Beyond the co-production of technology and society: The discursive treatment of technology with regard to near-term and long-term environmental goals

Since peaceful coexistence reflects in its various aspects the concept of harmony between the members of the same society with their different national, religious and sectarian affiliations, as well as their attitudes and ideas, what brings together these are the common bonds such as land, interests and common destiny. But this coexistence is exposing for crises and instability and the theft of rights and other that destroy the communities with their different religious, national, sectarian, ethnic aspects, especially if these led to a crisis of fighting or war, which produces only destruction and mass displacement, ttherefore, the process of bridging the gap between the different parts of society in the post-war phase through a set of requirements that serve as the basis for the promotion of peaceful coexistence within the same country to consolidate civil and community peace in order to create a general framework and a coherent basis to reconstruct the community again. Hence the premise of the research by asking about the extent of the possibility and ability of the community of religious and ethnic diversity, which has been exposed to these crises, which aimed at this diversity, basically to be able to rise and re-integrate within the same country and thus achieve civil and community peace, and Mosul is an example for that, the negative effects of the war and the accomplices of many criminal acts have given rise to hatred and fear for all, leading to the loss of livelihoods, which in the long term may have devastating social and psychological consequences. To clarify all of this, the title of the first topic was a review of the concept and origin of peaceful coexistence. While the second topic dealt with the requirements of peaceful coexistence and social integration in Mosul, the last topic has identified the most important challenges facing the processes of coexistence and integration in Mosul. All this in order to paint a better future for the conductor at all levels in the near term at the very least to achieve the values of this peaceful coexistence, especially in the post-war period.

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Transdisciplinary AI Observatory—Retrospective Analyses and Future-Oriented Contradistinctions

Philosophies ◽

10.3390/philosophies6010006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 6

Author(s):

Nadisha-Marie Aliman ◽

Leon Kester ◽

Roman Yampolskiy

Keyword(s):

Ethical Issues ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Research Direction ◽

Short Term ◽

Safety Critical ◽

Safety Research ◽

Hands On ◽

Near Term ◽

Ai Safety

In the last years, artificial intelligence (AI) safety gained international recognition in the light of heterogeneous safety-critical and ethical issues that risk overshadowing the broad beneficial impacts of AI. In this context, the implementation of AI observatory endeavors represents one key research direction. This paper motivates the need for an inherently transdisciplinary AI observatory approach integrating diverse retrospective and counterfactual views. We delineate aims and limitations while providing hands-on-advice utilizing concrete practical examples. Distinguishing between unintentionally and intentionally triggered AI risks with diverse socio-psycho-technological impacts, we exemplify a retrospective descriptive analysis followed by a retrospective counterfactual risk analysis. Building on these AI observatory tools, we present near-term transdisciplinary guidelines for AI safety. As further contribution, we discuss differentiated and tailored long-term directions through the lens of two disparate modern AI safety paradigms. For simplicity, we refer to these two different paradigms with the terms artificial stupidity (AS) and eternal creativity (EC) respectively. While both AS and EC acknowledge the need for a hybrid cognitive-affective approach to AI safety and overlap with regard to many short-term considerations, they differ fundamentally in the nature of multiple envisaged long-term solution patterns. By compiling relevant underlying contradistinctions, we aim to provide future-oriented incentives for constructive dialectics in practical and theoretical AI safety research.

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Dark scalars and heavy neutral leptons at DarkQuest

Journal of High Energy Physics ◽

10.1007/jhep05(2021)049 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Brian Batell ◽

Jared A. Evans ◽

Stefania Gori ◽

Mudit Rai

Keyword(s):

Particle Production ◽

Meson Production ◽

Gluon Fusion ◽

New Physics ◽

Dark Sector ◽

Hidden Sector ◽

Detector Acceptance ◽

Light Scalar ◽

Near Term

Abstract The proposed DarkQuest beam dump experiment, a modest upgrade to the existing SeaQuest/SpinQuest experiment, has great potential for uncovering new physics within a dark sector. We explore both the near-term and long-term prospects for observing two distinct, highly-motivated hidden sector benchmark models: heavy neutral leptons and Higgs-mixed scalars. We comprehensively examine the particle production and detector acceptance at DarkQuest, including an updated treatment of meson production, and light scalar production through both bremsstrahlung and gluon-gluon fusion. In both benchmark models, DarkQuest will provide an opportunity to probe previously inaccessible interesting regions of parameter space on a fairly short timescale when compared to other proposed experiments.

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Demobilisation will be a long-term challenge in Libya

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db264735 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Armed Forces ◽

Armed Groups ◽

Content Type ◽

Near Term ◽

The Many ◽

Financial Arrangements

Significance Although a ceasefire has been in place since October 2020, very little has been done during that time to integrate or demobilise the many armed forces and groups that exist across the country. The obstacles are formidable. Impacts Significant demobilisation and reintegration will not happen in the near term. Local security will continue to rest on fragile political and financial arrangements between armed groups and governing authorities. The current high levels of oil and gas revenue will tend to discourage unrest.

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Multiteam systems as integrated networks for engaging ambidexterity as dynamic capabilities

International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior ◽

10.1108/ijotb-01-2021-0013 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Benjamin P. Dean

Keyword(s):

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Dynamic Environment ◽

Task Demands ◽

Organizational Level ◽

Future Research ◽

Integrated Networks ◽

Content Type ◽

Systems Model ◽

Near Term

PurposeThis inquiry aims to determine the features and mechanisms that specially enable a multiteam system (MTS) to develop ambidexterity that can deal effectively with rapid changes in dynamic environments. The MTS is an emerging organizational unit comprised of tightly integrated networks of teams that may originate from one or more firms. The inquiry also considered how an MTS can engage those features and mechanisms to maximize ambidexterity as dynamic capabilities for increased innovation and long-term adaptation under complex, volatile conditions.Design/methodology/approachThis conceptual inquiry integrates the emerging research on MTSs with theory and studies relating to ambidexterity and dynamic capabilities. This inquiry focuses on the attributes and linkages that specially characterize an MTS. It analyzes these to determine the key mechanisms and interactions enabling and engaging ambidexterity at MTS unit level.FindingsMTSs can engage powerful mechanisms for ambidexterity functioning as dynamic capabilities at meso-organizational level. The attributes and linkages that distinguish an MTS from other units enable it to deal effectively and efficiently with near-term task demands by simultaneously balancing the essential tasks of exploration and exploitation, and by being able to rapidly adapt by reconfiguring taskwork and reallocating resources as required for sustainable innovation and long-term success within a dynamic environment.Practical implicationsThis inquiry provides valuable insights for designing MTSs that are equipped with selected teams, flexible memberships, specialized skills and permeable interfaces. Autonomy for an MTS allows the unit to span internal and external organizational boundaries to gain access to new discoveries and to exchange information and material resources for increased innovation. Ambidexterity as dynamic capabilities facilitates exploitation of current resources by efficiently reconfiguring taskwork and reallocating materials for adaptation and competitive advantage.Originality/valueThis inquiry appears to represent the most integrative effort to examine the underexplored potential of MTSs for developing and engaging ambidexterity functioning as dynamic capabilities. The inquiry appears to be a first effort at articulating a concept of MTS ambidexterity distinct from organizational ambidexterity. The analysis synthesizes a systems model that guides organizational leaders and opens new opportunities for future research.

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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL EFFICIENCY OF THE DRUG “BIO-DENT” IN BIOLOGICAL METHODS OF TREATMENT OF PULPITES BY THE METHOD OF INDIRECT COATING

UZBEK MEDICAL JOURNAL ◽

10.26739/2181-0664-2021-si-1-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Special issue (1) ◽

pp. 51-56

Author(s):

Nigora Djuraeva ◽

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Portland Cement ◽

Calcium Hydroxide ◽

Dental Pulp ◽

Mineral Trioxide Aggregate ◽

Clinical Efficiency ◽

Near Term ◽

Biological Methods ◽

Methods Of Treatment

The article presents the results of using a material based on the mineral trioxide unit “Bio-Dent”for the indirect coating of the pulp. It was found that there were no complaints from the use of domestic Portland cement both in the near term (98.8%) and inthe long term after treatment in comparison with materials based on calcium hydroxide (72.5%). Stabilization of the pulp electroexcitability indicators at the level of 10 mkA was noted with the use of the material based on MTA “Bio-Dent”as a medical liner for indirect pulp covering.Keywords: dental pulp,indirect pulp coating, calcium hydroxide, mineral trioxide aggregate, pulp electroexcitability.

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Carbon storage in seagrass soils: long-term nutrient history exceeds the effects of near-term nutrient enrichment

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-13-313-2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 313-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

A. R. Armitage ◽

J. W. Fourqurean

Keyword(s):

Organic Carbon ◽

Soil Carbon ◽

Carbon Stock ◽

Seagrass Beds ◽

Nutrient Input ◽

High Carbon ◽

Phosphorus Addition ◽

Seagrass Biomass ◽

Near Term

Abstract. The carbon sequestration potential in coastal soils is linked to aboveground and belowground plant productivity and biomass, which in turn, is directly and indirectly influenced by nutrient input. We evaluated the influence of long-term and near-term nutrient input on aboveground and belowground carbon accumulation in seagrass beds, using a nutrient enrichment (nitrogen and phosphorus) experiment embedded within a naturally occurring, long-term gradient of phosphorus availability within Florida Bay (USA). We measured organic carbon stocks in soils and above- and belowground seagrass biomass after 17 months of experimental nutrient addition. At the nutrient-limited sites, phosphorus addition increased the carbon stock in aboveground seagrass biomass by more than 300 %; belowground seagrass carbon stock increased by 50–100 %. Soil carbon content slightly decreased ( ∼  10 %) in response to phosphorus addition. There was a strong but non-linear relationship between soil carbon and Thalassia testudinum leaf nitrogen : phosphorus (N : P) or belowground seagrass carbon stock. When seagrass leaf N : P exceeded an approximate threshold of 75 : 1, or when belowground seagrass carbon stock was less than 100 g m−2, there was less than 3 % organic carbon in the sediment. Despite the marked difference in soil carbon between phosphorus-limited and phosphorus-replete areas of Florida Bay, all areas of the bay had relatively high soil carbon stocks near or above the global median of 1.8 % organic carbon. The relatively high carbon content in the soils indicates that seagrass beds have extremely high carbon storage potential, even in nutrient-limited areas with low biomass or productivity.

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A new scenario logic for the Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10262 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Joeri Rogelj ◽

Daniel Huppmann ◽

Volker Krey ◽

Keywan Riahi ◽

Leon Clarke ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Global Warming ◽

Integrated Assessment ◽

Transition Period ◽

Paris Agreement ◽

Climate Change Scenarios ◽

Industrial System ◽

Carbon Neutrality ◽

Climate Action ◽

Near Term

<p>To understand how global warming can be kept well-below 2&#176;C and even 1.5&#176;C, climate policy uses scenarios that describe how society could transform in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Such scenario are typically created with integrated assessment models that include a representation of the economy, and the energy, land-use, and industrial system. However, current climate change scenarios have a key weakness in that they typically focus on reaching specific climate goals in 2100 only. <br><br>This choice results in risky pathways that delay action and seemingly inevitably rely on large quantities of carbon-dioxide removal after mid-century. Here we propose a framework that more closely reflects the intentions of the UN Paris Agreement. It focusses on reaching a peak in global warming with either stabilisation or reversal thereafter. This approach provides a critical extension of the widely used Shared Socioecononomic Pathways (SSP) framework and reveals a more diverse picture: an inevitable transition period of aggressive near-term climate action to reach carbon neutrality can be followed by a variety of long-term states. It allows policymakers to explicitly consider near-term climate strategies in the context of intergenerational equity and long-term sustainability.</p>

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Designing for Psychogeriatric Care

Healthcare Management Forum ◽

10.1016/s0840-4704(10)61358-0 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 18-24

Author(s):

Douglas H. Rapelje

Keyword(s):

Public Perception ◽

Design Research ◽

Long Term Care ◽

Term Care ◽

The Public ◽

Overall Design ◽

Near Term ◽

Dining Room ◽

Term Objective

After two years of design research, the near-term goal of the Senior Citizens Department, Regional Niagara, was to build innovative homes to address the issues and programs the studies revealed. The long-term objective was to build homes that would start to change the public perception of long-term care facilities. Featuringa “Town Square”, the home comprises five houses of 20 beds, each providing a different level of care. Corridors are a unique design, and each house has its own dining room facilities and activity room. A central Day Care lounge features dining room facilities for family and friends. The Department hopes the overall design will help to break down the stereotype image of long-term care design, an d provide a suitable environment for the mentally and physically frail, as well as ambulatory residents.

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Review of Global Tax Fairness, Thomas Pogge and Krishen Mehta, Editors

Journal of Economic Literature ◽

10.1257/jel.20161404 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 673-684

Author(s):

Matthew Weinzierl

Keyword(s):

Tax Policy ◽

Multinational Enterprises ◽

Tax Avoidance ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Thomas Pogge ◽

Near Term ◽

Information Gaps ◽

Tax Fairness

This timely volume (Global Tax Fairness, edited by Thomas Pogge and Krishen Mehta) on the proper taxation of multinational enterprises argues that several feasible, near-term reforms could substantially narrow the scope for tax avoidance by closing information gaps, and it proposes more ambitious, long-term reforms that pursue coordination on the design, not just the enforcement, of tax policy. The editors construct an impassioned normative case that (legal) avoidance violates fairness because its negative effects fall especially hard on the world's poor, but their case could be bolstered by an appeal to the classical benefit-based logic behind the central aim of the reforms they recommend. (JEL D63, F23, H25, H87, K34).

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