Regulating dual-use research in Europe.

The Devil Is in the Details! On Regulating Cannabis Use in Canada Based on Public Health Criteria; Comment on “Legalizing and Regulating Marijuana in Canada: Review of Potential Economic, Social, and Health Impacts”

This commentary to the editorial of Hajizadeh argues that the economic, social and health consequences of legalizing cannabis in Canada will depend in large part on the exact stipulations (mainly from the federal government) and on the implementation, regulation and practice of the legalization act (on provincial and municipal levels). A strict regulatory framework is necessary to minimize the ...

Pilot Study of Brackish Water Treatment using Dual Stage Nanofi ltration for Domestic Use in Thu Bon Basin, Vietnam

Due to the impact of climate change, the process of salinity intrusion occurs frequently in coastal areas of Vietnam. The main objective of this study is therefore to try diff erent nanofi ltration (NF) processes (such as single-stage and dual-stage NF) to treat brackish water for residential areas in Thu Bon river basin, where the salinity varies signifi cant with seas...

Regulating stem cell research in Europe by the back door.

The Dual Nature of Personal Web Usage at Workplace: Impacts, Antecedents and regulating Policies

With the ubiquity of various IT devices in workplace and the increasingly blurred boundary between work and non-work, organizational employees nowadays increasingly engage in online behaviors for personal activities, which are not related to work during working hours by using organization's IT resources, hereafter Personal Web Usage (PWU) at workplace. Different even opposite opinions on the an...

Nitrogen yield and nitrogen use of chickpea compared to pea, barley and oat in Central Europe

European agriculture suffers from a substantial deficit of protein sources forlivestock and the projected changes in agro-climatic conditions in Central Europeinclude a higher risk of drought. To address these challenges, the drought resistantlegume crop chickpea was compared with pea, barley and oat regarding its nitrogen(N) yield, protein yield and N use and utilization efficiency under Centr...