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9. No Liability For Content - The documents and other materials published on this server could include technical and content-based inaccuracies and misrepresentations or typographical errors. Through your voluntary use of our services, you hereby acknowledge that any reliance upon any documents and materials provided by ScienceIQ.com will be at your sole risk. ScienceIQ.com reserves the right to make improvements to, or correct any errors or omissions to any documents and materials at any time without any notice at its sole discretion.

10. Use of Public Domain Material - Content of this website contains information, text, images, sound, animations and programming that ScienceIQ.com has deemed, in good faith, to be in the public domain. We will take steps to make corrections upon reasonable notice of the owner of any proprietary material at: copyright@ScienceIQ.com.

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13. System Down Time - ScienceIQ takes all reasonable steps to assure that our server is running, that we have adequate backup and that our daily email is delivered in a timely manner. However, conditions and events outside our control may result in our system being down and such will impact our ability to deliver timely email content and may prevent you from accessing the ScienceIQ website. In consideration for the use of ScienceIQ, nonsubscribers and guests waive any claim against ScienceIQ for the period of disability.

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15. Arbitration - Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures and Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

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