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Review of Kevin Decker and Jeffery Ewing, Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am. Oxford
Jared Call
Jan 07, 2020
The movie Alien first hit the box office in the spring of 1979, and it was met with critical acclaim; in 2008, it ranked seventh best film in the science fiction genre by the American Film Institute. The chestburster scene is...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
A Framework for Additive Manufacturing Technology Selection
Additive manufacturing is a popular emerging technology of producing parts directly from digital models. This technology has presented benefits such as freedom of design, the ability to customise, and shortened process chains....
Published by: IGI Global
Building for the Future
Lori Morris
Sep 05, 2013
One of the central tenets of Guillaumean linguistics holds that every word has a potential significate (meaning) in tongue! which conditions its various realizations in discourse. Because they are not directly observable...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Assembling the Meaning of Probability
My positioning focuses on the meaning of a single word, probability. As in the prior exercise,1 my tasks are to (i) make explicit, to talk about, that which I am capable of talking about; (ii) to identify that which I am not...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Doing Mad Studies
Richard A. Ingram
Dec 29, 2016
I am the person who is credited with having coined the term Mad Studies; here I explore how this new concept took shape.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Gedenkwort von 1991 für Ludwig Landgrebe
Klaus Held
Apr 27, 2021
Nach dem Tod von Ludwig Landgrebe am 14. August 1991 fand eine Wochespäter in seinem Wohnort Bergisch-Gladbach (nahe der Stadt Köln, an derenUniversität er gelehrt hatte) am 22. August ein Trauergottesdienst statt. DieFamilie...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dialectic and the Emergence of Explicit Metaphysics
David Oyler
Feb 24, 2020
I am going to sketch the personal role of dialectic in the emergence of explicit metaphysics. Of necessity, it is a sketch since a full account would require more than an essay. If we consider the full sweep of Lonergan’s views...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Moving Towards JMDA Volume 14
Philip McShane
Dec 10, 2020
I note at this get-go that I am writing to those who are participating in the scramble for new controls of meaning that is to be this volume. Perhaps it, and its pressures towards the effective engineering, will reach others....
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
How the Heritage of Postcolonial Studies Thinks Colonialism Today
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Nov 11, 2021
I have been asked to write on the heritage of postcolonial studies. I separated myself from postcolonial studies in A Critique of Postcolonial Reason, published in 1999. I am still separated from it. But “separation” is, of...
postcolonialism; politics; Marxism; anthropology; colonization; colonialism; Gayatri Spivak; politics; sociology; literature; postcolonialism; colonial studies; postcolonialism; politics; Marxism; anthropology; colonization; colonialism; Gayatri Spivak; politics; sociology; literature; postcolonialism; colonial studies; postcolonialism; politics; Marxism; anthropology; colonization; colonialism; Gayatri Spivak; politics; sociology; literature; postcolonialism; colonial studies;
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Effect of Preventive Maintenance on Machine Reliability in a Beverage Packaging Plant
This paper investigates the effect of preventive maintenance on the reliabilities of devices in a bottling plant. Six months of real-time maintenance data were analyzed quantitatively. Based on the breakdown events obtained for...
Published by: IGI Global
THE ELEMENT OF VOCAL DISGUISE IN SOCIOPHONETIC DECEPTION
Brittany Sobol
Sep 21, 2015
This paper is a report on my current findings within my M.A. (Linguistics) research, which focuses on vocal disguise within forensic linguistics. Specifically, I aim to answer the question of what individuals are most likely to...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Evaluating Urban Sensing Within Engaged Planning and Design
Civic technology models propose that urban environmental sensing and analysis can inform community-based decision making, but technology-driven planning and design is still subject to systemic challenges including a lack of...
Government and Law Public and Sector Management E-Planning Science and Engineering Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences
Published by: IGI Global
at the Edge 2
Andrew Loman
Oct 02, 2012
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Published by: at the EDGE
Review of Bruno Latour, Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime. Cambridge
Andrew Ahern
Jan 07, 2020
Bruno Latour’s 2017 publication, Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime, is Latour’s analysis of the many political problems of today, including mass migration and worldwide inequality, all while the issue of climate...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Assessing Public Opinions of Products Through Sentiment Analysis
In the world of social networking, consumers tend to refer to expert comments or product reviews before making buying decisions. There is much useful information available on many social networking sites for consumers to make...
Published by: IGI Global
A Positioning
Frank Braio
Feb 24, 2020
Rather than getting into the spread of components in my own positioning, I want to pick up on a point made by Phil McShane in a communication sent Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 8:42 AM to: ‘lonergan_l @skipperweb.org’—re ...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Botanizing in the Mushroom Cities
Andrew Loman
Oct 02, 2012
"Botanizing in the Mushroom Cities" offers a detailed introduction to At the Edge 2: City Types.
Published by: at the EDGE
A Rule-Based Quality Analytics System for the Global Wine Industry
The global wine-making industry has faced challenges due to the increasing demands of consumers, particularly in emerging markets such as China, Brazil, India, and Russia. Controlling the quality during wine production is one of...
Published by: IGI Global
The Idea of God
Peter Harris
Feb 05, 2018
In this paper I intend to look at a debate arising in the early Middle Ageswhich focused on the divine names. The topic was so formulated in the 6thcentury by the writer who came to be known as the “pseudo-Dionysius” who wasin...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Using Publicized Information to Determine the Sustainable Development of 3-PL Companies
Sustainability issues have been seen as a promising paradigm for achieving a better future. Firms in the logistics service sector are still lacking clear value propositions on sustainable development. While many organizations...
Published by: IGI Global
Image Credits
Andrew Loman
Oct 02, 2012
This file provides the complete credit information for all images used in At the Edge 2: City Types.
Published by: at the EDGE
Acceptance of an Online Voting System at the Catholic University Institute of Buea
Increasingly, more software is developed locally, to address the needs of the developer's immediate community and yet little research has been done regarding their acceptance. The technology acceptance model (TAM), which has...
Digital Divide & Developing Countries Computer Science and Information Technology IT Research and Theory
Published by: IGI Global
Development and Evaluation of a Cognitive Training Application for Children With Learning Difficulties
The studies targeting cognitive training via computerized applications focused on suggesting varied types of Working Memory's (WM) tasks rather than offering those tasks in a user-friendly way or suggesting practical guidelines...
Published by: IGI Global
Community-Centered Urban Sensing
The authors examine the problem of integrating urban sensing into engaged planning. The authors ask whether enhanced urban data and analysis can enhance resident engagement in planning and design, rather than hinder it, even...
Published by: IGI Global
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