How Are the Reservoirs in the ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint River Basin Managed? by Christopher J. Martinez

“…However, no single set of protocols equally suited to all uses and demands governs the reservoir releases. The purpose of this publication is to describe how the USACE manages reservoirs and dams in the ACF and how the waters in the basin are used. …”
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How Are the Reservoirs in the ApalachicolaChattahoochee-Flint River Basin Managed? by Christopher J. Martinez

“…However, no single set of protocols equally suited to all uses and demands governs the reservoir releases. The purpose of this publication is to describe how the USACE manages reservoirs and dams in the ACF and how the waters in the basin are used. …”
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Optimal Control of Polymer Flooding Based on Maximum Principle by Yang Lei, Shurong Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Lanlei Guo

“…In this paper, an optimal control model of distributed parameter systems (DPSs) for polymer injection strategies is established, which involves the performance index as maximum of the profit, the governing equations as the fluid flow equations of polymer flooding, and the inequality constraint as the polymer concentration limitation. …”
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COMPETENCE APPROACH AND PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING by Alexander V. Mamatov, Alexander N. Nemtsev, Julia M. Mel'nik, Oksana Yu. Zhidkikh, Marina A. Bondareva

“…We generalize practical experience of NRU «BelSU » to address the priorities of improving governance and the quality of university education. …”
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The Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong—Lessons Learned and Implications for Positive Youth Development Programs by Daniel T. L. Shek, Rachel C. F. Sun

“…These issues include complexity of program development, importance of training, identification of factors governing program implementation, need for evaluation, and promotion of sustainability of the program in the long run.…”
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«For any work at the congress, it is important to have a united mass, in other words, as we usually call all kinds of groups — the opposition»: from the history of the Komsomol opp... by R. V. Rybakov

“…The paper analyzes reasons that prompted Komsomol members to express distrust of the governing apparatus. A letter is sent to the scientific community, sent to the activists of the Kalachinsky Ucom with a proposal to join the organized opposition…”
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Dynamiques Territoriales et Proximité Environnementale : le cas du Risque d'Inondation by Christophe Beaurain, Jérôme Longuépée

“…This is particularly the case when territorial construction is concerned, that involves consumers, municipalities or local governments. This paper explores forms of local co-ordination between different municipalities confronted with a common preoccupation: the flood hazard. …”
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INVESTMENT IN POWER INDUSTRY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES by D. Voyko

“…The current state of the investment market in the power industry, the basic prerequisites for this and the prospects and challenges facing governments and private companies in the energy sector has been described.…”
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La evolución del sistema de partidos de Galicia by Nieves Lagares Diez

“…In this analytical journey, we point out five periods that correspond to electoral cycles of vote dispersion and concentration, depending on the dynamics of political competition and the governments that result from them. What the evolution of the Galician party system shows is the definition of certain original characteristics that provide stability to the functioning of competition within the system.…”
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The Socio-political Dynamics of the Citizen’s Revolution. Political Work as the ‘Art of Serving’ that Separates and Unites State and Society by José Antonio Villarreal Velásquez

“…Drawing on ethnographic research focused on political brokerage or the ‘art of serving’, the article analyses the particularities of political work by analysing the linkages and tensions that are constructed between the population of a suburb of the city of Guayaquil, the members of the governing political party of the Citizen’s Revolution, Movimiento Patria Altiva i Soberana (Alianza PAIS) and State functionaries. …”
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Management Control Systems – Strategic Alignment Relations: A Study at Itaipu Binacional by Ronaldo Tavares, Wenderson Diego Norberto, Eloi Damke, Luciano Panek

“…Several papers have connected management controls to strategic commitment, innovation, and corporate governance, among other organizational outcomes. There are few studies that relate the levers of control framework proposed by Simons (1995) to strategic alignment. …”
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L’ONU face à la société de l’information by Louise Lassonde

“…It emphasizes the major role plaid by cities and local governments in promoting innovative ideas and new mechanisms, such as digital solidarity through decentralized cooperation. …”
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Contribution à une étude des constructions antéposées du type : « En homme intelligent et humain, il partagea tout de suite l'inquiétude de Marcel » (J. Verne) by Denis Vigier

“…This paper focuses on a set of Prepositional Phrases (PPs) governed by the preposition “en” and indicating an attitude, a behaviour pattern, a status or a more or less permanent property of a participant. …”
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Computational aerodynamics of insect flight using volume penalization by Engels, Thomas, Truong, Hung, Farge, Marie, Kolomenskiy, Dmitry, Schneider, Kai

“…We present a brief historical overview, discuss numerical challenges and introduce the governing model equations. Two open source codes, one based on Fourier, the other based on wavelet representation, are succinctly presented and a mass-spring flexible wing model is described. …”
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A Posteriori Error Estimates for a Nonconforming Finite Element Discretization of the Stokes–Biot System by Koffi Wilfrid Houédanou

“…This paper presents an a posteriori error estimator for a (piecewise linear) nonconforming finite element approximation of the problem defining the interaction between a free fluid and poroelastic structure. The free fluid is governed by the Stokes equations, while the flow in the poroelastic medium is modeled using the Biot poroelasticity system. …”
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O clero e as Cortes de 1361 by Hermínia Vasconcelos Vilar

“…In this article, we intend to draw attention to the implications of the frequent presentation of grievances by the clergy to the king or pope and also to the importance of the crisis of 1355 -1356 in the first years of governance of D. Pedro.…”
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Hostel (Eli Roth, 2005 et 2007), le torture-porn et le cinéma d’exploitation : l’être humain à l’ère de sa reproductibilité technique by Pierre Jailloux

“…The system depicted in Hostel (you pay to torture and kill someone) is at the basis of a deliberate critique of a globalized contemporary world governed by rampant economic liberalism according to which anything or anyone can be bought or sold. …”
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A continuous-time network evolution model describing $ N $-interactions by István Fazekas, Attila Barta, László Fórián, Bettina Porvázsnyik

“…The evolution of the network was based on cliques of nodes of the network and was governed by a branching process. The basic properties of the evolution process were described. …”
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Are the Paris’ law parameters dependent on each other? by Marco Paggi, Alberto Carpinteri

“…According to dimensional analysis and incomplete self-similarityconcepts applied to the linear range of fatigue crack growth, a power-law asymptotic representation relating the parameter C to m and to the governing variables of the fatigue phenomenon is derived. …”
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Sustainability reporting and sustainable development goals: bibliometric analysis by Diamantina Amélia Parckings Tauro Cumbana, José Biléu Ventura

“…There are three areas of focus: the SR, sustainable development and corporate sustainability; performance, corporate social responsibility and governance; and sustainability, GRI and accountability. …”
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