Category: Strategic planning

  • Visualization of knowledge integration in a Japanese cutting edge research institution: A multi level bibliometric perspective

    The complexity of the problems facing society, such as health care, mobility, or environment, call for solutions cutting across different disciplines. This lies at the heart of interdisciplinary research. Interdisciplinarity has been strongly promoted worldwide over the recent years. For the case of Japan, a prominent example is the WPI (World Premier International Research Center)…

  • Future of sustainable military operations under emerging energy and security considerations

    Highlights • The nature of warfare is changing thus the requirement for energy. • Energy is a key component of sustainable operations. • Energy trends are analyzed in three stages including generation, transfer and storage through technology mining. • Scenarios are developed based on the future characteristics of warfare and emerging energy needs of military…

  • Technology Early Warning Model: A New Approach Based on Patent Data

    With the development of technology, more and more technical issues have been exposed, such as technical disputes, technical barriers and technical crisis. Thus, it is necessary to warn enterprises about technical deviation and predict future technology crises. Patent data can contain much information about technologies and would be useful in this setting. This paper proposes a technology early…

  • Biomedical properties and potentiality of Lippia microphylla Cham. and its essential oils

    Lippia microphylla Cham. (Verbanaceae) is an endemic underexploited Brazilian vegetal. This work reviewed the biological potentialities of Lippia microphylla, emphasizing the properties of essential oils (EOs) and analyzed scientific indicators about genus Lippia and L. microphylla. Databases from 1948 to the present were searched and a software (Vantage Point 7.1) associated with Derwent Innovation Index…