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L. D. Danny Harvey - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Joint implementation and the Ultimate Objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Global Environmental Change, 1997Co-Authors: Elizabeth J. Bush, L. D. Danny HarveyAbstract:Abstract This paper critically assesses the potential role of joint implementation (JI) in contributing to the achievement of the Ultimate Objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, namely, the stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at levels which are non-threatening to human societies and ecosystems. This requires, among other actions, a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions within the next few decades, which in turn requires limitation of population growth, dramatic reductions in industrialized country per capita emissions, and sharply constrained growth in per capita emissions from the developing world. We examine the potential role of JI in assisting development aimed at meeting basic human needs — a pre-requisite for population stabilization — and conclude that JI has little to offer and may indeed be counterproductive. We also examine JI as a vehicle for technology transfer, and conclude that, if JI is to play a useful role here, it must be accompanied by fundamental reform in the nature of current technology transfer and official development assistance. Furthermore, for JI to be effective in limiting the growth of developing country emissions through technology transfer, accelerated development of advanced and renewably based energy technologies by the industrialized world is required, which is unlikely unless these countries commit to making strong emissions reductions of their own.
Salvador Morales-conde - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Guideline assessment project: Filling the GAP in surgical guidelines: Quality improvement initiative by an international working group
Annals of surgery, 2019Co-Authors: Stavros A. Antoniou, Sofia Tsokani, Dimitrios Mavridis, Manuel López-cano, George A. Antoniou, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Nader K. Francis, Neil J. Smart, Filip Muysoms, Salvador Morales-condeAbstract:Objective:The aim of the study was to identify clinical practice guidelines published by surgical scientific organizations, assess their quality, and investigate the association between defined factors and quality. The Ultimate Objective was to develop a framework to improve the quality of surgical
Elizabeth J. Bush - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Joint implementation and the Ultimate Objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Global Environmental Change, 1997Co-Authors: Elizabeth J. Bush, L. D. Danny HarveyAbstract:Abstract This paper critically assesses the potential role of joint implementation (JI) in contributing to the achievement of the Ultimate Objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, namely, the stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at levels which are non-threatening to human societies and ecosystems. This requires, among other actions, a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions within the next few decades, which in turn requires limitation of population growth, dramatic reductions in industrialized country per capita emissions, and sharply constrained growth in per capita emissions from the developing world. We examine the potential role of JI in assisting development aimed at meeting basic human needs — a pre-requisite for population stabilization — and conclude that JI has little to offer and may indeed be counterproductive. We also examine JI as a vehicle for technology transfer, and conclude that, if JI is to play a useful role here, it must be accompanied by fundamental reform in the nature of current technology transfer and official development assistance. Furthermore, for JI to be effective in limiting the growth of developing country emissions through technology transfer, accelerated development of advanced and renewably based energy technologies by the industrialized world is required, which is unlikely unless these countries commit to making strong emissions reductions of their own.
James E. Kennedy - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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High-intensity focused ultrasound in the treatment of solid tumours
Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005Co-Authors: James E. KennedyAbstract:Traditionally, surgery has been the only cure for many solid tumours. Technological advances have catalysed a shift from open surgery towards less invasive techniques. Laparoscopic surgery and minimally invasive techniques continue to evolve, but for decades high-intensity focused ultrasound has promised to deliver the Ultimate Objective — truly non-invasive tumour ablation. Only now, however, with recent improvements in imaging, has this Objective finally emerged as a real clinical possibility.
Sandro Mussa-ivaldi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Real brains for real robots.
Nature, 2000Co-Authors: Sandro Mussa-ivaldiAbstract:Neural signals from the brains of monkeys have been used to drive the movement of robotic arms. The Ultimate Objective of such work is to design controllable prosthetic limbs.