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    Technology shocks are sudden changes in technology that significantly affect economic, social, political or other outcomes. In economics, the term technology...
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  • price level. A positive supply shock could be an advance in technology (a technology shock) which makes production more efficient, thus increasing output...
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  • G-Shock is a line of watches manufactured by the Japanese electronics company Casio, designed to resist mechanical stress, shock and vibration. G-Shock...
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  • employment, at the time of the shock and at subsequent times, is measured by an impulse response function. A technology shock is the kind resulting from a...
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    Janet Yellen (category Massachusetts Institute of Technology fellows)
    United States. A research study led to a theory called "reproductive technology shock", arguing that the increased availability of both abortion and contraception...
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    Culture shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one's own; it is also the personal disorientation...
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    A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses. It does this by converting the kinetic energy...
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  • System Shock is a science fiction video game series originally created by Looking Glass Technologies. It consists of System Shock, System Shock 2, and...
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    George Akerlof (category Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni)
    described a phenomenon that he labeled "reproductive technology shock." He contended that the new technologies that had helped to spawn the late twentieth century...
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  • demand shock led to global overheating and rising inflationary pressures. Shock (economics) Supply shock Demand-pull inflation Technology shock "Demand...
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  • System Shock is a 1994 first-person action-adventure video game developed by LookingGlass Technologies and published by Origin Systems. It was directed...
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  • dominance and shock and awe, they write, may become a "revolutionary change" as the United States military is reduced in size and information technology is increasingly...
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  • what any particular technology actually is. The book's title alludes to the 1980 television series The Shock of the New. The Shock of the Old reviewed...
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  • System Shock 2 is a 1999 action role-playing survival horror video game designed by Ken Levine and co-developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass...
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    its ''Cantilever'' technology, which uses a cushion to provide shock absorption and stability. The company contended the technology has been the basis...
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  • The DualShock (originally as Dual Shock with the PlayStation 5 version as DualSense) is a line of gamepads developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment...
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    Depression large negative shocks caused the 1929–33 downturn – including monetary shocks, productivity shocks, and banking shocks – but those developments...
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  • Future Shock is a 1970 book by American futurist Alvin Toffler, written together with his spouse Adelaide Farrell, in which the authors define the term...
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  • This article consists of a list of episodes of the animated series Static Shock. "The Once and Future Thing", a two-part 2005 crossover episode with Justice...
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    An electrical injury, (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with...
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  • In economics, shock therapy is a group of policies intended to be implemented simultaneously in order to liberalize the economy, including liberalization...
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  • System Shock is a 1994 first-person action role-playing video game developed by Looking Glass Technologies. System Shock may also refer to: System Shock (novel)...
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  • BioShock is a retrofuturistic video game series created by Ken Levine, published by 2K and developed by several studios, including Irrational Games and...
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    Udarnik (redirect from Shock Worker)
    udarniki), also known in English as a shock worker or strike worker (collectively known as shock brigades or a shock labour team) was a term used to refer...
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  • line of G-Shock watches produced by Japanese electronics company Casio designed for usage in harsh environments. Many showcase new technology that Casio...
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  • BioShock is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K. The first game in...
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    A shock detector, shock indicator, or impact monitor is a device which indicates whether a physical shock or impact has occurred. These usually have a...
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  • A regenerative shock absorber is a type of shock absorber that converts parasitic intermittent linear motion and vibration into useful energy, such as...
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  • Shock is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language supernatural horror film directed and produced by Thiagarajan. The film stars his son Prashanth and Meena, while...
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    antidepressants, there has been a resurgence of ECT with new modern technologies and techniques. Modern shock voltage is given for a shorter duration of 0.5 milliseconds...
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