The researchers say their work shows that rainforests are not just important for biodiversity, for the storage of carbon but for the very tangible issue of energy production.
If somebody from the government is misusing taxpayers' money, the majority of people feel more personally about it than they would about fighting for a less tangible issue like democracy or human rights.
It is one of the tangible issue areas in interstate relationships.
In the real world, this isn't very likely--not, anyway, for the less tangible issues such as authorship and independence.
Slacktivists carry out feel-good measures, such as sharing a post about an issue on Facebook, signing an e-petition or adding a Twibbon to a Twitter account, which can have little or no tangible outcome for the charity.
Your differences with your boss over those less tangible issues may be too big to surmount.
Less tangible issues such as emotional bonding of users with products, cultural perceptions and social value systems, provide valuable insights for the product developer to help expand knowledge and understanding of the users' need beyond the functional.
Liam Fitzgerald Finch, who served in the Army for 12 years and was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for defusing bombs in Helmand, said there would be "tangible mental health issues" for the soldiers concerned.
At a meeting Tuesday with José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, promised "to take tangible steps" on issues "relevant for the stable and independent legal environment," the commission said in a statement.
Overall, it can be said that the research community has moved from debating whether the cloud is a mere hype to devising some tangible initiatives for resolving security issues.
