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Environment Evolution and Values

Author : D.P. Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9788180693663
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Environment Evolution and Values written by D.P. Chattopadhyaya and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is mainly concerned with environment evolution and values, -- terms which figure in its very title. The basic underlying concepts of evolution are natural environment highlighted by Lamarck (1744-1829), Heredity and natural selection emphasised by Darwin (1809-1882) and genetic mutation first developed by Mendel (1822-1884). Though these three great life scientists brought to light three main components of biological evolution, these were known and formulated by others for a long time.Nature is ordinarily believed to be a world of facts governed by law of causality and values are said to be rooted in human freedom. The author of this book has paid special attention to the so-called value-fact dualism with special reference to changing theories of evolution, and an attempt has been made to show that the supposed dualism is untenable. This book will be of interest to philosophers, life scientists and social scientists. It will be of interest also to the general readers.

VALUES and the Evolution of Consciousness

Author : Adriana James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692638972
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book VALUES and the Evolution of Consciousness written by Adriana James and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Environmental Epigenetics

Author : L. Joseph Su
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1447166787
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Epigenetics written by L. Joseph Su and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the toxicological and health implications of environmental epigenetics and provides knowledge through an interdisciplinary approach. Included in this volume are chapters outlining various environmental risk factors such as phthalates and dietary components, life states such as pregnancy and ageing, hormonal and metabolic considerations and specific disease risks such as cancer cardiovascular diseases and other non-communicable diseases. Environmental Epigenetics imparts integrative knowledge of the science of epigenetics and the issues raised in environmental epidemiology. This book is intended to serve both as a reference compendium on environmental epigenetics for scientists in academia, industry and laboratories and as a textbook for graduate level environmental health courses. Environmental Epigenetics imparts integrative knowledge of the science of epigenetics and the issues raised in environmental epidemiology. This book is intended to serve both as a reference compendium on environmental epigenetics for scientists in academia, industry and laboratories and as a textbook for graduate level environmental health courses.

Pillars of Evolution

Author : Douglas W. Morris
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0198568800
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Pillars of Evolution written by Douglas W. Morris and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a perspective on adaptive evolution.

The Origin of Values

Author : Michael Hechter
Publisher : AldineTransaction
ISBN 13 : 9780202304465
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Values written by Michael Hechter and published by AldineTransaction. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although values play a leading role in nearly every explanatory theory in the broad realm of the social and behavioral sciences, very little multidisciplinary research material on values is available. Addressing this need, the editors bring together distinguished social scientists, psychologists, and biologists who collaboratively explore fundamental questions about values: What are the determinants of social values, taboos, and ideologies? What are the determinants of individual values? What is the nature of motivations and rewards? Is there an evolutionary basis for the development of values?

Environmental Principles and the Evolution of Environmental Law

Author : Eloise Scotford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782252894
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Principles and the Evolution of Environmental Law written by Eloise Scotford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental principles – from the polluter pays and precautionary principles to the principles of integration and sustainability – proliferate in domestic and international legal and policy discourse, reflecting key goals of environmental protection and sustainable development on which there is apparent political consensus. Environmental principles also have a high profile in environmental law, beyond their popularity as policy and political concepts, as ideas that might unify the subject and provide it with conceptual foundations or boost its delivery of environmental outcomes. However, environmental principles are elusive legal concepts. This book deepens the legal understanding of environmental principles in light of recent legal developments. It analyses the increasing legal effects of environmental principles in different jurisdictions and demonstrates how they are shaping and revealing innovative and evolving bodies of environmental law. This analysis is a step forward in understanding a key feature of modern environmental law and presents a robust methodology for dealing with novel legal concepts in the subject. It also makes a contribution to environmental policy debates and discussions internationally that rely heavily on environmental principles, including their supposed legal effects.

Value and Environmental Education

Author : Dr. Balbinder Singh
Publisher : Friends Publications (India)
ISBN 13 : 939064979X
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Value and Environmental Education written by Dr. Balbinder Singh and published by Friends Publications (India). This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Value denotes the degree of importance of some thing or action, with the aim of determining what actions are best to do or what way is best to live, or to describe the significance of different actions. It may be described as treating actions themselves as abstract objects, putting value to them. It deals with right conduct and living a good life, in the sense that a highly, or at least relatively highly, valuable action may be regarded as ethically "good", and an action of low in value, or somewhat relatively low in value, may be regarded as "bad". What makes an action valuable may in turn depend on the ethic values of the objects it increases, decreases or alters. An object with "ethic value" may be termed an "ethic or philosophic good". Values can be defined as broad preferences concerning appropriate courses of action or outcomes. As such, values reflect a person's sense of right and wrong or what "ought" to be. "Equal rights for all", "Excellence deserves admiration", and "People should be treated with respect and dignity" are representative of values. Values tend to influence attitudes and behavior. Types of values include ethical/moral values, doctrinal/ideological values, social values, and aesthetic values. It is debated whether some values that are not clearly physiologically determined, such as altruism, are intrinsic, and whether some, such as acquisitiveness, should be classified as vices or virtues. Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, earth science, atmospheric science, mathematics, and geography.

Personality, Values, Culture

Author : Ronald Fischer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107087155
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Personality, Values, Culture written by Ronald Fischer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fischer uses evolutionary psychology to explain why people's personality and values are both similar and different across cultures worldwide.

The Blue Line Imperative

Author : Kevin Kaiser
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118510887
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Blue Line Imperative written by Kevin Kaiser and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking guide to making profitable business decisions Do you wonder why your value initiatives aren't providing the payoff you'd hoped for? Could it be because you've been thinking about value all wrong? According to the authors of this groundbreaking guide, there's a very good chance that you have. Using examples from leading companies worldwide, they explain why every decision a company makes either creates value or detracts from it, and why, if they hope to survive and thrive in today's increasingly competitive global marketplace, company leaders must make value-creation the centrepiece of every business decision. Authors Kaiser and Young have dubbed this approach "Blue-Line Management," (BLM), and in this entertaining, highly accessible book, they delineate BLM principles and practices and show you how to implement them in your company. Explains why the failure to properly define and assess value often makes it difficult for the people who manage businesses to effect long-term success Offers guidelines for making the satisfaction of customer needs and wants—i.e. value creation—the driver of all business activities The authors are respected academics at INSEAD, the world's largest and most respected graduate business school, with campuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East

Weed Biology and Ecology in Agroecosystems

Author : Karla Leigh Gage
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889713113
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Weed Biology and Ecology in Agroecosystems written by Karla Leigh Gage and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Author :
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128149698
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Developmental Biology written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Volume 141 focuses on recent research in evolutionary developmental biology, the science studying how changes in development cause the variations that natural selection operate on. Several new hypotheses and models are presented in this volume, and these concern how homology may be properly delineated, how neural crest and placode cells emerged and how they formed the skull and jaw, and how plasticity and developmental symbiosis enable normal development to be regulated by environmental factors. - New models for homology - New hypotheses for the generation of chordates - New models for the roles of plasticity and symbionts in normal development

Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments

Author : Ian Dempsey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642003141
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments written by Ian Dempsey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamic environments abound, encompassing many real-world problems in fields as diverse as finance, engineering, biology and business. A vibrant research literature has emerged which takes inspiration from evolutionary processes to develop problem-solvers for these environments. 'Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments' is a cutting edge volume illustrating current state of the art in applying grammar-based evolutionary computation to solve real-world problems in dynamic environments. The book provides a clear introduction to dynamic environments and the types of change that can occur. This is followed by a detailed description of evolutionary computation, concentrating on the powerful Grammatical Evolution methodology. It continues by addressing fundamental issues facing all Evolutionary Algorithms in dynamic problems, such as how to adapt and generate constants, how to enhance evolvability and maintain diversity. Finally, the developed methods are illustrated with application to the real-world dynamic problem of trading on financial time-series. The book was written to be accessible to a wide audience and should be of interest to practitioners, academics and students, who are seeking to apply grammar-based evolutionary algorithms to solve problems in dynamic environments. 'Foundations in Grammatical Evolution for Dynamic Environments' is the second book dedicated to the topic of Grammatical Evolution.

Modelling Evolution

Author : Eugene Earnshaw-Whyte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315294044
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Modelling Evolution written by Eugene Earnshaw-Whyte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution by natural selection explains the tree of life and the complex adaptations found throughout nature. The power and versatility of evolutionary explanations have proved tempting to scientists outside of biology, but adapting evolutionary concepts to new domains has been challenging. Even within biology, there are many difficult questions and problem cases that face evolutionary theory. Modelling Evolution offers a new, general account of evolution by natural selection that identifies the essential features of evolutionary models that transcend any particular discipline. Evolution by natural selection in its broad sense is the systemic advantage of a type, in contrast to the narrow definition using heritable variation in fitness. This account is explained, contextualised and applied to a variety of questions in both biology and the social sciences. Offering an accessible and comprehensive account of evolution that is applicable both to biology and the broader social sciences, Modelling Evolution will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as biology, economics, sociology, history, and psychology.

Evolutionary Agent-Based Policy Analysis in Dynamic Environments

Author : Volker Nannen
Publisher : V. Nannen
ISBN 13 : 9090241019
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Agent-Based Policy Analysis in Dynamic Environments written by Volker Nannen and published by V. Nannen. This book was released on 2009 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolution and the Machinery of Chance

Author : Marshall Abrams
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226826635
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Evolution and the Machinery of Chance written by Marshall Abrams and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative view of the role of fitness concepts in evolutionary theory. Natural selection is one of the factors responsible for changes in biological populations. Some traits or organisms are fitter than others, and natural selection occurs when there are changes in the distribution of traits in populations because of fitness differences. Many philosophers of biology insist that a trait’s fitness should be defined as an average of the fitnesses of individual members of the population that have the trait. Marshall Abrams argues convincingly against this widespread approach. As he shows, it conflicts with the roles that fitness is supposed to play in evolutionary theory and with the ways that evolutionary biologists use fitness concepts in empirical research. The assumption that a causal kind of fitness is fundamentally a property of actual individuals has resulted in unnecessary philosophical puzzles and years of debate. Abrams came to see that the fitnesses of traits that are the basis of natural selection cannot be defined in terms of the fitnesses of actual members of populations, as philosophers of biology often claim. Rather, it is an overall population-environment system—not actual, particular organisms living in particular environmental conditions—that is the basis of trait fitnesses. Abrams argues that by distinguishing different classes of fitness concepts and the roles they play in the practice of evolutionary biology, we can see that evolutionary biologists’ diverse uses of fitness concepts make sense together and are consistent with the idea that fitness differences cause evolution. Abrams’s insight has broad significance, for it provides a general framework for thinking about the metaphysics of biological evolution and its relations to empirical research. As such, it is a game-changing book for philosophers of biology, biologists who want deeper insight into the nature of evolution, and anyone interested in the applied philosophy of probability.

Foundations of Intelligent Systems

Author : Ning Zhong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540202560
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Intelligent Systems written by Ning Zhong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-10-10 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the papers selected for presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 2003, held in Maebashi City, Japan, 28–31 October, 2003. The symposium was organized by the Maebashi Institute of Technology in co-operation with the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. It was sponsored by the Maebashi Institute of Technology, Maebashi Convention Bureau, Maebashi City Government, Gunma Prefecture Government, US AFOSR/AOARD, the Web Intelligence Consortium (Japan), Gunma Information Service Industry Association, and Ryomo Systems Co., Ltd. ISMIS is a conference series that was started in 1986 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since then it has been held in Charlotte (North Carolina), Knoxville (Tennessee), Turin (Italy), Trondheim (Norway), Warsaw (Poland), Zakopane (Poland), and Lyon (France). The program committee selected the following major areas for ISMIS 2003: active media human-computer interaction, autonomic and evolutionary computation, intelligent agent technology, intelligent information retrieval, intelligent information systems, knowledge representation and integration, knowledge discovery and data mining, logic for artificial intelligence, soft computing, and Web intelligence.

Women Working In The Environment

Author : Carolyn E. Sachs
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135913293
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Women Working In The Environment written by Carolyn E. Sachs and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on theoretical insights from ecofeminism, women and development, and postmodernism, and the convincing empirical work of numerous scholars, this book is organized around five aspects of gender relationships with the environment: Part I-gender divisions of labor, Part 2-property rights, Part 3-knowledge and strategies for sustainability, Part 4-environmental and social movements, and Part 5- policy alternatives. Examining women's relationship with the environment using these five dimensions provides concrete, material examples of how women work with, control, know, and affect the environment and natural resources.