March 2012 Archives

STUDENT CONFERENCE ON CONSERVATION SCIENCE-NEW YORK (SCCS-NY)

American Museum of Natural History, New York City
October 10-12, 2012

$100 USD 

cbc.amnh.org

The conference is designed for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and early-career professionals pursuing or considering the field of conservation science. (Undergraduate students conducting thesis-level research may also apply.)

ALL DISCIPLINES ARE WELCOME!

Whatever your focus--biology, sociology, medicine, economics, architecture, the law--if it has a relevance for conservation, we want to hear your perspective!  Join fellow conservation students and conservation professionals from around the world to network, exchange ideas, and receive feedback from leaders in science, policy, academia, and management at one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. 

MONDAY, APRIL 2: ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Talks, Speed Talks, and Posters

Non-presenting attendees may register until September.

The Student Conference on Conservation Science was created in 2000 by the University of Cambridge, and is currently held annually in Cambridge, New York, and Bangalore, India. The 2012 SCCS-NY is hosted by the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History. Collaborating institutions include Cambridge University, Columbia University Earth Institute,Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and Princeton University.  

To learn more, visit the SCCS-NY site or follow us on Facebook.

All of these articles should now be restored to being free to access (under a Creative Commons license). We're also checking that this hasn't happened to other papers in Nature and the Nature research journals.

This was a technical error, for which we apologize.

Textbook macroeconomics indicates that, from the perspective of job creation, the best time to enact regulations that may require costly investments is precisely when the economy is depressed.

1. When the economy is functioning well, the effect of environmental regulation on job growth is roughly neutral. It creates jobs in industries that supply equipment and services necessary to comply with regulations even as jobs in industries affected by the regulations may be lost.
   
   

   Generally, these direct influences cancel each other out. Even if they don't, the second reason for regulation's neutral effect on jobs comes into play: the central bank. In an effort to hit its overall inflation and unemployment targets, a nation's central bank - in the US, the Federal Reserve - will simply sterilise any change in job growth stemming from regulatory changes by adjusting interest rates to spur or slow economic activity.

   
   
2. When the economy isn't functioning well, environmental regulation creates jobs because:
   1. The investment necessary to respond to regulations wouldn't happen otherwise. It's the opportunities to invest that are limited, not the financial capital.
   2. Increases in costs aren't likely to be passed on. Consumers can't afford them.
   3. The employment boost won't be neutralized by the Federal Reserve.

In the continuing drive to make papers as accessible as possible, NPG is now introducing a 'creative commons' licence for the reuse of such genome papers. The licence (see http://www.nature.com/authors/editorial_policies/license.html) allows non-commercial publishers, however they might be defined, to reuse the pdf and html versions of the paper. In particular, users are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the contribution, provided this is for non-commercial purposes, subject to the same or similar licence conditions and due attribution.

It is a slightly more robust measure, but it is still silly because 90% of citations are shallow: most authors haven't even read the paper they are citing. We tend to cite famous authors and famous venues in the hope that some of the prestige will get reflected. (Daniel Lemire)

We have the technology to measure the usage made of a cited paper. Some citations are more significant: for example it can be an extension of the cited paper. Machine learning techniques can measure the impact of your papers based on how much following papers build on your results.

Dear Dr. Kent E Holsinger, 

 

It is my great honor and pleasure to invite you to attend the 2012 Montreal International Forum on Pathology and present your most recent research achievements and ideas at this meeting. This event will take place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during April 26-27, 2012. Please visit our website at www.epsworldlink.com for program details.

This Conference will broaden the scientific scope and give us all possibilities to new and exciting insights in the field of pathology. This meeting will include oral, poster and video presentations. The Organizing Committee has prepared a stimulating and informative scientific program, which covers a wide range of topics and pressing issues in various aspects of pathology. We will involve worldwide well-known scientists and physicians with expertise in diagnostic and research. This event will provide the participants a unique networking platform with chief professionals.

This event is organized and hosted by EPS Inc., a Canada-based biomedical consultant agency. Please check the following website for EPS Inc. introduction and the list of upcoming conferences:

http://www.epsworldlink.com/images/brochures2012/EPSConference2012.pdf .

The conference venue is in Montreal, the second-largest city of Canada. This city is well-known worldwide for its unique French-style characteristics of culture and city life. The various and colorful activities around the conference and the charming winter setup will make your journey an enjoyable and memorable experience.

Your participation in the forum would greatly contribute to the success of this unique event, and we look forward to meeting you in Montreal.

Warmest regards,

Organizing Committee of 2012 Montreal International Forum on Pathology

EPS Inc.

1625 Maisonneuve Ouest

Suite 305, Montreal

Canada, H3H 2N4

The Virginia Supreme Court said Friday that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II does not have the authority to demand records related to a former University of Virginia climate researcher's work. (source)

While many academics have worried about the academic freedom implications of Cuccinelli's information demands, the decision by the Virginia Supreme Court was a technical one that did not address academic issues at all. Cuccinelli's demands for the records from the University of Virginia were based on the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, and the court ruled that this law was intended to give the attorney general power to obtain information, in certain cases, from individuals. The University of Virginia is not a person, and so not covered by the act, the court said. (source)

Robert M. O'Neil, general counsel for the AAUP (and a former University of Virginia president), said in an interview Friday that he was not disappointed that the Virginia Supreme Court did not address the academic freedom issues. Had the ruling relied on First Amendment protections of academic freedom, he said, the attorney general might have appealed it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling, however, is entirely based on Virginia law, so it must be final. (source)

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