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  2. Impact of nanotechnology - Wikipedia

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    Rather, the challenges should be factored into "upstream" research and decision-making in order to ensure technology development that meets social objectives [23] Many social scientists and organizations in civil society suggest that technology assessment and governance should also involve public participation. The exploration of the ...

  3. Association of Information Technology Professionals - Wikipedia

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    The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) is a professional association that focuses on information technology education for business professionals. The group is a non-profit US-oriented group, but its activities are performed by 62 local chapters organized on a geographic basis, [1] and 286 student chapters at colleges and universities.

  4. Online petition - Wikipedia

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    While this is an unfortunate con, there are many pros as well. In February 2007 an online petition against road pricing and car tracking on the UK Prime Minister 's own website attracted over 1.8 million e-signatures from a population of 60 million people.

  5. Technocracy - Wikipedia

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    The term technocracy is derived from the Greek words τέχνη, tekhne meaning skill and κράτος, kratos meaning power, as in governance, or rule.William Henry Smyth, a California engineer, is usually credited with inventing the word technocracy in 1919 to describe "the rule of the people made effective through the agency of their servants, the scientists and engineers", although the ...

  6. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking - Wikipedia

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    The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is the debut solo studio album by Roger Waters, bassist/songwriter and co-founder of English rock band Pink Floyd; it was released in 1984. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1995.

  7. Decision-making - Wikipedia

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    Sample flowchart representing a decision process when confronted with a lamp that fails to light. In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options.

  8. Sande society - Wikipedia

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    Sande society initiates marked with white clay and animal fat, called Hojo or Wojeh.. Sande, also known as zadεgi, bundu, bundo and bondo, is a women's initiation society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast.

  9. Pros and Cons (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Pros and Cons is an American crime drama television series that ran on ABC from September 26, 1991 to January 2, 1992, in the United States during the 1991–92 television season. It is a revamped, more lighthearted version of Gabriel's Fire , which aired on ABC the previous season.