‘This could be our reality in the next five to ten years’: a blogpost platform as an expectation generation device on the future of insurance markets     

Gert Meyers  Ine Van Hoyweghen 《Journal of Cultural Economy》2018,11(2):125-140

William James (1919) characterises hypotheses as either live or dead. A hypothesis is live when it is taken into account as a ‘real possibility’. We follow James’ suggestion to not attribute intrinsic properties to hypotheses, but rather investigate how they came into being and look at the effects they generate. Expectations of digital technologies are a topic of vivid debate in the insurance industry. Before these expectations can become ‘live’, they have, in the first place, to be generated by market devices. We investigate how the reinsurance blogpost platform Open Minds functions as an ‘expectation generation device’ on the future of insurance markets. Combining Beckert’s work on the role of fictional expectations with the pragmatist turn in sociology of markets, we propose to study ‘expectation generation devices’, provoking expectations on economic markets. In our empirical analysis, we demonstrate the explicit fictional character of the Open Minds contributions, and analyse how a contained space of openness is generated to provoke expectations. We demonstrate how Open Minds can become live through circulation to other expectation generation sites in the insurance industry and beyond. We conclude by reflecting on the importance of expectation generation devices as a particular type of market devices.  相似文献   

Primäre Glomerulonephritiden     

Gabriele Schratzberger  Gert Mayer 《Wiener klinische Wochenschrift Education》2006,1(1):57-67

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For the Love of Perfection: Richard Rorty and Liberal Education by René Vincente Arcilla     

Gert J.J. Biesta 《Interchange》1997,28(1):85-88

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Reply to the Comments     

Lang  Kurt 《Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research》2008,20(1):30-32

First, I am pleased to note the broad area of agreement amongthe four of us. We concur fully that polls are useful, powerful,and play an important role in contemporary politics. My threeresponders also acknowledge the significance of alternativeways in which citizens can express their opinions and, furthermore,that public opinion is more diverse and nuanced than any dichotomoussplit between the pros and cons on a particular issue recordedat a particular time might suggest. Sir Robert chides me explicitly, and Gary Langer by implication,for failing  相似文献   

从加强学科建设谈高校图书馆数字化信息服务   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

严浪 《图书馆论坛》2008,28(3)

从加强高校学科建设、培养和造就高水平学科带头人出发,分析高校图书馆数字化信息服务的现状,论述高校图书馆数字化信息服务的具体措施。  相似文献   

一代图书馆学人的心路历程——纪念首届中青会20周年(下)     

韩继章  刘芳  王旭明  周浪 《图书馆》2006,(5):23-27

文章纪录了上世纪80年代走入图书馆领域的一代图书馆学人所经历的学术历程,描述了他们作为一个十分重要的学术群体在理论和实践方面对我国图书馆学和图书馆事业的重要贡献。  相似文献   

用数学建模竞赛的思想指导师范生毕业论文的写作     

刘雄  郎禹 《铜仁学院学报》2016,(4):186-189

针对高等师范院校数学专业毕业论文的现状和存在的问题,阐述了毕业论文改革的必要性和可行性,提出了遵循数学建模竞赛的思想和方法来指导师范生毕业论文写作的新模式,并且给出了按照数学建模竞赛的思想和方法进行师范生毕业论文选题和撰写的建议。  相似文献   

Kinematic analysis of the drag flick in field hockey     

Rony Ibrahim  Gert S. Faber  Jaap H. van Dieën 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2017,16(1):45-57

Attaining high speed of the stick head and consequently of the ball is essential for successful performance of the drag flick in field hockey, but the coordination pattern used to maximise stick head speed is unknown. The kinematics of the drag flick was studied in ten elite hockey players who performed twenty shots each towards a target located 1.5 m high. A 150 Hz active marker motion analysis system was used, alongside two force plates to detect foot touchdown. Angular velocity and contribution to stick endpoint speed of upper body joints were analysed. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to compare timing of onset and peak angular velocities between joints. Participants used a kinematic pattern that was close to a proximal-to-distal sequence. Trunk axial rotation and lateral rotation towards the target, right wrist flexion and left wrist extension were the main contributors to stick endpoint speed. Coaches should emphasise trunk rotations and wrist flexion and extension movements for maximising stick head speed. Given the high level of the participants in this study, the coordination of joints motions, as reported here, can serve as a guideline for drag flick training.  相似文献   

大学生移动阅读应用体验评价研究     

任浪 《江西图书馆学刊》2016,(4):107-112

随着智能手机的普及,移动阅读成为互联网领域非常热门的应用。从用户体验出发,运用四要素量化模型,构建大学生移动阅读应用体验评价体系,分别从品牌、内容、功能性、可用性四个指标对不同类型的移动阅读应用进行对比分析。在此基础上,对高校图书馆开展移动阅读服务提出建议。  相似文献   

苔丝的心灵美 --女权主义的一种分析     

朗琴芳 《巢湖学院学报》2005,7(1):104-107

苔丝勇敢大胆的追求自己的生活,同时也在默默忍受着悲哀苦难以及男性的压迫,她凭借自己的人格美和精神吸引力,实现了更高层次更高境界的女性解放.  相似文献