Word: peering
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...fairer system of online scholarship. The agreement on open-access publication makes current scholarly research available for all readers online at no cost. Though the new open-access model of online publication eliminates traditional subscription and processing fees, it maintains essential features of journal publication such as peer review and the “author-pays” model, in which the author must pay the publisher for the article to appear. The free access not only benefits readers but is especially beneficial for authors looking to expand their readership. “Open-access journals and closed-access journals...
...Harvard seems to have largely dodged drunkorexia. J.P. Chilazi ’10, president of University Health Services' Drug & Alcohol Peer Advisors, said he hasn’t heard of the condition being a problem here and noted that a 2008 campus survey found 96 percent of all Harvard students eating before or while drinking. But as “someone who knows a fair amount about alcohol consumption patterns,” he said he found the condition’s name to be “bizarre” and hoped for a “more technical...
...index fell roughly 28 percent during the period addressed by Mendillo’s letter, while peer investment groups as measured by the Trust Universe Comparison Service saw a softer median loss of 18.2 percent...
When markets plummeted across the board last fall, Harvard, along with many other investors and peer institutions, sought to reduce exposure to those illiquid, alternative assets and instead boost cash reserves for operations. Private equity holdings are especially taxing since they often require ongoing and continued capital commitments from investors...
...help build a business in a developing country, try peer-to-peer lending. Kiva.org started the trend, which lets you lend as little as $25 to the entrepreneur of your choosing and track the recipient's progress online. Now there are specialized sites like Wokai.org, which provides microloans in rural China. Wokai is Mandarin for "I start...