Author: VPInstitute

  • Patent overlay maps: Spain and the Basque Country

    This study uses the new global patent map developed by Kay et al. (2014) to reflect the patenting activity of Spain together with the activity of the Basque Country, a highly industrialised region in Spain, for the time interval 2000-2006. The global patent map reflects the technology categories where a patent could be categorised according…

  • Biodiesel in Brazil: science, technology and innovation indicators

    The world leader in the production and consumption of ethanol from sugar cane, Brazil has been conducting research in biodiesel for years including patents registered in the 80s. In 2005, biodiesel was incorporated into the Brazilian energy matrix. This article presents the biodiesel in Brazil, linking it to the policy of Science, Technology & Innovation…

  • Advancing the forecasting innovation pathways approach: hybrid and electric vehicles case

    The forecasting innovation pathways (FIP) approach combines empirical tech mining with expert opinion. To date, FIP has been devised for relatively immature emerging technologies. This study extends the FIP methodology to work for a more advanced and complicated technology. It does so through a case analysis of hybrid and electric vehicles (HEVs). We retain the…

  • Some Latin American Plants Promising for the Cosmetic, Perfume and Flavor Industries

    Medicinal plants have been used in the prevention, diagnosis, and elimination of diseases based on the practical experience of thousands of years. There is a pressing need to initiate and transform laboratory research into fruitful formulations leading to the development of newer products for the cure of diseases such as AIDS, cancer, and hepatitis, as…

  • 2006 DISSERTATION: Scaling the Technology Opportunity Analysis Text Data Mining Methodology: Data Extraction, Cleaning, Online Analytical Processing Analysis, and Reporting of Large Multi-source Datasets

    Because the existing applications of Technology Opportunity Analysis (TOA) text data mining framework developed by Alan Porter and other researchers used small datasets, previous research never pushed the limits of the methodology and failed to identify areas for future research associated with using larger datasets. This research developed extensions to the TOA framework to improve…

  • Mapping soybean physiology research based on the web of science

    The aim of this paper was to map the scientific research on soybean physiology by using bibliographic review and analyses of papers indexed up to July 31, 2014 in the web of science database. A total of 1682 non-redundant bibliographic records were curated. The soybean physiology research experienced two major periods. The first period was…

  • Analysis of Technological Developments in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease through Patent Documents

    Population aging and the consequent change in the profile of the age pyramid are already a reality the world over. One undeniable effect of this aging process is the significant increase in the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is the most common form of dementia, accounting for around 50% – 60% of all cases. AD…

  • Mapping the landscape of climate engineering

    In the absence of a governance framework for climate engineering technologies such as solar radiation management (SRM), the practices of scientific research and intellectual property acquisition can de facto shape the development of the field. It is therefore important to make visible emerging patterns of research and patenting, which we suggest can effectively be done…

  • Literature-related discovery and innovation: Chronic kidney disease

    Different approaches for preventing, reducing, halting, and reversing chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been described in the medical literature. However, all related factors have not been identified together. To overcome these limitations, we used an LRDI-based methodology (potentially applicable to any disease) based on the following holistic principle: a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for…

  • 2014 MASTERS THESIS: Water as social and economic resource. Resolving questions about sharing water in Central Asia.

    Water scarcity in the World today is growing faster than expected and it is among the main problems of 21st century to be faced by the World. Central Asia is considered like a region with enough water resources, however, an ineffective use of water, it’s allocation, rapidly growing population, and lack of knowledge in sharing…