“The recent fall in prices of major crops is expected to continue over the next two years before stabilising at levels above the pre-2008 period, but markedly below recent peaks, according to the latest Agricultural Outlook produced by the OECD and FAO. Demand for agricultural products is expected to remain firm while expanding at lower rates… Continue Reading
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New display models of bibliographic data and resources
Trombone, Antonella. Presentation – New displaying models of bibliographic data and resources: cataloguing/resource description and search results, 2014 [and Report]. In Faster, Smarter and Richer. Reshaping the library catalogue, Roma (Italy), 27-28 February 2014. “The logical model outlined in Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records in 1998 has led to a theoretical reflection on the function of… Continue Reading
New SIPRI military expenditure data for NATO countries
“SIPRI’s extended dataset of military expenditure of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states is now freely available online, alongside our main military expenditure dataset for all countries. The data, which makes use of NATO data on members’ military spending and other sources, extends back at least to each country’s year of joining…The 15 countries with… Continue Reading
Learning ‘The True, the Good and the Beautiful’ in Law School: Educating the Twenty-First Century Litigator
Colatrella Jr., Michael Thomas, Learning ‘The True, the Good and the Beautiful’ in Law School: Educating the Twenty-First Century Litigator (March 1, 2014). Review of Litigation, Vol. 33, No. 4, p. 1, 2014. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2465231 “The author uses the ancient Greek ideal of learning “the true, the good and the beautiful” to… Continue Reading
Protection of Children Against Forced Recruitment During Armed Conflicts
Vedantam, Seshaiah Shasthri, Protection of Children Against Forced Recruitment During Armed Conflicts (July 1, 2014). The IUP Law Review, Vol. III, No. 4, October 2013, pp. 7-19. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2461078 “Armed conflicts innately represent the struggle of organized armed forces over assertive armed rebel groups in relation to the control of human and… Continue Reading
11 Net Neutrality Principles released by Library and University Groups
“The above organizations firmly believe that preserving an open Internet is essential to our nation’s freedom of speech, educational achievement, and economic growth. The Internet now serves as a primary, open platform for information exchange, intellectual discourse, civic engagement, creativity, research, innovation, teaching, and learning. We are deeply concerned that public broadband providers have financial… Continue Reading
Key Questions Raised by the CFTC’s Plans for Non-US CCPs
DavisPolk – A version of this article was first published in Risk Magazine on June 24, 2014. [snipped] “As swaps clearing rules take effect around the world, recognition of foreign clearinghouses by domestic regulators is becoming increasingly important—and so are the international standards for clearinghouses, the Principles for financial market infrastructures (the “PFMIs”) developed by CPSS-IOSCO.… Continue Reading
New NASA Images Highlight U.S. Air Quality Improvement
News release includes charts/graphics: “Anyone living in a major U.S. city for the past decade may have noticed a change in the air. The change is apparent in new NASA satellite images unveiled this week that demonstrate the reduction of air pollution across the country. After ten years in orbit, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite has… Continue Reading
Childcare Subsidies and Household Labor Supply
Guner, Nezih and Kaygusuz, Remzi and Ventura, Gustavo, Childcare Subsidies and Household Labor Supply. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8303. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2465338 “What would be the aggregate effects of adopting a more generous and universal childcare subsidy program in the U.S.? We answer this question in a life-cycle equilibrium model with joint labor-supply… Continue Reading
Cost of High Speed Rail in China One Third Lower than in Other Countries
World Bank – “By the end of 2013, China had built a high speed rail[1] network of over 10,000 route-km, far exceeding that in any other country and larger than the network in the entire European Union. It has been accomplished at a cost which is at most two-thirds of that in other countries. A… Continue Reading
Informed Consent and the Differential Diagnosis
Ginsberg, Marc, Informed Consent and the Differential Diagnosis: How the Law Overestimates Patient Autonomy and Compromises Health Care (July 10, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2464735 “The purpose of this paper is not simply to re-examine the doctrine of informed consent. The purpose, however, is to identify how the doctrine has evolved, its scope expanded,… Continue Reading
Clear differences between organic and non-organic food, study finds
Damian Carrington and George Arnett – UK Guardian “Organic food has more of the antioxidant compounds linked to better health than regular food, and lower levels of toxic metals and pesticides, according to the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date. The international team behind the work suggests that switching to organic fruit and vegetables could give the same benefits… Continue Reading
