This is not to imply that the ecosystem itself is generating goods and services for humans, but rather that in its functioning - the interaction of its species and habitats, these processes may result in some sort of benefit to people. In some cases these are things we can quantitatively mea...
Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF), particularly from telecommunications sources, is one of the most common and fastest growing anthropogenic factors on the environment. In many countries, humans are protected from harmful RF EM
Doug Stephens, aka the Retail Prophet, describes the third shelf as a place that is not the store nor the customer's home, but a wonderfully appropriate location for consumers to shop. It might be an online store, a digital app or even the packaging of the product itself. More and more...
“There is no more rewarding experience in life than being part of an audience where everybody is leaning forward in silence, thoroughly carried away by a great performance of a masterpiece,” one commenter wrote. “Why is it so difficult for folks to develop an appreciation and understanding ...
Review articles indicate that the weight of evidence is that RFR acts as an environmental toxin with ecosystem-wide harm from increasing ambient RFR emitted by cell towers and other RFR infrastructure [[146], [147], [148], [149], [150], [151], [152]]. 6. Liability Some industry liabil...
Embarking on the journey of opening a flower shop, much like any new venture, demands an abundance of hard work, passion, and unwavering commitment. Access to valuable information is also crucial in ensuring a successful start. Reflecting on the experiences of starting a flower shop, there are...
Ecosystem Gardeningviews every property— whether a small residential backyard or acres of woodland or the grounds surrounding your business– as an ecosystem. If each of us takes personal responsibility for the health of the wildlife on our property, we can improve the health of our planet. Beca...
Bees are unaffected by it [38]. As for the former, resistance to pesticides is not unique to GMOs and there are hundreds of non-GMO examples of herbicide resistance developing in weeds [39]. In the case of glyphosate, despite first being used in the USA market in 1974 and having its ...
We further proposed an eight-theme framework of SS to help understand how the sixteen questions are related to each other. We argue that SS is coming of age, but more integrative and concerted efforts are still needed to further consolidate its identity by developing a coherent and rigorous ...
Few single papers discuss both the technical and non-technical research challenges of the IoT on an equal footing. We believe that the holistic view provided by OR and Systems Thinking presented here [2] is going to be needed to solve the many problems which must be overcome for the IoT ...