This paper aims to analyze the way in which the Greek press treats the socio-epistemic constitution of science and technology. By “socio-epistemic constitution” we mean the following dimensions: (a) techno-scientific methodology, (b) the social organization of the techno-scientific endeavor, and (c) the interactions of science and technology with other public spheres. Our methodology is based o...

In a wide range of contemporary debates on Japanese cultures of technological practice, brief reference is often made to distinct Shinto legacies, as forming an animist substratum of indigenous spiritual beliefs and cosmological imaginations. Japan has been described as a land of Shinto-infused ‘techno-animism’: exhibiting a ‘polymorphous perversity’ that resolutely ignores boundaries between h...

The paper identifies and discusses the need for techno-economic performance improvements at early stages of the wave energy converter (WEC) technology development process. Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) for wave energy projects provide a valuable metric of technology readiness and deliver useful guidance for the development process. This paper describes the complementary metric of Technolog...

the effects of planting date and single irrigation (si) allocation scenarios on increasing and stability of yield were investigated to determine the total water productivity and economical water productivity (wpe), for rainfed wheat at dryland agricultural research institute in maragheh, iran, during 2000-2004. the treatments included three sowing dates (early, normal and late), four allocation...

Households present a significant contribution in the national energy consumption, and photovoltaics (PV) has become an economically feasible technology that can play important role to lower this consumption associated emissions. Nevertheless, there is still gap between too in-depth technical models for detailed studies what urban planners need, which are simpler, yet reliable techno-economical ...

In present paper, I will argue that Japanese dating simulation video games can be considered as serious games. Prior to advancing my main argument, I will introduce the popular dating sim LovePlus and relate it to the historization of the concept of „techno-intimacy‟ within the Japanese society. For further contextualization of the field, I will theorize the audience at which dating sims are ai...

A number n is said to be economical if the prime power factori-sation of n can be written with no more digits than n itself. We show that under a plausible hypothesis, related to the twin prime conjecture, there are arbitrarily long sequences of consecutive economial numbers, and exhibit such a sequence of length 9.

purpose: the main purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between techno-stress and the organizational commitment of librarians in libraries of governmental universities of tabriz.methodology: the analytical survey has been used in this study and the population includes all librarians in governmental universities of tabriz. questionnaires of techno-stress designed by ragu-nathan e...