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Seeking the Wealth of Self
Michael George
Mar 16, 2022
Michael George teaches Religion and Culture, and Ethics at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is interested in helping to promote the project of Integrative Bioethics, which he considers to be a possible...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Review of William Pinar, Moving Images of Eternity
Bryan Heystee
Apr 22, 2021
William Pinar’s 2019 book Moving Images of Eternity: George Grant’s Critiqueof Time, Teaching, and Technology presents a much-needed and welcomeaddition to scholarship on one of Canada’s most significant philosophers....
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Direct observation of a superconducting vortex diode.
Alon Gutfreund, Hisakazu Matsuki, Vadim Plastovets, Avia Noah, Laura Gorzawski, Nofar Fridman, Guang Yang, Alexander Buzdin, Oded Millo, Jason W A Robinson, Yonathan Anahory
Apr 17, 2023
The interplay between magnetism and superconductivity can lead to unconventional proximity and Josephson effects. A related phenomenon that has recently attracted considerable attention is the superconducting diode effect, in...
Published by: Nature Communications
A Context-Independent Ontological Linked Data Alignment Approach to Instance Matching
Linking data by finding matching instances in different datasets requires considering many characteristics, such as structural heterogeneity, implicit knowledge, and URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)-oriented identification. The...
Published by: IGI Global
Shona metaphors created during the Zimbabwe crisis
Shona is a Southern Bantu language that is spoken by about 75% of Zimbabweans. This article discusses the nature of metaphors that were created by Shona speakers in speaking of the Zimbabwean political and socio-economic crisis....
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Usable-Security Assessment of Healthcare Software System Through Fuzzy ANP-TOPSIS Method
Adil Seh, Masood Ahmad, Mohd Nadeem, Abhishek Pandey, Alka Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, Raees Khan
Oct 01, 2021
To address this research possibility, the present empirical study undertakes the assessment of usable-security of healthcare software system. The attributes considered for the assessment are: four factors at first level;...
Published by: IGI Global
Of Zebra Doves and Prawn Crackers
Marc Benamou
Nov 19, 2013
Both the English and Javanese' languages describe music largely in metaphoric terms. In English, for instance, we use the spatial metaphor "up" and "down" to refer to differences in pitch. In Javanese these same differences are...
Published by: Faculty of Education
A Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithm for Solving Higher-Order Boundary Value Problems
An effective metaheuristic algorithm to solve the higher-order boundary value problems, called a genetic programming technique is presented. In this paper, a genetic programming algorithm, which depends on the syntax tree...
Published by: IGI Global
A Framework for Implementing a Computer-Based Knowledge Management System in Healthcare Organisations
Computer-based knowledge management systems provide sustainable management of organisational knowledge. The adoption of computer-based knowledge management systems assists organisations in harmonizing critical knowledge...
Published by: IGI Global
Sensitivity Analysis of GFRP Composite Drilling Parameters and Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimisation
In this article, a genetic algorithm (GA) is used for optimizing a metamodel of surface roughness (R_a ) in drilling glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites. A response surface methodology (RSM) based three levels (-1...
Published by: IGI Global
The Missing Dimension
George Tibbetts
Nov 19, 2013
A story that has become part of musical folklore telIs of the rehearsal of a Beethoven piano concerto by the pianist Artur Schnabel and the conductor Qtto von Klemperer. As Klemperer was conducting the orchestra, he noticed...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Solution NMR of Battery Electrolytes
NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool that is commonly used to assess the degradation of lithium-ion battery electrolyte solutions. However, dissolution of paramagnetic Ni2+ and Mn2+ ions from cathode...
Influence of Cutting Parameters on Machinability of DSS 2205 and SDSS 2507 Materials During Milling
Duplex and super duplex materials possess the properties of both Austenite and Martensitic steels. Properties like hardness and toughness are very high for duplex grades and are difficult-to-machine. In this study, machining...
Published by: IGI Global
THE DICTIONARY OF NEWFOUNDLAND ENGLISH
Jeff A. Webb
Jan 09, 2014
IN THE FALL OF 1982 the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (DNE) arrived in bookshops. It was the culmination of about 30 years of effort on the part of George Story, William Kirwin and John Widdowson, and was the greatest...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
An Ensemble Random Forest Algorithm for Privacy Preserving Distributed Medical Data Mining
As the voluminous amount of data is generated because of inexorably widespread proliferation of electronic data maintained using the Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Medical health facilities have great potential to discern the...
Published by: IGI Global
Racially Motivated Police Brutality Is a Community Public Health Issue in the United States
Ongoing global protests against police violence and racism were heightened in 2020 after the deaths of Breana Taylor and George Floyd, whose deaths made headlines worldwide and raised awareness of the Black Lives Matter...
Published by: IGI Global
A Dynamic Performance Evaluation Model for SMEs Based on Fuzzy DEMATEL and Fuzzy ANP
Performance evaluation is a systematic way for companies to analyze their current status and progress to reach their goals. Companies constantly evaluate their processes in research and development, purchasing, production, sales...
Published by: IGI Global
The Impact of Human Resource Planning (HRP) in Achieving the Strategic Goal of the Firm With the Moderating Role of Organizational Innovation
Jehad Hani
Oct 01, 2021
The aim of this study is to ex amine the impact of human resource planning (HRP) in achieving strategic goal of the firm and organizational productivity. Structural equation modeling (SEM) approach is used to investigate causal...
Published by: IGI Global
Using Computer Cognitive Atlas to Improve Students' Divergent Thinking Ability
Human society has entered the era of intelligence. Social development in the era of intelligence has spawned a large number of intelligent applications. Intelligent applications have put forward unprecedented requirements on the...
Published by: IGI Global
Regulation of immune responses in primary biliary cholangitis
Victoria Mulcahy, Evaggelia Liaskou, Jose-Ezequiel Martin, Prasanti Kotagiri, Jonathan Badrock, Rebecca L Jones, Simon M Rushbrook, Stephen D Ryder, Douglas Thorburn, Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Graeme Clark, Heather J Cordell, Richard N Sandford, David E Jones, Gideon M Hirschfield, George F Mells
Apr 17, 2023
BACKGROUND AIMS: In patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), the serum liver biochemistry measured during treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid-the UDCA response-accurately predicts long-term outcome. Molecular...
Particle Swarm Optimization for Punjabi Text Summarization
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is proposed to deal with text summarization for the Punjabi language. PSO is based on intelligence that predicts among a given set of solutions which is the best solution. The search...
Published by: IGI Global
Puffin Island Lighouse
Sarah F Kean
Apr 09, 2013
Paper outlines the history of the Puffin Island lighthouse, why it was needed, and why it changed from a granite structure to a wood one.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Predictive Learning of Error Recovery with a Sensorized Passivity‐Based Soft Anthropomorphic Hand
Manipulation strategies based on the passive dynamics of soft-bodied interactions provide robust performances with limited sensory information. They utilise the kinematic structure and passive dynamics of the body to adapt to...
John Abraham Fisher's A Comparative View of the English, French and Italian Schools
Paul F. Rice
Nov 19, 2013
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, travel in Europe passed from the ranks of the adventurer and explorer to that of the ordinary person. In particular, travel to continental Europe became popular with he British....
Published by: Faculty of Education
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