Despite political turmoil, global scientific collaboration continues to flourish

Optical Media Piracy Continues to Flourish

The Philippines is rapidly becoming a central battlefield in the increasingly intense campaign against optical media piracy in Southeast Asia; but the country remains ill-prepared to fight this battle. Pirate production capacity in the Philippines continues to increase, as pirate syndicates flee less hospitable jurisdictions; both imports and exports of unauthorized digital copies move freely a...

Global scientific collaboration in COPD research

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the multiple collaboration types, quantitatively evaluate the publication trends and review the performance of institutions or countries (regions) across the world in COPD research. MATERIALS AND METHODS Scientometric methods and social network analysis were used to survey the development of publication trends and understand current collaboration in the...

Despite turmoil, health coverage rises in United States.

Public Service Provision, User Fees, and Political Turmoil∗

Following an electoral dispute, the central highlands of the island of Madagascar were subjected to an economic blockade during the first half of 2002. After the blockade ended in June 2002, user fees for health services and school fees were progressively eliminated. This paper examines the provision of schooling and health services to rural areas of Madagascar before, during, and after the blo...

Participation and Scientific Collaboration in Persian Wikipedia

Background and Aim: This research studies the effective participation and scientific collaboration in Persian Wikipedia, from 2003-2012.  Method: The library method has been used. Also, considering the objectives and the nature of subject, the research method is a descriptive-applied and during its implementation scientometric technique has been used. Excel and SPSS softwares have been used for...