Der Terminus XML-basierter Web-Service beschreibt eine auf Standards beruhende Softwarearchitektur, die das Zusammenspiel dreier Rollen (Service-Provider, Service-Verzeichnis und Service-Requestor) einschließt. Der Provider definiert eine Beschreibung für den Service und übergibt sie einem...

"We study the role of beauty in politics. For the first time, focus is put on differences in how women and men evaluate female and male candidates and how different candidate traits relate to success in real and hypothetical elections. We have collected 16,218 assessments by 2,772 respondents of...

The role of economic analysis in guiding the sustainable development of estuarine and coastal ecosystems is investigated based on a comprehensive review of the literature on the valuation of the recreation, cultural and aesthetic services. The implications of the findings for the sustainable...