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Tytuł:
Input manipulation, enhancement and processing: Theoretical views and empirical research
Autorzy:
Benati, Alessandro
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/781057.pdf
Data publikacji:
2016
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
input enhancement
input flood
textual enhancement
processing instruction
Opis:
Researchers in the field of instructed second language acquisition have been examining the issue of how learners interact with input by conducting research measuring particular kinds of instructional interventions (input-oriented and meaning-based). These interventions include such things as input flood, textual enhancement and processing instruction. Although the findings are not completely conclusive on whether these instructional interventions have an impact on acquisition, it is clear that we have witnessed a shift in the field from the original question “Does instruction make a difference?” to the more specific question “Does manipulating input make a difference?” In this article, the key classroom-based research conducted to measure the relative effects of different types of enhancement and manipulation is reviewed. Three main research foci are considered: (a) research measuring the effects of saturating the input with the target form (input flood), (b) research measuring the effects of different types of textual enhancements to draw learners’ attention to the target form, and (c) research measuring input restructuring to improve interpretation and processing of target forms or structures (processing instruction).
Źródło:
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; 2016, 6, 1; 65-88
2083-5205
2084-1965
Pojawia się w:
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Contrast enhancement of scanning electron microscopy images using a noncomplex multiphase algorithm
Autorzy:
Alsaygh, Zaid
Al-Ameen, Zohair
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2097436.pdf
Data publikacji:
2022
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Promocji Wiedzy
Tematy:
image enhancement
SEM images
statistical approaches
contrast enhancement
Opis:
Microscopic technology has recently flourished, allowing unparalleled viewing of microscopic elements invisible to the normal eye. Still, the existence of unavoidable constraints led on many occasions to have low contrast scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images. Thus, a noncomplex multiphase (NM) algorithm is proposed in this study to provide better contrast for various SEM images. The developed algorithm contains the following stages: first, the intensities of the degraded image are modified using a two-step regularization procedure. Next, a gamma-corrected cumulative distribution function of the logarithmic uniform distribution approach is applied for contrast enhancement. Finally, an automated histogram expansion technique is used to redistribute the pixels of the image properly. The NM algorithm is applied to natural-contrast distorted SEM images, as well as its results are compared with six algorithms with different processing notions. To assess the quality of images, three modern metrics are utilized, in that each metric measures the quality based on unique aspects. Extensive appraisals revealed the adequate processing abilities of the NM algorithm, as it can process many images suitably and its performances outperformed many available contrast enhancement algorithms in different aspects.
Źródło:
Applied Computer Science; 2022, 18, 2; 28--42
1895-3735
Pojawia się w:
Applied Computer Science
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Artistic Enhancement. Literature and Film as Mirror and Means of Human Enhancement
Autorzy:
Fürholzer, Katharina
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/666003.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Tematy:
Human enhancement
artistic representations of genetic enhancement
medical ethics
public debate
enhancement through art
Opis:
Human enhancement affects all members of society and is thus closely linked to issues of social justice: up to now, the promises and perils of enhancement are usually only known to, and thus used, by few members of society. This can lead to individual competitive advantages that create or widen social gaps. Broad public information is, therefore, key to ensure that enhancement does not conflict with the principle of equality of opportunities. As possible means of public information, literature and films are able to counter such possible social injustice, which is why they may be allotted a central role in the ethical debates on human enhancement. Two aspects will be considered in this regard: 1) enhancement in art and 2) through art. 1) The extent to which artistic depictions and public information and perceptions of enhancement may be intertwined will be illustrated by two examples where both texts and their accompanying paratexts had a particular bearing on the public debate on enhancement: the film Gattaca of 1997 and the novel Never let me go (2005) by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. 2) The second part of the paper is dedicated to the question of how far enhancing selected groups of society may contribute to a greater common good and which potentials art can offer in this regard. Three groups of persons will be taken into account: 1) clinical ethics committees, 2) physicians, and 3) patients.
Źródło:
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica – Aesthetica – Practica; 2018, 32; 71-85
0208-6107
2353-9631
Pojawia się w:
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica – Aesthetica – Practica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Preface
Autorzy:
Soniewicka, Marta
Warmbier, Adriana
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/781325.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
transhumanism
human enhancement
Opis:
The hereby introduction gives an insight into the topics and themes discussed in the hereby presented issue of the journal Ethics in Progress, devoted to the topic of transhumanism in its numerous contexts.
Źródło:
Ethics in Progress; 2015, 6, 1; 6-11
2084-9257
Pojawia się w:
Ethics in Progress
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Moral Perfection and the Demand for Human Enhancement
Autorzy:
Warmbier, Adriana
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/781337.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
Human enhancement
moral enhancement
human agency
free will
freedom
autonomy
normativity
Opis:
In this article I discuss one of the most significant areas of bioethical interest, which is the problem of moral enhancement. Since I claim that the crucial issue in the current debate on human bioenhancement is the problem of agency, I bring out and examine the conditions of possibility of selfunderstanding, acting subjects attributing responsible authorship for their actions to themselves. I shall argue that the very idea of moral enhancement, properly understood, fails to justify the claims that enhancing the “biological” factor that plays a part in the process of making moral choices, whether through biomedical or genetic interventions, will actually increase the probability of having “morally better future motives”.
Źródło:
Ethics in Progress; 2015, 6, 1; 23-37
2084-9257
Pojawia się w:
Ethics in Progress
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Surface Metallic Pattern for Enhancement of a THz Field in a Two-Dimensional Electron Plasma
Autorzy:
Tarkowski, T.
Łusakowski, J.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1033104.pdf
Data publikacji:
2017-08
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Fizyki PAN
Tematy:
Metamaterials
THz field enhancement
Opis:
A metamaterial in the form of a periodic lattice of split-ring resonators on a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure was numerically studied at terahertz frequencies. A finite-difference time-domain algorithm was applied to calculate distribution of the electromagnetic field in the layer positioned at 100 nm below the heterostructure surface where a two-dimensional electron gas typically resides in real structures. The results allowed to determine the resonant frequencies of the metamaterial as well as an enhancement factor of the electric field as a function of the period of the metamaterial's lattice.
Źródło:
Acta Physica Polonica A; 2017, 132, 2; 332-334
0587-4246
1898-794X
Pojawia się w:
Acta Physica Polonica A
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Speech Enhancement Based on the Multi-Scales and Multi-Thresholds of the Auditory Perception Wavelet Transform
Autorzy:
Tao, Z.
Zhao, H. M.
Zhang, X-J.
Wu, D.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/177021.pdf
Data publikacji:
2011
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
Tematy:
speech enhancement
low SNR
auditory perception wavelet transform
unvoiced enhancement
masking effect
Opis:
This paper proposes a speech enhancement method using the multi-scales and multi-thresholds of the auditory perception wavelet transform, which is suitable for a low SNR (signal to noise ratio) environment. This method achieves the goal of noise reduction according to the threshold processing of the human ear’s auditory masking effect on the auditory perception wavelet transform parameters of a speech signal. At the same time, in order to prevent high frequency loss during the process of noise suppression, we first make a voicing decision based on the speech signals. Afterwards, we process the unvoiced sound segment and the voiced sound segment according to the different thresholds and different judgments. Lastly, we perform objective and subjective tests on the enhanced speech. The results show that, compared to other spectral subtractions, our method keeps the components of unvoiced sound intact, while it suppresses the residual noise and the background noise. Thus, the enhanced speech has better clarity and intelligibility.
Źródło:
Archives of Acoustics; 2011, 36, 3; 519-532
0137-5075
Pojawia się w:
Archives of Acoustics
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Enhanced Optical Response of Al, Rh, Ag, and Au Nanosphere Dimer in Uniform Electric Field
Autorzy:
Shishodia, Manmohan Singh
Juneja, Soniya
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1159236.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
Enhancement
dimer
hybridization
nanoparticle
plasmonics
Opis:
Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) mediated electromagnetic field enhancement play a vital role in enhancing the performance of bio-molecular sensors, photovoltaic cells and Raman spectroscopy (e.g., in SERS) etc., to name only a few. It is now well established that the field amplification factor (mode squared field) ~106 for spherical shaped plasmonic nanoparticle dimers is significantly higher than the amplification factor of a monomer which is ~103. In this work, a theoretical and semi-analytical approach based on multipole spectral expansion is used to investigate the electric field enhancement in the gap region of spherical nanoparticle dimers of Al, Rh, Ag, and Au. The dimer exhibit rich spectra compared to its isolated counterpart. For example, in contrast to a monomer, the dimer spectra consists of multiple resonant peaks which can be fine tuned by varying particle size and/or inter-particle separation. Moreover, the enhancement in dimer is several orders higher than that in monomers. Rich spectral features in dimer spectra arise from the interaction between particle plasmons of constituent NPs and their hybridization, which results in the splitting of plasmonic energy levels. We carry out, systematic investigation of these systems to quantify the effect of particle size, interparticle separation and metal type (Al, Ag, Au, Rh) on electric field enhancement.
Źródło:
World Scientific News; 2018, 113; 57-63
2392-2192
Pojawia się w:
World Scientific News
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
The effect of cognitive enhancement on the legal responsibility
Autorzy:
Girdwoyń, Andrzej
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1916645.pdf
Data publikacji:
2020
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
Tematy:
cognitive enhancement
responsibility
civil liability
Opis:
The growing popularity of so-called cognitive enhancement technologies raises questions about their impact on the sphere of individual legal responsibility. This article examines the issue of whether, in a situation where a surgeon, prone to making a fatigue-related medical error, refuses to undergo a safe cognitive enhancement before surgery, the surgeon can be attributed liability for damages. The answer to this question is negative, however, as indicated in the article, the impossibility of attributing damages is a result of (1) the lack of professional guidelines requiring doctors to undergo cognitive enhancement; (2) the lack of scientific evidence that the use of such measures results in the elimination of fatigue and reduces the risk of error. As a result, the negative answer to the analyzed question is not determined by the solution of the model of liability for damages adopted in Polish law, but rather by the current state of research on cognitive improvement. This gives the analysis a universal character and makes it possible to relate the method adopted in it to new results of research on means of cognitive enhancement if any.
Źródło:
Nauka; 2020, 2
1231-8515
Pojawia się w:
Nauka
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
The Future of Education in the Context of Cognitive Enhancement Practices
Autorzy:
Bugajska, Anna
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/454130.pdf
Data publikacji:
2020
Wydawca:
Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
Tematy:
cognitive enhancement
new technologies
education
Opis:
The exponential growth of technological advancements creates an environment in which the traditionally conceived cognitive enhancement – education – must constantly redefine itself in the face of the invasive presence of A.I., the social media and various biotechnologies that strive to augment the effect-oriented performance. Whereas on the conceptual level there is a visible shift from the static to flow-modelled education, and the rising trend to invest in the skills like flexibility and creativity, not many of emerging technologies are seriously considered as educational tools. The paper looks into the varieties of cognitive enhancement within educational context. Of major concern are the already available technologies of collective intelligence and nootropics, as well as experimental dowloadable learning. I review the problems occasioned by these technologies, as well as the existing solutions, which tend to incorporate rather than exclude the possibilities of radical cognitive enhancement.
Źródło:
Multidisciplinary Journal of School Education; 2020, 17; 83-99
2543-7585
Pojawia się w:
Multidisciplinary Journal of School Education
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Reduction of machining errors by CMM-CNC data feedback
Autorzy:
Stryczek, R.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/114048.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015
Wydawca:
Stowarzyszenie Inżynierów i Techników Mechaników Polskich
Tematy:
machining error
error compensation
accuracy enhancement
Opis:
Needs and possibilities of the reduction of machining automation errors on the basis of the measurements of a workpiece which undergoes a multi-sided machining is presented in the paper. The article briefly shows various sources of machining errors and their reduction methods. The difficulties occurring when taking into account the CMM measurements results in the workshop environment are characterized. The examples of how the presented approach can be applied in practice is displayed.
Źródło:
Measurement Automation Monitoring; 2015, 61, 5; 154-157
2450-2855
Pojawia się w:
Measurement Automation Monitoring
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Compression of high dynamic infrared image using auto aggregation algorithm
Autorzy:
Fidali, M.
Jamrozik, W.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/114701.pdf
Data publikacji:
2017
Wydawca:
Stowarzyszenie Inżynierów i Techników Mechaników Polskich
Tematy:
infrared image
compression
enhancement
high dynamic
Opis:
The article presents a method of compression of High Dynamic Range of infrared image and its details enhancement. The method is based on aggregation of partial images with different ranges of pixel values generated using a weighting function. Aggregation of images could be performed according to proposed scheme with use of the optimal algorithm selected by user. Preliminary results shown that the method can reveal previously hidden details in the original image.
Źródło:
Measurement Automation Monitoring; 2017, 63, 4; 146-149
2450-2855
Pojawia się w:
Measurement Automation Monitoring
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Es regnete Anfragen und ehe er sich‘s versah, schneite ihm eine Überraschung ins Haus. Zur synchronen Variierbarkeit der Valenz der Witterungsverben
Es regnete Anfragen und ehe er sich‘s versah, schneite ihm eine Überraschung ins Haus. The synchronous variability of the valence of ‘weather’ verbs
Autorzy:
Szatmári, Petra
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/517803.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Wrocławski. Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT – Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe
Tematy:
weather verbs
primary valence
valence enhancement
Opis:
As a result of grammaticalisation processes, within various constructions the pronoun es could establish itself as the subject of these constructions. Amongst them, verbs describing the weather constitute a rather small and semantically defined verb subclass. The es-subject is regarded as a peripheral subject realisation with an abstract meaning. Since the ‘weather’ verbs are a verb group firmly anchored in the German verb system, analogous to other constructions, their primary valence varies too. The valence enhancement, i.e. the two- or multi-digit usage, allows the ‘weather’ verbs to be used as verbs of visual perception, verbs of movement, and verba dicendi. Based on the verb regnen ‘to rain’, the article more closely examines the synchronous variability of its valence.
Źródło:
Beiträge zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft; 2018, 7; 121-144
2657-4799
Pojawia się w:
Beiträge zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Can There Be Post-Persons and What Can We Learn From Considering Their Possibility?
Autorzy:
Neiders, Ivars
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/781327.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
Enhancement
moral status
persons
post-persons
Opis:
Many prominent bioethicists have recently raised the question of the possibility of moral status enhancement. In this paper I discuss the arguments advanced by Nicholas Agar for the possible existence of the postpersons. I argue that in spite of the many limitations and shortcomings of Agar’s account, there are no conclusive reasons to rule out the possibility of moral status enhancement. However, if post-persons are as they are described by Agar, the fact of their possibility is less interesting and ethically relevant than it might seem. Most importantly, the account of post-persons given by Agar is rather an outcome of some implausible assumptions. I propose that Agar conflates the ethical with the scientific and dismisses the importance of phenomenology in framing our ethical outlook. Also, he seems to follow the assumption made by many utilitarian ethicists that such features as sentience and cognitive capacities have some universal relevance. This accounts for the delusion that we can view our moral attitudes from the point of view of the Universe.
Źródło:
Ethics in Progress; 2015, 6, 1; 56-71
2084-9257
Pojawia się w:
Ethics in Progress
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Considerations on a contemporary flexibility approach
Autorzy:
Winkler, H.
Seebacher, G.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/409582.pdf
Data publikacji:
2012
Wydawca:
Politechnika Poznańska. Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej
Tematy:
management model
flexibility approach
performance enhancement
Opis:
Because of rapidly changing customer requirements, current company-focused measures to enhance flexibility at the supply chain level are not sufficient. Therefore, flexible supply chain performance is essential for firms aiming to fulfill service level agreements despite increasing complexity, shorter delivery times, and dynamic market demands. Therefore, we suggest imple-menting flexibility-enhancing measures within and between supply chain entities that address the particular supply chain type and its flexibility requirements. Towards this end, flexibility management must be considered as a holistic management approach. This paper presents conceptual framework that helps to identify company-internal flexibility drivers to support flexible supply chain per-formance.
Źródło:
Research in Logistics & Production; 2012, 2, 2; 147-161
2083-4942
2083-4950
Pojawia się w:
Research in Logistics & Production
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Zastosowanie treningu neurofeedback w pracy z dziećmi z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną w stopniu lekkim. Projekt procedury
Neurofeedback Training in Working with Children with a Mild Intellectual Disability: Procedure Design
Autorzy:
Rochatka, Weronika
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/15836921.pdf
Data publikacji:
2021-06-15
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
neurofeedback
intellectual disability
learning problems
attention enhancement
Opis:
As a method of training neurofeedback has proved to be effective in education and therapy of children (e.g., with ADHD, autism spectrum or specific learning disorders). However, there are no neurofeedback training protocols targeting individuals with a mild intellectual disability. Therefore, I designed a neurofeedback procedure for children with this disability; it focuses on attention span training. In this study I presented the pre-planned procedure to the child’s parent to determine whether the proposed method is feasible for work with a child with a mild intellectual disability. After learning the parents’ opinion, I indicate the possible further stages of developing a neurofeedback strategy for working with children with a mild intellectual disability. Finally, I demonstrate the future directions of research and planning of neurofeedback procedures for individuals with special needs.
Źródło:
Studia Edukacyjne; 2021, 61; 295-275
1233-6688
Pojawia się w:
Studia Edukacyjne
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
A robust generalized sidelobe canceller employing speech leakage masking
Skuteczny tłumik listków bocznych z wykorzystaniem maskowania przecieku mowy
Autorzy:
Borowicz, A.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/88400.pdf
Data publikacji:
2014
Wydawca:
Politechnika Białostocka. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Białostockiej
Tematy:
GSC
psychoakustyka
uzdatnianie mowy
psychoacoustics
speech enhancement
Opis:
A novel speech enhancement method based on generalized sidelobe canceller (GSC) structure is presented. We show that it is possible to reduce audible speech distortions and preserve residual noise level under acoustic model uncertainties. It can be done by constraining a speech leakage power according to masking phenomena and conditional minimizing the residual noise power. We implemented the proposed approach using a simple delay-and-sum beamformer model. Finally a comparative evaluation of the selected methods is performed using objective speech quality measures. The results show that the novel method outperforms conventional one providing lower speech distortions.
Prezentowana jest nowa metoda uzdatniania mowy w oparciu o strukturę uogólnionego tłumika listków bocznych. Wykazujemy, ze możliwe jest zmniejszenie słyszalnych zniekształceń mowy przy zachowaniu stałego poziomu szumu rezydualnego, dla modeli przybliżonych środowiska akustycznego. Może to być dokonane poprzez uwarunkowanie poziomu mocy przecieku mowy zgodnie ze zjawiskiem maskowania oraz minimalizację warunkową mocy szumu rezydualnego. Proponowane podejście zaimplementowano w oparciu o prosty model beamformera opóźniająco-sumującego. Ostatecznie przeprowadzono ocenę porównawczą wybranych metod z wykorzystaniem obiektywnych miar jakości mowy. Wyniki pokazują, że nowa metoda przewyższa konwencjonalną zapewniając mniejsze zniekształcenia mowy.
Źródło:
Advances in Computer Science Research; 2014, 11; 17-29
2300-715X
Pojawia się w:
Advances in Computer Science Research
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Analysis of a cross-channel micromixer through the dynamics of tracer gradient
Autorzy:
Gonzalez, M.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/281009.pdf
Data publikacji:
2016
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Mechaniki Teoretycznej i Stosowanej
Tematy:
Low-Reynolds number flows
mixing enhancement
micromixers
Opis:
The study aims at showing how the dynamics of tracer gradient accounts for the stirring mechanism produced by a periodically forced flow relevant to practical mixing operation. The numerical simulation uses the equations for the orientation and norm of the tracer gradient and an analytic model for velocity. To a large extent, the micromixer properties over different ranges of the Strouhal number are explained through the response of the tracer gradient orientation to the tilting of strain principal axes resulting from flow forcing. The analysis also reveals a rich picture of stirring as the Strouhal number is varied.
Źródło:
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; 2016, 54, 4; 1257-1269
1429-2955
Pojawia się w:
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Searching for Bioethical Prescriptions in a Moral Lab
Autorzy:
Soniewicka, Marta
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/943805.pdf
Data publikacji:
2015
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Tematy:
Bioethics
trolley problem
enhancement
reproduction
Tolstoy
death
Opis:
The paper reviews the book written by F.M. Kamm, entitled Bioethical Prescriptions: To Create, End, Choose, and Improve Lives (published in Oxford: Oxford University Press in 2013, pp. 599). Kamm is one of the most prominent analytical philosophers in moral philosophy, known from such works as Intricate Ethics (2007). She defends the rights-based approach to ethics and is also famous from constructing multilayered moral dilemmas. The review poses methodological questions, of whether scientific-like thought experiments performed in a moral lab, and the Method of Hypothetical Cases are able to transform our ethical dilemmas and provide any solutions. In the final part of the review, the first chapter of the book on Tolstoy’s essay (The Death of Ivan Ilych) is discussed in more detail.
Źródło:
Ethics in Progress; 2015, 6, 1; 199-210
2084-9257
Pojawia się w:
Ethics in Progress
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Transhumanism as a Challenge to the Medical Doctor-Patient Relation
Autorzy:
Miksa, Joanna
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/666001.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Tematy:
transhumanism
medical ethics
HET
IVF
human enhancement
Opis:
In this paper I undertake to analyze the way in which the arrival of HETs may influence the therapeutic relationship between the medical doctor and the patient. I begin with presenting he notion of transhumanism, insisting especially on the fact that some of the technologies that can be classified as HETs are already in use. As a result, the traditionally difficult task of defining health and a disease is becoming even more complicated. This circumstance poses the risk that medical doctors in their relationship with the patient, because of the possibilities offered by new technologies, will oscillate in their professional practice between helping the patient to recover and satisfying needs that are not justified by the considerations of health. I will try to show how the therapeutic relationship between the medical doctor and the patient may be transformed because of new technologies by using the example of IVF procedure applied to postmenopausal patients. In order to understand why the relationship between the medical doctors and their patients is so vulnerable in the context of transhumanism, I propose to re-analyze the most basic notions which help us understand the nature of the therapeutic relationship: the status of medicine as contrasted with technology, basic principles of medical ethics, the notion of a disease and an illness.
Źródło:
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica – Aesthetica – Practica; 2018, 32; 47-69
0208-6107
2353-9631
Pojawia się w:
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica – Aesthetica – Practica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Ethical Underpinning and Implications of “Nootropic” Concept
Autorzy:
Rudra, Pranab
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/665999.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Tematy:
Nootropic drugs
nootropic concept
neurocognitive enhancement
ethics
Opis:
The current generation paving the path for new research marks a milestone to attain the ancient goal of improving our cognition. To date, increased prevalence of cognitive enhancers by healthy people has raised the scientific community’s attention as well as media coverage. In particular, nootropics such as piracetam promise to offer modest improvements in cognitive performance. The long-lasting impetus of this “holistic enhancer” convinced scientists as well as ethicists to discuss its potential ethical implications and future directions. Moreover, there are discrepancies in the concept of a true nootropic between pharmacology and contemporary public culture. Here, I review the ethical aspects of nootropics raised by its potential use in cognition enhancement and substantiate the epistemological commentary on the concept of nootropic.
Źródło:
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica – Aesthetica – Practica; 2018, 32; 31-45
0208-6107
2353-9631
Pojawia się w:
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica – Aesthetica – Practica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Foundations of the Navier-Stokes boundary conditions in fluid mechanics
Autorzy:
Badur, J.
Karcz, M.
Lemański, M.
Nastałek, L.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/175407.pdf
Data publikacji:
2011
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
Tematy:
enhancement
slip
Navier number
Navier-Stokes
nanoflow
Opis:
Until recently it was believed that Navier’s boundary condition could be given as a rigorous foundation for slip phenomena. Due to the latest measurements in the mass flow rate of a gas flowing through nano- and microchannels, several discrepancies in the mathematical modelling have been found. Thus, in the literature, the opinion persists for the Navier slip condition to be correct only under certain circumstances, particularly those restricted to the first order boundary conditions. One of many ways to eliminate this discrepancy, which is extensively employed in the contemporary literature, is to develop a variety of the so-called second order boundary conditions. This path, however, seems incorrect since it lacks consistency between the bulk stress tensor and its boundary representation. In the paper we propose to replace the classical Navier slip condition with the new, more general Navier-Stokes slip boundary condition. Instead of the usual method of consideration, the boundary condition is presented as following from the mass and momentum balances within a thin, shell-like moving layer. Owing to this, the problem of consistency between the internal and external friction in a viscous fluid is solved within the framework of new layer balances, and a proper form of constitutive relations for friction and mobility forces. Finally, the common features of the Navier, Stokes, Maxwell and Reynolds concepts of a boundary slip layer are compared and revalorized. The classifications of different mobility mechanisms, important for flows in nano-, microchannels are also discussed.
Źródło:
Transactions of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery; 2011, 123; 3-55
0079-3205
Pojawia się w:
Transactions of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Sustainable lean in SMEs: a quantitative analysis into improvement actions
Autorzy:
Van Landeghem, H.
Claeys, D.
Van Landeghem, T.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/407201.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
Tematy:
lean manufacturing
efficiency enhancement
productivity
continuous improvement
Opis:
Lean has established itself as the primordial approach to obtain operational excellence. Its simple and intuitive techniques focus on reducing lead time through continuous improvement, involving all levels of employees in the organization. However, the rate of successful implementations has remained low. This paper contributes to the understanding of continuous improvement in a Lean context, by analyzing a database of almost 10.000 improvement actions, from 85 companies, covering the time frame 2010–2018. It discusses categories of actions, their impact and cost, as well as key characteristics of the companies. It proposes an objective criterion to identify “success” and “failure” in Lean implementation and tries to link these to operational results. It is probably the first time an analysis of this magnitude on the subject has been performed.
Źródło:
Management and Production Engineering Review; 2018, 9, 4; 10-19
2080-8208
2082-1344
Pojawia się w:
Management and Production Engineering Review
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Fuzzy Based Dual-Axis Solar Tracking Technique
Autorzy:
Gupta, Somu
Singh, Avinash Pratap
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1159583.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
Enhancement of Power Output
Inclination
Mathematical Model
Opis:
The proposed technique is on dual axis solar tracking system based on fuzzy control. In this proposed research solar panel will move along horizontal as well as along vertical axis according to sun’s daily movement and also follow its seasonal change in axis; motion of the panel will be determined by the fuzzy controller. The proposed technique is such that solar panel actually follows the motion of sun to get maximum power. Problem is the percentage of useful solar energy because it varies with time. Variation in it occurs because as we know sun keeps on moving so its incident radiation is not perpendicular to panel’s surface all along the day. It has been observed that efficiency of solar panel is about 23% -25%. Generally, PV panels are fixed along one direction due to which as the sun moves, the angle of incident insolation varies, decreasing the amount of useful solar radiation and hence could not provide maximum power, there is need of a technique which can be used to solve out this problem.
Źródło:
World Scientific News; 2018, 113; 138-147
2392-2192
Pojawia się w:
World Scientific News
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Pojęcie nieśmiertelności w filozofii Johna Harrisa
The notion of immortality in John Harriss philosophy
Autorzy:
Pokorski, Bartosz
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1621888.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Uniwersytet Szczeciński. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Tematy:
immortality
human enhancement
enhancing evolution
John Harris
Opis:
Głównym celem artykułu jest analiza pojęcia nieśmiertelności, wpisanie go w kontekst debaty bioetycznej poświęconej pojęciu udoskonalania człowieka i przedstawienie problemów wiążących się z tymi zagadnieniami. W tekście podejmuję próbę krótkiego omówienia kwestii udoskonalania człowieka w nawiązaniu do postępu technologicznego i zarysowanego przez Harrisa programu ewolucji udoskonalającej. Następnie staram się pokazać czym dla Harrisa jest nieśmiertelność, jakie jej typy wyróżnia, dlaczego warto się nią zajmować i w jaki sposób. Wreszcie przedstawiam główne zarzuty kierowane pod adresem nieśmiertelności i to, jak Harris się im przeciwstawia. Celem pobocznym, czy raczej postulatem, jest próba zaproponowania kierunku dalszych badań zarówno nad zagadnieniem nieśmiertelności jak i w dziedzinie udoskonalania człowieka.
The main goal of this article is to analyze the notion of immortality, to place it in the context of bioethical debate over the concept of human enhancement and to present problems related to these issues. In the text, I attempt to briefly discuss the question of human enhancement in reference to the technological progress and Harris's program of enhancing evolution. Afterwards I try to show what for Harris immortality is, what types of it he distinguishes, why is it worth dealing with and how. Finally, I present the main allegations against immortality and the way Harris opposes them. A side goal, or rather a postulate, is my attempt to propose a direction for further research both on the issue of immortality and in the field of human enhancement.
Źródło:
Analiza i Egzystencja; 2018, 43; 43-64
1734-9923
2300-7621
Pojawia się w:
Analiza i Egzystencja
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł

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