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This paper discusses the suggestion that challenges to technological adoption have been predominantly localized and unorganized and, as a consequence, largely ineffective. It explores this idea in greater depth arguing, that the characteristics of the challenges to technological adoption are largely dependent upon the nature of the technology being implemented. It also looks at how the example of the deployment of Internet communication technologies demonstrates how a technology can itself carry the seeds of resistance to the forces of social control that are implementing its deployment.

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"In the 21st century we carry with us the social legacies of the implementation of technologies in earlier times. One of the most defining deployments lies in the introduction of mass industrial production in the early 20th century, when assembly line factories came to define the social landscapes of major industrial nations. While these were an evolution from the factories of the earlier Industrial Revolution, they were perhaps even more important because of their association with social technologies to micromanage the time and energies of large industrial workforces. "

Tags:industry, domestic, computers

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The writer of this paper details the current research which proves that longer tours of duty in the military carry with them many negative effects. Higher rates of mental illness, divorce, substance abuse and more difficult and lengthy family problems can result from extended military deployments. The writer explores the short and long term problems associated that affect the soldier, the soldier's family, the military in general and even the economy. This paper also examines the effects of the 'stop loss' program, which went into effect in 2002 and entails keeping soldiers on active duty and redeployed even beyond their anticipated discharge from the service. From the ability of the military to recruit new soldiers to the morale of the individuals, longer deployments continue to cause problems in the military services.
One major area of concern relating to longer deployments, detailed in this paper, is that of the mental health impact on the soldiers.

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"Along with the mental issues related to longer deployment, family problems also increase as deployment length increases. Studies following the Afghanistan conflict and the Iraq war showed that divorce rates among families with deployed military members increased as much as 37 to 56 percent. These high rates often come from the added stress of unknown lengths of tours. A study conducted by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the U.S. Army Research Institute showed the "key impact on family appeared to be the length of the tour." Sixty eight percent of respondents noted that a year of active service overseas was worrisome, and would cause family difficulties. Additionally, spouses of those deployed noted that their soldiers had recently completed a lengthy deployment and were redeployed, expanding the total separation up to 24 months or more."

Tags:military, stop, loss, health, mental, divorce, family, side, effects

Abstract
The paper discusses how the history of the introduction and widespread deployment of technologies into social spaces has been marked by conflict and social control. The paper relates the view that these challenges to technological adoption have been predominantly localized and unorganized and, as a consequence, largely ineffective. This paper explores this idea in greater depth arguing that this characteristic of the challenges to technological adoption is largely dependent upon the nature of the technology being implemented. The paper uses the example of the deployment of Internet communication technologies to demonstrate how a technology can itself carry the seeds of resistance to the forces of social control that are implementing its deployment.

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"The history of the introduction and widespread deployment of technologies into social spaces has been marked by conflict and social control. As critics have noted, even apparently innocuous technologies such as effective timekeeping have often led to efforts to rigidly control human action and social organization through deployment in the form of Taylorism or scientific management; efforts that have just as frequently met with resistance from the affected social groups (O'Malley 1990). This being said, it has been suggested that these challenges to technological adoption have been predominantly localized and unorganized and, as a..."

Tags:technology, business, resistance

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This paper discusses how, as the battle cry and war dust over Iraq have settled temporarily, it is time for the authorities to involve themselves in the massive reconstruction of the country. It tries to evaluate the factors that could encourage the potential employee to shift his location to difficult lands as part of his professional responsibilities and tries to identify measures that would encourage or motivate employees to relocate in spite of the personal problems at home. Methods that the recruiting agencies can employ to motivate unwilling employees are also be explored, and the possible outcomes of such actions also attract the attention of the paper.

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"The military forces are unfortunately not fastidious enough as far as leadership principles are concerned, and still rely on the aged principles, which pay undue importance to ranks and hierarchy. Many experts believe that the army personnel needs to be trained by private institutions so that they could imbibe management principles that would help them to be more people oriented [Gruzdev, 2001]. This has given rise to much debate and many opine that the private institutions cannot impart training that is fit for military personnel. However, the fact must be remembered that these training sessions are provided to ensure that the army personnel learn how to deal with civilians and how to manage civilian positions immediately after a war. What the military needs to learn today is how to survive in an alien country without disturbing the social parameters of that society. The skill to lead while remaining unobtrusive is considered to be a powerful asset for military leaders."

Tags:iraq, war, military, recruitment

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This paper offers a review of three scholarly sources that detail the correlation between military deployment and post-deployment domestic violence. Just as significantly, the paper explores how individuals fitting certain demographic profiles are more likely to engage in violence towards their partners; in a similar vein, the accumulated data indicates that couples with a pre-deployment history of violence will also have a post-deployment history of domestic violence.

Tags:domestic, violence, literature

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In this Research Utilization Project the writer examines the detection, treatment and aftercare soldiers with PTSD have received. Also this Research Utilization Project examines those soldiers who are returning from deployment, what the effect is on the implementation of required PDHA and ongoing PTSD screening on the numbers of soldiers with delayed PTSD compared to soldiers returning who did not receiving required PDHA and ongoing PTSD screening. It is important to note that all reports share the same belief that timely recognition of PTSD often does not occur in soldiers returning from deployment due to the lack of ongoing PTSD screening as evidence by number of soldiers with delayed PTSD after return from deployment.

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"PTSD can go on for years if it is not or misdiagnosed and untreated. The military is providing better screening for soldiers deployed and who are on the battlefield. The proactive care provided by the military healthcare system is believed to have lessened the cases of PTSD in the current military. There are reports that refute that the military has been proactive in PTSD and that the number of soldiers returning with PTSD is at an alarmingly high rate. The purpose of this Research Utilization Project is to ..."

Tags:treatment, study, research

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This paper notes the aforementioned literature review that brought to light the correlation between military deployment and spousal abuse. This case study looks extensively at an abusive young private who has habitually acted violently towards his common-law spouse after returning home from deployment. The paper describes the situation, provides a tentative Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA), and concludes by briefly detailing where the situation appears headed.

Tags:case, study, scenario

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This paper reviews psychological literature on the effects of military deployment on marriages. It discusses dual-career military marriages as well as those in which only one spouse is enlisted. It also outlines implications for further research and improvement of post-deployment counseling.

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The paper outlines a qualitative triangulated methodology to achieve the outcomes of this proposal that includes a review of the literature, a series of case studies of organizations and a series of semi-structured interviews with managers of companies identified in the case study component. The paper explains the expected outcome of the proposed study that will be to specifically identify a set of mathematical formulae that can be applied to any type of premises regardless of its physical configuration, to provide optimal deployment of RFID sensors to ensure that complete coverage is achieved for a location-aware environment to be functional.

Outline:
Background
Methodology
Outcomes and Value

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"One of the most powerful innovations in technology in recent years has been the introduced of radio-frequency identification tags (RFID) that can be used to keep track of both living and inorganic materials. According to Retscher, "In recent years, new technologies and methods for positioning in indoor environments have been developed. Useable geo-location techniques include . . . RFID and other systems using infrared, ultrasonic, and radio signals" (2007:305). In fact, besides their common applications on pallets, livestock, household pets and even humans can be equipped with passive or active RFID tags to monitor their movements and well-being across a broad range of metrics.
"In a warehouse or other premises that is location-aware, though, determining the optimum deployment of RFID tags to ensure complete coverage is achieved requires more than guesswork, but rather involves accurate placement of RFID tags in a sufficient number of strategic locations. According to Kobben, "One of the important sensed context parameters [for RFID deployment] is location awareness, which is important for all spatial applications, and is currently being dealt with in research as well as implementations" (2007:285). Identifying the minimum number of such strategic locations is the focus of the study proposed herein. In this regard, the Euler algorithm has been suggested by topologists and other researchers as being a useful approach that can satisfy this emerging requirement."

Tags:topology, polygons, configuration, coverage

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This paper is a case study, which looks at an abusive young private, who habitually has acted violently towards his common-law spouse after returning home from deployment. The author describes the situation, provides a tentative "best alternative to a negotiated agreement" (BATNA) and concludes by briefly detailing where the situation appears headed.

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"The Best Alternative to a Negotiated Settlement (BATNA) would seem to be one wherein Jim agrees to attend counseling sessions for his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder while Ruth is enrolled in classes designed to help her with her drinking problem. As for the children, the parents should have alternating days where one of them is expected to "take the lead" in the household management; in the past, both parties agreed that this approach would keep each active in the rearing of their children while allowing each a respite of sorts from the burden of parenting."

Tags:young drinking, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit disorder, joint counseling