the RWTH Aachen University for reviewing this thesis and giving me the opportunity to write it in the field of Computer Graphics, which fascinates me since my first steps on the Commodore 128D. A special thanks goes to my advisor Volker Schönefeld, who got me interested in Megatexturing and Virtual Texturing. He always took some of his spare time to read my long emails and had enough patience t...

1 The availability of technological means to enhance and repair human cognitive function raises 2 questions about the perceived morality of their use. In this study, we administered a survey 3 to the public in which subjects were asked to report how willing they would be to enhance 4 and/or repair specific cognitive abilities. We found that subjects were more willing to use tech5 nologies to en...

One or Many Knowledge Production Functions? Mapping Innovative Activity Using Microdata This paper discusses the determinants of three alternative measures of innovative output by looking at firm’s own formal R&D activities and at the acquisition of external technology (TA) in its embodied and disembodied components. These input-output relationships are also discussed by distinguishing between ...

Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, 365 Snell Engineering Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany St., Room L914, Boston MA 02118, USA d School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, 20...

China has implemented eco-industrial park (EIP) initiatives as a mainstream strategy of a circular economy since the turn of the new century. This paper presents the sustainable transition processes and outcomes of three EIP cases, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Area (TEDA), Fuzhou Economic and Technological Development Area (FEDA) and the Xi’an High-Tech Zone (XHTZ). The cases ...

Abstract Background and scope: The current situation in Iran suggests a good basis for advancement in biotechnology industries because the patents for many hi-tech medicines registered in developed countries are ending. Biosimilar and technology-oriented companies without patents will have the opportunity to enter the biosimilar market and move toward innovative initiatives. The present researc...

1 IRD-Unité BioTrans, IMEP, Boîte 441. Fac. Sci. & Tech. St. Jérôme, Université Paul Cézanne. Av. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen F-13397 Marseille cedex 20, France. 2 Unité de Recherches Cidricoles, Biodegradation des Fruits et Légumes, INRA, Le Rheu, France. 3 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Depto. Biotecnología, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, 09340, México DF....

University research centers can be beneficial to industrial firms by providing firms with a number of relationship alternatives that facilitate the advancement of knowledge and new technologies. This multi-method field study indicates that larger more mechanistic firms especially those in resource intense industrial sectors use knowledge transfer and research support relationships to build comp...

When a major technological innovation spreads out in both high-tech and middle/low-tech industries, new clusters appear, develop and grow at the expenses of “older” historical industrial sites. The literature has, under various labels, recognised three main stages of cluster development: an initial stage sparked by an initial exogenous, shock; a second stage driven by Marshall’s (1920) agglomer...