As a direct consequence of the no-cloning theorem, the deterministic amplification as in classical communication is impossible for unknown quantum states. This calls for more advanced techniques in a future global quantum network, e.g., for cloud quantum computing. A unique solution is the teleportation of an entangled state, i.e., entanglement swapping, representing the central resource to rel...

1. ABSTRACT Organizations often use standardized practices as a means to improve knowledge management. We suggest that the use of standardization for KM efforts can take on two different forms. In one form, standardization explicates tacit knowledge in order to more effectively transfer knowledge within the organization. In the second form, standardization provides a tool to evaluate and captur...

Tropical rainforest regions are urbanizing rapidly, yet the role of emerging metropolises in driving wildlife overharvesting in forests and inland waters is unknown. We present evidence of a large defaunation shadow around a rainforest metropolis. Using interviews with 392 rural fishers, we show that fishing has severely depleted a large-bodied keystone fish species, tambaqui (Colossoma macropo...

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. Plato Knowledge management (KM) is a vital and complex topic of current interest to so many in business, government and the community in general, that there is an urgent need to expand the role of empirical research to inform knowledge management practice. However, one of the most s...

Spatial modes of light can potentially carry a vast amount of information, making them promising candidates for both classical and quantum communication. However, the distribution of such modes over large distances remains difficult. Intermodal coupling complicates their use with common fibers, whereas free-space transmission is thought to be strongly influenced by atmospheric turbulence. Here,...

Opportunities for the Knowledge Management movement to undertake the direction of its own development process are explored from different perspectives. The potential of reflexive knowledge (i.e. knowledge about knowledge) as a prerequisite for that undertaking is examined. Some historical instances where knowledge users studied their own knowing practices are recalled. From the metaknowledge st...

Knowledge management is a process that has been recently generated as an activity which is very important in the dynamic environment, and in the competitive scene. We believe that KM is a process which its organizational knowledge is created from the individual knowledge of the members of the organization. The relevant studies have indicated that organizing based on work teams could be consider...