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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Technology Gap"”.
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Just like me but not exactly: AI, anthropomorphism & the human-technology gap
While artificial intelligence (AI) design continues to aspire towards romanticised visions of intelligence and human-likeness, the increasing dichotomy between its technological and social facets has given rise to tangible evidence of surveillance, inequality and discrimination. This evidence …
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A multidisciplinary framework for mission effectiveness quantification and assessment of micro autonomous systems and technologies
… two different perspectives create an integration gap. The operators understand the capabilities needed on the field of deployment but not necessarily the technologies, while the technologists understand the physics of the technologies but not necessarily how they will be deployed, utilized, and …
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System Analysis of a Numerical Well Design Optimization Process
… have not evolved at the pace of cutting-edge technology advancements over the last 20 years. The most significant shifts in classical well development are standardized design methods, advanced disciplinary analysis, improved knowledge transfer systems, excel-based workflows, and structured …
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Three Essays on Economic Growth and Technology Development: Considering the Spillover Effects
… on the empirical analysis of economic growth and technology development. In particular, I consider spillover effects in different frameworks. The first chapter outlines the three topics involved and briefly discusses the motivations, methods as well as some conclusions in each of the following …
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Hartbeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) Pioneering Advantage: Exploring Scientific Instrumentation Co-Location Benefits in Ensuring African Research Facility Sustainability
… may be possible for the other countries. The technology gap between HartRAO, South Africa and the planned sites in the other countries is far better than between those countries and any others beyond the borders of the African continent. The fact that the countries of interest are all in …
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Mechanical design of high frequency, high power density electric machine
… aircraft electrification is hindered by the technology gap of electric machines. This thesis presented a high frequency, high power density (> 13 kW/kg), MW level electric motor design for the application to augment the power of turbo engines on future 737 class hybrid-electric aircrafts. The …
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Uncertainty-Based Methodology for the Development of Space Domain Awareness Architectures in Three-Body Regimes
… infrastructure is needed to fill this capability gap. The cislunar regime presents a number of challenges and constraints that complicate the SDA architecture design space. Unlike the near-earth regime, cislunar space is a three-body environment, violating many of the simplifying assumptions and …
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Embedded Computing for Wavefront Control on Future Space Telescopes
… reduce risk for spaceflight by increasing the technology readiness level (TRL) of the algorithm–processor pairing to TRL 4. Given the significant uncertainty in HWO’s eventual design, we extend our deterministic models using Monte Carlo methods to evaluate system performance under uncertainty. …
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Multinational enterprises, technology transfer and spillovers: panel data evidence from UK manufacturing industry
Technology transfer and spillovers and the role of in tangible assets are among the most important issues on the research agenda concerning foreign direct investment (FDI). This thesis examines the relationships between multinational investment, technology transfer, spillovers and economic …
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Information systems implementation and IT-enabled organisational change in the Eastern Caribbean tourism sector : an examination of factors impacting on the successful adoption and use of the Internet and web-based systems in national tourist offices and the Caribbean Tourism Organisation
… of web-based systems. A conception-reality (CR) gap model was used in the assessment of the organisational context variables in the information systems implementation process. The most significant factors affecting the implementation of webbased systems, indicated by wide CR gaps, were: financing …
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Digital rheology of fresh-state concrete
… approaches to bridge this characterisation gap and contribute a novel digital fresh-state characterisation approach. This framework utilises 3D visual and accelerometer tools to augment existing field tests with rheological measurements and quantitative multi-phasic insights. The first part …
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Novel applications of advanced optical microscopy for microbiology
… methods for over 50 years; however due to a technology gap, the structure of large microbial aggregates remained unclear. The development of the Mesolens, an optical system which uniquely allows simultaneous imaging of individual bacteria over a 36 mm2 field of view, enabled the study of …
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Laser-driven micro-transfer printing for MEMS/NEMS integration
… transfer processes, has evolved to address the technology gap between the conventional micro-fabrication processes and multi-layer functional device integration. In its basic embodiment, micro-transfer printing is used to deterministically transfer and micro-assemble prefabricated …