Background and significance -- The Reusability Paradox -- Learning Object Design Standards -- A Plethora of Definitions -- Types of Learning Objects -- Technical Standards and Specification -- Interchangability -- Evaluation and Selection -- The Gestation of Learning Objects -- A Structured Approach -- An Illustrative Example -- Summary/Conclusion.This brief examines and explores the reuse of l…
Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Globalisation and Neo-Liberal Education Reforms in the Knowledge Society -- Part 1: Higher Education Reforms in the USA -- 2. Higher Education and the Discourse on Global Competition: Vernacular Approaches within Higher Education Policy Documents -- 3. New Developments in Global University Rankings -- 4. Higher Education Engagements and Economic Partici…
Long Papers -- Short Papers -- Extended Abstracts for Posters and Demos -- Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Response -- Surveillance, Border Protection, and Transportation Systems.Intelligence and security informatics (ISI) can be broadly defined as the study of the development and use of advanced information technologies and systems for national and international security-related applic…
and Historical Background -- CT of the Heart -- Technical Background -- Electron Beam CT of the Heart -- Scan Techniques for Cardiac and Coronary Artery Imaging With Multislice CT -- Image Reconstruction for ECG-Triggered and ECG-Gated Multislice CT -- Phase-Correlated Image Reconstruction Without ECG -- Radiation Dose From CT of the Heart -- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium -- …
A Study of Non-smooth Convex Flow Decomposition -- Denoising Tensors via Lie Group Flows -- Nonlinear Inverse Scale Space Methods for Image Restoration -- Towards PDE-Based Image Compression -- Color Image Deblurring with Impulsive Noise -- Using an Oriented PDE to Repair Image Textures -- Image Cartoon-Texture Decomposition and Feature Selection Using the Total Variation Regularized L 1 Functi…
Models and Basic Concepts -- Relations, Schedules, and Objective Functions -- Relaxation-Based Algorithms -- Constructive Algorithms -- Supplements -- Applications -- Conclusions.
Hard Real-Time Development Environments -- Executive Overview on Hard Real-Time Development Environments -- Hard Real-Time System Development -- Current Design Practice and Needs in Selected Industrial Sectors -- Tools for Requirements Capture and Exploration -- Tools for Architecture Design and Capture -- Tools for Programming, Code Generation, and Design -- Tools for Verification and Validati…
Basics of Supply Chain Management -- Supply Chain Management — An Overview -- Supply Chain Analysis -- Types of Supply Chains -- Advanced Planning -- Concepts of Advanced Planning Systems -- Structure of Advanced Planning Systems -- Strategic Network Planning -- Demand Planning -- Master Planning -- Demand Fulfilment and ATP -- Production Planning and Scheduling -- Purchasing and Material Req…
Introduction: Difference: its Expansion and Consequences by Aydin Bal and Joseph Lo Bianco -- Multicultural Education in The Australian Context: An Historical Overview by Joseph Lo Bianco -- Multicultural Education, Diversity, and Citizenship in Canada by Reva Joshee, Carla Peck, Laura A. Thompson, Ottilia Chareka, Alan Sears -- Multiculturalism and Multilingual Education for Minority Ethnic Gr…
Foreword; Harry Halloran -- Part I. Historical Conceptions of Well-Being over the Long Term.- Chapter 1. The Search for Well-Being: From Ancient to Modern Times; Richard J. Estes.- Chapter 2. Western Historical Traditions of Well-Being; Alex C. Michalos and Dan Weijer. Chapter 3. East Asian Historical Traditions of Well-Being; Shawn Arthur and Victor Mair.- Chapter 4. Well-Being in…