The Effect of Offer-of-Settlement Rules on the Terms of Settlement [PDF]
The Journal of Legal Studies, 1998 Abstract Under an “offer‐of‐settlement” rule, a party to a lawsuit may make a special offer to settle with the other party, such that if the other party rejects this offer, then this offer becomes part of the record in the case and may affect the allocation of litigation costs.
Bebchuk, Lucian Arye, Chang, Howard F.
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Settlement rehabilitation of a 35 year old building : case study integrated with analysis and implementation [PDF]
, 2011 This paper presents a rehabilitation project concerning the settlement of a 35 year old building. The foundation system of the northwest wing of the building consists of strip footings and slabon-grade.
Das B. +5 more
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Isolation and Identification of Tyramine-Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria from Fermented Olives
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2022 In the present study, we aimed to isolate and biochemically identify tyramine-producing lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from black and green fermented olive samples produced by traditional methods and obtained from different provinces of Turkey. A total of 36
Gülsüm Atasoy +2 more
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Creating an ecosystem that enables acceleration of housing self-recovery in the post-disaster context [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 During reconstruction, the recovery actors might overlook the connections between external and internal push factors. These factors can positively impact the processes to accelerate and produce long-term benefits beyond construction.
Soelaksono Arwin
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Urban fire risk control: House design, upgrading and replanning
Jàmbá, 2018 Urbanisation leads to house densification, a phenomenon experienced in both planned and unplanned settlements in cities in developing countries. Such densification limits fire brigade access into settlements, thereby aggravating fire disaster risks.
Isabela Wilfred Mtani +1 more
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Mapping Informal Settlements in Developing Countries using Machine Learning and Low Resolution Multi-spectral Data [PDF]
AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES 2019), 2019 Informal settlements are home to the most socially and economically vulnerable people on the planet. In order to deliver effective economic and social aid, non-government organizations (NGOs), such as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), require detailed maps of the locations of informal settlements.
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Remote Sensing, 2018 In the last few decades the magnitude and impacts of planetary urban transformations have become increasingly evident to scientists and policymakers. The ability to understand these processes remained limited in terms of territorial scope and comparative
M. Melchiorri +5 more
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The Timing of Out-of-Court Settlements Revisited: Theory and Cross- Sectional Evidence from Texas since 1988 [PDF]
, 2010 Legal institutions play an important role in affecting delay in settlement. But little research has investigated the institutional causes of delay. The empirical literature is ambiguous regarding the impact of trial-court delay on settlement delay.
Zhou, Jun
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The association between COVID-19 related stressors and mental health in refugees living in Australia
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2021 Background: Refugees may be particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health due to their traumatic pasts and the challenges of the postmigration environment.
Belinda J. Liddell +8 more
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