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2. Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy: Part 3.
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Lupulescu, M., Nizamoff, J. W., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., Francis, C. A., Lange, D. E., Menezes, L., Rein, P. E., Wise, M. A., Richards, R. P., Wilson, M. L., Isaac, R. L., Anderson, A. J., Shelton, W., Burgess, D., Levine, D., Robinson, G. W., Sheffer, A. A., and Jarnot, B. M.
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MINERALOGY , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *KIMBERLITE , *DIOPSIDE - Abstract
Presents several abstracts of research on specimen mineralogy that were presented at the 30th Rochester Mineralogical Symposium. "Mineralogy of the Kimberlites From New York State," by M. Lupulescu; "Mineralogy of the Hiddenite and Emerald Vein Assemblage, Hiddenite, North Carolina," M. A. Wise, A. J. Anderson and R. L. Isaac; "Diopside From the Atwater Quarry Area, Westfield, Massachusetts," by W. Shelton, G. W. Robinson, D. Burgess and D. Levine.
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- 2004
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3. Notes.
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ECONOMICS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,TECHNICAL literature ,SCHOLARSHIPS ,ANNUAL meetings ,PERSONAL finance - Abstract
This article presents news briefs related to economics societies as of November 2005. The Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association will be held in Boston, Massachusetts from January 6 to 8, 2006. The Risk Theory Society is calling for papers to be presented at its annual Risk Theory Society Seminar to be held from April 21 to 23, 2006. Also calling for papers is the "Journal of Family and Economic Issues" for its special issue on consumer finances. The American Council of Learned Societies announces its Digital Innovation Fellowship program.
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- 2005
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4. Papers from the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy.
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Rohrlich, Fritz
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SCIENCE ,PHILOSOPHY ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Introduces a series of articles on the philosophy of science, presented at the 1998 World Congress of Philosophy in Boston, Massachusetts.
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- 1999
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5. Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
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PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY ,THRESHOLD (Perception) ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
This article presents abstracts of papers presented at the twelfth annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, which was held at the Hotel Sheraton-Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts on November 9-12, 1972. The paper presented by J.C. Jackson and F.K. Graham of the University of Wisconsin cites threshold intensity effects on two orienting response components. Sokolovian theory suggests that the orienting response should be large near psychophysical threshold, fall to a minimum around 10-20 decibels and then rise again until it is depressed by competition with the defense reflex.
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- 1973
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6. Announcements.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,SOCIETIES ,AGRICULTURE ,VALUES (Ethics) ,FOOD ,AWARDS ,ACADEMIC achievement - Abstract
The article previews the joint 2006 annual meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society that will be held on June 7 to 11, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. It includes information on the meetings' theme, issues that will be addressed at various meetings, sightseeing suggestions, papers scheduled for discussion and procedures in submitting them, and giving out of awards for best student papers.
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- 2006
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7. Special Issue: Selected papers from the 2006 NSTI Nanotech Conference.
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Stellacci, F
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PERIODICALS , *RESEARCH , *NANOSCIENCE , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *NANOTECHNOLOGY - Abstract
The article reports that "The Journal of Experimental Science" hosts a series of papers from presentations given at the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) Nanotech Conference and Trade Show held in Boston, Massachusetts. The authors of the papers were invited to contribute to the Journal.
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- 2007
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8. TIMS Meeting Schedule 1966-69.
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MANAGEMENT science ,MEETINGS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,OPERATIONS research ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article presents the meeting schedule for The Institute of Management Science (TIMS). The 13th International meeting will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from September 6-8, 1966. Warsaw, Poland, will host the European Section meeting from September 2-7, 1966. The American meeting is scheduled for April 5-7, 1967 in Boston, Massachusetts. Detailed meeting information is provided.
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- 1966
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9. Nerdy Mad Libs Fool the Experts.
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Olson, Matthew
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COMPUTER software ,GRADUATE students ,RESEARCH ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,CYBERNETICS ,INFORMATION science ,PROFIT - Abstract
Focuses on a paper-generating computer program SCIgen made by graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Use of the program by the students which enabled them to submit fake research papers at the World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 2005; Reasons of the students for targetting the conference; Background on the research paper Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy; Exposure of the profit-generating intentions of the conference.
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- 2005
10. Firesafety design conference is seeking technical papers.
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CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Reports on the call for papers to be presented at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Second Conference on Firesafety Design in the 21st Century. When the conference is expected to take place in Worcester, Massachusetts; Focus of the conference; Suggested topics to be discussed at the conference; Contact point for details on the conference.
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- 1998
11. Selected Papers from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell 11th Technical Symposium in Honor of Professor Sukant K. Tripathy.
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Kumar, Jayant
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *COLLEGE teachers , *MEMORIALS , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Published
- 2011
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12. SO HOW WAS YOUR CONFERENCE? PANEL CHAIRS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE 2003 ACJS MEETING IN BOSTON.
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Mueller, David, Giacomazzi, Andrew, and Wada, James
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ANNUAL meetings ,MEETINGS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
Questionnaire data from 137 panel chairs at the 2003 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences meeting in Boston reveal respondent perceptions of the conference site, overall impressions of the conference, as well as panelist attendance, and the quality of information presented by panelists. The findings reveal high marks for the conference space, hotel rooms, and the city of Boston itself, resulting in an overall positive conference experience, but responses also highlight several areas of concern, including panelist attendance problems and presentation etiquette. Recommendations are provided, which may foster positive, incremental change at future ACJS annual meetings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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13. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,COMPUTER science ,COMPUTER software - Abstract
The article discusses the forthcoming events related to computer science. Focusing on "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Computer Science Conference," it states that software engineering, fifth generation computers, and artificial intelligence are among the topics to be covered at the 1986 ACM Computer Science Conference. The conference is to be held during February 4-6, 1986, in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is further added that the "Second Annual ACM Northeast Regional Conference" is planned for October 28-30, 1985, in Framingham, Massachusetts. The conference theme is "Integrating the Information Workplace: The Key to Productivity." Focusing on yet another conference the article states that "Eurit 86; European Conference on Information Technology in Education," is to be held during May 20-23, 1986, in Enschede, Netherlands is to deal with the development of educational software and courseware.
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- 1985
14. Program and Working Group Meetings.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ENTREPRENEURSHIP ,INTERNATIONAL trade conferences ,FOREIGN investments ,HOUSEHOLDS & economics - Abstract
The article offers information on various working group and program meetings of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). It states that the Working Group on Entrepreneurship meeting took place on December 2, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It says that the Program on International Trade and Investment meeting was held on December 2-3, 2011 in Stanford, California. It adds that the Working Group on Household Finance meeting took place on December 16, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- 2012
15. THE PAPER CHASE.
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Stein, Lisa
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SECURITY classification (Government documents) ,REPRODUCTION of money, documents, etc. ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Observes the removal of classified documents from the National Archives allegedly committed by Sandy Berger, a former security adviser to President Bill Clinton. Analysis of theories as to why the documents were removed; Suspicion as to whether he took them inadvertently; Questionable timing of the story being leaked immediately before the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.
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- 2004
16. Conferences.
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HOSPITALS ,PRODUCTION (Economic theory) ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article offers information on the conferences held in the U.S. It offers information on the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Conference organized by NBER Research Association that was held in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2013. Information on the "Hospital Organization and Productivity," conference that was held on October 4 an 5, 2013 in Massachusetts.
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- 2013
17. CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 1987 CONVENTION OF THE SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,MEMBERSHIP ,ORAL communication ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
This section invites members of the Speech Communication Association (SCA) to submit program proposals for the 73rd Annual SCA Convention to be held in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 5-8, 1987.
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- 1986
18. WAPOR News.
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PUBLIC opinion polls ,RESEARCH ,AWARDS ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
The article presents information on activities of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) including the decision of WAPOR and the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) to issue the Janet A. Harkness Student Paper Award, and the WAPOR 66th Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts from May 14-16, 2013.
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- 2012
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19. Call for papers: Symposium on Tautomers and Biology, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, USA August 2010.
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Martin, Yvonne C. and Stouch, Terry R.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,TAUTOMERISM - Abstract
The article presents objectives of the symposium on tautomers and biology, which is going to be held in Boston, Massachusetts in August 2010. Tautomerism modifies the structure activity relationship of enzyme and substrate and affects enzyme mechanism. Various aspects of tautomerism including calculations of tautomeric equilibrium constant and its use in molecular docking would be discussed at the symposia.
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- 2010
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20. DOWN AND DIRTY.
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Wood, James
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ENGLISH literature ,CULTURE ,CULTURE in literature - Abstract
Focuses on a two-day conference on the literary and cultural aspects of dirt organized by the English Literature and the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies of the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Highlights of the conference; Students who presented quality papers during the conference; Predominance of psychologist Sigmund Freud's ideas among the papers submitted.
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- 1996
21. Sociotechnical approaches to workplace safety: Research needs and opportunities.
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Robertson, Michelle M., Hettinger, Lawrence J., Waterson, Patrick E., Ian Noy, Y., Dainoff, Marvin J., Leveson, Nancy G., Carayon, Pascale, and Courtney, Theodore K.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,INDUSTRIAL safety ,RESEARCH ,SERIAL publications ,SYSTEMS design ,SYSTEMS theory ,TECHNOLOGY - Abstract
The sociotechnical systems perspective offers intriguing and potentially valuable insights into problems associated with workplace safety. While formal sociotechnical systems thinking originated in the 1950s, its application to the analysis and design of sustainable, safe working environments has not been fully developed. To that end, a Hopkinton Conference was organised to review and summarise the state of knowledge in the area and to identify research priorities. A group of 26 international experts produced collaborative articles for this special issue ofErgonomics, and each focused on examining a key conceptual, methodological and/or theoretical issue associated with sociotechnical systems and safety. In this concluding paper, we describe the major conference themes and recommendations. These are organised into six topic areas: (1) Concepts, definitions and frameworks, (2) defining research methodologies, (3) modelling and simulation, (4) communications and decision-making, (5) sociotechnical attributes of safe and unsafe systems and (6) potential future research directions for sociotechnical systems research. Practitioner Summary:Sociotechnical complexity, a characteristic of many contemporary work environments, presents potential safety risks that traditional approaches to workplace safety may not adequately address. In this paper, we summarise the investigations of a group of international researchers into questions associated with the application of sociotechnical systems thinking to improve worker safety. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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22. Guest Editorial.
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QUACH, TINA
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RADIO frequency integrated circuits ,PERIODICAL articles ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The author discusses the special issue of the periodical "IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques" which focuses on papers presented in the 2009 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium held in Boston, Massachusetts in June. She reports that the acceptance rate for the papers submitted was high due to the good quality of the revised manuscripts. She explains how the reviewers for the special issue were selected.
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- 2010
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23. HCIR 2012: The Sixth International Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval.
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Capra, Robert, Golovchinsky, Gene, Kules, Bill, Smith, Catherine L., Tunkelang, Daniel, and White, Ryen W.
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HUMAN-computer interaction ,INFORMATION retrieval -- Congresses ,ADULT education workshops ,DIGITAL libraries ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
This report describes the 2012 Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval. Now in its sixth year, the two-day symposium (formerly a one-day workshop) was held in October in Cambridge, MA. The event brought together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government and a range of disciplines for in-depth discussions in an informal atmosphere. The symposium attracted 75 attendees, over a third of which were from industry. New for this year, we accepted full papers that will be archived and published in the ACM Digital Library. We continued the HCIR Challenge, this year focusing on the problem of people and expertise finding, five in-depth system demonstrations, and audience selection of a challenge winner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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24. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND ADVERTISING.
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Bilenko, Mikhail, Gabrilovich, Evgeniy, Richardson, Matthew, and Yi Zhang
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,INFORMATION retrieval ,ADVERTISING ,SPECIAL interest groups (Associations) - Abstract
The Information Retrieval and Advertising Workshop (IRA 2009) was held on July 23, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts, in conjunction with the 32nd Annual ACM SIGIR Conference. The workshop covered theoretical and empirical issues in several research areas that span the intersection of computational advertising, information retrieval, and economics. The workshop consisted of 3 invited talks, 6 refereed paper presentations, 2 positions statement presentations and several discussion sessions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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25. Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Meeting.
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CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article lists several papers discussed at a meeting by the Program on Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) held in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 16, 2012, including firm size diversity, resource allocation, and human capital.
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- 2012
26. New Beginnings.
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Avila-Ortiz, Gustavo and Gonzalez-Martin, Oscar
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OPERATIVE dentistry ,PUBLISHING ,MANUSCRIPTS ,SERIAL publications ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,PERIODONTICS ,AUTHORSHIP - Abstract
The authors reflect on the past achievements, disappointments, failures, and successes of the journal after assuming the position of Editors-in-Chief in 2023. They talk about the intense process of learning and analysis they have gone through over the past 12 months, their commitment to strengthening the journal's reputation and expanding its reach, and article types they are planning to include to broaden the scope, and impact of the journal.
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- 2024
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27. Papers Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Knee Society: Editorial Comment.
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Pagnano, Mark W.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *ANNUAL meetings , *KNEE surgery , *DEBRIDEMENT , *IRRIGATION (Medicine) - Abstract
The article discusses the highlights of the Annual Meetings of the Knee Society Symposium held in Boston, Massachusetts in October 2009. The meetings tackled various issues concerning knee surgery including the risk factors for patellar crepitus following total knee arthroplasty, the use of debridement and irrigation, and the analysis of synovial fluid.
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- 2011
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28. Enhanced by Technology: New Directions in American Studies Scholarship.
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Wentink, Andrew M.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,LITERATURE & technology ,AMERICAN literature ,AMERICAN theater - Abstract
Presents information on several papers about the influence of technology in American literature and theater discussed at the American Antiquarian Society conference titled "Histories of Print, Manuscript and Performance in America" held in Worcester, Massachusetts in June 2005. Benefits of emerging media and performative technologies to performers; Description of education as a collaborative effort among members of rural debating societies in New England; Significance of the appearance by abolitionist Frederick Douglass at the Nantucket Anti-Slavery Convention.
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- 2006
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29. New Directions: Maastricht--Cambridge Symposium 2002.
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Eichholtz, Piet and Patel, Kanak
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,FINANCE ,REAL property ,UNITED States economy ,REAL estate business - Abstract
The March/May 2004 special issue of the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics presents papers presented at the Maastricht, the Netherlands-Cambridge, Massachusetts Symposium 2002. The Limburg Institute of Financial Economics, the Netherlands hosted this third symposium, which was attended by 43 participants. In all, eleven papers were presented, with nine being selected for publication in this special issue of the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Of these nine articles, research teams based in the United States write four, another four are from Europe, and one is from the Far East. That means that the special issue of the journal is becoming increasingly international in scope, which underlines the growing quality of research in real estate finance and economics outside of the United States.
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- 2004
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30. Call for papers for MEMS conference.
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Wirbel, Loring
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MICROELECTROMECHANICAL systems , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *DETECTORS , *ACTUATORS - Abstract
The article focuses on TechInsights' issuance of a call for papers for its "MEMS in the Real World" symposium, which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27, 2008. The event's subtitle "MEMS-Enabled Systems Solutions" defines the unique role the symposium plays in the industry. The MEMS seminars have looked at a sensor or actuator in isolation.
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- 2008
31. Public Economics.
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CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article lists several papers discussed at a meeting by the Program on Public Economics of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) that was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 29-30, 2012, such as "Metropolitan Land Values and Housing Productivity."
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- 2012
32. Learning to Rank for Information Retrieval (LR4IR 2009).
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Hang Li, Tie-Yan Liu, and ChengXiang Zhai
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,INFORMATION retrieval -- Congresses ,SPECIAL interest groups (Associations) - Abstract
The article discusses the highlights of a workshop on learning to rank for information retrieval at the 2009 Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Among the keynote speakers were Paul B. Kantor of Rutgers University and Olivier Chapelle of Yahoo Research. One of the paper presented during the workshop was "Efficient and Accurate Local Learning for Ranking" by Somnath Banerjee and colleagues.
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- 2009
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33. Scientists Look at the Living Cell.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,BIOLOGY - Abstract
The article offers information on several scientific papers presented at a recently held meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, Massachusetts. Dependence of biology on physics was discussed by several naturalists including Richard S. Bear, Ernest C. Pollard and Barbara W. Low. All living creatures including human beings are affected by the laws that govern matter and the study of matter comes under physics.
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- 1954
34. Guest Editors' Introduction: Is the HRM Process Important? Past, Current, and Future Challenges.
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Sanders, Karin, Shipton, Helen, and Gomes, Jorge F. S.
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RESEARCH evaluation ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,CORPORATE culture ,GROUP decision making ,EMPLOYEE attitudes ,FORECASTING ,INDUSTRIAL relations ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL databases ,EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness ,PERSONNEL management ,SERIAL publications ,SYSTEM analysis ,ORGANIZATIONAL structure ,THEORY - Abstract
Ten years ago, Bowen and Ostroff () criticized the one-sided focus on the content-based approach, where researchers take into account the inherent virtues (or vices) associated with the content of HR practices to explain performance. They explicitly highlight the role of the psychological processes through which employees attach meaning to HRM. In this first article of the special section entitled 'Is the HRM Process Important?' we present an overview of past, current, and future challenges. For past challenges, we attempt to categorize the various research streams that originated from the seminal piece. To outline current challenges, we present the results of a content analysis of the original 15 articles put forward for the special section. In addition, we provide the overview of a caucus focused on this theme that was held at the Academy of Management annual meeting in Boston in 2012. In conclusion, we discuss future challenges relating to the HRM process approach and review the contributions that have been selected-against a competitive field-for this special issue. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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35. Introduction: highlighting international librarianship.
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Homan, J. Michael
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,INTERNATIONAL agencies ,SERIAL publications ,MEDICAL librarianship - Abstract
An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various papers presented at the "One Health: Information in an Interdependent World" meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on topics including plagiarism, the health sciences library and the medical education in Kenya.
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- 2014
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36. Feedback loop gains and system behavior (1996).
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Kampmann, Christian Erik
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,FEEDBACK control systems ,EIGENVALUES ,NONLINEAR systems ,CLOSED loop systems - Abstract
Kampmann C. E. (1996) Feedback loop gains and system behavior Proceedings of the 1996 International System Dynamics Conference. System Dynamics Society, Boston, MA, USA In the past two decades, there has been a steady growth of analytical tools that can help the system dynamicist understand and test the behavior of large models. Without such tools, we must resort to simulation experiments and intuition developed from simple, low-order, systems. While this traditional approach has served us well, there is always the danger that we overlook important mechanisms in larger systems or falsely attribute behavior patterns to particular structures. Among these new analytical tools, eigenvalue elasticity analysis (EEA) has received the most attention, perhaps because it rests on a consistent and comprehensive theoretical foundation. The approach involves decomposing system outcomes into characteristic behavior modes, each characterized by an eigenvalue of the linearized system matrix, and then examining how each eigenvalue or behavior mode is affected by small changes in the parameters of the system. The eigenvalue elasticity of a parameter change is a dimensionless number, defined as the fractional change in the eigenvalue resulting from a fractional infinitesimal change in that parameter. Parameters or structural links or loops in the model that have large elasticities are then interpreted as playing a dominant role in that behavior mode. EEA was first used by Nathan Forrester in his doctoral dissertation from 1982. However, it did not receive much attention in the field until the 1996 International System Dynamics Conference, where Christian Kampmann presented a rigorous analysis of the topology of feedback loop structures and how eigenvalue elasticities are related to the strength of individual feedback loops. Since then, an entire strand of research has been devoted to the development and application of EEA, where Kampmann's conference paper remains a seminal reference. Yet until now, the paper has never been published, and researchers have had to rely on private circulation of various drafts of the paper. With this archival publication, we wish to remedy this deficiency in the hope that the work will inspire others to continue developing EEA and further the high standards of analytical rigor that Kampmann's paper represents. Abstract Linking feedback loops and system behavior is part of the foundation of system dynamics, yet the lack of formal tools has so far prevented a systematic application of the concept, except for very simple systems. Having such tools at their disposal would be a great help to analysts in understanding large, complicated simulation models. The paper applies tools from graph theory formally linking individual feedback loop strengths to the system eigenvalues. The significance of a link or a loop gain and an eigenvalue can be expressed in the eigenvalue elasticity, i.e., the relative change of an eigenvalue resulting from a relative change in the gain. The elasticities of individual links and loops may be found through simple matrix operations on the linearized system. Even though the number of feedback loops can grow rapidly with system size, reaching astronomical proportions even for modest systems, a central result of the paper is that one may restrict attention to an independent subset which typically grows only linearly and at most as the square of system size. An algorithm for finding an independent loop set is presented, along with suggestions for how to augment it to select loops with large elasticities. For illustration, the method is applied to a well-known system: the simple long-wave model. Because this model exhibits highly nonlinear behavior, it sheds light on the usefulness of linear methods to nonlinear system. The analysis leads to a more thorough and deeper understanding of the system and sheds new light on conventional wisdom regarding the role of many of the system's feedback loops. Copyright © 2012 System Dynamics Society [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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37. Implications of Pediatric Initiatives on CNS Drug Development for All Ages--2020 and Beyond: Second of Three Sets of Expanded Proceedings from the 2020 ISCTM Autumn Conference on Pediatric Drug Development.
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PANDINA, GAHAN, BUSNER, JOAN, HORRIGAN, JOSEPH P., MCSHERRY, CHRISTINE, BATEMAN-HOUSE, ALISON, PANI, LUCA, and KANDO, JUDITH
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CENTRAL nervous system diseases ,DRUG efficacy ,DRUG approval ,PSYCHIATRIC drugs ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,PEDIATRICS ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,INSTITUTIONAL review boards ,ETHICS committees ,DRUG laws ,RESEARCH ethics ,DRUGS ,CHILD psychopathology ,DRUG development ,CENTRAL nervous system ,MEDICAL research - Abstract
This article expands upon a session, titled "Implications of Pediatric Initiatives on CNS Drug Development for All Ages--2020 and Beyond," that was presented as part of a two-day meeting on pediatric drug development at the International Society for Central Nervous System (CNS) Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) Autumn Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 2020. Speakers from various areas of pediatric drug development addressed a variety of implications of including children in drug development programs. The speakers wrote summaries of their talks, which are included here. The session's lead chair was Dr. Gahan Pandina, who wrote introductory and closing comments. Dr. Joseph Horrigan addressed the current landscape of pediatric development programs. Dr. Gahan Pandina addressed how the approach to research in pediatric populations affects the drug development process and vice versa. Dr. Alison Bateman-House discussed the ethical implications of research in the pediatric population. Dr. Luca Pani discussed some of the global regulatory issues and challenges concerning research in pediatric patients. Dr. Judith Kando served as a discussant and posed new questions about means of facilitating pediatric research. Finally, Dr. Gahan Pandina provided closing comments and tied together the presented issues. This paper should serve as an expert-informed reference to those interested and involved in CNS drug development programs that are aimed at children and/or required, through regulations, to include children as part of the approval process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
38. THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIO-INSPIRED MODELS OF NETWORK, INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS (BIONETICS 2010) SPECIAL TRACK ON BIOINFORMATICS.
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HASPEL, NURIT and SHEHU, AMARDA
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,MEDICAL societies ,BIOINFORMATICS ,COMPUTATIONAL intelligence ,COMPUTERS in biology ,MOLECULAR biology - Abstract
No abstract received. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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39. GUEST EDITORIAL: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL SECTION.
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SOFTWARE engineering ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,SOFTWARE validation ,SOFTWARE verification ,COMPUTER software development - Abstract
The article presents an introduction to the special section related to International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE'97), published in the August 1998 issue of the journal "IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering." Authors say that ICSE was held in Boston Massachusetts, in the week of May 17-23, 1997. The main goal of the conference was to meet needs and expectations of a large variety of attendees. The program committee of the conference was involved in a comprehensive reviewing process of papers submitted. At the end of this process, three papers were selected for publication. In the first paper, "Evaluating Testing Methods by Delivered Reliability," researchers discuss a method for evaluating the effectiveness of testing, based on a measure of the program reliability after testing. The second paper "Analyzing Partially Implemented Real-Time System," presents a technique for analyzing partially-implemented real-time systems. The third paper "Communication Metrics for Software Development," discusses results of comprehensive experiment whose goal was to evaluate the effectiveness of a set of communication metrics.
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- 1998
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40. SCIENCE, MATERIALISM, AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT.
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Bridgman, Percy W.
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SCIENCE ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,SCIENTISTS ,SCIENTIFIC development ,VALUES (Ethics) ,WESTERN countries - Abstract
The article presents one of the papers discussed at the convocation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the impact of science on human activity held on April 1, 1949. It is said that because of science, the western world no longer possesses the sense of common values which gave coherence to human activities in earlier ages. In this paper, the author examines some of the spiritual implications of the commitment of the scientist on his program of dealing with the universe and considers some of the consequences of the new insights which have been acquired in carrying out the program thus far.
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- 1949
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41. Proceedings of 2004 QME Conference: Held November 13-14, 2004.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,BUSINESS schools ,LECTURERS ,MARKETING - Abstract
Highlights the 2004 Quantitative Marketing and Economics conference at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Sponsors of the convention; Keynote speakers; Presentation of technical papers.
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- 2005
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42. News Editorial.
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EDITORIALS ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,POSTER presentations ,WORKSHOPS (Facilities) ,MEETINGS - Abstract
The author reflects on the annual conference titled "Creating the Future from Within" of the System Dynamics Society that is to be held in Massachusetts from July 21-25, 2013. He also highlights that conference will feature poster sessions, workshops and advanced analysis techniques for study of systematic dynamics. He also invites researchers for submission of research papers and topics that should be discussed in conferences and meetings of the society.
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- 2012
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43. Introduction to the first symposium on the biology of the parasitic Crustacea.
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Shields, Jeffrey D. and Boyko, Christopher B.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,MARINE biology ,CRUSTACEA ,ISOPODA ,BIOLOGICAL societies - Abstract
The article discusses the highlights of the First Symposium on the Biology of the Parasitic Crustacea held at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts from January 4 to 5, 2009. Among the papers given during the main session were those from C. B. Boyko and colleagues about parasites as phylogenetic indicators in decapod evolution and G. A. Boxshall on Copepoda. Also enumerated are papers on parasitic isopods and rhizocephalans tackled during the complementary session.
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- 2009
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44. 2015 Special NSREC Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Comments by the Editors.
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Fleetwood, Dan, Brown, Dennis, Girard, Sylvain, Gouker, Pascale, Gerardin, Simone, Quinn, Heather, and Barnaby, Hugh
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ASTROPHYSICAL radiation ,NUCLEAR science ,PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of radiation - Abstract
The December 2015 issue of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS) contains selected papers from the 52nd annual IEEE International Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held July 13-17, 2015, in Boston, MA, USA. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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45. Conferences.
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CORPORATE culture ,FISCAL policy ,FINANCIAL crises -- Congresses ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations & economics ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article offers information on several National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) conferences. It states that the conference themed "Causes and Consequences of Corporate Culture" was held on December 8-9, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It says that the conference on "Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis" happened on December 12-13, 2011 in Milan, Italy. It adds that the Standards, Patents, and Innovation conference took place on January 20-21, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona.
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- 2012
46. Editorial.
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Hitch, Graham J. and Logie, Robert H.
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EXPERIMENTAL psychology ,SHORT-term memory ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Editorial. Introduces the experimental psychology-related articles discussed at the 1994 International Conference on Working Memory held in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Evidence on control and coordination in working memory; Short-term memory for object location in visual arrays.
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- 1996
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47. NOTES.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,TRADE associations ,ECONOMISTS ,RESOURCE allocation ,ECONOMIC development ,COMPARATIVE advantage (International trade) - Abstract
The article presents a list of conferences to be held on various topics, from December 27-29, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts as part of the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association. A meeting on the theme Principles of Efficiency to be presided over by Paul A. Samuelson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The papers to be discussed are The Measurement of Waste by Arnold Harberger and The Efficient Allocation of Capital by Jack Hershleifer. A meeting on the theme Re-Appraisals in American Economic History to be presided over by Douglass North of the University of Washington. The papers to be discussed are A New Look at Hunter's Hypothesis about the Ante-Bellum Iron Industry by Peter Temin, Ante-Bellum Interregional Trade Reconsidered by Albert Fishlow and Canals and Development -- A Discussion of the Issue by Roger Ransom. A meeting on Comparative Costs and Economic Development to be presided over by C. P.Kindleberger of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The papers to be discussed are The Experience of India by Wilfred Malenbaum, The African Situation by Walter A. Chudson and The Case of Brazil by Werner Baer.
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- 1963
48. THE THIRD NATIONAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,OPERATIONS research ,INVENTORY control ,SHOPPING - Abstract
The article offers information on the Third National Meeting of the Operations Research Society of America which was held on Boston, Massachusetts on November 23-24, 1953. The main topic of the meeting focused on operations research in business and industry including inventory control and production scheduling and consumer shopping. One of the research papers discussed in the conference is "The Distribution of Searching Effort," by Bernard O. Koopman.
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- 1954
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49. A RÉSUMÉ OF THE FINDINGS OF RESEARCH ON THE EVOLUTION OF DENTAL ALLOYS AND AMALGAM TECHNIQUE.
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BAKER, HARRY JEROME
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DENTAL metallurgy ,ORAL surgery ,DENTAL amalgams ,DENTAL research ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
A conference paper that discusses the results of a research study conducted to examine progress made in the structure and surgical approaches of dental alloys and dental amalgams is presented. The paper was read at a meeting of the Harriet Newell Lowell Society for Dental Research held at the Harvard University Dental School in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 9, 1920.
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- 1921
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50. Exploring the Challenge of Mobile Access to Online Reviews and Price Comparison in Japan.
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Kaigo, Muneo
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INFORMATION resources ,CONSUMER behavior ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article discusses a paper highlighting the challenges of mobile access to online reviews and price comparison in Japan. The paper was presented at the 61st International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, held at Boston, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2011. It explores the objective of the Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) project, which was launched in 2006, with a leading principle that customers must have freedom, and not be slaves to vendors.
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- 2011
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