Boomerang Litigation: How Convenient Is Forum Non Conveniens in Transnational Litigation?

El siguiente plan de negocios analiza la viabilidad para la puesta en marcha de una empresa dedicada a la Gestión de Redes Sociales en la ciudad de Lima, enfocada a brindar servicios de asesoría y consultoría de redes sociales al mercado latinoamericano, con el objetivo activar la marca de los clientes y generar valor para las empresas con el correcto funcionamiento y manejo de las herramientas digitales

Behavior Problems in Toddlers With and Without Developmental Delays: Comparison of Treatment Outcomes

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of an in-home parent management program for toddlers with behavior problems and developmental delays by comparing outcomes for a group of toddlers with developmental delays (n = 27) and a group of toddlers without developmental delays (n = 27). The majority of children lived in single parent, low-income homes. Results suggest that the parent management program is equally effective for children with and without developmental delays. Parents from both groups reported clinically significant improvement in their children\u27s behavior and parenting practices. Clinical implications regarding the importance of these findings for improving outcomes for toddlers with behavior problems and developmental delays living in poverty were discussed

A network to understand the changing socio-ecology of the southern African woodlands (SEOSAW): Challenges, benefits, and methods

Societal Impact StatementThe sustainable management of the southern African woodlands is closely linked to the livelihoods of over 150 M people. Findings from the Socio-Ecological Observatory for the Southern African Woodlands (SEOSAW) will underpin the sustainability of two of the largest industries on the continent: woodfuels and timber. SEOSAW will also improve our understanding of how human use shapes the biogeography and functioning of these ecosystems.SummaryHere we describe a new network of researchers and long-term, in situ, measurements that will characterize the changing socio-ecology of the woodlands of southern Africa. These woodlands encompass the largest savanna in the world, but are chronically understudied, with few long-term measurements. A network of permanent sample plots (PSPs) is required to: (a) address management issues, particularly related to sustainable harvesting for energy and timber; (b) understand how the woodlands are responding to a range of global and local drivers, such as climate change, CO2 fertilization, and harvesting; and (c) answer basic questions about biogeography, ecosystem function, and the role humans play in shaping the ecology of the region. We draw on other successful networks of PSPs and adapt their methods to the specific challenges of working in southern African woodlands. In particular we suggest divergences from established forest monitoring protocols that are needed to (a) adapt to a high level of ecosystem structural diversity (from open savanna to dry forest); (b) quantify the chronic disturbances by people, fire, and herbivores; (c) quantify the diversity and function of the understory of grasses, forbs, and shrubs; (d) understand the life histories of resprouting trees; and (e) conduct work in highly utilized, human-dominated landscapes. We conclude by discussing how the SEOSAW network will integrate with remote sensing and modeling approaches. Throughout, we highlight the challenges inherent to integrating work by forest and savanna ecologists, and the wide range of skills needed to fully understand the socio-ecology of the southern African woodlands

Confronting deep uncertainty in the forest carbon industry

Global momentum on carbon markets has the potential to direct substantial capital toward protecting the world’s forests. Yet the billion-dollar forest-carbon-offsetting industry is attracting criticism, in part from doubts about the methods used to measure and causally attribute changes in tree cover and biomass (1). Many actors in the industry are thus pursuing increasingly detailed measurement and monitoring of carbon outcomes and risks, under the assumption that this will improve accuracy and offset integrity (2). However, mounting scientific evidence (3, 4) implies that many forest landscapes are subject to “deep uncertainty” (5), such that claims of high accuracy in assessing carbon change are likely to remain inherently contestable, regardless of the technology or methodology deployed. Further, demands for such accuracy are likely to perpetuate inefficiencies and injustices among carbon suppliers (6–9). Approaches from other sectors may offer alternative ways forward in the absence of highly accurate measurements of outcomes

Distribution Route Assessment for a Combined Heat and Power System

The London Borough of Merton (LBM) has determined that a pyrolysis combined heat and power (CHP) plant has the potential to supply local sites with inexpensive heating and electricity while eliminating waste and reducing overall CO2 emissions. The objective of this project was to investigate the most effective route for heat and power distribution from the Willow Lane Industrial Estate to the Canons Leisure Centre based on economic, technical, environmental, and social considerations. This route assessment will guide the LBM in their implementation of a CHP distribution network

Cartilaginous Epiphyses in Extant Archosaurs and Their Implications for Reconstructing Limb Function in Dinosaurs

Extinct archosaurs, including many non-avian dinosaurs, exhibit relatively simply shaped condylar regions in their appendicular bones, suggesting potentially large amounts of unpreserved epiphyseal (articular) cartilage. This “lost anatomy” is often underappreciated such that the ends of bones are typically considered to be the joint surfaces, potentially having a major impact on functional interpretation. Extant alligators and birds were used to establish an objective basis for inferences about cartilaginous articular structures in such extinct archosaur clades as non-avian dinosaurs. Limb elements of alligators, ostriches, and other birds were dissected, disarticulated, and defleshed. Lengths and condylar shapes of elements with intact epiphyses were measured. Limbs were subsequently completely skeletonized and the measurements repeated. Removal of cartilaginous condylar regions resulted in statistically significant changes in element length and condylar breadth. Moreover, there was marked loss of those cartilaginous structures responsible for joint architecture and congruence. Compared to alligators, birds showed less dramatic, but still significant changes. Condylar morphologies of dinosaur limb bones suggest that most non-coelurosaurian clades possessed large cartilaginous epiphyses that relied on the maintenance of vascular channels that are otherwise eliminated early in ontogeny in smaller-bodied tetrapods. A sensitivity analysis using cartilage correction factors (CCFs) obtained from extant taxa indicates that whereas the presence of cartilaginous epiphyses only moderately increases estimates of dinosaur height and speed, it has important implications for our ability to infer joint morphology, posture, and the complicated functional movements in the limbs of many extinct archosaurs. Evidence suggests that the sizes of sauropod epiphyseal cartilages surpassed those of alligators, which account for at least 10% of hindlimb length. These data suggest that large cartilaginous epiphyses were widely distributed among non-avian archosaurs and must be considered when making inferences about locomotor functional morphology in fossil taxa