Therefore, education on human rights and the dissemination of proper information, both theoretical and practical, play an important role in the promotion and respect of human rights with regard to all individuals without distinction of any kind such as race, sex, language or religion, and this should be integrated in the education policies at the national as well as international levels.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

The two studies have opened a genuine conceptual and theoretical debate on both topics.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The debate is not theoretical and is already having practical implications on both utilities and energy developers.

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Riley Hassell and Shane Macaulay, two researchers with mobile security-focused Privateer Labs, plan to present two theoretical attacks on Android at the Black Hat security conference next month, both demonstrating new ways that a piece of mobile malware downloaded to a phone can surreptitiously exploit unexpected functions to gain control of the device, steal data, or make expensive phone calls.

FORBES: Researchers Show Android Vulnerable To App-Hijacking Attacks

Dale Nordquist, associate director of the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota, said Missouri's practical approach to understanding farm finances is relatively uncommon at large, land-grant universities where both students and professors are more likely to concentrate on theoretical approaches as opposed to practical solutions, and the use of personal data can still be seen as an intrusion.

NPR: Future Heads Of Family Farms Dig Into Financials

Given our dependence on the communication systems of our planet, both satellite- and ground-based, this is not simply a theoretical worry.

CNN: Four ways the Internet could go down