Medical benefits of herbs have been known for centuries. Many examples contain powerful active components that, if used correctly, can help in healing the living organism. These herbs can also be provided in the form of capsules and powders, as dietary supplements, and thus differ from conventional foods or food ingredients. The traditional Turkish kitchen is rich of various herbs which have be...

An efficient class of nonlinear models, constructed using cardinal B-spline (CBS) basis functions, are proposed for high tide forecasts at the Venice lagoon. Accurate short term predictions of high tides in the lagoon can easily be calculated using the proposed CBS models.

This book contains the proceedings of CHR 2006, the Third Workshop on Constraint Handling Rules, held at the occasion of ICALP 2006 in Venice (Italy) on July 9, 2006. The workshop means to bring together, in an informal setting, people involved in research on all matters involving CHR, in order to promote the exchange of ideas and feedback on recent developments.