Rethinking technical services: new frameworks, new skill sets, new tools, new roles

new semigroup compactifications via the enveloping semigroups of associated flows

this thesis deals with the construction of some function algebras whose corresponding semigroup compactification are universal with respect to some properies of their enveloping semigroups. the special properties are of beigan a left zero, a left simple, a group, an inflation of the right zero, and an inflation of the rectangular band.

New Frameworks of Rationality

The nature and extent of human rationality is an issue of ongoing debate. In the last two decades, this debate has been enlivened by the development and application of new theoretical frameworks. These include Bayesian notions of adjusting and using uncertain beliefs in an inductive manner as well as deductive probability-based logics as normative guidelines against which to weigh human judgmen...

Teaching Pharmacology in 2010--new knowledge, new tools, new attitudes.

Changes in pharmacology teaching are being driven by various pressures. These originate: from changes in the discipline itself; from government; from professional bodies; from students; from changes in teaching styles and opportunities; from academic staff; from ethical/animal rights considerations; from employers and from higher education institutions. These changes will require an alteration ...

E-textile tooling: new tools—new culture?

Background: The maker movement in recent years has shed light on the blurring boundaries between crafts, creativity, and technology. Tools are a key part of the creation process, shaping both our process of making and the objects we make. They do so through their form and material influence, the matter they can handle, as well as the skills needed to utilize them. Often, tools also evoke stereo...

Science and technology: new tools, new dimensions.