This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Health Information Science, HIS 2014, held in Shenzhen, China, in April 2014. The 29 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. They cover a wide range of topics in health information sciences and systems that support the health information management and health service delivery. They deal with medical/health/biomedicine information resources, such as patient medical records, devices and equipments, software and tools to capture, store, retrieve, process, analyse, and...

This book presents an archeological interpretation of the history of Chinese civilization. Tracing back from recent history to the distant past, it explores the breadth of Chinese civilization. Using archeological remains and cultural relics as starting points and approaching the cultural dimension from material perspectives, it presents a panoramic view of China’s civilizational continuity, together with its ideological and cultural characteristics. Featuring a wealth of illustrations (including photos of cultural relics and sites, archeological surveys, etc.) and texts written in...

This book looks at cyber security challenges with topical advancements in computational intelligence and communication technologies. This book includes invited peer-reviewed chapters on the emerging intelligent computing and communication technology research advancements, experimental outcomes, and cyber security practices, threats, and attacks with challenges. The book begins with a state-of-the-art survey and reviews of cyber security trends and issues. It further covers areas such as developments in intelligent computing and communication, smart healthcare, agriculture, transportation,...