1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154312003321

Autore

O'Brien Gerald <1958->

Titolo

Framing the moron : the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-78170-589-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Disability history

Disciplina

363.920973

Soggetti

Persons with Disabilities

History

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Sociology

Sterilization, Reproductive

Patient Care

Health Services

Humanities

Urogenital Surgical Procedures

Delivery of Health Care

Social Sciences

Therapeutics

Persons

Names

Surgical Procedures, Operative

Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Eugenics

Institutionalization

Social Control, Formal

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Sterilization, Involuntary

Sociology & Social History

Family & Marriage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910485005603321

Titolo

Ambient Assisted Living. ICT-based Solutions in Real Life Situations : 7th International Work-Conference, IWAAL 2015, Puerto Varas, Chile, December 1-4, 2015, Proceedings / / edited by Ian Cleland, Luis Guerrero, José Bravo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-26410-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 302 p. 117 illus. in color.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, , 2946-1642 ; ; 9455

Disciplina

681.761

Soggetti

Application software

Computer networks

Artificial intelligence

Information storage and retrieval systems

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Software engineering

Computer and Information Systems Applications

Computer Communication Networks

Artificial Intelligence

Information Storage and Retrieval

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Software Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di contenuto

Ambient assisted living for tele-care and tele-rehabilitation -- Ambient assisted living environments.-Behaviour analysis and activity recognition -- Sensing for health and wellbeing -- Human interaction and perspectives in ambient assisted living solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Work-Conference on Ambient Assisted Living, IWAAL 2015, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, in December 2015. The 20 full papers presented with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The focus of the papers is on following topics: ambient assisted living for tele-care and tele-rehabilitation; ambient assisted living environments; behaviour analysis and activity recognition; sensing for health and wellbeing; human interaction and perspectives in ambient assisted living solutions.