This encyclopedia is a wide-ranging collection of diverse coverage of topics related to database concepts, technologies, and applications. It provides an overview of the state-of-the-art of classical subjects and has contributions from over 175 international researchers from 33 countries, more...

"This book is a compilation of contributions on the main issues, challenges, opportunities and developments related to enterprise information systems from the social, managerial and organizational perspectives, offering current achievements and practical solutions and applications"--Provided by...

1. Investment in IT and the business performance of financial companies / Irene Henriques, Perry Sadorsky -- 2. Recent development of information technology in Japanese banks / Nobuyoshi Yamori, Kozo Harimaya, Yoshihiro Asai -- 3. Payment systems of financial institutions : current state and...

In the healthcare field, there is limited literature published on the subject of global deployment, diffusion, adoption, use, and impact of information communication technologies in the context of health informatics and electronic healthcare applications. Due to a lack of such literature, those...

Recent advances in gene sequencing technology are now shedding light on the complex interplay between genes that elicit phenotypic behavior characteristic of any given organism. In order to mediate internal and external signals, the daunting task of classifying an organism's genes into complex...

Section 2. Logical modeling -- 19. Object-Relational Modeling -- 20. Concept-Oriented Model -- 21. Database Reverse Engineering -- 22. Imprecise Functional Dependencies -- 23. Horizontal Data Partitioning: Past, Present and Future -- 24. Database Support for Workflow Management Systems -- 25....

Section 1. Basic Concepts -- 1. Mobile Computing: Technology Challenges, Constraints, and Standards -- 2. Business Model Typology for Mobile Commerce -- 3. Security and Trust in Mobile Multimedia -- 4. Data Dissemination in Mobile Environments -- 5. A Taxonomy of Database Operations on Mobile...

Division 2. Digital Divides, Education, Gender, and Ethnicity -- 11. Generation, Education, Gender, and Ethnicity in American Digital Divides -- 12. The Digital Divides in the U.S.: Access, Broadband, and Nature of Internet Use -- 13. Does the Digital Divide Extend to Minority- and Women-Owned...