Digital Innovation: the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and Automation on Jobs and the Economy
Essay - 3 pages - Computer science
While it is certain that AI and robotics are already automating low-skilled jobs such as the job of the cashier, the argument of the article displays a dystopian and technological determinist point of view. The idea is that AI will destroy more jobs than it creates and that robots might take over...
Extinction du pétrole
Presentation - 6 pages - Mathematics
Matière : enseignements technologiques transversales Lv1 anglais. exposé sur la fracturation hydraulique par l'extinction du pétrole
Alfresco: Case Study
Case study - 3 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
1) Why is Alfresco superior to email for supporting collaboration? 2) What were the factor that caused the City of Denver to go with the Alfresco platform as opposed to more typical proprietary software from other vendors? 3) Next and why use a document management system to automate this process
Actin cytoskeleton dynamics in the neuronal growth cone
Book review - 48 pages - Biology
These slides will review all of the most important actin cytoskeleton regulators inside the neuron and particularly in the growth cone, which is the motile part of it. I mentioned their known functions, molecular interactors and signaling pathways.
Different Ways to Multiply
Worksheets - 3 pages - Mathematics
This revision document has 2 version on how to multiply. One being the long Multiplications and other being the box method.
Idea of progress - How does modern technology affect today's society?
Essay - 2 pages - Computer science
I'm going to talk about the notion of 'Idea of progress'. Nowadays, technology overwhelms our world more and more. We live with technology every day through smartphones or computers. But how does modern technology affect today's society? We will see that modern technology can have...
Multiplexed LED Display
Essay - 11 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
Through a series of laboratory procedures, we have created a LED clock which is powered by a transformer whose voltage initially is a 120V rms. The purpose of the project is to understand how to use resistors, transformers, capacitors, and transistors to bring down the alternating current voltage...
Stability study for biodiesel produced by pyrolysis of polyethylene and analysis of antioxidant's performance
Thesis - 51 pages - Chemistry
Thesis : Stability study for biodiesel produced by pyrolysis of polyethylene and analysis of antioxidant's performance
5 methods to measure the permittivity of a material
Course material - 8 pages - Physics
Permittivity of a material describes material response to an electric field. More precisely, some materials have lattice with dipole moment which creates an electric field. If these materials are subjected to an external electric field then atoms of the lattice will align themselves in such a...
Net neutrality in United States
Essay - 3 pages - Computer science
The advent of the internet has exposed many people to a wide range of information and communication platforms. Free and open access is the dream of every internet user as it ensures that every person can always access any lawful content at will. It is expected that the entities delivering the...
Considerations when recruiting foreign nurses and the ethics of international recruitment
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
The nursing shortage has always been one of the biggest concerns in the healthcare field. Since nurses make up the majority of the healthcare workforce, many solutions for this problem have been presented: improving recruitment, offering opportunities for advancement, suggesting contracts with...
Determination of Heat Capacity Ratio
Essay - 5 pages - Physics
Objective for experiment 1: To determine the heat capacity ratio of air by following a modernised version of the experiment attributed to Shoemaker. The experiment is to determine the heat capacity ratio of air, by emulating an adiabatic expansion of air. Objective for experiment 2: The...
Neurodegenerative disease - Compare Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease
Essay - 3 pages - Biology
Neurodegeneration refers to the gradual loss of structure and operation of neurons, including death of neurons. The theme of the current paper is to discuss two diseases linked with the neurodegeneration process: Parkinson and Alzheimer disease. Also, the differences between the two diseases will...
Risk factors, etiological factors, clinical manifestations and specific implications of osteomyelitis
Essay - 4 pages - Biology
Osteomyelitis is a microbial infection that infects the bone and associated with fungi, bacteria, and rarely mycobacteria. The microbial infection causes a destructive inflammatory process. Osteomyelitis can happen in any bone in the body. The infection starts with an acute infection, which if...
Reconstructing householder vectors from tall-skinny QR
Essay - 4 pages - Computer science
The present paper deals with the fact that the output of TSQR algorithm is not represented as householder format, hence was born the idea to provide a new version of TSQR algorithm while taking advantage of its multiple benefits such as: communication efficiency, less computational cost... In...
Advanced knowledge for nurse educators
Essay - 6 pages - Medical studies
Concerns are raised concerning the safety of patients as cases of error and injury escalate globally. To improve the security of patients, nurses are thus supposed to recognize variations in the condition of the patient. Besides, they should be in a position to anticipate orders, prioritize and...
Software requirement development - The airline ticketing reservations software systems
Essay - 3 pages - Computer science
The purpose of this software development is to come up with the system analysis of the actual procedures that are involved in the reservation of airline travel tickets. As such, this should be utilized as efficient as possible to ensure that the advantages of the software are achieved fully. The...
Dental informatics
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
Dental Informatics is a relatively new field which has gained popularity in proportion to the increasing use of computer systems in dental practices. Sittig, Mirshner, and Maupome define dental informatics as "Application of computer and information science to improve dental practice, research...
Genetically modified foods: a feeding system in need of improvement?
Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies
Genetically engineered food has become a very controversial topic over the past few decades, and the issue continues to gain importance as more companies are producing genetically engineered/modified foods. The process of genetic engineering involves taking food products, alternating their...
Why does nursing care differ for patients who suffer from dementia?
Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies
Dementia is one of the most difficult symptoms for patients to cope with. There are three main forms of dementia. The most common cause, Alzheimer's disease, is responsible for dementia. It afflicts 4 million Americans (Dolhi and Rogers, 2001). It is a degenerative disease that affects the brain...
The analysis of the link between posttraumatic stress disorder, stress-induced cortisol production, and heart disease
Case study - 5 pages - Medical studies
A number of links between posttraumatic stress disorder, cortisol, and heart disease have been established, although the final synthesis has yet to be developed. The pure correlation between heart disease and posttraumatic stress disorder has become a standard conclusion. Recent studies have...
Lyme disease: history, causes & transmission, effects & symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, prevention
Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies
Lyme disease begins as an infection caused by black-legged ticks. Usually living in wooded areas such as forests, these ticks can attach themselves to the skin of humans and bite them, infecting them a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi (CDC 2008). Several days or weeks after such a bite, a...
Helicopter control and its general models (PPT presentation)
Tutorials/exercises - 29 pages - Physics
Goal of the project: make a software package to determine the helicopter behavior Further applications: - Make dynamic analysis - Study the trajectory - Investigate air combat - Prepare pilot training... Problems: - Very few investigations have been conducted till now - A very accurate...
Helicopter control and its general models (thesis)
Thesis - 92 pages - Physics
Simulations on helicopters are very useful for companies and research labs when one wants to make dynamic analysis, study the trajectory, investigate air combat, prepare pilot training and do many other tasks. The problem is that, regarding helicopters, very few investigations have been conducted...
Helicopter control and its general models
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Physics
The goal of this study is to describe the behavior of a helicopter during its flight through the equations of motions. Many parameters will be considered such as geometry, velocities, forces, torques or thrust. This document and the program are not definitive. They will be improved though more...
Whether vegetarianism is good for the heart
Essay - 5 pages - Medical studies
Although many people believe that eating meat is part of a healthy diet, and eating this way is as nature intended, vegetarianism is a popular growing trend among many individuals who are attempting to improve their health. It is a difficult choice to make, and while there are many reasons to...
Smallpox and vaccination in the 19th century
Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies
During the 19th century, medicine and technology were two things very far behind what they are today. There were no guidelines on how to treat patients, and epidemics arose due to the poor standards of living. Therefore, when smallpox broke out, there were many reactions to the incredible...
Isaac Newton's laws of motion
Essay - 2 pages - Physics
It is amazing how each new discovery in science and technology has allowed us as a society to improve our standards of living. What is even more phenomenal is that most of these discoveries were made so far before their time, and have so much influence on the fields of study that are used today....
The positive effect of Internet information gathering on society
Essay - 5 pages - Computer science
Technologist has been pushing technology boundaries beyond our imagination. This has given rise to the digital world and technology is being used as a medium of expression, learning, entertainment and interaction. This has made digital devices the most important part of the human being. This is...
Censorship of online televisions
Worksheets - 6 pages - Computer science
What? Websites that allow to watch TV online 2010: television channels started to propose replays Where? Computers, tablets, smartphones... Who? Owners of traditional terrestrial channels Independant services such as Netflix, Google Play...
