Nightlight Christian Adoptions [3] et al. v. Thompson et al. was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on 8 March 2001. The suit was filed because Nightlight Christian Adoptions [3], a frozen embryo [4] adoption agency, felt that the Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells [5] published by the National Institutes for Health were unla...

In the last issue, I presented a piece that called into question some of the techniques reported in two papers in high-profile journals that purported to provide statistical evidence for the linguistic status of some ancient symbol systems (Sproat 2010a). Not surprisingly the authors of those two papers took issue with a number of my claims, and have requested the opportunity to respond. The tw...

Thomson [4], et al. v. Thompson, et al. was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on 8 May 2001 as Civil Action Number 01-CV-0973. This lawsuit was filed in hopes of gaining injunctive relief against a moratorium on the federal funding of stem cell research. The plaintiffs in the case were seven prominent scientists who performed embryonic stem cell re...

Many studies have tried to elucidate the main factors influencing macroinvertebrate community composition and abundance in streams (e.g. Hart 1992, Dudgeon 1994, Giller & Twomey 1993, Maridet et al. 1998, Tierney et al. 1998, Pardo 2000, Doisy & Rabeni 2001). Considerable attention has been paid to food resources (e.g. Hawkins & Sedell 1981, Cowan & Oswood 1984, Boulton & Lake 1992, Friberg 199...

The lugworm Arenicola marina is one of the most successful species on intertidal mudflats and is highly adaptable to various abiotic stress factors in its changeable environment. This applies not only to oxygen partial pressure and salinity, but also to temperature, which varies greatly around the annual mean of 10°C in the North Sea. Thus, intertidal lugworm populations of the Wadden Sea can b...

Consumer-brand identification and consumer engagement in social media brand communities (SMBC) are two of the concepts most highlighted recent studies, as benefit facilitators. This study addresses importance these their interaction effect on loyalty fast-moving goods (FMCG) category. The results quantitative show that FMCG, SMBC is driven by information searching, passion, feelings community c...