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Brain-Computer Interface Technologies: Accelerating Neuro-Technology for Human Benefit
by Claude ClémentThis book is about the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and the unique and special environment of active implants that electrically interface with the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and organs. At the heart of the book is the matter of repairing and rehabilitating patients suffering from severe neurologic impairments, from paralysis to movement disorders and epilepsy, that often requires an invasive solution based on an implanted device. Past achievements, current work, and future perspectives of BCI and other interactions between medical devices and the human nervous system are described in detail from a pragmatic point of view.Reviews the Active Implantable Medical Devices (AIMDs) industry and how it is moving from cardiac to neuro applicationsClear, easy to read, presentation of the field of neuro-technologies for human benefitProvides easy to understand explanations about the technical limitations, the physics of implants in the human body, and realistic long terms perspectives
Brain-Computer Interfaces: Revolutionizing Human-Computer Interaction (The Frontiers Collection #6)
by Gert Pfurtscheller Bernhard Graimann Brendan Z. AllisonA brain-computer interface (BCI) establishes a direct output channel between the human brain and external devices. BCIs infer user intent via direct measures of brain activity and thus enable communication and control without movement. This book, authored by experts in the field, provides an accessible introduction to the neurophysiological and signal-processing background required for BCI, presents state-of-the-art non-invasive and invasive approaches, gives an overview of current hardware and software solutions, and reviews the most interesting as well as new, emerging BCI applications. The book is intended not only for students and young researchers, but also for newcomers and other readers from diverse backgrounds keen to learn about this vital scientific endeavour.
Brain-Computer-Interfaces in their ethical, social and cultural contexts (The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology #12)
by Elisabeth Hildt Gerd GrüblerThis volume summarizes the ethical, social and cultural contexts of interfacing brains and computers. It is intended for the interdisciplinary community of BCI stakeholders. Insofar, engineers, neuroscientists, psychologists, physicians, care-givers and also users and their relatives are concerned. For about the last twenty years brain-computer-interfaces (BCIs) have been investigated with increasing intensity and have in principle shown their potential to be useful tools in diagnostics, rehabilitation and assistive technology. The central promise of BCI technology is enabling severely impaired people in mobility, grasping, communication, and entertainment. Successful applications are for instance communication devices enabling locked-in patients in staying in contact with their environment, or prostheses enabling paralysed people in reaching and grasping. In addition to this, it serves as an introduction to the whole field of BCI for any interested reader.
Brain-Grounded Theory of Temporal and Spatial Design: In Architecture and the Environment
by Yoichi AndoIn this book, brain-grounded theory of temporal and spatial design in architecture and the environment is discussed. The author believes that it is a key to solving such global problems as environmental disorders and severe climate change as well as conflicts that are caused by the ill-conceived notion of "time is money". There are three phases or aspects of a person's life: the physical life, the spiritual or mental life, and the third stage of life, when a person moves from middle age into old age and can choose what he or she wishes to do instead of simply what must be done. This book describes the temporal design of the environment based on the theory of subjective preference, which could make it possible for an individual to realize a healthy life in all three phases. In his previously published work, the present author wrote that the theory of subjective preference has been established for the sound and visual fields based on neural evidence, and that subjective preference is an overall response of cooperating temporal and spatial factors, associated with the brain's left and right hemispheres, respectively. In this book, based on that theory, some examples are shown for the temporal design of architecture and the environment, which may play important roles in the development of personality, thus inducing creativity. Also discussed is how all individuals may find their own personality and develop it according to the preferred direction of their individual lives.
Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting of the BICA Society (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1310)
by Alexei V. Samsonovich Ricardo R. Gudwin Alexandre da Silva SimõesThe book focuses on original approaches intended to support the development of biologically inspired cognitive architectures. It bridges together different disciplines, from classical artificial intelligence to linguistics, from neuro- and social sciences to design and creativity, among others. The chapters, based on contributions presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the BICA Society, held on November 10-14, 2020, in Natal, Brazil, discuss emerging methods, theories and ideas towards the realization of general-purpose humanlike artificial intelligence or fostering a better understanding of the ways the human mind works. All in all, the book provides engineers, mathematicians, psychologists, computer scientists and other experts with a timely snapshot of recent research and a source of inspiration for future developments in the broadly intended areas of artificial intelligence and biological inspiration.
Brain-Machine Interface: Circuits and Systems
by Amir ZjajoThis book provides a complete overview of significant design challenges in respect to circuit miniaturization and power reduction of the neural recording system, along with circuit topologies, architecture trends, and (post-silicon) circuit optimization algorithms. The introduced novel circuits for signal conditioning, quantization, and classification, as well as system configurations focus on optimized power-per-area performance, from the spatial resolution (i. e. number of channels), feasible wireless data bandwidth and information quality to the delivered power of implantable system.
Brain-Machine Interface: Closed-loop Bidirectional System Design
by Xilin Liu Jan Van der SpiegelThis book provides an introduction to the emerging area of "Brain-Machine Interfaces," with emphasis on the operation and practical design aspects. The book will help both electrical & bioengineers as well as neuroscience investigators to learn about the next generation brain-machine interfaces. The comprehensive review and design analysis will be very helpful for researchers who are new to this area or interested in the study of the brain. The in-depth discussion of practical design issues especially in animal experiments will also be valuable for experienced researchers.
Brain-Machine Interfaces for Assistance and Rehabilitation of People with Reduced Mobility (Springer Theses)
by Enrique HortalThis book reports on the development of different control tools for Brain-machine interface-based assistance and rehabilitation. Brain activity is analyzed with the purpose of classify mental tasks and detecting movement intentions in patients with impaired motility. Event-Related Desynchronization (ERD) and Event-Related Synchronization (ERS) are detected. Throughout this book, different control systems are presented and validated. This thesis, examined at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain, in 2016, received the award for best thesis in bioengineering from the Bioengineering group of the Spanish Committee of Automatic Control (CEA) in 2017.
Brain-like Super Intelligence from Bio-electromagnetism (Studies in Rhythm Engineering)
by Kanad Ray Anirban BandyopadhyayThis book discusses various aspects of bioinspired technologies but with an additional emphasis on the medical science, starting from the popular article on neurobiology to pure biophysics that ends with the superintelligence of biological systems that could be reverse engineered. It covers eight different aspects of natural intelligence, starting from the fundamental electromagnetic properties of a protein to the vibrations and the resonance of the entire biomaterial system. It also covers a wide spectrum of hierarchical communication among different biological systems for intelligence and then medical science is applied.
Brainlesion: 5th International Workshop, BrainLes 2019, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Shenzhen, China, October 17, 2019, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11992)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon BakasThe two-volume set LNCS 11992 and 11993 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International MICCAI Brainlesion Workshop, BrainLes 2019, the International Multimodal Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) challenge, the Computational Precision Medicine: Radiology-Pathology Challenge on Brain Tumor Classification (CPM-RadPath) challenge, as well as the tutorial session on Tools Allowing Clinical Translation of Image Computing Algorithms (TACTICAL). These were held jointly at the Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI, in Shenzhen, China, in October 2019. The revised selected papers presented in these volumes were organized in the following topical sections: brain lesion image analysis (12 selected papers from 32 submissions); brain tumor image segmentation (57 selected papers from 102 submissions); combined MRI and pathology brain tumor classification (4 selected papers from 5 submissions); tools allowing clinical translation of image computing algorithms (2 selected papers from 3 submissions.)
Brainlesion: 7th International Workshop, BrainLes 2021, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2021, Virtual Event, September 27, 2021, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12963)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon BakasThis two-volume set LNCS 12962 and 12963 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 7th International MICCAI Brainlesion Workshop, BrainLes 2021, as well as the RSNA-ASNR-MICCAI Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) Challenge, the Federated Tumor Segmentation (FeTS) Challenge, the Cross-Modality Domain Adaptation (CrossMoDA) Challenge, and the challenge on Quantification of Uncertainties in Biomedical Image Quantification (QUBIQ). These were held jointly at the 23rd Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI 2020, in September 2021. The 91 revised papers presented in these volumes were selected form 151 submissions. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.
Brainlesion: 8th International Workshop, BrainLes 2022, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2022, Singapore, September 18, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13769)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon Bakas Ujjwal Baid Sylwia Malec Monika Pytlarz Bhakti Baheti Maximilian Zenk Reuben DorentThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International MICCAI Brainlesion Workshop, BrainLes 2022, as well as the Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) Challenge, the Brain Tumor Sequence Registration (BraTS-Reg) Challenge, the Cross-Modality Domain Adaptation (CrossMoDA) Challenge, and the Federated Tumor Segmentation (FeTS) Challenge. These were held jointly at the Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI 2022, in September 2022. The 46 revised full papers presented in these volumes were selected form 65 submissions.The presented contributions describe the research of computational scientists and clinical researchers working on brain lesions - specifically glioma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral stroke, traumatic brain injuries, vestibular schwannoma, and white matter hyper-intensities of presumed vascular origin.
Brainlesion: 8th International Workshop, BrainLes 2022, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2022, Singapore, September 18, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14092)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon Bakas Ujjwal Baid Sylwia Malec Monika Pytlarz Bhakti Baheti Maximilian Zenk Reuben DorentThis two volume-set LNCS 13769 and LNCS 14092 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International MICCAI Brainlesion Workshop, BrainLes 2022, as well as the Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) Challenge, the Brain Tumor Sequence Registration (BraTS-Reg) Challenge, the Cross-Modality Domain Adaptation (CrossMoDA) Challenge, and the Federated Tumor Segmentation (FeTS) Challenge. These were held jointly at the Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI 2022, in September 2022. The 46 revised full papers presented in these volumes were selected form 65 submissions.The presented contributions describe the research of computational scientists and clinical researchers working on brain lesions - specifically glioma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral stroke, traumatic brain injuries, vestibular schwannoma, and white matter hyper-intensities of presumed vascular origin.
Brainlesion: 9th International Workshop, BrainLes 2023, and 3rd International Workshop, SWITCH 2023, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 8 and 12, 2023, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14668)
by Alessandro Crimi Spyridon Bakas Ujjwal Baid Sylwia Malec Monika Pytlarz Reuben Dorent Ruisheng Su Navodini WijethilakeThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International MICCAI Brain Lesion Workshop, BrainLes 2023, as well as the Stroke Workshop on Imaging and Treatment Challenges, SWITCH 2023. These events were held in conjunction with the Medical Image Computing for Computer Assisted Intervention Conference, MICCAI 2023, during October 8-12, 2023. The 15 revised full papers presented in this volume were selected form 23 submissions. They describe the research of computational scientists and clinical researchers working on brain lesions, and specifically glioma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral stroke, traumatic brain injuries, vestibular schwannoma, and white matter hyper-intensities of presumed vascular origin.
Brainstorm
by Robert WintnerNine million Americans are touched by aneurysms during their lifetime. This is one story of love.Brainstorm is the candid and powerful memoir of the author's harrowing experience of an aneurysm and his road to recovery. It is a journey of love, devotion, and a clash of medical beliefs and countercultures. The fierce resolve of the author and his wife is extraordinary, inspiring, and matched only by the tremendous competence and care of the medical system-one to which the author initially stands in opposition, but that he later learns to admire and respect.This book is for anyone who has experienced the fear and difficulties of a major illness. The themes, truths, and above all, the compassion that this book shares will be familiar not just to the nine million Americans affected by aneurysms, but to anyone whose family has been touched by a medical trauma. Filled with raw emotion, Brainstorm affords quiet but powerful support to those suffering similar circumstances and strives to tell them that they are not alone.
Brainstorms and Mindfarts: The Best and Brightest, Dumbest and Dimmest Inventions in American History
by Tom Connor Jim DowneyThis informative and occasionally bizarre collection of American inventions will help you discover successful and significant ideas—along with the frivolous and utterly useless ones lost to history. Innovation and entrepreneurism appear inextricably woven into the American DNA. Throughout American history, the great inventors and innovators gazed into the future and saw the products and services that would transform the world. While passionate about creating this new thing called a democracy, our Founding Fathers were also driven to change the way humans lived and worked—to complete everyday tasks faster, easier, and more efficiently.As of 2018, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office had granted its ten millionth patent. But with over 500,000 applications now being filed annually, fewer than half of these applicants will be granted patents and far fewer still—an estimated one percent—will realize commercial success, according to the Office. Some are flawed by mistakes or missing details, others too ridiculous to take seriously, still others simply ahead of their time.From the brightest and most innovative to the wackiest, most bizarre, and downright crazy, this collection of 100 patents includes funny and informative descriptions and original illustrations, all the while letting you in on what most successful patents have in common, what inspired their creators, and how great inventors view the world.
Brain–Computer Interface Research: A State-of-the-Art Summary 8 (SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering #6)
by Brendan Z. Allison Christoph Guger Kai MillerThe Annual BCI Research Awards are international prizes that recognize the top new projects in brain-computer interface (BCI) research. This book contains summaries of the key projects from the 2018 BCI Research Award. Each article is authored by the group of researchers who developed the project, and articles have been updated with new progress achieved since 2018. They are complemented by an introduction by the editors together with a chapter of highlights and interviews with the 2018 award winners. One of the prominent trends in recent years has been the development of BCIs for new patient groups; many chapters in this book present emerging and novel research directions likely to become more prevalent in the near future.
Bramble Production
by Perry C. CrandallBramble Production provides growers with a basic understanding of how raspberry and blackberry plants grow and respond to changes in their environment. Author Perry Crandall includes management practices used by successful growers, making this book a helpful production guide that you can use for making rational decisions. This knowledge of successful production can be used to recommend or adopt management programs specially designed to produce optimum yields with maximum profits.
Brandishing Cyberattack Capabilities
by Martin C. LibickiDeterrence is possible only when others have at least a good idea of possible U.S. military reprisals, but cyberattack capabilities resist such demonstration. This report explores ways they can be and under what circumstances, then goes on to examine the difficulties and the drawbacks. Such "brandishing" is no panacea and could even backfire if misinterpreted. Its success also relies on the strength of other elements of the deterrence posture.
Brandschutzbeauftragte: Das Weiterbildungsbuch
by Wolfgang J. FriedlBrandschutz ist nicht nur gefordert und somit wichtig, nein – Brandschutz kann auch richtig interessant sein und Spaß machen! Brandschutz ist abwechslungsreich, und sich damit professionell zu beschäftigen, kann dem beruflichen Leben oft eine neue Zusatzrichtung und einen neuen Sinn geben. Dies beweist der bekannte Autor Dr. Wolfgang J. Friedl mit diesem neuen, umfangreichen und einzigartigen Fachbuch.Betriebliche Brandschutzbeauftragte müssen ihr Wissen alle drei Jahre in je 16 Unterrichtseinheiten á 45 min auf dem aktuellen Stand halten. Um diese Aufgabe auch ohne Präsenzveranstaltung möglich zu machen, wurde dieses umfangreiche Fachbuch zusammengestellt. Es enthält 16 Kapitel mit den wichtigsten Brandschutzthemen, inkl. praxisbezogener Tipps und Tricks, die u. a. auch im täglichen Leben zu Hause angewandt werden können. Der Lehr- und Lerneffekt dieses Fachbuchs im Vergleich zu einer Präsenzveranstaltung ist nicht nur effektiver und effizienter, sondern auch zeitlich besser einteilbar und ökologisch neutraler (da nicht mit An-/Abreise und Übernachtung verbunden). In freundlicher, informativer, direkter Art und manchmal auch mit einem leichten Augenzwickern, vermittelt der Autor, wie Brandschutz gelebt und umgesetzt wird. Freuen Sie sich drauf! Willkommen in der neuen Welt der Weiterbildung.
Brandschutzfibel
by Adam MerschbacherDie „Brandschutzfibel“ wird dem Fachmann für Brandschutz, dem interessierten Laien und den Beratern in Versicherungen, den Feuerwehren, sowie Herstellern in der Planung künftiger Brandschutzprodukte einen fundierten Überblick über wirkungsvolle und sinnvolle Brandschutzmaßnahmen im privaten und vor allem gewerblichen Umfeld geben. Das Wort „Gewerbe“ soll, auch wenn es nicht immer passend ist, für Unternehmen, Ladengeschäfte, Banken, Kirchen, Behörden, Museen, ja sogar für einen Zirkus und den Tierpark stehen. Dabei spielt die Größe überhaupt keine Rolle. Die Brandschutzrichtlinien gelten für die Würstelbude ebenso wie für größte Industrieunternehmen, in jeweils angepasster Form.
Brandschutzfibel
by Adam MerschbacherDie „Brandschutzfibel“ wird dem Fachmann für Brandschutz, dem interessierten Laien und den Beratern in Versicherungen, den Feuerwehren, sowie Herstellern in der Planung künftiger Brandschutzprodukte einen fundierten Überblick über wirkungsvolle und sinnvolle Brandschutzmaßnahmen im privaten und vor allem gewerblichen Umfeld geben. Das Wort „Gewerbe“ soll, auch wenn es nicht immer passend ist, für Unternehmen, Ladengeschäfte, Banken, Kirchen, Behörden, Museen, ja sogar für einen Zirkus und den Tierpark stehen. Dabei spielt die Größe überhaupt keine Rolle. Die Brandschutzrichtlinien gelten für die Würstelbude ebenso wie für größte Industrieunternehmen, in jeweils angepasster Form.
Brandschutztechnische Anforderungen an Bauteile: Mit Tabellen nach DIN 4102 und DIN EN 13501
by Anna Maria von HippelDas Bauordnungsrecht ist Landesrecht. 16 Landesbauordnungen sind in Deutschland nötig, um die brandschutztechnischen Anforderungen an Bauteile in dem Bundesgebiet zu regeln.Dieses Nachschlagewerk gibt eine Übersicht über die geltenden bauaufsichtlichen Anforderungen an Bauteile und verweist auf die gesetzlichen Fundstellen. Die bauaufsichtlichen Anforderungen werden in Tabellen zusammengestellt und nach DIN 4102 und DIN EN 13501 angegeben. Das Fachbuch gliedert sich in 3 Abschnitte. Im ersten Abschnitt werden Grundlagen dargestellt und Aufbau und Handhabung des Werks erläutert. Im zweiten Abschnitt wir ein bauteilbezogener und im dritten Abschnitt ein bundeslandbezogener Vergleich der bauaufsichtlichen Anforderungen an Bauteile dargestellt. Die Tabellensammlung im dritten Abschnitt schließt mit einer Synopse der gesetzlichen Fundstellen in den 16 Landesbauordnungen und der Musterbauordnung (MBO) ab.
Brandschutztechnische Anlagen betreiben und instandhalten
by Peter LeinDieses Fachbuch behandelt alle relevanten Aufgaben für ein bestimmungsgemäßes Betreiben und Instandhalten brandschutztechnischer Anlagen in Gebäuden. Brandschutztechnische Anlagen können nur dann ihre lebensrettende Funktion erfüllen, wenn Sie ordnungsgemäß gewartet und betrieben werden und in dem Zustand gehalten werden, den die gesetzlichen Vorgaben und die anerkannten Regeln der Technik fordern. Betreiber erhalten alle wesentlichen rechtlichen und technischen Hinweise, die sie für den Betrieb und die Instandhaltung benötigen.
Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service includes Navigate Advantage Access
by Glenn P. Corbett Francis L. BranniganIn 1971, Francis L. Brannigan created Building Construction for the Fire Service, a groundbreaking resource offering the most comprehensive knowledge of building construction available to fire fighters. With his dedication to fire fighter safety and saving lives, the legacy of Frank Brannigan continues with the sixth edition of Brannigan’s Building Construction for the Fire Service. The Sixth Edition meets and exceeds the National Fire Academy’s Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) course objectives and outcomes for the Associate’s Core-Level course called Building Construction for Fire Protection (C0275). Brannigan’s Building Construction for the Fire Service, Sixth Edition is an integral resource for fire officers, instructors, those studying for promotion, individuals taking civil service examinations, fire science students, and both current and prospective fire fighters. It is part of an integrated teaching and learning system that combines dynamic features and content to support instructors and to help prepare students for their career in firefighting. This new edition features: Chapter 7 Non-Fire Building Systems (new) describes several categories of non-fire systems in buildings, including electrical systems, plumbing systems, conveyances, refrigeration systems, and Ventilation (HVAC) systems, in addition to the hazards the systems pose for fire fighters. New or expanded content on: Aluminum-clad polyethylene panels Scaffolding Cranes and their use Modular construction using stacked shipping containers Light-weight wood-frame construction Fire escapes and stair design Cross-laminated timber and heavy timber construction Methods of protecting steel against fire New “green” materials and methods such as hempcrete and biofilters Structural wall framing systems with insulated studs Air-supported structures for sporting events Massive single-structure lightweight wood frame apartment buildings Firefighting recommendations in lightweight wood frame residential buildings Building construction and its relationship to flow path Historical perspective on fire resistance testing and its shortcomings Roofing material tests Safety issues of post-fire investigation of significantly damaged/collapsed buildings Scenario-Based Learning. Case Studies are found at the beginning and end of each chapter to encourage and foster critical-thinking skills. Tactical Considerations. This feature offers suggestions for firefighting, safety concerns, and related additional material for application on the fireground. Wrap-Up. Chapter Summaries, Key Terms, Challenging Questions, and Suggesting Readings promote comprehension and mastery of course objectives and outcomes.