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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Scientific innovation"”.
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The landed estate as patron of scientific innovation: Horticulture at Woburn Abbey, 1802-1839
… vistas. Bedford was an important patron of scientific horticulture and the Abbey was a centre for innovative and experimental gardening. Under the Duke's direction investigations were carried out into various aspects of horticultural science. These enquiries contributed significantly to …
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Broadening public input into science policy decision making: can the democratic model for science communication influence scientific, innovation and technological trajectories?
… of actors in decision making in relation to scientific and technological innovation in order to address possible democratic deficits in science and technology policy-making. A four-pronged research approach has been employed to examine different representations of the public(s) and different …
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Investigation of the Discoipyrroles and Other Marine Bacteria Derived Natural Products
Natural products are a rich source of scientific innovation. These chemical compounds are canonically celebrated as biomedical tools or synthetic chemistry feats. Discovery of new chemical compounds has benefited from the study of natural product biosynthesis, or the methods by which they are …
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Energy in the Corn Belt: Is Maize Production Sustainable?
<p>Technological and scientific innovation has transformed agricultural production. Corn production methods changed from a sustainable, nutrient recycling production system to one reliant on imported fossil energy inputs. Located in the Western Corn Belt, Union County, South Dakota was chosen as …
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Decoding the Bundle of Sticks: Genetic Property Rights, Research & Regulation
… and confidence between the individual and the scientific community. This thesis argues that to prevent genetic discrimination and commercial exploitation, property rights in genetic material and information should be endowed to the individual. However, law should not mandate payment of fair …
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Visual humor : female photographers and modern American womanhood, 1860-1915
… a developing artistic medium that blended scientific innovation and creative vision. Yet, the thread that connects these two very ambiguous trends in the Unites States is gender. Women working within these modes of expression, (be-it humor, photography, or both as this dissertation …
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Knowledge production at the global frontier : the case of China
… remains as to whether China is producing scientific knowledge at the global frontier, and whether the production of scientific research in China is globally competitive. Since the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, Chinese policymakers have distinguished scientific modernization as …
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Burlesque Natural Philosophers: Eighteenth-Century Satires of Science and Social Innovation
… for new forms of social conflict. His zeal for scientific innovation registered broader, often unacknowledged, anxieties about Englandâ s emerging cultural of innovation. Thus, burlesque natural philosophers, who strive to topple traditional hierarchies of knowledge, serve as proxies for the …
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AI-powered Data Mining for the Development of Sustainable Concrete Materials
… become essential to contemporary industrial and scientific research, playing a pivotal role in uncovering insights from large-scale industrial datasets and literature collections. The sustainable transition of the concrete industry, a major contributor to global CO₂ emissions, demands both …
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From Star Trek to Siri: (Dis)Embodied Gender and the Acousmatic Computer in Science Fiction Film and Television
… fact of the shift from Sci-Fi representations to scientific innovation reveal about the perpetuation of ideological assumptions about gender roles? How do other representations of computer voices confirm or problematize the gendering of computer voices? In this dissertation, I seek to answer these …
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Collaboration in scientific digital ecosystems: A socio-technical network analysis
… organizational (collaboration) and the effect of scientific digital ecosystems that connect several online community networks in a single platform. The formation, mechanism and processes of online networks that influence members output is limited and contradictory. The dissertation is comprised of …
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Fortalecimiento de la visibilidad y gestión del conocimiento de la investigación clínica en Colombia a través de una plataforma digital para la asociación Avanzar
La Asociación Avanzar, organización sin ánimo de lucro dedicada a fortalecer la investigación clínica en Colombia, enfrenta el desafío de visibilizar y gestionar eficazmente el conocimiento científico generado por los centros de investigación del país. El proyecto propone el desarrollo de un …