Innovative mining technologies with complex geomechanical characteristics

Integrations of Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Database Technologies - Innovative Approaches

Image Classification and Retrieval with Mining Technologies

Mining techniques can play an important role in automatic image classification and content-based retrieval. A novel method for image classification based on feature element through association rule mining is presented in this chapter. The effectiveness of this method comes from two sides. The visual meanings of images can be well captured by discrete feature elements. The associations between t...

Innovative Developments in Sand Reclamation Technologies

Reclamation of used moulding and core sands is defined as a treatment of waste refractory materials allowing to recover at least one component of properties similar to the properties of the new component and to reuse it for casting moulds and core production. In traditional technologies of casting moulds and core production on the basis of high-silica sands with binding agent addition, the recl...

Innovative reproductive technologies: risks and responsibilities.

In view of the global burden of subfertility, efforts are required to make assisted reproduction more effective, less burdensome and more equally accessible. New reproductive technologies are frequently introduced in clinical practice without a sound evaluation of their efficacy, effectiveness and/or safety. Safety issues in this context refer both to patients (mostly women) undergoing the rele...

Innovative Uses and Emerging Technologies in Endoscopy