Rehabilitators networking

Many policies and practices have been adopted by European countries for the management of contaminated sites. Information about the various national polices, the technical approaches for risk assessment, and the progress of rehabilitation activities in Europe has been compiled in the framework of two European networks—CARACS (Concerted Action for Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites) and CLARINET (Contaminated Land Rehabilitation Network for Environmental Technologies)—which were funded by the European Commission. A detailed description of European national policies can be found in relevant publications2 3 and in the CLARINET website (http //www.clarinet.at). 

International harmonization of soil quality standards (SQSs) has been discussed in the CARACAS (Concerted Action on Risk Assessment for Contaminated Sites in the European Union, 1995 to 1998) and CLARINET (Contaminated Land Rehabilitation Network for Environmental Technologies, 1998 to 2001) concerted actions (Vegter et al. 2003), and a form of the Soil Framework Directive is still under review by member states in the European Union, so the present guidance is both timely and relevant. 

CLARINET Contaminated Land Rehabilitation Network for Environmental... 

Jaspars, Susanne, and Helen Young. 1995. General Food Distribution in Emergencies From Nutritional Needs to Political Priorities. Relief and Rehabilitation Network, Good Practice Review 3. London Overseas Development Institute. 

Secretary-General. (2012). Analysis of funding of operational activities for development of the United Nations System for the year 2010. Development Cooperation Policy Branch, Office for ECOSOC support and coordination. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, http //www.un.org/esa/coordination/pdf/2012 funding report-figures and tables.pdf Sharp, K. (1998). Development Targeting food aid for disaster prevention in Ethiopia. Relief and rehabilitation network paper 27. London Overseas Development Institute. http //www. odihpn.org/download/networkpaper027pdf... 

Bayley MT, Hurdowar A, Teasell R et at (2007). Priorities for stroke rehabilitation and research results of a 2003 Canadian Stroke Network consensus conference. Archives of Physical and Medical Rehabilitation 88 526-528... 

A biomedical control system that utilizes a neurophysiologically-based approach has been developed for use in Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation (FNS) systems [Abbas, 1995 Abbas and Chizeck, 1995). FNS is a rehabilitation engineering technique that uses computer-controlled electrical stimuli to activate paralyzed muscle. The task of a control system is to determine appropriate stimulation levels to generate a given movement or posture. The neural network control system utilizes a block diagram structure that is based on hierarchical models of the locomotor control system. It also utilizes a heterogenous network of neurons, some of which are capable of endogenous oscillation. This network has been shown to provide rapid adaptation of the control system parameters [Abbas and Chizeck, 1995 Abbas and Triolo, 1997] and has been shown to exhibit modulation of reflex responses [Abbas, 1995]. 

For occasional journal articles on biomedical applications of neural networks, the reader is referred to IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, and the Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 

IEEE Transactions on Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Press. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, IEEE Press. 

However there are more than 23523 old railroad bridges still giving service in national railway network. In order to meet new requirements of the rehabilitated railways, rehabilitation and reinforcement, rather than replacing them with new bridges, achieve considerable economies and add a significant benefit to the nation s economical development. 

The determination of PSI using the above equations provided the ability to quantify more objectively the pavement condition from condition surveys. Many organisations in the United States and in other countries have adopted the PSI approach for periodical evaluation of the pavement condition (road network) aiming to prioritise and organise maintenance and rehabilitation works. Others have modified the PSI equations according to their own findings and needs, for example, inclusion of International Roughness Index (IRI) measurements (Hernan de Solminihac et al. 2003). 

Pavement management at the network level deals with summary information related to the network concern, aiming at prioritisation of maintenance and rehabilitation works with respect to the amount of funding available. 

The SERIES Workshop on the Role of Research Infrastructures in Seismic Rehabilitation took place in Istanbul in February 2012 and attracted a large audience to listen to renowned experts from around the world presenting close to 30 invited contributions. The Workshop itself and the publication and diffusion of these Proceedings are part of the Networking Activities of the SERIES project and have been made possible through European Community funding. 

Jovanov, E., Milenkovic, A., Otto, C., and de Groen, P.C., A wireless body area network of intelligent motion sensors for computer assisted physical rehabilitation.. Neuroeng. RehabU., 2, 6, 2005. 

Baena, A., Susin, A. Lligadas, X. (2012). Biomechanical validation of upper-body and lower-body joint movements of kinect motion capture data for rehabilitation treatments. 4th International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCOS), 656-661. 

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