Terminal Identity

Author : Scott Bukatman
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0822313405

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Scott Bukatman's Terminal Identity--referring to both the site of the termination of the conventional "subject" and the birth of a new subjectivity constructed at the computer terminal or television screen--puts to rest any lingering doubts of the significance of science fiction in contemporary cultural studies. Demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge, both of the history of science fiction narrative from its earliest origins, and of cultural theory and philosophy, Bukatman redefines the nature of human identity in the Information Age. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary theories of the postmodern--including Fredric Jameson, Donna Haraway, and Jean Baudrillard--Bukatman begins with the proposition that Western culture is suffering a crisis brought on by advanced electronic technologies. Then in a series of chapters richly supported by analyses of literary texts, visual arts, film, video, television, comics, computer games, and graphics, Bukatman takes the reader on an odyssey that traces the postmodern subject from its current crisis, through its close encounters with technology, and finally to new self-recognition. This new "virtual subject," as Bukatman defines it, situates the human and the technological as coexistent, codependent, and mutally defining. Synthesizing the most provocative theories of postmodern culture with a truly encyclopedic treatment of the relevant media, this volume sets a new standard in the study of science fiction--a category that itself may be redefined in light of this work. Bukatman not only offers the most detailed map to date of the intellectual terrain of postmodern technology studies--he arrives at new frontiers, providing a propitious launching point for further inquiries into the relationship of electronic technology and culture.

Author : Scott Richard Bukatman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:936280131

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Author : United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1218 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Patents
ISBN : PSU:000043004317

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by United States. Patent and Trademark Office Pdf

Author : Peter H. W. Lau
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110247602

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Identity and Ethics in the Book of Ruth by Peter H. W. Lau Pdf

This study demonstrates the importance of including narrative ethics in a construction of Old Testament ethics, as a correction for the current state of marginalisation of narrative in this discipline. To this end, the concept of identity is used as a lens through which to understand and derive ethics. Since self-conception in ancient Israel is generally held to be predominantly collectivist in orientation, social identity theory is used to understand ancient Israelite identity. Although collectivist sensitivities are important, a social identity approach also incorporates an understanding of individuality. This approach highlights the social emphases of a biblical text, and consequently assists in understanding a text's original ethical message. The book of Ruth is used as a test case, employing a social identity approach for understanding the narrative, but also to model the approach so that it can be implemented more widely in study of the Old Testament and narrative ethics. Each of the protagonists in the book of Ruth is examined in regards to their personal and social self-components. This study reveals that the narrative functions to shape or reinforce the identity of an ancient Israelite implied reader. Since behavioural norms are an aspect of identity, narrative also influences behaviour. A social identity approach can also highlight the social processes within a society. The social processes taking place in the two most commonly proposed provenances for the book of Ruth are discussed: the Monarchic and Persian Periods. It is found that the social emphases of the book of Ruth most closely correspond to the social undercurrents of the Persian Period. On this basis, a composition for the book of Ruth in the Restoration period is proposed.

Author : Parikshit N. Mahalle,Poonam N. Railkar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000792713

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Identity Management for Internet of Things by Parikshit N. Mahalle,Poonam N. Railkar Pdf

The Internet of Things is a wide-reaching network of devices, and these devices can intercommunicate and collaborate with each other to produce variety of services at any time, any place, and in any way. Maintaining access control, authentication and managing the identity of devices while they interact with other devices, services and people is an important challenge for identity management. The identity management presents significant challenges in the current Internet communication. These challenges are exacerbated in the internet of things by the unbound number of devices and expected limitations in constrained resources. Current identity management solutions are mainly concerned with identities that are used by end users, and services to identify themselves in the networked world. However, these identity management solutions are designed by considering that significant resources are available and applicability of these identity management solutions to the resource constrained internet of things needs a thorough analysis. Technical topics discussed in the book include:• Internet of Things;• Identity Management;• Identity models in Internet of Things;• Identity management and trust in the Internet of Things context;• Authentication and access control;Identitymanagement for Internet of Things contributes to the area of identity management for ubiquitous devices in the Internet of Things. It initially presents the motivational factors together with the identity management problems in the context of Internet of Things and proposes an identity management framework. Following this, it refers to the major challenges for Identitymanagement and presents different identity management models. This book also presents relationship between identity and trust, different approaches for trust management, authentication and access control.

Author : Erik Dahlman,Stefan Parkvall,Johan Skold,Per Beming
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080549594

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3G Evolution by Erik Dahlman,Stefan Parkvall,Johan Skold,Per Beming Pdf

This very up-to-date and practical book, written by engineers working closely in 3GPP, gives insight into the newest technologies and standards adopted by 3GPP, with detailed explanations of the specific solutions chosen and their implementation in HSPA and LTE. The key technologies presented include multi-carrier transmission, advanced single-carrier transmission, advanced receivers, OFDM, MIMO and adaptive antenna solutions, advanced radio resource management and protocols, and different radio network architectures. Their role and use in the context of mobile broadband access in general is explained. Both a high-level overview and more detailed step-by-step explanations of HSPA and LTE implementation are given. An overview of other related systems such as TD SCDMA, CDMA2000, and WIMAX is also provided. This is a ‘must-have’ resource for engineers and other professionals working with cellular or wireless broadband technologies who need to know how to utilize the new technology to stay ahead of the competition. The authors of the book all work at Ericsson Research and are deeply involved in 3G development and standardisation since the early days of 3G research. They are leading experts in the field and are today still actively contributing to the standardisation of both HSPA and LTE within 3GPP. * Gives the first explanation of the radio access technologies and key international standards for moving to the next stage of 3G evolution: fully operational mobile broadband * Describes the new technologies selected by the 3GPP to realise High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) for mobile broadband * Gives both higher-level overviews and detailed explanations of HSPA and LTE as specified by 3GPP

Author : Stig F. Mjolsnes
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466506510

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A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Information Security by Stig F. Mjolsnes Pdf

With most services and products now being offered through digital communications, new challenges have emerged for information security specialists. A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Information Security presents a range of topics on the security, privacy, and safety of information and communication technology. It brings together methods in pure mathematics, computer and telecommunication sciences, and social sciences. The book begins with the cryptographic algorithms of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman (RSA). It explains the mathematical reasoning behind public key cryptography and the properties of a cryptographic hash function before presenting the principles and examples of quantum cryptography. The text also describes the use of cryptographic primitives in the communication process, explains how a public key infrastructure can mitigate the problem of crypto-key distribution, and discusses the security problems of wireless network access. After examining past and present protection mechanisms in the global mobile telecommunication system, the book proposes a software engineering practice that prevents attacks and misuse of software. It then presents an evaluation method for ensuring security requirements of products and systems, covers methods and tools of digital forensics and computational forensics, and describes risk assessment as part of the larger activity of risk management. The final chapter focuses on information security from an organizational and people point of view. As our ways of communicating and doing business continue to shift, information security professionals must find answers to evolving issues. Offering a starting point for more advanced work in the field, this volume addresses various security and privacy problems and solutions related to the latest information and communication technology.

Author : Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781558618565

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On Shifting Ground by Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone Pdf

“Thoughtful, highly relevant, and frequently brilliant essays on the contemporary ideas, organization, activities, and agency of Muslim women” (Nikki Keddie, author of Women in the Middle East: Past and Present). The world has drastically changed in recent years due to armed conflict, economic issues, and cultural revolutions both positive and negative. Nowhere have those changes been felt more than in the Middle East and Muslim worlds. And no one within those worlds has been more affected than women, who face new and vital questions. Has Arab Spring made life better for Muslim women? Has new media empowered feminists or is it simply a tool of the opposition? Will the newfound freedoms of Middle Eastern women grow or be taken away by yet more oppressive regimes? This “provocative volume” has been updated with a new introduction and two new essays, offering insider views on how Muslim women are navigating technology, social media, public space, the tension between secularism and fundamentalism, and the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship (Nikki Keddie, Professor Emerita of Middle Eastern and Iranian History, UCLA).

Author : Yvonne Tasker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134564941

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The Action and Adventure Cinema by Yvonne Tasker Pdf

Addressing areas such as genre, film history and style, action and spectacle, stars and bodies, action auteurs and the film industry, the reader covers both Hollywood and also European and Asian action cinema.

Author : Luis P. Villarreal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387779980

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Origin of Group Identity by Luis P. Villarreal Pdf

A sense of belonging is basic to the human experience. But in this, humans are not unique. Essentially all life, from bacteria to humans, have ways by which it determines which members belong and which do not. This is a basic cooperative nature of life I call group membership which is examined in this book. However, cooperation of living things is not easily accounted for by current theory of evolutionary biology and yet even viruses display group membership. That viruses have this feature would likely seem coincidental or irrelevant to most scientist as having any possible relationship to human group identity. Surely such simple molecular-based relationships between viruses are unrelated to the complex cognitive and emotional nature of human group membership. Yet viruses clearly affect bacterial group membership, which are the most diverse and abundant cellular life form on Earth and from which all life has evolved. Viruses are the most ancient, numerous and adaptable biological entities we know. And we have long recognized them for the harm and disease they can cause, and they have been responsible for the greatest numbers of human deaths. However, with the sequencing of entire genomes and more recently with the shotgun sequencings of habitats, we have come to realize viruses are the black hole of biology; a giant force that has until recently been largely unseen and historically ignored by evolutionary biology. Viruses not only can cause acute disease, but also persist as stable unseen agents in their host.

Author : Krzysztof W. Kolodziej,Johan Hjelm
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351837972

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Local Positioning Systems by Krzysztof W. Kolodziej,Johan Hjelm Pdf

Local Positioning Systems: LBS Applications and Services explores the possible approaches and technologies to location problems including people and asset tracking, mobile resource management, public safety, and handset location-based services. The book examines several indoor positioning systems, providing detailed case studies of existing applications and their requirements, and shows how to set them up. Other chapters are dedicated to position computation algorithms using different signal metrics and determination methods, 2D/3D indoor map data and location models, indoor navigation, system components and how they work, privacy, deployment issues, and standards. In detail, the book explains the steps for deploying a location-enabled network, including doing a site-survey, creating a positioning model and floor maps, and access point placement and configuration. Also presented is a classification for network-based and ad-hoc positioning systems, and a framework for developing indoor LBS services. This comprehensive guide will be invaluable to students and lecturers in the area of wireless computing. It will also be an enabling resource to developers and researchers seeking to expand their knowledge in this field.

Author : Elizabeth Marie Foulds
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784915278

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Dress and Identity in Iron Age Britain by Elizabeth Marie Foulds Pdf

Through an analysis of glass beads from four key study regions in Britain, the book aims to explore the role that this object played within the networks and relationships that constructed Iron Age society.

Author : Sarah Burakoff
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595806102

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Search For Identity by Sarah Burakoff Pdf

Kimberly Holton knew she was adopted from the time she was a little girl. Her loving parents were honest and caring and gave her all the love she ever needed. But as Kimberly grew older she wondered more and more about her birth parents. Who were they and why did they gave her away? She never questioned her love for her adoptive family, butwas plagued by the desire to find out more about herbirth parents. Kim could not understand what wouldmake parents' give away their child. How could they not love their own baby? To find the answers to these questions she gets in touch with a Detective Agency, and begins to unravel the mystery of her past. Stunning revelations are unfolded in Kim's Search For Identity

Author : Mohamed-Aymen Chalouf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781394156023

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Intelligent Security Management and Control in the IoT by Mohamed-Aymen Chalouf Pdf

The Internet of Things (IoT) has contributed greatly to the growth of data traffic on the Internet. Access technologies and object constraints associated with the IoT can cause performance and security problems. This relates to important challenges such as the control of radio communications and network access, the management of service quality and energy consumption, and the implementation of security mechanisms dedicated to the IoT. In response to these issues, this book presents new solutions for the management and control of performance and security in the IoT. The originality of these proposals lies mainly in the use of intelligent techniques. This notion of intelligence allows, among other things, the support of object heterogeneity and limited capacities as well as the vast dynamics characterizing the IoT.

Author : Zeynep Direk,Leonard Lawlor
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0415235812

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Jacques Derrida by Zeynep Direk,Leonard Lawlor Pdf

These three volumes assemble the most important essays written on Jacques Derrida's philosophy since he became established in 1967. These volumes make well-known essays easily available and also present many essays never translated in English.