Bergson

Bergson
Author: F. C. T. Moore
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1996-01-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521424028

An examination of the philosophy of Henri Bergson (1859-1941) showing how relevant Bergson is to much contemporary philosophy.

Context-Aware Systems and Applications

Context-Aware Systems and Applications
Author: Phan Cong Vinh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013-02-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642366422

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the first International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2012, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2012. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed from over 100 submissions. The papers cover a wide spectrum of issues in the area of Context-Aware Systems (CAS). CAS are going to shape networked computing systems of the future

Exotic Preferences

Exotic Preferences
Author: George Loewenstein
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2007-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199257078

George Loewenstein analyses how individual preferences are formed, whether they can be predicted and the extent to which they are influenced by emotion rather than reason. These writings include the author's most influential papers on this intriguing topic.

Pervasive Punishment

Pervasive Punishment
Author: Fergus McNeill
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2018-11-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1787564665

This book challenges the centrality of the prison in our understanding of punishment, inviting us to see, hear, imagine, analyse and restrain 'mass supervision'. Though rooted in social theory and social research, its innovative approach complements more conventional academic writing with photography, song-writing and storytelling.

Pervasive Powers

Pervasive Powers
Author: Sara Angeli Aguiton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000451062

In an era of systemic crisis and of global critiques of the unsustainable perpetuation of capitalism, Pervasive Powers: The Politics of Corporate Authority critically questions the conditions for the maintenance and expansion of corporate power. The book explores empirical case studies in the realms of finance, urban policies, automobile safety, environmental risk, agriculture, and food in western democracies. It renews understanding of the power of big business, focusing on how the study of temporalities, of multi-sited influence and of sociotechnical tools is crucial to an analysis of the evolution of corporate authority. Drawing on different literatures, ranging from research on business associations and global governance to that on the social production of ignorance or on corporate crime, this book aims at contributing to existing works on the capacity of corporations to rule the world. Unlike approaches focused on economic elites and on the political activities of firms, it goes beyond analysis of the power of corporations to influence policy-making to depict their unprecedented capacity to transform and shape the social world. Operating in numerous social spaces and mobilizing a wide range of strategies, corporate organizations have acquired the pervasive power to act far beyond mere spaces of regulation and government. Based on contributions from historians, science and technology studies scholars, sociologists and political scientists, this book will be of great interest to researchers, academics and students who wish to understand how corporations exert a pervasive influence on public policies, and to NGOs and regulatory agencies.

Rediscovering Institutions

Rediscovering Institutions
Author: James G. March
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1451602405

The authors propose a new theory of political behavior that re-invigorates the role of institutions—from laws and bureaucracy to rituals and symbols—as essential to understanding the modern political and economic systems that guide contemporary life.

Pervasive Computing

Pervasive Computing
Author: Aboul-Ella Hassanien
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2009-09-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1848825994

The main objective of pervasive computing systems is to create environments where computers become invisible by being seamlessly integrated and connected into our everyday environment, where such embedded computers can then provide inf- mation and exercise intelligent control when needed, but without being obtrusive. Pervasive computing and intelligent multimedia technologies are becoming incre- ingly important to the modern way of living. However, many of their potential applications have not yet been fully realized. Intelligent multimedia allows dynamic selection, composition and presentation of the most appropriate multimedia content based on user preferences. A variety of applications of pervasive computing and - telligent multimedia are being developed for all walks of personal and business life. Pervasive computing (often synonymously called ubiquitous computing, palpable computing or ambient intelligence) is an emerging ?eld of research that brings in revolutionary paradigms for computing models in the 21st century. Pervasive c- puting is the trend towards increasingly ubiquitous connected computing devices in the environment, a trend being brought about by a convergence of advanced el- tronic – and particularly, wireless – technologies and the Internet. Recent advances in pervasive computers, networks, telecommunications and information technology, along with the proliferation of multimedia mobile devices – such as laptops, iPods, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cellular telephones – have further stimulated the development of intelligent pervasive multimedia applications. These key te- nologiesarecreatingamultimediarevolutionthatwillhavesigni?cantimpactacross a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare and governmental domains.

Information Systems, Technology and Management

Information Systems, Technology and Management
Author: Sushil K. Prasad
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642120342

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management, ICISTM 2010, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2010. The 28 revised full papers presented together with 3 keynote lectures, 9 short papers, and 2 tutorial papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information systems, information technology, information management, and applications.