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"The Great Seljuk Empire was the Turkish state which dominated the Middle East and Central Asia in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. This book surveys that period, which was one of exceptional importance, witnessing profound demographic, religious, political and social changes in the Islamic Middle East. The Turkish invasions played a role in provoking the Crusades, led to the collapse of Byzantine power in Anatolia and brought about the beginnings of Turkish settlement in what is now Turkey and Iran, permanently altering their ethnic and linguistic composition."--

History of Asia --- History of Southern Europe --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1000-1099 --- Turkey --- Seljuks --- Civilization. --- Seldjouks --- Civilization --- Civilisation

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The Minimum Message Length (MML) Principle is an information-theoretic approach to induction, hypothesis testing, model selection, and statistical inference. MML, which provides a formal specification for the implementation of Occam's Razor, asserts that the ‘best’ explanation of observed data is the shortest. Further, an explanation is acceptable (i.e. the induction is justified) only if the explanation is shorter than the original data. This book gives a sound introduction to the Minimum Message Length Principle and its applications, provides the theoretical arguments for the adoption of the principle, and shows the development of certain approximations that assist its practical application. MML appears also to provide both a normative and a descriptive basis for inductive reasoning generally, and scientific induction in particular. The book describes this basis and aims to show its relevance to the Philosophy of Science. Statistical and Inductive Inference by Minimum Message Length will be of special interest to graduate students and researchers in Machine Learning and Data Mining, scientists and analysts in various disciplines wishing to make use of computer techniques for hypothesis discovery, statisticians and econometricians interested in the underlying theory of their discipline, and persons interested in the Philosophy of Science. The book could also be used in a graduate-level course in Machine Learning and Estimation and Model-selection, Econometrics and Data Mining. C.S. Wallace was appointed Foundation Chair of Computer Science at Monash University in 1968, at the age of 35, where he worked until his death in 2004. He received an ACM Fellowship in 1995, and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1996. Professor Wallace made numerous significant contributions to diverse areas of Computer Science, such as Computer Architecture, Simulation and Machine Learning. His final research focused primarily on the Minimum Message Length Principle.

Statistics. --- Coding theory. --- Mathematical statistics. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Statistical Theory and Methods. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Coding and Information Theory. --- Probability and Statistics in Computer Science. --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Mathematics --- Statistical inference --- Statistics, Mathematical --- Statistics --- Probabilities --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Data compression (Telecommunication) --- Digital electronics --- Information theory --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Computer programming --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Econometrics --- Minimum message length (Information theory) --- Mathematical statistics --- Induction (Mathematics) --- Methodology. --- Mathematical induction --- Induction (Logic) --- Length, Minimum message (Information theory) --- Message length, Minimum (Information theory) --- MML (Information theory) --- Computer science. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Informatics --- Science --- Statistics . --- Information theory. --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Cybernetics

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This book provides a comprehensive coverage and a succinct overview of the current status of supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine written by leading experts in the field. The chapters coherently present an overview on the major treatment approaches of Chinese medicine and progresses made with different important aspects on supportive cancer care with acupuncture, herbal therapy and qigong. Moreover, there are reviews on the evidences and efficacies of Chinese medicine for controlling radiation-induced injuries, chemotherapy-related side effects, as well as pain control with Chinese medicine. In order to provide information from basic science at the bench to the patient’s bedside, modern researches and clinical trials would be overviewed so as to give an up-to-date and realistic evaluation of a therapy’s utility for cancer patients. It is also worth noting that toxicology, safety and herb-drug interactions are the main concerns of using Chinese medicine combined with Western medicine. A chapter will expound on these issues and there will also be chapters discussing integrative Chinese and Western medicine, as well as cancer prevention with Chinese medicine. This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge on supportive cancer care with Chinese medicine, which will appeal to anyone involved in cancer care. This is a precious book for all types of readers, including but not limited to oncologists, cancer researchers, pharmacologists, pharmaceutical specialists, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, Chinese medicine educators, medicine postgraduates and undergraduates, cancer caregivers, cancer survivors, and family members of cancer patients who want to expand their knowledge in supportive cancer care.

Cancer -- Alternative treatment. --- Cancer -- Treatment. --- Herbs -- Therapeutic use. --- Medicine, Chinese -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions. --- Medicine, Chinese. --- Diseases --- Medicine, East Asian Traditional --- Medicine, Traditional --- Medicine, Chinese Traditional --- Neoplasms --- Culture --- Complementary Therapies --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Therapeutics --- Anthropology --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Oncology --- Cancer --- Treatment. --- Chinese medicine --- TCM (Medicine) --- Traditional Chinese medicine --- Traditional medicine --- Cancer therapy --- Cancer treatment --- Therapy --- Medicine. --- Cancer research. --- Complementary medicine. --- Acupuncture. --- Oncology. --- Biomedicine. --- Cancer Research. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Oncology  . --- Alternative medicine. --- Counterirritation --- Energy medicine --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Integrative medicine --- Tumors --- Cancer research

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Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the past, clinical data showed that some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anticancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists have queried about the scientific validity of CAM due to the lack of scientific evidence. There is great demand in narrowing the knowledge gap to explore the scientific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in the anticancer field. With this aim, an unparalleled undertaking of a book series is launched to structurally consolidate this area. Although acupuncture and moxibustion have been practiced for millennia, they have come under scientific investigation only recently. Acupuncture and moxibustion have been used clinically to treat cancer-related symptoms (e.g. cancer pain, anxiety, depression and insomnia), manage treatment-induced side effects (e.g. hot flashes, nausea and vomiting) and enhance immunity (e.g. blood cell count, lymphocyte and natural killer cell activity). This is the first book manages to provide comprehensive and updated scientific evidence of the effectiveness of acupuncture and moxibustion intervention for cancer care. Laboratory and animal studies have uncovered the mechanisms of acupuncture and moxibustion for cancer therapy. Promising results of most clinical trials show the efficacy and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion in cancer management. This book consists of fifteen chapters which address a range of important aspects that will impact on the application of acupuncture and moxibustion. An overview of the safety and side effects of acupuncture and moxibustion for cancer care are also covered. In addition, the integration of acupuncture with Western medicine in cancer treatment and recent clinical trials are included as well. Opinion leaders around the world have teamed up to pursue a thorough and up-to-date review of the area, this volume will contribute great to the cancer, clinical and academic community by providing evidence-based information on the efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion as an anticancer therapy.

Acupuncture points. --- Acupuncture. --- Moxa. --- Cancer --- Acupuncture --- Moxa --- Evidence-based medicine --- Evidence-Based Practice --- Complementary Therapies --- Clinical Medicine --- Diseases --- Medicine --- Therapeutics --- Health Occupations --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Moxibustion --- Evidence-Based Medicine --- Neoplasms --- Acupuncture Therapy --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Oncology --- Alternative Medicine --- Alternative treatment --- Treatment. --- Cancer therapy --- Cancer treatment --- Acumoxa --- Moxabustion --- Therapy --- Medicine. --- Cancer research. --- Complementary medicine. --- Oncology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Biomedicine general. --- Cancer Research. --- Counterirritation --- Energy medicine --- Tumors --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Integrative medicine --- Cancer research --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Acupuncture points --- Alternative medicine. --- Oncology  . --- Biomedicine, general. --- Health Workforce

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Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the past, clinical data showed that some complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anticancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists have queried about the scientific validity of CAM due to the lack of scientific evidence. There is great demand in the knowledge gap to explore the scientific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in the anticancer field. With this aim, a book series is needed to structurally deliver the knowledge to readers. Throughout the past decade, the cancer chemopreventive potencies and treatment effects of a number of natural dietary agents present in different food sources have been evaluated by various experiments. Some of them have progressed to early clinical trials. This volume is a specialized book presenting the research evidence relevant to the use of specific diet therapy in cancer chemoprevention and treatment. We begin with lessons learned from dietary resveratrol as an effective agent with anticancer properties against malignancies, followed examples of flavonoids from fruits and vegetables in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Evidence for the beneficial influence of diet enriched with flax seed oil and green tea on cancer will be reviewed. Soy food intake may enhance the effects on anticancer treatment for breast cancer, whereas lycopene-rich foods may possess chemopreventive efficacy. There are also discussions on the contribution of the cancer preventive effects of the antioxidant-rich foods and Mediterranean diet. In addition, the modulation of proteasome pathways by nutraceuticals is highlighted. Finally, we close the book with a discussion on the attenuation of cell survival signaling by bioactive phytochemicals in the prevention and therapy cancer.

Cancer -- Chemoprevention. --- Cancer -- Diet therapy. --- Cancer. --- Antineoplastic Agents --- Protective Agents --- Drug Therapy --- Diseases --- Therapeutic Uses --- Specialty Uses of Chemicals --- Therapeutics --- Physiological Effects of Drugs --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Pharmacologic Actions --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Anticarcinogenic Agents --- Chemoprevention --- Neoplasms --- Cancer --- Diet therapy. --- Nutritional aspects. --- Medicine. --- Cancer research. --- Biotechnology. --- Complementary medicine. --- Oncology. --- Health. --- Biomedicine. --- Biomedicine general. --- Complementary & Alternative Medicine. --- Popular Science in Medicine and Health. --- Cancer Research. --- Nutritional aspects --- Treatment --- Alternative medicine. --- Oncology  . --- Tumors --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Complementary medicine --- Healing systems --- Systems, Healing --- Systems, Therapeutic --- Therapeutic systems --- Medicine --- Integrative medicine --- Medicine . --- Biomedicine, general. --- Health Workforce --- Cancer research --- Personal health --- Wellness --- Physiology --- Holistic medicine --- Hygiene --- Well-being --- diet therapy. --- prevention & control. --- methods. --- therapeutic use.