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New directions for EJCC

Over the past 20 years the European Journal of Cancer Care has occupied an important niche in the cancer research publishing arena. Whilst no journal can claim ownership of any particular area, we believe our strength lies in multidisciplinary approaches to cancer control. As new models of cancer treatment and follow-up emerge, the importance of multidisciplinary approaches appears to be growing. There's no doubt things have changed over the last several decades; in the UK, for example, it's now taken for granted that newly diagnosed patients will have their treatment considered by a multidisciplinary team, with a range of healthcare perspectives examined. While we must continually strive for better evidence to underpin these approaches (Taylor et al. 2010), they are likely here to stay. It's now recognised that the treatment of cancer patients is multi-faceted and requires a joining up of health and social care. It requires co-ordination between a range of specialist cancer services, community based outreach services and primary care. The impact of patients’ social circumstances is much better recognised along with the need to address important issues such as family finances and occupational issues. Good multidisciplinary care requires considerable effort to bring the very broad range of players, including oncologists, nurses, carers, GPs, allied health care professionals and providers of social care together. Patients with cancer have complex healthcare needs and disaggregated models of care do not address these needs well. The current issue of our Journal demonstrates this complex landscape of cancer services, with an eclectic mix of research topics and methodologies; as always, multidisciplinary approaches to cancer control feature highly; we have a number of papers on survivorship, including a helpful framework for rehabilitation in cancer survivorship (Pearson & Twigg, pp. 701–708) and an examination of relationship dynamics amongst Danish cancer survivors (Assing Hvidt et al., pp. 726–737). Psychological issues relating to cancer also feature frequently in our journal, and this issue includes papers on depression (Aukst Margetić et al., pp. 807–815) and psycho-oncology research in China (Chambers et al., pp. 824–831). What kind of journal do we want to be? First and foremost we want to publish high quality research in areas with significant potential to have positive impacts on cancer outcomes in patients. By our nature, we have a limited focus on laboratory based studies and, while we encourage a range of methodologies from clinical trials to complex intervention studies, qualitative research and mixed methods approaches, we don't intend to publish individual case studies or case reports. Beyond our aspiration of improving cancer outcomes, we wish to engage closely with our research community and provide a ‘researcher-friendly’ vehicle for publication of high quality research – that involves good feedback to our contributors and swift turn-around of submitted papers. We don't intend to be obsessed by impact factors (although we won't complain if our ‘IF’ increases!). Over the coming months, we are planning a number of themed issues and guest editorials. These will address some of the ‘big issues’ mentioned above. We will also encourage submissions from developing and resource poor regions of the world – after all the majority of the world's burden of cancer comes from these regions (and they are producing a growing number of high quality studies). As we emphasised in our previous editorial (Knott et al. 2013), we wish to promote high quality submissions to our Journal; we will strive for quick turnaround times and, indeed, rapid rejection of papers which don't meet the mark. So we have lofty ambitions; we have a new editorial team and are in the process of recruiting new members to our editorial board. We hope our readership and our authors are ready to join us on this journey!

Introduction

This is the final hard copy volume of Frontiers and therefore marks a milestone. Future volumes will appear exclusively online, although we will consider publishing special issues in hard copy. This means that hard copy subscriptions will no longer be available; however, Frontiers will be available free of charge on our web site, along with all of the back issues. 
 The editorial board made the decision to move exclusively online for a few reasons. First and foremost, the board wanted to maintain the affordability of the journal. Few academic journals are as reasonably priced and as accessible as is Frontiers. However, the rising cost of printing and distributing Frontiers has increased the overall cost of producing the journal. We were faced with the need either to increase the price substantially or to rethink our publishing model and keep the journal affordable. Moving to an online journal seems to be the right solution.
 Second, we will publish accepted articles in a more timely manner by uploading them onto the web site as individual articles are approved and edited on an ongoing basis. This will benefit the authors who have their articles accepted for publication by shortening the time from acceptance to publication. Readers will also benefit by being able to read articles as soon as they are accepted and published without having to wait for the full volume to be produced.
 Third, we believe that ceasing production of a hard copy volume is the more environmentally responsible thing to do. Readers can read the journal online, and/or choose to print out any selected text they would like, thus saving paper from being wasted. In addition, we will save energy by not shipping the journal.
 The editorial board has discussed and renewed its strong commitment to maintaining the high-quality content of Frontiers. We will continue to utilize a double-blind review process to judge and select articles and keep as our principal goal the publication of high-quality research and writing on important study abroad topics and issues. Readers should be assured that Frontiers will continue to aspire to be the most important publication serving the study abroad field. 
 As the journal transitions to an online publication, I want to thank my editorial board colleagues for their ongoing collaboration; our institutional sponsors for their outstanding commitment and support; Dickinson College for continuing to provide Frontiers with its home; the many colleagues who serve as manuscript reviewers; the authors whose work appears in the journal; and the readers who continue to benefit from what they read on the pages of Frontiers, whether they be paper or electronic.
 Brian J. Whalen, editor

A Royal Chartered College joins Chiropractic & Manual Therapies

From January 2013, The UK College of Chiropractors joins the partnership between the Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia (COCA) and the European Academy of Chiropractic (EAC) to publish Chiropractic & Manual Therapies. This new partnership will enable the journal to grow and flourish and further improve access to high quality research publications for interested researchers and clinicians worldwide.

An Image Visual Quality Assessment Method Based on SIFT Features

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript An Image Visual Quality Assessment Method Based on SIFT Features Guangyi Chen, Stephane Coulombe JPRR Vol 8, No 1 (2013); doi:10.13176/11.511

Social and Emotional Learning Research: Intervention Studies for Supporting Adolescents in Turkey

This study is a systematic literature review that examines intervention research on social and emotional learning (SEL) programs in secondary schools of Turkey. Overall, 12 intervention studies were identified that had examined school programs on SEL-related topics. These topics included values development, conflict resolution, anger management, self- esteem enhancement, peer mediation, and several classroom-based interventions within subject area teaching. Findings suggest gaps in the publication of high quality research on intervention programs for supporting social and emotional learning in secondary schools of Turkey, along with inattention to how such programs influence academic achievement.

Expanding the perspective of translational medicine: the value of observational data

In 2003, the Journal of Translational Medicine was launched to foster the publication of high quality research in both "bench-to-bedside" as well as ex vivo human observation. In spite of the success of several large-scale observational studies, e.g. Framingham Heart Study, the opportunity to expand upon the ex vivo human observation has remained limited within the field of translational medicine. We believe that this presents a significant opportunity that merits consideration in both the planning and analysis of large scale observational studies and can contribute greatly to expanding our approaches in translational medicine

Investigation of Shoeprints Using Radon Transform With Reduced Computational Complexity

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Investigation of Shoeprints Using Radon Transform With Reduced Computational Complexity Pradeep M Patil, Maneesh P Deshmukh, Jayant V Kulkarni JPRR Vol 7, No 1 (2012); doi:10.13176/11.129

Facial Feature Points Tracking Based on AAM With Optical Flow Constrained Initialization

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Facial Feature Points Tracking Based on AAM With Optical Flow Constrained Initialization Ying Cui, Zhong Jin JPRR Vol 7, No 1 (2012); doi:10.13176/11.373

A Brief Survey of Color Image Preprocessing and Segmentation Techniques

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript A Brief Survey of Color Image Preprocessing and Segmentation Techniques Siddhartha Bhattacharyya JPRR Vol 6, No 1 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.191

A Comparative Approach to Cluster Validation

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript A Comparative Approach to Cluster Validation Renata Avros, Mati Golani, Zeev Volkovich JPRR Vol 6, No 2 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.208

Power Scaling of Chemiresistive Sensor Array Data for Odor Classification

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Power Scaling of Chemiresistive Sensor Array Data for Odor Classification Sunil Kumar Jha, R. D. S. Yadava JPRR Vol 6, No 1 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.247

Feature Dimensionality Reduction for Example-Based Image Super-Resolution

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Feature Dimensionality Reduction for Example-Based Image Super-Resolution Liangjun Xie, Dalong Li, Steven J. Simske JPRR Vol 6, No 2 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.323

Multistage Handwritten Marathi Compound Character Recognition Using Neural Networks

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Multistage Handwritten Marathi Compound Character Recognition Using Neural Networks Sushama Deepak Shelke, Shaila Apte JPRR Vol 6, No 2 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.300

The Analysis of Software Complexity Using Stochastic Metric Selection

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript The Analysis of Software Complexity Using Stochastic Metric Selection Nick J. Pizzi, Aleksander Demko, Witold Pedrycz JPRR Vol 6, No 1 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.224

Robot Localization Using Conciousness

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Robot Localization Using Consciousness Daniela López De Luise, Gabriel Barrera, Stan Franklin JPRR Vol 6, No 1 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.257

Perceptual Color Representation of the Face: Extracting the Color of Skin, Hair and Eyes

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Perceptual Color Representation of the Face: Extracting the Color of Skin, Hair and Eyes Levente Sajo, Kornel Bertok, Attila Fazekas JPRR Vol 6, No 2 (2011); doi:10.13176/11.259

Segmentation of Remotely Sensed Images Using Resampling Based Bayesian Learning

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Segmentation of Remotely Sensed Images Using Resampling Based Bayesian Learning Abhishek Singh, Padmini Jaikumar, Suman Mitra JPRR Vol 5, No 1 (2010); doi:10.13176/11.176

Recognition of on-Line Arabic Handwritten Characters Using Structural Features

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Recognition of on-Line Arabic Handwritten Characters Using Structural Features Ahmad Tawfiq Al-Taani, Saeed Al-Haj JPRR Vol 5, No 1 (2010); doi:10.13176/11.217

Face Verification in Videos: Set Estimation and Class Specific Thresholds

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript Face Verification in Videos: Set Estimation and Class Specific Thresholds Madhura Datta, C.A Murthy JPRR Vol 5, No 1 (2010); doi:10.13176/11.145

A Novel LBP Based Methods for Pavement Crack Detection

Close The Journal of Pattern Recognition Research (JPRR) provides an international forum for the electronic publication of high-quality research and industrial experience articles in all areas of pattern recognition, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. JPRR is committed to rigorous yet rapid reviewing. Final versions are published electronically (ISSN 1558-884X) immediately upon acceptance. Submit Manuscript A Novel LBP Based Methods for Pavement Crack Detection Yong Hu, Chun-xia Zhao JPRR Vol 5, No 1 (2010); doi:10.13176/11.167