Not Madness but Business

2013 ◽  
pp. 96-127
Author(s):  
Murat Çetin
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Building Practice ◽  
Current Paradigm

This chapter aims to shed light on the nature of the current paradigm shift in the field of architecture and building sector towards a concern for environmental problems, ecological awareness, and thus, sustainable design, green technologies, and materials. Having conceived architecture and building practices as one of the leading economic activities globally, this chapter elucidates the role of architecture in creating business opportunities. The chapter tackles the subject from the perspective of technology and it analyzes the recent debates as well as developments in theory of architecture and building practice in construction industry. This chapter mainly argues that the ongoing paradigm shift moves beyond mere concern with environmental issues and creates an industry and economy of its own. The chapter introduces key concepts in the fields of green building and green architecture.

scholarly journals How the Current Paradigm Shift is Changing Our Understanding of Ethics

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Chet W Sisk
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Basic Belief ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Current Paradigm

In this paper I will share the evidence of a world-wide so-cio-spiritual paradigm shift in our basic belief systems. This shift is leading to a realignment of our ethical ap-proach to common questions and requires a different col-lective approach in navigating the subject of ethics. I will also share what those different collective approaches can look like.

Green Building – Towards Sustainable Architecture

2016 ◽  
Vol 824 ◽  
pp. 751-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Bielek
Keyword(s):  
Green Building ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
Ecological Protection ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Clean Manufacturing ◽  
Material Energy ◽  
Physical And Chemical

The economic activities of man. The increase in the volume of emissions in atmosphere. The rise of global temperature. The biocapacity of the Earth. Ecological footprint. Ecological debt. Renewable sources of energy as a tool for increasing the capital of nature. A united energy market from fossil sources and renewable sources. Transformation of an economy to low energy and low emission technologies for manufacturing and to ecologically clean manufacturing products. The reaction of world science in the field of technology in architecture. Climate defined by physical and chemical parameters. Green architecture. Strategic fields for saving or rational utilization of green buildings – material, energy and water resources. Trends in the application of green building in the field of materials (to ecologically clean materials and the ecological manufacturing of materials), in the field of energy (to ecologically clean resources and ecological energy conversion) and in the field of water (to ecologically clean natural resources and their ecological protection). Sustainable development of society. Green building, process of creating the design and structure of the project ́s strategy. Basic structure of the strategy defining the principles and concepts of green building. Internal structure of the strategy emphasizing the principles and concepts of green building.

scholarly journals The Role of the Ecological Awareness and the Influence on Food Preferences in Shaping Pro-Ecological Behavior of Young Consumers

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 345
Author(s):  
Bogdan Wierzbiński ◽  
Tomasz Surmacz ◽  
Wiesława Kuźniar ◽  
Lucyna Witek
Keyword(s):  
Latent Variables ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Hidden Variables ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Young Consumers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ecological Behavior

Pro-ecological behavior of consumers on the food market is conditioned by many factors, among which the literature on the subject particularly indicates, is high environmental awareness. Among other factors, the influence of social groups is also emphasized, in relation to young consumers; these are mainly peers and friends, which was confirmed by the authors’ research. The aim of the research was to identify the role of ecological awareness and influence on the food purchasing habits of young consumers in shaping their pro-ecological behavior. Based on the literature on the subject, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the empirical material, reducing the number of dimensions through the use of factor analysis. Analyzing the collected material, the authors proposed three latent variables—ecological awareness (EA), impact on food preferences (IFP), and ecological behavior (EB). Hidden variables were defined by explicit variables, and the whole was characterized in the light of the literature. The research results indicated that there are significant correlations between all latent variables, however the strongest one could be observed between EA and EB. This proves that the ecological behavior of young consumers is strongly determined by their environmental awareness.

scholarly journals The reducing of construction industry influence on climate change by implementation of green building principles

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Тetiana I. Kryvomaz ◽  
Antonina M. Savchenko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Climatic Information

The construction industry has a significant impact on climate change due to the urbanization increase, as cities consume 75% of the world's natural resources and contribute 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, the construction and the built environment directly depend on a number of climatic factors. Climatic information is used at all stages of the construction project: concept development, technical design, organization and conduct of construction works, operation of buildings and structures, repair and reconstruction, destruction, utilization and recycling. The role of the construction industry in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and reducing the impact on climate change through the implementation of green building principles is analyzed. Green building aims to minimize the negative impact on the environment, and innovative green technologies reduce carbon emissions.

Research on Evaluation Principle and Method for Green Building

2012 ◽  
Vol 193-194 ◽  
pp. 125-128
Author(s):  
Bing Yan
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
Evaluation Tools ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Research On Evaluation ◽  
Green Architecture ◽  
Architecture Evaluation ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
Building Practice

The architecture of green building is a complex system engineering, it urgently need to build the green building evaluation tools as technical support for operation, and make the multi-level partners who participated in the construction process form the consensus. At present, some related evaluation system has been used for this, but they are not quite suitable for the related factors in building practice activity. Several key problems involved in the construction of green building evaluation tools must hold, such as the evaluation definition, the evaluation purpose, the structure frame, the evaluation scope, the operation index, etc. This paper point out the evaluation tool must have a clear goal for the behavior that would use it or use it as the ultimate objective. The evaluation tool should be concise, seize those important factors, and make its level in order, and finally build the green architecture evaluation system that is consistent with their requirement.

scholarly journals FUNDAMENTAL OF SYSTEMIC ECONOMY

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-494
Author(s):  
Vladimir G. Gusakov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activities ◽  
Real Material ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Development Evaluation ◽  
Current Setting ◽  
Target Effect ◽  
Economy System

Economy is a system, including a set of levers and regulatory mechanisms, methods and measures for support and development, evaluation methods, schemes and models of strategic devices and tools, current setting, etc. In this regard, system economics implies a whole set of measures and instruments in the appropriate system to achieve the target effect. Then the economy system can be represented as a scientifically ordered economy, where all structural components have their place and fulfill the role of functioning as a holistic system and allow you to get the programmed result. Such an economy eliminates the spontaneity of development and inconsistency of actions of a set of measures and instruments. However, in Belarus the subject of system of the economy has not yet developed, therefore all sections of the economy are presented separately, does not allow to achieve synergetic efficiency of economic entities in practice.Research shows that system economics has its well-established infrastructure. It has five main levels: nanoeconomics, microeconomics, mesoеconomics, macroeconomics and megaeconomics. System Economics goes back to the intelligence, persisted in innovation, it not only represents a balanced interaction of measures and levers, but “doing” is based on the latest ideas, innovations and high technologies.It is established that the first pattern is the system of Economics is based on intelligence. Regardless of the field generator for the reproduction and sustainability is a scientific-innovative potential. Another natural system of the economy should be the emphasis on real material production, although it is assumed the optimum balance of real (material) and intangible industries. The balance of industries in different spheres of employment – is an essential attribute of any modern economic infrastructure, driven by the mechanisms of the system of the economy.In this regard, the article emphasizes that systematizing ideas and innovations constitute the main value of human capital determines his level of competition, the ability to be proactive. Capital creative individuals, primarily scientists, should be considered as the fundamental base for generating new ideas, the ability to select personnel and to encourage them to develop new competitive solutions for the more significant results of economic activities.

scholarly journals System of Zakat and Ushr – A Paradigm Shift after Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 411-420
Author(s):  
Umbreen Samra ◽  
Muhammad Saad Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
The State ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Eighteenth Amendment ◽  
Income Tax Law ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Agricultural Areas

Zakat and Ushr are important instruments of the Islamic fiscal system. It is an obligatory practice of Islam aiming to help the society and give the deprived ones a better life and opportunities. The fundamentals of the Zakat and Ushr system are clearly defined by Shariah however, its collection and distribution is the responsibility of the state. In this regard, Zakat and Ushr Ordinance 1980 was implemented in Pakistan. The 18th Constitutional Amendment was notified in the Gazette of Pakistan on April 20, 2010. This amendment has redefined the structural contours of the state through a paradigm shift from a heavily centralized to a predominantly decentralized federation. In this regard ministry of Zakat and Ushr was devolved at the federal level and powers were given to provinces to make legislations regarding the subject. After this change provinces made the respective legislations for Zakat and Ushr. In this article, this provincial legislation is reviewed to find out their harmony with the Income Tax Law and practical steps are suggested to achieve the very purpose of these legislations.  These steps will increase the collection of Zakat and Ushr that would be helpful to alleviate the poverty and overcome the financial problems of our masses predominantly from agricultural areas of Pakistan. This paper aims to discuss the role of zakat and Ushr as a mechanism for poverty eradication. For this article, qualitative research methodology is used. The content analysis method is adopted for comparison, quantify and analyze the data. Available data on the subject, both in Shariah and conventional law, has been analyzed in detail.

Top-Down Processing and Visual Reorientation Illusions in a Virtual Reality Environment

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred W. Mast ◽  
Charles M. Oman
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Line Length ◽  
Perceptual Cues ◽  
Virtual Reality Environment ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Processing Mechanisms

The role of top-down processing on the horizontal-vertical line length illusion was examined by means of an ambiguous room with dual visual verticals. In one of the test conditions, the subjects were cued to one of the two verticals and were instructed to cognitively reassign the apparent vertical to the cued orientation. When they have mentally adjusted their perception, two lines in a plus sign configuration appeared and the subjects had to evaluate which line was longer. The results showed that the line length appeared longer when it was aligned with the direction of the vertical currently perceived by the subject. This study provides a demonstration that top-down processing influences lower level visual processing mechanisms. In another test condition, the subjects had all perceptual cues available and the influence was even stronger.

Posttransplant CMV infection and the role of immunosuppression (Sponsor: Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nürnberg)

2016 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 4-10
Keyword(s):  
Lower Incidence ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Mtor Inhibitor ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Expert Panel ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
Cmv Infection ◽  
Expert Meeting ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractImmunosuppression permits graft survival after transplantation and consequently a longer and better life. On the other hand, it increases the risk of infection, for instance with cytomegalovirus (CMV). However, the various available immunosuppressive therapies differ in this regard. One of the first clinical trials using de novo everolimus after kidney transplantation [1] already revealed a considerably lower incidence of CMV infection in the everolimus arms than in the mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) arm. This result was repeatedly confirmed in later studies [2–4]. Everolimus is now considered a substance with antiviral properties. This article is based on the expert meeting “Posttransplant CMV infection and the role of immunosuppression”. The expert panel called for a paradigm shift: In a CMV prevention strategy the targeted selection of the immunosuppressive therapy is also a key element. For patients with elevated risk of CMV, mTOR inhibitor-based immunosuppression is advantageous as it is associated with a significantly lower incidence of CMV events.

The future role of the psychiatrist in Europe – a UEMS perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
M. Hermans
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Future Role ◽  
Personal Opinion ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many

SummaryThe author presents his personal opinion inviting to discussion on the possible future role of psychiatrists. His view is based upon the many contacts with psychiatrists all over Europe, academicians and everyday professionals, as well as the familiarity with the literature. The list of papers referred to is based upon (1) the general interest concerning the subject when representing ideas also worded elsewhere, (2) the accessibility to psychiatrists and mental health professionals in Germany, (3) being costless downloadable for non-subscribers and (4) for some geographic aspects (e.g. Belgium, Spain, Sweden) and the latest scientific issues, addressing some authors directly.

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