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We present a case for using Global Community Innovation Platforms (GCIPs), an approach to improve innovation and knowledge exchange in international scientific communities through a common and open online infrastructure. We highlight the value of GCIPs by focusing on recent efforts targeting the ecological sciences, where GCIPs are of high relevance given the urgent need for interdisciplinary, ...

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apparently aged men, seated together around a table and apart from the other patients. They smiled; spoke a few words; gabbled or jargonised. My companion said, "They like to dine together". On complimenting him for his attention to their wishes, he answered, "Oh, they are all brothers". On going to the department for females, I observed two quiet, elderly women, indulged in the same way. "Thes...

HE HISTORY OF environmental impact assessment (EIA) follow-up is nearly as long as the practice of EIA itself. A large body of work produced in the 1980s was devoted to the topic and this set the scene concerning aims, approaches and techniques for EIA follow-up. A recent upsurge of interest in EIA follow-up has seen it become the topic for a series of workshops at the International Association...

With the post-Cold War rise of major developing countries blurring the distinction between the industrialized “North” and the developing “South,” it is unclear whether a state’s development level remains a strong predictor of its stances in international politics. Do Brazil, India, China, South Africa, and other major developing countries behave like members of the North, or the South? And havi...

The XIX International Symposium of Ergonomic, “Work Safety and Occupational Hygiene in Agriculture-Practical Problems Related with Work Protection in Agriculture” was held from 3-4 December 2012, at the Witold Chodźko Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, in which participated 89 researchers and practitioners from Poland and Ukraine. The Symposium was organized by the Institute of Rural Health i...

The growth of patent thickets—technology fields that are characterized by a large overlap of rights between different right holders—poses a challenge for innovators. Patent thickets are argued to create strong friction in innovation due to a pronounced potential for holdup. So far, we do not know whether patent thickets coincide in all patent systems or if differences exist that policy makers a...

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This issue contains papers selected from the contributions presented at the 1st International Cartographic Association (ICA) Workshop on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling held in Vienna on the 8th of July, 2006 (http://www.hig.se/~bjg/ica/workshop/). The theme papers demonstrate partially recent developments in geospatial analysis and modeling for uncovering knowledge for various applications. T...