This is a must-have resource for biotech entrepreneurs and investors, as well as invaluable supplementary reading for students aspiring to a career in the industry. In particular, it illustrates the tensions between both sides based on their different backgrounds and expectations. The book outlines the various funding opportunities for the biotech industry in Europe and identifies ways for both...

Ji-Hye Jung, Ji-In Kang, Hyun-Sook Kim To the Editor: We found an error in our published article: Ji-Hye Jung, Ji-In Kang, Hyun-Sook Kim. Effect of quercetin on impaired immune function in mice exposed to irradiation. Nutr Res Pract 2012;6:301-307. http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2012.6.4.301 The funding acknowledgment in this article was omitted as published. Additional acknowledgment is as foll...

Investing around $8 billion a year in rebuilding and 'greening' the world's fisheries could raise catches to 112 million tonnes annually, while triggering benefits to industry, consumers and the global economy totalling $1.7 trillion over the next 40 years. These are among the findings of a new report being compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and economists entitled the ...

Successful scientific practice encompasses broader and more varied modes of investigation than can be captured by focusing on hypothesis-driven research. We examine the emphases that major US and UK funding agencies place on particular modes of research practice and suggest that funding agency guidelines should be informed by a more dynamic and multidimensional account of scientific practice.

This report focuses on several funding and actuarial costing methods in occupational pension funds where the benefits are defined. As well-known, a defined benefit (DB) pension plan is a type of pension plan in which an employer/sponsor promises a specified pension payment, lump-sum (or combination thereof) on retirement that is predetermined by a formula based on the employee’s history (earnin...

The Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative has awarded over $2 billion in grants to more than 350 school districts in partnership with local mental health, law enforcement, and juvenile justice agencies. To estimate the impact of grantee characteristics, grant operations, and near-term outcomes in reducing violence and substance use, promoting mental health, and enhancing school safet...