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A Tribute to Philip McShane
Robert Gerard Henman
Mar 16, 2022
Robert Henman lectured in philosophy, ethics, Child Studies, and Peace Studies at Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Canada for 35 years. He is the author of The Child as Quest (University Press of America, 1984), Global...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Collation of a century of soil invertebrate abundance data suggests long-term declines in earthworms but not tipulids.
Large-scale declines in terrestrial insects have been reported over much of Europe and across the world, however, population change assessments of other key invertebrate groups, such as soil invertebrates, have been largely...
Published by: PLOS ONE
Letter from McShane to Henman
Philip McShane
Mar 21, 2022
A letter from Philip McShane to Robert Henman handwritten during the last week of June 2020.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Neuroscience and Generalized Empirical Method Go Three Rounds
Bruce Anderson
Nov 15, 2016
A review of Robert Henman's Book Neuroscience and Generalized Empirical Method.
Philosophy of Science, Neuroscience, general methodolohy mind and consciousness, foundations of neuroscience, generalized empirical method, Bernard Lonergan
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Designing and Adapting Services to Create Value Outside a Hospital Using Blockchain Architecture
As healthcare systems develop innovative services to create value for patients outside the hospital or clinical care facility, they face a major challenge. They need a communication architecture to support the sharing of...
Published by: IGI Global
Participatory E-Planning With Civic Crowdfunding
Robert Goodspeed
Apr 01, 2019
Civic crowdfunding, or recruiting participants and collecting financial donations online for local development projects with public benefits, is an increasingly popular method for participatory e-Planning at the neighborhood...
Published by: IGI Global
A Mediated Approach to the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
This paper examines the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in relation to its implication for academic libraries in the 21st century. It sheds light on how technological development has had major impacts in the academic library...
Published by: IGI Global
Effect of Coconut Oil-Based Cutting Fluid on Cutting Performance During Turning With Minimal Fluid Application
Robinson Rengiah
Jan 01, 2022
In the present work, an attempt was made to use vegetable oil as a cutting fluid during minimal fluid application to make the process more environmentally friendly. Coconut oil was selected as the vegetable oil in this study...
Published by: IGI Global
The Evolution of Data Science
Is data science a new field of study or simply an extension or specialization of a discipline that already exists, such as statistics, computer science, or mathematics? This article explores the evolution of data science as a...
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
Preserving the Pronunciations of Newfoundland: Place Names
Robert Hollett
Sep 10, 2013
The number of settlements scattered throughout the 230,130 square kilometres that compose Newfoundland and Labrador is shrinking rapidly. In 1921, the Newfoundland and Labrador census recorded 1489 communities. The 1991 census...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
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
How Game Designers Can Account for Those With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) When Designing Game Experiences
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disability among gamers where individuals belonging to this group of conditions have difficulty understanding non-verbal cues. Though game accessibility is a focal...
Published by: IGI Global
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
Pandemic-Driven Technology Adoption
During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, around the world, evidence is mounting as to the unenveness of impacts across communities. There are disproportionately more impacts on people who are elderly, economically...
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
A Competency-Based Lens for Exploring Higher Education Opportunities
In the current fast-paced environment, learners want flexibility in timing and content as they seek relevant credentials to be successful. For institutions of higher education (IHEs) to be relevant, they must address the...
Higher Education Education Higher Education Social Sciences and Humanities Library and Information Science
Published by: IGI Global
Review of: Projects in Linguistics: A Practical Research Guide to Researching Language, by Alison Wray, Kate Trott and Aileen Bloomer. London
Robert Fink
Jul 18, 2013
Review of: Projects in Linguistics: A Practical Research Guide to Researching Language, by Alison Wray, Kate Trott and Aileen Bloomer. London: Arnold, 1998. Pp xv, 303. Can $38.50.
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
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
The National Post’s Campaign Against Anti-poverty Advocates
Robert Harding
Jan 02, 2019
Using methods of critical discourse analysis, I studied all opinion pieces and editorials about poverty published in the National Post during the first three months of 2014. The dominant discourse that emerged was one of war on...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Teaching Foundations in Peace Studies
Robert Henman
Oct 20, 2010
This article explores the relation of serious theoretical reflection to effective teaching and practice. The article explores the curiosity of the human person as a foundation to Peace Studies. It also attempts to show that...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Icemen Cometh
Published by: Faculty of Education
Fully Automatic Detection and Segmentation Approach for Juxta-Pleural Nodules From CT Images
Early detection of all types of lung nodules with different characters in medical modality images using computer-aided detection is the best acceptable remedy to save the lives of lung cancer sufferers. But accuracy of different...
Published by: IGI Global
Optimal Weighted Logarithmic Transformation Converted HMOG Features for Automatic Smart Phone Authentication
This paper intends to develop an automatic behavior-based smart phone authentication model by three major phases: feature extraction, weighted logarithmic transformation, and classification. Initially, from the data related to...
Published by: IGI Global
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