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Pathophysiology is a peer-reviewed international English language which address the etiology, development, and elimination of pathological processes. Contributions on the basic mechanisms underlying these processes, model systems and interdisciplinary approaches are strongly encouraged.An international editorial board welcomes contributions covering the following areas:• General pathophysiological processes: inflammation, infection, hypoxia, stress, shock, pain, disregulation• Cellular and molecular pathophysiology• Neuroscience• Heart and circulation• Respiratory system• Renal, fluid and electrolyte pathophysiology• Gastrointestinal and hepatic system• Endocrine system• Metabolic disorders• Blood system• Immune system• Reproductive system• Locomotor system

Patient Education and Counseling is an interdisciplinary, international journal for patient education and health promotion researchers, managers, physicians, nurses and other health care providers. The journal seeks to explore and elucidate educational, counseling and communication models in health care. Its aim is to provide a forum for fundamental as well as applied research, and to promote the study of the delivery of patient education, counseling, and health promotion services, including training models and organizational issues in improving communication between providers and patients.The journal welcomes unsolicited manuscripts related to the field of patient education, counseling, clinical health promotion and communication in health care.Electronic usage:An increasing number of readers access the journal online via ScienceDirect, one of the world's most advanced web delivery systems for scientific, technical and medical information.Average monthly article downloads for this journal: 42,615** Figure is an average based on full text articles downloaded monthly via ScienceDirect between August 2008 and March 2009

Patient Safety in Surgery encompasses all issues related to safety and quality of patient care in surgery and surgical subspecialties. The journal has published a number of Editorials discussing topical issues important to the development of this field.

This journal presents original research that describes novel pattern analysis techniques as well as industrial and medical applications. It details new technology and methods for pattern recognition and analysis in applied domains, including computer vision and image processing, speech analysis, robotics, multimedia, document analysis, character recognition, knowledge engineering for pattern recognition, fractal analysis, and intelligent control. Pattern Analysis and Applications (PAA) also examines the use of advanced methods, including statistical techniques, neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy pattern recognition, machine learning, and hardware implementations which are either relevant to the development of pattern analysis as a research area or detail novel pattern analysis applications. The journal contains case-studies as well as reviews on benchmarks, evaluations of tools, and important research activities at international centers of excellence.

Pattern Recognition is the official journal of the Pattern Recognition Society. The Society was formed to fill a need for information exchange among research workers in the pattern recognition field. Up to now, we ''pattern-recognitionophiles'' have been tagging along in computer science, information theory, optical processing techniques, and other miscellaneous fields. Because this work in pattern recognition presently appears in widely spread articles and as isolated lectures in conferences in many diverse areas, the purpose of the journal Pattern Recognition is to give all of us an opportunity to get together in one place to publish our work. The journal will thereby expedite communication among research scientists interested in pattern recognition.We consider pattern recognition in the broad sense, and we assume that the journal will be read by people with a common interest in pattern recognition but from many diverse backgrounds. These include biometrics, target recognition, biological taxonomy, meteorology, space science, classification methods, character recognition, image processing, industrial applications, neural computing, and many others.The publication policy is to publish (1) new original articles that have been appropriately reviewed by competent scientific people, (2) reviews of developments in the field, and (3) pedagogical papers covering specific areas of interest in pattern recognition. Various special issues will be organized from time to time on current topics of interest to Pattern Recognition.Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

Pattern Recognition Letters aims at rapid publication of concise articles of a broad interest in pattern recognition.Subject areas include all the current fields of interest represented by the Technical Committees of the International Association of Pattern Recognition, and other developing themes involving learning and recognition. Examples include:• Statistical, structural, syntactic pattern recognition;• Neural networks, machine learning, data mining;• Discrete geometry, algebraic, graph-based techniques for pattern recognition;• Signal analysis, image coding and processing, shape and texture analysis;• Computer vision, robotics, remote sensing;• Document processing, text and graphics recognition, digital libraries;• Speech recognition, music analysis, multimedia systems;• Natural language analysis, information retrieval;• Biometrics, biomedical pattern analysis and information systems;• Scientific, engineering, social and economical applications of pattern recognition;• Special hardware architectures, software packages for pattern recognition.We invite contributions as research reports or commentaries.Research reports should be concise summaries of methodological inventions and findings, with strong potential of wide applications.Alternatively, they can describe significant and novel applications of an established technique that are of high reference value to the same application area and other similar areas.Commentaries can be lecture notes, subject reviews, reports on a conference, or debates on critical issues that are of wide interests.To serve the interests of a diverse readership, the introduction should provide a concise summary of the background of the work in an accepted terminology in pattern recognition, state the unique contributions, and discuss broader impacts of the work outside the immediate subject area. All contributions are reviewed on the basis of scientific merits and breadth of potential interests.

Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis: Advances in Mathematical Theory and Applications is a per reviewed international journal featuring top papers in pattern recognition, image recognition, analysis, understanding, and processing. Emphasis is laid on rapid publishing of concise articles covering theory, methodology, and applications. Major topics include mathematical theory of pattern recognition and image analysis, raw data representation, computer vision, image mining, processing and understanding, machine learning, computer graphics, forecasting, data and knowledge bases, data mining, neural nets, artificial intelligence, software, specialized computer architectures, applications, and related areas.

Patterns of Prejudice provides a forum for exploring the historical roots and contemporary varieties of social exclusion and the demonization or stigmatisation of the Other. It probes the language and construction of 'race', nation, colour, and ethnicity, as well as the linkages between these categories. It encourages discussion of issues at the top of the public policy agenda, such as asylum, immigration, hate crimes and citizenship. As none of these issues are confined to any one region, Patterns of Prejudice maintains a global optic, at the same time as scrutinizing intensely the history and development of intolerance and chauvinism in the United States and Europe, both East and West. Patterns of Prejudice is a peer reviewed journal published five times a year. The views expressed in its pages are those of the individual authors. Contributions The editors welcome the submission of articles for publication in Patterns of Prejudice. These should be between 4000 and 7000 words. In exceptional cases, longer articles will be considered. All articles must be the original work of the author/s. In the first instance, please address all submissions to: Barbara Rosenbaum Patterns of Prejudice PO BOX 52456 London NW3 9BE UK Email: b.rosenbaum@dsl.pipex.com. They may be sent either as hard copies by post (please send three copies) or as e-mail attachments. Peer Review Policy: All articles published in this journal have undergone initial editorial screening and anonymous double-blind peer review. Disclaimer Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the 'Content') contained in its publications. However, Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not the views of Taylor & Francis.