Computational Intelligence From Autonomous System to Super-Smart Society and Beyond

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Rodolfo A. Fiorini
Keyword(s):  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Autonomous System ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
System Development ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Symbiotic System ◽  
Symbiotic Relationships ◽  
The Past ◽  
Scientific System ◽  
Ontological Uncertainty

In this article the author discusses main implications of current autonomous system (AS) through the symbiotic autonomous system (SAS) and the symbiotic system science (SSS) towards the incoming super-smart society, by bringing to light SSS fundamental considerations, according to experience and talks gained on scientific system development in the past fifty years, and formulating the proposal for a new understanding of them, at an effective scientific and operative level towards a real super-smart society. SSS is a growing scientific area which is taking a leadership role in fostering consensus on how best to bring about symbiotic relationships between current AS and incoming SAS in a mixed or hybrid society, called super-smart society. In order to achieve an antifragile behavior, next generation human-made system must have a new fundamental component able to address and to face effectively the problem of multiscale ontological uncertainty management, in an instinctively sustainable way: active, practical wisdom by design!

scholarly journals Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric divisions: cell cycle regulators, asymmetric protein localization, and tumorigenesis

2008 ◽  
Vol 180 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Chia ◽  
W. Gregory Somers ◽  
Hongyan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Tumor Suppressors ◽  
System Development ◽  
Protein Localization ◽  
Asymmetric Division ◽  
Nervous System Development ◽  
Cell Cycle Regulators ◽  
The Past ◽  
Larval Nervous System ◽  
Asymmetric Divisions

Over the past decade, many of the key components of the genetic machinery that regulate the asymmetric division of Drosophila melanogaster neural progenitors, neuroblasts, have been identified and their functions elucidated. Studies over the past two years have shown that many of these identified components act to regulate the self-renewal versus differentiation decision and appear to function as tumor suppressors during larval nervous system development. In this paper, we highlight the growing number of molecules that are normally considered to be key regulators of cell cycle events/progression that have recently been shown to impinge on the neuroblast asymmetric division machinery to control asymmetric protein localization and/or the decision to self-renew or differentiate.

scholarly journals A case study on the real time transmission system for research funds

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.12) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Ji Hoon Hong ◽  
Hark Soo Park ◽  
Dae Ho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Real Time ◽  
System Development ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Redundant System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Real Time Transmission ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
Support Research

Background/Objectives: With aview topreventing the abuse and misuse of national research and development funds, which is increasing day by day, thisstudy investigated how systems can be efficiently constructed and redundant development can be minimized when systems are linked with those of variousmanaging institutions which support research and development funds from the viewpoint of research conducting institutions that have been provided with research and development funds.Methods/Statistical Analysis: This study was conducted with aK government-funded research institute, which is a research conducting institution, in coordination with three institutions; the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the National Research Foundation of Korea, and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion.These institutions manage research & development projects.Findings: Inthis study, to prevent the abuse, misuse, and unjust execution of national research and development funds, research-fundcard companies, research managing institutions, and research conducting institutions were linked with each other in real time.First,work efficiency was improved by setting a procedure through which the conducting institutions receive card use details from card companies when research fundcards have been used to execute funds in linkage with the internal executionsystems of the conducting institutions. The data on the execution of funds are transmitted to the managing institutions in real time to enable monitoring in real time.In the past, a conducting institution had to construct a linked system and revise the internal management and execution systems every time a research project from a new managing institution was implemented.Therefore, in this study, when systems were linked, the systems were not directly linked to the DB table, but transmitted/received data by managing institution were analyzed to construct an integrated view and the integrated view was linked with conducting institutions’ internal systems to minimize redundantsystem development.Improvements/Applications: Unjust execution of research and development funds could be prevented in advance, and the transparency of research fund execution could be improved through system linked inreal time. In addition, the expandability of internal systems was improved through the system links and redundant system development when new projects are implemented could be minimized.  

Presidential Address—1974

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 673-676
Author(s):  
James B. Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Robert Frost ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Environment ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
History Of

The history of the American Academy of Pediatrics is a chronicle of practical idealism. I will not attempt to recount recent and past achievements of our society, for most have been well documented. It is beyond my capacity to identify the changes in Academy role and structure which may occur in our rapidly changing and complex social and medical environment. However, I do wish to reflect briefly on certain recent programs and actions which point up the expanding role and broader scope of interests of the Academy. These actions and interests, hallmarks of maturity and enhanced concepts of responsibility and accountability, are significant of our times. Wisdom has been gained as we have stood upon the shoulders of our predecessors. Today's Academy cannot be separated from the past. We are deeply indebted to the perceptive, astute leadership of other days and to a dedicated membership which, for 44 years, has closely adhered to our stated goals. We continue to value their counsel. The contributions of those who preceded us are the principal reason why we are where we are today. There is justifiable optimism for the assumption that the Academy will continue its leadership role as the major advocate for improved child health in the Americas. I sincerely believe that success will come to a society whose principal objective is placing concern for others higher on the scale of values of more and more people. We are reassured by a membership and leadership dedicated to service above self. In the words of Robert Frost: "There cannot be much to fear in a country where so many right faces are going by.

scholarly journals Religion, Human Rights, and Forensic Activism: The Search for the Disappeared in Latin America

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 601
Author(s):  
María Soledad Catoggio
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Human Rights Movement ◽  
Mode Of Operation ◽  
Scientific Expertise ◽  
Scientific System ◽  
Depth Interviews

This paper systematizes and analyzes the links and exchanges between the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense (EAAF)) and the world of religion. My hypothesis is that these links are inextricable from the mode of operation that defined the EAAF, which can be called “forensic activism”. This kind of activism, outside the State, combined scientific expertise with humanitarian sensitivity, defined by its autonomy from the human rights movement and the national scientific system (both academic and university). Moreover, religion emerged constantly from the type of work undertaken, between the living and the dead. Thus, beliefs, with their prohibitions, rituals, and ways of making sense of suffering and their tools for coming to terms with grief, coexisted with the EAAF’s development. These findings emerge from a qualitative research design combining document analysis, in-depth interviews, and participative observation of scientific disclosure open to the public provided by the EAAF over the past three years.

Karlsruhe 1975–1995: A Case Study of Light Rail Transit Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 1623 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Brandl ◽  
K. W. Axhausen
Keyword(s):  
System Development ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Light Rail ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ownership Structures ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Heavy Rail

The public transport system of Karlsruhe, Germany, in particular its innovative services on jointly used heavy rail lines, has received substantial attention throughout the last 2 decades. The discussion of the system and of its development was rather limited in the past, mostly highlighting technical aspects. An overview is provided of the development, including the urban development of the region, and of the funding system. The ridership and financial development of the operator is documented in detail. Case studies focus on the integration of the system development in the general political process of the region and demonstrate the limitations of the operator under its current ownership structures.

Knowledge-acquisition tools with explicit problem-solving models

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Birmingham ◽  
Georg Klinker
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Code Generation ◽  
System Development ◽  
Generalization Error ◽  
Domain Experts ◽  
The Past

AbstractIn the past decade, expert systems have been applied to a wide variety of application tasks. A central problem of expert system development and maintenance is the demand placed on knowledge engineers and domain experts. A commonly proposed solution is knowledge-acquisition tools. This paper reviews a class of knowledge-acquisition tools that presuppose the problem-solving method, as well as the structure of the knowledge base. These explicit problem-solving models are exploited by the tools during knowledge-acquisition, knowledge generalization, error checking and code generation.

Labor Union Renewal in Argentina

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 38-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Montes Cató ◽  
Patricia Ventrici
Keyword(s):  
Labor Union ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Union Democracy ◽  
Union Leadership ◽  
Union Renewal ◽  
The Government ◽  
Labor Leaders

Despite the persecution of labor leaders and activists during the dictatorship of the 1970s and 1980s and the co-optation of the union leadership in the 1990s, in the past few years Argentine labor unions have regained some of the leadership role they lost when they became strategic allies of the government, moderating their wage demands and supporting the government in disputes with other strong social actors. The new landscape created by Néstor Kirchner’s taking office in 2003 provided a favorable context for a revitalization of unions grounded in principles of union democracy. The experience of the subway workers of Buenos Aires, which is paradigmatic for the depth of the changes in internal practices, their persistence over time, and the strong connection between the form of organization and the results achieved, contributes to an understanding of this revitalization. The involvement of members in formulating and implementing policies produces a program more representative of their demands and allows them to acquire experience, skills, knowledge, self-confidence, and a feeling of solidarity that make their organizations stronger for the struggle with capital. Thus union democracy is not an obstacle to but a prerequisite for increasing union power.

The Life and Afterlife of Yaa Asantewaa

Africa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. McCaskie
Keyword(s):  
Historical Record ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
African Women ◽  
The Internet ◽  
National Elections ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Run Up ◽  
European Colonialism ◽  
Queen Mother

AbstractThis article is about Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1830s–1921) ofEdweso (Ejisu) in Asante, locally famous in tradition for her supposed leadership role in the last Anglo–Asante conflict (1900–1), and now internationally celebrated as an epitome of African womanhood and resistance to European colonialism. The article is in three parts. The first part examines the historical record concerning Yaa Asantewaa and sets this within the conflicted context of Edweso–Kumase relations before, during and after her lifetime. It also considers her role in the 1900–1 war and the nationalist constructions placed on that role by later Asante and other Ghanaian commentators. The second part examines the politics of the celebrations held in Asante in 2000 to mark the centenary of the last Anglo–Asante war and to honour Yaa Asantewaa for her part in it. Discussion here is concerned with the struggle between the ruling Asante elite and the Rawlings government in Accra to take possession of Yaa Asantewaa's reputation and to define and reinterpret it for contemporary political purposes. This was also a significant and revealing episode in the run–up to the Ghanaian national elections of 2000, in which J. A. Kufuor's Asante–based NPP finally ousted Rawlings's NDC which, in various incarnations, had ruled Ghana for twenty years. The third part examines the recent and ever–growing afterlife of Yaa Asantewaa in the age of globalization and the Internet. Attention is paid in particular to the constructions placed on her by Americans of African descent and to cultural expressions of her present status as, perhaps, the most famous of all pre–colonial African women. Finally, Asante reactions to the internationalization of Yaa Asantewaa are considered. In general, and using the case of Yaa Asantewaa, this article sets out to show that in Asante – as elsewhere in Africa – history is a continuous and vivid presence, constantly fought over, reworked and reconfigured to make the past serve new needs and aspirations.

scholarly journals 621 PB 331 A FRUIT TREE COOLING CONTROL SYSTEM SIMULATOR

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 521c-521
Author(s):  
Matthew Rogoyski ◽  
Alvan Gaus ◽  
Byron McNew ◽  
Israel Broner ◽  
Thomas Mourney
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Cooling System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Team Members ◽  
C Programming Language ◽  
The Past ◽  
C Programming ◽  
Object Oriented Approach ◽  
Insight Into

A simulator of a control system for evaporative cooling of crop canopies was developed. This development, prior to implementation of an irrigation/cooling system, allowed for experimentation before committing resources to the field system. The project provided insight into problems of modeling interaction between biological, mechanical, and digital systems and demonstrated how specialists from diverse areas can solve these problems. The object orientation methodology and the C++ programming language were tools for development of this simulator. A communication mechanism was devised to facilitate interactions between software entities representing both concrete and abstract objects corresponding to the problem domain. The object-oriented approach to the system development allowed for better communication between team members, irrespective of their background in software engineering. The modular and polymorphic nature of the object-oriented code made it possible to plan for code reuse in future projects. Simulator development using the object-oriented paradigm was found to be preferable over the procedural model used by team members in other projects in the past.

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