This article describes an emergent logic of accumulation in the networked sphere, ‘surveillance capitalism,’ and considers its implications for ‘information civilization.’ The institutionalizing practices and operational assumptions of Google Inc. are the primary lens for this analysis as they are rendered in two recent articles authored by Google Chief Economist Hal Varian. Varian asserts four...

We study homogeneous isotropic universe in a graviton-dilaton theory obtained, in a previous paper, by a simple requirement that the theory be able to predict non trivial values for β and/or γ for a charge neutral point star, without any naked singularities. We find that in this universe the physical time can be continued indefinitely into the past or future, and that all the physical curvature...

We describe the current situation concerning methods to search for relic neutrinos from the Big Bang and from all past supernovae (SNs). The most promising method for Big Bang neutrinos is by the interaction of ultra-high-energy (UHE) neutrinos. For supernova neutrinos, both Super Kamiokandeand ICARUS-type detectors will be important to study both *e and e fluxes. We also discuss a dedicated su...

We present precision measurements of the 3 He + 4 He → 7 Be reaction in the range Ec.m. = 0.33 to 1.23 MeV using a small gas cell and detection of both prompt γ rays and 7 Be activity. Our prompt and activity measurements are in good agreement within the experimental uncertainty of several percent. We find S(0) = 0.595 ± 0.018 keV b from fits of the Kajino theory to our data. We compare our res...

In both the Sun and the early universe, the He(α,γ)Be reaction plays a key role. The rate of this reaction is the least certain nuclear input needed to calculate both the primordial Li abundance in big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) and the solar neutrino flux. Taking advantage of several recent highly precise experiments, we analyse modern He(α,γ)Be data using a robust and minimally model dependen...

We study the impact of non-Abelian T-duality transformations on a string based cosmological model. The implementation of the pre-big-bang scenario is investigated. We found a region of the dual phase where such a picture is possible. e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] CNRS UPRES-A 6083

The Tobacco Convention was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2003. Nikogosian and Kickbusch examine the five potential impacts of the Tobacco Convention and its Protocol on public health. These include the adoption of the Convention would seem to unlock the treaty-making powers of WHO; the impact of the Convention in the global health architecture has been phenomenal globally; t...

This study compared farmers’ rating of extension effectiveness in technology dissemination to the level of adoption. In conducting the study, 180 farmers participating in extension programme in Cross-River State were randomly selected through multi-stage random sampling technique. The data collected through a structured questionnaire were analyzed using the t-test of significance of difference ...