This paper explores the broad issues of why the meaningful use of ICT to engage in deep learning has not been widespread in K-12 schools. We argue a critical reason is the lack of sustainability in the implementation of ICT-enabled pedagogies in schools, arising from a failure to understand the conditions for systemic innovations. We describe the key issues related to sustainability from litera...

We present the architecture of UbiData an adaptable framework for mobile computing information dissemination systems. Applications built upon this framework communicate using dynamic channels, an information push model with extensions to capture mobilityspecific requirements. We also introduce the development process for UbiData’s applications.

We examine the effect of variability on the performance of an assembly system where two stations feed another station and a competing system where two independent stations are fed by a single station. We study the impact of variability in processing times, variability due to unreliable workstations, and variability due to imperfect yield. The above impact is examined for both PUSH and PULL manu...

The deformation range, forces and frequency of the Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys (MSMAs) render them suitable for applications in electro-mechanical transducers, used to control pneumatic valves. A fast-operating electro-mechanical transducers can be designed, whose driving elements should not execute any motion, as they do in valves available to date, and which should get deformed instead. Util...

The presence of valves in the head and neck veins is known since classical anatomical dissections. Previous studies have investigated whether jugular veins show constant valves at their ostium and whether these valves are physiologically competent, but, unluckily, these studies have reported conflicting results. Further, recent observations have raised the question whether the incompetence of j...

Beneath the unconventional allure of hydroponic crops and a floating jungle, Cedric Price’s proposal for Glasgow’s River Clyde banks (1970) is founded on profound concept “design infrastructure”. This article unpacks concept, which intertwined theories ecological subjectivation, human behavior, sensory experience within urban planning discourses. In an era increasingly geared towards da...