The need for sustainable, holistic, and integrated parasite management against sheep worms is emphasized. This article describes approaches for worm management, including lowering the rate and amount of contamination of pastures, identifying and protecting the most vulnerable animals, reducing the selection pressure for anthelmintic resistance, monitoring of parasite infections, and increasing ...

Motivated by the question what it is that makes quantum mechanics a holistic theory (if so), I try to define for general physical theories what we mean by 'holism'. I propose an operational criterion to decide whether or not a physical theory is holistic, namely: a physical theory is holistic if and only if some determination (measurement) of the global properties in the theory which can be det...

Historically, manufacturing engineering education has focused on teaching mathematical models using simplifying assumptions that can mask the realities of complex manufacturing systems. Recent pedagogical approaches to manufacturing education have focused on developing a more holistic view of the manufacturing enterprise. In this paper, we describe the contents and development methodology of a ...

This article adopts a holistic view of Alzheimer's disease. Biomedical, psychological and social aspects of the condition are discussed, and aetiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment explored. A range of approaches to working with people with Alzheimer's disease, based on a psychological model of dementia, is described including reminiscence and cognitive stimulation therapy.

Motivated by the question what it is that makes quantum mechanics a holistic theory (if so), I try to define for general physical theories what we mean by 'holism'. For this purpose I propose an epistemological criterion to decide whether or not a physical theory is holistic, namely: a physical theory is holistic if and only if it is impossible in principle to infer the global properties, as as...

This paper addresses the problem of recognition of emotional facial gestures from static images in thumbnail resolution. More experiments are presented, a holistic and two local approaches using SVM’s as classifier engines. The experimental results related to the application of our method are reported.

Functionalist, cognitive notions of ageing dominate current approaches to interaction design for the elderly. Solutions arrived at in this way, tend to pathologise the ageing process through their focus on physical and cognitive deficits. This paper will argue for a more holistic view of the person which encourages technology development which is engaging and meaningful rather than purely funct...

This work proposes a testing environment for evaluation of holistic methods for word recognition. The main goal is to determine an optimun set of holistic characteristics to represent the months of the year in Brazilian Portuguese language. The holistic characteristics treat the words as single, indivisible entities and attempts to perform recognition from their overall shape, as opposed to the...

The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) operates an array of programs that primarily serve students whose parents are incarcerated. The authors explore outreach and programmatic approaches and discuss the benefits of a holistic, multifaceted, open approach to identifying, assessing, and meeting the needs of adolescent children of incarcerated parents. The article concludes with policy recom...