[PDF] Toward Better Knowledge eBook

Author : Sonia Ryang
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0739132075

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We are told, time and again, that North Koreans are loyal to their leader, that they would do anything, even die for him, and that they are fiercely proud and nationalistic. But to an equal extent, we are told that they are oppressed, suffering, and ready to rise against the evil dictator. What do we know beyond or between these opposing assumptions? We are not well equipped with the conceptual tools that could lead us beyond the current securitization of our discourses on North Korea, while undercurrents of regarding North Koreans as less human continue in these discourses. This volume attempts to multiply the angles from which we can look at North Korea by reassessing the international environment in which it is placed, the process of production of its culture, and the historical paths it has followed. Due to the new approach the volume takes, reading these pages will be an eye-opening experience not only for experts, but also for lay readers and anyone interested in peace keeping in Korea, Northeast Asia, and beyond.

Author : Wojciech Wachowski
Publisher : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Cognitive grammar
ISBN : 9781788743457

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The general aim of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of metonymy, using the theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics. The book argues for a conceptual rather than purely linguistic basis for metonymy and explores distinctions between metonymy and other figurative language.

Author : Stephen L. Vargo
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,28 MB
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1780529120

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This special issue of the Review of Marketing Research is devoted to a better understanding of the role of value in markets and marketing.

Author : Joseph Rouse
Publisher :
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 22,4 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780801497131

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This lucidly written book examines the social and political significance of the natural sciences through a detailed and original account of science as an interpretive social practice.

Author : Ann-Kathrin Veenendaal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030161072

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This book analyzes how companies and employees can endogenously, i.e., without hiring external experts or consultants, achieve competitive advantages by deviating from behavioral standards in a productive way. The study explores eight transformative behavioral innovations that shaped the development of sports and, by analogy, uses the findings to advance solutions for prevalent problems in business. By developing triggers to creativity and applying mechanisms on how to overcome innovation resistance, the book gives concrete advice on how to manage the difficult quest of human transformation beyond the imperative of technological innovation.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 22,86 MB
Release : 2012-01-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309222222

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Motivated by the explosion of molecular data on humans-particularly data associated with individual patients-and the sense that there are large, as-yet-untapped opportunities to use this data to improve health outcomes, Toward Precision Medicine explores the feasibility and need for "a new taxonomy of human disease based on molecular biology" and develops a potential framework for creating one. The book says that a new data network that integrates emerging research on the molecular makeup of diseases with clinical data on individual patients could drive the development of a more accurate classification of diseases and ultimately enhance diagnosis and treatment. The "new taxonomy" that emerges would define diseases by their underlying molecular causes and other factors in addition to their traditional physical signs and symptoms. The book adds that the new data network could also improve biomedical research by enabling scientists to access patients' information during treatment while still protecting their rights. This would allow the marriage of molecular research and clinical data at the point of care, as opposed to research information continuing to reside primarily in academia. Toward Precision Medicine notes that moving toward individualized medicine requires that researchers and health care providers have access to very large sets of health- and disease-related data linked to individual patients. These data are also critical for developing the information commons, the knowledge network of disease, and ultimately the new taxonomy.