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Showing 1 to 20 of 184 for “"Modern technology"”.
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The Apocalyptic Visions of J.G. Ballard: Surrealism, World War II, and Modern Technology
… uncover the latent patterns and effects of the modern technological landscape, envisioning various extreme end points for humanity and warning about the various psychopathologies that may arise as a result of our interactions with modern technology and architecture. After a brief opening chapter …
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Modern VLSI Placement Observing Technology Constraints
… constraints and design rules imposed by modern technology processes on the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design process. Any constraint not only makes the placement problem challenging; but also can degrade the quality of the objectives optimized during the placement process or …
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Technology Integration Complexity Model: A Systems Approach to Technology Acceptance and Use in Education
The lack of technology integration has long been noted as a problem throughout the education system. Using contemporary and reductionistic approaches, researchers have tried to explain the lack of modern technology acceptance and use in valuable but simplistic terms. Through the testing and …
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The hermeneutics of the modern subject.
Martin Heidegger was the first modern European philosopher to alert mankind to the dangers of modern technology. He argued that technology is an enframing or a limiting perspective of the possibilities for human existence. The philosopher Michel Foucault investigated the geneology of the way that …
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Ferromagnetic manganites: spin-polarized conduction and competing interactions
… properties of solids are vitally important for modern technology, one may think of microelectronics, magnetic data storage, communication technologies and others. Sometimes, it seems possible to postpone the step of fundamental understanding when starting the application of a new material. …
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in Multiple Food Crops and Its Impact on Productivity and Food Availability at the Farm-Level: A Case Study from South-Eastern Nigeria
… multiple crops while selectively adopting modern technologies to meet various needs. The main aim of this study is, therefore, to identify the range of socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of modern agricultural technology in multiple food crops and the corresponding impacts on …
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The Social Sacrifices of Being Modern
… or mass education, than it was in earlier less "modern," technology adventurous, times. In fact, as I argue in this dissertation, modernity can be analyzed and experienced as being anathema to those characteristics upon which consensus can be built. This dissertation examines why this is the case …
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The urban weave: Interlacing intangible threads to form a cohesive hybridized urban fabric
… African identity even with the influences of modern technology and influences.
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Synthesis and characterization of high thermal conductive polymers and fabrication of polymer based thermal strap
Polymers have infiltrated almost every aspect of modern technology. Without polymer products, the society would look very different. As one of the most important and common engineering materials, traditional polymers are both electrically and thermally insulating, due to its organic nature and …
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An Unstable Container
… sense of self. Through the lenses of language, modern technology, medicine, and genetics, <em>An Unstable Container </em>explores blackness, queerness, masculine identity, growing up in rural Michigan, and the dangers and pleasures of corporeality. The collection also interrogates the social …
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Techno-Racism: Heidegger's Philosophy of Technology and Critical Philosophies of Race
… social structure of whiteness, and the way that modern technology is informed by the underlying structure of the enframing. I draw on the works of George Yancy, and Cornel West to demonstrate that the everyday problems we face in racism are informed and guided by the systemic problem of …
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Darśan - Dance for Kriśna
… "Darśana" explores the potential of modern technology to reinterpret and revitalize traditional practices and beliefs for contemporary audiences, drawing their attention to their cultural heritage.
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The sexual marketing of eastern european women through internet pornography
… women and help fuel the sex industry through modern technology.
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A Study Of Elementary School Involvement By Parents Currently Serving In The U.S. Armed Forces
… from this study include the use of modern technology as methods to connect the military parents to the school without physically being at the school, the PTO considering the uniqueness of the military population and ensuring the organization encourages sustained participation by …
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Visual interactive urban design in commemorative public spaces
… traditional memorial culture and the role of modern technology in computer science. The design will contribute to the field of the digital landscape and thanato-sensitive designs (TSD) in the HCI field.
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Henry Miller and The Philosophy of The Inhuman Artist
… attacks against the metaphysical design of the modern age. I argue that, by repudiating some of the most potent elements of late modernity such as history, modern technology and an aesthetisized view of art, Miller paves the way for overcoming Western metaphysics. Finally I show that, …
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The heroic earth: The flowering of geopolitical thought in Weimar Germany, 1924-1933
… relationship of geopolitical thought to Weimar modernism, and such recurrent geopolitical themes as the role of struggle in state relations, the role of geographic factors in Germany's demographic crisis, and the impact of modern technology on geopolitics.
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The dynamics and strategic analysis of wireless communications technology in the healthcare industry
… increases operating cost is to effectively use modern technology in form of wireless computing and communications technology to change the paradigm shift to improve outcomes of clinical services, enhance physician and nurse productivity and work flow efficiency, reduce supply chain cost, improve …
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Corporeal Modernity: Shared Concepts in the Work of Jackson Pollock, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham
… resulted from their participation in a shared modernist discourse circulating post-war America, especially in New York. This discourse provided the artists access to common sources of inspiration, such as the writings of Carl Jung, Native American imagery, and Asian cultures. Each of these …
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Impact of the Introduction of Mechanized Agriculture on a Traditional Rice-Growing Community in Sarawak, Malaysia
… of Bario, in Sarawak, Malaysia, has introduced modern technology to replace traditional methods of rice cultivation. The thesis describes historical and current resource use and rural-urban migration patterns in Bario, documents the mechanization process, and analyzes its impact on the …
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