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Applied Optics, 2014
The problem of "distortionless" viewing with terrestrial telescopic systems (mainly "binoculars") remains problematic. The so called "globe effect" is only partially counteracted in modern designs. Theories addressing the phenomenon have never reached definitive closure.
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The problem of "distortionless" viewing with terrestrial telescopic systems (mainly "binoculars") remains problematic. The so called "globe effect" is only partially counteracted in modern designs. Theories addressing the phenomenon have never reached definitive closure.
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Journal of Business Strategy, 1995
Last year more than 25 million personal computers, 15 million fax machines, and nearly as many cellular phones were purchased by businesses and individuals worldwide. They are in our offices and homes, and we use them every day. They are indispensable tools.
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Last year more than 25 million personal computers, 15 million fax machines, and nearly as many cellular phones were purchased by businesses and individuals worldwide. They are in our offices and homes, and we use them every day. They are indispensable tools.
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Computer, 2009
In addition to reducing the time it took to pay for purchases, bar codes and scanners provided a system that would track inventory, reduce theft, and provide data to help merchants understand how their goods were purchased.
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In addition to reducing the time it took to pay for purchases, bar codes and scanners provided a system that would track inventory, reduce theft, and provide data to help merchants understand how their goods were purchased.
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The depth of the horizon: searching, scanning and widening horizons
Foresight, 2012PurposeThis essay aims to introduce horizon scanning as an approach fundamental to most foresight studies.Design/methodology/approachThe essay combines a general review of the topic with an overview of a range of horizon‐scanning approaches that are in use in the UK health system.FindingsDifferent approaches – shorter as well as longer‐term, searching ...
Miles, Ian, Saritas, Ozcan
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The need for environmental horizon scanning
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2009Policymakers and practitioners in most fields, including conservation and the environment, often make decisions based on insufficient evidence. One reason for this is that issues appear unexpectedly, when with hindsight, many of them were foreseeable.
William J, Sutherland, Harry J, Woodroof
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Scan the horizon for unprecedented risks
Science, 2018In their Policy Forum “Agricultural research, or a new bioweapon system?” (5 October, p. [35][1]), R. G. Reeves et al. explore the implications of developing genetically modified viruses that insects deliver to plants. To develop horizontal environmental genetic alteration agents (HEGAAs), a U.S.
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Horizon Scanning in Foresight – Why Horizon Scanning is only a part of the game
Futures & Foresight Science, 2020Kerstin Cuhls
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