Tag: Connected

January 1, 2024

The Permanently Connected Group (PeCoG)

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Free Download The Permanently Connected Group (PeCoG): An Investigation of Non-Professional Secondary Groups’ Communication via Mobile Instant Messaging Chats by Katharina Knop-Hülß
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 277 Pages | ISBN : 3658432373 | 2.7 MB
The small group uniquely benefits from the ubiquitously available connective possibilities of mobile communication technologies. The group chat feature of mobile instant messaging applications (MIMAs, e.g., WhatsApp, Signal) provides small groups with a permanently accessible communication place where members can relay information to all others at once, independent of their spatiotemporal location. The resulting permanent collective addressability (PCA) of members has implications for group processes (e.g., group coordination, socio-emotional concerns of members). This book investigates the communicative activity in MIMA chats of 18 naturally occurring, goal-oriented groups in a non-professional setting using a standardized content analysis.

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December 29, 2023

Soft Computing Techniques in Connected Healthcare Systems

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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032513470 | 313 Pages | PDF (True) | 25 MB
This book provides an examination of applications of soft computing techniques related to healthcare systems and can be used as a reference guide for assessing the roles of various techniques. Soft Computing Techniques in Connected Healthcare Systems presents soft computing techniques and applications used in healthcare systems, along with the latest advancements. The authors examine how connected healthcare is the essence of combining a practical operative procedure of interconnectedness of electronic health records, mHealth, clinical informatics, electronic data exchange, practice management solutions, and pharmacy management. The book focuses on different soft computing techniques, such as fuzzy logic, ANN, and GA, which will enhance services in connected health systems, such as remote diagnosis and monitoring, medication monitoring devices, identifying and treating the underlying causes of disorders and diseases, improved access to specialists, and lower healthcare costs. The chapters also examine descriptive, predictive, and social network techniques and discuss analytical tools and the important role they play in enhancing the services to connected healthcare systems. Finally, the authors address real-time challenges with real-world case studies to enhance the comprehension of topics. This book is intended for under graduate and graduate students, researchers, and practicing professionals in the field of connected healthcare. It provides an overview for beginners while also addressing professionals in the industry on the importance of soft computing approaches in connected healthcare systems.

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December 29, 2023

Halliburton’s Army How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War

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Free Download Pratap Chatterjee, "Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War"
English | 2009 | pages: 304 | ISBN: 1568583923, 1568584431 | PDF | 1,4 mb
Halliburton’sArmy is the first book to show, in shocking detail, how Halliburton really does business, in Iraq, and around the world. From its vital role as the logistical backbone of the U.S. occupation in Iraq-without Halliburton there could be no war or occupation-to its role in covering up gang-rape amongst its personnel in Baghdad, Halliburton’sArmy is a devastating bestiary of corporate malfeasance and political cronyism.

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December 25, 2023

Connected and Automated Vehicles Integrating Engineering and Ethics

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Free Download Connected and Automated Vehicles: Integrating Engineering and Ethics
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031399900 | 381 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 4.2 MB
This book reports on theoretical and practical analyses of the ethical challenges connected to driving automation. It also aims at discussing issues that have arisen from the European Commission 2020 report "Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles. Recommendations on Road Safety, Privacy, Fairness, Explainability and Responsibility". Gathering contributions by philosophers, social scientists, mechanical engineers, and UI designers, the book discusses key ethical concerns relating to responsibility and personal autonomy, privacy, safety, and cybersecurity, as well as explainability and human-machine interaction. On the one hand, it examines these issues from a theoretical, normative point of view. On the other hand, it proposes practical strategies to face the most urgent ethical problems, showing how the integration of ethics and technology can be achieved through design practices. All in all, this book fosters a multidisciplinary approach where philosophy, ethics, and engineering are integrated, rather than just juxtaposed. It is meant to inform and inspire an audience of philosophers of technology, ethicists, engineers, developers, manufacturers, and regulators, among other interested readers.

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