scholarly journals Confirmed cases and deaths by COVID-19: A comparison among the BRICS countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Santiago Dias ◽  
Ana Paula Verona
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Using Data

This work seeks to compare the number of confirmed cases and deaths caused by COVID-19 among the BRICS member countries using data from Johns Hopkins University. The situation experienced by the BRICS is worrying. Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa are among the five countries with the highest number of confirmed cases. Special attention should be given to Brazil, which ranks in second place regarding to the number of confirmed cases in the world. In addition, India will have the highest number of infections in March 2021, according to projections of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Alignment Charts

1921 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Keyword(s):  
Close Contact ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
World War ◽  
Graphical Solution ◽  
Industrial Cooperation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The subject of nomographic or alignment charts has received considerable attention during the last few years. Although its value as a time and labor saving device is so evident, still it has taken almost a generation since its inception by the French engineer and mathematician, M. D’Ocagne, before the American engineer has sought to profit by it. The world war brought our ordnance engineers in contact with the French engineers, and the former have learned how the latter apply the principles underlying the alignment chart to the graphical solution of some of their problems in ballistics and allied subjects. Today, some of our manufacturers are becoming interested in these charts, and the “Department of Industrial Cooperation and Research” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is in close contact with over two hundred of these firms, has received many requests for alignment chart solutions of various simple problems which have arisen in their shop work. These solutions, because of their simplicity, can be used by the workmen in the shop with considerable facility and little chance of error.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-168
Keyword(s):  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The World ◽  
Industrial Performance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Mesopotamia ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Michael Bikard of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER reviews “The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times” edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, and William J. Baumol. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Eighteen papers examine the history of entrepreneurship throughout the world since antiquity. Papers discuss global enterprise and industrial performance--an overview; entrepreneurs--from the Near Eastern takeoff to the Roman collapse; Neo-Babylonian entrepreneurs; the scale of entrepreneurship in Middle….”

scholarly journals The Free Range

2006 ◽  
Vol 128 (03) ◽  
pp. 26-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert LaMarca
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Machine Tools ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Market Penetration ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology

This article discusses various aspects of open-source product development. The open-source business definition is the development of a product using components that are not restricted in their use by others. Open source is still novel in the world of mechanical engineering. In software, however, its influence has been quite pervasive, both at the corporate and individual levels. Influence of open source has begun to be felt in publishing, the sciences, and education. According to a professional mechanical engineer, an open-source low-emission car is another possible project. Samir Nayfeh, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, briefly investigated open source in the late 1990s, and expects that it would appeal to buyers in markets like machine tools, where customers do not like being locked into a vendor. The current market penetration of open source owes a great deal to individuals who would participate for their own reasons, sometimes for a moral idea, or for inclusion in a community of their professional peers, or to develop better skills.

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1263-1264
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Trust Measurement ◽  
As If

Frank Levy of Massachusetts Institute of Technology reviews “The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy As If the Future Matters” by Diane Coyle. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Explores how to ensure that government policy and the actions of individuals and private businesses serve the world better in the long term and considers how to make sure that achievements in the present don't come at the expense of the future. Discusses happiness; nature; posterity; fairness; trust; measurement; values; institutions; and the manifesto of enough. Coyle runs Enlightenment Economics, a consulting firm specializing in technology and globalization. Index.”

scholarly journals Experiences and Insights for Collaborative Industry-Academic Research in Artificial Intelligence

AI Magazine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-81
Author(s):  
Lisa Amini ◽  
Ching-Hua Chen ◽  
David Cox ◽  
Aude Oliva ◽  
Antonio Torralba
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Ibm Watson ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The factors that define and influence the success of industry–academic research in artificial intelligence have evolved significantly in the last decade. In this article, we consider what success means from both sides of a collaboration and offer our perspectives on how to approach the opportunities and challenges that come with achieving success. These perspectives are grounded on the recent and significant investments that have been made between IBM and several higher education institutions around the world, including IBM’s Artificial Intelligence Horizons Network, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology–IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence Lab, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Quest for Intelligence.

scholarly journals Ubuntu and philoxenia: Ubuntu and Christian worldviews as responses to xenophobia

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojalefa L.J. Koenane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Self ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Common Humanity ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
The World ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Xenophobic attitudes and violence have become regular phenomena in South Africa and other parts of the world. Xenophobia is of great concern not only to South Africans, but also to most developed countries or countries that are considered economically and politically viable by their neighbours, and which offer a safe haven for people who, for whatever reason, are forced to seek refuge elsewhere. Although xenophobia is not unique to South Africa, its most worrying aspect in South Africa is the government’s inability to deal with this evil. The article seeks to challenge South Africa as a dominantly Ubuntu and Judeo-Christian influenced country to fight xenophobia through appealing to Ubuntu values and philoxenia. By Judeo-Christian, I mean religious beliefs and values that are common to both these religions, namely Judaism and Christianity. The article further suggests the ontology that perceives the ‘other’ as an extension of the self. It is argued that South African citizens are collectively responsible for acts of violence against foreign nationals and should thus look for a morally sustainable solution to this evil. The article relies heavily on the work of Kristeva, entitled Strangers to Ourselves, and on the work of Nussbaum, entitled Ubuntu: Reflections of a South African on Our Common Humanity, in Reflections, the Society for Organizational Learning and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Artificial Emotional Creature Project to Intelligent Systems

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-393
Author(s):  
Takanori Shibata ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The World ◽  
Tuft College ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

I came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in September, 1995, intending to stay as a researcher at its Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for two years. Cambridge and the environs of Boston where MIT is located is dotted with a number of universities and colleges, including Harvard University and Tuft College, and also with businesses related to universities. In addition, the area is full of venture-capital enterprises related to computers. Because of the presence of numerous universities and colleges a large number of people are gathered here from all over the world.

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