This paper examines the debate on the meaning of sustainable development and the policy implications of different approaches from an Islamic perspective. It integrates mainstream and Islamic positions on the subject and argues that to whatever definition of sustainable development one might subscribe, eventually, each ends in an environmental concern. This paper attempts to show that the contin...

employees’ satisfaction based on their physical environment is an important factor that can improve employees’ performance, job satisfaction, and organizational productivity in office buildings. occupants’ environmental satisfaction are related to 10 different characteristics, including thermal comfort, air quality, lighting, acoustic quality, office layout, workspace furnishing, cleanliness an...

Environmental protection firms need to improve their ability to access financing while maintaining good economic performance under mounting environmental pressures. After the integration of trade-off and stakeholder theories, we have constructed a number of mathematical models to investigate the relationship among financing decisions, environmental performance (EP), and economic performance. Un...

The article analyses the theoretical provisions of system environmental crimes in Russian Federation. positions modern authors concerning main characteristics studied are studied. objective this work is to develop a comprehensive definition concept "environmental crimes", highlighting their and its relationship with related categories. relevance present study first determined by steady growth q...

Structural and environmental characteristics of multiple topographies of stereotypic behaviors shown by 8 individuals with developmental disabilities are described. Analysis of structural characteristics show that the parameters of stereotyped behavior (percentage of time, bout length, and bout length variability) were highly correlated. Analysis of the influence of environmental variables indi...

Thirty-eight cultures of Legionella pneumophila isolated from surface waters were characterized by their morphological, tinctorial, biochemical, and serological properties and by their ability to produce disease in guinea pigs. Their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents also was tested. When they were compared with clinical isolates, no important differences were found between cultures from ...

Faculty of Engineering Yokohama National University, 79–5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240–8501, Japan, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79–7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240–8501, Japan, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3–1–1 Maidashi, Higashiku, Fukuoka 812–8582, Japan (Received March 15, 2002; Acc...