A key challenge for a future climate change agreement is allocating emissions targets for individual developed countries that are perceived as equitable given differing national circumstances. Many economics-based frameworks for evaluating future targets use as a key criterion for individual country targets the notion that mitigation measures should result in similar costs (specifically, that t...

Tropical peatland stores a large amount of carbon. In the last 20 years, drainage Asian peat soil has increased to satisfy demand land for plantation agricultures. Industrial oil palm plantations occupy areas in Indonesia and Malaysia, with associated GHG emissions biodiversity loss, here referred as nature occupation impact. This study performs detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) 1 kg two cas...

Žydelis et al. (2009 [this issue]) is a direct critique of 2 recent papers we published on the use of biodiversity offsets in managing fisheries bycatch (Wilcox & Donlan 2007; Donlan & Wilcox 2008). The authors misrepresent the use of biodiversity offsets as we presented them, misunderstand the policy objectives of fisheries (and bycatch) management, present a flawed analysis of the appropriate...

Problem statement: Power outage has been mentioned as one of the most experienced and perceived risks by various types of businesses and organizations. Thus, reducing the impacts of power outage has become a key agenda in business continuity planning. Back-up or stand-by generators are among the most well known measures taken by power consumers to tackle the power outage problem. Approach: A su...

This paper describes the first hand experiences of the electronic point of care (ePOC) project team and the project management and research and development issues that emerged over the course of a collaborative 3 year eHealth project. The paper highlights that despite the best of intentions by project managers, researchers and developers, a technologically innovative concept is no guarantee of ...

Thermal strengthening of glass is common for many different purposes including architecture, automotive, glasses for solar energy, tableware and occasionally also containers. It is an easy and relatively cheap method to make glasses stronger, however, with an Achilles heel that it can spontaneously fracture without the slightest applied external force. Though, fracture due to applied external f...

Cetacean mass stranding events associated with naval mid-frequency sonar use have raised considerable conservation concerns. These strandings have mostly involved beaked whales, with common pathologies, including "bubble lesions" similar to decompression sickness symptoms and acoustic traumas. However, other cetacean species have also stranded coincident with naval exercises. Possible mechanism...

Diquat dibromide is used for desiccation of seed crops and potatoes, and for weed control of non-crop terrestrial and aquatic areas. The absorbed daily dosages for various work tasks were estimated in the exposure assessment document for diquat dibromide and range from 0.03 to 7.8 ug/kg/day. Based on the adjusted Estimated-No-Effect-Level (ENEL) of 33 ug/kg/day for developmental toxicity in rab...