Jose A. Gutierrez's Books

Recovery and Empowerment of Persons with Severe Mental Disorder

A Narrative Review

By: Ernesto Baena Ruiz,Eric M. J. Morris,Carol Harvey,Jose A. Sanchez Padilla,Juan A. Diaz Garrido,Cristina Abelleira Vidal,Fatima C. Quintana Castellano,Monica Garcia Ortega

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Recovery and Empowerment of Persons with Severe Mental Disorder

A Narrative Review

By: Ernesto Baena Ruiz,Eric M. J. Morris,Carol Harvey,Jose A. Sanchez Padilla,Juan A. Diaz Garrido,Cristina Abelleira Vidal,Fatima C. Quintana Castellano,Monica Garcia Ortega

This book presents a narrative review of current models of recovery and empowerment on people with severe mental disorders, and the impact of these models and approaches on assistance policies. The authors review conceptual frameworks, research findings, key predictors of recovery and empowerment, evaluation instruments and criteria, and user and families' perspectives on recovery and empowerment. Contemporary ideas of recovery, often referred to as personal recovery, emerged in the USA in the 1970s and 1980s through first person accounts of the lived experience of mental health problems and through accompanying consumer and human rights movements. However, the origins of the recovery movement in mental health can be traced back over several hundred years. The books describes many of these historical influences and the roots of today's approaches to recovery. It also provides a detailed discussion of the concept of, and approach to, empowerment. Whilst acknowledging the diverse definitions of recovery and the associated challenges of its meaningful measurement, the authors also aim to engage with the concept of recovery. Many studies of recovery are helpfully brought together here for the reader, but personal recovery, as a process and outcome, should be much more central to mental health research. A diverse audience of mental health professionals, teachers, students, and researchers, will find this a valuable reference source.

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Ethics International Press

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1804415790

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9781804415795

Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks

Enabling Wireless Sensors With IEEE 802.15.4

By: Jose A. Gutierrez,Ludwig Winkel,Edgar H. Callaway, Jr.,Raymond L. Barrett, Jr.

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Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks

Enabling Wireless Sensors With IEEE 802.15.4

By: Jose A. Gutierrez,Ludwig Winkel,Edgar H. Callaway, Jr.,Raymond L. Barrett, Jr.

This updated edition provides detailed information on the amendments to the standard including IEEE 802.15.4a, IEEE 802.15.4c, IEEE 802.15.4d, IEEE 802.15.4e, IEEE 802.15.4f, and IEEE 802.15.4g, as well as an update on the ZigBee Alliance. This book extends the previous editions by adding a new section centered on providing a complete presentation of the WirelessHART protocol. Divided into four parts, the first part of the book presents an overview of the low-rate wireless personal area technology and IEEE 802.15.4. Not only a technical introduction, this part of the book is valuable to marketing and business professionals. It can help them understand the technology and vision behind the standards’ conception so they can more effectively plan marketing and business strategies. The second part of the text concentrates on the technical features and components of the standard, while the third part focuses on implementation and system design considerations. WirelessHART is covered in the fourth part providing details that demonstrate how a high performance and reliable industrial standard can be built on the IEEE 802.15.4 technology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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073816285X

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9780738162850

Objective Bayesian Inference

By: James O Berger,Jose-miguel Bernardo,Dongchu Sun

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Objective Bayesian Inference

By: James O Berger,Jose-miguel Bernardo,Dongchu Sun

Bayesian analysis is today understood to be an extremely powerful method of statistical analysis, as well an approach to statistics that is particularly transparent and intuitive. It is thus being extensively and increasingly utilized in virtually every area of science and society that involves analysis of data.A widespread misconception is that Bayesian analysis is a more subjective theory of statistical inference than what is now called classical statistics. This is true neither historically nor in practice. Indeed, objective Bayesian analysis dominated the statistical landscape from roughly 1780 to 1930, long before 'classical' statistics or subjective Bayesian analysis were developed. It has been a subject of intense interest to a multitude of statisticians, mathematicians, philosophers, and scientists. The book, while primarily focusing on the latest and most prominent objective Bayesian methodology, does present much of this fascinating history.The book is written for four different audiences. First, it provides an introduction to objective Bayesian inference for non-statisticians; no previous exposure to Bayesian analysis is needed. Second, the book provides an overview of the development and current state of objective Bayesian analysis and its relationship to other statistical approaches, for those with interest in the philosophy of learning from data. Third, the book presents a careful development of the particular objective Bayesian approach that we recommend, the reference prior approach. Finally, the book presents as much practical objective Bayesian methodology as possible for statisticians and scientists primarily interested in practical applications.

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World Scientific

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981128492X

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Decentralized Neural Control: Application to Robotics

By: Ramon Garcia-Hernandez,Michel Lopez-Franco,Edgar N. Sanchez,Alma y. Alanis,Jose A. Ruz-Hernandez

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Decentralized Neural Control: Application to Robotics

By: Ramon Garcia-Hernandez,Michel Lopez-Franco,Edgar N. Sanchez,Alma y. Alanis,Jose A. Ruz-Hernandez

This book provides a decentralized approach for the identification and control of robotics systems. It also presents recent research in decentralized neural control and includes applications to robotics. Decentralized control is free from difficulties due to complexity in design, debugging, data gathering and storage requirements, making it preferable for interconnected systems. Furthermore, as opposed to the centralized approach, it can be implemented with parallel processors. This approach deals with four decentralized control schemes, which are able to identify the robot dynamics. The training of each neural network is performed on-line using an extended Kalman filter (EKF). The first indirect decentralized control scheme applies the discrete-time block control approach, to formulate a nonlinear sliding manifold. The second direct decentralized neural control scheme is based on the backstepping technique, approximated by a high order neural network. The third control scheme applies a decentralized neural inverse optimal control for stabilization. The fourth decentralized neural inverse optimal control is designed for trajectory tracking. This comprehensive work on decentralized control of robot manipulators and mobile robots is intended for professors, students and professionals wanting to understand and apply advanced knowledge in their field of work.

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Springer

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3319533126

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Fuzzy Logic, Identification and Predictive Control

By: Jairo Jose Espinosa Oviedo,Joos P.L. Vandewalle,Vincent Wertz

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Fuzzy Logic, Identification and Predictive Control

By: Jairo Jose Espinosa Oviedo,Joos P.L. Vandewalle,Vincent Wertz

Modern industrial processes and systems require adaptable advanced control protocols able to deal with circumstances demanding "judgement” rather than simple "yes/no”, "on/off” responses: circumstances where a linguistic description is often more relevant than a cut-and-dried numerical one. The ability of fuzzy systems to handle numeric and linguistic information within a single framework renders them efficacious for this purpose. Fuzzy Logic, Identification and Predictive Control first shows you how to construct static and dynamic fuzzy models using the numerical data from a variety of real industrial systems and simulations. The second part exploits such models to design control systems employing techniques like data mining. This monograph presents a combination of fuzzy control theory and industrial serviceability that will make a telling contribution to your research whether in the academic or industrial sphere and also serves as a fine roundup of the fuzzy control area for the graduate student.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1846280877

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Twilight of the Mission Frontier

Shifting Interethnic Alliances and Social Organization in Sonora, 1768-1855

By: Jose De la Torre Curiel

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Twilight of the Mission Frontier

Shifting Interethnic Alliances and Social Organization in Sonora, 1768-1855

By: Jose De la Torre Curiel

Twilight of the Mission Frontier examines the long process of mission decline in Sonora, Mexico after the Jesuit expulsion in 1767. By reassessing the mission crisis paradigm—which speaks of a growing internal crisis leading to the secularization of the missions in the early nineteenth century—new light is shed on how demographic, cultural, economic, and institutional variables modified life in the Franciscan missions in Sonora. During the late eighteenth century, forms of interaction between Sonoran indigenous groups and Spanish settlers grew in complexity and intensity, due in part to the implementation of reform-minded Bourbon policies which envisioned a more secular, productive, and modern society. At the same time, new forms of what this book identifies as pluriethnic mobility also emerged. Franciscan missionaries and mission residents deployed diverse strategies to cope with these changes and results varied from region to region, depending on such factors as the missionaries' backgrounds, Indian responses to mission life, local economic arrangements, and cultural exchanges between Indians and Spaniards.

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Stanford University Press

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0804787328

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9780804787321

The Epic of the Chaco

Marshal Estigarribia’s Memoirs of the Chaco War, 1932-1935

By: Jose Felix Estigarribia

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The Epic of the Chaco

Marshal Estigarribia’s Memoirs of the Chaco War, 1932-1935

By: Jose Felix Estigarribia

Originally published in 1950, The Epic of the Chaco is the fascinating memoir of the 34th President of Paraguay, Jose Felix Estigarribia, written between 1938-1939 in Washington, D.C., “whilst discharging his duties as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary Paraguay.” The book’s editor, Pablo Max Ynsfrán, acted as counsellor of the Paraguayan legation during the same period and collaborated in drafting Estigarribia’s recollections as they are set down in the present volume. “The importance of this publication for the military historian of the Chaco War (1932-1935), in which Paraguay and Bolivia were involved, can hardly be overrated. Marshal Estigarribia held in that armed conflict—one of the most sanguinary ever fought by two South-American republics—the unique position of being the top planner (perhaps the only one) and the commander in chief of the Paraguayan army in the field during the entire course of the campaign. The remarkable success of his leadership is a well-known fact. He emerged from the Chaco War as one of the outstanding masters of strategy in South-American history.”—Editor’s Preface

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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178912381X

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Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside E-Book

Expert Consult

By: Douglas P. Zipes,Jose Jalife

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Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside E-Book

Expert Consult

By: Douglas P. Zipes,Jose Jalife

Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside defines the entire state of current scientific and clinical knowledge in this subspecialty. In response to the many major recent developments in the field, Drs. Zipes and Jalife have completely updated this modern classic, making the 5th Edition the most significant revision yet. From our latest understanding of ion channels, molecular genetics, and cardiac electrical activity through newly recognized syndromes, unique needs of special patient populations, and new diagnostic and therapeutic options, you'll find all the state-of-the-art guidance you need to make informed, effective clinical decisions. What's more, a significantly restructured organization, a new full-color layout, and full-text online access make reference easier than ever. Integrates the latest scientific understanding of arrhythmias with the newest clinical applications, giving you an informed basis for choosing the right treatment and management options for each patient. Synthesizes the knowledge of preeminent authorities in cardiology, physiology, pharmacology, pediatrics, biophysics, pathology, cardiothoracic surgery, and biomedical engineering from around the world, giving you a well-rounded, expert grasp of every issue that affects your patient management. Contains 24 new chapters (listed below) as well as exhaustive updates throughout, to keep you current with new scientific knowledge, newly discovered arrhythmia syndromes, and new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. Developmental Regulation of Cardiac Ion Channels Neural Mechanisms of Initiating and Maintaining Arrhythmias Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Acquired Cardiac Arrhythmias Inheritable Sodium Channel Diseases Inheritable Potassium Channel Diseases Inheritable Diseases of Intracellular Calcium Regulation Morphological Correlates of Atrial Arrhythmias Andersen-Tawil Syndrome Timothy Syndrome Progressive Cardiac Conduction Disease Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Arrhythmias in Patients with Neurologic Disorders Autonomic Testing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Energy Sources for Catheter Ablation Linear Lesions to Ablate Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Structural Heart Disease Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients without Structural Heart Disease Catheter Ablation in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Features a completely new section on "Arrhythmias in Special Populations" that explores arrhythmias in athletes ... gender differences in arrhythmias ... arrhythmias in pediatric patients ... and sleep-disordered breathing and arrhythmias. Offers an attractive new full-color design featuring color photos, tables, flow charts, ECGs, and more, making clinically actionable information easy to find and absorb at a glance. Includes full-text online access via Expert Consult, making reference easier for busy practitioners.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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143772762X

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Expert Systems and Probabilistic Network Models

By: Enrique Castillo,Jose M. Gutierrez,Ali S. Hadi

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Expert Systems and Probabilistic Network Models

By: Enrique Castillo,Jose M. Gutierrez,Ali S. Hadi

Artificial intelligence and expert systems have seen a great deal of research in recent years, much of which has been devoted to methods for incorporating uncertainty into models. This book is devoted to providing a thorough and up-to-date survey of this field for researchers and students.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461222702

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Functional Networks with Applications

A Neural-Based Paradigm

By: Enrique Castillo,Angel Cobo,Jose Antonio Gutierrez,Rosa Eva Pruneda

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Functional Networks with Applications

A Neural-Based Paradigm

By: Enrique Castillo,Angel Cobo,Jose Antonio Gutierrez,Rosa Eva Pruneda

Artificial neural networks have been recognized as a powerful tool to learn and reproduce systems in various fields of applications. Neural net works are inspired by the brain behavior and consist of one or several layers of neurons, or computing units, connected by links. Each artificial neuron receives an input value from the input layer or the neurons in the previ ous layer. Then it computes a scalar output from a linear combination of the received inputs using a given scalar function (the activation function), which is assumed the same for all neurons. One of the main properties of neural networks is their ability to learn from data. There are two types of learning: structural and parametric. Structural learning consists of learning the topology of the network, that is, the number of layers, the number of neurons in each layer, and what neurons are connected. This process is done by trial and error until a good fit to the data is obtained. Parametric learning consists of learning the weight values for a given topology of the network. Since the neural functions are given, this learning process is achieved by estimating the connection weights based on the given information. To this aim, an error function is minimized using several well known learning methods, such as the backpropagation algorithm. Unfortunately, for these methods: (a) The function resulting from the learning process has no physical or engineering interpretation. Thus, neural networks are seen as black boxes.

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1461556015

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Connectionist Models of Neurons, Learning Processes, and Artificial Intelligence

6th International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 2001 Granada, Spain, June 13-15, 2001, Proceedings

By: Jose Mira

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Connectionist Models of Neurons, Learning Processes, and Artificial Intelligence

6th International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 2001 Granada, Spain, June 13-15, 2001, Proceedings

By: Jose Mira

This book constitutes, together with its companion, LNCS 2085, the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 2001, held in Granada, Spain, in June 2001. The 200 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. The papers are organized in sections on foundations of connectionism, biophysical models of neurons, structural and functional models of neurons, learning and other plasticity phenomena, complex systems dynamics, artificial intelligence and congnitive processes, methodology for nets design, nets simulation and implementation, bio-inspired systems and engineering, and other applications in a variety of fields.

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3540422358

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Obesity Epidemic and the Environment

Latin America and the Caribbean Region

By: Matheus Koengkan,Jose Alberto Fuinhas,Aida Isabel P. Tavares,Nuno Silva

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Obesity Epidemic and the Environment

Latin America and the Caribbean Region

By: Matheus Koengkan,Jose Alberto Fuinhas,Aida Isabel P. Tavares,Nuno Silva

Obesity Epidemic and the Environment: Latin America and the Caribbean Region provides a broad analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the obesity epidemic on environmental degradation in the LAC region. Case studies combine theory and practice to achieve critical conclusions (and subsequent policy implications), providing useful tools for those working on actual health, energy and environmental challenges. Written for researchers, policymakers, international organizations and practitioners in various fields, especially those in public health, health economics, energy and environmental economics and social sciences, this book thoroughly highlights the obesity epidemic in this region. In the LAC region, obesity has become a public health issue. The increase of this problem is related to the economic gains obtained from the process of liberalization and privatization, the increase of foreign investment, and infrastructure investments. - Analyzes the macroeconomic impact of the obesity epidemic in the Latin America and Caribbean region - Examines the effect of environmental degradation (CO2 emissions) and the contribution it plays - Develops working tools for the reader to access econometric techniques to grasp empirical approaches on health, energy and environmental economics

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0323958621

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Book's by Jose A. Gutierrez

Recovery and Empowerment of Persons with Severe Mental Disorder

Recovery and Empowerment of Persons with Severe Mental Disorder

Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks

Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks

Objective Bayesian Inference

Objective Bayesian Inference

Decentralized Neural Control: Application to Robotics

Decentralized Neural Control: Application to Robotics

Fuzzy Logic, Identification and Predictive Control

Fuzzy Logic, Identification and Predictive Control

Twilight of the Mission Frontier

Twilight of the Mission Frontier

The Epic of the Chaco

The Epic of the Chaco

Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside E-Book

Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside E-Book

Expert Systems and Probabilistic Network Models

Expert Systems and Probabilistic Network Models

Functional Networks with Applications

Functional Networks with Applications

Connectionist Models of Neurons, Learning Processes, and Artificial Intelligence

Connectionist Models of Neurons, Learning Processes, and Artificial Intelligence

Obesity Epidemic and the Environment

Obesity Epidemic and the Environment

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