16 April 2009

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Special issue: Complexity, leadership and change processes

International Journal of Learning and Change 3(3) 2009
  • The complexity turn in studies of organisations and leadership: relevance and implications
  • Leadership within emergent events in complex systems: micro-enactments and the mechanisms of organisational learning and change
  • The myth of rational objectivity and leadership: the realities of a hospital merger from a CEO's perspective
  • Senior executives and the emergence of local responsibilities: a complexity approach to identity development and performance improvement
  • Consultancy as temporary leadership: negotiating power in everyday practice
  • A complexity perspective on innovation processes for subsea technology development
  • Skirts, sarees and sarongs: the rhetoric and reality behind the celebration of diversity in organisational life

15 April 2009

Call for papers: The Middle East Capital Markets and Investment Issues

Call for papers: The Middle East Capital Markets and Investment Issues

A special issue of International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance

While the Middle East capital markets in the midst of a massive overhaul, it must be admitted that relatively little research has been done in the past on the region's capital market sector. After the recent financial crisis which originated in U.S., and its global ramifications, the issue of risk spillover across capital markets is expected to gain momentum and become the subject matter of much research in the financial economic literature in coming years.

It is becoming evident to many observers and researchers that the Middle East markets have overreacted to the events in U.S. capital markets as the impact on these markets was quite substantial compared to the economic value of information transmitted to these markets. The aim in this issue to instigate debate at an international level between academics and professional practitioners on the region's capital markets, to help guide policy makers in the Middle East region and facilitate new opportunities for international investors.

This special issue aims to attract high-quality, applied and/or theoretical research papers focusing on issues relevant to the Middle East capital markets. The research will focus on, but is not limited to, the following:
  • Stock markets research
  • Corporate governance
  • Banking research
  • Issues on Basel II accord
  • Trade and investment issues
  • Bond market research
  • Micro finance and small enterprise development
  • Foreign exchange issues
Important Date
Deadline for receipt of manuscripts: 30 November 2009.

Call for papers: Dynamics in Digital Human Modelling and Simulation

Call for papers: Dynamics in Digital Human Modelling and Simulation

A special issue of International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation

Digital human modelling and simulation has been a booming research topic for the past decade. Biomechanics and ergonomics researchers are using digital human models to analyse and design various activities in industry, military, and clinical research. Efficient static and dynamic analysis of human motion is the key element in developing a high-fidelity human model. The human body is a highly redundant multibody system with high degrees of freedom, and computational simulation and experimental analysis of human motions are challenging tasks. The main topics involved in human dynamics are rigid and flexible multibody dynamics, experiment-based methods, motion prediction, impact and vibration, injury and fatigue prediction, and human safety and protection.

This special issue will focus on recent research and advances in human dynamics for digital human modeling, biomechanics analysis, and ergonomics design, etc.

Topics include but are not limited to:
  • Rigid and flexible multibody models
  • Forward and inverse multibody dynamics
  • Kinematics and kinetics of human motions
  • Experimental analysis
  • Theoretical and computational dynamics of human motions
  • Real-time simulation and computational efficiency
  • Control and simulation of human motions
  • Optimisation applications
  • Dynamics of human-environment interaction
  • Injury and fatigue prediction
  • Joint and muscle mechanics
  • Helmet and clothing design for human protection
  • Group dynamics
  • Impact and vibration
Important Dates
Submission of draft manuscript: 1 December 2009
Feedback to authors and notification of acceptance/rejection: 1 March 2010
Submission of revised manuscript: 1 May 2010

Special issue: Advanced theory and technologies for design, manufacturing and materials

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology 34(3) 2009
  • Hybrid immune-simulated annealing algorithm for optimal design and manufacturing
  • An Ant Colony Optimisation algorithm for partner selection in Virtual Enterprises
  • Finite Element simulation for three dimensional thermal analysis of Multi-Chip Module
  • Parametric modelling approach for development of an automotive bucket seat frame
  • Atomic simulation for adhesion problem on surfaces of micro gears
  • Automated conceptual design of mechanisms using enumeration and functional reasoning
  • YTentative approach of a novel Multi-Medium Coupling Dynamic Vibration Absorber
  • Damage characteristics of fabric reinforced hybrid composite laminates subjected to low energy impacts
  • Effect of copper and silicon addition on the ring fracture strength and hardness of sintered-hot forged carbon steels
  • Investigation on the thermal conductivity of AlN thin films by using Molecular Dynamics simulation
  • Influence of volume fraction on the notched tensile strength of steel reinforced polyester hybrid composites
  • Effects of Ni-doping mode on microstructure and mechanical properties of alumina/Ni composites
  • Characterisations of interfacial heat transfer by atomic modelling
  • Investigation on the origin of green light emission in ZnO bulk materials

14 April 2009

Call for papers: Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing: Systems, Networking, and Applications

Call for papers: Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing: Systems, Networking, and Applications

A special issue of International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing

Ubiquitous multimedia computing is an important and fast growing research area. Ubiquitous multimedia services allows people to access rich multimedia content anytime, anywhere, using different access networks and different computing devices. To date, the development of ubiquitous multimedia computing is still in its infancy although a few ubiquitous multimedia services have been developed and deployed in our daily lives, such as mobile audio/video streaming, mobile e-learning, and remote video surveillance. It is anticipated that ubiquitous multimedia computing will change the way we operate and interact with the world with the development of numerous interesting ubiquitous multimedia applications.

Unlike traditional multimedia computing, ubiquitous multimedia computing aims to be thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities. The new possibilities of ubiquitous multimedia computing pose new challenges across many areas in computer science: wireless and mobile networks, multimedia processing, multimedia systems and applications, operating systems, middleware, and user devices.

This special issue aims to foster state-of-the-art research in the area of ubiquitous multimedia computing and is expected to focus on all aspects of ubiquitous multimedia computing including emerging technologies, theoretical studies, practical applications, and experimental prototypes.

We encourage the submission of innovative and mature results in designing, analysing, and developing technology, services, and applications of ubiquitous multimedia computing. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
  • Wireless and mobile networking for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Quality of service provisioning for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Mobility management for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Peer-to-peer networking for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Network architectures, protocols, and algorithms for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Ad hoc and sensor network support for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Resource sharing and service discovery for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Ubiquitous multimedia systems and applications
  • Ubiquitous audio/video streaming
  • Location-based ubiquitous multimedia services
  • Context-aware ubiquitous multimedia services
  • Tracking in ubiquitous environments
  • Data replication, migration and dissemination for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Operating system support for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Middleware design for ubiquitous multimedia
  • User device support for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Agent technologies for ubiquitous multimedia
Important Dates
Full papers due (special-issue submission): 31 August, 2009
Notification of acceptance/rejection/revision: 31 November, 2009
Revised manuscript due: 31 January, 2010
Final manuscript due: 31 March, 2010

Special issue: International Conference cum Workshop on Nano-Science & Technology, Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon, India, December 17–21, 2007

International Journal of Nanotechnology 6(5/6) 2009

Selected papers from the conference.
  • Electrical actuation and detection of mechanical oscillations in cantilevered multi-walled carbon nanotubes
  • Molecular imaging with targeted quantum dot bioconjugates: the need for contrast optimisation studies
  • Formation of semiconductor nanostructures by dense electronic excitation
  • Influence of backbone chain length and functional groups of organic modifiers on crystallinity and nanomechanical properties of intercalated clay-polycaprolactam nanocomposites
  • New frontier in thin film epitaxy and nanostructured materials
  • Molecular interactions of degradable and non-degradable polymers with hydroxyapatite influence mechanics of polymer-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite biomaterials
  • Nano-nanocomposites: an emerging class of materials
  • Room temperature, water-based, microreactor synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles
  • Properties of self-assembled Ge islands grown by molecular beam epitaxy
  • Commercial scale production of inorganic nanoparticles
  • Nano related research in fibres and textiles

Special issue: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable transportation

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 8(3/4) 2009

Papers from a conference in Taipei, Taiwan in 2007 organised by the Chinese Institute of Transportation.
  • Introduction: At the cross-roads of efficiency and sustainability
  • A new approach to distributing urban trips
  • Sustainable transport development in East Asian megacities
  • Pricing of road transport in East Asia: issues and challenges
  • A multimodal public transport planning guidance for sustainable transport in developing countries
  • The development of rural public transport routes: a case study in Bantul, Central Java
  • A logistic regression model for explaining urban development on the basis of accessibility: a case study of Naples
  • Waiting strategies for the dynamic dial-a-ride problem
  • A real-time recurrent learning on predicting short-term temporal traffic dynamics for sustainable management
  • The effects of accessing real-time bus arrival information via mobile phone on the travel time dispersion of transit passengers
  • Accounting for accidents in the measurement of transport inefficiency: a case of Taiwanese bus transit

12 April 2009

Call for papers: Enterprise 2.0: Management Principles, Technologies and Techniques

Call for papers: Enterprise 2.0: Management Principles, Technologies and Techniques

A special issue of International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management

Enterprise 2.0 has been coined as a term to characterise the emergence of new tools to enable contextual, agile and simplified information exchange and collaboration to distributed workforces and networks of partners and customers. Going beyond technicalities, Enterprise 2.0 also stands as the term for business practices that liberate the workforce from the constraints of legacy communication and productivity tools like email. Therefore, it aspires to provide business managers with access to the right information at the right time through a web of interconnected applications, services and devices.

Enterprise 2.0 as a business organisational model also promises to make accessible the collective intelligence of many, translating it to a huge competitive advantage in the form of increased innovation, productivity and agility. Further implications of this model are fuzzy boundaries and open borders, information systems as emergent folksonomies, short-time-to-market cycles, user-driven technology, flat organisation, and ease of organisational flow, as opposed to implications of the Enterprise 1.0 model such as structured and dictated information systems, taxonomies, long-time-to-market cycles, lack of IT user control, silos and boundaries, to name a few.

Despite the fact that Enterprise 2.0 has become a catchier term, sometimes used to describe social and networked changes to enterprises or the introduction and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies within an enterprise, including software as service, rich internet applications, the Web as platform and other trendy terms, there are many open challenges ranging through social, business and IT technology aspects.

In this special issue, we solicit visionary as well as theoretical and application papers, which address Enterprise 2.0 modelling and management principles and techniques in a cross-disciplinary form. Particular emphasis will be given to papers discussing and challenging the implications of the Enterprise 2.0 to current information systems and organisational forms within enterprises from social, business and technical management point of view.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • Collective intelligence
  • Web 2.0
  • Collaborative platforms and spaces
  • Social networks
  • Open source technologies
  • Cloud computing
  • Virtual world
Important Dates
Paper Submission: 1 December, 2009
Notification: 1 April 1st, 2010
Camera-ready: 1 June, 2010

Call for papers: Sliding Mode Control Schemes for Power Industrial Applications

Call for papers: Sliding Mode Control Schemes for Power Industrial Applications

A special issue of International Journal of Power Electronics

We are aware that almost all power industrial products are controlled by either analog or digital controllers wherein some control algorithm will be employed. There are different control schemes whereby the sliding mode control scheme has proved very popular in the field of power converters, inverters, motor drives, generator drives, UPS, HVDC and robotics. Therefore, the purpose of this Special Issue is to present state-of-the-art solutions in the field of sliding mode controller modelling, simulation and analysis, verification and implementation techniques for power industrial applications.

Possible topics include but are not limited to, the following:
  • Sliding mode controllers for power converters (hard switching, soft switching, resonant switching, neutral switching)
  • Sliding mode controllers for voltage and current source inverters
  • Sliding mode controllers for motor and generator drives
  • Sliding mode controllers for electromagnetic linear and rotary actuators
  • Sliding mode controllers for UPS and SMPS
  • Sliding mode controllers for wind turbine, photo-voltaic and fuel-cell power conversion systems
  • Sliding mode controllers for robotics and complex motion steering systems
  • Sliding mode controllers for surface transport, electric traction and ships
  • Sliding mode observers for fault detection and isolation and management of motors, generators, converters, inverters etc
  • Sliding mode controllers for HVDC and FACTS
  • Sliding mode controllers for lighting and induction heating
  • Sliding mode controllers for welding and plasma cutting power supplies
Important Dates
Paper due: 30 September 2009
Acceptance notification: 30, November 2009
Final paper version due: 30, January, 2010

Call for papers: Wireless Network Algorithm and Theory

Call for papers: Wireless Network Algorithm and Theory

A special issue of International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing

Wireless networks raise a number of interesting and undiscovered algorithmic issues, while traditional techniques are not sufficient to solve these problems in the right way. For example, the algorithms in vehicular ad hoc networks require a high degree of communication reliability, performance, scalability, security, and privacy-preserving technologies under harsh conditions. Researchers need to design practical distributed and centralised algorithms and to introduce novel theoretical models or evaluation methodologies to challenge various kinds of research problems originated from these wireless networks.

This special issue is intended to encourage high-quality researches in wireless networking algorithms, and push the theoretical and practical research forward for a deeper understanding in the fundamental algorithm, modeling, and analysis techniques of wireless networks. The special issue will additionally select high quality papers from The Second IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Network Algorithm and Theory (WiNA-2009) colocated with IEEE MASS2009, to be held in Macau SAR, China, October 2009.

Authors are invited to contribute to this special issue by submitting articles that describe significant advances in areas which include but are not limited to:
  • Algorithms and theory for wireless networks including mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, vehicular ad hoc networks, underwater sensor networks, and any kind of multi-hop wireless networks
  • Theoretical graph and geometric models for multiple-hop wireless networks
  • Complexity analysis of algorithms for wireless mobile environments
  • Routing algorithms and strategies in multi-hop wireless networks
  • Power optimisation strategies in mobile wireless networks.
  • Throughput, capacity, and delay analysis on mobile wireless networks.
  • Data and resource management in wireless mobile networks
  • Clustering and cooperative strategies in mobile multi-hop wireless networks
  • Coverage and survivability problems in wireless sensor networks
  • Modeling for tracking and locating mobile users
  • Information theory and network coding for multi-hop wireless networks
  • Security, privacy, and cryptographic protocols theory for multi-hop wireless networks
Important Dates
Deadline for Submission: 31 October 2009
Acceptance notification - first round: 31 January 2010
(Including IEEE WiNA-09 best papers)
Submission due date of revised papers: 28 February 2010
Notification of acceptance - second round: 31 March 2010
Camera ready papers due: 31 April 2010

11 April 2009

Call for papers: Developments in the Machinability of Titanium and its Alloys

Call for papers: Developments in the Machinability of Titanium and its Alloys

A special issue of International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials

Titanium and its alloys are an important group of engineering materials due to their excellent combination of strength and fracture toughness as well as low density and excellent corrosion resistance. These materials have received special attention recently due to their wide range of applications in aerospace, aircraft, automotive, chemical and biomedical industries. However, these expansive materials present poor machinability because of their low thermal conductivity and high chemical reactivity with cutting tool materials.

This special issue invites the submission of high quality research articles related to experimental and computational topics on the machining and machinability of titanium and its alloys.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Mechanics of chip formation
  • Chip analysis
  • Machining dynamics (vibration and chatter)
  • Cutting forces and cutting temperatures
  • Modelling and numerical simulation by FEM (finite element method)
  • Advanced cutting tools (materials, coatings and tool wear)
  • Surface integrity (topography, microstructural modifications, residual stresses)
  • Cooling or dry machining
  • High speed machining
  • Intelligent machining
Important Date
Submission: 31 March 2010

Special issue: Information management for collaborative networks

International Journal of Information Technology and Management 8(3) 2009

Extended versions of selected papers from the proceedings of two symposiums: 12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM 2006) held in Saint-Etienne, France, 17-19 May 2006 and the 7th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE '06) held in Helsinki, Finland, 25-27 September 2006.
  • On the classification and management of Virtual Organisation Breeding Environments
  • An evolving plug-and-play business infrastructure for networked organisations
  • Support for adaptive collaboration in Professional Virtual Communities based on negotiations of social protocols
  • Collaborative Engineering Environments for Virtual Organisations
  • Manufacturing traceability data management in the supply chain

Special issue: Automated identification technology

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology 35(1) 2009
  • An efficient approach to iris detection for iris biometric processing
  • Data preparation for sample-based face detection
  • On selecting Gabor features for biometric authentication
  • Strategy-based behavioural biometrics: a novel approach to automated identification
  • RFID-driven global supply chain and management
  • A botanical renaissance: state-of-the-art DNA bar coding facilitates an Automated Identification Technology system for plants
Submitted Paper
  • Wavelet series based iterative learning controller design for industrial robot manipulators

Special issue: The role of public venture capital financing towards creating new entrepreneurial businesses and innovations

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 9(4) 2009
  • Intangibles and business performance – a technical efficiency approach
  • Financing innovative businesses through venture capital
  • The stimulation of entrepreneurship through venture capital and business incubation
  • Evolution of Japanese-style venture capital and its limitation: why non-linear VC model emerged in Japan
  • Community development venture capital: concept and status quo in Germany
  • Public venture capital: missing link or weakest link?

Special issue: Internationalisation

International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business 3(3) 2009
  • Internationalisation of entrepreneurship in Algeria
  • Internationalisation of entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan
  • The internationalisation of entrepreneurship in South Korea
  • Firm characteristics and internationalisation strategies: an empirical investigation of New Zealand exporters
  • The entrepreneurial export orientation and performance of small firms in a developing economy
  • Clustering and the internationalisation strategies of SMEs in the media industry
  • The impact of international SME profiles on the mobilisation of network information sources
  • The evolutionary network process of international entrepreneurial firms

Special issue: Advanced manufacturing technologies

International Journal of Manufacturing Research 4(2) 2009
  • Design and production of wind tunnel testing models with FDM technology using ABSi
  • Nano-surface generation using Electrolytic In-Process Dressing (ELID) technique in grinding process
  • In-process detection of fastener grip length using embedded mobile wireless sensor network-based pull-type tools
  • A new approach for formation of virtual cells
  • Comparing Lagrangian-based distributed algorithms for parallel machine scheduling problems
  • Analysis of the variability of cutting processes when many factors are perturbed
  • Productivity improvement using Special-Purpose Modular machine tools
  • Neutral line-based Robust Profile Reconstruction for adaptive machining of turbine blade tip welds
  • Parametric study of hole circularity in Nd:YAG laser microdrilling of alumina–aluminium (Al2O3–Al) interpenetrating phase composite

Special issue: Wireless and mobile networking

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing 4(3/4) 2009
  • Location discovery for sensor networks with short range beacons
  • Energy-efficient connected coverage of discrete targets in wireless sensor networks
  • A traffic aware, energy-efficient MAC protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Semantic Sensor Net: an extensible framework
  • A Power-Saving algorithm combing power management and power control for multihop IEEE 802.11 ad hoc networks
  • Sensor network configuration under physical attacks
  • A novel dual-key management protocol based on a hierarchical multicast infrastructure in mobile internet
  • The impact of mobility models on mobile IP multicast research
  • Analysis of channel allocation scheme for wireless cellular networks
Additional Papers
  • A light-weight scalable truthful routing protocol in MANETs with selfish nodes
  • Facilitating human-centric service delivery using a pluggable service development framework
  • The investigation of delay-constrained multicasting with minimum-energy consumption in static ad hoc wireless networks

8 April 2009

Call for papers: Knowledge and Software Engineering for Intelligent Systems

Call for papers: Knowledge and Software Engineering for Intelligent Systems

A special issue of International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining

Intelligent systems have been successfully developed in various domains based on techniques and tools from the fields of knowledge engineering and software engineering. Thus, declarative software engineering techniques have been established in many areas, such as knowledge systems, logic programming, constraint programming, and lately in the context of the Semantic Web and business rules. The recent development and success of semantic technologies developed within the scope of the Semantic Web initiative exposed the need for cooperation between researchers from different fields. Real-life business applications drive the recent interest and R&D efforts in this field. The business rules approach is a prime example of the classic knowledge-based solutions that proved to be useful in the business and engineering practice. Business systems developed with the classic software engineering methods benefit from the rule-based solutions.

This special issue solicits high-quality submissions showing the symbiotic relations between knowledge engineering and software engineering. Papers should give recent contributions from academic research, but also experiences and case studies from industrial practitioners are highly welcome. Authors are invited to present both methods and tools that support software engineers with various well-established knowledge engineering solutions, as well as the counter-direction, where knowledge engineers successfully apply methods and processes known from software engineering.

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
  • Knowledge and software engineering for the Semantic Web
  • Ontologies in practical knowledge and software engineering
  • Business rules design and management
  • Knowledge representation, reasoning and management
  • Practical knowledge representation and discovery techniques in software engineering
  • Agent-oriented software engineering
  • Database and knowledge base management in AI systems
  • Evaluation and verification of intelligent systems
  • Practical tools for intelligent systems
  • Process models in AI applications
  • Declarative, logic-based approaches
  • Constraint programming approaches
Important Dates
Deadline for paper submission: 15 October, 2009
Notification of status & acceptance of paper: 15 December, 2009
Final version of paper: 1 February, 2010

Special issue: Innovation and strategic change management: keys for sustained competitive advantage

International Journal of Strategic Change Management 1(3) 2009
  • Innovation governance for value capture – the problem and a proposed simple model-based solution
  • A theory of change in turbulent environments: the sequencing of dynamic capabilities following industry deregulation
  • Challenging resistance to change from the top to the shop floor level: an exploratory study
  • Adoption of management innovations: the case of Balanced Scorecard
  • Drivers for knowledge sharing: propositions for the role of motivational differences
  • Generative dance' between tacit knowledge, expertise and organisational frameworks
  • Identification of technological discontinuities across industries and time periods: expected vs. unexpected change

First issue: International Journal of Autonomic Computing

International Journal of Autonomic Computing publishes research on the ability of IT systems to be managed in an efficient and autonomous way by exploring the systems' capability for self-learning, self-healing, self-recovery, self-configuring, self-expanding, self-adapting, etc.

There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.

7 April 2009

Special issue: Environmental biotechnology: Part 1

International Journal of Environment and Pollution 37(1) 2009
  • The effects of different aeration patterns on aerobic granulation
  • Mechanism and kinetics of Zn(II) removal from wastewater by immobilised beads of SRB sludge
  • Enhancement of organic and nitrogen removal in up-flow floating filter media reactor for piggery wastewater treatment
  • Total scatter-to-backscatter ratio of aerosol derived from aerosol size distribution measurement
  • Applying hourly measurements of meteorological data and aerosol soluble ions in Taipei Basin, Taiwan
  • Apply appropriate models in the study of dry deposition fluxes of particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Tsukuba, Japan
  • Activities of different metal oxide catalysts on NO reduction and CO oxidation
  • The ORP and pH profiles during simultaneous nitrification and denitrification of low carbon municipal wastewater
  • Effect of synthetic cationic surfactants on dewaterability and settleability of activated sludge

6 April 2009

Call for papers: Knowledge and Software Engineering for Intelligent Systems

Call for papers: Knowledge and Software Engineering for Intelligent Systems

A special issue of International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining

Intelligent systems have been successfully developed in various domains based on techniques and tools from the fields of knowledge engineering and software engineering. Thus, declarative software engineering techniques have been established in many areas, such as knowledge systems, logic programming, constraint programming, and lately in the context of the Semantic Web and business rules. The recent development and success of semantic technologies developed within the scope of the Semantic Web initiative exposed the need for cooperation between researchers from different fields. Real-life business applications drive the recent interest and R&D efforts in this field. The business rules approach is a prime example of the classic knowledge-based solutions that proved to be useful in the business and engineering practice. Business systems developed with the classic software engineering methods benefit from the rule-based solutions.

This special issue solicits high-quality submissions showing the symbiotic relations between knowledge engineering and software engineering. Papers should give recent contributions from academic research, but also experiences and case studies from industrial practitioners are highly welcome. Authors are invited to present both methods and tools that support software engineers with various well-established knowledge engineering solutions, as well as the counter-direction, where knowledge engineers successfully apply methods and processes known from software engineering.

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
  • Knowledge and software engineering for the Semantic Web
  • Ontologies in practical knowledge and software engineering
  • Business rules design and management
  • Knowledge representation, reasoning and management
  • Practical knowledge representation and discovery techniques in software engineering
  • Agent-oriented software engineering
  • Database and knowledge base management in AI systems
  • Evaluation and verification of intelligent systems
  • Practical tools for intelligent systems
  • Process models in AI applications
  • Declarative, logic-based approaches
  • Constraint programming approaches
Important Dates
Deadline for paper submission: 15 October, 2009
Notification of status & acceptance of paper: 15 December, 2009
Final version of paper: 1 February, 2010

Special issue: Wind power generation and Special issue: Mechatronic systems

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control 6(3) 2009

Wind power

  • Wind characteristics and power density analysis for Vadravadra site in Fiji Islands
  • Wind turbine power coefficient real-time identification
  • An intelligent neuro-fuzzy logic controller for induction generator based wind generation to improve power system stability
  • ANN based reactive power control of isolated wind-diesel-micro-hydro hybrid power systems
  • Modelling wind turbine mechanical power by friction effects
Mechatronics
  • Adaptive vibration control of piezoelectric actuator based flexible arm with unknown and unmeasurable disturbances
  • Swing-up controller for the Acrobot using skill of human movements
  • Adaptive PID control system design for non-linear systems
  • Image-based visual servoing for power transmission line inspection robot
  • Real-time optimisation for parallel-parking control of four-wheeled vehicles
  • Hand-to-eye calibration for 3D surface digitalisation system

Special issue: Business excellence in 21st Century organisations

International Journal of Business Excellence 2(3/4) 2009

Papers from the Global Business Innovation and Development (GBID 2008) conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 16-19 January 2008
  • The key account management system in the paper industry business environment
  • Chinese managers' perceptions of their ability to deliver service quality
  • The evolution from brand equity to customer relationship equity to trust equity: the new challenge
  • Knowledge absorption in an emerging economy – the role of foreign investments and trade flows in Russia
  • The image and academic expectations of South African and Malaysian university students
  • Government, law and structure: where is transparency and what does it mean for marketing strategy?
  • The development and implementation status of RFID in China
  • A research strategy formulation for innovative Greek universities
  • The impact of perceived innovativeness, branding strategy and parent brand salience on the reciprocal transfer of core associations
  • Income as a determinant of the acquisition of cellular products and services by tertiary students
  • Collective bargaining: a tool for industrial harmony in Ghanaian industrial settings
  • New service development in an international context: a case study of a Finnish technopark company in Russia

Special issue: Bio-psycho-social aspects of human adaptability in the advanced technologies

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology 2(3) 2009
  • Effect of emotional changes induced by sounds on human frontal alpha-wave during verbal and non-verbal tasks
  • Search time and correction ratio in visual search processing by visual angle and the stimuli presented
  • Study on comfortable massage method of massage chair considering professional masseur's technique
  • Bio-psycho-social aspects of human adaptability to highly automated work environment: interdependency among visual functions in the peripheral and central visual nervous systems and perceived health level
Additional Papers
  • Web-based embedded intelligence: patient tele-monitoring and diagnosis system on lab-view platform
  • Segmentation of medical images using Simulated Annealing Based Fuzzy C Means algorithm
Multi-prong approaches to monitor the biomechanical aspects of abnormal bones

Special issue: Mobile teaching/learning and authoring tools: accelerating content delivery

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation 3(2) 2009
  • E-snakes and ladders: a hypermedia educational environment for portable devices
  • Ontology-based mobile learning and knowledge testing
  • Evaluating performance of a Bluetooth-based classroom tool
  • Methodology and system design for implementing context-adaptive service-oriented web-based learning
  • Atlantis university: learn your own way
  • Security and privacy issues in mobile learning

Special issue: Corporate context of generating, protecting and disseminating IP

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management 3(3) 2009
  • The effect of national IP enforcement on the IP management strategies of firms: the case of India and China
  • Corporate value creation through patent governance structures
  • Realising the financial potential of intellectual property: a case study of Bulgarian companies
  • The management and security of trade secrets: an exploratory study
  • Strategic options to tackle patent expiration: theoretical framework and case studies

Special issue: Technology transfer from public to private sector

International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation 8(2/3) 2009
  • Management of networks involving Technology Transfer from public to private sector: a conceptual framework
  • Intermediates in triple helix collaboration: the roles of 4th pillar organisations in public to private technology transfer
  • Knowledge spillovers from public research institutions to the private sector: evidence from Japanese new technology-based firms
  • Transferring Biotechnology in India: experiences and lessons
  • Sponsored, contract and collaborative research: towards a model of science–industry knowledge transfer
  • University-affiliated Venture Capital funds: funding of University Spin-Off companies
  • How proximity matters in Industry–University knowledge transfer
  • US Department of Defense technology transfer: the partnership intermediary model
  • Evaluating the Return on Investment for Department of Defense to private sector technology transfer

2 April 2009

Newly announced journal: International Journal of Physiotherapy and Life Physics

International Journal of Physiotherapy and Life Physics - to begin publication in 2010 - will publish scientific research into natural medicines, such as acupuncture, music therapy, infrared therapy, soft-laser therapy, electric pulse therapy, sauna therapy, foot-bath therapy, massage, meditation, psychotherapy, hand-touching therapy, pray therapy etc. It will also encourage research into ancient medicines in various cultures in order to recover the ancient wisdom to enrich modern science.

Special issue: Characterisation and application of thin films, coatings and modified surfaces

International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 3(1/2) 2009
  • Elasto-plastic characterisation of low-temperature plasma-deposited silicon nitride thin films using nanoindentation
  • Thin film Li electrolytes for all-solid-state micro-batteries
  • Layer-By-Layer assembled thin films of inorganic nanomaterials: fabrication and photo-electrochemical properties
  • Determination of Young's modulus and yield strength of porous low-k dielectric films by nanoindentation under complete consideration of the substrate influence
  • Microstructural and topographical changes of Ni-P plated moulds in glass lens pressing
  • Initial layer in FePt perpendicular media with different buffer layers
  • Some current research in femtosecond laser-induced surface ripple structures
  • Packed powder diffusion coating of pure aluminium after surface nanocrystallisation
  • Stress effect on the properties of Ni80Fe20/Au or Cu composite wires via electrodeposition
  • Performance of Al2O3-3%TiO2 Detonation gun coated ferritic steels in coal fired boiler

Special issue: Advanced mechatronic and manufacturing systems

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems 2(1/2) 2009
  • STEPNCMillUoA: a CNC system based on STEP-NC and Function Block architecture
  • Optimal process planning for compound laser cutting and punch using Genetic Algorithms
  • A hybrid method of reconstructing 3D airfoil profile from incomplete and corrupted optical scans
  • The research progress and prospect of Digital Manufacturing Science
  • A two-stage mathematical approach for the design of Virtual Manufacturing Cells
  • Coding, evaluation, comparison, ranking and optimum selection of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) products
  • Application of machine vision for automated cell injection
  • Adaptive control of a class of nonlinear systems with fuzzy approximators: an application to longitudinal vehicle control
  • Modelling, simulation and control of a multi-axis ASEA robot
  • Odour source localisation in a wind-varying indoor environment
  • Interference fitted assemblies: a failure analysis
  • FPGA-based low-cost autonomous vehicle platform for mechatronics education
  • Functional and temporal formal modelling of embedded controllers for intelligent mechatronic systems

1 April 2009

Special issue: Europe and Latin America-Caribbean: unleashing the potential

European Journal of International Management 3(2) 2009
  • Organisational models and culture: a reflection from Latin America
  • Conceptualising national cultures: an anthropological perspective
  • An exploratory study of the role of HRM and the transfer of German MNC sustainability values to Brazil
  • Does entrepreneurs' human and relational capital affect early internationalisation? A cross-regional comparison
  • Framing investment in Mexico: an exploratory content analysis of the news frames of the main Spanish companies in the Mexican press
  • Initiating forces and success factors of born global firms