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In search of a theoretical framework of factors influencing work and life balance
2021
Work and life balance (WLB) has gained noticeable attention amid the pandemic. Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, the increasing pace of life encouraged the investigation of individual and organisational aspects of WLB. Physically and mentally healthy people help society develop and grow. Health issues caused by work and life imbalance lead to dissatisfaction with both work and life, which, in turn, leads to higher stress and stress-related illnesses, for instance, burnout. From the organisational point of view, WLB is a factor in analysing the efficiency of an enterprise. The consequences of a work-life imbalance are intentional or unintentional absence, high employee turnover, low prod…
Spatial and temporal patterns of throughfall quantity and quality in a tropical montane forest in Ecuador
2007
Summary In forests, complex canopy processes control the change in volume and chemical composition of rain water. We hypothesize that (i) spatial patterns, (ii) the temporal stability of spatial patterns, and (iii) the temporal course of solute concentrations can be used to explore these processes. The study area at 1950 m above sea level in the south Ecuadorian Andes is far away from anthropogenic emission sources and marine influences. It received ca. 2200 mm of rain annually. We collected rain and throughfall on an event and within-event basis for five precipitation periods between August and October 2005 at up to 25 sites and analyzed the samples for pH and concentrations of K, Na, Ca, …
Bericht des permanenten Sanitäts-Comité der Stadt Riga über seine Wirksamkeit im Jahre 1878
1879
Inhalt: Einleitung ; I. Die Maßnahmen gegen drohende Epidemien ; II. Die Verunreinigungen der Straßen, Höfe, Plätze etc. ; III. Die fließenden und stagnirenden Gewässer ; IV. Die Latrinen und deren Vereinigung ; V. Die Fabriken und gewerblichen Anlagen ; VI. Das Leichen- und Beerdigungswesen ; VII. Die Bibliothek ; BEILAGE : 1. Bericht über den Stadtkanal / Dr. E. Bochmann, F. Weber, H. Malcher ; 3. Untersuchungsresultate der dem Stadtkanal entnommenen Schlammproblem ; 2. Bericht über die W. Franz'sche Knochenküche / Dr. J. Stavenhagen, Berichterstatter, Dr. Gehewe, F. Weber.
Bericht des permanenten Sanitäts-Comité der Stadt Riga über seine Wirksamkeit in den Jahren 1872 und 1873
1874
Inhalt: Einleitung; I. Maßnahmen beim Herannahen oder Ausbruche von Epidemieen ; II. Die Verunreinigungen und Wasseransammlungen / F. Weber ; III. Die Fabriken und gewerblichen Anstalten ; IV. Das Leichen- und Beerdigungswesen ; V. Die Wohnungen ; VI. Die Nahrungsmittel und Getränke und deren Verkaufstellen ; VIII.[!] Die Bibliothek des Sanitäts-Comité.
Governance through Economic Paradigms: Addressing Climate Change by Accounting for Health
2016
"Climate change is a major challenge for sustainable development, impacting human health, wellbeing, security, and livelihoods. While the post-2015 development agenda sets out action on climate change as one of the Sustainable Development Goals, there is little provision on how this can be achieved in tandem with the desired economic progress and the required improvements in health and wellbeing. This paper examines synergies and tensions between the goals addressing climate change and economic progress. We identify reductionist approaches in economics, such as 'externalities', reliance on the metric of the Gross Domestic Product, positive discount rates, and short-term profit targets as so…
Effects of agricultural drainage systems on sediment connectivity in a small Mediterranean lowland catchment
2018
Traditional drainage systems combining man-made channels and subsurface tile drains have been used since Roman times to control water excess in Mediterranean lowland regions, favouring adequate soil water regime for agriculture purposes. However, mechanization of agriculture, abandonment or land use changes lead to a progressive deterioration of these drains in the last decades. The effects of these structures on hydrological and sediment dynamics have been previously analyzed in a small Mediterranean lowland catchment (Can Revull, Mallorca, Spain, 1.4 km2) by establishing an integrated sediment budget with a multi-technique approach. Moreover, the recent advances in morphometric techniques…
Uexküll's <i>Kompositionslehre</i> and Leopold's "land ethic" in dialogue. On the concept of meaning
2013
Uexküll's famous umwelt theory, which is simultaneously a theory of meaning, remains almost unknown in American environmental thought. The purpose of this article is to create a dialogue between the umwelt theory – a source of inspiration for biosemiotics – and one of the major figures of the environmental thought, namely Aldo Leopold. The interest of this dialogue lies in the fact that the environmental thought has much to gain by relying on Uexküll's theory of meaning and, conversely, that Leopold's land ethic is likely to extend Uexküll's thought in terms of ethics.
Livländische Geschichte und Weltgeschichte
1908
Atsevišķs izvilkums no: Baltische Monatsschrift, Jahrgang. 50, Heft.1, Januar 1908.
Evidence of warm and humid interstadials in central Europe during early MIS 3 revealed by a multi-proxy speleothem record
2018
Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3, 57-27 ka) was characterised by numerous rapid climate oscillations (i.e., Dansgaard-Oeschger (D/O-) events), which are reflected in various climate archives. So far, MIS 3 speleothem records from central Europe have mainly been restricted to caves located beneath temperate Alpine glaciers or close to the Atlantic Ocean. Thus, MIS 3 seemed to be too cold and dry to enable speleothem growth north of the Alps in central Europe. Here we present a new speleothem record from Bunker Cave, Germany, which shows two distinct growth phases from 52.0 (+0.8, -0.5) to 50.9 (+0.6, -1.3) ka and 473 (+1.0, -0.6) to 42.8 (+/- 0.9) ka, rejecting this hypothesis. These two growth…
Impact of age, performance and athletic event on injury rates in master athletics - First results from an ongoing prospective study
2014
Objectives: Recent studies have identified rates of injuries in young elite athletes during major athletic events. However, no such data exist on master athletes. The aim of this study was to assess incidence and types of injuries during the 2012 European Veteran Athletics Championships as a function of age, performance and athletic discipline. Methods: Report forms were used to identify injured athletes and injury types. Analysis included age (grouped in five-year bands beginning at age 35 years), athletic event, and age-graded performance. Results: Of the 3154 athletes (53.2 years (SD 12.3)) that participated in the championships (1004 (31.8%) women, 2150 (68.2%) men), 76 were registered …