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Jean Lievens: Peter Murphy on Creative Economies and Research Universities

This is a pre-publication article. It is provided for researcher browsing and quick reference.The final published version of the article is available at: ‘Creative Economies and Research Universities’ in M.A. Peters and D. Araya (eds) Education in the Creative Economy: Knowledge and Learning in the Age of Innovation (New York: Peter Lang, 2010), pp 331-358. …

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Berto Jongman: Accessing Terrorism Literature in the Digital Age Plus 230 Online Sites for Terrorism Research

ENHANCING SECURITY THROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH Perspectives on Terrorism is  a journal of the Terrorism Research Initiative and the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies Volume 7, Issue 3, pp. 84-98 The Art of Searching: How to Find Terrorism Literature in the Digital Age Judith Tinnes Abstract This guide provides an overview on information retrieval techniques for locating high-quality literature …

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Steven Aftergood: Congressional Research Service

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE A long-running personnel dispute at the Congressional Research Service offers up conflicting visions of the proper role of the congressional support agency, which provides policy and legal analysis to Congress. In 2009, then-CRS Director Daniel Mulhollan fired then-CRS Division Chief Col. Morris Davis, a former Guantanamo prosecutor, …

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Congressional Research Service — Index Frozen 2 JUNE 2015

NOTICE: We are suspending our update of this index. All CRS reports will continue to be offered at the Federation of American Scientists, and updated as new version are received, but we will not longer maintain this separate index.   Updated FAS new 2 June 2015. All links lead to Federation of American Scientists (FAS) …

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8-11 September 2013 Canberra AU and Online – First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation

Research Integration and Implementation: Linking networks, taking stock, planning for the future This is a conference for researchers involved in: The issues motivating the conference and what we are hoping to achieve are explained in the 3.5 minute video in the right hand column (video on the conference aims and background). In brief, this is …

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Worth a Look: Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?

Book Description: Something has changed in the culture and values of academic science over the last quarter-century. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. How can an academic scientist honor knowledge for its own sake, while also using knowledge as a means to …

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Michelle Monk: Chinese Plant Compound Wipes out Cancer in 40 Days, Says New Research + Innovation and Technology Repression RECAP

Chinese Plant Compound Wipes Out Cancer in 40 Days, Says New Research A little-known plant with a truly bizarre name is now making headlines as a cancer killer, with the compound of the plant vanishing tumors in mice with pancreatic cancer. Known as the ‘thunder god vine’ or lei gong teng, the Chinese plant is …

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