Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions by E. V. Borisov

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A non-autonomous stochastic predator-prey model by Aniello Buonocore, Luigia Caputo, Enrica Pirozzi, Amelia G. Nobile

“…The aim of this paper is to consider a non-autonomous predator-prey-like system, with a Gompertz growth law for the prey.By introducing random variations in both prey birth and predator death rates,a stochastic model for the predator-prey-like system in a random environment is proposed and investigated.The corresponding Fokker-Planck equation is solved to obtain the joint probability density for the prey and predator populations and the marginal probability densities.The asymptotic behavior of the predator-prey stochastic model is also analyzed.…”
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The policy network for effectiveness in corporate social responsibility by Ine Mariane

“…The effectiveness of the Policy Network in CSR in Bandung City has the opportunity to develop by being obliged by law for companies to implement CSR that cares about environmental conservation, public awareness, regional autonomy, competent parties participate in participatory decision-making processes, democracyin realizing sustainable development.…”
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Chloride Penetration in Coastal Concrete Structures: Field Investigation and Model Development by Weidong Zhuo, Quanzhe Yan, Zhengxian Yang, Shaohong Lin, Kaiqi Lin, Fuqiang He

“…Field measurements of 42 in-service reinforced concrete bridges in coastal environments of Southeast China, covering a wide range of service year, span length, and concrete mixture, were carried out to investigate the chloride penetration. 323 sets of chloride measurement data were collected in total and then analysed to optimize the parameters involved in the common chloride diffusion model derived based on Fick’s second law. A modified chloride diffusion model was then proposed, taking into consideration a range of influencing factors including ambient temperature, relative humidity, stress state, carbon dioxide, chloride binding, and ageing. …”
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Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Nebivolol Hydrochloride in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Formulations by A. Lakshmana Rao, K. R. Rajeswari, G. G. Sankar

“…Nebivolol hydrochloride is an antihypertensive drug, which shows maximum absorbance at 281 nm with apparent molar absorptivity of 5.37208 × 103 mol-1 cm-1. Beer’s law was obeyed in the concentration range of 4-60 μg/mL. …”
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EU-Compatible State Measures and Member States Interests in Public Services: Lessons from the Case of Hungary by Tamás M. Horváth, Ildikó Bartha

“…Measures examined in the paper run completely counter to the spirit of the original intention of the founders of the integration, and recent changes in EU law do not seem to raise unavoidable obstacles to such cases. …”
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Theoretical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of the Graben Fault Instability Mechanism by Qihua Ma, Shiwei Niu, Huaguo Wang, Weixiang Ma, Lihui Chi, Xiao Wan

“…The change laws of stress field and displacement nearby the fault during the advancement process of the working face were explored through a numerical simulation, and the instability mechanism and laws of rock strata nearby this graben fault were revealed. …”
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A frictionless contact problem for viscoelastic materials by Mikäel Barboteu, Weimin Han, Mircea Sofonea

“…The body is assumed to have a viscoelastic behavior that we model with the Kelvin-Voigt constitutive law. The contact is frictionless and is modeled with the well-known Signorini condition in a form with a zero gap function. …”
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Socio-cultural resource of management strategy of modern China by L. V. Filindash

“…The article studies main socio-cultural resources that ensure the success of the management strategy of modern China. The Law “On Public Service” is considered as an important legal resource regulating the activities of public personnel. …”
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iRheoFoam: A package for simulating complex planar interfaces by Adolfo Esteban, Julio Hernández, Javier Tajuelo, Miguel Ángel Rubio

“…It is based on the Boussinesq–Scriven constitutive law and the Navier–Stokes equations, includes various solvers for both time-dependent and steady problems, and allows easy incorporation of new interface models and solvers, making it a versatile and powerful tool.…”
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A progressive damage fatigue model for unidirectional laminated composites based on finite element analysis: theory and practice by M. Hack, D. Carrella-Payan, B. Magneville, T. Naito, Y. Urushiyama, W. Yamazaki, T. Yokozeki, W. Van Paepegem

“…It is applied to a fatigue model for intra-laminar damage based on stiffness degradation laws from van Paepegem [1]and has been extended to deal with unidirectional carbon fibres. …”
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Postgraduate Course as a Level of Higher Education: Status, Problems, Possible Solutions by Evgeniya V. Karavaeva, Vladimir V. Malandin, Irina A. Mosicheva, Irina G. Teleshova

“…When formulating their recommendations on overcoming the challenges facing “new” doctoral education, the authors took into consideration the draft law “About scientific, technical, and innovation activities”, the key priorities of the National project “Science”, and the approaches to the creation of a new qualification system of scientific, research and pedagogical personnel.…”
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Enhanced Second-Order Sliding Mode Control Technique for a Five-Phase Induction Motor by Mahmoud A. Mossa, Hamdi Echeikh, Najib El Ouanjli, Hassan Haes Alhelou

“…The proposed control approach finds its strongest justification for the problem of using a law of nonlinear control robust to the system uncertainties of the model without affecting the system’s simplicity. …”
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Covariant Hamilton–Jacobi Formulation of Electrodynamics via Polysymplectic Reduction and Its Relation to the Canonical Hamilton–Jacobi Theory by Cecile Barbachoux, Monika E. Pietrzyk, Igor V. Kanatchikov, Valery A. Kholodnyi, Joseph Kouneiher

“…It is also demonstrated that the canonical Hamilton–Jacobi equation in variational derivatives and the Gauss law constraint are derived from the covariant De Donder–Weyl Hamilton–Jacobi formulation after space + time decomposition.…”
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Free Vibration Response of a Frame Structural Model Controlled by a Nonlinear Active Mass Driver System by Ilaria Venanzi, Filippo Ubertini

“…In particular, a suitable nonlinear braking term proportional to the relative AMD velocity is included in the control law in order to slowdown the device in the proximity of the stroke limits. …”
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Analysis of Economic Effect and Mechanism of Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Employees in China by Yi Li, Xia Zhang, Xia Yang

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Die verstaan en funksie van die Ou Testament in die kerk (of: kan die kerk klaarkom sonder die Ou Testament?) Deel II by S. D. Snyman

“…The result of this investigation boils down to two basic answers given: The Old Testament was either totally rejected or narrowed down to a formula like promise-fulfillment; law-gospel; continuity-discontinuity. However well intended, to narrow down the Old Testament to a single formula resulted in viewing the Old Testament only as preliminary, the Word of God for an interim period only and validated by the New Testament. …”
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REGIONAL ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COOPERATION IN THE AFRICAN UNION by H. D. Gambarov

“…The paper includes the results of comparative analysis of various international conventions and local acts and regulations, and considers the compliance of regional “soft law” and institutional cooperation framework with the accepted anti-money-laundering standards, where it particularly discusses the characteristics of African Peer-Review Mechanism and the Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism as essential elements for African Union member states’ cooperation. …”
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What’s in, and what’s out? A study of student choice of learning activities in a flipped EFL classroom by Shen Yan

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Processus de qualification et construction d’un compromis institutionnel territorialisé. La gestion intégrée de l’eau par bassin dans le canton de Fribourg (Suisse) by Arnaud Buchs

“…We consider the case of the renewal process of the water law in the Canton of Fribourg (Switzerland) aiming at implementing an integrated watershed management. …”
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