Research plane will scale uncharted heights

Do tall trees scale physiological heights?

D oes genotypic variation in leaf form and function among tree species reflect adult height or only the seedling regeneration niche? For trees in closed canopy forests, typical adult tree height directly indicates the position of the species in the light hierarchy of the canopy. However, it is unknown whether trees that characteristically differ in mature height have similar or different canopy...

Tabu search - Uncharted domains

The setting could have come from a Hollywood science fiction movie. A dozen figures, a handful in uniforms of the U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) and a slightly larger contingent variously in business suits and in shirtsleeves, were gathered around a large mainframe computer whose blinking lights signaled a run in progress. The computer run — on an early70s behemoth that represented the state-...

Scenarios: Uncharted Waters Ahead

Sweat, Skepticism, and Uncharted Territory

Efforts to internalize data sharing in research practice have been driven largely by developing international norms that have not incorporated opinions from researchers in lowand middle-income countries. We sought to identify the issues around ethical data sharing in the context of research involving women and children in urban India. We interviewed researchers, managers, and research participa...

Research on Fall Prevention and Protection from Heights in Japan

The high frequency of fall accidents is a serious problem in Japan. Thus, more stringent countermeasures for preventing falls from scaffolds were developed and incorporated into institutional guidelines. These countermeasures aim to decrease deaths caused by falls from scaffolds. Despite the improvements in such measures, however, the rate of accidental fall deaths remains high in Japan's const...