August 2007 | Volume 5 | Issue 8 | e216 No Forest Left Behind Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Guy Midgley, Jonah Busch, Lee Hannah, Russell A. Mittermeier New research indicates that slowing tropical deforestation may play a much larger role in mitigating climate change than previously believed [1,2]. Carbon emissions from tropical deforestation are expected to increase atmos...

This paper investigates the effect of tax incentives on R&D activities in Taiwanese manufacturing firms. Specifically, we assess the potential R&D-enhancing effect on recipients of R&D tax credits compared with their non-recipient counterparts. Moreover, the potential difference in the R&D-enhancing effect between high-tech and non-high-tech firms is also examined. Utilizing a firm-level panel ...

W researchers from different fields with different norms collaborate, the question arises of how nameordering conventions are chosen and how they affect contribution credits. In this paper, we answer these questions by studying two disciplines that exemplify the two cornerstones of name-ordering conventions: lexicographical ordering (i.e., alphabetical ordering, endorsed in economics) and nonle...

PURPOSE To determine the agreement among the items of the Korean physical therapist licensing examination, learning objectives of class subjects, and physical therapists' job descriptions. METHODS The main tasks of physical therapists were classified, and university courses related to the main tasks were also classified. Frequency analysis was used to determine the proportions of credits for ...

Consider a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) where packet transmissions occur between mobile nodes. Such a network requires that the nodes act as relays to form multi-hop routes connecting the origin-destination node pairs that are out of radio transmission range with respect to each other. If the nodes do not to belong the same authority, then the nodes must be given an incentive to spend their re...

August 2007 | Volume 5 | Issue 8 | e216 No Forest Left Behind Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Guy Midgley, Jonah Busch, Lee Hannah, Russell A. Mittermeier New research indicates that slowing tropical deforestation may play a much larger role in mitigating climate change than previously believed [1,2]. Carbon emissions from tropical deforestation are expected to increase atmos...

W researchers from different fields with different norms collaborate, the question arises of how nameordering conventions are chosen and how they affect contribution credits. In this paper, we answer these questions by studying two disciplines that exemplify the two cornerstones of name-ordering conventions: lexicographical ordering (i.e., alphabetical ordering, endorsed in economics) and nonle...

Aim .To investigate if there are differences in medical ethics education between different schools of medicine in Spain, specifically between private and public schools and between recently founded schools and older ones. METHOD The curricula of medical degrees from all Spanish faculties were reviewed for the 2014/2015 academic year, identifying subjects concerning bioethics, deontology, and ...

8 Microalgae are currently being investigated as a feedstock for the commercial production of 9 transportation fuels, due to their potential scalability and sustainability advantages over conventional 10 feedstocks. The water consumption of microalgae has been postulated to be a resource barrier for 11 large-scale production. This study presents an assessment of the water footprint (WF) of a cl...

In this paper, we propose effective data collection schemes that stimulate cooperation between selfish users in mobile opportunistic crowdsensing. A query issuer generates a query and requests replies within a given delay budget. When a data provider receives the query for the first time from an intermediate user, the former replies to it and authorizes the latter as the owner of the reply. Dif...