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Collaborative Robotics: Application Of Delphi Method, Jean-Marc Salotti, Ephraim Suhir Nov 2024

Collaborative Robotics: Application Of Delphi Method, Jean-Marc Salotti, Ephraim Suhir

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the domain of collaborative robotics, it is often needed to make complex multiparametric choices or assessments that combine heterogeneous criteria, such as task performance, reliability, safety, and ergonomics. The Delphi method, a process of arriving at group consensus by providing experts with rounds of questionnaires, as well as the group response before each subsequent round, can be applied to solve this type of problems. The following Delphi method efforts are addressed in our analysis with application to finding appropriate criteria and their relative weights for the evaluation of the teleoperation task of a robotic platform: (1) Contribution of experts; …

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Changes In Marital Sorting: Theory And Evidence From The Us, Pierre-André Chiappori, Monica Costa Dias, Costas Meghir, Hanzhe Zhang Nov 2024

Changes In Marital Sorting: Theory And Evidence From The Us, Pierre-André Chiappori, Monica Costa Dias, Costas Meghir, Hanzhe Zhang

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Positive assortative matching refers to the tendency of individuals with similar characteristics to form partnerships. Measuring the extent to which assortative matching differs between two economies is challenging when the marginal distributions of the characteristic along which sorting takes place (e.g., education) change for either or both sexes. We show how the use of different measures can generate different conclusions. We provide axiomatic characterization for measures such as the odds ratio, normalized trace, and likelihood ratio, and provide a structural economic interpretation of the odds ratio. We then use our approach to consider how marital sorting by education changed between …

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Modeling, Control And Validation Of A Three-Phase Single-Stage Photovoltaic System, Eubis Pereira Machado, Adeon Cecílio Pinto, Rodrigo Pereira Ramos, Ricardo Menezes Prates, Jadsonlee Da Silva Sá, Joaquim Isídio De Lima, Flavio Bezerra Costa, Damásio Fernandes, Alex Coutinho Pereira Nov 2024

Modeling, Control And Validation Of A Three-Phase Single-Stage Photovoltaic System, Eubis Pereira Machado, Adeon Cecílio Pinto, Rodrigo Pereira Ramos, Ricardo Menezes Prates, Jadsonlee Da Silva Sá, Joaquim Isídio De Lima, Flavio Bezerra Costa, Damásio Fernandes, Alex Coutinho Pereira

Michigan Tech Publications

The central inverter topology presents some advantages such as simplicity, low cost and high conversion efficiency, being the first option for interfacing photovoltaic mini-generation, whose shading and panel orientation studies are evaluated in the project planning phase. When it uses only one power converter, its control structures must ensure synchronization with the grid, tracking the maximum power generation point, appropriate power quality indices, and control of the active and reactive power injected into the grid. This work develops and contributes to mathematical models, the principles of formation of control structures, the decoupling process of the control loops, the treatment of …

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Therapist's Views On The Efficacy Of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy In Adhd Patients, Celia Elizabeth Pyburn Nov 2024

Therapist's Views On The Efficacy Of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy In Adhd Patients, Celia Elizabeth Pyburn

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

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The Climate Impact Of Tropical Peatland Degradation, René Dommain, Steve Frolking, Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes, Fortunat Joos, John Couwenberg, Paul Glaser, Alexander Cobb, Charles Harvey Nov 2024

The Climate Impact Of Tropical Peatland Degradation, René Dommain, Steve Frolking, Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes, Fortunat Joos, John Couwenberg, Paul Glaser, Alexander Cobb, Charles Harvey

Faculty Publications

Southeast Asia is a global hotspot of peatland degradation and related greenhouse gas emissions. Anthropogenic impacts, mainly associated with agricultural conversion, shift Southeast Asian peatlands from carbon sinks to significant carbon sources. Here we first describe the impacts of anthropogenic drainage on landscape-scale carbon dynamics of individual peatlands and then use an impulse‐response model of radiative forcing to quantify the climate impacts of peat-carbon losses. Whereas water-table elevation (i.e. drainage depth) determines the magnitude of CO2 emissions at the site-scale, the geometric arrangement of artificial drainage networks determines carbon losses on the landscape-scale. Among all peatland greenhouse gas fluxes, the …

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Very Minor Ions In The Magnetosphere: A Hub Of The Mesospheric, Ionospheric, Magnetospheric, Solar Wind, Lunar, And Meteoroid Sciences., Masatoshi Yamauchi, Iannis Dandouras, Peter Würz, Daniel Kastinen, John Plane, Leonard Schulz, Andrew Yau, Lynn M. Kistler, Steve Christon, Stein Haaland, Yoshifumi Saito, Satonori Nozawa, Ingrid Mann, Shigeto Watanabe, Tinna Gunnarsdottir Nov 2024

Very Minor Ions In The Magnetosphere: A Hub Of The Mesospheric, Ionospheric, Magnetospheric, Solar Wind, Lunar, And Meteoroid Sciences., Masatoshi Yamauchi, Iannis Dandouras, Peter Würz, Daniel Kastinen, John Plane, Leonard Schulz, Andrew Yau, Lynn M. Kistler, Steve Christon, Stein Haaland, Yoshifumi Saito, Satonori Nozawa, Ingrid Mann, Shigeto Watanabe, Tinna Gunnarsdottir

Faculty Publications

This is the summary of findings by ISSI topical team on the molecular and metallic ions in the magnetosphere.Heavy molecular and metallic ions with mass ≥ 27 (Al+, N2+, NO+, O2++, Fe+, Cu+, Ti+, etc) in the magnetosphere provide independent information on the ion sources and entry route to the magnetosphere from traditional four components (H+, He++, He+, O+). There are four ultimate sources of these heavy molecular and metallic ions: the solar wind (high charge-state metallic ions), the ionosphere (mainly molecular ions), the atmospheric metal layers (low charge-state metallic ions and metal-rich molecular ions that ultimately originating from ablation …

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Inter-Calibration Of Solar Orbiter's Heavy Ion Sensor And Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph, Benjamin Alterman, Robert Allen, Ryan Dewey, Stefano Livi, Jim Raines, Susan Lepri, Sarah Spitzer, Chris Bert, Christopher Owen, George Ho, Antoinette Galvin, Lynn M. Kistler, Frederic Allegrini, Keiichi Ogasawara, Peter Wurz, Mark Philips, Raffaella D'Amicis, Glen Mason, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Javier Rodriquez-Pacheco Nov 2024

Inter-Calibration Of Solar Orbiter's Heavy Ion Sensor And Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph, Benjamin Alterman, Robert Allen, Ryan Dewey, Stefano Livi, Jim Raines, Susan Lepri, Sarah Spitzer, Chris Bert, Christopher Owen, George Ho, Antoinette Galvin, Lynn M. Kistler, Frederic Allegrini, Keiichi Ogasawara, Peter Wurz, Mark Philips, Raffaella D'Amicis, Glen Mason, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Javier Rodriquez-Pacheco

Faculty Publications

The distribution of charged particles in the heliosphere covers more than 16 orders of magnitude in particle flux and more than 6 orders of magnitude in energy. While the majority of these particles are ionized hydrogen (protons) and fully ionized helium (alpha particles), heavier ions are also present. Because of the large parameter space that must be covered, different instruments are required and these instruments must be optimized to specific energy and particle flux ranges. They must also be designed to target specific ion species. To properly characterize the means by which different energy ranges are populated, the observations from …

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A New Synthesis Of Arctic-Boreal Carbon Fluxes For Improved Carbon Budget Estimates, Anna Virkkala, Isabel Wargowsky, Judith Vogt, Mckenzie Kuhn, Susan Natali, Brendan Rogers, Mathias Goeckede, Kyle Arndt, Jennifer Watts, Tiffany Windholz, Simran Madaan Nov 2024

A New Synthesis Of Arctic-Boreal Carbon Fluxes For Improved Carbon Budget Estimates, Anna Virkkala, Isabel Wargowsky, Judith Vogt, Mckenzie Kuhn, Susan Natali, Brendan Rogers, Mathias Goeckede, Kyle Arndt, Jennifer Watts, Tiffany Windholz, Simran Madaan

Faculty Publications

The Arctic-boreal zone and its permafrost regions have historically been sparsely measured for carbon dioxide and methane fluxes. This data sparsity has created significant uncertainties in Arctic-boreal carbon budget estimates. However, over the past decade, the availability of Arctic-boreal carbon flux data has increased substantially. Yet, it remains scattered across different repositories, papers, and unpublished sources, making it hard to estimate more accurate Arctic-boreal carbon budgets. To address this research gap, we have compiled a database of Arctic-boreal carbon fluxes (ABCFlux v2) from flux repositories, literature, and site principal investigators, which will be openly distributed. The database includes carbon dioxide …

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Implications Of Energetic Neutral Atoms Observed With Ibex-Lo For The Pressure Balance In The Heliosphere, André Galli, Peter Wurz, Nathan A. Schwadron, Eberhard Möbius, Stephen A. Fuselier, Justyna M. Sokół, Maciej Bzowski, Paweł Swaczyna, Kostas Dialynas, David J. Mccomas Nov 2024

Implications Of Energetic Neutral Atoms Observed With Ibex-Lo For The Pressure Balance In The Heliosphere, André Galli, Peter Wurz, Nathan A. Schwadron, Eberhard Möbius, Stephen A. Fuselier, Justyna M. Sokół, Maciej Bzowski, Paweł Swaczyna, Kostas Dialynas, David J. Mccomas

Faculty Publications

Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENAs) from the heliosphere are a unique means to remotely image the boundary regions of our heliosphere. NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has been very successful in measuring these ENAs since 2008 at energies from tens of eV to 6 keV.The ENA low energy range from tens of eV to solar wind energy (roughly 1 keV) has been sampled throughout an entire solar cycle with the IBEX-Lo ENA imager. This enables us to study the physical implications for the structure of the heliosphere and for the parent proton populations in the heliosheath and other plasma regions that …

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The Climate Impact Of Tropical Peatland Degradation, René Dommain, Steve Frolking, Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes, Fortunat Joos, John Couwenberg, Paul Glaser, Alexander Cobb, Charles Harvey Nov 2024

The Climate Impact Of Tropical Peatland Degradation, René Dommain, Steve Frolking, Aurich Jeltsch-Thömmes, Fortunat Joos, John Couwenberg, Paul Glaser, Alexander Cobb, Charles Harvey

Faculty Publications

Southeast Asia is a global hotspot of peatland degradation and related greenhouse gas emissions. Anthropogenic impacts, mainly associated with agricultural conversion, shift Southeast Asian peatlands from carbon sinks to significant carbon sources. Here we first describe the impacts of anthropogenic drainage on landscape-scale carbon dynamics of individual peatlands and then use an impulse‐response model of radiative forcing to quantify the climate impacts of peat-carbon losses. Whereas water-table elevation (i.e. drainage depth) determines the magnitude of CO2 emissions at the site-scale, the geometric arrangement of artificial drainage networks determines carbon losses on the landscape-scale. Among all peatland greenhouse gas fluxes, the …

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A Study Of The Near-Surface Vertical Distribution And Chemistry Of Pollutants In Cold-Climate Urban Areas With The Novel Pact-1d Model, Jonas Kuhn, Jochen Stutz, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Tjarda J. Roberts, Jennie L. Thomas, Jack E. Dibb, Laura Heinlein, Michael O. Sunday, Cort Anastasio, Kathleen Fahey, James H. Flynn, Fangzhou Guo Nov 2024

A Study Of The Near-Surface Vertical Distribution And Chemistry Of Pollutants In Cold-Climate Urban Areas With The Novel Pact-1d Model, Jonas Kuhn, Jochen Stutz, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Tjarda J. Roberts, Jennie L. Thomas, Jack E. Dibb, Laura Heinlein, Michael O. Sunday, Cort Anastasio, Kathleen Fahey, James H. Flynn, Fangzhou Guo

Faculty Publications

Cold-climate urban areas often face severe air pollution events in wintertime because of residential heating and vehicle emissions into shallow surface inversion layers. Many state-of-the-art regional chemistry-transport models cannot capture the small spatio-temporal scale of the transport and chemical processes occurring in these environments.Here we introduce a new version of our one-dimensional atmospheric chemistry and transport model, PACT-1D that includes continuous exchange of atmospheric air with the interstitial air of a snow layer and a kinetic treatment of multi-phase chemical processes in air and snow. PACT-1D allows modeling and assessment of the interaction of transport, chemistry, and emissions on the …

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Air Quality Improvements Can Strengthen China's Food Security, Xiang Liu, Bowen Chu, Rong Tang, Yifan Liu, Xing Li, Jingfeng Xiao, Ankur Desai, Haikun Wang Nov 2024

Air Quality Improvements Can Strengthen China's Food Security, Xiang Liu, Bowen Chu, Rong Tang, Yifan Liu, Xing Li, Jingfeng Xiao, Ankur Desai, Haikun Wang

Faculty Publications

China, with nearly 20% of the world's population, achieves self-sufficiency in major grain production using only about 10% of the global arable land. To further ensure food security in China, it is crucial to gain a deep understanding of the driving factors behind grain production. Climate change, water scarcity, and air pollution pose serious threats to food production. Air quality in China is among the poorest in the world, thus quantifying its impact on grain production not only holds significance for maintaining its food security but also provides valuable insights into future air quality management policies. Here, we conducted a …

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Air Quality Improvements Can Strengthen China's Food Security, Xiang Liu, Bowen Chu, Rong Tang, Yifan Liu, Xing Li, Jingfeng Xiao, Ankur Desai, Haikun Wang Nov 2024

Air Quality Improvements Can Strengthen China's Food Security, Xiang Liu, Bowen Chu, Rong Tang, Yifan Liu, Xing Li, Jingfeng Xiao, Ankur Desai, Haikun Wang

Faculty Publications

China, with nearly 20% of the world's population, achieves self-sufficiency in major grain production using only about 10% of the global arable land. To further ensure food security in China, it is crucial to gain a deep understanding of the driving factors behind grain production. Climate change, water scarcity, and air pollution pose serious threats to food production. Air quality in China is among the poorest in the world, thus quantifying its impact on grain production not only holds significance for maintaining its food security but also provides valuable insights into future air quality management policies. Here, we conducted a …

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Monte Carlo Error Analysis Of Lightning Interferometry With Lofar, Paulina Turekova, Brian Hare, Olaf Scholten, Steven Cummer, Joseph Dwyer, Ningyu Liu, Chris Sterpka, Sander Ter Veen Nov 2024

Monte Carlo Error Analysis Of Lightning Interferometry With Lofar, Paulina Turekova, Brian Hare, Olaf Scholten, Steven Cummer, Joseph Dwyer, Ningyu Liu, Chris Sterpka, Sander Ter Veen

Faculty Publications

The LOFAR radio telescope works on a principle of radio interferometric imaging. It coherently sums the signal of hundreds of antennas in northern Netherlands, covering the 30-80 MHz window of the very high frequency (VHF) band of 30-300 MHz. We are using the TRI-D algorithm to extract 3-D polarization data of a lightning flash observed by LOFAR. TRI-D functions by coherently summing recorded voltages, accounting for the antenna function, polarization, and geometric time delay for each voxel. The result is split into time slices. A coherent intensity is calculated for each time slice, and the maximum of this value is …

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A Study Of The Near-Surface Vertical Distribution And Chemistry Of Pollutants In Cold-Climate Urban Areas With The Novel Pact-1d Model, Jonas Kuhn, Jochen Stutz, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Tjarda J. Roberts, Jennie L. Thomas, Jack E. Dibb, Laura Heinlein, Michael O. Sunday, Cort Anastasio, Kathleen Fahey, James H. Flynn, Fangzhou Guo Nov 2024

A Study Of The Near-Surface Vertical Distribution And Chemistry Of Pollutants In Cold-Climate Urban Areas With The Novel Pact-1d Model, Jonas Kuhn, Jochen Stutz, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Tjarda J. Roberts, Jennie L. Thomas, Jack E. Dibb, Laura Heinlein, Michael O. Sunday, Cort Anastasio, Kathleen Fahey, James H. Flynn, Fangzhou Guo

Faculty Publications

Cold-climate urban areas often face severe air pollution events in wintertime because of residential heating and vehicle emissions into shallow surface inversion layers. Many state-of-the-art regional chemistry-transport models cannot capture the small spatio-temporal scale of the transport and chemical processes occurring in these environments.Here we introduce a new version of our one-dimensional atmospheric chemistry and transport model, PACT-1D that includes continuous exchange of atmospheric air with the interstitial air of a snow layer and a kinetic treatment of multi-phase chemical processes in air and snow. PACT-1D allows modeling and assessment of the interaction of transport, chemistry, and emissions on the …

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A B-Polynomial Approach To Approximate Solutions Of Pdes With Multiple Initial Conditions, Muhammad I. Bhatti, Md. Habibur Rahman Nov 2024

A B-Polynomial Approach To Approximate Solutions Of Pdes With Multiple Initial Conditions, Muhammad I. Bhatti, Md. Habibur Rahman

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

In this article, we present a novel B-Polynomial Approach for approximating solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs), addressing the multiple initial conditions. Our method stands out by utilizing two-dimensional Bernstein polynomials (B-polynomials) in conjunction with their operational matrices to effectively manage the complexity associated with PDEs. This approach not only enhances the accuracy of solutions but also provides a structured framework for tackling various boundary conditions. The PDE is transformed into a system of algebraic equations, which are then solved to approximate the PDE solution. The process is divided into two main steps: First, the PDE is integrated to incorporate …

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Ang Maganda Sa Teolohiya, José De Mesa, Estela P. Padilla, Levy L. Lanaria, Rebecca G. Cacho, Yuri D. Cipriano, George N. Capaque, Timoteo D. Gener, V. Fullente Suarez Nov 2024

Ang Maganda Sa Teolohiya, José De Mesa, Estela P. Padilla, Levy L. Lanaria, Rebecca G. Cacho, Yuri D. Cipriano, George N. Capaque, Timoteo D. Gener, V. Fullente Suarez

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Ang Maganda sa Teolohiya, José de Mesa, Estela P. Padilla, Levy L. Lanaria, Rebecca G. Cacho, Yuri D. Cipriano, George N. Capaque, Timoteo D. Gener

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Who Are We, Filipinos? A Note, Leonardo R. Silos Nov 2024

Who Are We, Filipinos? A Note, Leonardo R. Silos

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

To know who we are, Filipinos, we must know who we were, Indios. On the one hand, we have few precolonial documents which might tell who the Indio was; on the other hand, the Filipino is the Westernized Indio. The Filipino is who the West says the Filipino is. According to Western research, the Filipino, like all Orientals, is a residual category of the Occidental: not Western. There is need of independent Asian research. The only really ancient documents connecting the Filipino with the Indio are perhaps our music and dance, and, above all, our languages, surely, our national language. …

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The Contributors, Contributors Contributors Nov 2024

The Contributors, Contributors Contributors

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

The Contributors

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Ginhawa As Ethic Of Panatà: Body Politics And The Devotion To The Black Nazarene, Mark Joseph T. Calano Nov 2024

Ginhawa As Ethic Of Panatà: Body Politics And The Devotion To The Black Nazarene, Mark Joseph T. Calano

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Operating within the ambiguity of the sacred and the secular, the devotion to the Black Nazarene in Quiapo is expressed in the different body performances and prayers directed towards the poón (image). These devotions, narratives, and norms make possible not only the performance, but also the celebration and repetition of faith experiences mediated by the body. The paper investigates the linguistic and body performances that makes possible one of the most attended religious performances in the Philippines in three parts. The first part looks into the body dynamics involved when participating in the devotion to the Black Nazarene. On the …

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Discontinuity And Continuity Of Devotion The Virgin Of Guadalupe From Mexico To Makati, Jovino De Guzman Miroy Nov 2024

Discontinuity And Continuity Of Devotion The Virgin Of Guadalupe From Mexico To Makati, Jovino De Guzman Miroy

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

This paper echoes the question of Horacio de la Costa in the talk that he gave in 1968: “What is the meaning of Makati?” The talk intended to guide the development of the Business District by the principles of Catholic social teaching. This paper tries to provide a path to ascertain the meaning of Makati by contextualizing it within two barangays: Guadalupe Viejo and Guadalupe Nuevo. The paper performs a philosophical understanding of a city by situating it within the history of religions and the philosophy of religion. In the first part, it rehearses the history of devotion to the …

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Upholding Indigenous Beliefs, Ranier A. Ibana Nov 2024

Upholding Indigenous Beliefs, Ranier A. Ibana

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Upholding Indigenous Beliefs

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Toward A Filipino Christology, Michael Demetrius H. Asis Nov 2024

Toward A Filipino Christology, Michael Demetrius H. Asis

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Current research on the Historical Jesus challenges Filipino Christology to do a “Christology from Below”—emphasizing the struggles and humanity of Jesus in first century Palestine as an appropriate starting point for a meaningful and relevant Filipino Christology today. Are our current Jesus images mere projections of our deep desire to fashion him in our own image? Or are they grounded on real, historical facets of his life? Any re-appropriation of the memory of the Jesus of history must, for the most part, become honest appropriations of the spirit of Jesus’ historical life and message, which focused on realizing the Kingdom …

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The Contributors, Contributors Contributors Nov 2024

The Contributors, Contributors Contributors

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Contributors

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Mark Rice, Dean Worcester's Fantasy Islands: Photography, Film, And The Colonial Philippines, Mark Joseph Calano Nov 2024

Mark Rice, Dean Worcester's Fantasy Islands: Photography, Film, And The Colonial Philippines, Mark Joseph Calano

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Mark Rice, Dean Worcester's Fantasy Islands: Photography, Film, and the Colonial Philippines

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Grandeur A Meditation In Images And Verse, Victor R. Baltazar, Albert E. Alejo Nov 2024

Grandeur A Meditation In Images And Verse, Victor R. Baltazar, Albert E. Alejo

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Grandeur A meditation in images and verse

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Reflections On Intolerance In A Modern, Shrinking, And Pluralistic World, Roger Haight Nov 2024

Reflections On Intolerance In A Modern, Shrinking, And Pluralistic World, Roger Haight

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Reflections on Intolerance in a Modern, Shrinking, and Pluralistic World

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Ethics Of Refusal: Globalization And The Penan People's Struggle For Recognition, Jeffry Ocay Nov 2024

Ethics Of Refusal: Globalization And The Penan People's Struggle For Recognition, Jeffry Ocay

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

In this article I explore ways in which the Penan of Sarawak, Malaysia, whose lives have been impacted by globalization, draw on their rich cultural heritage to demand recognition. I argue that an articulation of a new rather than traditional form of struggle for recognition should come from the margins of the global system. Their indigenous practices, when linked to neocolonial domination, point to a possible “outside” of the system by highlighting the system’s destructive potential rendered invisible “at the center” and by embodying ways of living that promote social solidarity and preserve the environment. I argue further that by …

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The Stranger Society: The Case Of Economic And Social Development In The Tropics, Peter Murphy Nov 2024

The Stranger Society: The Case Of Economic And Social Development In The Tropics, Peter Murphy

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

The economic and social prosperity of nations are usually attributed to functional requirements—such as honest government, effective transport and communication networks, health care and education—and development strategies such as investment in infrastructure. However, beyond a certain point peak economic and social success relies as much on human ingenuity as on capital investment. The article proposes that the world’s most prosperous societies have three recurring characteristics that foster such ingenuity: (1) they are all closely connected to trading portals, (2) they nourish paradoxical belief systems that underscore a proclivity for intellectual abstraction and pattern-based interaction, and (3) they are stranger societies …

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Neoliberal Capitalism, Asean Integration And Commodified Education: A Deleuzian Critique, Raniel Sm. Reyes Nov 2024

Neoliberal Capitalism, Asean Integration And Commodified Education: A Deleuzian Critique, Raniel Sm. Reyes

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

This article launches a Deleuzian critical diagnosis of neoliberal capitalism, which through the ASEAN Integration Project, expounds on capitalism’s effects on universities or on Philippine Higher Education. Strategists of neoliberal capitalism, whom Deleuze and Guattari call the “poor technician[s] of desire,” persuade underdeveloped or developing countries to see in their resources for financial stability or education reform, a “lack” that needs immediate attention and find solution in the global call for liberalization, deregulation, and privatization. Once this psychoanalytic ploy achieves success, these countries become naive preys of neoliberal capitalism. They interpret this phenomenon as a contemporary fascism that manipulates the …

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