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Showing 1 to 20 of 7061 for “"Paradigm"”.
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Network Organization Paradigm
… rapidly to describe an NO. Thus, we present a paradigm that serves as a reference model for organizations of socially networked individuals. This paradigm suggests modular components that can be combined to form an ad hoc network organization of agents. We touch on how this model accounts for …
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The green paradigm
… have been characterized as cultural paradigms. The paradigms are not concrete entities, they are merely useful abstractions for grouping together mutually supporting assumptions. It is held that the socially dominant interpretation centres on an assumption that people are distinct …
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Analogue paradigm artifact
Paradigm, analogue and artifact are the elements of a conceptual framework within which constitutive principles of architecture can be explored.
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Enhancing the soft proofing paradigm
The first part of this study is devoted to assessing the suitability of soft proofs as a surrogate for the final print in judging colour-reproduction quality. Two sets of psychophysical experiments were carried out. The first investigated whether the type of medium used to generate a stimulus …
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Automatic subtitling: A new paradigm
… address the key steps for accomplishing the new paradigm of automatic subtitling: data, models and evaluation. First, we address the lack of representative data by compiling MuST-Cinema, a speech-to-subtitles corpus. Segmenter models trained on MuST-Cinema accurately split sentences into …
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Shared Habitats: the MoverWitness Paradigm
This practice-led research thesis analyses and visualises central components of Authentic Movement, with particular reference to the work of Dr Janet Adler. By contextualising and comparing this improvisation method with modern, post-modern and contemporary movement practices the author describes …
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Expanding the wireless communication paradigm
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.
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A new paradigm of perception
… the human experience by offering a new paradigm of creation and perception. Unfortunately, synesthesia is a very rare phenomenon that only affects a very small portion of the population. There have been some successful endeavors to replicate a variety of different forms of synesthesia, …
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Expanding the wireless communication paradigm
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.
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Parametric design : a paradigm shift?
The variety reflected in constant change became an imperative in the development of the modem world. The society is more insistent in seeking the implementation of quality and customization in most of humans' activities. Such notions as satisfaction or contentment are achieved through having …
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The paradigm of partial erasures
This thesis is a study of erasures in cryptographic protocols. Erasing old data and keys is an important capability of honest parties in cryptographic protocols. It is useful in many settings, including proactive security in the presence of a mobile adversary, adaptive security in the presence of …
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Reinstatement in an Appetitively Motivated Paradigm
… reinstatement in an appetitively motivated paradigm within the limitations of Campbell and Jaynes' 1966 definition of that phenomenon, and to introduce a qualitatively distinct reinstatement treatment. Procedure. Eighty-five 21-28 day old rats were randomly assigned to one of either three …
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Trichotomous therapy : a proposed pastoral paradigm
… Before attempting to formulate a pastoral paradigm out of a synthesis of the contributions of the aforementioned scholars, it was fundamentally important to distinguish between the 3 prominent views of man. Some scholars argue that man is a monistic being, while others defend a dichotomous …
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Persephone in Erebus: a modern paradigm
<p>The history of art has always been the history of humanity; therefore when the nineteenth century spilled into the twentieth and vast tidal changes were occur[r]ing in the fields of science, politics, and religion, the arts both reflected and reinforced these alterations. The most significant …
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Slow Works – Deceleration as Curatorial Paradigm
… accessibility by proposing deceleration as a new paradigm for curation. A ‘decelerated’ exhibition presents visitors not with foregone conclusions based on theoretical argument but with a structured wealth of contextual material informed by artistic practice and process, enabling audiences to …
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Developing a systemic disaster prevention paradigm
… development of a systemic disaster prevention paradigm. Disasters can generally be classified as either natural or man-made, although hybrid disasters also do occur. The research effort focussed on man-made disasters and numerous past disasters in all spheres of life were investigated. Man-made …
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Pedestrian pockets--a new suburban paradigm?
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Fiber drawing : beyond the scaling paradigm
The emergence of multimaterial fibers that combine a multiplicity of solid materials with disparate electrical, optical, and mechanical properties into a single fiber presents new opportunities for extending fiber applications. Different functional fiber devices have been fabricated with a thermal …
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Disclosure in maternity care contexts: the paradigm case of sexual orientation: the paradigm case of sexual orientation
This thesis is a hermeneutic phenomenological study of the concept of disclosure in maternity care contexts using the example of sexual orientation. There is a significant body of literature within psychology and sociology relating to the health and social purposes and consequences of disclosure. …
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