Research Seminar Reports

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Imi Research Seminar

The effectiveness of virtual environments has often been linked to the sense of presence reported by users of those virtual environments. Presence studies look investigate the phenomenon of acting and feeling that we are in the world created by computer displays. We propose to study relations between virtual humans and sense of presence in immersive environments. We particularly consider how su...

Research Seminar in International Economics

This paper attempts to study the usage of the GATT/WTO dispute settlement mechanism and to explain its patterns across different regimes and decades, using a unified theoretical model. This study first explores the role of the degree of legal controversy over a panel ruling in determining countries’ incentives to block/appeal a panel report under the GATT/WTO regime. The model is able to explai...

Agrifood Research Reports 55

The objectives of this study were to determine the selection potential (genetic variation) of sow efficiency traits (prolificacy, longevity), to understand the co-responses (genetic correlations) among sow efficiency traits and other economically important traits (performance, carcass quality, and meat quality), and determine the feasibility of developing breeding value estimates for sow effici...

Agrifood Research Reports 53

Runoff phosphorus (P) associated with eroded soil contributes to eutrophication to some extent. The present work examines two methods for estimating the potential bioavailability of particulate P (PP) in runoff, and studies the concentrations and losses of different P forms in surface and subsurface runoff from arable soils. The potential bioavailability of PP was approximated by extraction wit...