This book examines the evolving health care delivery systems and the role of nursing within the rural context. Divided into three parts including perspectives from experts in Australia and Canada, the book covers the foundations of rural nursing, special populations, and future perspectives. Students of nursing will find special features in each chapter such as a list of objectives, key terms, points to remember, suggested research activities, and discussion questions.
The book begins with an introduction to remote sensing and GIS, and then proceeds to provide in-depth coverage of a wide range of relevant topics, including but not limited to: optical, thermal, and microwave remote sensing; global navigation satellite systems (GNSS); digital photogrammetry; visual image analysis; digital image processing; spatial and attribute data model; geospatial analysis; planning, implementation, and management of GIS; and so on. New developments in remote sensing and geographic information systems are also presented, together with an illustrated overview of their many practical applications. Scale is becoming more important in geographic information technologies due to their increased application in fields such as remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). From the standpoint of earth and environmental sciences, this book explores several facets of remote sensing and geographic information systems. Spectral data from space images is being used in novel ways, and this is being highlighted by the topic of remote sensing and geographic information system applications for sustainable development.
The volume includes a set of selected papers extended and revised from the I2009 Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering (KESE 2009) was held on December 19~ 20, 2009, Shenzhen, China. Volume 2 is to provide a forum for researchers, educators, engineers, and government officials involved in the general areas of Knowledge Engineering and Communication Technology to disseminate their latest research results and exchange views on the future research directions of these fields. 135 high-quality papers are included in the volume. Each paper has been peer-reviewed by at least 2 program committee members and selected by the volume editor Prof.Yanwen Wu. On behalf of the this volume, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all of authors and referees for their efforts reviewing the papers. Hoping you can find lots of profound research ideas and results on the related fields of Knowledge Engineering and Communication Technology.
Enterprise evolution (or electronic enterprise) is the road map to well-planned evolution of enterprise complexity with business and system strategies integration through standardized and synchronized architectures of IT components. This book provides a method of how to analyze, design and manage the applications of IT in a complex, evolving enterprise. It provides a vision for IT leaders with practical solutions for IT implementation.
