OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008

OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2008-12-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9264055541

This 2008 edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook analyses recent developments in the IT goods and services industries, and suggests that the outlook is for constrainted but continued long-term growth.

Brain-Computer Interfaces 2

Brain-Computer Interfaces 2
Author: Maureen Clerc
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1119347742

Brain–computer interfaces (BCI) are devices which measure brain activity and translate it into messages or commands, thereby opening up many possibilities for investigation and application. This book provides keys for understanding and designing these multi-disciplinary interfaces, which require many fields of expertise such as neuroscience, statistics, informatics and psychology. This second volume, Technology and Applications, is focused on the field of BCI from the perspective of its end users, such as those with disabilities to practitioners. Covering clinical applications and the field of video games, the book then goes on to explore user needs which drive the design and development of BCI. The software used for their design, primarily OpenViBE, is explained step by step, before a discussion on the use of BCI from ethical, philosophical and social perspectives. The basic notions developed in this reference book are intended to be accessible to all readers interested in BCI, whatever their background. More advanced material is also offered, for readers who want to expand their knowledge in disciplinary fields underlying BCI.

OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008

OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2009-01-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9789264055537

This 2008 edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook analyses recent developments in the IT goods and services industries, and suggests that the outlook is for constrainted but continued long-term growth.

SMS Communication

SMS Communication
Author: Louise-Amélie Cougnon
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027270309

The media often point an accusatory finger at new technologies; they suggest that there is always a loss of information or quality, or even that computer-mediated communication is destroying language. Most linguists, on the contrary, are firmly convinced that it is better to consider language as an evolving and changing entity. From this point of view, language is a social tool that has to be studied in-depth through the prism of objectivity, as a process in motion which is influenced by new social and technological stakes, rather than as a fading organism. In this volume we study and describe the societal phenomenon of SMS writing in its full complexity. The aim of this volume is threefold: to present recent linguistic research in the field of SMS communication; to inform the reader about existing large SMS corpora and processing tools and, finally, to display the many linguistic aspects that can be studied via a corpus of text messages. These articles were previously published in Lingvisticae Investigationes Vol. 35:2 (2012).

Made in France

Made in France
Author: Gérôme Guibert
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-11-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1317645707

Made in France: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary French popular music. The volume consists of essays by scholars of French popular music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in France. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in France, followed by essays that are organized into thematic sections: The Mutations of French Popular Music During the "Trente Glorieuses"; Politicising Popular Music; Assimilation, Appropriation, French Specificity; and From Digital Stakes to Cultural Heritage: French Contemporary Topics. Contributors: Christian Béthune Juliette Dalbavie Gérôme Guibert Fabien Hein Olivier Julien Marc Kaiser Barbara Lebrun David Looseley Stéphanie Molinero Anne Petiau Cécile Prévost-Thomas Vincent Rouzé Catherine Rudent Matthieu Saladin Jedediah Sklower Raphaël Suire Florence Tamagne

Ageing and COVID-19

Ageing and COVID-19
Author: Maria Łuszczyńska
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2021-11-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000531082

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to understand the effects of epidemics on older people. Thematically organised, it shows how to reconcile qualitative and quantitative approaches, thus rendering them complementary, bringing together studies from around the world to offer an international perspective on ageing as it relates to an unprecedented epidemiological phenomenon. As such, it will appeal to researchers in the field of gerontology, as well as sociologists of medicine and clinicians seeking to understand the disruptive effects of the recent coronavirus outbreak on later life.