Terms and Conditions

Using This Site

Information posted on this site is primarily intended to be used to showcase work and capabilities, and share external resources that have contributed to the professional development of the author. You may read more about the purpose of this site on the About This Site page.

This site may provide access to comment on any content or solicit information to receive feedback and communication with its users, to solicit and recruit for research studies, and provide links to other sites and services.

“We”, “us”, “I”, “our”, “site”, “owner”, and the like refer to the owner(s) of the site or the site itself, Padiceus.com, and may be used interchangeably. “I”, “site owner”, or “owner” refer specifically to César Padilla, Ph.D. while the other terms include César Padilla, Ph.D. “César” and “Cesar” are used interchangeably but to refer to the same named person.

Terms and conditions here apply to this site under the domain name of Padiceus.com, and any associated services and activities in connection to this site’s services and its owner. For example, terms and conditions apply for taking a survey designed by the owner but is hosted by a service provider such as Qualtrics, Microsoft, or Google. If there is a conflict in such terms or service in connection with a service provider, the element in question in the terms of service of the provider on their platform will prevail for a particular conflict. The owner is not responsible for any service or content that may be found on other sites. Listing external sites and offering services hosted on other sites does not imply endorsement of such other sites.

All works, logos, and otherwise content are property of the site owner, unless licensed for use by the site owner, are sourced from the pubic domain or another source that does not require a license and permits modification works, or are used in a manner consistent with fair use doctrine of the U.S. Copyright statute (17 U.S. Code §§ 106, 106A, and 107). The red logo in the header and the HR OD gold anchor ornament were designed by and are properties of the site owner, César Padilla, Ph.D. Photographic materials are produced by the site owner or they are sourced from the public domain or service providers that allow for the free use of such materials, including modification, with or without requiring attribution. Blogger is a service provided by Google and is made available for use without licensing or payment. Ideas Mag is a Blogger template and it is licensed from Sora Templates. The font-faces used in this site are made freely available by Microsoft and Google, including (but not limited to): UD Digi Kyokasho NK-R, Times New Roman, Roboto, Crimson Pro, Radio Canada, Consolas, and Cambria. You may learn more about Microsoft Typography here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/fonts/font-faq . You may learn more about Google Fonts here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq . Attachments or downloadable materials may use licensed fonts and other protected media in accordance with their respective licenses. 

The appearance or mention of a site, service, product, author, artist, photographer, etc. on this site does not constitute an endorsement.

Restrictions And Other Conditions

By using this site, you consent to the laws and norms of the United States, regardless of geographic location. If you do not consent, do not use this site nor any of its works, materials, or services.

You must not submit any information, files, or any property which you do not own, including any such property which you may have a license to use but not actually own. Such materials may include (but not limited to) photographs, data, work-products, audio files, video files, transcripts, word processing files, etc.

You must not submit nor share any false or deceptive information or work using this site nor through any service operating in connection with this site. 

You must not conduct any activity using this site or service in connection with this site that may be or actually result in harmful to others. “Harm” can mean such adverse effects, injury, or foreseeable consequences that are psychological, emotional, physical, legal, and financial in nature, including harm to reputation and harassment.

You must not conduct any activity using this site or service in connection with this site that is illegal.

You must not act in a way as to compromise the security and controls of this site.

You or someone acting on your behalf may view material as intended by the site owner but you may not use the material for any other purpose unrelated to the purpose of the site. Examples: (1) You must not scrape information from this site. (2) You must not use the information or digital assets for training data models or in other research without consent of all media and site owners; that by doing so, you agree to relinquish all claims to data model in question and transfer ownership to the affected parties. (3) You may print and use the information for the limited purpose of conducting an assessment for prospective employment of the site owner. (4) You must not use the information or assets to harm or harass others.

Hold Harmless Agreement

In connection to any information we may collect under any condition, circumstance, or activity: while we strive to protect your personally-identifiable information, it is important to note that by volunteering information through any means and for any purpose, you agree to hold harmless the site owner and associated organizations and institutions in the event of a breach caused by events beyond the control of anyone concerned. Such events include (but not limited to) unlawful breach of information by anyone, failure of information systems and software, unintentional disclosure of information, and any activity by third parties, including those that provide services to this site, which we do not control.

Additionally, you acknowledge the terms and conditions of this site and agree to them and to hold harmless the owner of the site, researchers, the publisher of materials, and any associated organization or institution resulting from any real or perceived injury, deprivation of rights, loss or damages in connection with this site's operation or administration. Accordingly, by using this site, you waive any right to use or right to any content unless as it pertains to materials licensed for use by us from you and within the limited scope of that relationship and agreements, or as otherwise specified in an agreement to license materials from us. If you are dissatisfied with us, this site, or its contents for any reason, your only recourse is to stop using this site and its contents, and waive any right to pursue any litigation as an individual or a class action. If any portion of this agreement or conditions stipulated on this site are found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable by the judgement of a court, all other portions must remain in effect, and any disputes concerning us, this site, its operations, its content, its services, and its administration must be remedied by arbitration through an arbitrator, venue, and conditions of our choosing.

Changes To Terms And Conditions

The terms and conditions contained herein are subject to change without notice. The content on this page and in that concerning Privacy Protection has been updated last on 4 July 2024.