Comment on 'Scientific validation of fingerprint evidence under Daubert'

Daubert opinion requires judges to screen scientific evidence.

the role of semantic and communicative translation on reading comprehension of scientific texts

the following null hypothesis was proposed: h : there is no significant difference between the use of semantically or communicatively translates scientific texts. to test the null hypothesis, a number of procedures were taken first, two passages were selected form soyrcebooks of food and nutrition industry and gardening deciplines. each, in turn, was following by a number of comprehension quest...

A Daubert motion: a legal strategy to exclude essential scientific evidence in toxic tort litigation.

In the US Supreme Court's Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc decision, federal judges were directed to examine the scientific method underlying expert evidence and admit that which is scientifically reliable and relevant. However, if a judge does not have adequate training or experience in dealing with scientific uncertainty, understand the full value or limit of currently used methodol...

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals: a new standard for scientific evidence in the courts?

The Supreme Court, in Daubert v. Merrell Dow explored the guidelines for admitting "scientific evidence" by way of expert opinion in legal cases. The Federal Rules of Evidence that were revised in 1975 did not explicitly mention the Frye standard and thus left it unclear as to what guidelines should be used by judges in federal courts. The Court held that the Frye rule was superseded by the new...

Interactive comment on “Validation of ACE-FTS

General comments This paper deals with the validation of a new atmospheric chemistry satellite mission (ACE) for an important atmospheric species (N2O). This theme is of high significance for the atmospheric chemistry and physics science community and fits well into the ACP journal scope. The adopted validation concepts are of excellent scientific quality, and the study is based upon a full var...