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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...