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Attention Market. The Concept And Challenges In A Merger Assessment, Krzysztof Kanton, Jarosław Łukawski, Szymon Murek

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The article focuses on the issue of ‘attention’ paid by consumers to internet and mobile apps content, which from the economic perspective is a resource that falls short. The authors analyze attention as a commodity and present the characteristics of the markets on which it is traded. The publication indicates the challenges faced by competition authorities in assessing concentrations between entities active on the attention market – the so-called attention brokers. In the latter part of the article, the authors analyze the methodology used by competition authorities to assess concentrations between the biggest modern attention brokers. Conclusions and postulates regarding …

Favouring One’S Own Products Or Services By Vertically Integrated Online Platforms As A Discriminatory Abuse Of A Dominant Position, Artur Szmigielski

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The practice of favouring one’s own vertically integrated services by a dominant online platform can be assessed as an independent practice of discrimination (prohibited under Article 102 paragraph 2 point c TFEU). This does not mean, however, that a dominant undertaking has an absolute obligation to treat products or services of its trading partners equally to its own offer. Such practices should be considered abusive if they create unfavourable conditions of competition and have significant anti-competitive effects. What is prohibited by a discriminatory practice does not refer to the fact of favouring one’s own services, but to a situation where …

Will Competition Law Solve The Vendor Lock-In Problem In The B2b Software Sector?, Piotr Semeniuk

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

Competition law is increasingly being used (so far, mainly in the US) in order to prevent the vendor lock-in problem in the B2B software sector. International academia also calls for increased activities of competition authorities in addressing vendor lock-in problems. Some business practices and contractual clauses applied by vendors in their Polish IT contracts could also be classified as an anticompetitive practice (e.g. exclusivities, tying, bundling, loyalty rebates, refusals to grant a license or to grant access to information on interoperability). Competition law in the world of IT contracts can supply buyers or competitors with arguments to challenge some of …

Technological Challenges For Anthropocentric Competition Law: The Case Of Algorithmic Pricing In The E-Commerce Sector, Marcin Mleczko

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The author presents the problem of algorithmic price fixing in the context of the prohibition of anti-competitive agreements. Firstly, the basic concepts related to this subject are explained. Presented next are various types of algorithmic collusion. The core of the article contains an analysis of different ways of using algorithms based on existing case-law.

Do Androids Dream Of Price Fixing? Pricing Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, And Competition Law., Michał Konrad Derdak

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The article outlines the issue of undertakings’ liability for actions taken with the use (or participation) of artificial intelligence, which are in breach of the prohibition to enter into anticompetitive arrangements. Its particular focus is on the currently most important issue in this context, taking into account the experiences so far, namely the issue of using (dynamic) pricing algorithms.

Merger Control In The Big Data Era – On The New Jurisdictional Threshold Based On The Transaction Value Criterion In The Context Of The European Commission’S Decision-Making Practice And The Amendments To Austrian And German Antitrust Laws, Laura Skopowska

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

During a recent consultation of the European Commission on the assessment of the procedural and jurisdictional aspects of EU merger control, the Commission expressed significant doubts regarding its notification system based solely on a turnover criterion, which can create significant enforcement gaps while assessing acquisitions taking place in the digital and pharmaceutical markets. In the Big Data era, when databases are of increasing market importance, current jurisdictional thresholds may not be a sufficient tool to detect anticompetitive acquisitions on the digital market. This scientific article assesses whether the introduction of new criteria is justified. The article also includes an analysis …

The Prohibition Of The Use Of Trademarks In Online Advertising And The Prohibition Of Cooperation With Price Comparison Websites As A Restriction Of Competition In The Context Of The Bundesgerichtshof Ruling Of 12 December 2017, Bartosz Targański

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The case is part of a series of recent cases where EU competition authorities considered the acceptable scope of restricting online retail sales by producers. According to the decision of the Bundeskartellamt of 26 August 2015, and subsequent rulings of German courts, an absolute ban on the use of trademarks in online advertising and the prohibition of cooperation with price comparison websites imposed on distributors by the producer is a per se violation of Article 101(1) TFEU and cannot benefit from a block or an individual exemption. The decision is based on the statement of violation of the principle of …

Rpm In E-Commerce – La Nouvelle Vague Or Nihil Novi? Review Of The Decisional Practice Of Competition Authorities, Anna Laszczyk

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The aim of this paper is to analyse selected decisional practice of the European Commission and national competition authorities concerning RPM agreements in the e-commerce sector. This research is motivated by the recent e-commerce sector inquiry conducted by the European Commission. Conclusions from this inquiry suggest that suppliers frequently influence the pricing policy of their retailers to the detriment of competition and final consumers. This paper describes first the characteristics of e-commerce and considers features, which may be potentially relevant from the competition law perspective, differentiating it from brick-and-mortar distribution. It is a defendable view that RPM in e-commerce does …

Why Would Anyone Need My Data? An Analysis Of The Opinion Of The French Competition Authority On The Use Of Data In Online Advertising, Natalia Hartung

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

This article discusses the Opinion of the French Competition Authority on the use of data in online advertising. The first part of the article describes the functioning of the market of online advertising, including programmatic advertising, the importance of data and internet users, as well as the position of key market participants, namely Google and Facebook. The second part discusses the preliminary competition law analysis of the online advertising market. The Authority considered the following relevant markets: services for internet users, social network advertising, Display advertising, Search advertising, intermediation services and data analysis services. The French Competition Authority then described …

Non-Compete Clauses As A Barrier To The Development Of Alternative Taxi Reservation Channels In The Light Of The Decision Of The Autorità Garante Della Concorrenza E Del Mercato Of 27 June 2018 (Case I801b, Taxi – Milano), Grzegorz Materna

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The article discusses a decision taken by the Italian Competition Authority that concerns vertical relations between taxi corporations and taxi drivers in Milan. According to the Authority’s decision, non-compete clauses for taxi drivers may have a foreclosing effect for entrants that use new technologies, and thereby create an alternative to incumbent radio taxi corporations. However, the Authority’s classification of the non-compete clauses resulted from the economic and market context in which they were used, and above all, from the fact that these non-compete clauses were used by taxi corporations that included almost all taxi drivers operating in Milan. In other …

Report On The Seminar ‘Current Challenges Of The Digital Economy In The Area Of Combating Anticompetitive Agreements’ Warszawa, 12.04.2018, Urszula Czarnomska-Bokowy, Paulina Komorowska

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

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Report On The Xiii Antitrust Conference ‘Antitrust Between Eu Law And National Law’, Treviso (Italy), 24–25.05.2018, Grzegorz Materna

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

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Report On The Seminar ‘Monopoly And Its Exploitation In The Digital Economy – What Is The Role Of Competition Law?’, Warszawa, 02.10.2018 R., Szymon Murek

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

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New Technologies, Big Data And The Digital Economy: Current Challenges For Competition Law (From The Volume Editor), Grzegorz Materna

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

From the Volume Editor.

In Memoriam Of Professor Irena Wiszniewska-Białecka, Anna Fornalczyk, Stanisław Gronowski, Tadeusz Skoczny, Stanisław Sołtysiński

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

On May 23, 2018, Prof. Dr. Irena Wiszniewska-Białecka passed away - at the age of 71.

Cars Honorary Award 2018. Big Owl For Dr. Stanisław Gronowski, Tadeusz Skoczny

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

Big Owl for Dr. Stanisław Gronowski.

Cars Scientific Award 2018 (Antitrust). The Big Owl For Professor Rajmund Molski, Tadeusz Skoczny

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

Big Owl for Professor Rajmund Molski.

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First Impressions Pittsfield Report-Final, Jared Reynolds

UNH Cooperative Extension

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University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, December 10, 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting agenda from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, December 10, 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

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Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Accumulation And Transmission Dynamics Of A Naturally-Occurring Mtdna Deletion In Caenorhabditis Briggsae, Jennifer Anne Sullins

Dissertations and Theses

Maintaining mitochondrial genome sequence integrity is essential for preserving normal mitochondrial function. Several human diseases have been associated with heteroplasmic mitochondrial genome mutations, but few genetic systems can simultaneously represent pathogenic mitochondrial genome evolution and inheritance. The nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae is one such model. Natural C. briggsae isolates are globally-distributed and phylogenetically grouped into three distinct clades, with isolates exhibiting varying levels of a large-scale mtDNA deletion, nad5∆. Furthermore, a small subset of clade II isolates exhibits putative compensatory mutations that may reduce the risk of deletion formation and accumulation in those populations. In this thesis, the author characterizes the …

Sense - Recommendation System Based On Affective Interpretations Of Social Media Posts: A Proposed User Interface Design, Zheng Zhang

Theses

It is now easier and cheaper for people to get involved in technology, and most people are obtaining or receiving tons of information nowadays, such as recommendations. Different recommendations are filled with our devices like smartphones, tablets or even wearable devices. However, most searches and recommendation systems fail to take into consideration the emotional context related to a user’s input and action, and as a consequence, people can hardly receive personalized, emotion-related, user-based recommendations. Though people are given various choices about lives based on searches and saved data, those recommendations can hardly improve the stress and difficulties of accomplishing daily …

Change In Brain Volume And Cortical Thickness After Behavioral And Surgical Weight Loss Intervention, Cara Bohon, Allan Geliebter

Lander College of Arts and Sciences Publications and Research

Obesity is associated with reduced cortical thickness and brain volume, which may be related to poor nutrition. Given that brain atrophy in anorexia nervosa recovers with nutritional improvements and weight gain, it is worth examining how brain structure changes at the other end of the weight spectrum with weight loss. Thus, this study aimed to examine change in cortical thickness and brain volume in 47 patients with severe obesity who participated in no treatment, behavioral weight loss, or bariatric surgery. T1-weighted MRI scans were conducted pre-treatment and approximately four months later. Measures of cortical thickness, gray matter volume, and white …

Podcasts Episode 13: Jane Elliott, Jane Elliott, Amy T. Parker

O&M On the Go

In this podcast interview, Jane describes her journey to become an O&M, describing her draw to the field, her work with seniors and her passion for serving people with complex needs in their home communities. In one instance, Jane describes her efforts to build a relationship with a woman who happens to be homeless and deafblind in order to support her independence and safety in an urban setting.

Accuracy Of Wrist-Worn Activity Monitors During Common Daily Physical Activities And Types Of Structured Exercise: Evaluation Study., Ravi Kondama Reddy, Rubin Pooni, Dessi P. Zaharieva, Brian Senf, Joseph El Youssef, Eyal Dassau, Francis J. Doyle Iii, Mark A. Clements, Michael R. Rickels, Susana R. Patton, Jessica R. Castle, Michael C. Riddell, Peter G. Jacobs

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Wrist-worn activity monitors are often used to monitor heart rate (HR) and energy expenditure (EE) in a variety of settings including more recently in medical applications. The use of real-time physiological signals to inform medical systems including drug delivery systems and decision support systems will depend on the accuracy of the signals being measured, including accuracy of HR and EE. Prior studies assessed accuracy of wearables only during steady-state aerobic exercise.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to validate the accuracy of both HR and EE for 2 common wrist-worn devices during a variety of dynamic activities that …

Meta-Analysis Of Non-Reactive Phosphorus In Water, Wastewater, And Sludge, And Strategies To Convert It For Enhanced Phosphorus Removal And Recovery, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Patrick J. Mcnamara, Brooke K. Mayer

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Current and future trends indicate that mining of natural phosphorus (P) reserves is occurring faster than natural geologic replenishment. This mobilization has not only led to P supply concerns, but has also polluted many of the world's freshwater bodies and oceans. Recovery and reuse of this nuisance P offers a long-term solution simultaneously addressing mineral P accessibility and P-based pollution. Available physical, chemical, and biological P removal/recovery processes can achieve low total P (TP) concentrations (≤100 μg/L) and some processes can also recover P for direct reuse as fertilizers (e.g., struvite). However, as shown by our meta-analysis of over 20,000 …

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• Housing students, staff earn top marks at state conference this November

Georgia Southern Baseball Announces 2019 Winter Camp Schedule, Georgia Southern University

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• Georgia Southern Baseball Announces 2019 Winter Camp Schedule

Cole Swindell To Front Travel For Gs Students From Atlanta To Camellia Bowl, Georgia Southern University

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• Cole Swindell to Front Travel for GS Students From Atlanta to Camellia Bowl