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Environmental Racism and Biased Methods of Risk Assessment [PDF]
, 1996 Based on analysis of a risk assessment for a proposed Louisiana uranium enrichment facility, the authors argue that environmental injustice occurs when assessors\u27 scientific methods cause de facto ...
Shrader-Frechette, Kristin S. +1 more
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The accident of logical constants [PDF]
, 2020 Work on the nature and scope of formal logic has focused unduly on the distinction between logical and extra-logical vocabulary; which argument forms a logical theory countenances depends not only on its stock of logical terms, but also on its range of ...
Haze, Tristan Grøtvedt
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Dialectical Strategic Planning in Aristotle [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this paper is to give an account and a rational reconstruction of the heuristic advice provided by Aristotle in the Topics and Prior Analytics in regard to the difficulty or ease of strategic planning in the context of a dialectical ...
Drehe, Iovan
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As social and environmental challenges intensify, the EU has introduced the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), mandating sustainability reporting through the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The standards mandate a double materiality assessment but leave uncertainty about the structure and contents of the ...
Jørgen Kjøsen Lindgren +2 more
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This paper reports on the results of a security analysis of the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS) specifications. ERTMS is designed to be fail-safe and the general philosophy of ‘if in doubt, stop the train’ makes it difficult to ...
Bloomfield, R. +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei +1 more
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Current Situation and Development Trend of Petrochemical Industry Emergency Logistics
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2016 With the fast development and strategic layout of the petrochemical industry in recent years, the infrastructure of petrochemical logistics also achieved rapid development.
J.F. Zhao, C.X. Suo, Y. Yang, Z.H. Zhang
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Creativity and its link to epilepsy
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Creative thinking represents one of our highest‐order cognitive processes, involving multiple cortical structures and an intricate interplay between several cortical and subcortical networks. It results in novel ideas that translate to useful products or concepts. The evolutionary purpose of creativity is therefore apparent, as it advances our
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L. Pearl
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Aristotelian Presocratics A Look at Aristotle\'s Interpretation of Presocratic Phiolosophers
Metaphysics, 2015 Aristotle's understanding of Presocratic philosophers and his interpretation of their theses based on his own framework has always been a matter of dispute among scholars. His role of representing them as one of the main sources of Presocratic philosophy
Mehdi Qavam Safari
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Lactation, Childrearing, and Gender Justice
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss the significance of early infant feeding choices for the goal of gender justice. Focusing on human lactation practices, I identify Exclusive Gestational Nursing (EGN) as the norm in advanced industrial societies, which creates the expectation and permission for gestators, and only gestators, to nurse children, and ...
Jenny Brown
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