These reporter genes are often used to monitor regulation of expression controlled by promoters and/or other sequences influencing transcription.
The reason this article caught my eye was because of the eerie similarities between China's new web-monitoring regulations and the totalitarianism described in my favorite book.
Tim Hill, the center's chief financial officer, described the effort as not so much new policy as "new scrutiny" by officials who had grown lax in monitoring regulations in place since 1997.
"By identifying and monitoring regulations and policies that are restricting the access of smaller scale farmers to these critical components of success, the BBA seeks to provide policy makers with a tool that can be used to develop an enabling environment for local and regional agribusiness".
More stringent monitoring regulations of tank storage oil terminals – particularly in Europe – has led to one of Germany's providers of pump solutions for petrochemical and other spills reporting an increased level of enquiries for its air-operated double-diaphragm pumps.
"Environmental monitoring regulations and adaptation are costs, so there's a tendency to avoid them," says Arthur ten Wolde, manager of circular economy public affairs at De Groene Zaak, a Dutch business-lobbying group that advocates for a circular economy.
In 1942, the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) was formed with the purpose of protecting Champagne's reputation and marketing forces as well as setting up and monitoring regulations for vineyard production and vinification methods.
Water quality monitoring regulations have been established to ensure that water reaching consumers meets all safety standards (Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986; U.S. EPA 1991, 1998a, 1998b).
This annual study, covering over 180 economies, monitors regulation from the perspective of small and medium-sized companies.
"In the absence of any specific regulations for unconventional onshore exploration and production, with the regulatory bodies having little experience and no funding to make them capable of implementing and monitoring regulation, never mind giving detail consideration to planning applications, this is a recipe for disaster," he said.
