Brittle or Quasi-Brittle Fracture of Engineering Materials 2016 by Filippo Berto, Liviu Marsavina, Majid R. Ayatollahi, Sergei V. Panin, Konstantinos I. Tserpes

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Real-Time Optimal Negotiation Mode Selection Based on Three-Way Decision for Decentralized Remote Sensing Satellite Cluster by Xuelei Deng, Yunfeng Dong, Chao Zhang

“…Different modes are suitable for different situations. Therefore, we design the workflows of three modes: the independence mode, the MAS mode, and the ground-based mode. …”
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Simulation of Flow in Turbopump Vaneless and Vaned Diffusers with Fluid Injection by Ali Ogut, Diego Garcia Pastor

“…However, current fuel and oxidizer turbopumps with vaned diffusers do not perform efficiently at off-design (low) flow rates mainly due to flow separation in the vaned diffuser.…”
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Jak nauczyciele wykorzystują technologie komunikacyjne w pracy szkoły? Cyfrowe projektowanie dydaktyczne i teoria Pierra Rabardela w badaniach dydaktycznego potencjału urządzeń mob... by Lucyna Kopciewicz

“…This study, using a qualitative approach, aims at the tracing of the process of the implementation of tablets and robots to the didactic design at primary school, the tracing of progressive changes in the area of teaching and learning practices. …”
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Generalized Runge-Kutta Method with respect to the Non-Newtonian Calculus by Uğur Kadak, Muharrem Özlük

“…As numerical methods have a wide range of applications in science and engineering, the idea of the design of such numerical methods based on non-Newtonian calculus is self-evident. …”
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Editorial: Integrative Solutions for the Future of Asia: Catalyzing Graduate Research for Sustainable Development by Angelito Bautista Jr

“…The selected works and research articles included here, which were presented during the Asian Graduate Studies Summit held in Chon Buri, Thailand, shed light on fresh graduate research that pursues sustainability, across different fields of study, as a roadmap for how to design bring forth a sustainable, balanced future for Asia. …”
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Dielectric Resonator Direction Finding Antenna by Laila Hady Salman, Darko Kajfez, Ahmed A. Kishk

“…The hybrid feeding network of the receiving antenna comprised two ports: one for the broadside-type sum pattern and another for the monopole-type difference pattern. The proposed design is fabricated and tested experimentally for concept validation. …”
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Numerical simulation of the current-voltage characteristics of the inhomogeneous Schottky diodes by Albertas Pincevičius, Rimantas-Jonas Rakauskas

“…One more problem the proce­dure helps to decide-to design devices with the established volt-ampere characteristic. …”
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The Why and How of Polymorphic Artificial Autonomous Swarms by Fabrice Saffre, Hannu Karvonen, Hanno Hildmann

“…This article provides the reader with two practical insights: (a) a proof-of-concept simulation study to show that there is a clear benefit to be gained from considering polymorphic artificial swarms; and (b) a discussion on the design of user-friendly human–machine interfaces for swarm control to enable the human operator to harness these benefits.…”
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A Novel Virtual Voltage Comparison Compensation for Dynamic Voltage Restorer by Jie Xu, Pengcheng Niu

“…The flexibility of the proposed control strategy, as well as the effectiveness of the optimal design method, is verified by both simulation and experimental results.…”
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Adapting humanitarian emergency architecture for street children outreach campaigns by Ruba Azzam, Ahmed AbdelGhaffar, Karim Kesseiba, Mennat-Allah El-Husseiny

“…This contribution investigates the possible guidelines for the design of mobile applications to be used in outreach campaigns addressed to street children, through a review of the International literature, an analysis of the Egyptian context and a qualitative study of street children outreach structures and those ones for humanitarian emergency.…”
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Preserving Woodenware in Beekeeping Operations by James D. Ellis, William H. Kern, Catherine M. Zettel Nalen

“…Though honey bee hive components are simple in design, they are subjected to many extreme management techniques that cause wear and tear, ultimately shortening the life of the equipment. …”
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Estimation and Synthesis of Reachable Set for Singular Markovian Jump Systems by Yucai Ding, Hui Liu

“…The problems of reachable set estimation and state-feedback controller design are investigated for singular Markovian jump systems with bounded input disturbances. …”
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Los intereses sectoriales de la vivienda social en Cuba by Adriana Rabinovich

“…The present contribution analyzes modalities for dealing with the tensions between technological and design-related criteria, as well as the role set aside for the public in collective housing policies and programmes since 1949. …”
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The theoretical genesis of a teaching model at university by Walter Francis Walker Janzen

“…This article, as its title indicates, deals with the essential concepts that should be taken into account in the design of a didactic model for the teaching of the basic sciences -or any other discipline- at university. …”
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Citizens as Knowledge Producers in Urban Change: Can Participation Change Procedures and Systems by Jenny Stenberg

“…The participatory process was shown to influence how ‘socially responsible public procurement’ of a construction project was carried out, and hence the article concludes that citizen participation in design can influence systems and procedures. The question of how such knowledge and awareness can develop the planning profession ends the article.…”
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Event-Based Stabilization over Networks with Transmission Delays by Xiangyu Meng, Tongwen Chen

“…Considering the effect of time-varying transmission delays, the criteria for the design of both the feedback gain and the event-triggering mechanism are derived to guarantee the stability and performance requirements. …”
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Caractériser l’étendue des résistances locales aux indicateurs de performance des services d’eau. Le cas de l’agglomération grenobloise by Antoine Brochet, Thomas Bolognesi, Yvan Renou

“…It shows an emergence of "resistances", which impedes the effectiveness of this new regulation design. We propose an original typology to open the black box of the resistances aiming at understanding their diversity. …”
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Indications for low-cost sustainability in Egyptian residential construction by Karim Kesseiba, Mennat-Allah El-Husseiny

“…The study presents considerations on how and what can be done to make a sustainable and at the same time affordable design, not only with highly sophisticated systems; analyses the suburbs surrounding Cairo, describes case studies that have shown environmentally friendly solutions and concludes with a synoptic framework for affordable environmentally sustainable strategies which can be used for the housing sector.…”
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Risk based analysis of RHPP penstock structural integrity by Sneana Kirin, Lazar Jeremic, Aleksandar Sedmak, Igor Martic, Simon Sedmak, Ivana Vucetic, Tamara Golubovic

“…To assess its structural integrity, extensive testing of the full-scale prototype had been performed, including hydrostatic over-pressurizing, during the design phase. More recently, the Failure Assessment Diagram has been used to evaluate probability, whereas phenomenological analysis has been used to estimate consequence, in the scope of common risk estimation. …”
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