Gap Analysis Gap analysis generally refers to the activity of studying the differences between standards and the delivery of those standards. For example, it would be useful for a firm to document differences between customer expectation an...

Children . Van Bueren, Geraldine. The International Law of the Rights of the Child. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer, 1995....

Steffens, Henrich(1773–1845) Henrich Steffens, the philosopher, scientist, and novelist and short-story writer was of Danish and German descent. He was born in Stavanger, Norway, the son of a physician in the service of the Dano-Norw...

Paul Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (1723-1789), was a German-born French man of leisure, known as a conversationalist, host, scholar, secular moralist, and philosopher. He was celebrated for his freely spoken views on atheism, determinism, ...

Intermittent Explosive Disorder Uncontrollable episodes of aggression, where the person loses control and assaults others or destroys property. Persons with this disorder experience episodes of aggressive or violent behavior that result in ...

Retention in School Repeating an academic year of school. A significant number of high school freshmen in the United States have repeated at least one grade. In most cases, teachers recommend retention for one of three reasons: developmenta...

Presidential Systems Presidential systems represent one model for organizing the national executive. Although national executives are a relatively recent concept, every nation has an executive or government, at least in the strictest sense ...

Yang Zhu(C. 440 ]. Vol. 2. Taipei: Shijie Bookstore, 1988. Liezi. In Er Shi Er Zi [Works of twenty-two masters]. Vol. 2. Taipei: Prophet Press, 1976. Liu An. Huainanzi [The book of masters of Huainan]. Annotated by Gao Yu. Taipei: Shijie Bo...

Megarians The Megarians flourished during the fourth and the early third centuries BCE. They derived their name from their connection with Megara on the Isthmus (a city one day 275....

Competitive Intelligence Intelligence is information that has been analyzed for decision making. It is important to understand the difference between information and intelligence. Information is the starting point; it is readily available n...

Haemophilus Influenzae Type B Bacteria that can cause several serious illnesses in unvaccinated individuals. Haemophilus influenzae type B (HiB) is a bacteria that can cause serious infections, including meningitis and epiglottitis. Althoug...

German philosopher, classicist, and interpretation theorist Hans-Georg Gadamer (born 1900) was the leading exponent of a comprehensive view of human beings as dialogue-partners with each other. Gadamer was born in Marburg, Germany, son of ...

Fodor, Jerry A.(1935 t Work That Way: The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000....

Persons Introduction This entry is on personhood and the general philosophical question that will be treated is: What is a person? Common use of the term person makes reference to adult human beings. Typical examples of sentences in which t...

Flexible Manufacturing Business firms generally choose to compete within one or two areas of strength. These areas of strength are often referred to as distinctive competencies, core competencies, or competitive priorities. Among the option...

Adjustment Disorders Category of mental disorder featuring significant emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable event that precipitated significant psychological or social stress. Adjustment disorders are maladpative ...

Julia C. Lathrop Born June 29, 1858 (Rockford, Illinois) Died April 15, 1932 (Rockford, Illinois) Social worker Julia Clifford Lathrop was an active member of Hull House, the settlement house founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Jane Addams (18...

Right, as stated in the 1st and 14th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content. A modern legal test of the legitimacy of proposed restr...

Presupposing The notions of "presupposing" and of contextual implication, which we shall compare and contrast in what follows, have come to play increasingly prominent roles in the philosophical literature of the English-speak...

Boulainvilliers, Henri, Comte De(1658 173. Wade, I. O. The Clandestine Organization and Diffusion of Philosophic Ideas in France from 1700 to 1750. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1938....

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) was adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Ass...

Branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the meaningfulness of history and the nature of historical explanation. Philosophy of history in the traditional sense is conceived to be a first-order inquiry, its subject matter being t...

Lying Intentional misrepresentation of reality. Lying is an intentional misrepresentation of reality, as distinguished from the innocent fantasy common to preschoolers whose notion of truth and falsehood has yet to develop clearly. Very you...

Study of human nature conducted by the methods of philosophy. It is concerned with questions such as the status of human beings in the universe, the purpose or meaning of human life, and whether humanity can be made an object of systematic...

(born 1139, Kiangsi, China—died Jan. 10, 1193, China) Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Southern Song dynasty. A government official and a teacher, he was the rival of the great Neo-Confucian rationalist Zhu Xi. Lu taught that...