Most of the research and experiments in the field of engineering have devoted significant efforts to modelling and simulation of various complicated phenomena and processes occurring in engineering systems. International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the development and advances in modelling and simulation, contributing to the understanding of different complex engineering systems.
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20 June 2008
Special issue: Trust in virtual organisations
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations 5(3/4) 2008
- Trust in virtual organisations: a synthesis of the literature
- Trust and the virtual environment: research and methodological considerations
- Trust-enabling decision support system for e-tourism intermediation
- Customer trust in virtual environments in service sectors (a case study in Poland)
- Analysing trust as a means of improving the effectiveness of the virtual supply chain
- Modelling trust recognition and evaluation in an electronic environment
- A multitheoretical approach for solving trust problems in B2C e-commerce
- Building trust and commitment in a global organisation
- A framework for a network-level performance measurement system in SME networks
- Organising for networking and virtual teams – the effects of the legal environment
Special issue: External control versus self regulation in learning
International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning 18(3) 2008
- Meta-Tutor: an online environment for knowledge construction and self-regulated learning in clinical psychology teaching
- Knowledge building in collaborative learning: towards enhancing the response of primary schools to the impacts of HIV/AIDS
- A case study about supporting the development of thinking by means of ICT and concretisation tools
- Like pedagogical design, educational system design can benefit from a framework-oriented approach
- Effects of synchronous coaching in teacher training
- The effect of adaptive performance support system on learning achievements of students
- Towards understanding self-organisation: How self-regulation contributes to self-organisation?
19 June 2008
Call for papers: Dynamic and impact behaviour of cellular materials
Call for papers: Dynamic and impact behaviour of cellular materials
A special issue of International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation
Cellular materials have unique mechanical and physical properties, such as their specific strength and stiffness. Their constitutive behaviour also makes cellular materials indicated for energy absorption (crashworthiness, impact, ballistics, blast-wave, heat exchange, etc.) These characteristics, among others, make cellular materials highly adapted to the development of multi-functional, lightweight and cost-effective applications in areas such as structural engineering, aerospace, automotive and defence. The use of these materials has increased in various areas of science and technology due to their special mechanical and physical properties. As result of their properties and potential applications, there is a high demand for cellular materials and a need for thorough understanding of their behaviour.
This special issue invites the submission of high quality research articles related to the characterization of the dynamic and impact behaviour of cellular materials and their applications. Authors are invited to present their research work on metallic, polymeric and natural cellular materials, experimental and numerical approaches and research on the development of related technologies and applications.
Topics covered by this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
Submission: 31 December 2008
A special issue of International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation
Cellular materials have unique mechanical and physical properties, such as their specific strength and stiffness. Their constitutive behaviour also makes cellular materials indicated for energy absorption (crashworthiness, impact, ballistics, blast-wave, heat exchange, etc.) These characteristics, among others, make cellular materials highly adapted to the development of multi-functional, lightweight and cost-effective applications in areas such as structural engineering, aerospace, automotive and defence. The use of these materials has increased in various areas of science and technology due to their special mechanical and physical properties. As result of their properties and potential applications, there is a high demand for cellular materials and a need for thorough understanding of their behaviour.
This special issue invites the submission of high quality research articles related to the characterization of the dynamic and impact behaviour of cellular materials and their applications. Authors are invited to present their research work on metallic, polymeric and natural cellular materials, experimental and numerical approaches and research on the development of related technologies and applications.
Topics covered by this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mechanical behaviour of cellular materials
- Impact and energy dissipation with cellular materials
- Structural applications
- Crashworthiness applications
- Metallic, polymeric or natural cellular materials
- Numerical modelling and simulation approaches
- Material characterisation
- Experimental testing and characterisation
- Novel cellular materials
Submission: 31 December 2008
Special issue: Using technology for innovation and knowledge sharing in SMEs: sociotechnical approaches
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies 2(3) 2008
- Small firm networking: contents and nature of knowledge sharing and learning
- Identifying innovation opportunities: using the internet to facilitate university-SME knowledge creation
- Socio-technical factors influencing channel use for knowledge-sharing in regional SME networks
- Information technology, communication and networking in software companies of northern Finland
- A socio-technical approach to broadband diffusion by SMEs
- Knowledge management and innovation in UK energy sector SMEs: is there a close link?
- Knowledge management, absorptive capacity and organisational culture: a case study from Chinese SMEs
Special issue: Cross-cultural leadership
International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management 8(3) 2008
- The role of organisational culture in construction company alliances
- Leadership skills and competencies for cross-cultural construction projects
- Impact of leadership and power on successful ERP adoption
- A cross-cultural study of leadership styles among executives in Bulgaria and Finland
- Organisational culture of joint venture projects: a case study of an international JV construction project in Hong Kong
- Temporary project cultures
Special issue:Legal gap analysis, phobias and techno leaps
International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation 7(1) 2008
- New phishes in the pond: a wake-up call for China in the context of management of computer crime
- The independent regulatory body: a new regulatory institution in the privatised telecommunications industry (the case of Indonesia)
- Principal differences in financial reporting bases in the Czech Republic: comparison of IFRSs and Czech accounting standards requirements
- XBRL – the tool for automated semantic readability of electronic financial statements
- The technological and legal aspects of communications and information security: a case study of the Olympic Games
- Fear of e-shopping – anxiety or phobia?
- The protection of internet domain names in Israel and Palestine
Special issue: The role of information systems in small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): the context within developing countries and economies
International Journal of Enterprise Network Management 2(3) 2008
- Top management support and IT adoption in the Taiwanese small and medium enterprises: a strategic view
- Implementation of information technology: evidence from Indian SMEs
- The e-business performance measurement in SMEs
- Opportunities and the spread of information and communication technologies: evidence from the Indian clusters of small- and medium-sized enterprises
- Planning, designing and implementing an enterprise network in a developing nation
- The negative effects of using information and communication technology in a Taiwanese enterprise
- Performance drivers of ERP systems in small- and medium-sized enterprises
New Designers International 2008: 3rd International Undergraduate Student Product Design Competition
International Journal of Design Engineering is one of the organisers of New Designers International 2008 (NDI–2008): 3rd International Undergraduate Student Product Design Competition
The competition is open to final year undergraduate product and industrial design student projects worldwide (for projects completed between August 2007 and September 2008). Submissions are invited from students studying Product design, Industrial design, Furniture Design, 3D Design, Packaging Design, and related areas.
Full details at http://www.admec.ntu.ac.uk/ndi/ndi.html
The competition is open to final year undergraduate product and industrial design student projects worldwide (for projects completed between August 2007 and September 2008). Submissions are invited from students studying Product design, Industrial design, Furniture Design, 3D Design, Packaging Design, and related areas.
Full details at http://www.admec.ntu.ac.uk/ndi/ndi.html
17 June 2008
Call for papers: Growth
Call for papers: Growth
A special issue of International Journal of Opportunity, Growth and Value Creation
This special issue spotlights the growth of entrepreneurial enterprises. Growth is at the core of entrepreneurial activities and subsequent development, and is reflected by the exploitation of opportunities and subsequent organizational development. The issue will thus draw attention to shedding new light on the sources, processes, and outcomes associated with organisational growth, particularly in the context of entrepreneurial firms. As we acknowledge that growth is a multidimensional phenomenon, papers that address growth from multiple levels of analysis are very welcome.
Subject Coverage
Topics of interest to this issue include, but are not limited to:
Paper Submission Deadline: 15 August 2008
A special issue of International Journal of Opportunity, Growth and Value Creation
This special issue spotlights the growth of entrepreneurial enterprises. Growth is at the core of entrepreneurial activities and subsequent development, and is reflected by the exploitation of opportunities and subsequent organizational development. The issue will thus draw attention to shedding new light on the sources, processes, and outcomes associated with organisational growth, particularly in the context of entrepreneurial firms. As we acknowledge that growth is a multidimensional phenomenon, papers that address growth from multiple levels of analysis are very welcome.
Subject Coverage
Topics of interest to this issue include, but are not limited to:
- Influence of founder/team characteristics on growth
- Influence of strategy, particularly innovation and entrepreneurial, on growth
- Influence of the task/external environment on growth
- Management and control of fast/rapidly growing enterprises
- Measuring entrepreneurial growth across various stages of development
- The (temporal) relationship between growth and other performance indicators
- Theory on growth: resources, capabilities, networks, and barriers
- Role of institutions, such as government, incubators, and agencies, in firm growth
Paper Submission Deadline: 15 August 2008
Call for papers: Integrating Web Applications
Call for papers: Integrating Web Applications
A special issue of International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
The Web is the largest knowledge repository, and the rationale behind its great success is that the information it stores is available in friendly formats through friendly interaction mechanisms. This obviously causes problems if the information a web site provides is useful to feed an automated business process since, in general, it is not easy to integrate friendly web sites programmatically.
Our main goal is to study the problems related to integrating web applications that provide a user interface and no programmatic interface. Usually, such applications are a source of valuable information, but they are not easy to reuse due to the inherent problems that integrating them into automatic business processes poses.
From a research point of view, this topic is attracting a variety of communities: the software engineering community is interested in methodologies to help engineers build solid solutions to real-world integration problems; the database community is very interested in the development of structured query languages for the web; the artificial intelligence community focuses on techniques to extract data from web pages and verify them; and so on. Although this research topic is of broad interest, we are convinced that the community that might well be more interested in this field is the community involved in web services, since such applications are extremely difficult to integrate in automatic business processes described in, say, BPEL (Business Process Execution Language).
We are chiefly interested in the research areas and topics listed below, although others may well be considered if they are clearly aligned with our motivation:
Deadline for Submission: 31 October, 2008
Notification: 28 November, 2008
Final Submission: 12 December, 2008
A special issue of International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
The Web is the largest knowledge repository, and the rationale behind its great success is that the information it stores is available in friendly formats through friendly interaction mechanisms. This obviously causes problems if the information a web site provides is useful to feed an automated business process since, in general, it is not easy to integrate friendly web sites programmatically.
Our main goal is to study the problems related to integrating web applications that provide a user interface and no programmatic interface. Usually, such applications are a source of valuable information, but they are not easy to reuse due to the inherent problems that integrating them into automatic business processes poses.
From a research point of view, this topic is attracting a variety of communities: the software engineering community is interested in methodologies to help engineers build solid solutions to real-world integration problems; the database community is very interested in the development of structured query languages for the web; the artificial intelligence community focuses on techniques to extract data from web pages and verify them; and so on. Although this research topic is of broad interest, we are convinced that the community that might well be more interested in this field is the community involved in web services, since such applications are extremely difficult to integrate in automatic business processes described in, say, BPEL (Business Process Execution Language).
We are chiefly interested in the research areas and topics listed below, although others may well be considered if they are clearly aligned with our motivation:
- Enterprise application integration
- Enterprise information integration
- Mashups
- Reference SOA-based architectures
- Methodologies
- Practical experiences
- Commercial and state-of-the-art systems
Deadline for Submission: 31 October, 2008
Notification: 28 November, 2008
Final Submission: 12 December, 2008
Call for papers: Family Firms: Financing, Corporate Governance and Succession Issues
Call for papers: Family Firms: Financing, Corporate Governance and Succession Issues
A special issue of International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Most standard textbooks develop financial and organisational theories for big corporations only. Such models often assume listed corporations, dispersed ownership, separation between ownership and control, active capital markets, and so on. It is clear that such models are not valid for family firms, which have a complete different dynamic. Financing management has different characteristics than those of big corporations. Organisational structures are designed in a diverse way. Various legal and tax issues might come into play. This special issue is devoted to the specific dynamics of family firms and its impact on financing, corporate governance and succession planning.
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
Abstracts, paper outlines (or full papers) should be submitted by: 15 September, 2008
Completed papers should be submitted by: 15 November, 2008
A special issue of International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Most standard textbooks develop financial and organisational theories for big corporations only. Such models often assume listed corporations, dispersed ownership, separation between ownership and control, active capital markets, and so on. It is clear that such models are not valid for family firms, which have a complete different dynamic. Financing management has different characteristics than those of big corporations. Organisational structures are designed in a diverse way. Various legal and tax issues might come into play. This special issue is devoted to the specific dynamics of family firms and its impact on financing, corporate governance and succession planning.
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
- Financing problems (bank financing, short-term financing, equity-gap, etc.)
- Corporate governance
- Organisational aspects
- Succession planning
- Growth issues
- Investment strategies
- Strategic planning
- First- versus next-generation family firms
- IPOs of family firms
- Governmental policies
- Financial reporting issues
- International comparisons
Abstracts, paper outlines (or full papers) should be submitted by: 15 September, 2008
Completed papers should be submitted by: 15 November, 2008
Call for papers: Process Control for Mechanical Micromachining Processes
Call for papers: Process Control for Mechanical Micromachining Processes
A special issue of International Journal of Nanomanufacturing
In current biomedical, electronics and aerospace industries, as the dimensions of miniature component devices are continuously scaling down with stringent nanoprecision requirements and complex 3D features, various microfabrication methods have been developed for different applications. Compared to other existing miniature fabrication technologies, the mechanical micromachining process is one of the most appealing methods due to its non-dependence on workpiece materials and geometry, energy and space saving, fast productivity and surface quality. However, the process itself is not well understood at this current stage and there is a lack of research and study. Many uncertainties intrinsically exist in the process that complicate the operation and affect the final products’ quality.
Therefore, the goal of this special issue is to publish the current state-of-the-art control methods in micromachining processes and provide a forum for developing the future directions for different machine setups in order to achieve better products with higher manufacturing productivity.
The subject coverage of this special issue includes, but is not limited to, topics that address:
Important Dates
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 30 December 2008
Communication of peer reviews to authors: 27 February 2009
Deadline for revised manuscripts: 31 May 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Nanomanufacturing
In current biomedical, electronics and aerospace industries, as the dimensions of miniature component devices are continuously scaling down with stringent nanoprecision requirements and complex 3D features, various microfabrication methods have been developed for different applications. Compared to other existing miniature fabrication technologies, the mechanical micromachining process is one of the most appealing methods due to its non-dependence on workpiece materials and geometry, energy and space saving, fast productivity and surface quality. However, the process itself is not well understood at this current stage and there is a lack of research and study. Many uncertainties intrinsically exist in the process that complicate the operation and affect the final products’ quality.
Therefore, the goal of this special issue is to publish the current state-of-the-art control methods in micromachining processes and provide a forum for developing the future directions for different machine setups in order to achieve better products with higher manufacturing productivity.
The subject coverage of this special issue includes, but is not limited to, topics that address:
- Accurate position control to improve the final products geometry accuracy and surface quality
- Various process control techniques to fulfill various parameter goals, such as force, power, temperature, surface roughness
- Process optimisation methods to improve the productivity and reduce the cost
- Embedded sensor and actuator systems
- Autonomous health monitoring and diagnostic techniques
- Control of micromachining processes for non-homogeneous materials, such as composite materials, human bones
- Control of micromachining processes for soft materials, such as human tissues
Important Dates
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 30 December 2008
Communication of peer reviews to authors: 27 February 2009
Deadline for revised manuscripts: 31 May 2009
Call for papers: Product Design, Manufacturing Processes and Continuous Improvement
Call for papers: Product Design, Manufacturing Processes and Continuous Improvement
A special issue of International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems
Current production systems must be oriented to solve the strict requirements associated with increasing demands in terms of dimensional precision, tensile strength, fatigue response, energy efficiency and overall costs in manufactured components, as well as the exigent conditions derived from the strong competence with other companies in the same markets. In order to guarantee the success of enterprise activity in spite of the exigent needs provoked by these factors, the totality of phases involved in the production chain should be subject to a continuous analysis and optimisation oriented to minimise dispersion in the control parameters of manufacturing methods, and enhance the reliability of components and systems that can be obtained.
For this reason, a great effort is needed not only in the promotion of advance techniques for material processing, optimisation of existent manufacturing equipment and processes, and modelling and characterisation of workpiece behaviour according to selected working conditions, but also in the development of new solutions based on automation of manufacturing operations by robotic applications, the refinement of prior phases dedicated to identification of required functionalities and generation of product design, the prediction of possible failures and upsets in the machines and devices employed for the consecutive operations, and the improvement of frictional behaviour and energy wastes during the expected life of final components.
Topics covered by this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
Submission: 31 March 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems
Current production systems must be oriented to solve the strict requirements associated with increasing demands in terms of dimensional precision, tensile strength, fatigue response, energy efficiency and overall costs in manufactured components, as well as the exigent conditions derived from the strong competence with other companies in the same markets. In order to guarantee the success of enterprise activity in spite of the exigent needs provoked by these factors, the totality of phases involved in the production chain should be subject to a continuous analysis and optimisation oriented to minimise dispersion in the control parameters of manufacturing methods, and enhance the reliability of components and systems that can be obtained.
For this reason, a great effort is needed not only in the promotion of advance techniques for material processing, optimisation of existent manufacturing equipment and processes, and modelling and characterisation of workpiece behaviour according to selected working conditions, but also in the development of new solutions based on automation of manufacturing operations by robotic applications, the refinement of prior phases dedicated to identification of required functionalities and generation of product design, the prediction of possible failures and upsets in the machines and devices employed for the consecutive operations, and the improvement of frictional behaviour and energy wastes during the expected life of final components.
Topics covered by this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Automation and robotics
- Advanced manufacturing systems (computer integrated manufacturing, flexible manufacturing systems, etc.)
- Product design
- CAD/CAM/CAE/CAPP
- Continuous improvement
- Production methodologies (lean manufacturing, agile manufacturing, etc.)
- Manufacturing processes (machining, metal casting, metal forming, welding and joining, processing of plastics and composites, powder metallurgy, etc.)
- Micro and nanomanufacturing
- Dimensional measurement
- Total productive maintenance
- CNC machines architecture
Submission: 31 March 2009
Special issue: Automotive marketing and distribution in Europe
International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 8(1) 2008
- Another look on product diversity: some new propositions to design profitable product ranges
- Managing product life cycle in the auto industry: evaluating carmakers effectiveness
- Intermediation in downstream automotive supply chains – a review of the role of internet technology
- Supply chain-oriented performance measurement for automotive spare parts
- Dealer-carmaker relationship: the theories of the duality of trust and of power-dependence
- The consolidation of the automotive parts aftermarket sector in transitioning economies: the case of Poland
- Business strategies and key success factors for automotive retailers: the case of dealer groups in Italy
Special issue: Tooling materials and their applications from research to market
International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties 3(2/3) 2008
Papers from the the 7th International Tooling Conference: Tooling materials and their applications from research to market held in Turin, Italy 2-5 May 2006
Papers from the the 7th International Tooling Conference: Tooling materials and their applications from research to market held in Turin, Italy 2-5 May 2006
- Thermal fatigue behaviour of hot-work tool steels: heat check nucleation and growth
- Influence of aging on microstructure and toughness of die-casting die steels
- Properties of double dispersed tool steels
- Austempering effect on structure properties and performances of hot-work tool steel
- Toughness and microstructure stability in hot-working tool steels subjected to washout in molten aluminium
- Micro-abrasive wear of boride layers on AISI D2 tool steel produced by the thermoreactive process
- Examination on surface films of plasma nitrided and post-stream oxidised H13 steel
- Developing PVD zirconium-oxide coatings for use of thixoforming of steel
- Laser shock processing as a method of decreasing fatigue of a die-casting die made of maraging steel
- Identification and validation of a continuum damage model applied for the lifetime prediction of H11 tool steel
- Damage mechanisms in materials for cold forging dies under loading conditions typical for dies
- Size effect in transient thermal fatigue testing and thermo-mechanical screening of coatings
- Cyclic behaviour simulation of X38CRMOV5-47HRC (AISI H11)-tempered martensitic hot-work tool steel
- Experimental conditions and environment effects on thermal fatigue damage accumulation and life of die-casting steel X38CrMoV5 (AISI H11)
- Fatigue–oxidation interaction models for life prediction of hot-forming tools steels under transient thermomechanical loadings
- Thermal fatigue properties of hot-work tool steels
- Isothermal aging kinetics of NiAl precipitates in a secondary hardening steel
- Deep cryogenic treatment of AISI M2 high-speed steel
- Advanced low-friction tool steel for metal processing: properties and industrial experiences
- On adhesion of work material in metal forming
- Profile and shape grinding of high alloyed steels
- A study of the strengthening mechanisms in the novel precipitation-hardening KeyLos® 2001 steel
- Adaptive system for electrically driven thermoregulation of moulds for injection moulding
Special issue: Nanotechnology in France. Part I: C'nano Nord-Ouest
International Journal of Nanotechnology 5(6/7/8) 2008
A compilation of selected contributions from the Centre de Compétences Nanosciences Nord Ouest (C’Nano Nord Ouest): laboratories from the Basse-Normandie, Bretagne, Haute-Normandie, Nord-Pas de Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie and Poitou-Charentes regions.
A compilation of selected contributions from the Centre de Compétences Nanosciences Nord Ouest (C’Nano Nord Ouest): laboratories from the Basse-Normandie, Bretagne, Haute-Normandie, Nord-Pas de Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie and Poitou-Charentes regions.
- The C'nano competence centres
- Active emitters based on nanostructured Si
- Atomic resolution analyses of nano-structured materials by atom probe tomography
- Small scale mechanical properties of polycrystalline materials: in situ diffraction studies
- Fundamental studies in nanosciences at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnology (IEMN)
- Mechanically-activated solid-state synthesis of nanoparticles of HfB2, HfC and HfN from partially hydrated hafnium tetrachloride
- The in situ polymerisation for the elaboration of nanocomposites materials with controlled properties
- Evolution of grain size in oxide dispersion strengthened tungsten alloys during their elaboration by ball milling and sintering
- PLA nanocomposites: quantification of clay nanodispersion and reaction to fire
- Glass and glass-ceramics transparent from the visible range to the mid-infrared for night vision
- Design of new M@ZnO nanocolloids: synthesis and shaping
- Hydrophilic monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles and their functionalisation with fluorescent chromophores
- Redox-active organic monolayers deposited on silicon surfaces for the fabrication of molecular scale devices
- Nanostructured molecularly imprinted polymer films as synthetic recognition layers
- Interaction of non-ionic detergents with biomembranes at the nanoscale observed by atomic force microscopy
- Nanometric metal wire as a guide for THz investigation of living cells
- Ballistic nanodevices for high frequency applications
- Multiply-charged ion nanobeams
- Variable temperature magnetic force microscopy of La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 thin films grown on (LaAlO3)
- Nanoscale investigations of switching properties and piezoelectric activity in ferroelectric thin films using piezoresponse force microscopy
- Physical properties of magnetic metallic nanowires and conjugated polymer nanowires and nanotubes
- Transient self-organisation of supercooled water confined inside nano-porous materials
- Sliding and translational diffusion of molecular phases confined into nanotubes
- Cognitive ability process at the molecular level
European Journal of International Management to be included in SSCI
European Journal of International Management has just been selected for coverage in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). This is a notable achievement for a journal that began publication only a little over a year ago.
First issue: International Journal of Management and Network Economics
International Journal of Management and Network Economics is devoted to the study of network industries (e.g. telecommunications, energy, air transport) and reflects the need for new and adapted management and economic theories, models and frameworks in the current dynamic, complex and evolving business environment.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
First issue: International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design
Computational biology and drug design are complementary disciplines that hold great promise for the advancement of cutting-edge research and development in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences. International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design provides a common platform for the cross-fertilisation of ideas, and to help shape knowledge and scientific achievements by bridging these two very important and complementary disciplines into an interactive and attractive forum.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
10 June 2008
Call for papers: Focusing on Electronic Feedback: Feasible Progress or Just Unfulfilled Promises?
Call for papers: Focusing on Electronic Feedback: Feasible Progress or Just Unfulfilled Promises?
A special issue of International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning
Technology enhanced assessment, with its current emphasis on electronic feedback, is of current strategic importance as it forms part of the growing global e-learning industry. One of the many challenges of higher education today is to provide students with clearer and more detailed feedback after they have submitted their assignments and as an integral part of electronic formative assessment. There is more than ever a need for a pedagogically-driven model for e-feedback that will empower students to take more control of their own learning and become more reflective.
This Special Issue addresses a number of themes with respect to e-feedback which include, but are not limited to:
Notification of Intent to Submit: As soon as possible
Paper Submission: 15 October 2008
Notification of Acceptance: 28 February 2009
Final Version: 30 April 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning
Technology enhanced assessment, with its current emphasis on electronic feedback, is of current strategic importance as it forms part of the growing global e-learning industry. One of the many challenges of higher education today is to provide students with clearer and more detailed feedback after they have submitted their assignments and as an integral part of electronic formative assessment. There is more than ever a need for a pedagogically-driven model for e-feedback that will empower students to take more control of their own learning and become more reflective.
This Special Issue addresses a number of themes with respect to e-feedback which include, but are not limited to:
- E-feedback in assessment
- E-feedback as part of a holistic, dialogic process
- Socially responsible and effective feedback
- Theoretical influences on e-feedback and their implications for the construction of new systems
- How can e-feedback help students take control of their own learning?
- How can the qualities of e-feedback be improved to support students?
- How does e-feedback contribute to the effectiveness of learning environments to promote learning? How can its contribution be assessed?
Notification of Intent to Submit: As soon as possible
Paper Submission: 15 October 2008
Notification of Acceptance: 28 February 2009
Final Version: 30 April 2009
Call for papers: Web-based Communities and Healthcare
Call for papers: Web-based Communities and Healthcare
A special issue of International Journal of Web Based Communities
In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of individuals accessing health-related web-based communities. Such communities are concerned with a diverse range of health-related topics (e.g. cancer, depression, coronary heart disease, disability etc) and participation is increasingly being recognised as having an important contribution in the self-management of chronic illness.
Papers may address the theme of web-based communities and healthcare from a variety of perspectives. The following questions are offered as stimulus for potential authors:
Deadline for summary submission: 30 September 2008
Deadline for paper submission: 30 November 2008
Notification to authors: 31 December 2008
Deadline for camera ready papers: 31 Jan 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Web Based Communities
In recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of individuals accessing health-related web-based communities. Such communities are concerned with a diverse range of health-related topics (e.g. cancer, depression, coronary heart disease, disability etc) and participation is increasingly being recognised as having an important contribution in the self-management of chronic illness.
Papers may address the theme of web-based communities and healthcare from a variety of perspectives. The following questions are offered as stimulus for potential authors:
- Does participation in health-related web based communities lead to changes in clinical and psychosocial outcomes?
- How do patients integrate information obtained from web based communities into their treatment-related decisions?
- What role do web based communities play in empowering the patient, especially within the doctor-patient consultation?
- How do patients assess the credibility of information conveyed within a web-based community?
- What factors underpin disclosure of personal health-related information within the web based community?
- What factors underpin perceptions of satisfaction with health-related web based communities?
- Are there socio-demographic differences in the ways in which individuals access, use and benefit from web based communities?
- How do privacy concerns impact upon the support process for individuals accessing web based communities?
Deadline for summary submission: 30 September 2008
Deadline for paper submission: 30 November 2008
Notification to authors: 31 December 2008
Deadline for camera ready papers: 31 Jan 2009
7 June 2008
Special issue: Effects of environmental changes on population health and biodiversity in the Southern Pacific Basin
International Journal of Environment and Health 2(1) 2008
- Understanding biological impacts of ENSO on the eastern Pacific: an evolving scenario
- Effects of climate change generated by southern oscillation on human health
- ENSO and cholera in South America: what can we learn about it from the 1991 cholera outbreak?
- A statistical model for assessing the relationship between meteorological variables and the incidence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in a Peruvian endemic area
- Effects of ENSO 1997–1998 on the distribution of small pelagic fish off the west coast of Baja California
- Effects of dredging on subtidal macrobenthic community structure in Mejillones Bay, Chile
- Diatoms as bioindicators of pollution in the Mantaro River, Central Andes, Peru
- Hypoxia and other environmental factors at high altitude
- Improved drinking water and diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in developing countries: a critical review
Special issue: Innovative pedagogy in sport management and marketing
International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing 4(2/3) 2008
- International sport management: creating an international learning and teaching community
- 'Making the case' for using the case method in sport management education
- Authentic assessment in a sport management degree granting programme: design elements for a sport and law course
- Diversity training in a sport management class: the effects of different frames on students' attitudes towards organisational diversity
- Are we teaching corporate citizens? Examining corporate social responsibility and sport management pedagogy
- Teaching sport sponsorship sales through experiential learning
- Innovative pedagogy in sport marketing: the annual SPAD field trip
- Evaluating the effectiveness of role playing in the sport management curriculum
- Applying Wilber's All Quadrant, All Level (AQAL) Integral approach to sport management internship curricula
Special issue: Work change in the era of ICTs
International Journal of Information Technology and Management 7(4) 2008
- The impact of offshoring on the evolution of the IT workforce within the UK
- Learning through ICT-enabled social networks
- ProLink: a semantics-based social network for software projects
- Human resources as facilitators of the adoption of information and communication technologies
- Individual capacity for culture acquisition: a business asset to be enhanced
- Effects of technological change on the skills and competencies of software development professionals: a case study on the transition from ABAP to JAVA
First issue: International Journal of Biometrics
International Journal of Biometrics addresses the fundamental areas in computer science that deal with biological measurements. It covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of human identification and verification.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
4 June 2008
Newly announced journal: International Journal of Social Network Mining
International Journal of Social Network Mining - to begin publication in 2009 - will publish experimental and theoretical work on social network analysis using data mining techniques. Applications will include the discovery and analysis of communities, personalisation, the analysis of user behaviour, security and privacy-preservation, social network modelling and social network infrastructure construction.
Newly announced journal: International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems
International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems - to begin publication in 2009 - will cover topics related to the engineering (including development and evaluation) of computer-based systems employed in mission and safety critical applications. These feature increasingly large, distributed and heterogeneous architectures, which complicate their design and analysis and context awareness, environmental factors and their interaction with systems of different natures have become very important aspects.
Newly announced journal: International Journal of Auditing Technology
International Journal of Auditing Technology - to begin publication in 2009 - will deal with the emerging tools, techniques, and issues applicable to a variety of audit engagements, with special emphasis on evolving technologies utilised in audits of information systems and internal controls mandated by Sarbanes-Oxley and related corporate governance regulations.
Call for papers: Mobile Data Services in Electronic Business
Call for papers: Mobile Data Services in Electronic Business
A special issue of International Journal of Electronic Business
This special issue seeks submissions that examine the current use and future market potential for mobile data services. Since 2002, when the "Mobile Internet" became widely accessible in Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, predictions of rapid adoption have been made for other key markets as well. Services, content and supporting business models have developed along with advanced networks and devices that can improve the user experience.
However, five years later, the rates and expectations for adoption of mobile data services by consumers remains a question, with some seeing signs of rapid growth, others maintaining expectations for specialised markets, and others remaining sceptical about the overall mass market potential for these services. In this issue, we seek submissions that describe general use patterns and the overall market for mobile data services in key markets with a view to describing the current situation as well as factors that may influence further development of mobile data service markets.
We seek timely submissions that examine key national markets in depth, as well as cross cultural comparisons of use patterns, demographic breakdowns, trends and forecasts based on data.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
* Are there truly significant differences in user behavior and preferences across different markets?
* Does the value proposition in emerging economies differ from that in the industrialized markets?
* Are there transferable lessons, general diffusion dynamics that can be applied to markets for mobile data services and applications?
Deadline for Submission: December 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009
Publication Schedule: September 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Electronic Business
This special issue seeks submissions that examine the current use and future market potential for mobile data services. Since 2002, when the "Mobile Internet" became widely accessible in Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, predictions of rapid adoption have been made for other key markets as well. Services, content and supporting business models have developed along with advanced networks and devices that can improve the user experience.
However, five years later, the rates and expectations for adoption of mobile data services by consumers remains a question, with some seeing signs of rapid growth, others maintaining expectations for specialised markets, and others remaining sceptical about the overall mass market potential for these services. In this issue, we seek submissions that describe general use patterns and the overall market for mobile data services in key markets with a view to describing the current situation as well as factors that may influence further development of mobile data service markets.
We seek timely submissions that examine key national markets in depth, as well as cross cultural comparisons of use patterns, demographic breakdowns, trends and forecasts based on data.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
- Measurement and analysis of cross-cultural differences in mobile service usage
* Are there truly significant differences in user behavior and preferences across different markets?
* Does the value proposition in emerging economies differ from that in the industrialized markets?
- Demonstration of business implications for new services development
* Are there transferable lessons, general diffusion dynamics that can be applied to markets for mobile data services and applications?
- Examination of factors supporting adoption: social, cultural, technological, economic - Are existing models and frameworks for technology diffusion useful/relevant?
- In depth country studies, comparative studies of mobile data service use in 2 or more markets.
Deadline for Submission: December 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009
Publication Schedule: September 2009
Call for papers: The Impact of Rapid Manufacturing on the Engineering Design Process
Call for papers: The Impact of Rapid Manufacturing on the Engineering Design Process
A special issue of International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing
The engineering design process includes a set of activities arranged in a specific order with the clearly identified inputs and outputs. The objective of this process is to satisfy customer requirements and management objectives. This process is considered efficient when output of the process satisfies general customer and defined requirements, meets management objectives and customer deadlines, and all these with reduced costs and resources. For this purpose, many companies have established a concurrent design process for their products. Technologies such as rapid prototyping, rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing are designed to support this systematic and integrated cycle.
The next technological evolution in the rapid prototyping technology is rapid manufacturing (RM). RM is the automated fabrication of products directly from digital data. Some RM processes make use of available RP technologies to manufacture finished parts. Some new technologies have also been developed in support of the RM applications.
The main advantage of RM is its ability to produce customised parts. Studies have shown that many companies and agencies are considering the applicability of RM technologies to produce customised products. Conventional manufacturing technologies such as mass production are the most economical approach for production of large volume of components, although for high variety components (customised parts) this method is infeasible due to the high cost of operations. RM has the ability to produce large amounts of customised parts at a relatively low cost.
The purpose of this special issue is the publication of research reports and application descriptions in the advancement of RM technologies and its impact on the engineering design process including manufacturing and automation for the 21st century’s customer-focused product.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
Abstract of proposed articles: 30 September, 2008
Full paper submission for the invited articles: 15 December, 2008
Notification of reviews: 1 February, 2009
Revised manuscript submission: 31 March, 2009
Notification of acceptance: 2 May, 2009
Final Paper: 30 May, 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing
The engineering design process includes a set of activities arranged in a specific order with the clearly identified inputs and outputs. The objective of this process is to satisfy customer requirements and management objectives. This process is considered efficient when output of the process satisfies general customer and defined requirements, meets management objectives and customer deadlines, and all these with reduced costs and resources. For this purpose, many companies have established a concurrent design process for their products. Technologies such as rapid prototyping, rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing are designed to support this systematic and integrated cycle.
The next technological evolution in the rapid prototyping technology is rapid manufacturing (RM). RM is the automated fabrication of products directly from digital data. Some RM processes make use of available RP technologies to manufacture finished parts. Some new technologies have also been developed in support of the RM applications.
The main advantage of RM is its ability to produce customised parts. Studies have shown that many companies and agencies are considering the applicability of RM technologies to produce customised products. Conventional manufacturing technologies such as mass production are the most economical approach for production of large volume of components, although for high variety components (customised parts) this method is infeasible due to the high cost of operations. RM has the ability to produce large amounts of customised parts at a relatively low cost.
The purpose of this special issue is the publication of research reports and application descriptions in the advancement of RM technologies and its impact on the engineering design process including manufacturing and automation for the 21st century’s customer-focused product.
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
- Engineering design process
- Systems engineering and processes
- Collaborative design and development
- Concurrent engineering
- Product variety
- Feature-based technologies
- CAD and CAM Integration
- Impact of RM on the design process
- Input methods and analysis
- RM process categories
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) considerations
- Materials considerations
- Application of available technologies
- New technologies developments and implementation
- Process optimisation
- Mass customisation
- Medical applications
- Case studies
Abstract of proposed articles: 30 September, 2008
Full paper submission for the invited articles: 15 December, 2008
Notification of reviews: 1 February, 2009
Revised manuscript submission: 31 March, 2009
Notification of acceptance: 2 May, 2009
Final Paper: 30 May, 2009
Newly announced journal: International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing
International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing - to begin publication in 2009 - will publish research results and application descriptions that deals with the advancement of Rapid Response to Manufacturing (RRM), especially engineering design and rapid manufacturing in an integrated form.
Call for papers: Advances in Drilling of Composite Materials
Call for papers: Advances in Drilling of Composite Materials
A special issue of International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials
Nowadays, the use of composite materials has increased in various areas of science and technology due to their special properties, namely for these application in aircraft, automotive, defence and aerospace as well others advanced industries. Drilling is a frequently practiced machining process in modern industry owing to the need for component assembly in composite structures. Articles with experimental and computational methods applied in drilling of composites are welcome.
This special issue invites the submission of high quality research articles related to experimental and computational topics on drilling of composites (polymeric matrix composites (PMCs); metal matrix composites (MMCs); ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), hybrid composites, etc).
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Submission: 30 June 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials
Nowadays, the use of composite materials has increased in various areas of science and technology due to their special properties, namely for these application in aircraft, automotive, defence and aerospace as well others advanced industries. Drilling is a frequently practiced machining process in modern industry owing to the need for component assembly in composite structures. Articles with experimental and computational methods applied in drilling of composites are welcome.
This special issue invites the submission of high quality research articles related to experimental and computational topics on drilling of composites (polymeric matrix composites (PMCs); metal matrix composites (MMCs); ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), hybrid composites, etc).
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Drilling technology: drills and special drills, cutting parameters, cutting forces, cutting temperatures, chips, tool wear and tool life, hole surface roughness
- Modelling of conventional drilling: analytical and numerical models
- Structural damage: evaluation methods, delamination and others types of damage
- Non traditional drilling processes: laser, water jet (WJ), abrasive water jet (AWJ), etc
- Microdrilling technology
- Artificial intelligence applied to drilling of composite materials
Submission: 30 June 2009
Special issue: Macro-engineering: how to deal with global problems?
International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 8(3) 2008
- Aims, obstacles and potential stakeholders of macro-engineering projects
- Two proposals for unlimited fresh water
- Two scenarios for a solar world economy
- Kra Canal (Thailand) excavation by nuclear-powered dredges
- The environmental pyramid: a new way to deal with solid toxic waste
- Antarctica: a southern hemisphere wind power station?
- Mining water from gypsum
- How to stop or slow down lava flows
- Capturing the nature of cooperation, unstable cooperation and conflict over international rivers: the story of the Indus, Yarmouk, Euphrates and Tigris rivers
3 June 2008
Newly announced journal: International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - to begin publication in 2009 - will deal with scientific and technological investigations of nanomaterials in biology and medicine, with emphasis on their biomedical implications and impacts upon biosphere.
First issue: International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research
International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research publishes a broad range of original experimental and theoretical papers that deal with behavioural and healthcare concerns.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
Call for papers: Web 2.0 Goes Academia: Innovative Scenarios for Socio-technical Communities
Call for papers: Web 2.0 Goes Academia: Innovative Scenarios for Socio-technical Communities
A special issue of International Journal of Web Based Communities
Web 2.0 and Social Software focus on new or existing software systems which are influenced by human communication and collaboration, or, to put it another way, Web 2.0 is heavily reliant on social interaction, and so social web-based applications generate and require a human-centred design approach.
The number of users of Web 2.0 applications in private settings (e.g., leisure) is very high. However, in organisations and institutions, Web 2.0 concepts or such combined applications are still at an early stage. The same is true for universities. There are some Web 2.0 tools in universities, in particular Wikis and Blogs, but the usage of these tools for supporting teaching, learning or research is not yet fully developed. How can Web 2.0 support community-based learning or research processes in academia?
The aim is to collect proposals for academic practice with Web 2.0, to specify research questions dealing with Web 2.0 in academia or to discuss new research methods and their challenges in this topic (e.g., e-ethnography). The special issue wants to share practical experience or research results about using Web 2.0 in teaching and research, for example, e-learning goes Web 2.0, scientific communities go Web 2.0 or research publications go Web 2.0. Therefore, we strongly encourage researchers and practitioners who have ideas or experience of using Web 2.0 applications in academia to submit a paper.
Research questions the special issue will focus include, but are not limited to:
Deadline for paper submission: 18 July, 2008
Notification to authors: 12 September, 2008
Deadline for camera ready papers: 31 October, 2008
A special issue of International Journal of Web Based Communities
Web 2.0 and Social Software focus on new or existing software systems which are influenced by human communication and collaboration, or, to put it another way, Web 2.0 is heavily reliant on social interaction, and so social web-based applications generate and require a human-centred design approach.
The number of users of Web 2.0 applications in private settings (e.g., leisure) is very high. However, in organisations and institutions, Web 2.0 concepts or such combined applications are still at an early stage. The same is true for universities. There are some Web 2.0 tools in universities, in particular Wikis and Blogs, but the usage of these tools for supporting teaching, learning or research is not yet fully developed. How can Web 2.0 support community-based learning or research processes in academia?
The aim is to collect proposals for academic practice with Web 2.0, to specify research questions dealing with Web 2.0 in academia or to discuss new research methods and their challenges in this topic (e.g., e-ethnography). The special issue wants to share practical experience or research results about using Web 2.0 in teaching and research, for example, e-learning goes Web 2.0, scientific communities go Web 2.0 or research publications go Web 2.0. Therefore, we strongly encourage researchers and practitioners who have ideas or experience of using Web 2.0 applications in academia to submit a paper.
Research questions the special issue will focus include, but are not limited to:
- What Web 2.0 applications exist in universities, in research or in learning?
- Do Web 2.0 applications in academia make a difference to existing Internet applications like email, content management systems or newsgroups?
- Do you have success stories or success criteria of Web 2.0 usage in academic fields?
- What changes are observable or essential when introducing Web 2.0 concepts in teaching or research settings?
- How can we introduce Web 2.0 applications in the academic world?
- What is the negative side of Web 2.0 in Academia with respect to plagiarism and "Wikipedia-only" references in student theses?
Deadline for paper submission: 18 July, 2008
Notification to authors: 12 September, 2008
Deadline for camera ready papers: 31 October, 2008
Call for papers: Intelligent-based Modelling, Control, Fault Simulation, Detection, Diagnosis and Tolerant Schemes in Electrical and Process Automatio
Call for papers: Intelligent-based Modelling, Control, Fault Simulation, Detection, Diagnosis and Tolerant Schemes in Electrical and Process Automation Systems
A special issue of International Journal of Automation and Control
This Special Issue deals with AI-based modelling, fault simulation, diagnosis and tolerant control technologies, real time implementations, verifications and applications to industrial systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Paper due: 30 November, 2008
Acceptance notification: 15 February, 2009
Final paper version due: 15 April, 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Automation and Control
This Special Issue deals with AI-based modelling, fault simulation, diagnosis and tolerant control technologies, real time implementations, verifications and applications to industrial systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Model order reduction
- Control methodologies and its design
- Fault tolerant and control
- Chaos control systems
- Fault detection and diagnosis
- Motion control and intelligent robots
- Application to power plants, power systems, space vehicles, bio-process systems, wind and solar systems, chemical, textile, paper industries, surface transportation systems, ships, welding, cutting, thermal, pipe mills and cryptography systems
Paper due: 30 November, 2008
Acceptance notification: 15 February, 2009
Final paper version due: 15 April, 2009
Special issue: Design for the environment
Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal 5(1/2) 2008
- A review of ecodesign and environmental assessment tools and their appropriateness for electrical and electronic equipment
- Eco-efficiency as a road-mapping instrument for WEEE implementation
- Integrating the end-of-life evaluation and planning in the product management process
- Life cycle costing for strategic evaluation of remanufacturing systems
- Planning models for the dismantling of electrical and electronic equipment under consideration of uncertainties
- The development of an ecodesign product – the ecomouse case study
- The MEFLO method's application for the feasibility assessment of energy recovery from municipal solid waste in a small integrated municipal service system
- Sustainable consumption: a crucial aspect of research in economics
Special issue: Traditional, alternative and complementary medicine
World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 5(2) 2008
- Nutraceuticals, functional foods and botanical dietary supplements; promote wellbeing and underpin public health
- Opportunities and threats for biological screening of medicinal plants: Importance for the pharmaceutical industries in developing countries
- Plant medicines: a herbalist's perspective
- Authentication of medicinal plant material by DNA fingerprinting
- Integrative Medicine, chronic disease and Tibb
- Complementary Therapies education for the 21st century
- Content of magnesium in Ginkgo biloba leaves
- The future of traditional medicine
Special issue: Marketing in small- and medium-sized enterprises
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 6(2) 2008
- An exploratory study conceptualising marketing thought in entrepreneurial medium-sized firms in high-tech and conventional industries in France, Germany and Italy
- Cross-channel cooperation: on the collaborative integration of online and offline business models of e-entrepreneurs and traditional SMEs
- Clusters, social networks and marketing collaboration in small firms: exploratory evidence from Chile and Scotland
- An exploratory analysis of the strategic marketing choices implemented by the UK biopharmaceutical SMEs
- Implementation of an agile marketing approach for the manufacturing-based SME
- Effect of customer orientation and innovativeness on business performance: a study of small-sized service retailers
- International strategic marketing of small construction consultancy firms: the case of Cypriot firms
Special issue: Advances and challenges in web, grid and P2P computing
International Journal of Web and Grid Services 4(1) 2008
Papers from the 21st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA2007), held at Niagara Falls, Canada from 21–23 May 2007.
Papers from the 21st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA2007), held at Niagara Falls, Canada from 21–23 May 2007.
- A distributed coordination protocol in an order-heterogeneous group
- Estimation of trustworthiness for P2P systems in a collusive attack
- A recovery mechanism for errors caused by a late subjob in a system handling SLA-based Grid workflows
- Harnessing user contributions and dynamic profiling to better satisfy individual information search needs
- Design, field experiments and evaluation of a web-based remote medical care support system
- A tele-immersion environment for traditional Japanese crafting system over the Japan Gigabit Network
- Parallel lossless data compression using the Burrows-Wheeler Transform
- Spam filtering using Kolmogorov complexity analysis
Special issue: Coverage problems in sensor networks
International Journal of Sensor Networks 3(3) 2008
- Event-driven sensor deployment using self-organizing maps
- Coverage and latency aware actor placement mechanisms in WSANs
- Minimum-cost sensor arrangement for achieving wanted coverage lifetime
- Improved n 1-cover discovery using perimeter coverage information
- Coverage problems in wireless sensor networks: designs and analysis
- Energy-efficient connected-coverage in wireless sensor networks
Special issue: Tools, systems and methods for the sustainable reclamation and reuse of urban wastewater in Mediterranean countries
International Journal of Environment and Pollution 33(1) 2008
Papers from the First International Conference on Sustainable Urban Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (SUWTR) held on 15-16 September 2005 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Papers from the First International Conference on Sustainable Urban Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (SUWTR) held on 15-16 September 2005 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
- Appraisal of social and cultural factors affecting wastewater reuse in the West Bank
- Towards sustainable water resource management: a case study in Limassol Cyprus
- New methodical way for sustainable farming systems using treated sewage water in irrigation in Jordan
- Development of monitoring and evaluation system for wastewater issues in Palestine
- Development and implementation of indices for the quality of treated effluent
- Sustainable wastewater management in developing countries: are constructed wetlands a feasible approach for wastewater reuse?
- Constructed wetlands for urban grey water recycling
- The application of duckweed (Lemna sp.) in wastewater treatment in Jordan
22 May 2008
Special issue: Validation and application of plants as biomonitors of atmospheric trace element deposition
International Journal of Environment and Pollution 32(4) 2008
- Atmospheric dispersion of pollutants in Sado estuary (Portugal) using biomonitors
- Study on air pollution in Beijing's major industrial areas using multielements in biomonitors and NAA techniques
- Biomonitoring in the forest zone of Ghana: the primary results obtained using neutron activation analysis and lichens
- Large-scale biomonitoring of trace element air pollution: local variance, data comparability and its relationships to human health
- On the road from environmental biomonitoring to human health aspects: monitoring atmospheric heavy metal deposition by epiphytic/epigeic plants: present status and future needs
- Use of mosses to study atmospheric deposition of trace elements: contributions from investigations in Norway
- Sequestering of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions by using a lignocellulosic material
- A new systematic technique for retrofit of water network
- The investigation of compositional and structural characteristics of natural marine organic matter: a review
21 May 2008
Special issue: System aspects of wireless networks
International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing 3(3) 2008
- A self-organised middleware architecture for Wireless Sensor Network management
- Quality of Service guarantees and fault-tolerant TCP services in mobile wireless optical networks
- Bounds on lifetime of cluster-based ultra-wide band wireless sensor network
- Performance analysis of four routing protocols in sensor networks
- Performance evaluation of node density-based adaptive routing scheme for disruption tolerant networks
- Utilisation analysis and comparison for multimedia wireless networks
- An approach to mobility management in Cellular IP networks utilising power-save mode of IEEE 802.11
- Connectivity of a Gaussian network
19 May 2008
Call for papers: Marketing Strategies for Public Performance
Call for papers: Marketing Strategies for Public Performance
A special issue of International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management
Marketing in the public sector faces challenges both a regional and national level. In particular, there is emphasis on performance management and the adoption of an approach to business that parallels that in the profit making private sector. As public organisations aim to produce impacts on their external environment, their performance needs to be measured, not only at the internal level but also at the external level. This is the reason why marketing approaches and their specific tools have a key role to play in the management and measurement of public performance.
The creation of initiatives between public and private sectors, involving partnerships and joint ventures companies, and the emphasis on changing attitudes and behaviour in society, have focused attention on making strategic decisions in increasingly market-oriented ways. A successful adoption of a market orientation allows the public sector to become better positioned to exploit emerging opportunities. Recognition of opportunities that exist, the marketing orientation required to exploit these opportunities and the enabling strategies demanded are key to the future development of public sector organisations in the 21st century.
Theoretical and empirically-based papers are being sought for this special issue which will explore to what extent marketing can, should and indeed must, improve the customer orientation within the public sector and the ways in which this goal can best be achieved. The exploration of key marketing challenges and the identification of best practice in differing marketing contexts are highly topical and important. Papers adopting a theoretical approach are welcome provided they deal with new marketing tools and approaches. However, priority will be given to papers which concentrate on empirical researches (cases studies). The general theme of the special issue will be around how public sector executives plan strategic marketing activities to increase performance within their organisations.
This special edition aims to inform readers on the processes and the consequences of adopting marketing approaches within public sector. It will focus on “marketisation” (increase performance in service delivery) and social marketing in order to link these integrated marketing approaches to performance that relies not only on promotion and communication, but also on the will to identify the needs of their public.
Areas that may provide an appropriate focus include (but are not necessarily limited to):
Submission of full paper before: 1 November, 2008
Notification of acceptance before: 15 February, 2008
Submission of final and revised manuscripts: 1 April, 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management
Marketing in the public sector faces challenges both a regional and national level. In particular, there is emphasis on performance management and the adoption of an approach to business that parallels that in the profit making private sector. As public organisations aim to produce impacts on their external environment, their performance needs to be measured, not only at the internal level but also at the external level. This is the reason why marketing approaches and their specific tools have a key role to play in the management and measurement of public performance.
The creation of initiatives between public and private sectors, involving partnerships and joint ventures companies, and the emphasis on changing attitudes and behaviour in society, have focused attention on making strategic decisions in increasingly market-oriented ways. A successful adoption of a market orientation allows the public sector to become better positioned to exploit emerging opportunities. Recognition of opportunities that exist, the marketing orientation required to exploit these opportunities and the enabling strategies demanded are key to the future development of public sector organisations in the 21st century.
Theoretical and empirically-based papers are being sought for this special issue which will explore to what extent marketing can, should and indeed must, improve the customer orientation within the public sector and the ways in which this goal can best be achieved. The exploration of key marketing challenges and the identification of best practice in differing marketing contexts are highly topical and important. Papers adopting a theoretical approach are welcome provided they deal with new marketing tools and approaches. However, priority will be given to papers which concentrate on empirical researches (cases studies). The general theme of the special issue will be around how public sector executives plan strategic marketing activities to increase performance within their organisations.
This special edition aims to inform readers on the processes and the consequences of adopting marketing approaches within public sector. It will focus on “marketisation” (increase performance in service delivery) and social marketing in order to link these integrated marketing approaches to performance that relies not only on promotion and communication, but also on the will to identify the needs of their public.
Areas that may provide an appropriate focus include (but are not necessarily limited to):
- Diversity of the demand the public manager has to face (with consumers, users, voter, taxpayers). Which marketing tools are more adapted to cope with this specific demand?
- Market segmentation, targeting and positioning approaches - traditional or new approaches more adapted to public services.
- How new public services are adapted to meet the needs of a specific demand
- Analysis of users' satisfaction within public sector organisations.
- Targeting specific publics to reach social goals.
- How marketing tools are used and adapted in order to reach performance in changing social behaviours?
- Value based marketing
- Innovation and improved service delivery through public-private partnerships and networks or co-operation with other public sector providers
- Measuring short and long term future demand for services
- Effective delivery of customer service to reflect and reinforce the desired corporate brand image
- Methods of improving customer service
- Issues regarding pricing of services in the public sector
- Marketing communication approaches
- Social marketing in practice
- E-marketing and the public sector customer.
Submission of full paper before: 1 November, 2008
Notification of acceptance before: 15 February, 2008
Submission of final and revised manuscripts: 1 April, 2009
Special issue: Biosphere reserves
International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 7(2) 2008
- Concept and practice: the case of UNESCO biosphere reserves
- Canadian biosphere reserve approaches to the achievement of sustainable development
- From experiences to institution: the management of Jiuzhaigou Valley Biosphere Reserve faced with institutional transformation and upgrading
- The Pfalzerwald–Vosges du Nord transboundary biosphere reserve
- Mount Kenya biosphere reserve
- Report on Issyk-Kul biosphere reserve
- La Palma: a biosphere reserve in evolution
- The East Atlantic network of biosphere reserves: its origin, development and future
Special issue: Economics of agricultural biotechnology – an overview
International Journal of Biotechnology 10(2/3) 2008
- Bt-cotton and secondary pests
- Bt-cotton and production risk: panel data estimates
- Is genetically engineered technology a good alternative to pesticide use: the case of GE eggplant in India
- The impact of using GM insect resistant maize in Europe since 1998
- The economic impacts of second generation Bt cotton in West Africa: empirical evidence from Burkina Faso
- Genetically modified crops, factor endowments, biased technological change, wages and poverty reduction
- Biotechnology and biodiversity debates and policies in Africa
- Impact of Bt cotton on farmer livelihoods in South Africa
- Determinants of consumers' willingness to accept GM foods
- A differentiated account of the role of trust in consumers' acceptance of genetically modified foods in Germany
18 May 2008
Inderscience journals partner with Disaster Planning for Hospitals conference.
Four Inderscience journals:
International Journal of Critical Infrastructures
International Journal of Emergency Management
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
are media partners for the 3rd Annual Disaster Planning for Hospitals Conference to be held in Washington, DC in August 2008.
International Journal of Critical Infrastructures
International Journal of Emergency Management
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
are media partners for the 3rd Annual Disaster Planning for Hospitals Conference to be held in Washington, DC in August 2008.
Call for papers: Information Systems Security in Indian Businesses
Call for papers: Information Systems Security in Indian Businesses
A special issue of International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management
As organisations increasingly rely on computer networks for wired and wireless communications for various business transactions, information systems (IS) security plays a pivotal role in business success. The purpose of this Special Issue is to encourage the development of quality research in IS security in the context of Indian businesses that have local as well as global impact. It will explore how information technology solutions and IS policies could be developed and deployed amidst the social, cultural and economic diversities of India to facilitate secured business communications. The Special Issue will include original papers on theoretical as well as practical case studies conducted in IS security that have implications on businesses and societies in India.
The potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Full paper due: 15 August, 2008
Acceptance notification: 1 October, 2008
Final paper submission: 25 December, 2008
A special issue of International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management
As organisations increasingly rely on computer networks for wired and wireless communications for various business transactions, information systems (IS) security plays a pivotal role in business success. The purpose of this Special Issue is to encourage the development of quality research in IS security in the context of Indian businesses that have local as well as global impact. It will explore how information technology solutions and IS policies could be developed and deployed amidst the social, cultural and economic diversities of India to facilitate secured business communications. The Special Issue will include original papers on theoretical as well as practical case studies conducted in IS security that have implications on businesses and societies in India.
The potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Theories and empirical studies on the development of IS security models in Internet and distributed systems
- The deployment of IT solutions as a countermeasure for security breaches in Indian businesses
- Enhancing secured business communications through wired and wireless systems that are interconnected in distributed and networked environments
- IS security policies, implementation challenges and governance in India and the use of international information security management standards
- IS security issues related to service sectors such as education that include e-learning environments in India
- Identifying the social, cultural and economic issues that have implications on IS security policies, training and enforcement
- Best practices of privacy protection, security economics and risk assessment
- Recent trends in cybercrime that impact Indian businesses and emerging technologies in intrusion detection systems being adopted
Full paper due: 15 August, 2008
Acceptance notification: 1 October, 2008
Final paper submission: 25 December, 2008
16 May 2008
Inderscience Journals Catalogue 2008
The 100 page Inderscience Journals Catalogue 2008, giving comprehensive details of all current and forthcoming journals and other publications, is now available as a downloadable PDF file (5Mb).
There is also a zipped version (4Mb)
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International Journal of Biomechatronics and Robotics and the Unmanned Ground Systems Summit
Inderscience's forthcoming title International Journal of Biomechatronics and Robotics has entered a media partnership with the Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) for its Unmanned Ground Systems Summit to be held in August 2008 in Washington, DC, USA.
International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems and the Heavy Vehicles Summit
International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems has entered a media partnership with the Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) for its Heavy Vehicles Summit to be held in August 2008 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA.
Special issue: From technology roadmapping to operational innovation planning
International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning 4(2) 2008
- Next generation roadmapping for innovation planning
- Innovation business plan at Siemens: portfolio-based roadmapping to convert promising innovation projects into concrete successes
- Web-based supporting system for Technology Roadmap: development, application and integration
- Development of technology foresight: integration of technology roadmapping and the Delphi method
- Technology roadmapping in manufacturing: a case study at Siemens AG
- Long-term innovation management: the Balanced Innovation Card in interplay with roadmaps
Special issue: Service excellence and information technology for competitive advantage
International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management 5(3) 2008
- Modelling and simulation of e-business impact on supply chain
- A modular subroutine selection process in disaster management based on a needs classification scheme
- The impact of service quality and switching cost on customer loyalty in information asymmetric services
- Creating competitive advantage through outsourcing logistics: evidence from a Middle Eastern nation
- Explaining the intended continuance level of telecommuting
15 May 2008
First issue: International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems
International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems covers the broad field of mechatronics and manufacturing systems (machining, casting, forming, welding, fabrication, etc) with a special emphasis on research and development in the modern engineering of advanced manufacturing processes and systems.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
First issue: International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine
The first issue of International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine has just been published.
Functional informatics and personalised medicine are interactive disciplines that hold great promise for the advancement of cutting-edge research and development in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences. Research and advances in these two areas influence board ranges of medical and engineering fields. The journal provides a common platform for the cross-fertilisation of ideas, and aims to help shape scientific knowledge and medical achievements by bridging these two very important and complementary disciplines into an interactive and attractive forum.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
Functional informatics and personalised medicine are interactive disciplines that hold great promise for the advancement of cutting-edge research and development in biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences. Research and advances in these two areas influence board ranges of medical and engineering fields. The journal provides a common platform for the cross-fertilisation of ideas, and aims to help shape scientific knowledge and medical achievements by bridging these two very important and complementary disciplines into an interactive and attractive forum.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
Special issue: Advanced splitting techniques and their applications
International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering 3(4) 2007
Includes papers from the special session ‘Advanced splitting techniques and their applications’ at the Fifth International Conference on Large-scale Scientific Computations (LSSC'05) held in Sozopol, Bulgaria in June 2005.
Includes papers from the special session ‘Advanced splitting techniques and their applications’ at the Fifth International Conference on Large-scale Scientific Computations (LSSC'05) held in Sozopol, Bulgaria in June 2005.
- Analysis of a transport model applying operator splitting and semi-Lagrangian method
- Iterative operator-splitting methods for linear problems
- Wave analysis of different splitting methods in the linearised shallow water equations
- New unconditionally stable numerical schemes for Maxwell's equations
- Variational imbedding approach to coefficient identification in an elliptic partial differential equation
- Lie group integrators with non-autonomous frozen vector fields
- A multiunit ADI scheme for biharmonic equation with accelerated convergence
- Testing the accuracy of a data assimilation algorithm
14 May 2008
Special issue: Information processing in intelligent vehicles and road applications
International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems 2(2) 2008
- Comparative study of Extended Kalman Filter, Linearised Kalman Filter and Particle Filter applied to low-cost GPS-based hybrid positioning system for land vehicles
- Tightly-coupled GIS data in GNSS fix computations with integrity testing
- Electronic horizon: road information used by Energy Management strategies
- Incremental approach for Continuous k-Nearest Neighbours queries on road
- Modelling an emergency vehicle early-warning system using real-time feedback
- A novel vehicle communication paradigm based on Cellular Networks for improving the safety in roads
- Improving motion-based object detection by incorporating object-specific knowledge
- A semantic Case-Based Reasoning system to improve road safety
Special issue: Latest concepts and approaches in logistics engineering and management
International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management 15(1) 2008
- A new mathematical model for a distribution network problem in a multi-product supply chain system: a real-case study
- The impact of process maturity and uncertainty on supply chain performance: an empirical study
- Critical success factors in managing global supply chains
- Simulation of Automatic Guided Vehicle systems in manufacturing environment. Case: Volvo's Crankshaft Unit in Skovde
- Optimisation of distribution networks using Genetic Algorithms. Part 1 – problem modelling and automatic generation of solutions
- Optimisation of distribution networks using Genetic Algorithms. Part 2 – the Genetic Algorithm and Genetic Operators
- Relationship characteristics within the supply chain of Small and Medium-Sized Construction Enterprises in Thailand
13 May 2008
Call for papers: Grid Computing and Applications
Call for papers: Grid Computing and Applications
A special issue of International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
Recent advances in grid technologies provide the ability to aggregate geographically-distributed resources into a single integrated computing platform. A variety of heterogeneous distributed resources, such as clusters, PCs, workstations, data storage devices or specific scientific instruments, are utilised and shared in grid computing systems. Computational resources, storage, memory, and bandwidth are complemented with content-oriented input from databases and web services. Such systems may operate in a predefined and centrally organised manner, or coordination may be conducted in a self-organised, decentralised manner.
Recently, an emerging research area for grid computing has seen a change from widely distributed resources sharing for data-intensive problems to service-oriented computation, collaboration, and virtual organisation. Therefore, the discovery and integration of grid resources and services on Internet has become convenient and flexible in terms of the combination of grid computing and web services used in various grid applications.
This special issue aims to foster state-of-the-art research in the area of grid computing and applications and is expected to focus on all aspects of grid technologies and to present novel results and solutions to solve various problems and challenges in grid platforms. The special issue will additionally select high quality papers from the 5th Workshop on Grid Technologies and Applications (WoGTA’08) to be held in Taiwan, December 2008.
We encourage the submission of innovative and mature results in designing, analysing, and developing grid technology, services, and applications. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Deadline for Submission: 1 February, 2009
Acceptance notification: 1 May, 2009
Camera ready papers due: 1 July, 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
Recent advances in grid technologies provide the ability to aggregate geographically-distributed resources into a single integrated computing platform. A variety of heterogeneous distributed resources, such as clusters, PCs, workstations, data storage devices or specific scientific instruments, are utilised and shared in grid computing systems. Computational resources, storage, memory, and bandwidth are complemented with content-oriented input from databases and web services. Such systems may operate in a predefined and centrally organised manner, or coordination may be conducted in a self-organised, decentralised manner.
Recently, an emerging research area for grid computing has seen a change from widely distributed resources sharing for data-intensive problems to service-oriented computation, collaboration, and virtual organisation. Therefore, the discovery and integration of grid resources and services on Internet has become convenient and flexible in terms of the combination of grid computing and web services used in various grid applications.
This special issue aims to foster state-of-the-art research in the area of grid computing and applications and is expected to focus on all aspects of grid technologies and to present novel results and solutions to solve various problems and challenges in grid platforms. The special issue will additionally select high quality papers from the 5th Workshop on Grid Technologies and Applications (WoGTA’08) to be held in Taiwan, December 2008.
We encourage the submission of innovative and mature results in designing, analysing, and developing grid technology, services, and applications. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Applications: theory and practice of grid services and applications
- Benchmarking: performance evaluation and modeling, measurement technology for grid hardware and middleware, benchmark results
- Fundamental theories on grid and cooperative computing
- HPC applications on cluster/grid environments
- Information and software integration technologies
- Infrastructure: grid architecture, system, middleware, and toolkits
- Internet/web computing and data mining
- Learning grid and its applications
- Management: resource discovery and allocation, monitoring, scheduling, and meta-scheduling
- P2P technology: peer-to-peer techniques for grid computing
- Parallel and distributed algorithms
- Partitioning and load balancing technologies for grid
- Programming models: methods for remote execution and inter-task communications
- Resource allocation and management in learning grid
- Security: anonymity, anti-censorship, and access control
- Semantic grid and knowledge grid
- Service grid, service computing, web services and QoS
- Wireless networking and mobile, pervasive and ubiquitous computing
Deadline for Submission: 1 February, 2009
Acceptance notification: 1 May, 2009
Camera ready papers due: 1 July, 2009
Call for papers: Biomedical Robotics
Call for papers: Biomedical Robotics
A special issue of International Journal of Biomechatronics and Robotics
Recent decades have witnessed the significant development in biomedical robotics from fundamental research to commercialisation development, evaluation and feasibility studies. Robotics, initially brought in as computer-integrated systems for surgical interventions, has been emerging into a wider range of areas including image-guided therapy and rehabilitation robotics in the macro world. More recently, as biology digs into molecular level studies, robotics has also entered a new era in the micro world. Capable of manipulating from meter-sized humans to micrometer-sized cells, robotics plays a unique role in biomedicine, along with the advances in computer science, transducers, materials, imaging, and MEMS, etc.
The objective of this special issue is to bring together a variety of exciting research projects in the cutting edge of applying robotics technology in the broadest sense to biomedical applications. By sharing state-of-the-art research with the robotics community, it is hoped that innovative research ideas and opportunities will be inspired for the existing and emerging biomedical robotic areas.
High quality research papers dealing with fundamental issues as well as applied problems are solicited. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of biomedical robotics, papers presenting information across several disciplines are particularly welcome.
Appropriate topics for submission include, but are not limited to:
Paper submission deadline: 30 October, 2008
Decision: 31 January, 2009
Revised manuscripts: 28 February, 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Biomechatronics and Robotics
Recent decades have witnessed the significant development in biomedical robotics from fundamental research to commercialisation development, evaluation and feasibility studies. Robotics, initially brought in as computer-integrated systems for surgical interventions, has been emerging into a wider range of areas including image-guided therapy and rehabilitation robotics in the macro world. More recently, as biology digs into molecular level studies, robotics has also entered a new era in the micro world. Capable of manipulating from meter-sized humans to micrometer-sized cells, robotics plays a unique role in biomedicine, along with the advances in computer science, transducers, materials, imaging, and MEMS, etc.
The objective of this special issue is to bring together a variety of exciting research projects in the cutting edge of applying robotics technology in the broadest sense to biomedical applications. By sharing state-of-the-art research with the robotics community, it is hoped that innovative research ideas and opportunities will be inspired for the existing and emerging biomedical robotic areas.
High quality research papers dealing with fundamental issues as well as applied problems are solicited. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of biomedical robotics, papers presenting information across several disciplines are particularly welcome.
Appropriate topics for submission include, but are not limited to:
- Robot-assisted procedures
- Smart instrumented tools for surgery
- Sensors and actuators in biomedical robotics
- Cell/organism micromanipulation
- Microrobotics design, modelling and applications in biomedicine
- Bionanorobotics conceptualisation, modelling, simulation, and manipulation
- Microobjects assembly
- Soft-tissue modelling and manipulation
- Rehabilitation robotics
- Image-guided surgery
- Medical imaging and machine vision
- Interventional therapy
- Tele-surgery
- Surgical simulation
Paper submission deadline: 30 October, 2008
Decision: 31 January, 2009
Revised manuscripts: 28 February, 2009
Call for papers: Nanomanufacturing Systems, Processes and Simulation
Call for papers: Nanomanufacturing Systems, Processes and Simulation
A special issue of International Journal of Nanomanufacturing
Research and technology developments at the atomic, molecular or macromolecular levels have the potential to provide a fundamental understanding of phenomena and materials at the nanoscale and to create and use structures, devices and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their small and/or intermediate size. Nanomanufacturing encompasses processes aimed at building nanoscale structures, devices and systems either in one, two or three dimensions.
Critical issues of nanomanufacturing play an important and increasing role in helping to increase the speed of the development cycle time, improve reliability, reduce process variability, and increase overall product and process quality. The goal of this special issue of is to publish the current state-of-the-art in nanomanufacturing systems, processes and simulation, including selected papers from the 6th International Symposium on Nanomanufacturing to be held in Athens, Greece, November 12th – 14th 2008
Subject coverage includes, but is not limited to, topics that address:
Important Dates
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 30 November 2008
Communication of peer reviews to authors: 30 December 2008
Deadline for revised manuscripts: 31 May 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Nanomanufacturing
Research and technology developments at the atomic, molecular or macromolecular levels have the potential to provide a fundamental understanding of phenomena and materials at the nanoscale and to create and use structures, devices and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their small and/or intermediate size. Nanomanufacturing encompasses processes aimed at building nanoscale structures, devices and systems either in one, two or three dimensions.
Critical issues of nanomanufacturing play an important and increasing role in helping to increase the speed of the development cycle time, improve reliability, reduce process variability, and increase overall product and process quality. The goal of this special issue of is to publish the current state-of-the-art in nanomanufacturing systems, processes and simulation, including selected papers from the 6th International Symposium on Nanomanufacturing to be held in Athens, Greece, November 12th – 14th 2008
Subject coverage includes, but is not limited to, topics that address:
- Nanomaterial production and integration
- Metrology, sensing and characterization
- Manipulation and actuation
- Instrumentation, tooling, equipment
- Modelling, simulation and control
- Design, optimization and control
- NEMS and MEMS nanomanufacturing
- Socio-economic aspects of nanomanufacturing
- Nanomanufacturing in industry
Important Dates
Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 30 November 2008
Communication of peer reviews to authors: 30 December 2008
Deadline for revised manuscripts: 31 May 2009
Special issue: The Internet and web-based healthcare
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management 9(3) 2008
- Which intranet for healthcare? Models and trends from a case-based approach
- A model for online collaborative cancer research: report of the NCI caBIG project
- Remote monitoring of post-operative patients using wireless sensor networks
- Personal health records: addressing consumer needs for access
- Study of web-based peer discussion: the domain of scleroderma
- Examining the role of the internet in SIDS management and its emergence as a domain of uncertainty
Special issue: Entrepreneurship and sustainable development in transition economies
World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 4(2/3) 2008
- On researching the internationalisation of SMEs in transformation economies
- Determinants of the internationalisation of European SMEs: inward outward linkages, the 'stage' theory of global expansion and the role of the European Union in the textiles and apparel industry
- Determinants of small business activity and entrepreneurship: household survey evidence from Lithuania
- Managerial threats and prospects in Russian firms: the case of St. Petersburg 1999–2005
- A regional-based approach towards economic development in the Western Balkans
- Entrepreneurship, employment and fast-growing firms in Kosova
- Politicising the transition: a study of core and boundary relations of power and politics in strategic decision making at Sudatel
- SMEs funding: an assessment of an intervention scheme in Nigeria
- Managing collaboration and knowledge transfer in developing economies: a study of a new joint venture in Thailand
- Challenges and opportunities in developing an entrepreneurial business in Poland: the case study of Morawski Printing House
Special issue: Risk assessment and management of biological systems
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management 8(3) 2008
- Quantitative microbiological risk assessment of campylobacteriosis cases in the German population due to consumption of chicken prepared in homes
- Risk analysis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in animals: state-of-the-art
- Comparison of probabilistic approaches to estimate the initial bacterial levels as a start in exposure assessment: Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef as an example
- Feed to food risk assessment, with particular reference to mycotoxins in bovine feed
- Lost science: effects on environmental risk policy, litigation and due diligence
- The role of quantitative risk assessment in the management of foodborne biological hazards
12 May 2008
Special issue: Human resource management practices in industry clusters
International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management 8(1/2) 2008
- Banning the Bahn: transport Infrastructure effects on Austrian cluster firms
- Knowledge management processes and innovation: an empirical analysis of firms in software cluster
- Learning levels of collective learning mechanism in industrial cluster
- The flowchart model of cluster policy: the automobile industry clusters in China
- An empirical study on the relation between characteristics of enterprise Top Management Team and strategic decision in industry cluster of China
- Human resource management and employment practices in the Hong Kong power supply industry: the challenge of industrial de-regulation and business re-structuring
- The completed profile and its variables for General Manager's successor selection
- The influence of Industrial Clusters' character on the growth of talents: an empirical research in four industrial clusters in China
- Functional rule on attraction of the talents by elements of the industrial cluster environment
Special issue: Integrated sustainability assessment: concept, process and tools
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 3(1/2) 2008
The papers are intended to illustrate both the approach taken by the EC-funded Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (MATISSE) project, and its initial results.
The papers are intended to illustrate both the approach taken by the EC-funded Methods and Tools for Integrated Sustainability Assessment (MATISSE) project, and its initial results.
- What roles are there for sustainability assessment in the policy process?
- Integrated sustainability assessment of water systems: lessons from the Ebro River Basin
- The role of modelling tools in Integrated Sustainability Assessment (ISA)
- A Conceptual Framework for transition modelling
- Integrated Sustainability Assessment of mobility transitions: simulating stakeholders' visions of and pathways to sustainable land-based mobility
- Learning and evaluation in Integrated Sustainability Assessment
- Some reflections on the conditions for favouring Integrated Sustainability Assessments
11 May 2008
Call for papers: Toward Merging Multimedia and Mobility Services
Call for papers: Toward Merging Multimedia and Mobility Services
A special issue of International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems
Services computing has emerged rapidly as an exciting new paradigm that offers a challenging model of service computing and poses fascinating problems regarding distributed resource management, ranging from information sharing to cooperative computing. This special issue is intended to foster state-of-the-art research in the area of integration of multimedia and mobility services (MMS), including the topics of collaboration environment, implementation and execution on real-world architectures, and novel applications associated with this new paradigm.
The published papers are expected to present high quality results for tackling problems arising from the ever-growing multimedia and mobility services. This special issue will serve as a landmark source for education, information, and reference to professors, researchers and graduate students interested in updating their knowledge about or active in MMS.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Manuscript due: 1 December, 2008
1st round notification (including APSCC-08 best papers): 15 February, 2009
Revised paper due (including extended version of APSCC-08 best papers): 1 April, 2009
Notification of acceptance: 1 May, 2009
Submission of final revised paper: 1 June, 2009
A special issue of International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems
Services computing has emerged rapidly as an exciting new paradigm that offers a challenging model of service computing and poses fascinating problems regarding distributed resource management, ranging from information sharing to cooperative computing. This special issue is intended to foster state-of-the-art research in the area of integration of multimedia and mobility services (MMS), including the topics of collaboration environment, implementation and execution on real-world architectures, and novel applications associated with this new paradigm.
The published papers are expected to present high quality results for tackling problems arising from the ever-growing multimedia and mobility services. This special issue will serve as a landmark source for education, information, and reference to professors, researchers and graduate students interested in updating their knowledge about or active in MMS.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- MMS modeling and performance
- Resource management for MMS
- MMS case studies and applications
- Trustworthiness, security and privacy for MMS
- MMS in e-commerce
- Quality of MMS
- Applications of MMS
- Protocols for MMS
- Networks convergence and integration
- Emerging MMS technologies
- Convergence of MMS and agent technology
- Wireless and mobile network deployment
- Data management for MMS
- Communication architecture for MMS
Manuscript due: 1 December, 2008
1st round notification (including APSCC-08 best papers): 15 February, 2009
Revised paper due (including extended version of APSCC-08 best papers): 1 April, 2009
Notification of acceptance: 1 May, 2009
Submission of final revised paper: 1 June, 2009
Special issue: Modelling complex systems
International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control 3(1) 2008
- On emergent complex behaviour, self-organised criticality and phase transitions in multi-agent systems: autonomy oriented computing (AOC) perspectives
- Multiagent modelling and simulation of carbohydrate oxidation in cell
- An individual approach to modelling emergent structure in termite swarm systems
- Modelling financial investment planning from agent perspectives
- Shift operators and complex systems
- Emergent property of consistent updated geographical database
- Failures propagation in critical interdependent infrastructures
- Scale-free network model under exogenous pressures
- Harvesting fisheries management strategies with modified effort function
- Observational emergence in evolutionary fuzzy robotics
- Simulating information ambiguity during new product development: a forecasting model using system dynamics
6 May 2008
Special issue: Intelligent techniques to solve complex problems in logistics and supply chains
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology 31(3/4) 2008
- Simulation-based evolutionary multi-objective optimisation approach for integrated decision-making in supplier selection
- Supply chain optimisation using evolutionary algorithms
- An interactive particle swarm optimisation for selecting a product family and designing its supply chain
- Development of an optimised transport logistics system for supporting distribution operations
- Robust supplier set selection for changing product architectures
- Solving the platform selection problem using an evolutionary algorithm
- Alleviating the bullwhip effect in supply chain management using the multi-agent approach: an empirical study
- Performance modelling of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems using class-based storage policies
- Fully dynamic epoch time synchronisation method for distributed supply chain simulation
- Modelling PLC characteristics for resource allocation
Special issue: Advances in intelligent systems for applied simulation and prototyping
International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications 5(1/2) 2008
- A 3D Convex Hull algorithm for modelling medical data in a virtual environment
- An intelligent systems framework for prototyping tactical driving decisions
- Learning of fuzzy-behaviours using Particle Swarm Optimisation in behaviour-based mobile robot
- Optimal Power Flow constrained by transient stability based on improved Particle Swarm Optimisation
- A unified approach for design of indirect adaptive output-feedback fuzzy controller
- On wavelet-based adaptive approach for gene comparison
- Automating the processing of cDNA microarray images
- Dynamic Ridge Polynomial Neural Networks for multi-step financial time-series prediction
- Multiple fault disambiguations through parameter estimation: a bond graph model-based approach
- Static and dynamic evaluation of Silicon-On-Insulator-based scanning micromirrors
- An AI-based decision support system for designing Knowledge-Based Development strategies
Special issue: Integrated water resources management in arid and semi-arid areas
International Journal of Water 4(1/2) 2008
- The Energy-Water Nexus and information exchange: challenges and opportunities
- A model for integrated water resources management in water-scarce regions: irrigation with wastewater combined with desalination processes
- Innovative water supply and disposal technologies as integral part of Integrated Water Resources Management: an example from Namibia
- Development of a GIS-based decision support tool and assessment of Nile River water quality
- Evaluating farmers' preferences for wastewater: quantity and quality aspects
- Conjunctive use of water: valuing of groundwater under irrigation tanks in semiarid region of India
- The potential for reusing treated municipal wastewater for irrigation in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Ranking suitable sites for Soil Aquifer Treatment in Jerba Island (Tunisia) using remote sensing, GIS and AHP-multicriteria decision analysis
- Contamination and exposure profiles of priority Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in groundwater in a semi-arid region in India
4 May 2008
First issue: International Journal of System of Systems Engineering
The first issue of International Journal of System of Systems Engineering has just been published. The journal covers the evolution and current developments in the field of system of systems and systems engineering concepts, with emphasis on the implications of the fact that new developments on technical and non-technical systems are merging. This perspective acknowledges the complexity of the current man-made, ecological as well as societal systems, their interfaces and socio-economic perspectives, in parallel with different space-time scales, as well as the reflexive characteristic of human systems.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
First issue: International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management
The first issue of International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management has just been published. It deals with organisational and economic sustainability and papers blend issues associated with market sustainability (i.e., sustaining superior organisational performance) and environmental sustainability (i.e., consistency with environmental and social concerns).
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
There is a free download of the papers from this first issue.
Newly announced journal: International Journal of Biomechatronics and Robotics
International Journal of Biomechatronics and Robotics - to begin publication in 2009 - will provide a cross-disciplinary platform for presenting the latest developments in biomechatronics and robot assistive technologies for medical and bio applications. It relates to the design of systems, devices and products for use as assistive tools when interacting with humans and biosystems. It will cover a wide range of areas including medical robotics, rehabilitation, assistive technology for elderly and disabled, robotic surgery aids and systems, operative planning tools, medical imaging and visualisation, simulation and navigation, virtual reality, intuitive command and control systems, haptics and sensor technologies.
Special issue: Performance measurement in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Part 1
International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business 2(4) 2008
- Investigating causal relations between labour productivity and JIT in SMEs
- Performance measurement system for lean manufacturing: a perspective from SMEs
- Performance measurement in SMEs: literature review and results from a German case study
- Performance measurement model for supply chain management in SMEs
Special issue: XML-based user interface description on languages
International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology 4(2) 2008
- Retrospective on UI description languages, based on eight years' experience with the User Interface Markup Language (UIML)
- FlowiXML: a step towards designing workflow management systems
- The IMML VDE: models, languages and tools to develop interactive systems
- SBML: a user interface mark-up language based on interaction style
- Authoring pervasive multimodal user interfaces
Special issue: Mesoscopic methods in engineering and science
Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal 8(1-4) 2008
Papers from the Third International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES - 2006) held in Hampton, Virginia, USA, on 24–28 July, 2006.
Papers from the Third International Conference on Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES - 2006) held in Hampton, Virginia, USA, on 24–28 July, 2006.
- Analysis of lattice Boltzmann nodes initialisation in moving boundary problems
- On lattice Boltzmann scheme, finite volumes and boundary conditions
- Regular and multiscale expansions of a lattice Boltzmann method
- Outflow boundary conditions for the lattice Boltzmann method
- On numerical reflected waves in lattice Boltzmann schemes
- Stability and multiscale analysis of an advective lattice Boltzmann scheme
- Boundary conditions for Grad's 13 moment equations
- Two routes from the Boltzmann equation to compressible flow of polyatomic gases
- Modified gas-kinetic scheme for shock structures in argon
- Efficiency oriented, hybrid approach for modelling deformable particles in three dimensions
- A lattice Boltzmann framework for simulation of thrombogenesis
- Lattice Boltzmann method for colloidal dispersions with phase change
- Static and dynamic properties of a particle-based algorithm for non-ideal fluids and binary mixtures
- A comparative study of immersed-boundary and interpolated bounce-back methods in LBE
- A parallelisation concept for a multi-physics lattice Boltzmann prototype based on hierarchical grids
- Introducing a parallel cache oblivious blocking approach for the lattice Boltzmann method
- Preconditioned Navier-Stokes schemes from the generalised lattice Boltzmann equation
- On the effect of surfactant adsorption and viscosity change on apparent slip in hydrophobic microchannels
- Lattice Boltzmann simulation of mass transfer in thermally driven cavity flows
- Lattice Boltzmann simulation of solute transport in heterogeneous porous media with conduits to estimate macroscopic continuous time random walk model parameters
- A simple LBE wave runup model
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