Combining novel monitoring tools and precision application technologies for integrated high-tech crop protection in the future (a discussion document)

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 616-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolien Zijlstra ◽  
Ivar Lund ◽  
Annemarie F Justesen ◽  
Mogens Nicolaisen ◽  
Peter Kryger Jensen ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-304
Author(s):  
Evgeniy Bryndin ◽  

Recently, many non-state money systems have appeared based on digital cryptocurrencies. The disadvantages of digital cryptocurrencies are the separation from real production, the inequality of participants, the lack of control by state bodies, and the security problem. Digital money becomes full-fledged only when it is connected with the real economy and financially secured. The author proposes the introduction of a material digital energy economic equivalent. Based on the digital energy of the economic equivalent, it is proposed to form a digital high-tech platform economy of healthy needs, like the economy of the future. Platform economy is an economic activity based on platforms, which are understood as online systems that provide comprehensive standard solutions for interaction between users, including commercial transactions and innovative solutions. It is proposed to measure the efficiency of the future economy by economic energy intensity. Energy intensity is represented by a certain amount of energy of economic equivalent, in accordance with the law of energy conservation. Reliance on a materially supported digital energy economic equivalent, as a new currency, makes a digital high-tech platform economy of healthy needs synergistic, efficient, sustainable, safe, ecological, open, controlled by society, without speculative operations, health supportive, accurately measured through digital energy intensity. Material digital energy intensity will avoid the speculative shortcomings of existing digital money systems. To this end, governments establish a procedure for regulating the energy economy with an economic equivalent, as an impact on public relations in order to streamline and stabilize them, in order to realize the necessary needs of society in accordance with the available resources. The status of an energy economic equivalent means recognition by the economic community as universal equivalent.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy W. Martin

Zar, Inc., a high-tech company, has recently experienced turnover in its CEO and CFO positions. Zar, like other firms in its industry, is undergoing a down year due to the declining economy. Thomas Brown, who has recently been hired as the CFO, quickly realizes that there is little he can do to avoid the firm's first loss in many years. However, Thomas also understands that there are things that he can do to pave the way toward greater profits in the future. You are invited to listen in on three separate conversations that the CFO has with the CEO, the firm's audit committee, and finally with Zar's independent auditor. After hearing each conversation, you will be asked to evaluate the CFO's ideas as well as those of other parties to the dialogue. Some of the questions are rather straightforward and can be answered by recalling or researching specific accounting standards. Other questions are more open-ended and will require your best judgment based on the facts given in the case. Some questions may require you to provide additional information before making a definite decision. All of the scenarios focus on earnings quality and should enhance your understanding of this critical and controversial issue that pervades financial reporting today.


2022 ◽  
pp. 129-155
Author(s):  
Graham Matthews ◽  
John Tunstall

Abstract This chapter focuses on the crop protection and pest management of cotton crops in Southern Africa (Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Angola). It discusses how new technology will bring major changes in how cotton is grown in the future.


Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Gidley

A vital question with regard to the future is how we deal with human futures. While high-tech futures are of interest to some futurists, many futures scholars are focused on the potential social, cultural, and environmental impacts of rapid unprecedented change, including exponential technological developments. ‘Technotopian or human-centred futures?’ describes two contrasting approaches to human futures and their inherent values and ethics: ‘human-centred futures’, which is humanitarian, philosophical, and ecological; and ‘technotopian futures’, which is dehumanizing, scientistic, and atomistic. It also considers the history of the struggle between these two approaches, which has been waged since at least the European Enlightenment, and still challenges us today.


2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Yi-Fen Chen ◽  
Chang-Lung Hsieh ◽  
Chia-Wen Tsai ◽  
Wen-Yu Chen ◽  
Wei-Hung Lin

The development of the smartphone will intensify in the future. Recently, many Taiwan’s manufacturers are investing in the smartphone market. The present research used the grey envelope analysis to forecast the smartphone industry market share of High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) in Taiwan. The average residual error of up and down envelope is 6.1825% from 2003 to 2007, and the predicted market share in 2012 is 3.334%. The forecasting results showed that the market share of HTC will decrease in the future. The founding of research offers meaningful information for HTC to decide the new strategy. For government, the result could also help to implement adequate policies to support the development of smartphone industry in the future.


Five to Seven ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 8-8
Author(s):  
Catherine Ashton
Keyword(s):  

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Burkhard ◽  
Timothy R. Hill ◽  
Shailaja Venkatsubramanyan

Author(s):  
Arnoldo José de Hoyos Guevara ◽  
José Luiz Alves da Silva

The article presents a general scenario on the theme of Internet of Things - IoT, aiming to discuss the opportunities, the impacts and the associated risks, highlighting them under the sight of well-being in our lives and society in general. This paper deals with questions regarding accelerated and disruptive high-tech transformations, in order to be strategically prepared and to deal with challenges ahead. It is in the interest of all to know and anticipate the transformations that are underway and those that will be probable in the future, capturing the spirit of accelerated change that is around us, to prevent impacts, to draw personal strategies to seize opportunities and to avoid serious ruptures in our work and in our personal lives. The contribution for other studies is to allow ongoing discussions regarding the possible changes of behaviors coming from this new environment that will be made possible by the use of the IoT. Some of these behaviors are already on its way. Still, others are to be perceived and developed. This article presents, in the first topic, the new environment of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where it is inserted the concept of IoT. It advances, in the second topic, with the discussion of the extension of the usage of the new technology, its impact and its applications. And it ends discussing the behavioral changes that the massive use of this application may bring us regarding well-being.


Horizons ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-287
Author(s):  
John M. Ballweg

AbstractOne does not read far or engage in a discussion about the complexity of the modern world without sensing an evolutionary vision which reflects the thought of Teilhard de Chardin. College students who are introduced to the Teilhardian vision respond in positive and creative ways. Teaching such a course reveals insights into young people's reaction to the present and future implications of a high-tech society. In an age of increasing control over the forces of nature by human-kind, crucial questions emerge. Two concerns attract students to Teilhard: fear of the future in terms of the direction and quality of human life; and an interest in the relationship between religion and science, which indicates substantive attitudes of a younger generation toward faith in God. Whether there is agreement with Teilhard is not the question, but the fact that he has pressed us to face the issues.


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