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This book explores contributions by some of the most influential women in the history of philosophy, science, and literature. Ranging from Sappho and Sophie Germain to Stebbing and Evelyn Fox Keller, this work ultimately demonstrates the impact these non-canonical, sometimes unknown or hidden, sources had, or may have had, on the recognized male leaders in their fields, from Aristotle to Pascal, Kant, Whitehead, and Russell. Chapters reflect philosophical pluralism, both analytic and continental themes, and cover figures reaching across the entire history of ideas in the West, from pre-historic times to the twentieth century. Anyone interested in coming to know or in preparing to teach women in the history of philosophy, science, and literature will appreciate this collection and its myriad insights into the still unrecognized voices of non-canonical sources across these disciplines

The corporate environment is always characterized by a high degree of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. These aspects influence Human Resource Management (HRM) just like other areas of the company. In the context of decision problems, especially in HRM, it is not always possible to specify all the considered variables precisely. A suitable instrument to deal with such fuzzy conditions is Fuzzy Logic (FL). This paper aims to give insights into this field and its possible applications in HRM. For this purpose, selected theoretical foundations from the areas of HRM, FL and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are presented first. Based on this, situations in HRM are shown in which it can be useful to include FL in decision calculations. These concern e.g. problems of personnel allocation or considerations on the segmentation of labor forces. The paper is aimed at both practitioners and scholars.

In diesem Vorhaben wurden die Ergebnisse und wissenschaftlichen Auswertungen der Pilotstudie Kleingewässermonitoring (KgM, 2018/2019) vor dem Hintergrund des Standes der Wissenschaft sowie der einschlägigen gesetzlichen Anforderungen zum Gewässerschutz eingeordnet und Handlungsempfehlungen für Politik und regulatorische Entscheidungen erarbeitet. Dieser Tätigkeitsberichtgibt einen Überblick über die Aktivitäten im Rahmen des Vorhabens. Ziel war die Erarbeitung von Produkten wie Vorträgen und Veröffentlichungen; daher finden sich die Ergebnisse zu den Arbeitspaketen in Form von Vortragsfolien und öffentlich zugänglichen Publikationen.

Part I. Laying the Groundwork -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Understanding "Meaning" -- 3. African Metaphysical Thought: What We Mean and Why It Is Important -- Part II. African Conceptions of Meaning in Life -- 4. Some Traditional African Conceptions of Meaning in Life -- 5. Rejecting the Obsolete -- 6. Accounts of Life's Meaningfulness from a Contemporary African Perspective -- 7. Passionate Yearning Theory as a Theory of Meaning in Life -- Part III. The Meaning(lessness) of Life -- 8. A "Concept" of the Meaning of Life -- 9. Death and Meaninglessness -- Part IV. Living with Meaninglessness -- 10. The Path of Meaninglessness: Beyond Ada Agada's Consolationism -- 11. The Philosophy of Indifference: An Introduction -- 12. Indifference and the Future of Human Existence: Towards an Anti-Natalist Destiny and Specie Suicide? -- 13. Conclusion. .

Front Cover -- Inoculating Cities, Volume II -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Cities and the response to infectious disease events: from localized outbreaks to pandemics -- The structure of this book -- References -- I. Pandemic governance and coordination -- What is governance? -- What is good governance? -- Why does governance matter? -- The importance of governance for urban pandemic response -- Chapter introductions -- References -- 1 COVID-19 control strategy and measures in Kawasaki City, Japan -- Background -- Public health and infectious disease control in Kawasaki City -- The response to COVID-19 in Kawasaki City -- The responses to domestic clusters of COVID-19 -- Developing laboratory diagnosis capacities -- Vaccines and mass vaccination exercises -- Responding to the first case of the Omicron variant in Kawasaki City -- Conclusion: lessons learned from Kawasaki City -- References -- 2 COVID-19 pandemic: how Lagos State Government managed the COVID-19 pandemic and the tripod of biosecurity -- Background -- Background on Lagos, Nigeria -- Background on the public health system in Lagos -- Lagos State's approach to emergency preparedness -- Governance and policy -- Coordinating systems -- Capabilities -- Resources -- COVID-19 in Lagos -- The response to COVID-19 in Lagos -- The pre-index case response -- The post-index case response -- The response to pandemic waves of COVID-19 -- Lessons learned from Lagos' response to the COVID-19 pandemic -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 COVID-19 in Beirut: epidemiology, response, gaps, and challenges -- Background -- The socioeconomic status in Lebanon -- The health care system in Lebanon -- The COVID-19 response in Beirut -- The epidemiology of COVID-19 in Beirut -- COVID-19 vaccination: successes and challenges.

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Why we are writing the book and what a meadow is -- How to use this book -- Part One -- Chapter 1 A brief look at different types of meadow -- Chapter 2 The importance of meadows to agriculture past and present -- Part Two -- Chapter 3 Preparing a small garden meadow from scratch -- Chapter 4 Setting up a large field meadow, from scratch and as a restoration -- Part Three -- Chapter 5 Meadows in spring -- Chapter 6 Meadows in summer -- Chapter 7 Meadows in autumn and winter -- Part Four -- Chapter 8 Ecology and species interactions in a meadow -- Chapter 9 The future -- References and Further Reading -- Resources.

Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Work and After -- 2. Your Emotional and Physical Health -- 3. Age is an Attitude -- 4. Friendship and Relationships -- 5. Family with a capital 'F' -- 6. Looking Good and Feeling Great -- 7. Finances for Older People -- 8. Going Home -- 9. Francis's Twenty Tips for Growing Old Gracefully - and with Joy! -- Copyright -- About the Author -- About Gill Books.