Absolute and relative motion

Modern philosophy of physics debates whether motion is absolute or relative. The debate began in the 1600s, so it deserves a close look here. Primarily, it was a controversy in metaphysics, but it had epistemic aspects too. I begin with the former, and then touch upon the latter at the end

From evidence to practice:development of web-based Dutch lipid reference values

Introduction: In the Netherlands, the total number of yearly measured lipid profiles exceeds 500,000. While lipid values are strongly affected by age and sex, until recently, no up-to-date age- and sex-specific lipid reference values were available. We describe the translation of big-cohort lipid data into accessible reference values, which can be easily incorporated in daily clinical practice. Methods: Lipid values (total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides) from all healthy adults and children in the LifeLines cohort were used to generate age- and sex-specific percentiles. A combination of RStudio, Cascading Style Sheets and HyperText Markup Language was used to interactively display the percentiles in a responsive web layout. Results: After exclusion of subjects reporting cardiovascular disease or lipid-lowering therapy at baseline, 141,611 subjects were included. On the website, input fields were created for age, sex and all main plasma lipids. Upon input of these values, corresponding percentiles are calculated, and output is displayed in a table and an interactive graph for each lipid. The website has been made available in both Dutch and English and can be accessed at www.lipidtools.com. Conclusion: We constructed the first searchable, national lipid reference value tool with graphical display in the Netherlands to use in screening for dyslipidaemias and to reduce the underuse of lipid-lowering therapy in Dutch primary prevention. This study illustrates that data collected in big-cohort studies can be made easily accessible with modern digital techniques and preludes the digital health revolution yet to come

Perencanaan Suksesi pada Perusahaan Keluarga PT. Starindo Jaya Packaging

Perencanaan suksesi menjadi faktor penting agar Perusahaan keluarga dapat bertumbuh dan berkembang dengan baik. Penelitian ini membahas perencanaan suksesi pada Perusahaan keluarga PT. Starindo Jaya Packaging. Kebanyakan Perusahaan keluarga di Indonesia, belum memiliki perencanaan suksesi. Oleh karena itu, peneliti tertarik untuk melakukan penelitian mengenai perencanaan suksesi di PT. Starindo Jaya Packaging. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menganalisis elemen-elemen yang dipersiapkan untuk perencanaan suksesi pada Perusahaan keluarga PT. Starindo Jaya Packaging. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Pengumpulan data menggunakan metode wawancara semi terstuktur, kemudian menguji keabsahan data menggunakan teknik triangulasi sumber. Dalam menetapkan narasumber, peneliti menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Hasil yang diperoleh pada penelitian ini adalah Perusahaan sudah memiliki perencanaan suksesi tetapi untuk waktu pelaksanaan perencanaan suksesi masih belum diketahui. Dari penelitian disimpulkan bahwa persiapan calon suksesor dalam perencanaan suksesi ini dilakukan dengan memberi pelatihan dan pengalaman kerja agar nantinya suksesi dapat berjalan dengan baik

Succession Management and its impact on Family Business

If your CEO has a sudden heart attack, do you know who will take the chief executive's place? What if your top executives are wooed away to another firm? Do you have the next generation of leaders ready to fill those roles? The only way to reduce the effect of lost leadership is through a strong succession planning program that identifies and fosters the next generation of leaders through mentoring, training and stretch assignments, so they are ready to take the helm when the time comes. Research also supports sound succession planning. “Every company has a succession planning document,” says David Larcker, a professor in the graduate school of business at Stanford University. The question you have to ask is, “Will it be operational?" The Roadmap of this paper offers the importance of succession management, its benefits, process of succession management, succession management and family business issues etc.Jim Skinner, former CEO of McDonald's Corp., was known to tell managers: "Give me the names of two people who could succeed you." It was just one way the CEO continued the culture of succession planning at McDonald's.It was an understandable priority considering Skinner only landed in the role in 2005 after two other CEO's died suddenly over the course of just two years. And when he retired in 2012, Skinner was confident that his successor, Chief Operating Officer Don Thompson, was ready to take over, because he spent much of his seven years mentoring him."I basically felt the responsibility to the board of directors to be sure I provided them with someone who could run the company when I'm gone," Skinner told Fortune a year before his retirement. "Until I was capable of doing that, I would not have left."This kind of leadership level commitment to training and mentoring the next generation is a vital component of succession planning. And while most executives understand the importance of succession planning efforts, few of them believe their organization excels in this category.

Mentoring dalam Proses Suksesi Kepemimpinan Bisnis Keluarga pada PT Abd

Mentoring adalah rangkaian aktivitas yang dilakukan oleh banyak Perusahaan keluarga untuk mendukung keberhasilan proses suksesi kepemimpinan bisnis keluarga. PT ABD sedang dalam tahap melakukan mentoring untuk menyiapkan suksesor. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan karakteristik mentor dan mentee, dan aktivitas-aktivitas mentoring yang terjadi pada mentoring dalam proses suksesi kepemimpinan pada bisnis keluarga. Jenis penelitan ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif dengan metode eksploratif. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara dan pengamatan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, terdapat aktivitas-aktivitas dalam mentoring yang masih kurang sepenuhnya dijalankan, khususnya pada aktivitas memfasilitasi. Selain itu ada kekurangan pada karakteristik mentor, yaitu kurang pakar dalam melatih mentee

Walking the tightrope between family and business; longitudinal reflections of a Family Business Advisor

This longitudinal study of the relationship between a Family Business Advisor (FBA) and client confirms that the advisory relationship is complex, evolutionary and influenced by multiple factors. The relationship passes through phases, the nature and relative importance of each varying with changes in the structure of the business, the role and expectations of the family, the level of trust between the FBA and the client, and the market in which the business is operating. Outcomes from one phase become inputs to the next and the interactions needs to be considered part of a process and not a series of individual events. Building upon the literature in this field, the experiences of the FBA in this case reveal four critical success factors; clarifying the identity of the client; making agreements with the client at key phases in the process; defining the nature of the process; and being clear on the desired outcomes. In some cases, the success of FBAs’ interventions may not mean ensuring that the business remains in family ownership; a successful outcome may be that the business continues under other ownership or management, but family unity has been preserved and individuals are doing what they want to do

Philanthropy in Complex, Multi-Generational Families: Balancing Individual Preference with Collective Purpose

Researchers from Lansberg Gersick Advisors hypothesized that families' abilities to work together effectively in their philanthropy is dependent not only on the way they design their collective family foundation, but also in how they structure the philanthropic activities outside of it. From 2018-2022, they conducted surveys and interviews and found that as families evolve, they face common dilemmas regarding their philanthropy—most critically, the choices they make about balancing the individual philanthropic priorities of their members with a collective family philanthropic endeavor.Learn about the range of philanthropic vehicles, strategies, and practices that multi-generational families are leveraging to meet both individual and collective aspirations of their expanding family and lessons learned on successful approaches for those with hopes of generational continuity

The Current Political Challenges to the Mexican Democratisation Process

This paper will attempt to answer what the current state of contemporary democracy in Mexico is after the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to the presidency by analysing the role of Civil Society, Political Society and the Rule of Law from 2012 to 2018. This paper will also explore if the party’s return was indeed a step backwards in the process of Mexican democratisation, or whether it was simply another step on a long road in which the various political parties alternate power. In 2018, Mexico elected its new president for the next consecutive 6 years along with a fair number of congressional seats and local gubernatorial posts, an election that again put Mexican democracy through a difficult test.Este documento intentará responder cuál es el estado actual de la democracia contemporánea en México después de la transición de 2000. Por lo tanto, abordará los problemas actuales en las tres áreas principales descritas en el modelo de transición de Linz y Stepan "Las cinco arenas": Sociedad civil, la sociedad política y el estado de derecho de 2012 a 2018. Este documento también explorará si el regreso del PRI a la presidencia en 2012 fue realmente un paso atrás en el proceso de democratización en el que México se había embarcado, o si fue simplemente otro paso en el largo camino en el que los diversos partidos políticos alternan el poder. En 2018, México eligió a su nuevo presidente por los próximos 6 años consecutivos, junto con un buen número de escaños en el Congreso y cargos de gobernador local, una elección que nuevamente puso a la democracia mexicana a través de una difícil prueba