Technology
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En étudiant deux phénomènes qui semblent caractériser l'existence humaine depuis la préhistoire, à savoir la création artistique (remontant à 35 ou 40 000 ans dans sa forme pariétale) et la technique (dont les racines plongent à 4 MA),... more
En étudiant deux phénomènes qui semblent caractériser l'existence humaine depuis la préhistoire, à savoir la création artistique (remontant à 35 ou 40 000 ans dans sa forme pariétale) et la technique (dont les racines plongent à 4 MA), nous souhaitons délinéer les contours d'une conditions techno-logique de l'homme. A partir de là, il s'agit de décrire le déploiement historique de l'intentionnalité humaine et de définir celle-ci comme une visée anticipative singulière, prenant forme sur fond d'une mémoire extériorisée et socialisée.
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One of eight in the series, This volume on Emotions, Technology & Behaviors delivers chapters on theories, methods and applications on the intersection of emotions, technology and behaviors from diverse fields of study with psychology at... more
One of eight in the series, This volume on Emotions, Technology & Behaviors delivers chapters on theories, methods and applications on the intersection of emotions, technology and behaviors from diverse fields of study with psychology at the core of much of the discussions.
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An increasingly diverse array of software options is available to language teachers. This variety of options creates the potential for new directions in language teaching; however, selecting appropriate software and developing effective... more
An increasingly diverse array of software options is available to language teachers. This variety of options creates the potential for new directions in language teaching; however, selecting appropriate software and developing effective teaching methods that integrate this software can be time-consuming. This paper will introduce PowToon, cloud-based animation software that can be utilized in the language classroom. It will also explain in detail the application of this software in the author’s specific context, an intensive English for academic purposes program at Mahidol University International College in Thailand, where PowToon is used as a component of task-based learning (TBL). Used correctly, this software can enliven certain aspects of language learning. As a result, students’ technology skills and innate creativity can be tapped, leading to meaningful and memorable learning experiences.
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One of eight in the series, Emotions, Technology, and Digital Games taps into the vast emotions players experience during and after digital game play—enjoyment, excitement, anxiety, anger, frustration, among many others. The book... more
One of eight in the series, Emotions, Technology, and Digital Games taps into the vast emotions players experience during and after digital game play—enjoyment, excitement, anxiety, anger, frustration, among many others. The book demonstrates how to harness these emotions in practical ways such as designing video games for teaching and learning, creating tools to measure social and emotional development of children, determining how empathy-related thought processes affect ethical decision-making,and examining how the fictional world of gameplay can influence and shape real-life experiences.
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This book brings together interdisciplinary scholars that discuss Emotions, Technology and Digital Games. This is the 1st volume in the series on Emotions and Technology.
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Will 5G primary access technology keeping IoT in mind or will it act as another form of Backhaul for IoT Gateways?
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BSA/385 - Week 5 - New Tutorials April 2015 Individual: Kudler Frequent Shopper Program Word Count: 6,423 words = A+ work! 27 Pages! Includes Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, and Week 5! Assignment Preparation: Activities include... more
BSA/385 - Week 5 - New Tutorials April 2015
Individual: Kudler Frequent Shopper Program
Word Count: 6,423 words = A+ work! 27 Pages!
Includes Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, and Week 5!
Assignment Preparation: Activities include watching the Lynda.com video, independent student reading, and research.
Review the items specified in the technical architecture document developed for the Frequent Shopper Program.
Write a 4- to 6-page paper for those items describing the following:
Quality assurance process and procedures to ensure the functionality and performance requirements are met
Testing procedures to ensure the application is operational at all levels (program, network, systems, and interfaces)
Implementation steps and procedures necessary to achieve operational status
Preview of key pages in Kudler Frequent Rewards paper:
MS Visio Kudler Diagram included-Fully Editable MS Visio file included! = A+++
Final Software Engineering Paper and Presentation
Smith Systems Consulting
Word Count: 6,441 words = A+ work!
Includes Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, and Week 5 Combined
Background: Smith Consulting has received some feedback and concerns that their processes and procedures are not sufficiently documented.
This lack of professional documentation has caused some loss of potential contracts for the firm. The Learning Team has been given the assignment to define, develop, and propose the following standards for a software testing environment at Smith Consulting:
Define the Smith Consulting engagement approach. This will include a statement of the way the firm works with clients and how projects are managed.
Define the software development and quality assurance processes and procedures.
Describe in the detail the testing procedures to be exercised in the following areas:
Programs
Systems
Interfaces
Describe the infrastructure including hardware and software capabilities that will make up the software testing environment.
Define the format and requirements for development of formal program specification. This program specification is the document to be provided to the software developers working on a Smith development project.
The Learning Team will develop these standards over the duration of the course and submit a final 10-page paper and 7- to-10 slide PowerPoint Presentation with notes in Week Five.
Smith Consulting PowerPoint Presentation
Finalize work on the Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation, updating it with new information based on all previous feedback. Include 10 to 12 slides with speaker notes.
Individual: Kudler Frequent Shopper Program
Word Count: 6,423 words = A+ work! 27 Pages!
Includes Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, and Week 5!
Assignment Preparation: Activities include watching the Lynda.com video, independent student reading, and research.
Review the items specified in the technical architecture document developed for the Frequent Shopper Program.
Write a 4- to 6-page paper for those items describing the following:
Quality assurance process and procedures to ensure the functionality and performance requirements are met
Testing procedures to ensure the application is operational at all levels (program, network, systems, and interfaces)
Implementation steps and procedures necessary to achieve operational status
Preview of key pages in Kudler Frequent Rewards paper:
MS Visio Kudler Diagram included-Fully Editable MS Visio file included! = A+++
Final Software Engineering Paper and Presentation
Smith Systems Consulting
Word Count: 6,441 words = A+ work!
Includes Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, and Week 5 Combined
Background: Smith Consulting has received some feedback and concerns that their processes and procedures are not sufficiently documented.
This lack of professional documentation has caused some loss of potential contracts for the firm. The Learning Team has been given the assignment to define, develop, and propose the following standards for a software testing environment at Smith Consulting:
Define the Smith Consulting engagement approach. This will include a statement of the way the firm works with clients and how projects are managed.
Define the software development and quality assurance processes and procedures.
Describe in the detail the testing procedures to be exercised in the following areas:
Programs
Systems
Interfaces
Describe the infrastructure including hardware and software capabilities that will make up the software testing environment.
Define the format and requirements for development of formal program specification. This program specification is the document to be provided to the software developers working on a Smith development project.
The Learning Team will develop these standards over the duration of the course and submit a final 10-page paper and 7- to-10 slide PowerPoint Presentation with notes in Week Five.
Smith Consulting PowerPoint Presentation
Finalize work on the Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation, updating it with new information based on all previous feedback. Include 10 to 12 slides with speaker notes.
Research Interests: Business, Business Administration, Business Ethics, Information Technology, Public Administration, and 27 moreEducation, Technology, Educational Technology, Teacher Education, Business & Society, International Business, Higher Education, Small Business, Business Process Management, Mobile Technology, Business Intelligence, Strategy (Business), Administration, Food Science and Technology, Business Management, Tutorials, University, Tutorial, Photoshop Tutorials, Public Administration and Policy, UOP .Complete Course, Kudler Foods Week 4, Science and Technology Studies, BSA 385 Week 4 Individual Assignment Frequent Shopper Program Part 3, BSA 385 Week 5 Team Assignment Smith Software Testing Environment Paper And Presentation, BSA 385 Entire Course - Introduction to Software Engineering, and SMITH CONSULTING
Loutfy H. Madkour Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Baljarashi, Al-Baha University, P.O. Box 1988, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia Correspondence should be addressed to Loutfy H. Madkour; loutfy.madkour@yahoo.com Received 9... more
Loutfy H. Madkour
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Baljarashi, Al-Baha University, P.O. Box 1988, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence should be addressed to Loutfy H. Madkour; loutfy.madkour@yahoo.com
Received 9 September 2013; Revised 8 December 2013; Accepted 6 January 2014; Published 5 March 2014
Academic Editor: Miguel A. Huerta-Diaz
Copyright © 2014 Loutfy H. Madkour. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The polymetal (Zn, Pb, Fe, Ca,Mg, Cd,Ba, Ni,Ti, and SiO2) complex Umm-Gheig carbonate ore is subjected to sintering treatment
at 573, 773, 973 and 1273K respectively for four hours. Chemical, spectral, X-ray and differential thermal analyses are applied for
the native ore as well as for the samples preheated and sintered.The current versus applied DC voltage (𝐼−−𝑉) characteristics, bulk
density (𝐷b), percent shrinkage (%𝑆), activation energy (𝐸a) and energy gap (𝐸g) are established for the sintered ore.The electrical
conductivity (𝜎), thermal conductivity (𝐾) and thermoelectric power coefficient (𝛼) have been investigated as a function of applied
temperature for the sintered ore materials. The electrical conduction is mainly achieved by free electrons near or in conduction
band or n-type. As the sintering temperature (𝑇s) increases the conduction of the ore is also increased due to the recombination
process taking place between the electrons and holes. Electrons hopping between Fe2+ and Fe3+ are the main charge carriers.The
formation of Fe3O4 at high sintering temperature acts as an active mineralizer, thus inducing an increased degree of crystallinity
and a more ordered crystal structure is produced.
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Baljarashi, Al-Baha University, P.O. Box 1988, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence should be addressed to Loutfy H. Madkour; loutfy.madkour@yahoo.com
Received 9 September 2013; Revised 8 December 2013; Accepted 6 January 2014; Published 5 March 2014
Academic Editor: Miguel A. Huerta-Diaz
Copyright © 2014 Loutfy H. Madkour. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The polymetal (Zn, Pb, Fe, Ca,Mg, Cd,Ba, Ni,Ti, and SiO2) complex Umm-Gheig carbonate ore is subjected to sintering treatment
at 573, 773, 973 and 1273K respectively for four hours. Chemical, spectral, X-ray and differential thermal analyses are applied for
the native ore as well as for the samples preheated and sintered.The current versus applied DC voltage (𝐼−−𝑉) characteristics, bulk
density (𝐷b), percent shrinkage (%𝑆), activation energy (𝐸a) and energy gap (𝐸g) are established for the sintered ore.The electrical
conductivity (𝜎), thermal conductivity (𝐾) and thermoelectric power coefficient (𝛼) have been investigated as a function of applied
temperature for the sintered ore materials. The electrical conduction is mainly achieved by free electrons near or in conduction
band or n-type. As the sintering temperature (𝑇s) increases the conduction of the ore is also increased due to the recombination
process taking place between the electrons and holes. Electrons hopping between Fe2+ and Fe3+ are the main charge carriers.The
formation of Fe3O4 at high sintering temperature acts as an active mineralizer, thus inducing an increased degree of crystallinity
and a more ordered crystal structure is produced.
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Les deux auteurs se proposent de partager leur expérience et conclusion de deux années d'expérimentations sur le stockage souterrain hermétique des céréales pour l'alimentation humaine. Complètement inconnue dans nos régions du nord de... more
Les deux auteurs se proposent de partager leur expérience et conclusion de deux années d'expérimentations sur le stockage souterrain hermétique des céréales pour l'alimentation humaine. Complètement inconnue dans nos régions du nord de l'Europe, cette technique est pourtant très souvent mise en avant par l'archéologue pour certaines structures. Les principaux résultats ont trait à la lutte contre l'humidité : aménagements aux parois obligatoires, protection des intempéries impérieuses et quasi obligation d'un sêchage du grain. À ce titre, le caractère hermétique du stockage, cher à P. J. Reynolds, n'a aucun rôle à nos latitudes mais amène d'autre dangers. Enfin, de nouveaux scénarios d'utilisation de silos, cette fois à court et moyen terme, sont proposées et la question du fourrage posée.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Technology, Agronomy, High Middle Ages, and 11 moreMedieval Archaeology, Agriculture, Cereal Processing Technology, Archéologie, Histoire et archéologie du haut Moyen-âge, Cereal Technology, Silos, Cereal Crop Production and Food Security, Archéologie médiévale, Carpology, and Roman Archaeology
The polymetal (Zn, Pb, Fe, Ca, Mg, Cd, Ba, Ni, Ti, and SiO2) complex Umm-Gheig carbonate ore is subjected to sintering treatment at 573, 773, 973 and 1273 K respectively for four hours. Chemical, spectral, X-ray and differential thermal... more
The polymetal (Zn, Pb, Fe, Ca, Mg, Cd, Ba, Ni, Ti, and SiO2) complex Umm-Gheig carbonate ore is subjected to sintering treatment at 573, 773, 973 and 1273 K respectively for four hours. Chemical, spectral, X-ray and differential thermal analyses are applied for the native ore as well as for the samples preheated and sintered. The I-V characteristics, bulk density (Db), percent shrinkage (%S), activation energy (Ea) and energy gap (Eg) are established for the sintered ore. The electrical conductivity (), thermal conductivity (K) and thermoelectric power coefficient () have been investigated as a function of applied temperature for the sintered ore materials. The electrical and thermal measurements show that the sintered ore has semiconductivity behaviour with temperature. The electrical conduction is mainly achieved by electrons or n-type. As the sintering temperature (Ts) increases the conduction of the ore is also increased owning to the recombination process takes place between the electrons and holes. Electrons hopping between Fe2+ and Fe3+ are the main charge carriers. The formation of Fe3O4 at high sintering temperature acts as an active mineralizer, thus inducing an increased degree of crystallinity and the more ordered crystal structure is produced.
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Social scientists in Atlantic Canada developed an incisive political economy of the region’s fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s and forged a sharp critique of Canadian fisheries policies. Meanwhile, fisheries scientists generated a series... more
Social scientists in Atlantic Canada developed an incisive political economy of the
region’s fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s and forged a sharp critique of Canadian fisheries
policies. Meanwhile, fisheries scientists generated a series of stock assessments which
substantially overestimated cod populations. After the collapse of the stocks in 1992, a
number of reflective postmortems have addressed the role of the social and natural
sciences in this resource failure. The present paper will attempt to construct a “political
ecology” of the crisis from this corpus, one which does not, a priori, privilege industrial
capitalism over cod ecology.
La Dernière Morue du Norde Résumé Les spécialistes des sciences humaines dans le
Canada Atlantique ont développé une économie politique tranchante des pêcheries de la
région dans les années 1970 et les années 1980 et ont forgées une critique vive des
politiques de pêcheries Canadiennes. Pendant ce temps, des hommes de science de
pêcheries produisaient une série d'évaluations des stocks qui a surestimé d'une façon
importante les populations de morue. Après l'effondrement des stocks en 1992, un certain
nombre des postmortems réfléchissants ont adressé le rôle des sciences sociales et
naturelles dans cet échec dans l'aménagement de ressources. L'article actuel essaiera de
construire une "écologie politique" de la crise à partir de ce corpus, une qui ne privilège
pas, à priori, le capitalisme industriel sur l'écologie de morue.
Científcos sociales del Atlntico de Canad han desarrollado un anlisis incisivo de la
economa política de la pesca de la regin durante 1970 y 1980 y han hecho una crítica
aguda de las políticas de pesca. Entretanto, cientficos marinos han generado una serie de
asesoras sobre los poblaciones de bacalao que ha sobre estimado sus poblaciones. Despus
del colapso de poblaciones de bacalao en 1992, una cantidad de necropsias del la crisis del
bacalao han analizado el papel de las ciencias sociales y naturales en este fallo del recurso.
Usando esta literatura, este artículo tratará de construir una ecologa poltica de esta crisis,
una que no anteponga una explicacin industrial capitalista, a priori, antes de la ecologa de
bacalao.
region’s fisheries in the 1970s and 1980s and forged a sharp critique of Canadian fisheries
policies. Meanwhile, fisheries scientists generated a series of stock assessments which
substantially overestimated cod populations. After the collapse of the stocks in 1992, a
number of reflective postmortems have addressed the role of the social and natural
sciences in this resource failure. The present paper will attempt to construct a “political
ecology” of the crisis from this corpus, one which does not, a priori, privilege industrial
capitalism over cod ecology.
La Dernière Morue du Norde Résumé Les spécialistes des sciences humaines dans le
Canada Atlantique ont développé une économie politique tranchante des pêcheries de la
région dans les années 1970 et les années 1980 et ont forgées une critique vive des
politiques de pêcheries Canadiennes. Pendant ce temps, des hommes de science de
pêcheries produisaient une série d'évaluations des stocks qui a surestimé d'une façon
importante les populations de morue. Après l'effondrement des stocks en 1992, un certain
nombre des postmortems réfléchissants ont adressé le rôle des sciences sociales et
naturelles dans cet échec dans l'aménagement de ressources. L'article actuel essaiera de
construire une "écologie politique" de la crise à partir de ce corpus, une qui ne privilège
pas, à priori, le capitalisme industriel sur l'écologie de morue.
Científcos sociales del Atlntico de Canad han desarrollado un anlisis incisivo de la
economa política de la pesca de la regin durante 1970 y 1980 y han hecho una crítica
aguda de las políticas de pesca. Entretanto, cientficos marinos han generado una serie de
asesoras sobre los poblaciones de bacalao que ha sobre estimado sus poblaciones. Despus
del colapso de poblaciones de bacalao en 1992, una cantidad de necropsias del la crisis del
bacalao han analizado el papel de las ciencias sociales y naturales en este fallo del recurso.
Usando esta literatura, este artículo tratará de construir una ecologa poltica de esta crisis,
una que no anteponga una explicacin industrial capitalista, a priori, antes de la ecologa de
bacalao.
Research Interests: Political Economy, Technology, Political Ecology, Fisheries, Cultural Ecology, and 19 moreAtlantic Canada Studies, Economia Política, Ecologia Política, Economie politique, écologie Politique, Ecología Cultural, Technologie, Pesca, COD, Atlantic Canada, Pesca Industrial Del Bacalao, Technologia, Critique of political ecology, Les Pêcheries, écologie Culturelle, Canada Atlantique, Technología, Bacalao, and Atlantico de Canada
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Sociologists have yet to theorize interactions with sonic materiality. In this article I introduce an analytical concept for the observation of interactions with sound. Sound has material effects in all situations. But the audibility of... more
Sociologists have yet to theorize interactions with sonic materiality. In this article I
introduce an analytical concept for the observation of interactions with sound. Sound has
material effects in all situations. But the audibility of sonic objects is a relation of situated
actors to material arrangements. Sonic object settings are dynamic material arrangements in
which sonic qualities emerge for interpretation. The concept synthesizes research on sonic
materiality, audibility, and interaction. After outlining the concept, I present an empirical
illustration from an audio firm’s R&D laboratory arranged to support a new technology
called object-based audio. I observed engineers conducting two concurrent but contrasting
experiments; results indicate how settings both enable and constrain the interpretation of
sound.
introduce an analytical concept for the observation of interactions with sound. Sound has
material effects in all situations. But the audibility of sonic objects is a relation of situated
actors to material arrangements. Sonic object settings are dynamic material arrangements in
which sonic qualities emerge for interpretation. The concept synthesizes research on sonic
materiality, audibility, and interaction. After outlining the concept, I present an empirical
illustration from an audio firm’s R&D laboratory arranged to support a new technology
called object-based audio. I observed engineers conducting two concurrent but contrasting
experiments; results indicate how settings both enable and constrain the interpretation of
sound.
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For someone concerned with return on investment (RoI) in pharmaceutical manufacturing, how does microbiological monitoring relate to product quality?
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This paper will explore how the way we read on the screen can create new forms of collaborative writing online. With reference to our ‘Twitter: Practice in Writing’ workshops in London 2014 and Vancouver 2015. As a younger generation move... more
This paper will explore how the way we read on the screen can
create new forms of collaborative writing online. With reference
to our ‘Twitter: Practice in Writing’ workshops in London 2014
and Vancouver 2015. As a younger generation move swiftly
from print to pixel, reading no longer becomes deliberate and
concentrated but rather a scan for information as our eyes follow
an F-shaped pattern. Screen-reading encourages rapid patternmaking,
provoking action, whereby words are merged with images.
From scroll to moveable type, will twitter ‘novels’ give rise to
twitter brains? How does it affect what we read and write? Has
this change been recognized in the publishing industry?
create new forms of collaborative writing online. With reference
to our ‘Twitter: Practice in Writing’ workshops in London 2014
and Vancouver 2015. As a younger generation move swiftly
from print to pixel, reading no longer becomes deliberate and
concentrated but rather a scan for information as our eyes follow
an F-shaped pattern. Screen-reading encourages rapid patternmaking,
provoking action, whereby words are merged with images.
From scroll to moveable type, will twitter ‘novels’ give rise to
twitter brains? How does it affect what we read and write? Has
this change been recognized in the publishing industry?
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Across different kinds of modern influences on human sleep—from communication and media technologies, to medical interventions and chemicals used to modify sleep and wakefulness, to the organization of social life—some are seen as... more
Across different kinds of modern influences on human sleep—from communication and media technologies, to medical interventions and chemicals used to modify sleep and wakefulness, to the organization of social life—some are seen as
interfering with human nature. Others, like many institutions, are accepted as natural. This is apparent in the example of school start times, which are widely assumed to be based on an agrarian past. Unlike modern media technologies, school start times are
often implicitly accepted as based in nature, and help constitute a sense of a historical primordial natural state in which humans lived in harmony with nature. The presumed naturalness of institutional times stands in opposition to modern media technologies and laboratory-derived chemicals, which are often criticized for being disruptive to our human natures and as having negative impacts on our sleep patterns. In some cases, technology may be serving as a distraction, interfering with a child’s sleep, but technology also provides an easy object of criticism, for physicians, scientists, and parents. In doing so, normative social expectations and the institutions that frame them escape criticism in the face of blaming the disorderly behavior of individuals.
interfering with human nature. Others, like many institutions, are accepted as natural. This is apparent in the example of school start times, which are widely assumed to be based on an agrarian past. Unlike modern media technologies, school start times are
often implicitly accepted as based in nature, and help constitute a sense of a historical primordial natural state in which humans lived in harmony with nature. The presumed naturalness of institutional times stands in opposition to modern media technologies and laboratory-derived chemicals, which are often criticized for being disruptive to our human natures and as having negative impacts on our sleep patterns. In some cases, technology may be serving as a distraction, interfering with a child’s sleep, but technology also provides an easy object of criticism, for physicians, scientists, and parents. In doing so, normative social expectations and the institutions that frame them escape criticism in the face of blaming the disorderly behavior of individuals.