Creep Rupture Behavior in Dissimilar Weldment between FB2 and 30Cr1Mo1V Heat-Resistant Steel by Jiankun Xiong, Jianping Yang, Haiyan Zhao, Lin Yang, Yang Guo, Fuheng Nie, Dexing Xu, Liping Yu, Fenghong Cao

“…The fitted creep rupture exponent is 14.53, and the 10,000 h extrapolating strength values predicted by the power law and Larson-Miller parameter show good agreement with experimental data. …”
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Newly developed EMF cell with zirconia solid electrolyte for measurement of low oxygen potentials in liquid Cu-Cr and Cu-Zr alloys by Katayama I., Tanigawa S., Živković D., Hattori Y., Yamashita H.

“…Activity of Cr obeys Henry’s law and activity coefficient at infinitely dilute alloys of Cr in Cu-Cr alloys are: lng0 Cr =(3.80 at 1423K), (3.57 at 1473K), (3.38 at 1523K) and (3.20 at 1573K). …”
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Utilization of N-Bromosuccinimide as a Brominating Agent for the Determination of Sumatriptan Succinate in Bulk Drug and Tablets by Kudige N. Prashanth, Kanakapura Basavaiah, Madihalli S. Raghu

“…The spectrophotometric methods obey Beer’s law for concentration range 0.6–15.0 μg mL−1 (method B) and 0.2–4.0 μg mL−1 (method C). …”
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THE NEW ATLANTEANS: FORCED MIGRATION, STATELESSNESS AND JUSTICE by Magnus Arni Skjöld MAGNUSSON, Heather ALLANSDÓTTIR, Danielle Elizabeth BEAUCHEMIN, Elham FAKOURI, Judit RODRIGUEZ, Anca TĂNASIE

“…With the well-documented predicted continuation of rising sea-levels as a result of man-made climate change over the next century, two interrelated issues have emerged in international law and global policy discussions: what to do about both those who are displaced due to climate change, those whose homelands are entirely physically eradicated due to climate change, and those whose homelands remain geographically/ physically intact but who nonetheless experience forced migrations, and what transnational duties exist in both cases. …”

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN DEVELOPING CATASTROPHE INSURANCE MARKET by Darko Blazhevski

“…Making a legally binding solution must be well thought out in the segment of law enforcement. Regarding the operational aspects of implementing a legally binding solution, the principles of insurance should be used, and the world practice indicates that it is possible only with the involvement of the insurance companies. …”
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Field Investigation of Blasting-Induced Vibration in Concrete Linings during Expansion of Old Highway Tunnel by Ya-Qiong Wang, Lin-Jin Gong, Nan-Nan An, Xing-Bin Peng, Wei Wang, Zhi-Feng Wang

“…The measured values of the peak particle velocity (PPV) varied within the range of 0.097–8.246 cm/s. The attenuation law of the PPV was determined via a regression analysis using Sadovsky’s empirical formula. …”
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Analysis of the spatial distribution of Police Stations on services to vulnerable urban areas (Case Study: Urmia City) by Ahmad Aftab, Ali Akbar Taghilo, Akbar Houshmand

“…The continuous and active presence of disciplinary centers has an important role in ensuring security and peace in cities.Therefore the fair and efficient distribution of law enforcement centers in urban areas is an important factor in meeting this basic need.Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the service of police stations on vulnerable areas of Urmia.The descriptive-analytical research method used in this study is applied.The results of the study show that the vulnerability zoning of the city of Urmia is in four categories from very high to very low. …”
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Competition authority in a trap? A few (bitter) words on making public policy by counteracting an unfair use of a contractual advantage in agri-food sector in Poland by Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka

“…In a lack of relevant case law a paper is based on a descriptive method of research as well as a method of conceptual analysis. …”
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COGNITIVE GRAMMAR IN AN ENGLISH CLASSROOM, OR, HOW TO MAKE LIFE FOR RUSSIAN STUDENTS EASIER by A. V. Kravchenko

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Numerical Simulation on Carbonation Depth of Concrete Structures considering Time- and Temperature-Dependent Carbonation Process by Jianxin Peng, Huang Tang, Jianren Zhang, Steve C. S. Cai

“…In order to further understand the carbonation process of concrete structures, the time- and temperature-dependent diffusion process of CO2 in concrete is simulated based on the law of the CO2 mass conservation, and a two-dimensional mass transfer equation is established for the CO2 diffusion in concrete. …”
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Query transformations and their role in Web searching by the members of the general public by Martin Whittle, Barry Eaglestone, Nigel Ford, Valerie J. Gillet, Andrew Madden

“…The connectivity of graphs obtained from the query transformation is investigated and found to follow an exponential scaling law. The correlation analysis reveals a number of patterns that provide some interesting insights into Web searching by the general public. …”
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Investment attractiveness of the region’s development pole: methodology and analysis by M. M. Avezova, A. A. Urunov, M. A. Nasimova

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Legislation effectiveness on the organization of police officers’ fire and physical training in the Russian Federation by D. V. Ivanov, Yu. V. Gimazova

“…The legislation effectiveness on the organization of police officers’ physical and fire training in the Russian Federation is formulated in the work as a solution to the problem of optimizing the police officer training for the lawful and effective use of physical force, special means and firearms in situations of operational and service activity. …”
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New Findings by High-Order DNS for Late Flow Transition in a Boundary Layer by Chaoqun Liu, Lin Chen, Ping Lu

“…Following the first Helmholtz vortex conservation law, the primary vortex tube rolls up and is stretched due to the velocity gradient. …”
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Research on Deformation and Failure Evolution of Deep Rock Burst Drivage Roadway Surrounding Rock under Dynamic Disturbance by Xinggang Xu, Hao Feng, Lishuai Jiang, Tao Guo, Xingyu Wu, Zequan Sun

“…FLAC3D was used to study the distribution evolution law of displacement, plastic zone, and stress field in the whole process of “Roadway Drivage-Deformation and Failure-Instability and Disaster” in the surrounding rock of deep roadway. …”
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Nonlinear Dynamics Analysis and Global Stabilization of Underactuated Horizontal Spring-Coupled Two-Link Manipulator by Ancai Zhang, Jinhua She, Zhenxing Li, Guochen Pang, Zhi Liu, Jianlong Qiu

“…Second, a Lyapunov function is constructed based on the structural characteristics of the cascade system. A control law is designed to ensure the closed-loop control system to be Lyapunov stable. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA by Olusegun Opeyemi Oni, Henry Jonathan

“…Four institutional factors; namely control of corruption with coefficient value of (0.44%), financial freedom with coefficient value of (0.13%), rule of law with coefficient value of (0.341%) and regulatory quality with coefficient value of (-0.618%) were all significant on NPLs at (5%,) respectively. …”
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Experimental Study on the Effect of Large Temperature Difference on Compressive Strength and Pore Structure of Semirigid Base by Ming Dai, Jia Pan, Yanjun Shen, Jianbo Deng, Yeermulati Muhadeer

“…This paper studies the variation law of peak stress and dynamic modulus, the evolution characteristics of pore structure, and the pore size distribution of semirigid base after different cycles at different temperature intervals. …”
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Predictive Control for Interval Type-2 Fuzzy System with Event-Triggered Scheme by Siyao Wang, Xiaoming Tang, Li Deng, Hongchun Qu, Linfeng Tian, Cheng Tan

“…In order to reduce the redundant data transmission, an event-triggered communication scheme is applied to determine whether the control law should be transmitted into the communication network or not. …”
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THE PREFERENCE OF FOREIGN-BASED (MIGRANT) PLAYERS OVER HOME-BASED PLAYERS IN THE SUPER EAGLES OF NIGERIA: A COLORATION OF ‘COLONIAL MENTALITY’ by JOSEPH OKECHUKWU NWOKE

“…Also, home-based players can be instrumental to performance of the team as was displayed in the 1990 and 2013 African Cup of Nations.This study recommends that a law should be passed forcing the coach to include at least four home-based players on the field of play whenever the team is in action. …”
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