The federally funded Human Genome Initiative will lead to the development of new capabilities to learn about an individual's genetic status. Legal issues are raised concerning patients' and other parties' access to that information. This article discusses the effect of existing statutes and case law on three pivotal questions: To what sort of information are people entitled? What control should...

A decade after the establishment of the Saudi regime Riyadh and Washington constructed a strategic alliance between themselves in 1945. On the other hand, given the “Pivot to Asia” doctrine adopted by the Obama and Trump Administrations, the decline of Washington's dependence on Saudi oil, as well as some important events such as the murdering of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Riyadh offic...

A total order protocol is a fundamental building block in the construction of many distributed fault-tolerant applications. Unfortunately, the implementation of such a primitive can be expensive both in terms of communication steps and of number of messages exchanged. This problem is exacerbated in large-scale systems, where the performance of the algorithm may be limited by the presence of hig...

Associated gas is a viable source of fuel for industrial turbines. Flaring this resource has not only resulted in environmental pollution and deterioration but also huge energy economic loss. TURBOMATCH, Cranfield University performance simulation software was used modeling hypothetical realistic 296MW reheat turbine engine.The study carried out using one clean fleet three degraded fleets – the...

Abstract Climate change is an important driver of the spread apiary pests and honeybee predators. These impact on one economically most pollinators thus pose serious threats to functioning both natural ecosystems crops. We investigated predicted climate in periods 2040–2060 2060–2080 potential distribution European beewolf Philanthus triangulum , a specialized predator. modelled its using MaxEn...

Food security and economic welfare strongly depend on agricultural production, the loss of this production can be a serious challenge for food security and economic welfare. Agricultural production is also influenced by environmental and climatic factors so that the variations of climatic parameters can trigger extensive fluctuations in agricultural production. This study classifies climate cha...

This study evaluated the effects on forest resources and product markets of three contrasting mass timber demand scenarios (Conservative, Optimistic, Extreme), up to 2060, in twelve selected countries Asia, Europe, North America, South America. Analyses were carried out by utilizing FOrest Resource Outlook Model, a partial market equilibrium model global sector. The findings suggest increases s...