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Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of the Digital Human: Digital Human Devices – What They Can Do and How They Can Do It

Guest Editor: Dr. Shana Smith, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

The goal of this special issue is to present a comprehensive multi-disciplinary view of digital human devices – of what they can do and how they can do it.

The emphasis of the special issue will be on digital human devices with novel and exceptional abilities, and on both hardware and software elements. Manuscripts must therefore contain appropriate and interesting theoretical, experiential and application single-views and comparative-views of novel and exceptional digital human devices.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

• The state of the art in digital human devices

• Novel and exceptional visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory and gustatory sensing abilities

• Novel and exceptional information integration and perception abilities

• Novel and exceptional higher-level cognition and decision-making abilities

• Novel and exceptional activation, action, response, feedback and adaptation abilities

• Trends in digital human devices

• Future trends in digital human devices

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All submissions should begin with a letter of intent (100-200 words) that describes the goals, content and results of the study (to be emailed to the Guest Editor at ssmith@ntu.edu.tw).

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our information on preparing and submitting articles.

Important Dates

Deadline for letter of intent (100-200 words): 31 August, 2013 (email submission)

Deadline for full paper: 30 November, 2013 (online submission)

First review completed: 31 January, 2014

Deadline for revised paper: 31 March, 2014 (online submission)

Second review completed: 31 May, 2014

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of the Digital Human:Digital Human Models – What They Can Do and How They Can Do It

Guest Editor:

Dr. Shana Smith, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

The goal of this special issue is to present a comprehensive multi-disciplinary view of digital human models – of what they can do and how they can do it.

The emphasis of the special issue will be on digital human models with novel and exceptional abilities, and on only software elements. Manuscripts must therefore contain appropriate and interesting theoretical, experiential and application single-views and comparative-views of novel and exceptional digital human models.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

• The state of the art in digital human models

• Novel and exceptional visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory and gustatory sensing abilities

• Novel and exceptional information integration and perception abilities

• Novel and exceptional higher-level cognition and decision-making abilities

• Novel and exceptional activation, action, response, feedback and adaptation abilities

• Trends in digital human models

• Future trends in digital human models

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All submissions should begin with a letter of intent (100-200 words) that describes the goals, content and results of the study (to be emailed to the Guest Editor at ssmith@ntu.edu.tw).

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our information on preparing and submitting articles.

Important Dates

Deadline for letter of intent (100-200 words): 31 August, 2013 (email submission)

Deadline for full paper: 30 November, 2013 (online submission)

First review completed: 31 January, 2014

Deadline for revised paper: 31 March, 2014 (online submission)

Second review completed: 31 May, 2014

Call for Papers on the Topic of Mental Health in Students for Academic Psychiatry

Academic Psychiatry invites manuscripts focusing on the topic of mental health in students. We welcome papers that focus on the mental health and well-being of college students, medical students, residents, and fellows across specialties of medicine, postdoctoral graduate students, and students in the health professions, including psychology, nursing, dentistry, and other fields. Original research and evidence-based review papers are also welcome on special topics such as sleep and sleep-related issues, self-care, the use of substances by students, the use of stimulants, including those for performance enhancement, by students, aggressive or disruptive behavior of students, and suicide. Papers should be submitted to by October 1, 2013, to Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/appi-ap). Please indicate in the cover letter that the submission is for this special topic. All manuscripts will undergo peer review, and publication is not guaranteed. Queries regarding possible submissions are welcome. If you wish to discuss manuscript ideas, please contact the editor-in-chief via e-mail at acadpsych@gmail.com.