Emulation of Historical Software as a Tool for Research and Pedagogy: A Case Study in the History of CAD

This paper presents an abbreviated summary of previous work using a distributed emulation network (EaaSI) to allow for the analysis of computer assisted design (CAD) tools including multiple versions of the popular AutoCAD system. It elaborates on the use of EaaSI in a graduate seminar on the history of computational design, presenting a design pedagogy use case for archived software objects and showing how their remediation through emulation can lead to new historical and design insights into contemporary software. It includes further clarification on the relevance of emulation to the archival community and highlights extended use cases not found in the original publication.

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Computational Approaches for the Design of Mosquito Repellent Chemicals

Current Medicinal Chemistry ◽

10.2174/0929867325666181029165413 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 32-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Subhash C. Basak ◽

Apurba K. Bhattacharjee

Keyword(s):

Computational Design ◽

Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Quantitative Structure ◽

Mosquito Repellent ◽

Computational Approaches ◽

Qsar Studies ◽

Computer Assisted Design ◽

Structure Activity ◽

Mosquito Repellents

Background: In view of many current mosquito-borne diseases there is a need for the design of novel repellents. Objective: The objective of this article is to review the results of the researches carried out by the authors in the computer-assisted design of novel mosquito repellents. Methods: Two methods in the computational design of repellents have been discussed: a) Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) studies from a set of repellents structurally related to DEET using computed mathematical descriptors, and b) Pharmacophore based modeling for design and discovery of novel repellent compounds including virtual screening of compound databases and synthesis of novel analogues. Results: Effective QSARs could be developed using mathematical structural descriptors. The pharmacophore based method is an effective tool for the discovery of new repellent molecules. Conclusion: Results reviewed in this article show that both QSAR and pharmacophore based methods can be used to design novel repellent molecules.

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Robot use cases for real needs: A large-scale ethnographic case study

Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics ◽

10.1515/pjbr-2019-0014 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 193-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Leon Bodenhagen ◽

Kerstin Fischer ◽

Trine S. Winther ◽

Rosalyn M. Langedijk ◽

Mette M. Skjøth

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Use Cases ◽

University Hospital ◽

Use Case ◽

Ethnographic Case Study ◽

Starting Point ◽

Ethnographic Observation ◽

Case Development

AbstractThis article discusses the process of developing robot use cases using large-scale ethnographic observation as a starting point. In particular, during 296 hours of ethnographic observation of the workflows at seventeen departments at Odense University Hospital, 607 processes were described and subsequently annotated. The ethnographic method provided rich, contextually situated data that can be searched and categorized for use case development, which is illustrated on an example use case, describing the process and illustrating the type of data elicited, discussing the problems encountered and providing downloadable tools for other researchers interested in similar approaches to use case development.

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Press Propaganda and Subaltern Agents of Pan-Islamic Networks in the Muslim Mediterranean World prior to World War I

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474430616.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Odile Moreau

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

World War I ◽

North Africa ◽

World War ◽

Subaltern Studies ◽

Resistance Movements ◽

The Press ◽

Mediterranean World ◽

History Of

This chapter explores movement and circulation across the Mediterranean and seeks to contribute to a history of proto-nationalism in the Maghrib and the Middle East at a particular moment prior to World War I. The discussion is particularly concerned with the interface of two Mediterranean spaces: the Middle East (Egypt, Ottoman Empire) and North Africa (Morocco), where the latter is viewed as a case study where resistance movements sought external allies as a way of compensating for their internal weakness. Applying methods developed by Subaltern Studies, and linking macro-historical approaches, namely of a translocal movement in the Muslim Mediterranean, it explores how the Egypt-based society, al-Ittihad al-Maghribi, through its agent, Aref Taher, used the press as an instrument for political propaganda, promoting its Pan-Islamic programme and its goal of uniting North Africa.

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Teaching Computer Based Historical Data Analysis

History and Computing ◽

10.3366/hac.1994.6.1.52 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 52-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Charles Anderson ◽

Robert J. Morris

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Social History ◽

Historical Data ◽

Good Practice ◽

Computer Assisted ◽

Historical Data Analysis ◽

University Of Edinburgh ◽

Computer Based ◽

The University

A case study ofa third year course in the Department of Economic and Social History in the University of Edinburgh isusedto considerandhighlightaspects of good practice in the teaching of computer-assisted historical data analysis.

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Turning Aliens into Socialists

International Journal for the Study of New Religions ◽

10.1558/ijsnr.v1i1.75 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 75-93

Author(s):

Jessica Moberg

Keyword(s):

Outer Space ◽

The United States ◽

Second World War ◽

World War ◽

History Of ◽

Swedish History ◽

Second World ◽

The Universe ◽

Highly Evolved

Immediately after the Second World War Sweden was struck by a wave of sightings of strange flying objects. In some cases these mass sightings resulted in panic, particularly after authorities failed to identify them. Decades later, these phenomena were interpreted by two members of the Swedish UFO movement, Erland Sandqvist and Gösta Rehn, as alien spaceships, or UFOs. Rehn argued that ‘[t]here is nothing so dramatic in the Swedish history of UFOs as this invasion of alien fly-things’ (Rehn 1969: 50). In this article the interpretation of such sightings proposed by these authors, namely that we are visited by extraterrestrials from outer space, is approached from the perspective of myth theory. According to this mythical theme, not only are we are not alone in the universe, but also the history of humankind has been shaped by encounters with more highly-evolved alien beings. In their modern day form, these kinds of ideas about aliens and UFOs originated in the United States. The reasoning of Sandqvist and Rehn exemplifies the localization process that took place as members of the Swedish UFO movement began to produce their own narratives about aliens and UFOs. The question I will address is: in what ways do these stories change in new contexts? Texts produced by the Swedish UFO movement are analyzed as a case study of this process.

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