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 The talk will start by introducing a discussion on biological psychology and neuroimaging, followed by the integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning and molecular innovations. Other important issues will be presented next like neurology, computational models and cognitive neuroscience, as well as neuropsychology. It follows the coverage of neuroinformatics and neuro decoding. The presentation will then proceed to dissect issues related to BCIs and neuromorphic computing. Finally , the topics of microengineering and neuro ethics will be dissected.

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Professor Luiz Moutinho (BA, MA, PhD, MAE, FCIM) is Visiting Professor of Marketing at Suffolk Business School, Faculty of Arts, Business and Applied Social Science, Univ. of Suffolk, Ipswich, England, UK, and at The Marketing School, Portugal, and Adjunct Professor of Marketing, GSB, FBE, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. In 2020 he was elected as the member of The Academia Europaea. In 2017 he received a degree of Prof. Honoris Causa from the Univ. of Tourism and Management Skopje, North Macedonia. During 2015 - 2017 he was professor of BioMarketing and Futures Research at the DCU Business School, Dublin City University, Ireland. This was the first Chair in the world on both domains - BioMarketing and Futures Research. Previously, and for 20 years, he had been appointed as the Foundation Chair of Marketing at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Scotland. He completed his PhD at the University of Sheffield in 1982. He has been a Full Professor for 34 years and held posts at Cardiff Business School, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA, Northern Arizona University, USA and California State University, USA. He has held Visiting Professorship positions at numerous universities in China, Lithuania, Austria, New Zealand, Denmark, Slovenia, Portugal, Hungary, Taiwan, Brazil, Colombia, Fiji and Cyprus. Between 1987 and 1989 he was the director of the Doctoral Programmes at the Confederation of Scottish Business Schools and at the Cardiff Business School between 1993 and 1996. He was director of the Doctoral Programme in Management at the University of Glasgow between 1996 and 2004. Professor Moutinho is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Modelling in Management (JM2) and Co-editor-in-Chief of the Innovative Marketing Journal. He has another 4 associate editorships as well as being in the editorial boards of another 47 international academic journals. His areas of research interest encompass marketing and management futurecast, artificial intelligence, biometrics and neuroscience in marketing, futures research algorithmic self, EmoWear - a wearable tech device that detects human emotions, evolutionary algorithms, human-computer interaction, the use of artificial neural networks in marketing, modelling processes of consumer behaviour and tourism futurecast. He has developed a number of conceptual models over the years in areas such as tourism destination decision processes, automated banking, supermarket patronage, among other areas. The testing of these research models has been based on the application of many different statistical, computer and mathematical modelling techniques ranging from multidimensional scaling, multinomial logit generalised linear models (GLMs) and linear structural relations to neural networks, ordered probit, simulated annealing, tabu search, genetic algorithms, memetic algorithms and fuzzy logic. Prof. Moutinho has given keynote speeches, lectures, seminars, talks, etc. in 48 countries worldwide. Prof. Moutinho has 39 books published, over 159 articles published in refereed academic journals. He has 16812 academic citations, the h-index of 59 and the i10-index of 163 (Google Scholar, December 25th, 2023).

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Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a series of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by social disorders, rigid behaviors and narrow interests.The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the prevalence of ASD has been increasing over the past 50 years. With one in 48 children, ASD has become a global public health problem.Currently, there is no effective drug treatment for children with ASD, and there is no effective medical treatment. Education of these ASD children by special education methods alone has a poor outcome, with 75% of ASD children failing to achieve normal or cure. And 80% of ASD children suffer from mental retardation, ADHD, epilepsy, emotional sleep disorders and so on. It can cause pain and suffering for ASD children and their parents. The effects may persist into adulthood. Objective;The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of scalp acupuncture of painless therapy on core symptoms, quality of life and communication ability of children with ASD. Our team conducted a controlled study of scalp acupuncture therapy in 198 children diagnosed with ASD. The clinical diagnostic criteria of children with ASD who were selected for met the DSM-5 criteria. Each child and parent signed an informed consent form. Methods: 198 children with ASD were randomly divided into two groups. One group 89 cases received painless scalp electroacupuncture therapy and the other group 89 cases received Pediatrics rehabilitation care and special education for 6 months. Clinical evaluation methods were ATEC, ABC,CARS and Gesell developmental scales. Pre- and post-treatment assessments were performed.The age of the two groups was 3-7 years old, and the gender, degree of illness, comorbidities, family education and rearing methods, course of disease and other factors were statistically analyzed. There was no significant difference between the two groups, and there was a certain comparability between the two groups. Painless scalp electroacupuncture therapy method, acupuncture and precise scalp surface projection in functional language area of cerebral cortex were selected for scalp acupuncture. Broca and Wennicken area were simultaneously stimulated by acupuncture. Painless scalp acupuncture is performed every other day. After Painless scalp acupuncture acupuncture, electrical acupuncture was given to stimulate the language area for 15 minutes, every 10 times of acupuncture, rest for 15 days. A second clinical evaluation was conducted 6 months after painless scalp acupuncture. Results: The improvement of core symptoms in the painless scalp electroacupuncture treatment group was better than that in the control group. The initial clinical improvement was in abnormal visual communication, improvement of sleep and mood, and the following clinical effects were alleviation of rigid behavior, improvement of attention, and improvement of verbal and social communication ability. Assessment of these scales reflects a gradual improvement in these core symptoms. But these changes were not significant in the control group. Conclusion: The research results showed that painless scalp acupunctureacupuncture therapy could significantly improve the core symptoms of ASD children, such as extreme loneliness, eye contact disorder, language repetition, compulsive agreement, and indifference, significantly regulate the abnormal EEG of ASD children, and positively promote the cognitive level of low-functioning ASD children. The clinical efficacy of the treatment of ASD was not closely related to age. Painless scalp electroacupuncture can be used as an effective supplement and alternative medicine therapy in the clinical treatment of ASD. The popularization and application of painless scalp acupuncture therapy can improve the quality of life of ASD children and reduce the economic burden of society and family. Since 2004, Nanhai Women's and Children's Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine has applied our original pediatric neurorehabilitation scalp acupuncture therapy to treat ASD and achieved good clinical efficacy. In order to further promote the application, our research group obtained the exact clinical effect confirmed by scientific evaluation through the clinical validation study and clinical follow-up of 1000 cases of ASD. We also receive pediatricians from all over the world who come to our hospital in China to study head acupuncture therapy for ASD. Doctors and rehabilitation therapists from Switzerland, Australia, the United States, Germany, Egypt, Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries have come to our hospital to study the clinical application of head acupuncture therapy in ASD. 

Biography

:Zhenhuan LIU professor of pediatrics,Pediatric acupuncturist Ph.D.tutor.He has been engaged in pediatric clinical and child rehabilitation for 40 years. Led the rehabilitation team to treat more than 40,000 cases of children with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy and autism from China and more than 20 countries,More than 26800 childrens deformity returned to school and society and became self-sufficient.The rehabilitation effect ranks the international advanced level.Vice-chairman of Rehabilitation professional committe children with cerebral palsy,World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.Visiting Profassor of Chinese University of Hong Kong in recent 10 years.He is most famous pediatric neurological and rehabilitation specialists in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in China.He has edited 20 books.He has published 300 papers in international and Chinese medical journals. Email Lzh1958424@163.com Presenter Name: Zhenhuan LIU Pediatrics rehabilitation care and special education group

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Exploring the higher brain functions (such as cognitive functions, emotions, and conscious perceptions, etc.) need to be conducted under awake behavioral conditions. Due to the precise controllability of visual stimuli and the accurate real-time monitoring of eye movements, visual-saccades in primates have become an ideal and increasingly recognized behavioral paradigm for studying higher brain functions. In this report, I will elaborate on the biological mechanisms underlying visual-saccades and their roles in basic and clinical research.

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× Biography I am interested in understanding the neuronal basis of conscious perception and cognition in primates. We employ visual, oculomotor and manual systems as behavior model to assess the neural correlations of conscious perception and cognition. Meanwhile, I have a keen interest to combine my expertise in neuroscience and medicine to study the pathological mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, such as AD and PD. We have successfully made hemi-Parkinson model in monkeys by injection of MPTP through unilateral internal carotid. With the hemi-Parkinson monkeys, we are able to explore the neural mechanisms of motor and non-motor impairments in Parkinson disease, and evaluate the effect of various treatments including deep brain stimulation (DBS). The experimental results have been published in Nature, Science, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, PNAS, Cell Reports, eLIFE, Cerebral Cortex, Journal of neuroscience, etc

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 The concept about the “therapeutic writing” has its beginning from an autobiographic work, realized in 2003, whose title is Let tere ad un interlocutore reale. Il mio senso. That autobiographic writing turned out to be therapeutic because it has helped the writer to develop her sharpest sufferings, to overcome traumas and to win old guilt. The therapeutic writing, meant as inner reveal, is essential to be able to understand also the physical signals that our body often give us as a reply, aware or not, to a pain we had lived and we are still living. The individual writing becomes a shared experience working in groups, where everybody gives his own personal contribution. The epistolary approach of the “therapeutic writing” consists in a bunch of letters (written to one’s self, to one’s mother etc.) used as therapeutic tools, in order for the writer to easily recall the meaningful episodes of his own existence, from his childhood to his adult age. The epistolary way becomes then the most appropriate way to remember our own emotions, our sorrows, the sufferings and our deepest feelings. The benefits, got with the individual writing, will become wider while reading and sharing personal experiences with others. The negative moods lived again by the person who tells about himself, will lose, line after line, the characteristic of anxiety and ta boo, while the positive ones, even if shyly expressed, will find in the other people’s benevolence a further reason to go through again. All these constant efforts makes the “therapeutic writing” evolving into a performative character

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A graduate in Architecture, in 1998 she suffered the devastating experience of breast cancer, which gave her the opportunity to rethink her life: an opportunity to heal inside and out. Today, Sonia has turned this dramatic experience into a true mission: to communicate to everyone that evil can be fought and defeated, especially when we face the truth within ourselves. Anyone wishing to contact her or learn more about her can do so through her website: www.soniascarpante.it/"">www.soniascarpante.it

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Approximately a decade ago I was asked to evaluate a National Hockey League player for a seizure disorder secondary to a severe concussion he had suffered while an active player in the NHL. This was my introduction to the number of professional athletes in all sports in the US who are struggling with severe concussions and post-concussion syndrome. Mostly unrecognized and as a result untreated. As I began to work with other professional athletes and victims of car crashes it became clearer to me that concussions and PCS initiate and create a neurodegenerative disease process in the brain. This had already been recognized (see the Masel and DeWitt 2010 article “Traumatic Brain Injury: A Disease Process, Not An Event” in Neurotrauma 2010; 27(8): 1529-40) but sadly is not common knowledge within the medicine I see being practiced in the US. 2 As more and more patients began showing up in my office with a history of concussions and PCS, I began to think about a model that would describe and account for the neurodegenerative progression I was seeing with my patients. This led to my development of the “Architecture Model” of trauma to the brain/mind (see The Complex Architecture and Healing of Traumatic Brain Injuries, Leighton J Reynolds, Cambridge Scholars Pubishing 2023). I observed 4 interlocking architectures the brain constructs in response to being traumatized. And my latest thinking has concluded that this model applies to all trauma to the brain/mind including seizures, strokes, infections in the brain, major mental illness, PTSD, and dementia. The 4 interlocking architectures include: Architecture One: Shock Trauma to the brain. Architecture Two: Disruptions to the electrical and chemical functioning of the neurons in the brain. Architecture Three: A Breakdown in homeostatic functioning throughout the brain and the body. Architecture Four: The Perfect Storm in the Brain (the clash of a TBI and PTSD). During my presentation I will present several cases and explore how the Architecture Model helps us understand what is happening to our patients and what kinds of treatment can be healing for them. The presentation will also include my observation that healing the damaged sense of self (that comes along with all traumas to the brain/mind) is essential to helping our patients recover fully from their brain/mind injuries.

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Dr. Reynolds began toying with the idea of fictional writing back in early 2008, after having spent years writing scientific and nonfiction pieces during the process of obtaining his doctorate. Then, one Sunday morning in March, he simply sat down and started writing and writing – and the rest is history. He was (and still is) heavily inspired by Santa Clarita’s year-round fire seasons. After witnessing three simultaneous wildfires in the valley in October of 2007, the gears started to turn in his head

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Abstract: For realizing pervasive and ubiquitous health and social care services, health and social care system have to undergo an organizational, methodological and technological transformation towards personalized, participative, preventive, predictive precision medicine. For designing and managing the resulting highly complex, distributed and dynamic ecosystem, we must consistently and formally represent the system and its components from the perspective of all actors from different domains including the subject of care, using different methodologies, knowledge, language and having experiences. The challenge is the consistent, correct and formalized representation of the transformed health ecosystem from the perspectives of all domains involved including the legal and ethical ones, representing and managing them based on related ontologies. The resulting business view of the real-world ecosystem must be interrelated using the ISO/IEC 21838 Top Level Ontologies standard. The granularity level of the considered components may range from elementary particles up to the society and the universe. The solution is a system-theoretical, architecture-centered, ontology-based and policy-driven approach. Over the last 30 years, the author developed the necessary model and framework, which is meanwhile standardized as ISO 23903 Interoperability and Integration Reference Architecture. The approach has been defined as mandatory for any specification or project at ISO, CEN, IEEE, etc. addressing more than one domain. The presented approach enables design, implementation and management of intelligent and ethical health and social care systems as well as knowledge-based communication and cooperation of all actors involved. Thereby, it manages also security, privacy and trust in detail. The Keynote introduces necessary standards and methodologies for designing and managing 5P medicine ecosystems as well as practical examples

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Dr. Bernd Blobel studied Mathematics, Technical Cybernetics and Electronics, Bio-Cybernetics, Physics, Medicine and Informatics at the University of Magdeburg and other universities in the former GDR. He received his PhD in Physics with a neurophysiological study. Furthermore, he performed the Habilitation (qualification as university professor) in Medicine and Informatics. He was Head of the Institute for Biometrics and Medical Informatics at the University of Magdeburg, and thereafter Head of the Health Telematics Project Group at the Fraunhofer IIS in Erlangen. Thereafter, he acted until his retirement as Head of the German National eHealth Competence Center at the University of Regensburg as well as Head of the globally unique International Interdisciplinary PhD and PostDoc College. He was and is still leadingly involved in many countries health digitalization as well as electronic health record strategy. He published more than 600 papers, published/edited many books and supervised a big number of PhD students from all around the world. He was German Representative to many SDOs such as HL7, ISO, CEN, OMG, IEEE, ASTM, SNOMED, etc., also chairing the national mirror groups. Furthermore, he still engaged in international higher education. He is Fellow of several international academies and played specific roles in global organizations such as WHO, European Commission, UNESCO, etc. His extended publication list is available at https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/view/people/Blobel=3ABernd=3A=3A.html.