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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53809#.VNR3jSzQrzE Author(s)   Emmanuel Ome , Ani Casimir Affiliation(s) Department of Philosophy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria . ABSTRACT The interrelationship between Human Rights and “related fields” such as Human Security, Development, Democracy and Good Governance was emphasised at the United Nations Millennium Summit, which resulted in a declaration that affirmed global commitments to the protection of the vulnerable, the alleviation of poverty, and the rectification of corrupt structures and processes— particularly in those countries in which there is a lack of “rule of law” and good governance. The world’s leaders resolved to spare no effort to promote democracy and strengthen the rule of law, as well as respect for all internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to Human Security. This pape...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53242#.VLh5H8nQrzE Author(s)     Yves Castonguay , Josée Michaud , Marie-Pier Dubé Affiliation(s) Soils and Crops Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Québec, Canada . ABSTRACT Reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is a highly sensitive technique that has become the standard for the analysis of differences in gene expression in response to experimental treatments or among genetic sources. The accuracy of the RT-qPCR results can be significantly affected by uncontrolled sources of variation that can be accounted for normalization with so-called reference genes stably expressed under various conditions. In this study we assessed the stability of 21 reference gene candidates in crowns of two alfalfa cultivars (Apica and Evolution) exposed to various environmental conditions (cold, water stress and photoperiod...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48898#.VK9MdsnQrzE Author(s)    Ghulam Hussain , Anwaar Mohyuddin , Shuja Ahmed Affiliation(s) Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan . Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan . Pakistan Study Centre, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan . ABSTRACT Sindhi Civil Society and NGOs working in rural Sindh have a dialectical relationship with each other and with rural communities, particularly peasants and marginalized rural ethnic groups. In this article, the nature and structure of Sindhi civil society vis-à-vis their efforts to differentiate themselves from Pakistani civil society and ethnically hegemonic NGO-structuring, resultant perceived marginalization of Sindhi civil society and NGOs working in rural Sindh, have been classified, explained and analyzed in the light of secondary and primary dat...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52676#.VKC5bcCAM4 Author(s)    Rachel Alberstadt Affiliation(s) Alumna (Advanced Public International Law), Leiden University, The Hague, The Netherlands . ABSTRACT The concept of maximum sustainable yield has emerged as a popularly accepted concept for the benefit of the environment, yet the practical implementation of this concept and the dubious acceptance by fisherman of its lawfulness provides the CORE discussion of this article. Customary law exists as a two pillared system depending both on an element of practice in addition to the belief that the behavior in question is lawfully mandated. As such, for customary st...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52338#.VJJKtMnQrzE Author(s) Mohammed A. Bindrees , Robert J. Pooley , Idris S. Ibrahim , Nick K. Taylor Affiliation(s) School of Maths and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK . ABSTRACT Software development teams communicate differently by using a variety of communication tools. Successful communication leads to competitive software based on clear and quickly delivered re-quirements, as well as smoothness in bug reporting and explanation. Agile and Waterfall software development approaches have both addressed the importance of communication for their process. However, neither Agile nor Waterfall has guara...