Japanese Whaling in the Pacific Ocean: Defiance of International Whaling Norms in the Name of “Scientific Research,” Culture, and Tradition

Japanese whaling practices have always sparked controversy among the international community. Japan\u27s recent defiance of international environmental norms, however, risks a full-scale trade war led by U.S. demands to reform Japan\u27s whaling practices or suffer trade sanctions. Although the species\u27 endangered status may support sanctioning measures under international law, the United States must exercise caution in imposing restraints on international trade in light of its commitments under international trade agreements. The future of Japanese whaling remains unclear, but the international condemnation and call for restrictions is well-founded on international whaling and environmental norms

History of Medicine at Iowa State College

Contrary to prevalent opinion, veterinary medicine was not a new science when the Division of Veterinary Medicine was established at Iowa State College in 1879. The first period in the development of veterinary medicine began with our earliest recorded history and ends with the establishment of the first veterinary school in 1762 at Lyons, France. Austria, Belgium, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany followed in close order with the establishment of more veterinary schools. The study of the anatomy of animals was founded by Aristotle. Hippocrates, another Greek writer and veterinarian, lived about the fourth century. Absyrtus, another Greek who lived about the same time was the most important writer of all on animal diseases

TECHNOLOGICAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE ADOPTION OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN INSURANCE INDUSTRIES IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF UAP-OLD MUTUAL, NAIROBI, KENYA

The main objective of this study was to find out how the technological, organizational and environmental factors affect the adoption of cloud computing services within insurance industries in Kenya with a case study of UAPOld mutual. The study was anchored on Technological, Organizational and Environmental model; technology acceptance model and Innovation Diffusion theory in its argument. The study used descriptive research design and adopted the stratified random technique. The target population consisted of 483 employees at the headquarters in Nairobi out of which a sample of 215 was picked. This study used questionnaires with closed questions to extract responses from members of the sample population. Data collected was purely quantitative and it was analyzed with the aid of SPSS V23 and presented on tables, figures and charts. Additionally, the study used a multiple regression analysis for the purpose of analysing the relationship between the study variables. From results, Technological factors, Organizational factors and Environment factors all have a significant relationship with the adoption of cloud computing at 5% level of significance and 95% level of confidence. However based on the explanatory power of coefficient of determination the indepedent variables organizational factors had the highest expalantory power of 0.675 or 67.5%, P<0.05, thus being the most significant Variable; Environmental Factors had 0.575 or 57.5%, P<0.05 while Technological factors were the least significant with 0.527 or 52.7%, P<0.05). This showed that all the variables have significantly relationship with the dependent variable (adoption of Cloud Computing). The study also found that Technological factors affected the adoption of Cloud Computing at UAP-Old mutual; Organizational Factors had a positive influence on the adoption of Cloud computing at UAP-Old mutual; Further it was evident that Environmental factors have a significant influence on adoption to cloud computing at UAP-Old mutual. This showed that all the variables have a significant relationship with the dependent variable (Adoption of Cloud Computing). The study further recommended that to be able to develop new ideas, employees must have enough knowledge about the field they operate in to move it forward. To support this, a work environment that is tolerant and welcomes new ideas

Biocatalytic Friedel-Crafts Reactions

Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions are important methodologies in synthetic and industrial chemistry for the construction of aryl-alkyl and aryl-acyl linkages that are ubiquitous in bioactive molecules. Nature also exploits these reactions in many biosynthetic processes. Much work has been done to expand the synthetic application of these enzymes to unnatural substrates through directed evolution. The promise of such biocatalysts is their potential to supersede inefficient and toxic chemical approaches to these reactions, with mild operating conditions - the hallmark of enzymes. Complementary work has created many bio-hybrid Friedel-Crafts catalysts consisting of chemical catalysts anchored into biomolecular scaffolds, which display many of the same desirable characteristics. In this Review, we summarise these efforts, focussing on both mechanistic aspects and synthetic considerations, concluding with an overview of the frontiers of this field and routes towards more efficient and benign Friedel-Crafts reactions for the future of humankind