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Sufficiency in Business : The Transformative Potential of Business for Sustainability
Businesses want to be sustainable but how can they promote sufficiency?Sufficiency-oriented business models focus on creating sustainable value, promoting reduced resource consumption and adjusting production volumes to planetary boundaries.The contributors to this volume present real-life examples of sufficiency-oriented companies across diverse industries.These experts share their insights on sufficiency strategies in business, barriers and opportunities discovered, and the impact on customer behavioural change.They address the far-reaching changes in business, society, and policy required for this paradigm shift and suggest future research directions.
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Visions of Sustainability for Arts Education : Value, Challenge and Potential
This book stems from the 2019 meeting of the UNESCO UNITWIN international network for Arts Education Research for Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development.It presents scholarly, international perspectives on issues surrounding arts education and sustainability that addresses the following questions: What value can the arts add to the education of citizens of the 21st century?; What are the challenges and ways forward to realize the potential of arts education in diverse contexts? The book discusses empirical research and exemplary practices in the arts and arts education around the world, presenting sound theoretical and methodological frames and approaches.It identifies policy implications at national, regional and global levels that cut across social, economic, environmental and cultural dimensions of sustainable development.
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Allelopathy : Potential for Green Agriculture
Allelopathic studies may be defined in various aspects; weed against weed/crop and vice versa.This book focuses on the ways to utilize the allelopathic potential of weeds or crops for controlling weeds in the agroecosystems.Vigorous use of herbicides is poisoning our environment at an alarming rate; allelopathy can be employed as a useful alternative to control weeds naturally under field conditions.The book contains chapters on the history of allelopathy; allelopathic potential of several important crops (rice, wheat, sorghum, maize, mustard, sunflower) and weeds (members of Solanaceae, Convolvulaceae, Asteraceae, Verbenaceae).Moreover, it highlights how the allelopathic potential of these weeds and crops can be employed effectively to suppress weeds under field conditions.The book also discusses topics on the role of allelochemicals in agroecosystems; impact on local flora; biotic stress induced by allelochemicals; mechanism of action of allelochemicals and future prospectiveof allelopathy.Prepared with basic concepts and importance of allelopathy, this book is intended for the agricultural community, botanists, students and researchers.
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What is the difference between equilibrium potential, resting potential, and membrane potential?
Equilibrium potential is the membrane potential at which the net flow of a particular ion across the membrane is zero. Resting potential is the membrane potential of a cell when it is at rest, typically around -70 millivolts in neurons. Membrane potential refers to the difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of a cell, which is maintained by the selective permeability of the cell membrane to different ions. In summary, equilibrium potential is the potential at which there is no net flow of ions, resting potential is the potential of a cell at rest, and membrane potential is the overall potential across the cell membrane.
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What is potential energy or gravitational potential energy?
Potential energy, specifically gravitational potential energy, is the energy an object possesses due to its position in a gravitational field. It is the energy that an object has because of its height above the ground. The higher an object is lifted, the greater its gravitational potential energy. This energy can be converted into kinetic energy when the object is allowed to fall or move downward.
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Does waste reduction go beyond waste recycling?
Yes, waste reduction goes beyond waste recycling. While recycling is an important part of waste management, waste reduction focuses on minimizing the amount of waste produced in the first place. This can be achieved through practices such as reducing packaging, reusing items, and implementing more sustainable production processes. By focusing on waste reduction, we can decrease the overall environmental impact of waste and move towards a more circular and sustainable economy.
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How is the resting potential and membrane potential created?
The resting potential is created by the unequal distribution of ions across the cell membrane. This is maintained by the sodium-potassium pump, which actively transports sodium ions out of the cell and potassium ions into the cell. The membrane potential is created by the separation of charges across the cell membrane, with the inside of the cell being more negatively charged compared to the outside. This is due to the presence of negatively charged proteins inside the cell and the movement of ions across the membrane.
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Potential Russia
Richard Washburn Child was an American author and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy between 1921 and 1924 during the rise of fascism in that country.Earlier, however, Child visited Russia on the eve of the revolution and was greatly impressed with what he saw.He praised the Russians for their spirit and independence.He optimistically believed that Russia was a dormant force ready to liberate itself from its feudal past and spring forward into modernity.He describes Russia’s resources, both natural and human, and attempts to explain the Russian mindset. Child acknowledged rumours of a stirring revolutionary mood, but he did not believe they were accurate.Reading his observations, given what we know would soon happen, is both fascinating and poignant.Child would later go on to be a huge supporter of Mussolini and editor of the dictator’s autobiography. Child urged the United States to establish partnerships with Russia and create opportunities with this powerful nation before other countries beat them to it.He believed that Great Britain was already taking steps to invest in Russia.Child also emphasised the importance of sending representatives to Russia who actually understood the customs and spoke the language.
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Killer Potential
Decisions were made: I made them. Violence was done: I did it. Crime scenes were fled: I fled them. People were hurt: I hurt them. Someone was loved: I loved them. Not everything I did was bad. Just most of it. A scholarship kid with straight As and big dreams, Evie Gordon always thought she was special, that she'd be someone.But after graduating from an elite university, she finds herself drowning in debt and working as an SAT tutor for the super-rich of Los Angeles. Everything changes one Sunday, when she arrives for a weekly lesson at the Victors' Beverly Hills mansion to discover pure carnage: the bloody remains of Mr. and Mrs. Victor sullying their beautiful back garden, and a woman crying for help from within the walls of the family's estate.Within moments, Evie and the woman go from bystanders to suspects to fugitives.Anointed the new Charles Manson by the press, a bloodthirsty ninety-nine percenter hoping to spark a class war, Evie is finally someone. At the heart of a nationwide manhunt, Evie is desperate to clear her name.But first she'll have to break down the barriers of her new companion - who is inscrutable, surprisingly skilled at being on the run, and quickly becoming the most important person in Evie's upside-down life.
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Heavy Metal Contamination in the Environment : Health Impacts and Potential Remediation Approaches
This reference book explores the multifaceted problem of heavy metal contamination in the environment.Through its in-depth analysis, the book provides a thorough overview of the sources and pathways of heavy metals, their persistence in ecosystems, and the resulting health impacts on individuals and ecosystems.The chapters explore the diverse sources of contamination, including industrial activities, mining, agriculture, and urbanization, while examining the types of heavy metals found in the environment and their toxicological properties.The book further reviews the profound health effects associated with heavy metal exposure, such as neurological disorders, developmental abnormalities, carcinogenicity, and organ damage.Furthermore, the book provides insights into risk assessment methodologies, regulatory frameworks, and guidelines aimed at controlling and minimizing heavy metal exposure.It highlights the challenges and gaps in current regulations, identifies potential areas for improvement, and presents analytical techniques for heavy metal analysis and removal.This book is an important source for researchers and professionals working in the fields of environmental science, toxicology, and public health.
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Potential History : Unlearning Imperialism
In this theoretical tour-de-force, renowned scholar Ariella Aïsha Azoulay calls on us to recognize the imperial foundations of knowledge and to refuse its strictures and its many violences. Azoulay argues that the institutions that make our world, from archives and museums to ideas of sovereignty and human rights to history itself, are all dependent on imperial modes of thinking.Imperialism has segmented populations into differentially governed groups, continually emphasised the possibility of progress while trying to destroy what came before, and voraciously sought out the new by sealing the past away in dusty archival boxes and the glass vitrines of museums. By practising what she calls potential history, Azoulay argues that we can still refuse the imperial violence that shattered communities, lives, and worlds, from native peoples in the Americas to the Congo ruled by Belgium's brutal King Léopold II, from dispossessed Palestinians in 1948 to displaced refugees in our own day.In Potential History, Azoulay travels alongside historical companions - an old Palestinian man who refused to leave his village in 1948, an anonymous woman in war-ravaged Berlin, looted objects and documents torn from their worlds and now housed in archives and museums - to chart the ways imperialism has sought to order time, space, and politics. Rather than looking for a new future, Azoulay calls upon us to rewind history and unlearn our imperial rights, to continue to refuse imperial violence by making present what was invented as "past" and making the repair of torn worlds the substance of politics.
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What is the difference between potential and potential difference?
Potential refers to the amount of stored energy in an object due to its position or state, while potential difference is the difference in potential energy between two points in a system. In other words, potential is a scalar quantity that represents the energy at a single point, while potential difference is a vector quantity that represents the change in energy between two points. Potential is measured in joules, while potential difference is measured in volts.
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What is the resting potential and the membrane potential?
The resting potential is the electrical potential difference across the membrane of a neuron when it is not being stimulated. It is typically around -70 millivolts and is maintained by the unequal distribution of ions across the membrane. The membrane potential refers to the difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of the cell membrane, which is essential for the transmission of signals in neurons.
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What is a potential difference and what is a potential?
A potential difference, also known as voltage, is the difference in electric potential between two points in an electric circuit. It is measured in volts and represents the amount of work needed to move a unit of electric charge between the two points. Potential, on the other hand, refers to the electric potential energy per unit charge at a specific point in an electric field. It is a scalar quantity that helps determine the direction in which electric charges will move in a circuit.
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What is the difference between action potential and resting potential?
Resting potential is the electrical charge across the cell membrane of a neuron when it is not sending signals. It is typically around -70 millivolts. Action potential, on the other hand, is a brief electrical impulse that travels down the axon of a neuron when it is stimulated. It is a rapid change in the membrane potential from negative to positive, and it is the basis for neural communication. In summary, resting potential is the baseline electrical charge of a neuron, while action potential is the transient change in electrical charge that allows for communication between neurons.
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