1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996203975603316

Autore

Olivier de Sardan Jean-Pierre

Titolo

Anthropology and development : understanding contemporary social change / / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan ; translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2005

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21850-2

1-84813-613-7

1-78032-755-2

1-281-25875-X

9786611258757

1-84813-055-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

73.02

MS 1290

MS 9350

Disciplina

303.4/096

Soggetti

Applied anthropology - Africa

Social change - Africa

Development studies

Electronic books.

Africa Social conditions

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 pages (217-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the three approaches in the anthropology of development -- Socio-anthropology of development : some preliminary statements -- Anthropology, sociology, Africa, and development : a brief historical overview -- A renewal of anthropology? -- Stereotypes, ideologies, and conceptions -- Is an anthropology of innovation possible? -- Developmentist populism and social science populism : ideology, action, knowledge -- Relations of production and modes of economic action -- Development projects and social logic -- Popular knowledge and scientific and technical knowledge -- Mediations and brokerage --



Arenas and strategic games -- Conclusion : the dialogue between social scientists and developers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology?s principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and their interactions. The Introduction provides a thought-provoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Part I then makes clear the complexity.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784894403321

Autore

Wenegrat Brant

Titolo

Theater of disorder [[electronic resource] ] : patients, doctors, and the construction of illness  / / Brant Wenegrat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-773714-5

1-280-83495-1

9786610834952

0-19-534976-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

610.69/6

616.89

Soggetti

Sick - Psychology

Social influence

Physician and patient

Psychotherapist and patient

Social psychiatry

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. The Theater of Disorder; 2. Basic Research and Observations; 3. Anthropological and Historical Studies; 4. Playing the



Hypnotic Game; 5. Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders; 6. Multiple Personality Disorder; 7. Recovered Memory Roles; 8. Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Future of Illness Roles; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Preface. 1. The Theater of Disorder. 2. Basic Research and Observations. 3. Anthropological and Historical Studies. 4. Playing the Hypnotic Game. 5. Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders. 6. Multiple Personality Disorder. 7. Recovered Memory Roles. 8. Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Future of Illness Roles. Notes. Index

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484496103321

Titolo

Computational Collective Intelligence. Technologies and Applications : Second International Conference, ICCCI 2010, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 10-12, 2010. Proceedings, Part III / / edited by Jeng-Shyang Pan, Shyi-Ming Chen, Ngoc-Thanh Nguyen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2010

ISBN

1-280-39019-0

9786613568113

3-642-16696-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 472 p. 269 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, , 2945-9141 ; ; 6423

Altri autori (Persone)

PanJeng-Shyang

ChenShyi-Ming

NguyenNgoc Thanh

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Application software

Computer networks

Data mining

Algorithms

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Artificial Intelligence

Computer and Information Systems Applications

Computer Communication Networks

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction



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.

Nota di contenuto

Intelligent Computing for Image Analysis (I) -- Feature Analysis and Classification of Lymph Nodes -- Automatic and Accurate Image Matting -- Improved DCT-Based Watermarking through Particle Swarm Optimization -- A New Adaptive B-spline VFC Snake for Object Contour Extraction -- Algorithm for Computational Measure of Color Constancy -- Intelligent Digital Watermarking and Pattern Recognition -- GOP-Flexible Distributed Multiview Video Coding with Adaptive Side Information -- A Novel Embedded Coding Algorithm Based on the Reconstructed DCT Coefficients -- A Vehicle License Plate Recognition System Based on Spatial/Frequency Domain Filtering and Neural Networks -- Reversible Watermarking Based on Invariant Relation of Three Pixels -- Alphanumeric Shape Recognition of Fingertip Writing Trajectory -- Recognition of Tire Tread Patterns Based on Gabor Wavelets and Support Vector Machine -- Advanced Knowledgement Management (II) -- Terminological and Assertional Queries in KQL Knowledge Access Language -- Conditional Statements Grounded in Past, Present and Future -- Automatic Ontology Evolution in Open and Dynamic Computing Environments -- Diagnostic Tests Based on Knowledge States -- An Ontology-Supported Ubiquitous Interface Agent for Cloud Computing - Example on Zigbee Technique -- Semantic Optimization of Query Transformation in Semantic Peer-to-Peer Networks -- Intelligent Computing for Image Analysis (II) -- Comparative Studies of Parallel and Vertical Stereo Vision-Based 3D Pneumatic Arms -- An Effective Image Enhancement Method for Electronic Portal Images -- License Plate Tilt Correction Based on the Straight Line Fitting Method and Projection -- Differential Approximation of the 2-D Laplace Operator for Edge Detection in Digital Images -- ARToolkit-Based Augmented Reality System with Integrated 1-D Barcode: Combining Colorful Markers with Remote Servers of 3D Data for Product Promotion Purposes -- Innovative Information System and Application -- Design and Implementation of e-Journal Review System Using Text-Mining Technology -- Study on Architecture-Oriented Information Security Risk Assessment Model -- Constructing Problem-Based Learning Activities Using Self-assessment System -- Conducted EMI Analysis of a Three-Phase PWM Rectifier -- Synchronization of Duffing-Holmes Oscillators Using Stable Neural Network Controller -- Codes Base on Unambiguous Products -- Intelligent Computing for Networks -- A Study on the Topology Control Method for Bluetooth Scatternet Formation -- A Study on the Global Configured Method of Blueweb Routing Protocol -- Energy Efficient Framework for Mobility Supported Smart IP-WSN -- An Efficient Migration Framework for Mobile IPTV -- Auto-configuration Support for IPv4/IPv6 Translation in Smart Sensor Networks -- Soft Computing to Industrial Management and Applications -- Empirical Bayes Estimation of Customers’ Guarantee Time Length of Loyalty -- An Integrated EPQ Model for Manufacturer’s Replenishment Policies with Two Levels of Trade Credit Policy under Supplier Credits Linked to Ordering Quantity -- Modeling a Dynamic Design System Using the Mahalanobis Taguchi System— Two-Step Optimal Algorithm -- A Fuzzy Model Applied on Assessing Operating Performance of Industrial PC -- Inventory Models for Deteriorating Items with Variable Selling Price



under Stock-Dependent Demand -- Innovations in Pervasive Computing -- Hierarchical IP Distribution Mechanism for VANET -- VisMusic: Music Visualization with Interactive Browsing -- The Study of Plagiarism Detection for Object-Oriented Programming Language -- A Distributed Sleep Scheduling Algorithm withRange Adjustment for Wireless Sensor Networks -- An Innovative Routing Algorithm with Reinforcement Learning and Pattern Tree Adjustment for Wireless Sensor Networks -- Biological Computing -- Swarm Intelligence for Cardinality-Constrained Portfolio Problems -- Immune Memory Mechanism Based on Cyclic Idiotypic Network -- Sensor Placement in Water Networks Using a Population-Based Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm -- The Codebook Design of Image Vector Quantization Based on the Firefly Algorithm -- Confronting Two-Pair Primer Design Using Particle Swarm Optimization -- Strategic Health Information Management and Forecast: The Birdwatching Approach.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume composes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence––Technologies and Applications (ICCCI 2010), which was hosted by National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences and Wroclaw University of Technology, and was held in Kaohsiung City on November 10-12, 2010. ICCCI 2010 was technically co-sponsored by Shenzhen Graduate School of Harbin Institute of Technology, the Tainan Chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, the Taiwan Association for Web Intelligence Consortium and the Taiwanese Association for Consumer Electronics. It aimed to bring together researchers, engineers and po- cymakers to discuss the related techniques, to exchange research ideas, and to make friends. ICCCI 2010 focused on the following themes: • Agent Theory and Application • Cognitive Modeling of Agent Systems • Computational Collective Intelligence • Computer Vision • Computational Intelligence • Hybrid Systems • Intelligent Image Processing • Information Hiding • Machine Learning • Social Networks • Web Intelligence and Interaction Around 500 papers were submitted to ICCCI 2010 and each paper was reviewed by at least two referees. The referees were from universities and industrial organizations. 155 papers were accepted for the final technical program. Four plenary talks were kindly offered by: Gary G. Yen (Oklahoma State University, USA), on “Population Control in Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization Algorithm,” Chin-Chen Chang (Feng Chia University, Taiwan), on “Applying De-clustering Concept to Information Hiding,” Qinyu Zhang (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), on “Cognitive Radio Networks and Its Applications,” and Lakhmi C.