"...ways in which the peer review system is being subverted. These range from the obvious ones like researchers reviewing their own papers or suggesting people they know as suitable reviewers..."
The people who are most qualified to review a paper are very likely to be known by the paper's author(s) because these technical fields are often very small when you get as specialized as these papers are. In my own field, there are maybe 150 people who study what I do. I know most of them, especially the better researchers who I would want reviewing my paper because they will give the best (most thoughtful, intelligent) feedback.
Every Panasonic Toughbook I or others I know have bought has had battery life almost exactly what is advertised. My ca. 2004 CF-W2 was advertised as having a 6-hour battery and, with WiFi turned off, the HDD inactive, and the screen brightness turned down, I could make it a little more than 6 hours. Maybe that's why I'm almost always disappointed when using another brand of notebook.
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The people who are most qualified to review a paper are very likely to be known by the paper's author(s) because these technical fields are often very small when you get as specialized as these papers are. In my own field, there are maybe 150 people who study what I do. I know most of them, especially the better researchers who I would want reviewing my paper because they will give the best (most thoughtful, intelligent) feedback.
I have...Panasonic Toughbooks (as Craig Froehle)
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