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Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics, 2012 Kaizen is a Japanese word which is today used as an international mark for quality management. Composed by two words, “kai” which means “change” and “zen” which means “good”, kaizen translates into “continuous improvement” which describes a simple ...
SPIRIDON Cosmin
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, 2022 Im Sinne des Leichtbaus und des ökonomischen Gedankens werden Aeronautische Strukturen immer kritischer gegenüber totalem Versagen ausgelegt. Jedoch darf sich das Risiko solcher fatalen Ereignisse nur innerhalb bestimmter Grenzen und Regularien befinden. Mit konventionellen Wartungsplänen und Herangehensweisen stösst man durchaus schnell an die Grenzen
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Wittgenstein's Tractatus: Simple Objects and The Problem of Language [PDF]
, 1988 This thesis introduces a problem with language (i.e. how language is connected to the world) and explores a solution to this problem offered by Ludwig Wittgenstein in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.
Metcalfe, Murray Randolph
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‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
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Simple mindesness: in defense of naive naturalism in the philosophy of mind
, 1998 According to Hornsby. Descartes bequeathed us two main legacies. First, he developed a particular conception of the natural world, of what he called res extensa, as a realm governed entirely by mechanistic principles, and excluding purposeful agents such as human beings along with their actions and mental states.
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On Hume's simple-complex distinction: a mere distinction of reason?
, 2017 In the opening pages of the Treatise, Hume introduces a division of our perceptions into the simple and the complex. Historically, this division has been heavily criticized by scholars as being 'vague' and 'perfunctory'.
David Allen Gilstrap
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Embedding Chemistry and Pharmacy Into Sustainability
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.Chemistry and pharmacy provide products and processes that are indispensable for our high living standard. To understand their relationship with sustainability is important to allow them to contribute to sustainability in a sustainable manner. An integrated overview of green, circular, and sustainable chemistry and pharmacy is given and how they have t
Klaus Kümmerer
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.This review highlights the synthesis of chitosan nanoparticles from natural sources, the thorough characterization of them, and use of microscopic and spectroscopic methods. It emphasizes that it has some indispensable properties such as being non‐toxic, antimicrobial, and capable of controlled drug release.
Mariam Sohail Mansoor +6 more
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Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Applied ecology can significantly influence policy decisions on environmental issues. Therefore, research in this field should be as transparent and reproducible as possible. Existing expertise from a broad range of disciplines should also be integrated into ecological research to allow researchers to maximize understanding of complex ...
Kailin Weitkämper +5 more
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Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.A physics‐grounded framework based on decoherence timescales (τ_dec vs τ_func), Markovian validity, and falsifiability criteria is applied across molecular systems to distinguish where quantum effects are necessary, marginal, or irrelevant. The analysis integrates quantum chemistry, biological quantum mechanisms, and quantum computing under a unified ...
Sarfaraz K. Niazi
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