The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and various international environmental agencies have developed the concept of ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘natural resources’ to describe ways in which humans benefit from healthy ecosystems. Biodiversity was recognized to be of great social and economic value to both present and future generations. Accordin...

This study analyzes the real estate production function and economic depreciation of structures by using data from Japan and the U.S. Real estate exhibits decreasing returns in the U.S. but constant returns in Japan. Land and structures are substitutes in both countries. The property depreciation rate is larger for newer and denser properties located away from the Central Business District (CBD...

MOSAICS central objective is the development of an integrated conveyance system to manage the access and benefit sharing issues related to microbiological resources, in the context of the CBD and the enforcement of other relevant international rules. The purpose of the project is to design procedures and documents that set the rules at the source or original provider and during transfers. MOSAI...

Industrial agricultural production in the tropics is known to have adverse social and environmental impacts (CBD, 2010). Firms —especially the ones exposed to consumer preference, such as retailers, processors and consumer goods manufacturers—are increasingly responding to these concerns. Nations in the tropics have established comprehensive political, legal and institutional frameworks to cons...

Industrial agricultural production in the tropics is known to have adverse social and environmental impacts (CBD, 2010). Firms —especially the ones exposed to consumer preference, such as retailers, processors and consumer goods manufacturers—are increasingly responding to these concerns. Nations in the tropics have established comprehensive political, legal and institutional frameworks to cons...

Convention on Biological Diversity provides for the first time an opportunity to break the nexus widely observed between the biodiversity and the poverty. It is recognized that one could not conserve biodiversity by keeping people poor even if historically biodiversity survived only under such conditions. Studies have shown that many of the communities which conserve diversity have remained poo...

With proper design, computer-based documentation systems (CBD) can support team-based care and promote workflow efficiency. However, it is unclear what factors to consider in designing an effective workflow-enabled CBD system. In this study, we empirically evaluated how the design of a CBD system, developed for a pediatric cardiology unit, affects clinicians’ work. The results demonstrate that ...

Industrial agricultural production in the tropics is known to have adverse social and environmental impacts (CBD, 2010). Firms —especially the ones exposed to consumer preference, such as retailers, processors and consumer goods manufacturers—are increasingly responding to these concerns. Nations in the tropics have established comprehensive political, legal and institutional frameworks to cons...

METHODS: Eleven cannabis smokers resided on a closed research unit for 51 days and received daily 0, 30, 60, and 120 mg of oral THC in divided doses for 5 days. There was a 5-puff smoked cannabis challenge on the fifth day. Each medication session was separated by 9 days of ad libitum cannabis smoking. OF was collected the evening before and throughout oral THC sessions and analyzed by 2-dimens...