Abstract This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics…
Abstract In management, decisions are expected to be based on rational analytics rather than intuition. But intuition, as a human evolutionary achievement, offers wisdom that, despite all the advances in rational analytics and AI, should be used constructively when recruiting and winning personnel. Integrating these inner experiential competencies with rational-analytical procedures leads to s…
In this article, I argue that we can best appreciate those works that appeal to the notion of “political genealogy” as distinct forms of study by situating them between moral enquiry and political theory. They draw from moral enquiry the concern with how we ought to live but are not themselves prescriptive.
It is too early to speak of a shared history – this was the conclusion offered by Kenyan writer Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor on October 9, 2020 at a conference on research into the history of German colonialism. The various experiences were so different, the wounds so deep, and the colonizers’ behavior so brutal, she said, that one could not yet speak of “our” shared past
This book "Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization in a Diverse World" sees biodiversity as management and utilization of resources in satisfying human needs in multi-sectional areas including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, wildlife and other exhaustible and inexhaustible resources. Its value is to fulfill actual human preferences and variability of life is measured by amount of genetic va…
Visual comfort can affect building occupants’ behaviour, productivity and health. It is highly dependent on the occupant and how they perform a task indoors. In that regard, an occupant centred approach is more suitable for evaluating the lighting perception of the indoor environment. Nevertheless, the process of rating and estimating the visual comfort makes a limited distinction between…
Buku ini membahas tentang keragaman filogenetik sebagai pendekatan untuk mengurangi kehilangan keanekaragaman hayati di periode kepunahan massal ini. Bab-bab dalam bagian pertama membahas pertanyaan-pertanyaan seperti cara kita menghargai keragaman filogenetik di antara kriteria lain untuk konservasi keanekaragaman hayati; pilihan ukuran; hilangnya keragaman filogenetik akibat kepunahan; pentin…
Biodiversity and Protected Areas assembles twelve topics from around the world, illustrating the complexities and promise of addressing the biodiversity crisis. Authors from Mongolia, Africa, India, Canada, Iraq, and the United States dwell on particular aspects and challenges relevant to those regions. Lessons and approaches from interesting localities, coupled with global analyses give the re…
Hipotiroidisme adalah gangguan tiroid yang paling umum. Ini dapat menyebabkan berbagai perubahan pada periode menstruasi wanita, mengurangi peluang mereka untuk hamil, serta memengaruhi jalannya kehamilan dan perkembangan neuropsikologis bayi. Selama kehamilan, ada peningkatan kebutuhan yang substansial akan hormon tiroid dan risiko yang substansial bahwa hipotiroidisme subklinis atau laten yan…
Pada tahun-tahun di antara dua perang dunia abad kedua puluh, para pemimpin di negara-negara Barat khawatir akan surplus makanan. Kesulitan Depresi Besar diperparah oleh melimpahnya gandum dan harga yang rendah di pasar dunia. Namun pada saat yang sama, para ilmuwan gizi memprotes bahwa sebagian besar populasi, bahkan di negara-negara makmur, tidak mampu membeli makanan yang 'cukup untuk keseha…