Beyond nationalism? The inter-war period and some features of the complex transformation of southeastern Europe by Basciani Alberto

“…This essay aims to elucidate the main knots and contradictions in the internal and international life of the countries of Balkan Europe, showing how efforts to change political and social structures encountered enormous obstacles in the intrinsic weakness of those socio-economic structures, but also in the will of important segments of the Balkan ruling classes, especially those who had realised the nationalistic dreams of the decades before the Great War, to reassert the supremacy of their respective power and ethnic groups. …”
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Analysis of flood risk based on WMS model in urban catchment area Case study: Damand basins, Golabdareh and Saadabad, Tehran metropolitan area by amir safari, ali ahmadabadi, zahra sedighifar

“…Hence, in these areas, determination of flood progression and its elevation relative to the surface of the earth, as well as determining the characteristics of the flood during the various return periods, which will be called flood zoning, will be of great importance. In this regard, this research aims at integrating the WMS hydrologic model with ARC GIS software to estimate flood zones in the Damand, Goladdareh, Saadabad and Maghsoud Baik watersheds on the main river of Darband. …”
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Experimental Study on a Low-Rise Shear Wall with the Built-In Shear Steel Plate by Xingyu Song, Lin Zhao, Lingkun Chen, Yuan Duan, Yehao Jiang, Yuan Tian

“…Its deformation and energy-dissipation capacities and lateral stiffness stability are greatly improved compared with traditional low-rise shear walls. …”
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Erosion Effect on Non-Darcy Hydraulic Characteristics of Limestone and Mudstone Mixture by Chong Li, Sifeng He

“…Through the comparison of test results and the predicted results by the classic Carman-Kozeny model, it is found that the accuracy of the model is greatly affected by lithology. Based on this investigation, a revised model is proposed which introduces a proportional coefficient related to the rock composition, so as to increase the predicted precision in variable rock composition. …”
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A planetary health perspective on the translation of climate change research into public health policy and practice: A scoping review protocol. by Chanelle Mulopo, Samuel Abimbola, Nyamongo Onkoba, Bey-Marrie Schmidt

“…<h4>Background</h4>Climate Change (CC) emanating from anthropocentric human activities is a great threat to the quality of human life and well-being worldwide. …”
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Arab-Byzantine and Umayyad coins from Marea/Philoxenite: preliminary observations by Barbara Zając

“…Archaeological research at Marea/Philoxenite, conducted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum in Kraków since 2000, has focused mainly on the site of the Great Basilica —one of the largest Christian basilicas of Egypt— and some other parts of the city. …”
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The University Idea: Retrospection, Vertions and Prospects by A. G. Kislov, O. V. Shmurygina

“…The authors analyze the philosophical and pedagogical heritage of foreign and Russian thinkers, and trace the main evolutionary stages of higher school development A great variety of university ideas comes from the precise historical peculiari- ties and experiences; though, all the existing versions are associated with ideal- istic (platonic, essentialist) positions. …”
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Newman the Preacher by Paul Chavasse

“…It is above all in his exploration of the intricate relationship existing between dogma, ethics and spirituality, combined with his keen psychological penetration, that Newman’s greatness as a preacher lies.…”
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A New Type of Tri-Input TFET with T-Shaped Channel Structure Exhibiting Three-Input Majority Logic Behavior by Ye Hao, Jiang Zhidi, Hu Jianping

“…It features an ingenious T-shaped channel and three independent-biasing gates deposited and patterned on its left, right, and upper sides, which greatly enhance the electrostatic control ability between any two gates of all the three gates on the device channel and thus increase its turn-on current. …”
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Neuromorphic system using capacitor synapses by Reon Oshio, Takumi Kuwahara, Takeru Aoki, Mutsumi Kimura, Yasuhiko Nakashima

“…The working is confirmed by MNIST, and the circuit-aware rounding improves the accuracy to 96%, indicating a sufficient possibility for practical applications, and the energy efficiency is 163 GOPS/W even by the 180 nm technology, indicating a great potential for low energy consumption.…”
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Algorithms for partitioning logical circuits into subcircuits by N. A. Kirienko

“…The problem of partitioning a logical circuit into subcircuits is considered. It is of great importance when performing optimization transformations in the process of circuit synthesis. …”
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Powertrain configuration design for two mode power split hybrid electric vehicle by Tao Ke, Liangyi Nie, Andrés Kecskeméthy

“…Abstract Hybrid transmissions have attracted great attention in the automotive industry due to their energy-saving, low-emission properties, and have become a focus of research and development. …”
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The Relationship between Mobile Phone Anxiety and Sleep Quality Occupational Therapy in Adolescents and Its Internal Mechanism by Jingwen Bi

“…With the development of the Internet era, the application of smartphones in life is quite useful, and the penetration rate of smartphones will be further increased in the future, making teenagers increasingly dependent on mobile phones. Teenagers are under great academic pressure, and excessive reliance on mobile phones will inevitably affect the formation of normal values. …”
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Differential Game and Simulation Study on Management Synergy of Regional Coal Mine Emergencies in China by Yu Hao, Chaolun Sun, Jianping Wei, Sasa Gu, Fan Zhang

“…The research results are of great significance for the comprehension of the evolution mechanism for the emergency management synergy of coal mines, the assistance for the government in determining the optimal method in emergency management synergy, the mobilization of the stakeholders, and the improvement of the current situation of emergency management synergy of coal mines in China.…”
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Application of marketing tools in establishing loyalty in customers of PEKAO S.A. BANK 1st Branch in Rzeszów by Wiesław Szopiński

“…Nowadays, in the dynamically developing market environment, at the time of great competition in the financial services market, gaining success by a bank is becoming more and more difficult. …”
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The role of midwifery students in contraceptive counseling role play: evaluation of the tpack approach by Endang Khoirunnisa

“…Overall, the TPACK approach has great potential in improving the quality of contraceptive counseling learning and preparing midwifery students to become competent counselors.…”
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Free and Forced Vibrations of Periodic Multispan Beams by Liping Zhu, Isaac Elishakoff, Y.K. Lin

“…Thus, the position and the value of each peak in the harmonic response function can be determined precisely, as well as the occurrence of the so-called coincidence phenomenon, when the response is greatly enhanced.…”
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Spectrum Sharing with Vehicular Communication in Cognitive Small-Cell Networks by Guilu Wu, Hongyun Chu

“…The means of spectrum sharing can greatly alleviate this pressure. In this paper, we introduce a supermodular game theoretic approach to analyze the problem of spectrum sharing. …”
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Stackelberg Game for Product Renewal in Supply Chain by Yong Luo, Yamin Lou, Shizhao Wang

“…What is more important, the way of the optimal decision making of the SC was that RP comes onto the market with a great price differential between OP and RP.…”
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Offering a Pattern of Ecotourism Management Pattern with an Emphasis on the Urban Ecological Textures (Case Study: District 9 of Isfahan’s Municipality) by Somayeh Hamsian Ettefagh, Hussein kalantari khalilabad, Muhammad Mire’ei

“…Consequently, the study of ecotourism management in this region is of great significance. For this reason, in this paper, a model for ecotourism management with an emphasis on urban ecological textures is provided for District 9 of Isfahan Municipality. …”
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