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Showing 1 to 20 of 581 for “"paradigm shift"”.
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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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A Paradigm Shift To Utilizing Uncomfortable Conversations
This first-person action-oriented thesis explored the primary question: “How can I increase my dialogic skills and abilities in uncomfortable conversations to help maintain and build relationships through open dialogue?” To explore boundaries and judgments within myself and with others, I framed …
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A Paradigm Shift To Utilizing Uncomfortable Conversations
This first-person action-oriented thesis explored the primary question: “How can I increase my dialogic skills and abilities in uncomfortable conversations to help maintain and build relationships through open dialogue?” To explore boundaries and judgments within myself and with others, I framed …
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Paradigm shift--from mass production to mass customization
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
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Turkey and the European Union: will the paradigm shift?
… her own foreign policy center. The result is a shifting paradigm in Turkish foreign relations which often sees Turkish initiatives at odds with those of her post-WWII traditional allies. This Turkish trend toward unilateralism will continue at least as long she is excluded from the EU and WEU …
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A paradigm shift in organisational safety culture evaluation and training
… issues. The outcome of this research is a paradigm shift in how to measure and evaluate safety culture. From the analysis of the data, supported by feedback from the participants, it is shown that this is an effective solution to fulfilling both of the aforementioned requirements. Work has …
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Operation Analysis and Control: A Paradigm Shift in Construction Safety Management
… training and performance could be built. The new paradigm (OAC) put workers at the heart of safety management, not as an adjunct as was implied in the accepted norm at the time. The production and proving of the OAC model and the scholastic work associated with developing Prevention through Design …
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Managing the paradigm shift to Mobile platforms in the semiconductor industry
In the recent years we are seeing a significant shift from the PC & Laptop, so called EDP (Electronic Data Processing) to the mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs. Driven by strong customer demands and the technological advancements on the supply side which enable companies to fulfill …
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Initiating a paradigm shift: responding to individuals through a trauma-informed lens
After the process of the literature review and consultations/focus groups with the main stakeholders, MFMC was written as a trauma informed rolling programme developed for men over the age of 18 who have been convicted of a contact sexual offence against both children and adults. It has 14 modules …
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The paradigm shift in wireless platforms : from traffic business to transaction business
The mobile communication industry in Japan is facing a constructive revolution that will be the industry to next-generation services. Most communication companies have competed aggressively to develop and offer e-mail or Web applications to their users in order to increase operating revenue. One …
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Space Art + Space Science a polymathic paradigm shift in the art/science dialogue
… dialogue into a disruptive force that sustains a paradigm shift in the arts, space and society agendas going forward. The impetus for this dissertation is the unique opportunity to amalgamate those disparate studies by utilizing the momentum of New Space culture, and its focus on societal …
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From Reified Abstractions to Situated Contexts: Feminist Jurisprudence, Paradigm Shift and Legal Change
… has developed the potential to initiate a legal paradigm shift leading to legal and consequent social change that would alleviate gender inequality. Drawing upon Kuhn's (1970) and Stacey and Thorne's (1985) arguments, I theorized that for a paradigm shift centered upon women and women's …
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Mobile Collaborative Virtual Environments: A Paradigm Shift from Desktop to Mobile Online Communities
There are myriad examples of virtual communities and environments available for collaborative activities. However, most of these environments are confined to the desktop and thus preclude collaboration while users are on the move. Through a scenario-based design process, this article establishes …
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A Paradigm Shift in African Cultural Exhibits at the National Museum of Natural History
… thought about race may be indicated in a paradigm shift in museum narratives, for the 1997 African Voices exhibition, as Africans are finally allowed to tell their own story.
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The power of emerging economics : a global business paradigm shift in the telecommunication industry
… industry development in emerging economies shifting the overall global business paradigm of the telecommunication industry and is this shift permanent or temporary? In this thesis, I will first focus on the background of world telecommunication industry and the market segmentation based on: …
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An Investigation into the Current Status of the Paradigm Shift in Technical Writing Textbook Pedagogy.
… purpose of this thesis is to determine whether a paradigm shift is occurring or has occurred in technical writing textbooks since 1994. This study will further the work of Jerold J. Jeansonne, who chronicled the paradigm shift in technical writing textbooks from 1900 to 1994. Using product and …
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Development of an evaluative framework promoting a paradigm shift towards resource recovery in wastewater treatment
Resource recovery from wastewater is a rapidly emerging research area promoting the development of several technologies that have the potential to increase the sustainability of process operations in wastewater treatment. With the implementation of appropriate treatment technologies, nutrients such …
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Low-Frequency-Induced Synaptic Potentiation: a Paradigm Shift in the Field of Memory-Related Plasticity Mechanisms?
It is assumed that plasticity involving up-and down regulation of synaptic strength (i.e., long-term potentiation, LTP; long-term depression, LTD) mediates learning and memory processes. Typically, high-frequency stimulation (HFS) of afferent fibers results in LTP, while low-frequency stimulation …
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Towards a paradigm shift in the modeling of soil organic carbon decomposition for earth system models
<p>Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon pools and contain approximately 2200 Pg of carbon. Thus, the dynamics of soil carbon plays an important role in the global carbon cycle and climate system. Earth System Models are used to project future interactions between terrestrial ecosystem carbon …
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