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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...
Remembering Philip McShane
Michael Vertin
Mar 16, 2022
Michael Vertin is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Study of Religion, and Theology at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. He is a longtime student of Lonergan’s work and has edited four volumes of studies by...
A Methodological Approach to Assessment and Reporting of the Model Adequacy in Simulation Studies
Assessment and Reporting of Model Adequacy is an important step in the simulation modelling process. It stipulates the level of precision and accuracy, which are important features of the model predictions. In an academic...
Published by: IGI Global
Psychological Distance and Culture
Michael Roberts
Dec 27, 2019
This chapter introduces psychological distance into cultural studies as an alternative way of conceptualizing individual differences. Unlike most cross-cultural frameworks that are at the group level, psychological distance...
Published by: IGI Global
Stochastic Model for Preventing Blackouts
Power system blackouts cause huge financial losses for the society and power utilities. Two types of blackouts have been identified. One involving load loss due to transmission lines reaching its limits and other involving...
Published by: IGI Global
Being a Singer
Brian A. Roberts
Nov 19, 2013
Singers both rejoice and suffer under the weight of their instrument. It becomes not only a major part of their identity but, in many cases, it becomes their central or "master status" (Hughes, 1945). This research examines the...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Establishing and Testing a Quantitative Measure for Evolving Third-Place Characteristics
Third places offer and promote social experiences beneficial for building interpersonal relationships. This study has two goals: 1) establish a scale that tests if an environment is characteristic of third place characteristics...
Published by: IGI Global
A Cyber Sensor Model for Cyber-Physical-Social Systems
Engineering sustainable cyber-physical-social systems demand a transdisciplinary approach. Within an arbitrary domain, many systems, including those of the physical and cyber categories, may already be in-situ; however...
Published by: IGI Global
Reliability Analysis of Keith Centrifuge at a Meat Processing Plant in Windhoek, Namibia
Critical equipment failures in a meat processing plant can shut down the business unit, resulting in a loss of output and financial loss. Furthermore, many stakeholders face risks because of equipment failures. The purpose of...
Published by: IGI Global
A Model of Cloud Forensic Application With Assurance of Cloud Log
The key concepts of digital forensic investigation in cloud computing are examination and investigation. Cybercriminals target cloud-based web applications due to presence of vulnerabilities. Forensic investigation is a complex...
Published by: IGI Global
Participatory Mapping and PGIS
Michael McCall
Jul 01, 2021
Applications of participatory mapping (PMapping) and PGIS to the mapping of local spatial knowledge are expanding; therefore, updated ethics and good practice improvements are needed. The intention here is to secern, or...
Published by: IGI Global
Economic Conditions as an Environmental Moderator of E-Purchase Intention
Purchasing through e-commerce continues to expand rapidly and is expected to reach $18.89 trillion by 2027. After two decades of e-commerce research, little is known about the effects of economic conditions (developed vs....
Published by: IGI Global
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning
Michael Sletten
May 14, 2021
Learning a second language is challenging for anyone worldwide. When trying to learn a second language in a remote area of the world or under circumstances that do not allow for face-to-face learning, it becomes even more...
Published by: IGI Global
China's Infrastructure Financing and the Role of Infrastructure in Awakening African Economies
Michael Ehizuelen
Jul 01, 2021
African economies, through Agenda 2063, recognize that developing infrastructure – transport, electricity, energy, water, and e-connectivity – will be critical for the region to assume a lasting place in the global economic...
Published by: IGI Global
Collaborating to Explore Controlled Digital Lending as a Library Consortium
In 2020–2021, the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) explored the potential for controlled digital lending (CDL) across the library consortium. Over the course of a year, the BLC's CDL Working Group engaged with internal...
Published by: IGI Global
Understanding Knowledge Sharing in an Organization
This paper set out to propose the actor-network theory (ANT) as a lens through which to understand and interpret the sociotechnical knowledge sharing challenges in organisations. The methodology for this study was developed...
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LGBT College Student Career Development
LGBT college students need mentorship regarding their career development from their faculty members. This paper provides an informed approach, grounded in Social Cognitive Career Theory and supported by empirical research, for...
Published by: IGI Global
A Novel Framework Using Zero Shot Learning Technique for a Non-Factoid Question Answering System
Non-Factoid Question Answering (QA) is the next generation of textual QA systems, which gives passage level summaries for a natural language query, posted by the user. The main issue lies in the appropriateness of the generated...
Published by: IGI Global
The Role and Trend of Information and Communications Technology Towards a Pervasive Healthcare System
Technological innovations have played a significant role in the modern healthcare system. However, with increasing rate of human population relative to the available medical personnel and facilities, a sudden outbreak of...
Published by: IGI Global
Sentiment Analysis on Movie Reviews Dataset Using Support Vector Machines and Ensemble Learning
The internet makes it easier for people to connect to each other and has become a platform to express ideas and share information with the world. The growth of the internet has indirectly led to the development of social...
Published by: IGI Global

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