Day archives: February 22nd, 2015

Effects of Regional Temperature on Electric Vehicle Efficiency, Range, and Emissions in the US

Effects of Regional Temperature on Electric Vehicle Efficiency, Range, and Emissions in the United States. Tugce Yuksel and Jeremy J Michalek. Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1021/es505621s Publication Date (Web): February 11, 2015. “We characterize the effect of regional temperature differences on battery electric vehicle (BEV) efficiency, range, and use-phase CO2 emissions in …

Subjects: Energy, Environmental Law, Transportation

Trusting Trust

Gordon, Deborah S., Trusting Trust (February 20, 2015). Kansas Law Review, Vol. 63, 2015; Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-A-01. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2567910 “What is a trustee and how should we understand her duties? The existing literature typically identifies the trustee in the role of agent, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research

No Paperwhite read-aloud for you! FCC again lets Amazon and friends diss people with disabilities

New on LLRX – No Paperwhite read-aloud for you! FCC again lets Amazon and friends diss people with disabilities. David Rothman continues his reporting on the status of Text to Speech applications that have yet to be added to E-Ink readers due to the FCC’s extension of vendor exemptions from complying with a key benefit …

Subjects: Congress, E-Commerce, Government Documents, Internet, Legislation, Libraries

New on LLRX – Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Differential Diagnosis of Justice

Via LLRX.com – Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Differential Diagnosis of Justice – Ken Strutin’s article is a comprehensive examination of how the concept of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) has become a battleground where medical evidence and legal presumptions clash, testing the limits of judicial wisdom. Strutin presents a collection of recent and select court decisions, …

Subjects: Courts, Legal Research

Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2014–2019

Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2014–2019: From the Summary – “Global mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014. Global mobile data traffic reached 2.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2014, up from 1.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2013.Last year’s mobile data traffic was nearly 30 …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Internet, Privacy, Wireless Web

Denmark’s largest digital archive launched

The Copenhagen Post – “Denmark’s largest digital photo album with nearly two million images…open[ed] to the general public [February 20, 2015]. Danes will have access to the online database at Arkiv.dk, which includes 1,841,254 documents such as photos, diaries, letters, and sound and video recordings. Since the late 1980s, all items from the country’s more …

Subjects: Copyright, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Report on Cybersecurity Practices

FINRA Report on Cybersecurity Practices, February 2015 – Executive Summary – “Like many organizations in the financial services and other sectors, broker-dealers (firms) are the target of cyberattacks. The frequency and sophistication of these attacks is increasing and individual broker-dealers, and the industry as a whole, must make responding to these threats a high priority. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Internet

PSE Citation Database on Shale & Tight Gas Development

“This citation database provides bibliographic information, abstracts, and links to many of the vetted scientific papers housed in the PSE Healthy Energy Library, as well as other peer-reviewed journal articles. This database is a near exhaustive and evolving list of the peer-reviewed literature that directly pertains to shale and tight gas development. This literature is organized …

Subjects: Energy, Environmental Law, Legal Research, Libraries

Analysis of the oil and gas industry’s case for fracking

The Public Accountability Initiative (PAI) Report – Frackademia in Depth: “In the wake of New York State’s decision to ban fracking, drilling proponents have criticized Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration for basing the decision on “pseudo science” and “junk science.” When asked about the New York fracking ban at his 2015 “State of American …

Subjects: Economy, Energy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

22 ideas win Knight News Challenge: Libraries

Knight Foundation Blog – Chris Barr – January 15, 2015: In September we launched the 12th Knight News Challenge, on libraries, asking the question, “How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?” Today we’re announcing 22 winners of that challenge, awarding the recipients a share of $3 million for their …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Marketing

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