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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-MY link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=HTMLBody align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=HTMLBody align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Proposal Submission Deadline: November 30, 2013<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Assistive Technologies for Physical and Cognitive Disabilities</span></i></b><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=HTMLBody align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>A book edited by Dr. Lau Bee Theng<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>(Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>To be published by IGI Global: </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1117">http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1117</a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#231F20'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#231F20'>For release in the </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.igi-global.com/book-series/advances-medical-technologies-clinical-practice/73682"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP) Book Series</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#231F20'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";color:#231F20'>The <b>Advances in Medical Technologies and Clinical Practice (AMTCP) Book Series</b> brings together the most recent research on the latest technology used in areas of nursing informatics, clinical technology, biomedicine, diagnostic technologies, and more. Researchers, students, and practitioners in this field will benefit from this fundamental coverage on the use of technology in clinical practices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Assistive technology, also known as rehabilitative, adaptive, augmentative, or alternative technology, has undergone a lot of developments as it addresses the concerns of the underprivileged community. Various technologies have been created and developed to assist the people with different types of impairments. The research on assistive technology plays an important role to advance the skills and knowledge of the community on various assistive technologies for their reference and adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Objective of the Book<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>This book aims to gather the state-of-the-art of assistive technology related applications and cases worldwide on various people with physical and cognitive disabilities. It serves as a collection for researchers to publish their ongoing or completed investigations, developments, and findings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Target Audience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of assistive technology and ICT for healthcare. T</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>he community of university researchers, inclusive healthcare practitioners, parents with special needs children, caretakers of adults with impairments, special education teachers, operators of centers for elderly people, volunteers who serve the underprivileged people and individuals who are interested in investigating ICT for assistive technology are going to benefit from reading this book.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=HTMLBody style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Recommended Topics</span></b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>The scope of this book focuses on (but is not limited to) research for people with cognitive and physical impairments:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>ICT-based assistive technologies for elderly people<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Assistive technologies for special needs children<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Pattern recognition for behavior monitoring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Image processing for behavior and activity recognition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Sound and speech recognition based assistance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle 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"Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Real time monitoring with wireless/wired sensors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Tools to improve communication for people with social and communication impairments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle 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"Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Affective computing for teaching and learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Online collaborative teaching and learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Multimedia solutions for teaching and learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Submission Procedure<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit <i>on or before <b>November 30, 2013</b></i>, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by <b><i>December 15, 2013</i></b> about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by <b><i>February 28, 2014</i></b>. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.<span class=MsoFootnoteReference> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Publisher<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.igi-global.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>www.igi-global.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>. This publication is anticipated to be released in <b>2014</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>November 30, 2013:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> Proposal submission deadline<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>December 15, 2013:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> Proposal acceptance notification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>February 28, 2014:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> Full chapter submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>April 30, 2014:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> Full chapter acceptance notification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>May 30, 2014:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'> Revised chapter submission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Editorial Advisory Board Members<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Dennis Wong, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Hudyjaya SiswoyoJo, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Henry Lee Seldon, Multimedia University, Malaysia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Lau Sian Lun, Sunway University, Malaysia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Lau Siong Hoe, Multimedia University, Malaysia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Lee Sin Wee, University of East London, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Mark Tee, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Ong Chin Ann, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"'>Usman Naeem, University of East 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