Showing papers on "Ingenuity published in 1995"
Book•
01 Aug 1995
TL;DR: Eisenberg presents a well-illustrated, one-of-a-kind look at radiology's 100-year history, emphasizing human ingenuity and rapidly advancing technology.
Abstract: Eisenberg presents a well-illustrated, one-of-a-kind look at radiology's 100-year history. The book ranges from Roentgen's discovery of X-rays (1895) and the Curie's discovery of radioactivity (1896) to the development and growth of today's various clinical subspecialities, emphasizing human ingenuity and rapidly advancing technology.
115 citations
01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: Human history, like evolution itself, has been marked by relative stasis punctuated by periods of rapid change, but the success of humans in these diverse natural settings resulted directly from the ability to adapt to diverse regional conditions and to develop and modify culture and religion.
Abstract: Human history, like evolution itself, has been marked by relative stasis punctuated by periods of rapid change. Harnessing fire, making and using tools and weapons, and inventing the wheel were early mileposts signaling, we are told, an unbounded human ingenuity. These and other innovations allowed humans to tap natural capital and spread virtually throughout the world, living year-round from sea level to mountain tops, from equatorial heat to polar cold. The success of humans in these diverse natural settings resulted directly from the ability to adapt to diverse regional conditions and to develop and modify culture and religion.
36 citations
TL;DR: Based on detailed interviews with major industry and trade organizations and an investigation of 46 electronics and professional equipment manufacturers, Leung et al. as mentioned in this paper found that the environment in Hong Kong for technological innovation is relatively unconducive because the territory lacks specific policy objectives and appropriate support structures.
Abstract: LEUNG C. K. and WU C. T. (1995) Innovation environment, R & D linkages and technology development in Hong Kong, Reg. Studies 29, 533–546. Based on detailed interviews with major industry and trade organizations and an investigation of 46 electronics and professional equipment manufacturers, this paper finds that the environment in Hong Kong for technological innovation is relatively unconducive because the territory lacks specific policy objectives and appropriate support structures. The development of advanced technology is limited and is confined to large complex technology producers. The technology linkage structure is fragmented and underdeveloped; technological interaction between local manufacturers, support organizations and tertiary institutions is lacking. Nevertheless, Hong Kong has the potential to develop an indigenous advanced technology base because of local entrepreneurship, technical ingenuity and an established international trading network. Policies to promote technological innovation ne...
35 citations
TL;DR: The debate among political scientists over replication is comparable in many respects to controversy among policy analysts about the ends and means of regulation as discussed by the authors, and the fundamental sticking point is whether the benefits of mandatory replication to the community of political scientists outweigh the costs of compliance to individuals.
Abstract: Debate among political scientists over replication is comparable in many respects to controversy among policy analysts about the ends and means of regulation. Proponents of replication seek to provide the collective good of freeflowing information and to sanction the negative externality of sloppy scholarship. Similarly, opponents of replication claim property rights in the data and variables they have created through hard work and ingenuity. As with disputes over regulatory policy, the fundamental sticking point is whether the benefits of mandatory replication to the community of political scientists outweigh the costs of compliance to individuals. Pervasive evidence
23 citations
TL;DR: The influence of philosophy began to wane as the professionalization of philosophy started to gather steam around the turn of the century as mentioned in this paper, taking basic science as their model, philosophers hoped to better the human condition through fundamental research rather than participation in the public conversation.
10 citations
TL;DR: The social problem then is whether community interests receive attention commensurate with the foresight, skill and ingenuity devoted to securing the utmost industrial advantage, whether the shift for thousands of working people away from the city pressure is to bring an increment of better living, easier living-a lifting of the standards of industrial civilization; or whether, for the great mass, it is merely another swapping of the frying pan for the fire as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The social problem then is whether community interests receive attention commensurate with the foresight, skill and ingenuity devoted to securing the utmost industrial advantage; whether the shift for thousands of working people away from the city pressure is to bring an increment of better living, easier living-a lifting of the standards of industrial civilization; or whether, for the great mass, it is merely another swapping of the frying pan for the fire.
8 citations
TL;DR: A group at severe disadvantage educationally, economically and, by virtue of their longevity, likely to end up widowed and suffering the physical effects of premature aging is revealed.
Abstract: The social and health consequences of aging, for women in Latin America, have been largely unexplored. This research reports the results of a review and secondary analysis of existing published and unpublished data. The analytical framework cross-classifies the data into three categories of age: midlife (40-59), young old (60-74), and old old (75+), and three categories of country type: highly rural, mixed, and highly urban. Findings revealed a group at severe disadvantage educationally, economically and, by virtue of their longevity, likely to end up widowed and suffering the physical effects of premature aging. Older women also bear the major burden for economic survival and emotional vitality of the family. The strategies they develop to respond to these necessities are innovative and often involve creation of new family forms based on cooperation among women. These deserve greater study as potential models for interventions to take advantage of the long-neglected ingenuity represented by this group.
5 citations
Journal Article•
TL;DR: A project to explore the role of the RNMH is assessing patients' visual acuity by assessing their eyesight in patients with learning disabilities.
Abstract: Assessing the eyesight of people with learning disabilities may involve some ingenuity to get an accurate result This paper describes a project to explore the role of the RNMH is assessing such patients' visual acuity
1 citations
TL;DR: Infection Control practitioners all share a common dilemma in striving to gain staff compliance to new or existing practices, and much valuable time is spent searching for new methods which will make either new infection control practices appear exciting and interesting, or simply stimulate staff to look at existing, mundane practices in a new way.
1 citations