Sentences with phrase «ubiquitous phenomenon of»

Trevor Paglen seeks to shed light on the complex, widespread and increasingly ubiquitous phenomenon of surveillance designed to monitor communications in the putative interest of global security.

It also explains why any broadband strategy must take into account the ubiquitous phenomenon of human need for collaboration.

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Because of the fundamental unity of the world, every phenomenon, if it is adequately studied even though under one single aspect, reveals itself as being ubiquitous alike in its import and in its roots.

«It's ubiquitous, it's popular, it's pervasive,» says psychologist Michael Frank of Richard Stockton College in Pomona, N.J., one of a scant few academicians who has studied the phenomenon.

In his summary of findings, Dr. Stopford stated, «Mercury is ubiquitous in the environment being generated both by man - made activities (such as coal - fired power plants) and by natural phenomenon (such as volcanoes).

Low energy electrons are ubiquitous and are known to play important role in variety of phenomena relevant to astrochemistry (where they participate in synthesis of new molecules), in radiation biology (where they cause chemical changes in living cell, plasma chemistry), atmospheric chemistry, radioactive waste management and nanolithography — to name but a few.

«Because crystallization is a ubiquitous phenomenon across a wide range of scientific disciplines, a shift in the picture of how this process occurs has far - reaching consequences,» said materials scientist and physicist James De Yoreo at PNNL.

The amount of oxygen in a galaxy is determined primarily by three factors: how much oxygen comes from large stars that end their lives violently in supernova explosions — a ubiquitous phenomenon in the early Universe, when the rate of stellar births was dramatically higher than the rate in the Universe today; how much of that oxygen gets ejected from the galaxy by so - called «super winds,» which propel oxygen and other interstellar gases out of galaxies at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour; and how much pristine gas enters the galaxy from the intergalactic medium, which doesn't contain much oxygen.

Thanks to the viral phenomenon of those ubiquitous ice bucket challenge videos, I think it's safe to say that awareness for ALS is at an all - time high.

In this brave new world, social promotion, disciplinary disproportionality, achievement gaps, and lack of latitude to innovate among other damaging (yet quite ubiquitous) phenomena will be a thing of the past too.

They focus on the contemporary phenomenon of how anonymous images become ubiquitous catalysts for our own personal narratives.

With this installation, Salavon highlights the increasing «game - ification» of contemporary life as evidenced by such ubiquitous phenomena as online social networks and smart phones.

The show, curated by Postmasters founder Magda Sawon, gathers works with female subjects from a disparate group of artists on the loose theme of the ubiquitous social media phenomenon.

Re: bender (# 455), I would like to clarify that although I would argue that self - thinning (in a broad sense) is a ubiquitous phenomenon, this does not imply that this self - thinning automatically explains the rapid decline of tree ring width with age in the youngest age group in Yamal.

In this blog, we will look at examples of big data implementation in the courts and legal sphere, as well as a range of other industries which have already untapped the potential of big data (an ubiquitous phenomenon referring to the huge quantity - 2.5 quintillion bytes - of new data created daily) in generating huge business advantages.

We believe investigating the effects of internet - delivered treatments are particularly relevant for rural populations, 27 as these communities typically struggle to access counselling opportunities, 28 and the rates of problematic gambling are sometimes higher for rural persons than the Albertan average.2 Furthermore, given that most telemedicine applications in Alberta are focused on delivering training or non-clinical services, 28 and that the government of Alberta may legalise on - line gambling in the near future, gambling harm and treatment need are likely to increase for rural and remote Albertans.29 Also, as gambling and the internet are ubiquitous phenomena in western countries, this study may be relevant to other rural and remote jurisdictions.