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Record Nr.

UNINA9910774855003321

Titolo

International workshop on finite elements for microwave engineering : from 1992 to Present & Proceedings of the 13th Workshop / / edited by Roberto D. Graglia, Giuseppe Pelosi, Stefano Selleri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : , : Firenze University Press, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Proceedings e report ; ; 110

Disciplina

621.3813

Soggetti

Microwave devices

Electronics engineers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Welcome Message from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and Announcement of thenext FEM2018 Edition -- ICEAA Some History and a Welcome Message to the 2018 International Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering -- Why are there Penguins on this Book Cover? -- Part I From 1992 to Present -- Part II Proceedings of the 13th Workshop -- Welcome to FEM 2016 -- Plenary Session 93 -- Technical Sessions -- Author's Index -- Acknowledgments.

Sommario/riassunto

When Courant prepared the text of his 1942 address to the American Mathematical Society for publication, he added a two-page Appendix to illustrate how the variational methods first described by Lord Rayleigh could be put to wider use in potential theory. Choosing piecewise-linear approximants on a set of triangles which he called elements, he dashed off a couple of two-dimensional examples and the finite element method was born. ... Finite element activity in electrical engineering began in earnest about 1968-1969. A paper on waveguide analysis was published in Alta Frequenza in early 1969, giving the details of a finite element formulation of the classical hollow waveguide problem. It was followed by a rapid succession of papers on magnetic fields in saturable materials, dielectric loaded waveguides, and other well-known boundary value problems of electromagnetics. ... In the decade of the eighties, finite element methods spread quickly. In



several technical areas, they assumed a dominant role in field problems. P.P. Silvester, San Miniato (PI), Italy, 1992 Early in the nineties the International Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering started. This volume contains the history of the Workshop and the Proceedings of the 13th edition, Florence (Italy), 2016 . The 14th Workshop will be in Cartagena (Colombia), 2018.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910263840103321

Titolo

Ageing and Technology : Perspectives from the Social Sciences / Emma Domínguez Rué, Linda Nierling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2016

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Science Studies

Disciplina

604.846

Soggetti

Ageing

Technology

Social Sciences

Aging Studies

Sociology of Technology

Body

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1 Table of Contents    5 All that Glitters is not Silver - Technologies for the Elderly in Context. Introduction    9 Motives of the Elderly for the Use of Technology in their Daily Lives    27 An Exploration of Mobile Telephony Non-use among Older People    47 Older Women on the Game: Understanding Digital Game Perspectives from an Ageing Cohort    67 Social Inclusion of Elderly People in Rural Areas by Social and Technological Mechanisms    93 Skripting Age - The Negotiation of Age and Aging in Ambient Assisted Living    121 Making Space for Ageing: Embedding Social and Psychological Needs of



Older People into Smart Home Technology    141 Seeing Again. Dementia, Personhood and Technology    163 Enabling a Mobile and Independent Way of Life for People with Dementia - Needsoriented Technology Development    183 Emotional Robotics in the Care of Older People: A Comparison of Research Findings of PARO- and PLEO-Interventions in Care Homes from Australia, Germany and the UK    205 Navigating the European Landscape of Ageing and ICT: Policy, Governance, and the Role of Ethics    227 Ageing and Technology Decision-making: A Framework for Assessing Uncertainty    257 Aging and Technology: What is the Take Home Message for Newspapers Readers    271 Towards an Ageless Society: Assessing a Transhumanist Programme    291 Focusing on the Human: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Ageing and Technology    311 List of Authors    335

Sommario/riassunto

The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices.This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective – taking the human being and not technology first – may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens.