Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the implications of critical realism for science, technology and innovation policy-making as one of the later research traditions in social sciences. Nevertheless, its main focus, according to the different stages of the policy-making cycle and extent of its contributing factors, is on the stage of "policy evaluation". Methods: Thi...

Abstract Many moral error theorists reject realism on the grounds that implies existence of categorical normativity, yet normativity does not exist. Call this Metaphysical Argument. In response, some realists have emphasized a parity between and epistemic normativity. They argue if one kind is rejected, then both must be rejected. Therefore, cannot theorist without also being an theorist. Parit...

This paper represents a modified datapath merging technique to amortize the configuration latency of mapping datapaths on reconfigurable fabric in Run-Time Reconfigurable Systems (RTR). This method embeds together the different Data Flow Graphs (DFGs), corresponding to the loop kernels to create a single datapath (merged datapath) instead of multiple datapaths. The DFGs are merged in steps wher...

This paper concerns the conditions under which realism is an artistic merit in perceptual narratives, and its consequences for practice of non-traditional casting. Perceptual narratives are narrative representations that perceptually represent at least some their contents, include works film, television, theatre opera. On certain construals such works, casting, however morally merited, often ar...