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Etherotopia or a country in the mind: bridging the gap between utopias and nirvanas [PDF]
, 2015 Joyce Hertzler concludes his History of Utopian Thought with the phrase ‘Utopia is not a social state it is a state of mind’. Other utopian scholars would argue that the truth is exactly the opposite, that utopia is a purely social matter. There seems to
Callow, Christos Jr
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Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A new generation of yielding links, referred to as cast steel replaceable modular yielding links (CMLs), was recently validated through extensive large‐scale testing, to enhance the seismic performance of steel eccentrically braced frames (EBFs). The effective use of CMLs relies on accurately evaluating the seismic response of the EBF systems,
Hongzhou Zhang, Pedram Mortazavi
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A leap of faith: Abbott, Bellamy, Morris, Wells and the fin-de-siècle route to utopia [PDF]
, 2016 In the great surge of utopian writing that was produced during the fin de siècle, Edward Bellamy, William Morris and H. G. Wells among others imagined utopias that were global in scale and located in the future.
Kingstone, Helen
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, 2014 A distinctive characteristic of sociology is that it’s a critical discipline. But a question that criticisms of society imply is - what’s the alternative? This lecture will look at alternative societies implied by criticisms of existing ones. What is the
Martell, Luke
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Transition in place: dynamics, possibilities, and constraints [PDF]
, 2016 The Transition Movement is a translocal phenomenon circulated through transnational grassroots networks. This study explores the geographies of the Transition Movement with a theoretical framework that perceives it as both a social movement and a ...
Feola, Giuseppe, Nicolosi, Emily
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Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite a growing focus on blockchain adoption within operations and supply chains, these initiatives exhibit an exceedingly high failure rate, with many failing to achieve sustainable success. Why are enterprise blockchain adoptions highly susceptible to failure?
Yuanzhu Zhan +5 more
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Macromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.The automated optimization of the polymerization of pentafluorophenyl acrylate in continuous flow is reported. Optimal reaction parameters suggested by an optimization algorithm are validated by an independent flow reactor setup. The control over modification of poly(PFPA) with primary amines is showcased by 19F NMR, 1H NMR, and IR spectroscopy ...
Alexander P. Grimm +9 more
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Dreaming Denationalized Law: Scholarship on Autonomous International Arbitration as Utopian Literature [PDF]
, 2013 A completely denationalised law is of course a utopia. But it is a utopia not just in the broad sense of being unrealistic, at least for the present, and perhaps also for the future. No, it is a utopia in the very literal sense of the word.
Michaels, Ralf
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Ethics of Personalised Medicine: Importance of the Multidisciplinary Approach in KidneySign Project
PROTEOMICS, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the ethical and societal issues in developing personalised medicine (PM) as part of the KidneySign project, which aims to mobilise translational big data to validate a proteomic signature of renal fibrosis with prognostic value.
Delphine Azéma +3 more
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E-topia: Utopia after the Mediated Body [PDF]
, 2017 open access journalA custom-made media installation, diplorasis, will be used to explore the body in digital media. This mediated body attempts to re-think how the Deleuzian time-image is translated from its cinematic confinement to the space of new ...
Themistokleous, George
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