Even for electrical appliances, testing for illegal behaviors becomes difficult since the software system in an electrical appliance has already become large in size. Actually, the conventional method cannot generate sufficient test items for illegal behaviors. But testing illegal behaviors becomes more and more important, since the failure of electrical appliances would cause fatal effects on ...

BACKGROUND Wild orchids are illegally harvested and traded in Nepal for use in local traditional medicine, horticulture, and international trade. This study aims to: 1) identify the diversity of species of wild orchids in trade in Nepal; 2) study the chain of commercialization from collector to client and/or export; 3) map traditional knowledge and medicinal use of orchids; and 4) integrate the...

Educational Intervention Strategies is a collaborative project undertaken by teams from the following institutions: Belgium All project teams have contributed to this report, which is the outcome principally of the first workpackage. The workpackage was coordinated by the University of Surrey.

Best Practises and Cases Manufacturing Strategy Best Practices and Cases

The objective of this research project was to investigate bridge approach problems and develop new concepts for design, construction, and maintenance that will reduce this costly problem.

As criticisms of factory farming continue to mount, an increasing number of individuals have changed their existing dietary practices. Perhaps the two most important food movements reacting against industrial farming are (1) vegetarianism, the avoidance of animal flesh; and (2) conscientious omnivorism (CO), the consumption of meat or fish only when it satisfies certain ethical standards. While...

The 2012 Brazilian Forest Code governs the fate of forests and savannas on Brazil's 394 Mha of privately owned lands. The government claims that a new national land registry (SICAR), introduced under the revised law, could end illegal deforestation by greatly reducing the cost of monitoring, enforcement, and compliance. This study evaluates that potential, using data from state-level land regis...

Impoverished communities often turn to illegal extraction of resources from protected areas to alleviate economic pressures or to make monetary gains. Such practices can cause ecological damage and threaten animal populations. These communities also often face a high disease burden and typically do not have access to affordable health care. Here we argue that these two seemingly separate challe...