At last, a mouse model of the natural history of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has been elegantly engineered. CML is hardly a public health menace, occurring in only 1–2 per 100,000 people. Nonetheless, the disease is the " poster child " of genetically based diagnosis and treatment, as all cases of CML have the BCR-ABL trans-location, which is both a diagnostic marker of the disease and a tar...

The role of software ecosystems in the development and evolution of open architecture systems has received insufficient consideration. Such systems are composed of heterogeneously-licensed components, open source or proprietary or both, in an architecture in which evolution can occur by evolving existing components or by replacing them. The software licenses of the components both facilitate an...

Patent licenses are frequently subjected to antitrust scrutiny, especially when they contain restrictions beyond simple fixed fees and royalties. Clauses that fix the price at which a product is sold have proven contentious, upheld by the courts in some circumstances and rejected in others. No agreement has yet emerged on how to reconcile court decisions and economic rationale. We study the eff...

Critical consumerism is the conscious choice of purchasing or avoiding products for ethical environmental reasons. As an increasing share consumer attempts to purchase sustainably produced food, credence attributes, which are product qualities that not easily observable verifiable during consumption, gain importance. Variety ownership has so far played any role in food consumption choices but a...

In this study, a proposal on how software license assets should be managed with an enterprise risk management approach has been put forward. The study examined licenses, which mean usage rights, and various models complex structure. Within the scope of risks that might arise concerning licenses were determined these categorized. Considerable prioritized by senior in businesses identified respon...