A Social Justice Perspective on the Role of Copyright in Realizing International Human Rights

Moderator: Michael Mireles, Associate Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law This panel will examine the impact of human rights norms on substantive intellectual property law. The focus of the panel is whether intellectual property law is adequately flexible to provide access to knowledge, in the form of primary and secondary materials as well as scientific materials, access to medicines, and access to food, such as seeds. The panel will further explore whether any flexibilities incorporated into intellectual property law harm the incentives provided by that law, including an analysis of parallel importation

Agriculture biologique et verrouillage des systèmes de connaissances: Conventionalisation des filières agroalimentaire bio

La question de la co-existence entre deux systèmes bio, l’un porté par les acteurs historiques, l’autre par les nouveaux acteurs agroindustriels, selon un modèle de bifurcation, est traitée à travers l’hypothèse de conventionalisation. Nous utilisons le cas du système Blanc Bleu Belge et de l’élevage bovin bio belge pour montrer que le problème de la co-existence de ces deux systèmes est à la fois une question empirique et une question théorique. Notre argument est que le concept de « référentiel » (au sens de Jobert et Muller, 1987) est non seulement supérieur d’un point de vue théorique mais qu’il ouvre d’intéressantes perspectives pratiques et ceci pour deux raisons. D’abord parce qu’il permet de comprendre la question et l’enjeu de la co-existence de deux systèmes de connaissances différents, l’un alternatif et l’autre conventionnel. Ensuite parce qu’il permet de comprendre les effets d’irréversibilité qui rendent les systèmes conventionnel et biologique incompatibles l’un avec l’autre

The components of abstracts: The logical structure of abstracts in the areas of materials science and technology and of library and information science

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to examine whether the logical structure of abstracts in the areas of materials science and technology and library and information science comply with the ISO 214 or IMRAD formats, while also suggesting guidelines for components of abstracts. Design/methodology/approach – In the first part of the research the components of abstracts are analysed. The results showed that not all the proposed structural elements are present in the abstracts. Therefore also the improved prototypes and recommended abstracts are developed to examine the satisfaction of readers with different forms of abstracts. According to the results of satisfaction of readers with different forms of abstracts, uniform guidelines for the components of abstracts in accordance with the IMRAD format are proposed. Findings – The introduction (I) should include three sentences of background information. The method (M) should include three sentences of method. The results (R) should include three sentences of results. The discussion (D) should include two sentences of conclusions. The conclusions should present the implications of the results on subjects that were not part of the study, suggestions for possible application of the findings, suggestions for further research work and an evaluation of the research. Originality/value – It is important to emphasize that even if the guidelines for writing abstracts by the individual journal exist, authors do not always take them into account. Therefore, it is important that the abstracts that are actually published in journals were analysed. It is also important that the opinion of researchers was taken into account

Integrating Climate Hazards & Economic Development: Recommendations for Fayetteville, NC

This report examines the state of hazard mitigation and economic development within the City of Fayetteville by focusing on the planning process and risk assessment elements of the regional hazard mitigation plan and economic development strategy through plan quality and plan interconnectivity analysis. To accomplish this task, this report begins with a literature review of current definitions and elements of hazard mitigation planning, economic development, economic resiliency, and plan quality analysis and plan interconnectivity; additionally, several economic resiliency documents are discussed to place this report with that body of work. A regional profile provides context for the City’s locational, demographic, climate, and economic status. The plan analysis section features a modified combination of the Berke & Godschalk plan evaluation criteria and the Kerr-Tarr report’s plan linking framework. The Hazard Profiles section represents a condensed version of the hazards profiles and climate risks identified in the Cumberland-Hoke Hazard Mitigation Plan and the Cumberland County Climate Resiliency Plan, while the spatial analysis evaluations the geographic location of these climate risks and economic indicators. The SWOT analysis incorporates the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities from the Southern Economic Development Commission’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, the Competitive Realities report, and the Cumberland County Climate Resiliency Plan and informs the implications and recommendations section, which synthesizes the results of the report’s analysis with other local plans which govern the policy outlook with the City and provides recommendations moving forward for better plan evaluation and implementation.Master of City and Regional Plannin

Management of Gastro-Intestinal Parasite Pressure, Under Grazing in Organic Farms: Development of a Decision Support System Through the Mobilisation of a Participative Research Process

Under grazing, gastro-intestinal parasite management remains a major problem in ruminant production systems, more especially in systems respecting organic farming rules following their obligations (1) to perform grazing as soon as pedo-climatic conditions are adapted and (2) to use anti-parasitic products only in a curative way. Surprisingly, this problem has not been highlighted by the different stakeholders in the food chain from cattle meat production to consumption. This could arise from the lack of a clear and pertinent norm or infestation threshold that would allow differentiation between preventive and curative treatments. Such a norm would indicate to the breeder whether he was permitted to treat his herd or not. The question is how to involve the stakeholders in a participative research process in order to develop a decision support system (DSS) adapted to their needs, when there is, initially, no clear demand for such a system. We present the steps followed to develop such a DSS: (1) stakeholder sensitisation to the question, (2) data recording with farmers and developing the DSS principle, (3) data processing and DSS calibration and validation