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Laying the First Transatlantic Cable
Matthew Alexander
Apr 09, 2013
In the early 1800s the electrical telegraph was developed to transmit written messages through a wire. By 1850 there was a submarine telegraph cable laid beneath the English Channel followed by a cable across the Cabot Strait in...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mathematical Models of Desire, Need, Attention, and Will Effort
Alexander Ovsich
Jan 25, 2017
According to Spinoza, “Love is nothing else but pleasure accompanied by the idea of an external cause”. Author proposes that desire is nothing else but a change of pleasure accompanied by the idea of its cause, that terms...
Biologically-Inspired Computing Computer Science and Information Technology Artificial Intelligence Media and Communications
Published by: IGI Global
Prevention and Resolution of Labor Disputes
The study covers preventive dispute resolution methods in industrial relations, as well as empirical testing of hypotheses regarding labor disputes in Russia. The hypothesis regarding the impact of the number of laid-off...
Published by: IGI Global
Buried graphene heterostructures for electrostatic doping of low-dimensional materials.
Alexander Gumprich, Julian Liedtke, Sarah Beck, Irina Chirca, Teja Potočnik, Jack Alexander-Webber, Stephan Hofmann, Stefan Tappertzhofen
Apr 13, 2023
The fabrication and characterization of steep slope transistor devices based on low-dimensional materials requires precise electrostatic doping profiles with steep spatial gradients in order to maintain maximum control over the...
Newcomers, Creative Spaces, and Connection Through Art
Historically, the island of Newfoundland has had a culturally homogeneous population. For this reason, newcomers report a distressing insider/outsider dynamic of disconnect and challenges accessing local social support systems...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
The Role of Business and Engineering Decisions in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Mark Alexander Reynolds
Apr 09, 2013
On April 20th, 2010, the semi-submersible oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 crew members and allowing crude oil to spill continuously from the seabed. Despite numerous attempts to cap the leak...
Civil Engineering ENGI 8751, CASE STUDY, CIVIL, DEEPWATER HORIZON, OIL SPILL, ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, BUSINESS ETHICS, OIL RIG
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dynamic Impact of Government Expenditure and Debt Policy Instruments on Agricultural Growth in Nigeria
This research examined the impact of government expenditure and debt policy instruments on agricultural growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2018. Findings revealed that, for every billion rise in aggregate government...
Global Information Technology Computer Science and Information Technology Global Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global
Powerpoint Presentation Evaluation Based on Aggregation of Quality Criteria
Today, there is no consensus about proper timing and conditions for integration of PowerPoint presentations into the educational process. But the model-based evaluation can make a decision-making process easier when it comes to...
Published by: IGI Global
Availability and Access to Support Services in a Blended Learning Environment
The transformation in the distance education system has led to the emergence of blended learning approaches that have necessitated effective support to facilitate students learning. This web survey aimed at determining the kinds...
Published by: IGI Global
Monitoring Practitioner's Skills in Pure-Tone Audiometry
So far, there exists no standard, to evaluate a practitioner's skills in pure-tone audiometry. To narrow the gap, this article presents an artificial patient (AP) emulating various types of hearing impairment. In contrast to...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Digital Technologies to Improve the Efficiency of Discussion Environments for Economics Students During COVID-19
The article is devoted to studying the impact of digital technologies on providing an efficient educational discussion environment against the background of isolation and social distancing caused by COVID-19 preventive measures....
Published by: IGI Global
E-Revenue Adoption in State Internal Revenue Service
This paper focuses on investigating factors affecting e-revenue adoption in State Internally Revenue Service. The study utilizes a quantitative research methods. A conceptual research model to investigate factors affecting...
Published by: IGI Global
COVID-19 Vaccine Global Information Management Through Bibliometrics
Vaccination is nowadays the most used option to stem the covid-19 pandemic. The global impact of the pandemic has triggered an unprecedented frenzy for research axis related to COVID-19 vaccine. Since 2019, the volume of...
Published by: IGI Global
Does Age Matter?
Previous literature has suggested that age indirectly influences the intention to adopt an information technology, and notably a m-health application. However, few studies have investigated this link. Voluntarily proximity...
Published by: IGI Global
Differing Perceptions of the Smartwatch by Users Within Developed Countries
This article aims to identify differences in the impact of Self-connectivity and the variables of the technological acceptance model (TAM) on smartwatch adoption in developed countries. The countries involved in the data...
Published by: IGI Global
Intellectual Structure and Publication Pattern in Journal of Global Information Management
The Journal of Global Information Management has been publishing high-quality research related to information systems since 1993. The current study provides a retrospective of its magnificent journey. The study recognizes...
Published by: IGI Global
Review of Richard Kearney and Brian Treanor (eds.), Carnal Hermeneutics, New York
Samuel R. R. Underwood
Jan 04, 2019
Carnal Hermeneutics is a collection of essays published in 2015 in the “Perspectives in Continental Philosophy” series by Fordham University Press. The contributors fall into two categories: established French philosophers...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Anonymity, Systems Characteristics, and Feedback Provision in Online Learning Communities
The growing ubiquity of the Internet has attracted various studies on the various issues concerning online communities for education. These studies assume that systems characteristics do not play any major role in the behaviours...
Published by: IGI Global
Service Quality Measurement in Information Systems
Traditionally measurements of service quality have followed the expectation-disconfirmation approach. Further, previous studies have shown that negative disconfirmation is more influential than positive disconfirmation. In this...
Published by: IGI Global
Fostering Financial Inclusion in a Developing Country
Financial inclusion is a vital development priority for countries worldwide. Mobile wallet (m-wallet) is considered as a disruptive payment method that will substitute the traditional physical wallet to achieve the so-called...
Published by: IGI Global
The Role of Awareness for Complex Planning Task Performance
This study introduces the concept of microgames to support situated learning in order to foster situational awareness (SA) of planners in seaport container terminals. In today's complex working environments, it is often...
Published by: IGI Global
Using machine learning to create a repository of judgments concerning a new practice area
Abstract Judgments concerning animals have arisen across a variety of established practice areas. There is, however, no publicly available repository of judgments concerning the emerging practice...
Impacts of Risks Over Benefits in the Adoption of Self-Tracking Technologies
Self-tracking (ST) technologies offer an unlimited number of opportunities to improve human life, especially health and well-being. Many scholars have been interested in this technology because of its worldwide spread but have...
Published by: IGI Global
Fostering Financial Inclusion in a Developing Country
Financial inclusion is a vital development priority for countries worldwide. Mobile wallet (m-wallet) is considered as a disruptive payment method that will substitute the traditional physical wallet to achieve the so-called...
Accounting & Finance Business and Management Accounting and Finance Social Sciences and Humanities Government and Law
Published by: IGI Global
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