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FAA Preemption after Concepcion
No full textAT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion is an important case for its holding that the FAA preempts application of state unconscionability doctrine to invalidate an arbitration clause with a class arbitration waiver. But in a number of respects, the effect of Concepcion has been overstated, including its effect on application of state unconscionability doctrine to arbitration clauses. Concepcion does not preempt all or even most state unconscionability doctrine as applied to arbitration agreements. Properly construed, Concepcion preempts state unconscionability doctrine only when that doctrine conditions enforcement of arbitration agreements on procedures inconsistent with “fundamental attributes of arbitration” of the sort illustrated in Concepcion itself ― such as the use of juries, court-monitored discovery, evidentiary rules, and, of course, class arbitration. If, however, the Supreme Court were to construe Concepcion more broadly (or eliminate application of unconscionability to invalidate arbitration clauses altogether), courts would retain some residual authority to police the fairness of arbitration clauses, but only by finding a dispute resolution process not to be arbitration at all
Marriage License for Allapuz, Alvaro and Cabal, Concepcion
No full textMarriage license for Alvaro Allapuz and Concepcion Cabal. Joseph R. Torres was the Justice of the Peace
Data for temperature and leaf gas exchange of aquaponic lettuce
No full textThe CEA_Data.xlsx file contains 6 sheets containing thermo-gas and leaf canopy growth and moisture signatures. Sheet 1 (Perday) contains week no., day, humidity, temperature, O2 and CO2 concentrations outside and inside a partially diffused microclimatic chamber, net ecosystem exchange, photosynthetic quotient, and the produced O2 and assimilated CO2 for the light-dependent photosynthetic reaction. It also contains the week no., day, humidity, temperature, O2 and CO2 concentrations outside and inside the chamber, net ecosystem exchange, thermal sensitivity Q1, and the produced and assimilated CO2 and O2 during the dark-period respiration. Sheet 2 (GDD) contains temperature variances, growing degree day values, thermal ratio (max/min), and the photothermal unit. Sheet 3 (FMT_EWT) contains the measured and RNN-predicted full moisture content and equivalent water thickness as metrics of leaf moisture stress. Sheet 4 (PCSI) contains minor and major axis length and the resulting plant canopy shape index per plant from week 1 to week 6 of cultivation. Sheet 5 (VI) contains the RGB, MGVRI, GLI, MPRI, RGBVI, ExG, and VEG as optical vegetative stress indices. Sheet 6 (SUMMARY) contains the established parameter ranges for vegetative, head development, and harvest stages of aquaponic lettuce
Data for chlorophyll and anthocyanin dyes combination optimization using evolutionary computing
No full textThe uploaded file has six tabs pertaining to dye concentration optimization and characterizations. Tab 1 (AM1.5) presents the short-circuit current, open-circuit voltage, fill factor, efficiency, power, and cell resistance of the 9 fabricated DSSCs. Tab 2 (AM1.5 range) presents the photocurrent and power generated through voltage sweeping from -2 to 0 V. Tab 3 (Optimization) presents the characterization of selection rate, mutation rate, and crossover rate of genetic algorithm and evolutionary strategy in determining the fitness value and the best solution for green and violet dye concentrations that will give the maximum possible power efficiency. Tab 4 (FTIR) presents the raw data spectral analysis in the 4000 to 500 cm-1 range. Tab 5 (UV-Vis absorbance) presents the spectral absorbance of each dye combination without the optimization yield and the photon energy and absorption coefficient of dyes data. And Tab 6 (Stability) presents the 21-day stability test of pure green, pure violet, GA-based, and ES-based dyes without thermoplastic Surlyn jacket
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
A Study of Bioenergy Production from Chilean Tessaria absinthioides
No full textThis study assesses whether the use of Tessaria absinthioides (TA) pellets as a bioenergy resource is feasible or not. Its fuel properties were characterized and its combustion behavior assessed via a traditional log wood stove with a basket of wood pellets. Combustion of pinewood (Pinus radiata) commercial pellets (CP) was used as a reference in order to analyze experimental results. TA has a high ash content of 8.1% and an HHV of 17.47 MJ kg(-1). Alkaline index on the TA pellets was of 1.46 kg alkali GJ(-1), a relatively high value, which resulted from high sodium content in ash. Oven and exhaust temperatures during the combustion of TA and CP present similar behavior. The combustion chamber's highest temperature for CP was 841.15 degrees C, while for TA, the highest temperature was 685.65 degrees C. Furthermore, CO and PM emission was superior for TA pellets, averaging about 4943.6 235.2 mg Nm(-3) and 32.45 6.49 mg MJ(-1), respectively at 13% O-2. Results obtained have shown that there were no apparent hindrances for an extensive use of TA as a bioenergy resource and use of pellet baskets to combust pellets in traditional wood log stoves.Graphical AbstractNational Commission for Scientific and Technological Research in ChileFIC Atacama 2016Univ Bio Bio, Fac Ingn, Dept Ingn Mecan, Concepcion, ChileUniv Concepcion, Unidad Desarrollo Tecnol, Concepcion, ChileUniv Concepcion, Fac Ingn, Dept Ingn Mecan, Concepcion, ChileSao Paulo State Univ, Fac Engn Guaratingueta, Energy Dept, Guaratingueta, BrazilFed Ctr Technol Educ Celso Suckow Fonseca CEFET R, Angra Reis Campus, Angra Do Reis, BrazilSao Paulo State Univ, Fac Engn Guaratingueta, Energy Dept, Guaratingueta, BrazilNational Commission for Scientific and Technological Research in Chile: CONICYT PIA/APOYO CCTE AFB170007National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research in Chile: FAPESP-CONICYT 2018/04819-4National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research in Chile: FONDECYT 11180828FIC Atacama 2016: BIP 3048647
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Omar Gonzalez, Miriam Padilla, Sandra Garcia, Bermarie Barreto, Hector Concepcion, and Erika Pazos
No full textColor photograph of L to R: Omar Gonzalez, Miriam Padilla, Sandra Garcia, Bermarie Barreto, Hector Concepcion, and Erika Pazos during a baseball game of Puerto Rico vs Mexico at Big Willy\u27s bar, Salt Lake, UT
Letter from R. R. Zellick, Assistant Trust Officer, Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco, to Joseph R. Goodman, October 2, 1942
No full textLetter from R. R. Zellick, Assistant Trust Officer at The Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco, to Joseph R. Goodman, regarding property owned by Dave Tatsuno. Zellick mentions a dispute between current tenants and Tatsuno, and that Tatsuno has asked Goodman to help locate trustworthy tenants.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
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