https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237 Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Comparative Technology Transfer and Society. daily 1 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 text/html en-US Vol. 1 (2003) - Vol. 7 (2009) Latest Articles: Comparative Technology Transfer and Society TWO Project MUSE® Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 1543-3404 1542-0132 Latest articles in Comparative Technology Transfer and Society. Feed provided by Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386111 <p></p> The ancient aqueduct at Segovia, Spain is one of the most significant and best-preserved monuments of the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula. While the date of construction is unknown (the original inscription would have been on the now-missing attic, or top section), researchers believe it was constructed between the second half of the first century ce and the early years of the second, during the reign of either emperor Vespasian or Nerva. The aqueduct transports waters from Spring Fuenfr&#xED;a, situated in the nearby mountains 10.6 miles from the city. Water first collects in a tank known as El Caser&#xF3;n (big house), before being led through a channel to a second tower known as the Casa de Aguas (waterhouse) ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall Roman Aqueduct at Segovia, Spain 2010-07-10 text/html en-US Roman Aqueduct at Segovia, Spain 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 5711 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386112 <p></p> This final issue of Comparative Technology Transfer and Society begins with the &#x22;Symposium on Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer.&#x22; For the introduction to the symposium articles, see Introduction to the Symposium: Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer by John C. Pierce and Brent S. Steel.It remains one of the paradoxes of technological diffusion that while efforts to encourage specific developments are not always successful, attempts to restrict the movement of technology and ideas are equally problematic. The cold war produced what appeared to be highly rigid boundaries between east and west in Europe, and the military competition between the two superpowers and their blocs of ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall Symposium on Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer 2010-07-10 text/html en-US Symposium on Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 20598 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386113 <p></p> The growing world population, coupled with a rapidly increasing demand for energy, exerts great pressure on nature&#39;s limited resources (EIA, 2008). To satisfy this growing worldwide demand, governments have been relying heavily on fossil fuels&#x2014;coal, oil, and gas&#x2014;for electricity production (IEA, 2008, p. 24). At the same time, carbon-dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels and industrial processes, which account for 98% of total carbondioxide emissions, have been accelerating rapidly (Raupach et al., 2007). Other environmental problems that can be linked directly to fossil-fuel consumption include ash waste disposal and mining runoff and oil spills, as well as the perhaps bigger challenges of air ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall Introduction to the Symposium: Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer 2010-07-10 text/html en-US Introduction to the Symposium: Cultural Considerations in Alternative-Energy Transfer 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 24451 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386114 <p></p> The world is experiencing the first pronounced stages of fossil energy decline and a new era for renewable energy (Abrahamson, 1973; Simmons, 2005). As was the case with the rise of fossil energy, a long-term commitment to renewable energy will be shaped significantly by consumer choice. Consumer purchasing behavior represents, at a minimum, implied acceptance of costs in relation to perceived benefits. Some product-related costs to consumers can be expressed in terms of acceptable or unacceptable risks, albeit the access to opportunities for expression of preferences might be constrained (Case &#x26; Schoenbrod, 1973; Slevin &#x26; Mufson, 2009). Risk definition is often a function of personal or shared values. Individual ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall Cultural Constraints on Wind and Solar Energy in the U.S. Context 2010-07-10 text/html en-US Cultural Constraints on Wind and Solar Energy in the U.S. Context 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 116254 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386115 <p></p> The signing of the 2003 Global Warming Initiative by the governors of California, Oregon, and Washington committed those states to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in order to combat global warming. A follow-up 2004 staff report to the governors stated the following:Global warming will have serious adverse consequences on the economy, health and environment of the West Coast states. These impacts will grow significantly in coming years if we do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Fortunately, addressing global warming carries substantial economic benefits. The West Coast is rich in renewable energy resources and advanced energy-efficient technologies. We can capitalize on these strengths and invest in the ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall Knowledge, Culture, and Public Support for Renewable-Energy Policy 2010-07-10 text/html en-US Knowledge, Culture, and Public Support for Renewable-Energy Policy 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 85836 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386116 <p></p> Interstate drivers in the heartland of the United States cannot help but notice signs along the highway reminding travelers of where our food comes from: &#x22;Beef, it&#39;s what&#39;s for dinner&#x22;; &#x22;Pork, the other white meat&#x22;; and &#x22;1 Kansas farmer feeds 128 people + you.&#x22; New signs over the last several years, however, have gone beyond food to remind us of the source of some of the fuel facilitating our travel. These remind us of the importance of U.S. farmers in providing corn-based ethanol over oil, especially oil from governments that are hostile to the United States. Reportedly, one sign in South Dakota read: &#x22;BANKRUPT TERRORISTS! Foreign Oil Funds Terrorism. Use Ethanol, Biodiesel and Other USA Fuels.&#x22;1 These symbols ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers' Decisions to Grow Second-Generation, Biofuel Feedstock Crops 2010-07-10 text/html en-US Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers' Decisions to Grow Second-Generation, Biofuel Feedstock Crops 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 87487 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386117 <p></p> Apart from being a political and military confrontation between the Western and Soviet blocs, the cold war was also a technological battle for supremacy. The competition between the two strongest opponents, the United States and the Soviet Union, in the exploration of space is well-known, and the situation was quite similar with other big technologies, which during the 1950s and &#39;60s included computing technology. In addition to politics, the cold war had its material components, of which the transfer of computing technologies and practices is of primary interest in this article. Digital technology was a recent invention and of great interest after World War II, people from all over Europe traveling to the United ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall Computing Close to the Iron Curtain: Inter/national Computing Practices in Czechoslovakia and Finland, 1945-1970 2010-07-10 text/html en-US Computing Close to the Iron Curtain: Inter/national Computing Practices in Czechoslovakia and Finland, 1945-1970 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 89299 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118 <p></p> In April 2009, the New York Times ran a front-page story explaining how recruiting highly skilled foreigners into the United States&#39; technology sector was becoming an ever greater challenge due to continued restrictive national immigration rules. The reporter highlighted the case of Sanjay Mavinkurve, a key engineer working on an innovation-development project at Google, who commuted from Toronto, Canada, to Mountain View, California, once a week. Although Mavinkurve had secured a U.S. H-1B visa, which allowed him to live and work in the United States, his Indian-born wife Samvita Padukone could not secure a U.S. work visa. Consequently, the couple decided to settle in Canada, a country that is considered to be ... <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/386118">Read More</a> Project MUSE® https://muse.jhu.edu/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/237/image/coversmall What Lures and Retains the International Creative-Class Family?: A Case Study of the Family Unit Found in Vancouver's Biotechnology Sector 2010-07-10 text/html en-US What Lures and Retains the International Creative-Class Family?: A Case Study of the Family Unit Found in Vancouver's Biotechnology Sector 2010-07-10 2010 TWO Project MUSE® 110350 2026-05-11T00:00:00-05:00 2010-07-10