From July to September, 2002 I spent ten weeks in Kenya conducting full-time research on the macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS and community action towards combating the epidemic in locations dominated by members of the Luo tribe in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Gathering data from both the Ministry of Health and non-governmental...
The methods for conducting reductionist ecological science are well known and widely used. In contrast, those used in the synthesis of ecological science (i.e., synthesis science) are still being developed, vary widely, and often lack the rigor of reductionist approaches. This is unfortunate because the synthesis of ecological parts into...
US forestlands are increasingly subject to disturbances including wildfire, insects and disease, and urban and exurban development. Devising strategies for addressing these "forest threats" depends on anticipating where individual disturbances are most likely and where they might occur in combination. However, many spatial data sets describing forest threats are produced...
Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) are complex and expensive due to high operating temperatures and neutron flux which pose technical challenges for these reactors. To overcome these challenges with SFRs, research and development of small scale and large-scale facilities are needed to bridge the gap in understanding. Scaling analyses develop...
On June 23, 2016 the United Kingdom (UK) held a vote to determine whether to remain in the European Union (EU) or withdraw. The British exit from the EU, or Brexit, is the antithesis of two centuries of progressive social work theory developed by a series of prominent social workers...
West Coast fruit cooperatives working together in joint-venture
trading companies may well lower the prices of their fruit for export
through economies of scale. However, present and future foreign demand
for American fruit may constrain any economies of scale that are realized
in joint-venture agreements. The major objective of this...