Flexibilidade institucional e qualidade da democracia:sobre a comparação de conceitos historicamente construídos e geograficamente situados by Marta Maria Assumpção-Rodrigues, José Veríssimo Romão Netto

“…It argues not only that these concepts must be historically contextualized but, most importantly, that such contextualization must pay greater attention to the relationship between the quality of democracy and institutional designs. Otherwise, the comparative analysis will not be fruitful in bringing into light the differences (and similarities) that characterize the cases studied.…”
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Control of Discrete-Time Singularly Perturbed Systems via Static Output Feedback by Dan Liu, Lei Liu, Ying Yang

“…This paper concentrates on control problems of discrete-time singularly perturbed systems via static output feedback. Two methods of designing an controller, which ensures that the resulting closed-loop system is asymptotically stable and meets a prescribed norm bound, are presented in terms of LMIs. …”
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Construction and Research of Lightweight Cryptography SOPT-S Boxes Based on Inverse Mapping in Galois Field by Zhaolong Fan, Qijian Xu, Yongju Xu, Fei Wang

“…In addition, the hardware overhead is also the same as the latter, so that it can provide a reference for the designing of nonlinear layer of lightweight cryptography algorithm.…”
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Adaptive Human Behavior in a Two-Worm Interaction Model by Li-Peng Song, Xie Han, Dong-Ming Liu, Zhen Jin

“…Results indicate that considering adaptive human behavior significantly changes the prospective propagation course of worms and that this consideration has implications for designing counterworm methods.…”
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Application of keyword searchable encryption in cloud by Peng LIN, Jie JIANG, Tie-ming CHEN

“…Recently,some schemes combined keyword searchable encryption with attribute based encryption,solved access control problem in cloud environment,but they didn’t consider security problems like keyword guessing attack and security channels,so they couldn’t be applied to cloud.A keyword searchable attribute based encryption scheme with a designated tester was proposed,which could be against online/offline keyword guessing attacks and without security channel.Moreover,the user was able to encrypt data by setting a fine-gained access control policy.The efficiency of the scheme is analyzed it can be applied to cloud.…”
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4-H Afterschool Resource Guide: Starting 4-H Clubs in After-School Programs by Sharon K. Junge, Vanessa Spero, Niki Crawson, J. R. Davis, Tara Dorn, Beth Rasa Edwards, Stacy Hall, Karen Henry, Heather Janney, Beth Kerr, Andrea Lazzari, Abby Morgan, Kristie Popa, Cindy Smalley, Melinda Souers, Katelin Stenroos, Laura Valencia, Travis West, Tracy Winters, Mary-Louise Wood

“… This resource guide is designed to be used by Extension/4-H professionals and after-school providers to deliver well-formed, positive youth development programs in after-school sites. …”
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Analysis of Crack Propagation in Composite Materials Using Mixed Finite Elements by Bougueroua Ahmed, Bouzerd Hamoudi

“…Assuming perfectly plastic elastic behavior, small displacements, and plane structures, the research employs a new mixed finite element, RMQ-7, derived from Reissner’s variational principle. The RMQ-7 element, designed to model both the free edge effect along the crack and continuity in the rest of the material, is used in conjunction with the virtual crack extension method to evaluate the energy release rate and the size of the plastic zone around the crack tip.…”
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10 Common Palms of the Tampa Bay Area by Gitta Hasing, Andrew K. Koeser, Melissa H. Friedman, Timothy K. Broschat

“… Palms often serve as key specimens in urban landscape designs. Despite this, their identity is often unknown to Florida’s new, seasonal, and even long-term residents. …”
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Adaptive key distillation from channel characteristics by Qiao DAI, Liang JIN, Kai-zhi HUANG

“…Approaches generating secret keys based on radio channel characteristics can’t guarantee the key length and system efficiency at the same time because of the low entropy rate or high disagreement ratio of keys.An adaptive key distillation scheme based on the quantization of channel state information was designed.An upper bounding function was used as an approximation of the real one to improve the entropy of keys under the constraint of disagreement rate.Based on this,the key agreement scheme resulting in longer keys was selected.Simulation results show that with this scheme,the length of key and efficiency of the system can be guaranteed at the same time.…”
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Developed of the New Eight-legged Walking Bionic Robot by Zang Hongbin, Tao Junjie

“…A new kind of eight- legged walking bionic robot mechanical structure is designed. The kinematics equation of the leg is set up. …”
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Parametric study of quarter-wave resonators for sound-proofing building structures by Idrissi Majid, Lemkalli Brahim, Mir Abdellah, Bouzid Abdenbi, Achaoui Younes

“…Starting with a brick of 100 mm thickness and period, the quarter-wave resonator was designed and parametrized. The optimization process yielded significant results, achieving an attenuation of approximately -87 dB with a bandgap width of 82%, surpassing the -72.55 dB attenuation provided by the mass law of the brick alone. …”
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Crisis Management in Public Student Funding through a System Change? by Christoph Gwosć, Gregor van der Beek

“…Abstract Public student funding can be designed either according to the welfare principle or the provision principle. …”
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Protocol for the isolation of brain microvessels and visualization of RNA fluorescence in mice and humans by Olivia M. Osborne, Oandy Naranjo, Silvia Torices, Sarah Schmidlin, Destiny Tiburcio, Minseon Park, Michal Toborek

“…This protocol was specifically designed to integrate with RNAscope in situ hybridization. …”
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Exemplary Youth Leadership Series: Enable Others to Act by Megan Stein

“… This publication series is designed to outline strategies and experiences to expose youth to and engage them with leadership concepts. …”
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Researcb on tbe Anti Interference Antenna Tecbnology of tbe Limited Electromagnetic Conductor Surface by Bocun Deng, Jianjun Shen, Xiangdong Xu

“…Antenna structure which having specia1 radiation performance was designed，the antenna medium was studied. Through the examination on the antenna， the anti interference performance was verified. …”
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Research and practice on self-service terminal in smart campus by Cheng-jie XING, Ling YUAN, Xu YANG, Tian-ping LAI, Zhi-kun ZHANG

“…Aiming at construction of smart campus,a solution of using self-service terminal to provide intelligent service for campus users was proposed.The features of smart campus and the concept of self-service were expounded.The self-service terminal applications on campus was analyzed.An architecture was designed,including terminal hardware,terminal software,supporting software for monitoring and management,external services interface etc.Used it as a blueprint for the development of a self-service terminal system on Peking University campus.Practices shows that self-service terminal system improves the intelligence level and efficiency of campus services.…”
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A Fuzzy Logic Controller to Increase Fault Ride-Through Capability of Variable Speed Wind Turbines by Geev Mokryani, Pierluigi Siano, Antonio Piccolo, Vito Calderaro

“…A fuzzy controller for improving Fault Ride-Through (FRT) capability of Variable Speed Wind Turbines (WTs) equipped with Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) is presented. The controller is designed in order to compensate the voltage at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) by regulating the reactive and active power generated by WTs. …”
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Imaginer la ville de demain sans « reproduire les clichés » de genre by Elsa Koerner

“…Based on a sociological survey of departments in charge of designing and maintaining public spaces in three cities (Rennes, Strasbourg, Le Mans) seeking to integrate a gender perspective into urban production, the article questions the difficulties of imagining a "feminist" city. …”
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Stability and Synchronization of a Fractional-Order Unified System with Complex Variables by Yanyun Xie, Wenliang Cai, Jing Wang

“…Based on the stability theory of fractional-order systems, a projective synchronization for the fractional-order unified complex system is proposed by designing an appropriate controller. Numerical simulations are applied to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.…”
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On the localized and delocalized modes in kink-antikink interactions: a toy model by Carlos E. S. Santos, João G. F. Campos, Azadeh Mohammadi

“…The scalar field potential is designed with a triple-well shape, engendering kink solutions with asymmetric square-well linearized potentials. …”
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