Consumers may infer a policy maker’s private information about relevant economic variables from its policy choice. I study this inference effect and its policy implications in the context of mandatory product content disclosure. I find that mandatory disclosure does not always benefit consumers. For example, by observing the government’s requirement to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs...

The incidence of essential or primary hypertension is increasing, especially in the northern hemisphere, but although the disease displays clear symptoms, its aetiology appears very complex, and thus no causal treatment is available yet. In the 1990's, genetically modified animals (GMO) were considered to be the key to solving this problem of high complexity. However, until now, although a few ...

There is widespread interest within academia to work on public good genetically engineered (GE) projects to the benefit of the poor, especially to use GE-technology to contribute to food security. Not a single product from this work has reached the market. The major cause is GE-regulation, which prevents use of the technology for public good beyond proof-of-concept (Potrykus, I. (2010) Lessons ...

The manufacture and use of explosives throughout the past century has resulted in the extensive pollution of soils and groundwater, and the widespread interment of landmines imposes a major humanitarian risk and prevents civil development of large areas. As most current landmine detection technologies require actual presence at the surveyed areas, thus posing a significant risk to personnel, di...

introduction: in different investigations, the destructive effect of ultrasonic scalers on the margins of composites has been studied, but there are very few studies on the effects of ultrasonic scalers on the microleakage of poly-acid modified composite resin and resin modified glass ionomers. the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the marginal microleakage of class v preparations rest...

صفحه‌­ی مینیاتوری LEU پرتودهی شده در رآکتور تحقیقاتی تهران که برای تولید رادیوایزوتوپ مولیبدن-99 استفاده می‌شود، منبع پرتوزایی متشکل از رادیوایزوتوپ‌های مختلف است. محاسبه و تخمین آهنگ دز تابش‌های گامای گسیلی این منبع، به منظور مقایسه با مقادیر مجاز توصیه حمل‌ونقل مواد پرتوزا حفاظت پرتویی کارکنان حین انجام تست‌های آزمایشگاهی داغ، پیش هر اقدام عملی، امری ضروری مقاله، اعتبار یک روش پیشنهادی جهت هد...

فرزند‌پروری پس از طلاق یکی تکالیف حساس پیش روی والدین مُطلقه، و عوامل مؤثر در سلامت روانی فرزندان به شمار می‌آید. هدف این مطالعه کشف تبیین تجارب زیسته‌ هم‌والدگری است. روش کیفی با استفاده پدیدارشناسی توصیفی انجام شد. جامعه پژوهش شامل کلیه‌ والدینی بود که تجربه‌ فرزندپروری را داشته‌اند. برای تعیین حجم نمونه معیار اشباع داده شد نمونه‌گیری هدفمند تعداد 12 نفر (زن، مرد) انتخاب شدند مورد مصاحبه‌ نیمه...

Genetic modification of plants may result in unintended effects causing potentially adverse effects on the environment. A comparative safety assessment is therefore required by authorities, such as the European Food Safety Authority, in which the genetically modified plant is compared with its conventional counterpart. Part of the environmental risk assessment is a comparative field experiment ...

BACKGROUND Under permit from the National Biosafety Commission for the use of genetically modified organisms, releases of a genetically engineered self-limiting strain of Aedes aegypti (OX513A) were used to suppress urban pest Ae. aegypti in West Panama. Experimental goals were to assess the effects on a coexisting population of Ae. albopictus and examine operational parameters with relevance t...

Plant-based environmental remediation, or phytoremediation, has been widely pursued in recent years as a favorable clean-up technology and is an area of intensive scientific investigation. For the vast majority of field applications, vegetative 'phyto-crops' are selected specifically for their capacity for site decontamination and not for additional concurrent or post-remediation utility. By co...