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Mobile phones : technology, networks, and user issues /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barnes, Micaela C., Meyers, Neil P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, 2011 .
Colección:Media and communications-- technologies, policies and challenges.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • MOBILE PHONES: TECHNOLOGY, NETWORKS AND USER ISSUES
  • MOBILE PHONES: TECHNOLOGY, NETWORKS AND USER ISSUES
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS, ACTION MECHANISMS, DOSIMETRY AND PROTECTION ISSUES OF MOBILE TELEPHONY RADIATION
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • EFFECTS OF MOBILE TELEPHONY RADIATION ON A MODEL BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM
  • Basic Experimental Procedure
  • 1. COMPARISON OF BIOACTIVITY BETWEEN NON-MODULATED (DTX) AND MODULATED (TALK SIGNAL) GSM RADIATION
  • 2. EFFECT OF GSM RADIATION ON MALES AND FEMALES
  • 3. COMPARISON OF BIOACTIVITY BETWEEN GSM 900 AND GSM 1800
  • 4. GSM BIOACTIVITY ACCORDING TO ITS INTENSITY (OR ACCORDING TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE ANTENNA). THE REVELATION OF A "WINDOW" OF INCREASED BIOACTIVITY
  • 5. THE DISCOVERED "WINDOW" OF INCREASED BIOACTIVITY IS AN INTENSITY WINDOW
  • 6. THE DECREASE IN REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY IS DUE TO DNA DAMAGE AND CELL DEATH INDUCTION IN THE REPRODUCTIVE CELLS
  • TUNEL Assay
  • 7. THE DNA DAMAGE INDUCED BY GSM 900 AND 1800 RADIATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY ACTIN CYTOSKELETON DAMAGE
  • Rhodamine-Conjugated Phalloidin Staining Assay
  • Double Staining with Rhodamine-Conjugated Phalloidin and TUNEL
  • 8. THE BIO-EFFECT OF THE GSM RADIATION INCREASES WITH INCREASING DAILY EXPOSURE DURATION
  • BASIC EXPERIMENTAL CONCLUSIONS
  • A DISTINCT SIMILARITY OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
  • BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISM FOR EMFs BIO-EFFECTS: THE ION FORCED-VIBRATION THEORY
  • BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS FOR DNA DAMAGE
  • 1. Irregular Release of Hydrolytic Enzymes
  • 2. Free Radical Action
  • DOSIMETRY OF EMFS EXPOSURES. IS SAR A CREDIBLE QUANTITY?
  • PROTECTION ISSUES. A POSSIBLE WAY FOR REDUCING RADIATION LEVELS WHILE MAINTAINING THE ABILITY OF COMMUNICATION
  • REFERENCES.
  • Chapter 2: MOBILE PHONES, MULTIMEDIA AND COMMUNICABILITY: DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION, NETWORKS AND USER ISSUES
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TELEPHONE EVOLUTION, MASS MEDIA, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND GLOBAL VILLAGE
  • COST FACTOR, TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIFFUSION AND DESIGN ASSESSMENT
  • HEURISTIC EVALUATION: TOWARDS A RELIABILITY OF THE RESULTS
  • HEURISTIC EVALUATION: ACHILLES HEEL
  • SAMPLE FOR HEURISTIC EVALUATION
  • SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE EXPANSION FOR MULTIMEDIA MOBILE PHONE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, USERS AND MARKETING
  • HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION AND INTERFACE DESIGN
  • ROCOCO OR MINIMALIST DESIGN FOR MOBILE INTERFACES
  • SETS AND SUBSETS OF THE MOBILE PHONES IN THE COMMUNICABILITY ERA
  • INTERNET NAVIGATION, APPLICATIONS AND E-COMMERCE MISCELLANEOUS
  • ASSESSMENT AND RESULTS
  • CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORKS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ANNEX #1.
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3: INCREASED GENETIC DAMAGE DUE TO MOBILE TELEPHONE RADIATIONS
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONS
  • 3. GENETIC DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
  • 4. MOBILE PHONE USERS
  • 5. INDIVIDUALS STUDIED
  • 6. GENOTOXICITY TESTS APPLIED
  • 6.1. Micronucleus Assay
  • 6.2. Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (SCGE) or Comet Assay
  • 6.3. Statistical Analysis
  • 7. PROFILE OF THE SUBJECTS STUDIED
  • 7.1 Nuclear Anomalies
  • 7.2. DNA Damage
  • CONCLUSION
  • FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4: DESIGNING MOBILE PHONE INTERFACES FOR COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN EVERYDAY LIFE
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. THEORETICAL REFERENTIAL
  • 2.1. Informal Education
  • 2.2. Mobile Collaborative Learning
  • 2.3. Communities of Practice
  • 3. MOBILITY AND COLLABORATION USING MULTIMEDIA: A NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR DEVELOPING INFORMAL EDUCATION
  • 3.1. Multimedia in the Collaborative Learning.
  • 4. DESIGNING A MOBILE SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR SUPPORTING EVERYDAY LEARNING: PROTOTYPE AND EXAMPLES
  • 4.1. Prototype and Examples
  • 4.2. Using Multimedia in the Mobile Collaborative Learning
  • 5. INTERFACES, COMMUNITIES AND INFORMAL EDUCATION: DISCUSSING THE PROPOSED APPROACH
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 5: INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION OF EUROPEAN OPERATORS: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF EUROPEAN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
  • 2. THE EXPANSION PROCESS OF EUROPEAN MOBILE OPERATORS IN EUROPEAN OECD COUNTRIES
  • The Internationalized European Operators in European OECD Countries
  • Internationalization from a Number of Subscribers' Perspective
  • Internationalization from a Geographic Perspective
  • Strategic Decisions in the European Internationalization Process: Entry Mode
  • Strategic Decisions in the European Internationalization Process: Rebranding
  • The European Markets Shares of European Operators
  • A Map of the Internationalization Degree of the European Mobile Firms
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6: M-HEALTHCARE: COMBINING HEALTHCARE, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, AND THE SOCIAL SUPPORT OF THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. MOBILE HEALTHCARE
  • 2.1. Illness Treatment
  • Mobile Healthcare Services
  • 2.2. Illness Prevention
  • Mobile Health Management Services
  • 3. SOCIAL SUPPORT
  • 3.1. Social Support and the Virtual Community
  • 3.2. Mobile Virtual Communities and Health
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7: OLS-OPPORTUNISTIC LOCALIZATION SYSTEM FOR SMART PHONES DEVICES
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. CurrentState-of-the-Art
  • 3. Architecture
  • 3.1. System Components
  • 3.2. Device Sensors
  • 4. Seamless Sensor Fusion
  • 4.1. Particle Filter Algorithm
  • 4.2. Motion Model
  • 4.3. Measurement Model
  • 4.4. Overall Fusion Flow.
  • 5. Fingerprint Predictions for an Opportunistic Localization System
  • 5.1. Fingerprint Prediction
  • 6. Experiments and Discussion
  • 6.1. Opportunistic Data Fusion
  • 6.2. Fingerprint Prediction
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: MOBILE PHONES AND INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
  • ABSTRACT
  • MOBILE PHONES AND INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
  • NETWORK CAPABILITY
  • AGE VERIFICATION ONLINE
  • USER SELF-VERIFICATION
  • FINANCIAL
  • BIOMETRICS
  • FILTERS
  • SURVEILLANCE
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX.