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the right to change these terms and conditions from time to time,
therefore your use after such changes will indicate that you have
accepted the alterations.
MedRat Medical News and
Information Reference Desk
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Latest medical news and information from
various sources (medical journals and others) are owned by the
respective publishing and other organizations and companies, and are
wholly based on news feeds (mainly "really simple syndication" or RSS
news feeds). MedRat uses a parsing PHP code at its Web server to present
these RSS news feeds directly from the original source or Web site
without archiving the content of these news feeds. No content of these
news feeds is archived by MedRat. Actually MedRat is proudly
acknowledged by several sources of these news feeds as MedRat
effectively disseminate the news feeds (without archiving the content of
these news feeds) of these organizations to the targeted
audiences. We at MedRat honor the intellectual sanctity of these news
feeds and present them to the audience directly from the original
source's Web sites without archiving the content. However, if an
organization of these news feeds (RSS news feeds) requires to terminate
the presentation of their news feeds via MedRat Web sites, please direct
us to terminate presenting these news feeds from MedRat Web sites. We
again assure that nothing of the content of these feeds is archived by
MedRat.
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for any material included in MedRat Web presentations submitted/owned by a third party and that is seen to
be offending, abusive, obscene, illegal or in breach of any
ones rights. MedRat will remove such third-party-submitted/owned
materials if these are illegal or in breach of any ones' intellectual or
other legal rights.
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Our site provides links to other Web sites
(sources of news feeds and others), however the content
of which is not under our control. We cannot accept any responsibility
for offers or goods that feature on such Web sites. Links to
these Web sites does not mean we have endorsed these and that
they will be virus free or of any other damaging nature.
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Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or
damage, whether direct or indirect, including loss of profits
or any other significant loss - resulting from or connected
to your use of the site, caused by negligence or another.
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We make no warranties of any kind regarding
any product or service to which the user may be directed or hyperlinked
from MedRat Web sites, including those linked in advertisements.
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MedRat places advertisements and is not responsible for online transactions made by the
visitors who intend to buy goods through these third-party links.
MedRat NutriArchives
(comprising food composition Web pages based on "USDA
National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference")
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MedRat presents nutritional composition of
thousands of food items according to USDA National Nutrient Database for
Standard Reference to the users/visitors for their non-commercial "fair
use". The content of the original database is a public domain.
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MedRat has used the abridged database (in
Microsoft Access file format) to create these food composition Web
pages.
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The design and calculations made in these
food composition Web pages are MedRat's developed technology to uses the
original database.
MedRat Online Discussion Forums
MedRat Public Health
Reference Desk
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"MedRat Public Health Reference Desk"
is one of the largest repositories of data-driven Web pages on public
health topics and issues, based MedRat's own public health database
created by retrieving information from a number of public and private
sources to present bibliographic and other information on scientific
publications (printed, electronically broadcasted, or otherwise). It has
taken years to develop this public health database for purpose of
creating hundreds of thousands of data-driven Web pages as a repository
of Web pages called here "MedRat Public Health Reference Desk".
General Disclaimer
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Neither MedRat nor any other party
involved in the creation/preparation, publication, or distribution of the
information and other materials shall be liable for any
special, consequential, or exemplary damages resulting in whole or
part from any user's use of or reliance upon the information
provided here and
their
associated documentations.
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MedRat does not guarantee 'updates' or
'upgrades' of these information and other materials. MedRat does not
have a regular setup to provide technical or other types of help. However, users' feedback,
comments, suggestions, etc to improve the content of MedRat Web
sites are highly appreciated.
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Copyright Infringement Claims
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multiple copyrighted works at a single Web site are covered by a single
claim, a representative list of such works at that Web site;
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subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which
is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit MedRat to
locate the Content on the Site;
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complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available,
an email address at which the complaining party may be contacted;
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accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of
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Privacy Policy
Information collected
When you visit our web site we automatically collect the following information
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the IP address you use to access the Internet;
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the date and time of your visit;
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the pages you visited;
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the address of the Web site you came from when
you came to visit (referrer);
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the type of browser you are using and
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the operating system of the computer you are
using.
It should be added that this information is
available to be, and very likely is, collected by every website you visit.
Personal information
However, to access the secure sections of this site, you must have registered
with us to receive a valid user profile. We collect personally identifiable
information (your name and email address) only if you specifically and knowingly
provide them to us.
Disclosure
MedRat BioArchives does not disclose, give, sell or otherwise transfer
any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement
or other legal requirements. Any such legal documents, if legal to do so, will
be immediately scanned and placed on the website with links from this page.
Copyrights 2007 by MedRat
BioArchives Inc
Updated on
November 01, 2007
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