Der Einfluss der Kapazitätsgröße und -auslastung auf den Kostenverlauf ausgewählter Hilfskostenstellen von Molkereien - Abteilung Dampfversorgung

Die Kostenanalyse zur Bestimmung des Einflusses der Kapazitätsgröße und -auslastung auf den Kostenverlauf von Hilfskostenstellen (Hilfsabteilungen) erfolgt mit Hilfe von Modellkalkulationen. Eine spezielle Form der Teilkostenrechnung ermöglicht die Zurechnung der Kosten nach Kostenkategorien (jahresfix, tagesfix, ggf. chargenfix und mengenproportional) auf die entsprechenden Kostenträger (z. B. Kälte, Dampf) der jeweiligen Hilfskostenstelle. Durch computergestützte Simulationen können die Auswirkungen der verschiedenen Kosteneinflußfaktoren im einzelnen quantifiziert werden

Options to Reform the European Union Legislation on GMOs: Scope and Definitions

We discuss options to reform the EU genetically modified organisms (GMO) regulatory framework, make risk assessment and decision-making more consistent with scientific principles, and lay the groundwork for international coherence. The first in a three-part series, this article focuses on reform options related to the scope of the legislation and the GMO definition

Conclusions: a proposal for a brave new world of conceptual reflexivity

[Extract] "Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your action, your actions become your destiny" These verses from Mahatma Gandhi largely capture the premise for this volume, althought we might replace 'your' with a collective 'our', and emphasize the bi-directional relations between the verses. Environmental social scientists must work proactively to facilitate learning, by acknowledging and enabling the knowledgeable, competent, and reflexive efforts by a variety of actors in our contemporary, global society. Learning for environmental change will have to engage all levels and spheres of society, confronting issues of structural inertia, cultural ignorance and conflicting societal interests. Crucial questions entail how individual and collective actors, lay persons and experts, develop the reflexive capability to promote change, and counteract structural and cultural forces that prevent change

Arts based approaches for sustainability

The arts encompass a broad and diverse landscape of interrelated creative practices and professions, including performance arts (including music, dance, drama, and theatre), literary arts (including literature, story, and poetry), and the visual arts (including painting, design, film) (see UNESCO, 2006). They have been explicitly linked to sustainable development in higher education at a global level through UNESCO’s Road Map for Arts Education (UNESCO, 2006) and The Seoul Agenda: Goals for the Development of Arts Education (UNESCO, 2010). Specifically, the arts have been deployed to promote human rights, enhancing education, promoting cultural diversity, enhancing well-being and, most broadly, “to resolving the social and cultural challenges facing today’s world” (UNESCO, 2010: 8)..