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Most likely the contract with Elsevier prohibits this. In the fine print, "unlimited access" is probably defined as something like "what we, the publisher, consider normal/reasonable reading speeds by a human using our s
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Based on experience with academic libraries, this is likely, and it's plausible that Elsevier would use the existence of the former contract as an excuse to claim that veterinary students/faculty are somehow not covered under a co
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The entities actually paying Elsevier are mostly college libraries (not individuals). Though librarians tend to be pro open access, college legal counsel is unlikely to let them tell professors/students to use a pirate site (and many o
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This is quite common. The publisher's terms and conditions or site license contract probably includes language asserting a right to cut off access for "excessive" (however they define that) or software-mediated downloading. T
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>In France, we've always had a slew of "Bulgarian taste" yogurts, which are usually slightly acidic in taste In the US, I think this is being marketed as "Greek yogurt." (I don't like yogurt so no first hand
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Most stores* have a point of sale machine where you either swipe the card or insert it into a slot for a few seconds, then tap a confirmation. You may be asked to tap a PIN (if using a debit card) or write your signature with a stylus (cr
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I believe when they said "self-published, unknown" journals, the key word was unknown rather than self-published. They're not talking about journals self-published by established scholarly societies and so forth, who are &q
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I'm guessing GP meant the publishing fees to the author (which some, not all, open access journals have). The prestigious PLOS STEM journals have fees ranging from $1495-$2900: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/s&#x
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Correct. The publisher in this case may have been misrepresenting a paid-access journal as open access, or the journal may have offered open access only to certain articles and presented this policy in a confusing way. I have certainly see
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In modern US stores, it's generally people paying with cash or check that "hold up the f*cking line" (paying with a credit or debit card is much faster).
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Using Prime and Netflix with the FireTV Stick, if I search for a movie in Amazon's interface and Netflix has it, Amazon will tell me so and provide a button to click directly to that movie in the Netflix app. Same with the Showtime app
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Yes. Unless your future job or other expected application of the knowledge will require you to memorize and instantaneously recall the information, it makes no sense to test that way. An open book test still tests your general familiarity w
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A newer story states that the "stress reduction policy" was revoked due to conflicting with university policy on grading: http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9558
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No one said anything about "needing." A person can have happiness and joy in their life while single, yet find another person who adds even more happiness and joy.
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I think they're trying to define "being in love" as "never having a romantic or sexual thought about anyone else, ever," and proclaiming the concept of love invalid if it can't meet that threshold.
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>Would you proclaim that at the time of marriage vows? No. "Freebie lists" (shared lists between couples of people they'd be allowed to cheat with, if the extremely unlikely opportunity arose) are a thing - at least in p
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>Note that I do not buy the silly notion that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and that 'I don't find that person attractive but I'm sure someone else will'. This is somewhat backed by data (e.g., the
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In part 3 she states that her lawyer advised her to be vague to reduce the chance of the school bringing a frivolous lawsuit against her (which could bankrupt her even if she "won").
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Yes, the sentence can be read either way (as "the advisor" and "Dr. Mao" both referring to the same person, who had not read the dissertation, or two different people). Dr. Mao's role seems to be kept almost deliber
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>I also thought it was funny that she complained about the committee not raising those questions when she submitted her proposal years ago. That's the whole point dummy... She also mentions submitting multiple drafts and requests fo
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They have primary advisors, but (based on experience working in an administrative position at a US university) I get the feeling humanities programs are very different from STEM subjects. The decision on whether one's work is "cor
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Pre-prints as a way of declaring ownership of your research findings (or whatever the humanities equivalent is) seem to be much less of a thing in the humanities. For example, I've heard the fear of someone "stealing" your id
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>framing bicycle safety as a binary depending on whether someone has a helmet on is a gross oversimplification Who was doing that?
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1) I try to donate roughly $1 per hour of content I consume. For example, a podcaster I support creates several different podcast series on different topics; I am interested in two of the series each of which has about four 1-hour episodes
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>>In my whole life I haven't faced a single situation where parents literally force a doll on their daughter instead of a Lego Kit. >>Kids are not bots that you train them. Acceptance into peer groups is a major factor, and
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At least in the US, their crime may well be something that doesn't obviously harm others (like possessing a small amount of marijuana for personal use, or consensual "sexting" among teens). It might also make a difference if
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Lost interest because she didn't want crafts/parties, or because she didn't want STEM activities? (Curious, sentence wasn't clear to me)
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I think they mean it is true in the same sense that "anyone can be president of the US" is true, e.g. true in theory, but in practice, it requires significant wealth which most do not have. I would have worded it differently than
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So if my car fails because I never change the oil, cars don't work?
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Maybe sending the whole bulb is cheaper than the labor and packaging to send separate cloves?

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