scholarly journals Telematic Tape: Notes on Maryanne Amacher'sCity-Links(1967–1980)

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMY CIMINI
Keyword(s):  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Environmental Sounds ◽  
Ambient Sound ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Telephone Operators ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
Urban Sites

ABSTRACTReel-to-reel recordings and 15 kilocycle telelinks converge in Maryanne Amacher's telematic installation seriesCity-Links(1967–81). As long-duration recordings of urban sites,City-Linksqueries the musicality of ambient sound on tape, a question of critical importance to many composers of the period. But as expressly telematic tape,City-Linksembeds these recordings within a transforming US telecommunications industry where expanded long-distance dialing relied on the high-tech labour and gendered discipline of telephone operators, enrolling tapes’ ambient sounding in broader questions about the technological mediation of gender, listening and long-distance embodiment duringCity-Linkslate 1960s and 1970s span. An extended reconstruction of oneCity-Links's tape's tactile qualities interprets this complex interimplication as a kind of telematic ‘weave’, with a spatiotemporal warp shuttling between the weft of environmental sounds and their technical traces.

Convergence in norming and control of modern wireless technologies electromagnetic fields

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (9) ◽  
pp. 610-613
Author(s):  
Michail Yu. Maslov ◽  
Yuri M. Spodobaev
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Electromagnetic Fields ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Network Technologies ◽  
And Control

Telecommunications industry evolution shows the highest rates of transition to high-tech systems and is accompanied by a trend of deep mutual penetration of technologies - convergence. The dominant telecommunication technologies have become wireless communication systems. The widespread use of modern wireless technologies has led to the saturation of the environment with technological electromagnetic fields and the actualization of the problems of protecting the population from them. This fundamental restructuring has led to a uniform dense placement of radiating fragments of network technologies in the mudflow areas. The changed parameters of the emitted fields became the reason for the revision of the regulatory and methodological support of electromagnetic safety. A fragmented structural, functional and parametric analysis of the problem of protecting the population from the technological fields of network technologies revealed uncertainty in the interpretation of real situations, vulnerability, weakness and groundlessness of the methodological basis of sanitary-hygienic approaches. It is shown that this applies to all stages of the electromagnetic examination of the emitting fragments of network technologies. Distrust arises on the part of specialists and the population in not only the system of sanitary-hygienic control, but also the safety of modern network technologies is being called into question. Growing social tensions and radio phobia are everywhere accompanying the development of wireless communication technologies. The basis for solving almost all problems of protecting the population can be the transfer of subjective methods and means of monitoring and sanitary-hygienic control of electromagnetic fields into the field of IT.

The Back-to-Nature Crowd

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-240
Author(s):  
Phoebe S.K. Young
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Popular Belief ◽  
Outdoor Leadership ◽  
Personal Freedom ◽  
Social Contracts ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Minimum Impact

By the 1960s and 1970s, generational dynamics and modern environmentalism fostered new camping experiences that led away from amenity-rich and resource-heavy family campgrounds. Youth who came of age in this era shaped new forms of camping to support interests in self-discovery, countercultural values, and environmental awareness. Organizers and participants of the National Outdoor Leadership School, launched in 1965, began to link backcountry camping with countercultural mindsets, personal freedom, and connection with nature. In so doing they experimented with new social contracts in microcosm, and after 1970 increasingly began to align their mission with environmentalist agendas. Echoing the popular belief that the personal is political, many began to embrace specific forms of camping like backpacking as a way of expressing their identity and viewpoints. The new popularity of minimum-impact forms of camping in turn generated a growing market for high-tech outdoor gear intended to enhance experience and advance conservation.

scholarly journals Development and construction of shunting electric locomotives at Dnipropetrovsk electric locomotives plant (1960's – 1970's)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 212-232
Author(s):  
Mykola Ruban ◽  
Vadym Ponomarenko
Keyword(s):  
Complex Analysis ◽  
Main Line ◽  
State Enterprise ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Design And Technology ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Electric Locomotive ◽  
Renewal Program ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S

In the article on the basis of the complex analysis of sources and scientific literature the attempt to investigate historical circumstances of development and construction of shunting electric locomotives at the Dnipropetrovsk electric locomotive plant has been made. It was found that during the 1960s and 1970s, the team of designers of the Dnipropetrovsk plant, having strong research and production potential, at the request of the Ministry of Railways of the USSR developed and built unique samples of shunting electric locomotives of the VL41 and VL26 series to meet the needs of Soviet main-line railways with modern high-tech electric vehicles. It is proved that in the absence of thorough experience and, accordingly, the possibility of a rapid technological breakthrough in the development of main-line locomotives, during the experimental operation of shunting electric locomotives VL41 and VL26, several design shortcomings were identified, which led to their further use exclusively on the house tracks of enterprises, and designers of Dnipropetrovsk plant later focused on the development and construction of traction units for industrial application commissioned by the Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy of the USSR. At the same time, the construction of the main-line railway equipment to the order of the Ministry of Railways allowed the staff of the enterprise to gain valuable experience, which was later used in the implementation of the renewal program of rolling stock of Ukrzaliznytsia. Although today the Dnipropetrovsk plant is in decline, the analysis of historical circumstances of formation and design and technological heritage of electric locomotive construction in Ukraine is of fundamental importance both in the general perspective of the development of domestic transport engineering, and the railway industry in particular. Further study of the history of Dnipropetrovsk electric locomotive plant requires clarification of the historical circumstances of institutionalization of the Special Design and Technology Bureau of the enterprise from the creation of industrial electric locomotives and traction units to the development and re-equipment of main traction rolling stock and specialized repair equipment within the state enterprise “Ukrainian Research Design Institute of Electric Locomotive Engineering”.

scholarly journals The stronghold on Kirkut Hill in Lublin. The state of recognition of the remains of the former stronghold and its role in the medieval Lublin agglomeration

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 165-185
Author(s):  
Rafał Niedźwiadek ◽  
◽  
Andrzej Rozwałka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
The State ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Hill

The aim of the article is to present the state of the research conducted on the remains of a medieval stronghold on Grodzisko Hill, also known as Kirkut Hill (due to the Jewish cemetery from the late Middle Ages and early modern period located on its top), as well as to show the latest approach to dating the remains of the stronghold and its role in the medieval Lublin agglomeration. Archaeological research carried out on the hill and at its foot in the 1960s and 1970s was of limited range due to the existence of the Jewish cemetery. However, it can be considered that they provided an amount of data that enables the reconstruction of stratigraphy of the stronghold and recognition of the structure of its rampart running along the edge of the hill. After many discussions, both among historians and Lublin archaeologists, a certain consensus regarding the chronology and the function of the former stronghold on Grodzisko Hill has now been reached. It seems that it was in the 13th century that the stronghold was built and, then, before the century ended, it was destroyed. It coexisted with an older structure – probably built in the 12th century – namely the castellan stronghold on Zamkowe Hill. Recent research indicates that during the second half of 13th century, or at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, a new line of ramparts was built on Staromiejskie Hill. This is how three parts of the Lublin agglomeration were distinguished. Perhaps, in this structure, the stronghold on Kirkut Hill could have functioned as a guard post for a part of the long-distance route located in the area of today’s Kalinowszczyzna Street. The 13th century, and especially its second half, was the time of numerous Yotvingian, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Ruthenian and Tatar invasions.

scholarly journals Analisis Pengaruh Citra Merek dan Kualitas Produk Terhadap Loyalitas Pengguna Smartphone Android dengan Kepuasan Sebagai Variabel Intervening Di Lingkungan Mahasiswa Universitas Bandung Raya

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-86
Author(s):  
Ruli Mochammad Chaerudin ◽  
Tatiek Ekawati Permana
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The University

Abstract : Along with the development of the telecommunications industry in Indonesia, making communication both close and long distance communication becomes easier and smoother. Cellular phone (cellphone) is one of the communication technologies that has developed from year to year. The Android operating system is a Linux-based operating system designed for touch screen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. By providing a development platform that is open (open source), Android developers offer the ability to build applications that are very rich and innovative and of course very profitable for consumers because it is relatively freeware (most applications are free). This study tries to examine the effect of brand image and product quality on the loyalty of Android-based smartphone users in the University of Bandung Raya environment, both directly and indirectly through satisfaction as an intervening variable. This study uses a survey approach and the nature of this research is explanatory research. The population in this study were Bandung Raya University students who used registered and active Android-based smartphones from 2017 odd semester until 2018. The sampling method used was the non-probability sampling method with a total of 100 people. The sampling technique is done by purposive sampling. Hypothesis testing uses Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. Through the analysis of indirect influence data, only product quality has a significant effect on loyalty through student satisfaction at the University of Bandung Raya. Whereas through direct influence, obtained only brand image and satisfaction that have a significant effect on loyalty within the University of Bandung Raya students.

E-Transformation of Societies

2011 ◽  
pp. 3754-3763
Author(s):  
Lech W. Zacher
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
Internet Revolution

Not all transformations of societies are caused by technology or are technology-driven. However, it is evident that technology is an important driving force of societal changes. To state that technology— both contemporarily and historically—largely shapes the form of societies does not necessarily mean the acceptance of technological determinism (as the philosophical approach). It can be viewed just as a statement concerning the hard facts. In the 20th century the rapid development of technology marked a new era. In order to describe and interpret this situation several new terms have been coined, as well as concepts and theories. Usually they underline the revolutionary character of technological change. In 1939, Bernal coined the term “scientific and technological revolution”, which meant the joint effects of revolutions in science and in technology and their feedbacks. More than two decades later Kuhn (1962) developed and popularized his paradigmatic view of science and its revolutionary breakthroughs. It is needless to add that there are close—and to great extent causal—relations between science and technology. As a result of thinking in terms of scientific and technological revolutions or paradigms there was a tendency to use them in the theory of social change. In the late 1960s and 1970s some attempts were made within the Marxist theoretical orientation (Feenberg, 1991) to create an overarching theory of scientific and technological revolution including social change (e.g., Richta—see Zacher, 1995). Western theoreticians, having more experience with high tech and its practical impacts, were describing them using somewhat different nomenclature Ackoff (1974), Brzezinski (1970), and Masuda (1981) preferred cybernetic revolution, the Age of Systems, the Information Era, the Technetronic Era, the electronics revolution (also called the microelectronics or microprocessor revolution), the computer revolution, the information revolution, and the like (Friedrichs & Schaff, 1982; Forester, 1984). With reference to science and technology such terms as materials revolution and biological (or biotechnological) revolution were also in use. Somewhat later a new term arrived, Internet revolution.

Six Sigma Implementation at Bharti Infotel

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 367-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Archana Shukla ◽  
R. Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Customer Base ◽  
Fixed Line

Bharti Airtel Limited was a leading private sector provider of telecommunication services in India, with a customer base of 8.73 million as of July 2004. The company had two branch companies — Bharti Infotel (that dealt with fixed line, long distance, and enterprise services) and Bharti Cellular (that dealt with mobile telephone services). This case is about the six sigma implementation at Bharti Infotel. The case briefly discusses the business imperatives in the fast changing Indian telecommunications industry. The industry was a monopoly for over half a century after independence and had recently been deregulated with the private players competing with the state-owned BSNL. The industry had exploded in the recent years with increasing number of players, falling tariffs, and improving technology. Stiff competition in the industry meant that any competitive action by a company was immediately imitated by others. Therefore the only sources of competitive advantage in the industry were “quality of service” and “speed”. This case discusses the various steps in the implementation of six sigma quality management system in the company. The company had already implemented Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) and had begun monitoring their performance on the Non-Financial Parameters (NFPs). The six sigma initiative was expected to leverage on these initiatives. Following the six sigma initiative was the Knowledge Management (KM) initiative that was intended to help share the best practices and learning from the six sigma projects across the entire organization. This case highlights the contribution of the six sigma quality management initiative to the company's business strategy, and helps students analyze the process of implementing and institutionalizing the six sigma initiative. The case enables the readers to appreciate the business benefits of six sigma implementation and how it fosters innovation.

scholarly journals Fatigue Risk of Long-Distance Driver as the Impact of the Duration of Work

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Rida Zuraida
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Time On Task ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
The Impact

Studies on the driver's fatigue, must focus on at least two things: the time-of-day that affect by circadian factors, and time-on-task. This paper discusses the risk level of driver fatigue, which generally have to drive in a long duration or more than 4 hours. The risk of fatigue was assessed using Fatigue Likelihood Scoring (FLS) by Transport Canada. Based on interviews with 24 inter-city bus drivers, 18 of the 24 drivers have a very high risk of fatigue that characterized by FLS scores greater than 20, while the rest have a high risk driver that characterized by FLS value greater than 10. A high risk of chronic fatigue that experienced by most of drivers caused by working hours which is more than 36 hours in a week, the duration of the shift of greater than 8 hours a day, lack of time off, the amount hours of driving at night, and the amount of time off.

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