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Good top-down design methodologies tend to produce fully normalised designs anyway
(2003-06-15)Many database curricula both in University and in As and A2 examining boards teach normalisation by decomposition as a method of arriving at a suitable set of tables for implementation in a relational database. This paper ... -
Grundschulforschung zwischen allgemeinen und fachdidaktischen Fragestellungen
(VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2007) -
Microblogs global: Englisch
(Peter Lang Pub. Inc., 2013) -
Building national initiatives of compulsory licences : reflecting on the Indian jurisprudence as a model for developing countries
(2015)The focus of this article is only on developing countries. The author reflects on the Indian patent jurisprudence regarding the operational relationship between the general principles applicable to working of patented ... -
Deploying pre-grant patent opposition mechanisms in Africa to monitor abuse of the patent system
(2015)This article examines the extent to which African countries could deploy pre-grant patent opposition provisions in their domestic patent regimes to mitigate the abuse of the patent system. The author argues that the public ... -
Examining the legality of affordability requirements as a substantive condition for granting compulsory licences pursuant to the TRIPS agreement
(2015-11-01)This article examines whether the so-called reasonably affordable requirements of the public remains a valid condition under TRIPS on which World Trade Organisation members can grant compulsory licences. This article frames ... -
Self-defeating reasons for signing the African Growth and Opportunity Act : analysing the pressure on African countries to enact UPOV Convention Plant Breeders’ Rights as opposed to effective sui generis regimes under TRIPS
(2015-03)In the absence of domestic standard-setting, it seems that the legislative landscapes of poor countries are subject to the policy direction of key developed countries which seek the highest returns from transnational trade ... -
Exploring a regional pharmaceutical innovation network as a possible solution to the market failure in the innovation of essential medicines for tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
(2014)From an economic reasoning perspective, pharmaceutical research and development operates as a pure market activity. This viewpoint suggests innovations are receptive to questions of commerce. It is on this basis the ... -
Locally working patents and the grant of compulsory licences : the need for stronger statutory provisions in Africa
(2014)According to a well-established legislative tradition of patent law, failure to work patents while exercising any rights over the patented inventions constitutes an abuse. Consequently, several countries impose affirmative ... -
Changes in gene expression profiles as they relate to the adult plant leaf rust resistance in the wheat cv. Toropi
(2015-01)Leaf rust, caused by the foliar pathogen Puccinia triticina is a major disease of wheat in the southern region of Brazil and invariably impacts on production, being responsible for high yield losses. The Brazilian wheat ... -
Supportive communication with parents moderates the negative effects of electronic media use on life satisfaction during adolescence
(2015-02-01)Objectives To examine the impact of electronic media (EM) use on teenagers’ life satisfaction (LS) and to assess the potential moderating effect of supportive communication with parents (SCP). Methods Data were drawn from ... -
The application of machine learning to the modelling of percutaneous absorption: An overview and guide
(2015-03-18)Machine learning (ML) methods have been applied to the analysis of a range of biological systems. This paper reviews the application of these methods to the problem domain of skin permeability and addresses critically some ... -
Nursing is a global concern
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Compassion is a constant
(2015-11-08)