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Author : Leo van Bergen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Leprosy
ISBN : 9813250585
Author : Leo van Bergen
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789814722834
The story of leprosy in the Dutch East Indies from the beginning of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th reveals important themes in the colonial enterprise across the territory that is today’s Indonesia. Operating in a territory with only a few hundred Western-trained doctors and a population in the tens of millions, Dutch colonial officials approached leprosy with uncertainty and anxiety. In the early 19th century, the Dutch administration simply removed sufferers from public view: campaigns targetted anyone “looking ugly”. Towards the end of the century, colonial science considered leprosy a hereditary disease of tropical subjects, and therefore undeserving of the colonial government’s limited resources. The leprosariums were emptied. At the start of the 20th century, a growing understanding that leprosy was spread by a bacillus caused a panic that leprosy might spread from the tropics to the colonial metropole. The mixed emotions of pity, fear and revulsion associated with management of the disease intensified, and fed into broader debates on colonial policy. The experts were unsure, and resources were never forthcoming, and despite a view that “bacteria are the same everywhere”, Dutch leprosy treatment in the East Indies mobilized traditional healing practices and relied on home care. Leo van Bergen’s detailed, attentive study to changing policies for treatment and prevention of leprosy (now often called Hansen’s disease) is fascinating medical history, and provides a useful lens for understanding colonialism in Indonesia.
Author : Mauro Capocci
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031388057
Author : Leo van Bergen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498595773
The Dutch East Indies Red Cross (NIRK) took action in 1873 when the Aceh War broke out, which lasted several decades. In this war the organization’s neutrality was tested, but it turned out not to be an issue. Neutrality was a concept for European wars between “civilized” countries, not applicable in colonial wars. As a consequence, aid was tailored to the needs of the Dutch East Indian Army. This also showed itself in a statutory change making aid not only possible during “war”’ but also in case of “uprising.” After the war ended several decades of “peace”—if peace is a proper term in colonial circumstances—followed. They were used to be prepared in case of an attack by a foreign enemy. For this “peace-work,” societal work of the Red Cross, was deemed important. This means that it was not an aim in itself, but seen as practice for the war task. It also had to avoid the Red Cross becoming invisible and lose popularity, for only with enough (wo)men active the war task could be fulfilled. When war came, preparation turned out to have been in vain. Japan quickly conquered the archipelago. It forbade the organization only making use of some local branches when this came in handy. However, it proved not to be the end of the NIRK. When after the war independence was declared by Indonesian nationalists, the Netherlands send an army “to restore law and order.” In the war that followed, Red Cross-work became part of military carrot-and-stick strategy, trying to get the population back on Dutch side, and hoping that patients would inform the doctor with military information. The Red Cross not only had a humanitarian but a national task to fulfill.
Author : Frederick Vettese
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781778522390
Canada’s most trusted resource on retirement income, updated for tumultuous times As the global economy faces uncertainty in the face of high inflation — at levels seen only twice before in this century — and the specter of recession looms, individuals in retirement or near to it are understandably anxious about living well long-term. Canadians need the tools to make better-informed choices to turn their retirement savings into retirement income for life. This revised and updated edition: • Explains how higher interest rates and higher inflation present both new opportunities and challenges to retirees • Illustrates how the expansion of the CPP (which started in 2019) will affect upcoming retirees • Examines the impact of inflation on the deferral of CPP and OAS pensions • Explores whether level-income annuities are still relevant and asks whether there are better products on the market • Provides a revamped retirement calculator Actuary Frederick Vettese demystifies a complex and often frightening subject and provides practical, actionable advice. With over one thousand Canadians turning 65 every day, the cultivation of good decumulation practices — the way in which you draw down assets in retirement— has become an urgent matter that no one can afford to ignore.
Author : Sruthi S,Pawanjeet Kaur,Dr. Aarti Sharma,Debajani Nayak,Dr. Manoj Kumar Chande,Dr Sagarika Saha
Publisher : RED'SHINE Publication. Pvt. Ltd
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789393239662
Author : Sir George MACKENZIE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1691
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0025051462
Author : Dirk Klimkeit
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031503450
Author : Sharda S. Nandram,Puneet K. Bindlish
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319522319
In this book, experts discuss whether volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) represent a challenge or a business opportunity. More intense debates on global climate change, increased turbulence in financial quarters, increased job insecurity and high levels of stress at the workplace are attracting attention in the context of organization behavior and entrepreneurship. Fear and confusion have become part and parcel of business, often undermining trust, cooperation and inspiration. As a response, a new way of organizing self-management has emerged. The book combines practical wisdom from East and West, to develop integrative self-management theory and practice; provides direction to support an integrative mind-set, integrative organization and integrative leadership; and presents VUCA as an opportunity and necessity for development and growth, rather than a threat.
Author : Coco Krumme
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780593331132
How optimization took over the world and the urgent case for a new approach Optimization is the driving principle of our modern world. We now can manufacture, transport, and organize things more cheaply and faster than ever. Optimized models underlie everything from airline schedules to dating site matches. We strive for efficiency in our daily lives, obsessed with productivity and optimal performance. How did a mathematical concept take on such outsize cultural shape? And what is lost when efficiency is gained? Optimal Illusions traces the fascinating history of optimization from its roots in America’s founding principles to its modern manifestations, found in colorful stories of oil tycoons, wildlife ecologists, Silicon Valley technologists, lifestyle gurus, sugar beet farmers, and poker players. Optimization is now deeply embedded in the technologies and assumptions that have come to comprise not only our material reality but what we make of it. Coco Krumme’s work in mathematical modeling has made her acutely aware of optimization’s overreach. Streamlined systems are less resilient and more at risk of failure. They limit our options and narrow our perspectives. The malaise of living in an optimized society can feel profoundly inhumane. Optimal Illusions exposes the sizable bargains we have made in the name of optimization and asks us to consider what comes next.
Author : Zoe Detsi-Diamanti
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0815333048
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Zoe Desti-Demanti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317776383
First published in 1999. Although contemporary feminist criticism has mainly focused upon American women playwrights of the twentieth century-women, there is evidence that a feminist tradition rooted deep in the nationalistic and democratic impulses of the American nation existed more than a hundred years before these women started writing. It may come as a surprise to some readers that a significant but overlooked number of women playwrights vitally contributed to the development of early American drama. This study covers the period between 1775 and 1860, a time when American men and women struggled to define themselves and their place in response to the radical economic and institutional transformations which characterized that period. Based on the assumption that women's experience of the world differs from men's, the author tries to show that the plays of my study are sites of gender inscriptions as well as collective evidence that late-eighteenth and nineteenth-century men and women were affected differently by the economic, political, and social changes that were taking place in America at that time.
Author : Vinay Couto,John Plansky,Deniz Caglar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119268536
A practical approach to business transformation Fit for Growth* is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research, the experts at PwC’s Strategy& lay out a winning framework that helps CEOs and senior executives transform their organizations for sustainable, profitable growth. This approach gives structure to strategy while promoting lasting change. Examples from Strategy&’s hundreds of clients illustrate successful transformation on the ground, and illuminate how senior and middle managers are able to take ownership and even thrive during difficult periods of transition. Throughout the Fit for Growth process, the focus is on maintaining consistent high-value performance while enabling fundamental change. Strategy& has helped major clients around the globe achieve significant and sustained results with its research-backed approach to restructuring and cost reduction. This book provides practical guidance for leveraging that expertise to make the choices that allow companies to: Achieve growth while reducing costs Manage transformation and transition productively Create lasting competitive advantage Deliver reliable, high-value performance Sustainable success is founded on efficiency and high performance. Companies are always looking to do more with less, but their efforts often work against them in the long run. Total business transformation requires total buy-in, and it entails a series of decisions that must not be made lightly. The Fit for Growth approach provides a clear strategy and practical framework for growth-oriented change, with expert guidance on getting it right. *Fit for Growth is a registered service mark of PwC Strategy& Inc. in the United States
Author : Gerd Gigerenzer,Reinhard Selten
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262571641
In a complex and uncertain world, humans and animals make decisions under the constraints of limited knowledge, resources, and time. Yet models of rational decision making in economics, cognitive science, biology, and other fields largely ignore these real constraints and instead assume agents with perfect information and unlimited time. About forty years ago, Herbert Simon challenged this view with his notion of "bounded rationality." Today, bounded rationality has become a fashionable term used for disparate views of reasoning. This book promotes bounded rationality as the key to understanding how real people make decisions. Using the concept of an "adaptive toolbox," a repertoire of fast and frugal rules for decision making under uncertainty, it attempts to impose more order and coherence on the idea of bounded rationality. The contributors view bounded rationality neither as optimization under constraints nor as the study of people's reasoning fallacies. The strategies in the adaptive toolbox dispense with optimization and, for the most part, with calculations of probabilities and utilities. The book extends the concept of bounded rationality from cognitive tools to emotions; it analyzes social norms, imitation, and other cultural tools as rational strategies; and it shows how smart heuristics can exploit the structure of environments.
Author : David Garland,Richard Sparks
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198299427
The questions that animate this collection of essays concern the challenges that are posed for criminology by the economic, cultural, and political transformations that have marked late 20th century social life.
