To take a full benefit of Ambient Intelligence, it is necessary to anticipate and react upon possible drawbacks and threats of the new emerging environment. The risks of new technologies should be examined in order to devise appropriate safeguards. This precautionary approach has been taken by SWAMI project which reflected on possible negative implications of AmI by constructing ‘dark scenarios...

this study aimed to identify and rank the most important environmental factors for the popularity of recreational sports in iran. only those sensitive aspects of the environment to which recreational sports should react were considered in order to survive. this study was performed consecutively in two qualitative and quantitative phases by mixed heuristic method. for this purpose the experts of...

The book “Safeguards in a world of ambient intelligence” is unique in its kind. It discusses social, economic, legal, technological and ethical issues related to identity, privacy and security in Ambient Intelligence (AmI). It introduces AmI and, subsequently, makes it vivid by describing four scenarios. Threats and vulnerabilities as well as safeguards are identified, which stress the already ...

The influence of the surrounding air on the dynamics of fine granular material is becoming an increasingly topical area of research interest. While for large granular particles (diameter > 1 mm) the effect of the gas phase can usually be ignored, for smaller particles the ambient air can have a pronounced influence. One of the most striking examples of the effect of air was demonstrated in the ...

The distribution of Particulate Matter in the atmosphere, resulting from emissions produced by cars, trucks, ships, industrial estates and agricultural complexes, is a topical public health problem that has increased in recent decades due to environmental factors in advanced economies in particular. This contribution relates the health impact caused by concentrations of Particulate Matter (PM) ...

Child abuse is perpetrated mainly by mothers of young children as a results of interaction of their own deficient personalities, ambient circumstances, and problems innate in the children. Abuse situations require assessment and handling of legal, medical, social and psychiatric aspects for the mother, the child, and the father.