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Agricultural and Technological Industries in Morocco, 2004.
An overview of industries in the kingdom of Morocco, focusing on the plastics industry.
708 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper begins with a brief geographical description of Morocco. It then examines the country's water and land resources before moving on to its manufacturing industry. The paper focuses on one specific example of Morocco's primary manufacturing industry nowadays: the plastics manufacturing industry.
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"Because of the increased addiction on hashish, the government cut back on its resin plant cultivation. However, due to the beneficial effects of resin production in the economic growth of the country, kif plantations were restored, and resins are used to manufacture chemicals such as turpentine, wax, benzoin, myrrh, and frankincense. However, for the plastic industry, synthetic resins are used to produce plastics, which are used to make containers and strong but lightweight materials to be commercially used domestically and internationally."
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Technology and Agriculture, 2002.
An explanation of the "science of agriculture" - how it developed and how it has advanced through the years with the help of technology.
1,590 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper examines how the concept of farming and agriculture first became an organized practice about 10,000 years ago. It looks at how the practice developed over time and how technological advancements of the past changed the face of agriculture altogether. The paper shows that previously farming was a one person operation, but how, through the development of certain tools, methods and ideas, the communal farming effort took hold.
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"What is technology, and how does agriculture fit in with the concept of technology? Technology as applied science and engineering clearly presents a relevant but limited view. It is, perhaps, a better definition of 'technique'. The notion that what designers do with technology is to simply apply scientific knowledge would be to misunderstand both what science and technology is. While the issue of science will be addressed below, suffice it to say that because design cannot be value free, neither can technology in the hands of a designer. Missing are the realm of consciousness and judgment; value and 'will' remain untouched. However, it takes a combination of will, curiosity, and perhaps just the ability to notice something another did not know in order to introduce a new type of technology into the world. This proves to be true of one of the greatest technological inventions of all time; agriculture. While who invented agriculture is a bit hazy, scientists do feel that women were the first to notice the natural process about 10,000 years ago. As soon as humans began to form permanent settlements and gave up wandering in search of food, agriculture was born."
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Technological Literacy of Technology Education Teachers, 2005.
This paper is a research proposal to survey industrial technology education teachers in the State of Arizona to determine their acceptance and use of the "Standards for Technological Literacy" (STL) and to assess standards-based training needs.
9,480 words (approx. 37.9 pages), 36 sources, APA, $ 194.95
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This paper explains that, today, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is a growing need for technological literacy, but it is unclear how technology education teachers are making decisions on classroom practice based on the "Standards for Technological Literacy", which focuses on what every student in grades K-12 should know and be able to do in order to be technologically literate. The author states that the study will address the issue of assessing standards-based training needs through a critical review of the scholarly literature followed by a survey of what 7th to 10th grade technology education teachers in Arizona know about the standards, how they are using them and what the need for standards-based training. The paper relates that a Likert-type scale will be used to determine the acceptance and use of the STL and to measure the perceived needs of standards-based training.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of Study
Importance of Study
Rationale of Study
Research Questions, Hypotheses or Objectives
Review of Related Literature
Background and Overview
Evolution of Literacy Standards in the U.S.
Components Influencing Student Learning
Curricula
Instruction
Learning Environment
Student Assessment
Features of AETL
Student Assessment Standards
Vocational and Technical Education Considerations
Industrial Technical Education in Phoenix, Arizona Today
Current and Future Trends
Methodology
Procedures
Population and Sample
Survey Instrument
Time Frame
Cost of the Research
Data Analysis Questions
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"To date, thousands of technology teachers, science and mathematics teachers, and other educators and experts from around the country have collaborated in an effort to identify precisely what students in kindergarten through 12th grade should be learning about technology. This group, together with content specialists and representatives from the National Research Council (NRC) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), reviewed Standards for Technological Literacy and recommended modifications and additions. The resulting document, supported by both NRC and NAE, defined the study of technology as a discipline and provided a framework for individual teachers, schools, school districts, and states or provinces to develop technological literacy in all students. The research to date indicates that when schools provide students with a quality education in their primary language they provide them with two things: knowledge and literacy."
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Technological Disasters: The De-Havilland Comet, 2001.
This paper is an overview of the effects of a technological disaster on society. In particular, the Comet jet airplane accidents of the 1950's.
2,355 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 8 sources, $ 72.95
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This paper discusses the Comet jet airplane accidents of the early 1950?s, and the profound effects they had on certain aspects of our society. The author examines the various effects a technological disaster has on our lives and the world around us, as well as how our views towards the technology may be altered after a technological disaster.
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"By examining the jet aircraft industry, but in particular the British jet aircraft industry after the accidents, we are able to gain insight into what people?s conceptions were, and why certain events unfolded as they did. With any technological disaster, trust in the product is often lost very quickly, and various actions are often taken to try and restore this trust. By examining these actions we can better understand how many people felt about the technology after the disasters. Lastly, not all technological disasters have purely negative connotations. Much can be learned from technological accidents that eventually lead to important improvements in the technology. By examining one major technological failure and its various effects we can gain a better understanding of how we are affected by technology as well as how our views towards the technology may be altered."
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SiRF Technology Holdings and Bluetooth Technology, 2006.
A look at how SiRF Technology Holdings has employed Bluetooth technology and the effect it has had on the future of SiRF Technology.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines how the employment of Bluetooth technology by SiRF Technology Holdings has positioned that company for enormous future success while allowing it to at least to some degree cut down on technological redundancies and upon unnecessary production costs. The paper also looks at the reasons behind the SiRF decision to acquire a Bluetooth firm, the manner by which the desired Bluetooth technology was implemented/integrated into SiRF's product lines, the relative success and/or failure of the initiative and what Bluetooth may wish to consider doing in the future.
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Agricultural Practices in Emerging Nations, 2005.
This paper identifies sustainable agricultural practices in emerging nations especially China.
3,040 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 89.95
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This paper explains that, in their haste to introduce market reforms and efficiencies into their antiquated agricultural systems, many emerging nations have sacrificed their environment and citizens' health in exchange for some well-intentioned but misguided short-term gains in productivity. The author points out that past agricultural practices were based on tradition and spiritual concepts; however, many emerging nations have succeeded in overcoming these constraints through innovative policies and initiatives. The paper stresses that modern western agricultural practices rely heavily on heavy and expensive equipment as well as industrial pesticides and fertilizers to wrench continued high yields from the soil are not readily transferable to many emerging nations.
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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Existing Agricultural Practices in China Today
Innovative and Sustainable Agricultural Practices
Current and Future Trends
What Can Be Done?
Conclusion
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"Within rural sociology, sustainable agriculture is frequently considered to be a mutually exclusive "competing paradigm" that challenges conventional agriculture on environmental, economic and ideological grounds. As a result, much of the research on identifying sustainable agricultural practices has been focused on understanding the characteristics which differentiate conventional and alternative farmers, as well as the conditions that serve to constrain or facilitate the development of alternative practices and ways of thinking among farmers and agriculture more generally. For example, researchers have examined a variety of farmer and farm attributes such as age, education, orientation to risk, perception of environmental problems, farm size, and profitability; the impact of agricultural markets and prices and state policies, programs and services have also been examined extensively."
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Divergent Patterns of Agricultural Productivity, 2008.
An analysis of the reasons behind the divergent path phenomena of agricultural productivity growth in France and England.
2,573 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper explain the divergent patterns of agricultural productivity growth in France and England. The paper looks at different labor practices, preferences for rural over urban activity and the ability to engage in agriculture given what is provided by the country's geographical landscape. It uses these factors to explain the reasons behind the divergent path phenomena of agricultural productivity growth.
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Introduction
1900 Agricultural Outlook: France versus England
Pre-1900s: An Early State of Equal Agricultural Activity
Agrarian Transformation and Industrialization
Conclusion
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"Meanwhile, England embraced industrialization and urbanization. In the early 1700s, England was far from such industrialization, and there was "little economic growth in Britain in the second half of the eighteenth century" (Mokyr 81-2). When the Industrial Revolution eventually did arrive in England, it did not represent, contrary to popular thought, "a macroeconomic event that led to a sudden acceleration of the rate of growth, although growth eventually became an inevitable corollary" (ibid 82). On the other hand, it represented more of a "wave of gadgets" sweeping over Britain post-1760, which allowed goods to be produced more efficiently and at a higher quality (ibid). It also represented, depending on one's opinion, either the trigger for raised living standards or the signaling of lowered living standards for England (Nardinelli). Agricultural growth was certainly part of this revolution. Many scholars cite one of the main features of the Industrial Revolution as a movement from inorganic to organic materials (E.A. Wrigley, 1987 cited in Mokyr 83). Other important developments were increases in using machinery as labor power, something agricultural England embraced as France selected to retain its human labor pool as its primary agricultural power source. While the French farmers worked on the crops and fields with hand tools, machines in England became commonplace agricultural tools (ibid)."
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Technological Innovation's Impact on Productivity in Industry, 2002.
An in-depth assessment of how technological innovation has contributed to economic efficiency in industrial settings.
13,779 words (approx. 55.1 pages), 65 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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The research paper examines whether the process of innovation in technology for applications in industrial environments has evolved over time in relation to improvements in productivity. The paper also looks what contribution, if any, these innovations have made to industry as a whole.
Introduction
Introductory Statement
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Definitions of Terms
Overview of the Study
Review of the Literature
Theoretical Framework
Scientific Management
Socio-Technical Systems
Related Research
Relationship Between the Process
of Learning and the Application
of Technology in Industrial
Applications
Economic Benefits of Technology
Application
Literature Review Summary
Methodology
Introduction
Research Design
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Population and Sample
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Results
Introduction
Evaluation of Technological Innovation
Contribution of Technology
Summary and Conclusions
Introduction
Evaluation of Technological Innovation
References
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"The research performed found that the automobile manufacturing industry, along with other industries, in the United States has steadily increased its reliance on the application of technology for five decades. Further, the correlation between technology investment and productivity improvement was found to be powerful. The first conclusion drawn from the findings of this study was that the application of technological innovation in industrial activities is an indispensable factor in the contemporary period. The second conclusion drawn from the findings of this study was that technological innovation does not necessarily need to be ?high-tech? in character to produce productivity gains, although the most dramatic gains in productivity in the contemporary period are associated with ?high-tech? innovations."
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The Canadian Agricultural Industry, 2006.
A look at lobbying efforts on behalf of the Canadian agricultural industry.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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The Canadian agricultural industry has lobbied the Canadian federal and provincial governments for a number of years for greater attention upon the needs of this industry. However, while all industries and their stakeholders lobby governments for assistance in various respects, the agricultural industry is unique for both the highly public nature of its lobbying and the consistency of issues upon which this sector is focused. This paper explains that the agricultural industry is one of the most significant industries in Canada and then discusses the Canadian agricultural industry's lobbying efforts.
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Agricultural Produce in Inter-war Russia, India and Japan, 2007.
This paper looks at trends and changes relating to agricultural produce in Russia, India and Japan during the inter-war period.
1,452 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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In this article the writer outlines the main trends in agricultural produce in the three economies of Russia, India and Japan in the inter-war period. The writer discusses how far changes in output and prices affected the standard of living of the agricultural population and notes that, during the inter-war period (1914-39), Russia, Japan and India experienced similar but at times varied fluctuations in how much produce they cultivated agriculturally. Generally-speaking, Japan and India maintained outwardly stable, but far from spectacular levels of production, while Russia and later the Soviet Union witnessed greater disparities in what she produced for the commercial market. The writer concludes that what is clear from all three cases is the extent to which change in agricultural output and prices invariably failed to benefit the rural population - and, in the case of the Soviet Union, change in fact proved to be catastrophic.
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"When one takes the example of rice production - the main staple - as the chief indicator of agricultural output, with reference to Japan and India, and that of wheat production for Russia, one can observe the following. By 1914, Japan quickly reached production levels of 8.5 millions tonnes, levels that remained pretty much constant during subsequent years. Some twenty years later, in 1933, she reached a peak of 10.6 million tonnes, ending with a modest 10.3 million tonnes of rice in 1939. During the post-war era, India similarly witnessed marked increases in production. By 1914 she saw 42 million tonnes of rice harvested nationwide. But production proved erratic thereafter. During six of the following fifteen years output did exceed the 50 million tonne threshold; but the trend nevertheless was downwards, so that, by 1932, production dipped below the 40 million mark, only struggling to transcend this figure in two of the remaining seven years. What heavily contrasts with the case of India and Japan is that of Russia which witnessed not a levelling-off but a massive reduction in her wheat production following the First World War. By contrast to 28 million tonnes, which was recorded in 1913, the amount for 1921 plummeted to a mere 5.6 million tonnes. By 1925, however, production kicked back quickly to normal levels, with the Soviet Union reporting that 20.8 million tonnes of wheat had been harvested."
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Technological Determinism, 2005.
A literary discussion on technological determinism.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper reviews James Carey, Thomas Hughes and Brian Winston present respective articles. It explores their distinct approaches to the issue of technological determinism. It explains that while Carey emphasizes technological determinism, Hughes balances internalist and contextualist approaches and Winston argues for the most complex model of the three which emphasizes the critical role of cultural factors upon technological development. The paper argues, in comparing and contrasting the three approaches, that Winston's argument best explains anomalous examples in the history of technology that the other approaches could not easily explain.
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"James Carey, Thomas Hughes and Brian Winston present - in their respective articles - distinct approaches to the issue of technological determinism. In general, while Carey emphasizes technological determinism, Hughes balances internalist and contextualist approaches, and Winston argues for the most complex model of the three which emphasizes the critical role of cultural factors upon technological development. This essay will argue, in comparing and contrasting the three approaches, that Winston's argument best explains anomalous examples in the history of technology that the other approaches could not easily explain. James Carey, in "Time, Space and the Telegraph," examines the social impact of telegraph technology upon the economic and social structure of 19th century America. While Carey does not address the issue of ..."
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Technological Innovation, 2002.
A discussion of who should reap the benefits from technological innovation through a case study of the Duval Research Center.
1,243 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses the issue of to what extent the creators of technology should be compensated if that technology is created under the aegis of a company. As an example it takes Duval Plastics, a 100-year-old company located in Delaware, that for many years operated on a dual career track, someone could come into the company on the sales and management side, or on the technical side. It looks at how members of the technical side feel that the marketing and management side of the dual ladder receive greater and faster compensation and how this strikes the technical people as unfair since it was their research and application that created the products that the company is selling. Through an analysis of key issues and factors, it attempts to determine who really should be compensated for the success of technological innovation.
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"If the company decides to go on a one-ladder program, it will be initiating more problems, perhaps, than it will be solving. The company must keep two separate programs going. If the advancement up the technical ladder is predicated only by time spent with the company (as some researchers feel) then they are being rewarded solely for time spent. The sales and marketing people, on the other hand, must constantly keep finding new or expanded markets for the same product. Assuming that the company does go on a single career track, that prospect can be analyzed using a SWOT analysis."
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Agricultural Land Commission, 2005.
An overview of the government's Agricultural Land Commission in British Columbia.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses the provincial government's Agricultural Land Commission and the policies it enforces on land use in British Columbia. It looks at how the scarcity of agricultural land and the importance of food self-sufficiency, combined with competing demands for farmland for non-farm uses, convinced the government that preserving farmland for agricultural purposes was a matter of provincial interest and importance.
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"Due to increased competition and the increasing demands of the contemporary consumer, the need for establishing sustainable industries that enhance quality of life is crucial when creating a thriving local business environment. However, in recent years business development has taken a back seat to environmental protectionism in part due to the lack of suitable land for agricultural and farm use. "
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Technological Progress, 2004.
An analysis of whether technological progress will ever overcome scarcity.
2,730 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper discusses technological progress and scarcity. The paper contends that, while some hope that eventually technology will be so advanced it will be able to provide everyone on earth with everything needed, it is unlikely that will happen. The paper assesses that the current technological advances are quantum leaps over those older varieties and should, therefore, end scarcity. The facts, however, indicate otherwise. The paper explains that it is not, in fact, technology, either lack or abundance thereof, that creates scarcity, but rather the behaviors of people and their institutions.
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"Hantke takes his analogies to the edges of the galaxy. He compares the habit of early humankind of bludgeoning his enemies to death with a length of bone to raining down deadly particles from a space ship. In short, technology notwithstanding, there is nothing new on earth. Not a turning away from aggression, and arguably not a turning away from the politics and economics of scarcity. They are possibly as ingrained in the human psyche as the need to be bigger, better or faster than someone else (as all that bludgeoning with bones and raining of particles attests), and therefore, always with us. However, there are some recent bona fide economic/political/cultural investigations that point in the same direction as this dissection of the culture's major recent contribution to world fiction, the space saga."
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Agricultural Economics, 2004.
An analysis of agricultural economics, with a focus on the world's food supplies.
867 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper examines several areas of concern for agricultural economists when they look towards the future. Some of these areas of interest are nutrition and health, the possibility of using food products for uses other than consumption, and genetic adaptation of crops. However, the paper highlights three major interests of agricultural economists, the supply of food available, farm productivity and profits, and agriculture production that will be friendly to the environment.
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"The availability of food supplies in the world is a primary interest and concern for agricultural economists. In an article by Lester Brown, he compares our use of the natural resources to the use of an endowment, which we have now started to utilize in addition to the interest and this leads to bankruptcy. He states, ?By satisfying our excessive demands through overconsumption of the Earth?s natural assets, we are in effect creating a global bubble economy? (Brown 1). Several issues impact the concern of the world?s food supply."
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