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Old 01-22-2009, 12:45 PM   #12 (permalink)
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This topic has already come up in two separate threads.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tion-5656.html

and

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-c-p-6392.html

It may very well be a reputable journal, but 50% of its articles are below average quality . This is definitely one of them.

The quality of the research is pretty poor, and the author is associated with a company (which funds the author) that is involved with some truly dubious products & marketing. See http://www.stwa.com/
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