Course Number and Title: PY360 Ethics in Technology Assignment Number and Title: Assignment 03 Date of Submission: 20 February‚ 2014 (1) Define copyright‚ trade secrecy‚ and patents as they relate to software. Copyrights Copyright is a form of protection in United States and is granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers unpublished and published works. Copyright‚ a form of intellectual property law protects original
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Technology and Ethics Though there are many advantages to the fact that technology’s computing power doubles every 18 months‚ there also lie ethical issues. As technology advances‚ society becomes more dependent on and at risk to the unfathomable fast growing industry. Our culture is driven by the advancements in technology every day from our automobiles‚ means of communication‚ and banking just to name a few‚ which constantly puts the tasks of our daily lives in the hands of computers. But
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diagnostic ultrasound have a role in emergency medicine? Introduction Emergency medicine (EM) is the medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated and unscheduled patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. The specialty is not limited to the emergency department and may be practiced in numerous other settings including urgent care clinics‚ ambulances‚ at disaster sites‚ and even through telecommunications technology‚ known as telemedicine. Diagnostic ultrasound is
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Tim Watson. (2008). Ultrasound in contemporary physiotherapy practice. Ultrasonics ‚ 48‚ 321-329. Abstract Therapeutic Ultrasound is a well established and commonly used practice in the field of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitative sciences. Primarily ultrasound is used in the treatment and repair of soft tissue lesion management used as thermal modality. However in recent practice the non-thermal aspects of Ultrasound as intervention are being employed. Evidence indicates the dose dependant
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invention. In return‚ the invention must be defined in detail to the Patent Office‚ which publishes the information increasing the amount of technological knowledge available to the public. Since patent rights are exclusive‚ anyone making‚ using or selling the patented invention without the patent owner’s authorization is guilty of infringement. Penalties are stiff and include triple damages. Software patents can be extremely powerful economically. They can protect features of a program that cannot
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History‚ Use and Safety of Ultrasound Introduction Ultrasound is the generation of energy using sound wave of about 20‚000 or more vibrations per second. The ultrasound is mostly used in imaging tools and particularly in medical diagnosis. The ultrasound uses sound waves that are above the frequency of the human ear. A transducer is used to give off the sound waves that are reflected back from the tissues‚ and organs giving a picture of what are inside the body. This is later drawn on
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What are Ultrasound Scanners? Ultrasound has been utilized as a tool in beef and diary research systems for many years‚ and in more recent yeas has become available to commercial livestock agriculture. An ultrasound is an electronic instrument that sends out ultrasonic waves from an attached device called a transducer. Waves pass freely through fluid and are reflected back to the probe resulting in an image that can be identified as the placenta‚ fetus‚ or other organs. Ultrasound may also be used
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Although the use of contrast is not heavily spread in ultrasound‚ through studies it has been noted that contrast use in sonography has proven to be helpful in diagnostic imaging. CEUS which is short for contrast enhanced ultrasonography in some cases has been able to distinguish a variety of issues‚ from determining a benign or malignant lesion‚ to determining muscle injuries. According to Sconfienza‚ malignant tumors are presented with several sonographic appearances including the following “rich
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Wave: The generator of ultrasonic wave is nothing but an oscillator‚ which can generate these high frequency waves. The ultrasonic waves can be produced by the following methods. a) Magnetostriction Generator b) Piezoelectric or Ultrasound Generator a) Magnetostriction Effect This effect is very useful in generating ultrasonic waves are known as Magnetostriction effect. This effect was first discovered by Joule in 1847 & subsequently used by G.W Pierre in an oscillator
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The ethics of selling violent video games 1. Should Barry recommend that Take-Two go forward with the release of GTA: Vice City? Yes‚ they should think deeply of the impact that the game will game will have over the children who play it‚ not only the impact the game will have over their company and also take into account that many groups are already against them in the release of the game. 2. Given the contemplated video game is legal‚ is clearly marked as “Mature” for audiences over 17‚ and
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