes beyond theoretical knowledge, providing practical insights into assessing the performance of materials in ageing structures. With a focus on ensuring the efficient and safe continued use of existing infrastructure, engineers will find useful guidance to inform decision-making and facilitate the assessment process. The book brings together a wide range of research findings relevant to the topic and offers an updated summary of material assessment techniques that are largely difficult or even impossible to access publicly. This book is an invaluable resource for practising materials engineers, offshore engineering professionals, or materials engineering students.
Entrepreneurial Leadership im räumlichen Handlungskontext: Charakterisierung von entrepreneurial Leadern als Akteure in touristisch-sozialen Feldern (Entrepreneurial Management und Standortentwicklung)
by Stefanie HaselwanterAlpine Destinationen sind komplexe Gebilde, die ökonomische und soziokulturelle Strukturen vereinen. Sie sind eng mit der ansässigen Bevölkerung und dem lokalen Unternehmertum verknüpft. Unternehmerische Führungspersönlichkeiten, sogenannte ‚entrepreneurial Leader&‘, spielen eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Destinationsentwicklung. Während ‚Entrepreneurial Leadership&‘ als aufstrebender Forschungszweig vorwiegend auf organisationaler Ebene untersucht wurde, widmet sich dieses Buch der Charakterisierung von entrepreneurial Leadern im räumlichen Kontext alpiner Destinationen. Zur Analyse der Interaktionen von entrepreneurial Leadern werden feldtheoretische Ansätze herangezogen, welche neue Perspektiven auf die Strukturmuster in Destinationen eröffnen. Die Arbeit folgt einem konzeptionellen, explorativen Forschungsdesign und kombiniert methodisch Ansätze der Grounded Theory mit einer integrativen Literaturanalyse. Ziel ist es, entrepreneurial Leadership auf unterschiedlichen Handlungsebenen zu analysieren und ein Modell für entrepreneurial Leadership im touristischen Raum zu entwickeln. Daraus werden zentrale Thesen sowie theoretische und praktische Implikationen abgeleitet.
Bio-control Agents for Sustainable Agriculture: Diversity, Mechanisms and Applications
by Debasis Mitra Sergio de los Santos Villalobos Anju Rani Beatriz Elena Guerra Sierra Snežana AndjelkovićThis book covers all aspects of the diversity and core microbiome of the bio-control agents. Their bioprospecting and application at the field level is also discussed. The application of bio-control agents is unique in plant production due to various reasons, including its environment-friendly nature, management of plant resistance and incentivizing the rhizosphere to phyllosphere signaling. The chapters provide information on major plant-associated diversity of beneficial microorganisms, various pathogen management strategies, and improving plant immunity by the application of bio-control agents. Additionally, the exploitation, development, and quality control of bio-control agent-based formulations for farming systems and industrial-level production is discussed. This approach provides a novel framework for fostering sustainable development in crop production and protection. The book targets researchers, microbiology students, the biofertilizers industry, and those in agricultural and environmental fields.
Periimplantäre Frakturen
by Katja DalkowskiSchwerpunkt dieses Buches ist eine strukturierte und praxisorientierte Darstellung der Behandlung periimplantärer und periprothetischer Frakturen. Im allgemeinen Teil werden die epidemiologischen Grundlagen sowie die wesentlichen Klassifikationssysteme beschrieben. Darüber hinaus erfolgt die Darstellung der Grundprinzipien der osteosynthetischen und endoprothetischen Versorgung. Im speziellen Teil liegt der Schwerpunkt darauf, die Spezifika der Behandlung periprothetischer Frakturen an Hand von Fallbeispielen zu zeigen. So werden für alle großen Gelenke Operationsindikationen und -techniken, inklusive der Lösungsoptionen bei komplikativen Verläufen, vorgestellt. Dabei wird zwischen Frakturen unterschieden, die intraoperativ im Rahmen der Prothesenimplantation oder traumatisch bei einliegender Endoprothese entstanden sind. Unsere Autoren zeigen innovative Sonderlösungen, die z.T. von den üblichen Lehrbuchstandards abweichen können.
Applied Innovations in Information and Communication Technology: Advanced Techniques and Modern Trends in Information and Communication Technology (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1338)
by Stanislav Dovgyi Eduard Siemens Larysa Globa Oleh Kopiika Oleksandr StryzhakThis book highlights the most important research areas in Information and Communication Technologies and their impact on digital society and environment sustainable development namely the research in fields of information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence in ICT, data analytics, security of data and services, reducing energy consumption in the digital environment, and mathematical modeling for practical and research tasks in communication and data processing fields provided by various groups of researchers from Germany and Ukraine in cooperation with scientists from different countries. The presented studies contain a discussion on the use of artificial intelligence, in particular, methods of deep learning, practical implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT), the modern study of ECO monitoring systems; research in fields of mathematical modeling in applied problems. The book focuses on the basics of information and analytical activities in the digital global space, to providing broadband Internet access without decreasing the quality of experience (QoE) level, improving services providing, and system architecture for SDN. The study of modern communication and information technologies contains original works dealing with many aspects of their improvement and use for forecasting social and environment sustainable development based on global information space, as well as research that contains actual papers, which show some effective technological solutions that can be used for the implementation of novel cloud infrastructure and radio electronics systems. These results can be used in the implementation of novel systems and to promote the exchange of information in e-societies. Given its scope the book offers a valuable resource for scientists, lecturers, specialists working at enterprises, graduate and undergraduate students who engage with problems in Information and Communication Technologies as well as aspects of society and environment sustainable development.
The Anthropocene Working Group and the Global Debate Around a New Geological Epoch (Emerging Globalities and Civilizational Perspectives)
by Martin Bohle Boris Holzer Leslie Sklair Fabienne WillThis book examines the role of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) in public and scholarly discussions of the meaning of the Anthropocene proposal. The status of the Anthropocene, both as a geoscientific concept and as a cultural concept becoming increasingly familiar in the public sphere, has been highly controversial. While geoscientists focus on possible geological markers and periodisation, the social sciences, environmental humanities, and creative arts have taken up the Anthropocene as a cultural concept to make sense of the planetary environmental crisis and contemporary society. This book documents intra-, inter-, and transdisciplinary debates, particularly, although not limited to, how different scholarly disciplines have responded to the Anthropocene proposal. The authors analyse how the AWG has become the focal point of a debate that straddles the boundaries between academic disciplines and public perceptions of science. The AWG thus serves as a case of the globalisation of science in terms of the global interconnectedness of scientific disciplines and the cultural significance of the Anthropocene proposal.
Information Theory and Related Fields: Festschrift in Memory of Ning Cai (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14620)
by Christian Deppe Andreas Winter Raymond W. Yeung Holger Boche Ingo Althöfer Jens Stoye Ulrich Tamm Rami EzzineNing Cai was an eminent mathematician, engineer and computer scientist who made many significant contributions to information theory. In particular, his work on network coding theory created a new research direction for the community. Prof. Cai’s passion for science inspired his collaborators across the fields of classical and quantum information theory, combinatorics, computation, post-Shannon theory, and coding theory, and the contributions in this volume reflect his success as a researcher and mentor.
History and Belonging: Representations of the Past in Contemporary European Politics (Making Sense of History)
by Stefan Berger and Caner TekinIn cultural and intellectual terms, one of the EU’s most important objectives in pursuing unification has been to develop a common historical narrative of Europe. Across ten compelling case studies, this volume examines the premises underlying such a project to ask: Could such an uncontested history of Europe ever exist? Combining studies of national politics, supranational institutions, and the fraught EU-Mideast periphery with a particular focus on the twentieth century, the contributors to History and Belonging offer a fascinating survey of the attempt to forge a post-national identity politics.
The Museum of Mankind: Man and Boy in the British Museum Ethnography Department (Museums and Collections)
by Ben BurtThe Museum of Mankind was an innovative and popular showcase for minority cultures from around the non-Western world from 1970 to 1997. This memoir is a critical appreciation of its achievements in the various roles of a national museum, of the personalities of its staff and of the issues raised in the representation of exotic cultures. Issues of changing museum theory and practice are raised in a detailed case-study that also focuses on the social life of the museum community. This is the first history of a remarkable museum and a memorable interlude in the long history of one of the world’s oldest and greatest museums. Although not presented as an academic study, it should be useful for museum and cultural studies as a well as a wider readership interested in the British Museum.
Distributed Ledger Technology: 8th International Symposium, SDLT 2024, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, November 28–29, 2024, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2453)
by Salil Kanhere Raja Jurdak Joy Parkinson Bhavani Sridharan Shantanu Pal Kamanashis BiswasThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Distributed Ledger Technology, SDLT 2024, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, during November 28–29, 2024. The 8 full papers and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. They deal with current systems and innovative solutions providing a robust scientific foundation for the advancement of Distributed Ledger Technology applications.
Innovations in Healthcare and Outcome Measurement: New Approaches for a Healthy Lifestyle
by Philipp Plugmann Dorothea PortiusSeveral innovations have revolutionized the healthcare sector in recent years. Digitalization, personalized medicine, Advanced Cell, and Tissue Engineering, and AI are some keywords associated with improving the prevention and therapy of diseases, i.e., to combat our crisis of non-communicable diseases. One of the key areas where innovation has had a profound impact is precision medicine. Precision medicine seeks to understand the unique genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors contributing to an individual's health and disease risk. Through advancements in genomics, proteomics, and other molecular profiling techniques, healthcare providers can now gain a deeper understanding of a patient's molecular makeup. This knowledge allows for targeted interventions and therapies tailored to the specific needs of each individual, maximizing treatment efficacy and minimizing adverse effects. Furthermore, the development of advanced diagnostic tools has greatly enhanced the accuracy and efficiency of disease detection and monitoring. Innovations such as high-resolution imaging technologies, wearable sensors, and liquid biopsies have revolutionized the diagnostic landscape. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms has further augmented the capabilities of healthcare management and precision medicine capabilities. This book aims to bring up-to-date new ideas, opinions, development, and critical issues in healthcare and personalized medicine. We are interested in relevant articles covering a broad range of topics, such as: • Advances in medical devices• Digitalization and data-driven technologies • AI and algorithm-based drug development (molecule building, enhancement, clinical trials)• Diagnostic imaging• Personalized medicine• Nutrition• Oral health care• Healthcare management in certain diseases and population groups• Regulatory developments• Data management• Digital Healthcare Chapter "Unlocking the Code of Innovation: TRIZ Theory&’s Blueprint for Precision Medicine Breakthroughs" islicensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). For further details see licence information in the chapter.