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As the number of systems which offer annotations on digital documents increases, robust anchoring of annotations is a key challenge. It is especially important if the annotator lacks write-access to the document being annotated. For example, if someone makes an annotation on a web page today and the web page changes tomorrow, what happens to the annotation? One approach is simply to “orphan” th...

To the ancient Greeks, whose thinking, philosophy, government, nd art has influenced nearly every aspect of Western civilization; ruth and the ability to think clearly and to articulate and share such nowledge (and therefore wisdom), were conceived of as god-like ualities. Evidence for this is the Greek development of a goddess f wisdom, whom they named Sophia; and the study and philosphy of wi...

This essay introduces and examines aspects of the theological aesthetics contemporary Canadian artist, Michael D. O’Brien (1948–). It also considers how his philosophy arts informs understandings Catholic imagination. In so doing, it focuses on view that prayer is primary source imaginative expression, allowing artist to operate from a position humble receptivity transcendent. studies nascent f...

Spirituality has mostly been studied in psychology as implied in the process of overcoming adversity, being triggered by negative experiences, and providing positive outcomes. By reversing this pathway, we investigated whether spirituality may also be triggered by selftranscendent positive emotions, which are elicited by stimuli appraised as demonstrating higher good and beauty. In two studies,...

Many business organizations have started incorporating methodologies of resource wastage minimization, concentration on added value tasks and permanent quality improvement through the use of kaizen philosophy. The concept behind the Kaizen philosophy relies on the distinction between value adding and non value adding activities, and then the focus on improving the productivity level of some pro...

In today’s turbulent environment, companies are faced with two principal challenges. On the one hand, it is necessary to produce ever more cost-effectively to remain competitive. On the other hand, factories need to be transformable in order to manage unpredictable changes in the corporate environment. To deal with these different challenges, companies use the philosophy of lean production in t...