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  • Charting the Next Pandemic

    Modeling Infectious Disease Spreading in the Data Science Age

    by Ana Pastore y Piontti, Nicola Perra, Luca Rossi, Nicole Samay, Alessandro Vespignani, Corrado Gioannini, Marcelo F. C. Gomes, Bruno Gonçalves ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an introduction to the computational and complex systems modeling of the global spreading of infectious diseases. The latest developments in the area of contagion processes modeling are discussed, and readers are exposed to real world examples of data-model integration impacting the decision-making process. Recent advances in computational science and the increasing availability ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

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  • The Rules of Contagion

    Why Things Spread--And Why They Stop

    by Adam Kucharski ...
    One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial TimesOne of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington PostOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The Times of LondonOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The GuardianFrom ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern lifeThese days, whenever anything... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Forensic Science

    Current Issues, Future Directions

    by Douglas H. Ubelaker ...
    FORENSIC SCIENCEForensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions presents a comprehensive, international discussion of key issues within the forensic sciences. Written by accomplished and respected specialists in distinct areas of the forensic sciences, this volume examines central issues within each discipline, provides perspective on current debate and explores current and proposed research ... Read more

    $152.99 CAD

  • Pandemics: Insurance and Social Protection

    Edited by María del Carmen Boado-Penas, Julia Eisenberg, Şule Şahin‬‬‬ ...
    Series series Springer Actuarial
    This open access book collects expert contributions on actuarial modelling and related topics, from machine learning to legal aspects, and reflects on possible insurance designs during an epidemic/pandemic.Starting by considering the impulse given by COVID-19 to the insurance industry and to actuarial research, the text covers compartment models, mortality changes during a pandemic, risk-sharing ... Read more

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  • Modeling and Simulation in the Medical and Health Sciences

    Edited by John A. Sokolowski, Catherine M. Banks ...
    This edited book is divided into three parts: Fundamentals of Medical and Health Sciences Modeling and Simulation introduces modeling and simulation in the medical and health sciences; Medical and Health Sciences Models provides the theoretical underpinnings of medical and health sciences modeling; and Modeling and Simulation Applications in Medical and Health Sciences focuses on teaching, ... Read more

    $116.99 CAD

  • Human Error in Medicine

    Edited by Marilyn Sue Bogner ...
    Series series Human Error and Safety
    This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes. For the purposes of this book, human error encompasses mismanagement of medical care due to:* inadequacies or ambiguity in the design of a medical device or institutional setting for the delivery of medical care;* inappropriate responses to antagonistic ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Risk Assessment and Management of Repetitive Movements and Exertions of Upper Limbs

    Job Analysis, Ocra Risk Indicies, Prevention Strategies and Design Principles

    by Daniela Colombini ...
    Series Book 2 - Elsevier Ergonomics Book Series
    In industrialised countries, musculo-skeletrical disorders of the upper limbs represent one of the commonest work-related diseases. All working activities habitually requiring repetitive upper limb movements and exertions represent a potential risk for these disorders under certain conditions. This practical manual provides a clear and detailed solution to the problem of assessing and consequently ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • Data Science for COVID-19 Volume 1

    Computational Perspectives

    Edited by Utku Kose, Deepak Gupta, Victor Hugo Costa de Albuquerque, Ashish Khanna ...
    Data Science for COVID-19 presents leading-edge research on data science techniques for the detection, mitigation, treatment and elimination of COVID-19. Sections provide an introduction to data science for COVID-19 research, considering past and future pandemics, as well as related Coronavirus variations. Other chapters cover a wide range of Data Science applications concerning COVID-19 research, ... Read more

    $150.99 CAD

  • Social Phenomena

    From Data Analysis to Models

    Edited by Bruno Gonçalves, Nicola Perra ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book focuses on the new possibilities and approaches to social modeling currently being made possible by an unprecedented variety of datasets generated by our interactions with modern technologies. This area has witnessed a veritable explosion of activity over the last few years, yielding many interesting and useful results. Our aim is to provide an overview of the state of the art in this ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Spatial Analysis in Health Geography

    by Pavlos Kanaroglou, Eric Delmelle ...
    Series series Geographies of Health Series
    Presenting current research on spatial epidemiology, this book covers topics such as exposure, chronic disease, infectious disease, accessibility to health care settings and new methods in Geographical Information Science and Systems. For epidemiologists, and for the management and administration of health care settings, it is critical to understand the spatial dynamics of disease. For instance, ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Theories and Simulations of Complex Social Systems

    Edited by Vahid Dabbaghian, Vijay Kumar Mago ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Research into social systems is challenging due to their complex nature. Traditional methods of analysis are often difficult to apply effectively as theories evolve over time. This can be due to a lack of appropriate data, or too much uncertainty. It can also be the result of problems which are not yet understood well enough in the general sense so that they can be classified, and an appropriate ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Clinical Informatics Literacy

    5000 Concepts That Every Informatician Should Know

    by Dean F. Sittig ...
    Clinical Informatics Literacy: 5000 Concepts That Every Informatician Should Know is about all aspects of clinical informatics, a subset of the larger field of biomedical informatics. Clinical Informatics is an applied field that exists at the intersection of the fields of medicine, computer science, information science, anthropology, human factors engineering, cognitive psychology and health ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD