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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Modern civilisation"”.
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The roles of regional organisations in international peace and security in the post-modern era. The case of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe with the Former Soviet Union Republic States.
… in international cooperation. While the post-modern civilisation and values are introduced into the institutions and organisations for international peace and security, the state actors from the pre-modern and modern civilisations and values are vigorously defending the traditional version of …
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Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development.
… to keep pace with the complexity and dynamism of modern civilisation. It is in the Nigerian Government's long-term interests to consider the insanity defence as an evolving area of law and to review the regulations. Over the years, the government has not reviewed or amended the insanity defence …
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Surgery and Climate Change: The Scientific and Public Policy Implications
… a few), constitutes an existential threat to modern civilisation and the sustainability of socio-medical practices such as surgery.
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Smart charging strategies for Electric Vehicles utilising non-dispatchable renewable electricity generation
… supply of energy is critical for the success of modern civilisation. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 18th century, fossil fuels have enabled great advances across many aspects of society, which have increased the standard of living for many. Unfortunately, dwindling …
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Farming by Satellites: how West Country farmers were being driven to, and by, precision agricultural systems
… basis that it can help clean up or ‘ecologically modernise’ conventional, industrial agriculture. It should also increase production rates in industrial agriculture to help to ‘feed the world’ as well as being cost effective in ways that could make farmers more money – miracle-grow formula and …
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Unfolding Imagos: an inquiry into the aesthetics of Action-Phenomenology
In modern civilisation, magic in its instrumental (sorcerous) sense would appear to have been completely superseded by science, but that should not blind us to the (arguably) reliable efficacy of invocation, nor to the metaphysical implication of this efficacy–that it points to the psychophysical …
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The development of a forecasting method for mining house capital projects
… computer system or the building of the pyramids. Modern civilisation is largely based on the successful completion of projects. It is surprising therefore, that it is only in the very recent future, since the 1950's say, that the effective management of projects has been considered worthy of …
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Some observations on the present position of the tuberculosis problem in Edinburgh and London and the means of dealing with it
… is in the social evils that lie at the heart of modern civilisation. Although not strictly a "poor man's disease”, it nevertheless draws the greatest number of its victims from among the ranks of the poor. And this is only what we might expect, for we already know that its development and spread …