Today's technology plays a crucial role in the effective use of environmental information. This includes geographic information systems and infrastructures. The purpose of this research is to identify the way in which the Polish spatial data infrastructure (PSDI) supports policies and activities that may have an impact on the environment in relation to one group of users, namely urban planners,...

‘Green’ spaces might be very attractive, but where are the economic benefits? What value do nature and landscape have for us? What difference will it make to jobs, health and the economic strength of areas struggling with deprivation and social problems? [1].There is a need to consider green spaces from a different perspective. Green planning is not just about flora and fauna, but also about pl...

2. Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) is an increasingly popular tool in place-based environmental 3. research for evaluating alternative futures of social-ecological systems. Although a range of 4. guidelines on PSP methods are available in the scientific and grey literature, there is a need to 5. reflect on existing practices and their appropriate application for different objectives and 6...

Distributed real-time embedded (DRE) systems often operate in open environments where operating conditions, input workload, and resource availability cannot be accurately characterized a priori. Some DRE systems, such as NASA’s Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) mission, perform sequences of heterogeneous data collection, manipulation, and coordination tasks to meet specified objectives/goals. Th...

Fabry disease is an X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disorder with intracellular accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) due to α-galactosidase A (α-Gal A) deficiency. Fabry patients frequently report of anxiety, depression, and impaired cognitive function. We characterized affective and cognitive phenotype of male mice with α-Gal A deficiency (Fabry KO) and compared results with those ...

Charities are often complex and networked, and face an increasingly demanding environment. Providing stakeholders with timely and adequate information on activities and impact is therefore challenging. Based on case studies of six UK charities, this paper finds that small/medium charities can use Enterprise Performance (EPM) systems to support providing such information, despite some challenges...