Database Research Faces the Information Explosion a Historical Perspective

Technology and Urban Form: A Philosophical and Historical Perspective

Urban form has undergone tremendous changes throughout history. These changes have stemmed from various causes. Technology has been one of the most influential forces in changing the face of cities, leaving different marks on the city form. In fact, technology has gained an increasingly more important and integrative role in bringing changes to the urban form. In addition, recent plethora of de...

Chronicle of Datura Toxicity in the 18th and 19th Century

Background: Datura stramonium is a poisonous and common flowering plant that is a member of the Solanacae family. Datura poisonings are a rare occurrence in the 21st century, making toxicological information on this plant sparse. Historical information on Datura provides useful information on the clinical symptoms and characteristics of poisonings. This review looks at the state of knowledge on...

Temporal Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Land Transformation Due to Urbanization and Its Impact on Surface Water System: a Case from Dhaka Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh

Temporal urban mapping develops a historical perspective of urban development by combining a variety of data sources into an integrated, multi-scale, and multi-resolution database. Temporal map and databases can be used to document human-induced land transformations in Dhaka Metropolitan Area (DMA), where the human induced land transformation rate is very high. Two main features – Arial expansi...

Description of the human races: A historical perspective

Information Systems Epistemology: an Historical Perspective

There are some important issues associated with knowledge and its acquisition which if realized could make quite a shift in our thinking about what constitutes valid research. They have a rich historical tradition and are fundamental to our understanding of nature and society. This paper takes an historical perspective on information systems epistemology; in so doing, it hopes to expose some of...