Terms and Conditions of Use (FULLY APPLICABLE TO PAID OR SUBSCRIPTION JOURNALS/E-BOOKS HOSTED ON THIS SITE, SELECTIVELY APPLICABLE TO OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS)
This website (the "Site") is owned and operated by HATASO Journal Management System, Publishing and Editing Services ("HATASO"). The user agrees to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”). These Terms of Use reference the website's privacy policy and any policies, rules, or disclaimers posted and updated on particular web pages or communications sent to you. Please do not use this website if you do not agree to these Terms of Use.
HATASO reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use without notice. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Site following the posting of any changes will mean that you have accepted the changes.
Copyrights and Usage Limitations (APPLICABLE FULLY TO PAID OR SUBSCRIPTION JOURNALS/E-BOOKS HOSTED ON THIS SITE)
All content on this Site, including site layout, design, images, programs, text, and other information (collectively, the "Content"), is the property of HATASO and its affiliated companies or licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. THIS STATEMENT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS HOSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
You may not copy, display, distribute, modify, publish, reproduce, store, transmit, create derivative works from, or sell or license all or any part of the content, products, or services obtained from this Site in any medium to anyone, except as otherwise expressly permitted under applicable law or as described in these Terms and Conditions or relevant license or subscriber agreement. THIS STATEMENT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS HOSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
You may print or download content from the Site for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. You may not systematically retrieve content from the Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without prior written permission from HATASO. THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS HOSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
The Site may contain robot exclusion headers, and you agree that you will not use any robots, spiders, crawlers, or other automated downloading programs or devices to access, search, index, monitor or copy any Content, including but not limited to harvesting other's postal or email addresses from the Site for purposes of sending unsolicited or unauthorized commercial material, is prohibited. Any questions about whether a particular use is authorized and requests permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, display or do derivative works from any Content should be directed to HATASO Global Rights. THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS HOSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
You may not use the services on the Site to publish or distribute any information (including software or other content) which is illegal, which violates or infringes upon the rights of any other person, which is abusive, hateful, profane, pornographic, threatening or vulgar, which contains errors, viruses or other harmful components, or which is otherwise actionable at law. HATASO may exercise editorial control over the content of any information or material that is submitted or distributed through its facilities and services.
You may not, without HATASO's consent, use this website to post or distribute advertisements or promotional materials or solicit other users of this website to use goods or services. You cannot, for example, without limitation, use the Site to conduct commercial transactions, solicit the conduct of any activity prohibited by law, or solicit other users to subscribe to other information services; similarly, you cannot use the Site to download and redistribute any public information or shareware for personal gain or use the Facilities and Services to distribute multiple copies of any public domain information or shareware.
URL Links to Other Sites
The Site may contain hyperlinks to other sites or resources provided solely for your convenience. HATASO is not responsible for the availability of external sites or resources linked to the Site and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. Transactions between you and any third party are strictly between you and the third party and are not the responsibility of HATASO. Because HATASO is not responsible for the availability or accuracy of these outside resources or their contents, you should review these linked sites' terms and conditions and privacy policies, as their policies may differ from ours.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Liabilities
Neither HATASO, its affiliates, nor any third-party content providers or licensors makes any warranty whatsoever, including without limitation, that the operation of the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free; that defects will be corrected; that this Site, including the server that makes it available, is free of viruses or other harmful components; as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the content or other materials on the Site; or as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, suitability, quality, non-infringement or operation of any Content, Product or Service provided on or accessible from the Site.
This Site and all content, products and services included on or accessible from this Site are provided "as is" without warranties or representations of any kind (including, but not limited to, implied, statutory, title and non-proprietary warranties; infringement of third party rights, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose), HATASO disclaims all of these to the fullest extent permitted by law. Your use of the Site is at your sole risk.
If the content of this website contains medical or health-related information, it is intended for professional use in the medical field. Suggested tests or procedures should not be performed unless the reader determines that the risk is justified.
Rapid advances in medicine encourage independent validation of diagnoses and dosages. Discussions, views, and recommendations regarding medical procedures, products, drug selection, and drug dosages are the responsibility of the authors.
HATASO or its affiliates or licensors for any loss or damage caused wholly or partly by your negligence or beyond your control in obtaining, compiling, interpreting, reporting or transmitting the information shall not be liable to you or any other person. In no event shall HATASO, its affiliates or licensors be liable to you or any other person for any decisions or actions made by you based on such information. HATASO and its affiliates and licensors are not responsible for any damages (consequential, special, incidental, indirect or similar) to you or others, even if you have been advised of the possibility of such damages (including but not limited to damages).
HATASO does not endorse and is not responsible for any products, goods or services offered through our Service or advertised on our system by third-party vendors.
System Privacy and Reliability
HATASO strives to make its website available 24/7 and to maintain stored information. However, due to technical failures, force majeure or routine maintenance, availability may be limited, or information may be lost. HATASO is not responsible for any loss of information or unavailability of services.
HATASO plans to store all data for the following types of articles for current members: Pending Articles and Approved Articles. HATASO also intends to keep some of the following article data from current members: Rejected Articles.
If a registered member withdraws, his/her DOI-numbered articles provided by HATASO will be stored on this website. HATASO may restrict access to these types of articles by former registered members who have deleted/deactivated their accounts. THIS STATEMENT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS HOSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
Indemnification
HATASO, its directors, officers, shareholders, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, and licensors are not liable for any use of the website or content by you.
