Long-term effects of institutional quality on financial inclusion in Asia–Pacific countries by Duc Hong Vo

“…In our study, institutional quality is proxied by the new index developed in this paper and then by each of the five fundamental aspects of institutional quality: (i) business freedom, (ii) regulatory quality, (iii) investment freedom, (iv) government effectiveness, and (v) the rule of law. We find that improved institutional quality is fundamental to achieving financial inclusion in the region. …”
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Assessing the Return Periods and Hydroclimatic Parameters for Rainwater Drainage in the Coastal City of Cotonou in Benin under Climate Variability by Djigbo Félicien Badou, José Hounkanrin, Jean Hounkpè, Luc Ollivier Sintondji, Agnidé Emmanuel Lawin

“…The intensity series, derived by dividing the amount of rainfall by its duration, was adjusted using Gumbel’s law. IDF curves were constructed based on Montana and Talbot models, and their coefficients were determined according to the corresponding return periods. …”
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Explanation of the Ideal administrative system model from the perspective of Islam by Halimi Ali, Vatheq Qadir Ali

“…The general findings of the research show that the ideal Islamic administrative system has the seven elements of God, the Hereafter, people, law, justice, resources and sovereignty, a fair system based on love and equal service to human beings in human societies, regardless of religious and political differences. …”
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Experimental Research Based on the Optical Fiber Sensing Technology for a Jacked PHC Pipe Pile Penetration Process by Songkui Sang, Yonghong Wang, Jiaxiao Ma, Mingyi Zhang

“…The experimental results show that FBG sensors have a good stability, strong antijamming performance, and can effectively monitor the pile stress. The variation law of the jacking force reflects the distribution of the soil layer, and the hardness of the soil layer at the pile end limits the pile force. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Mycophenolate Mofetil as Its Charge-Transfer Complexes with Two π-Acceptors by K. B. Vinay, H. D. Revanasiddappa, M. S. Raghu, Sameer. A. M. Abdulrahman, N. Rajendraprasad

“…Both methods are based on charge-transfer complexation reaction of MPM with p-chloranilic acid (p-CA) or 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) in dioxane-acetonitrile medium resulting in coloured product measurable at 520 nm (p-CA) or 580 nm (DDQ). Beer’s law is obeyed over the concentration ranges of 40–400 and 12–120 μg mL−1 MPM for p-CA and DDQ, respectively, with correlation coefficients (r) of 0.9995 and 0.9947. …”
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Study of SCA-Induced Rock Crack Propagation under Different Stress Conditions Using a Modified Cohesive Element Method by Shen Wang, Hani Mitri, Huamin Li, Dongyin Li, Wen Wang

“…A new traction-separation law for describing rock compressive shear strength was proposed. …”
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The Sedimentary Geochemical Characteristics and Geological Significance of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation Accumulation of Organic Matter Black Shale on the Southeastern Sichuan Basi... by Bin Wu

“…At present, the understanding of the sedimentary paleoenvironment and organic matter enrichment law of black shale in the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation is still insufficient. …”
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Optomechanical Backreaction of Quantum Field Processes in Dynamical Casimir Effect by Xie, Yu-Cun, Butera, Salvatore, Hu, Bei-Lok

“…Our findings comply with what is known as the quantum Lenz law, found in cosmological backreaction problems: the backreaction works in the direction of opposing further changes, which means the suppression of particle creation and a slow down of the system dynamics. …”
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Gaps in Administrative and Legal Regulation of the Liability Institution for Direct Contempt by H. P. Shust, O. S. Khovpun, O. V. Batryn

“…Shortcomings in legal regulation hinder the full functioning of the liability institution for direct contempt on equal and fair terms, since they allow for ambiguous interpretation of the law norms and evaluation of a person’s actions. …”
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Development of a methodology taking into account the temperature dependence of material properties in simulation of wear in fast-rotating pivot jewel bearing support by D. N. Zhuravlyov, A. I. Borovkov

“…The pivot jewel bearing is an important node of some classes of industrial equipment; at nominal operating modes, the speed of relative rotation of the contact surfaces can reach 103 revolutions per second, while the operating time can be measured in years; under such conditions, it is necessary to take into account the wear of the contact surfaces; in this paper, a technique for modeling the dry friction wear of a fast-rotating support pair is proposed, taking into account changes in the properties of materials due to surface heating, based on solving the wear contact problem in a stationary formulation using Archard’s law; the effect of taking into account the temperature dependence of material properties in wear modeling process is demonstrated.…”
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Current Scenario of Rape Cases Reported in Healthcare Teaching Hospital in the North East India by Dev Ashis Ramu Damu, Thoidingjam Bijoy Singh, Huidrom Nabachandra Singh

“…The reason behind late reporting is that the victim’s family and the accused family usually tries to solve or come to a consensus for the issue using customary laws among various ethnic communities and the help of police and law is taken only after they cannot come to an agreement. …”
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Biological samples for examination: concepts, conditions, sampling tactics by M. H. Shcherbakovskyi, A. M. Protsenko, A. E. Volkova

“…The procedural criterion means that biological samples must be collected in a lawful manner. Based on these criteria, biological samples for examination include: body parts; secretions as products of human activity; imprints of the skin relief of the human body. …”
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Fuzzy Networked Control Systems Design Considering Scheduling Restrictions by H. Benítez-Pérez, A. Benítez-Pérez, J. Ortega-Arjona, O. Esquivel-Flores

“…The objective of this paper is to show a way to tackle multiple time delays that are bounded and the dynamic response from real-time scheduling approximation. The related control law is designed considering fuzzy logic approximation for nonlinear time delays coupling, where the main advantage is the integration of this behavior through extended state space representation keeping certain linear and bounded behavior and leading to a stable situation during events presentation by guaranteeing stability through Lyapunov.…”
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Discovering non-associated pressure-sensitive plasticity models with EUCLID by Haotian Xu, Moritz Flaschel, Laura De Lorenzis

“…Abstract We extend (EUCLID Efficient Unsupervised Constitutive Law Identification and Discovery)—a data-driven framework for automated material model discovery—to pressure-sensitive plasticity models, encompassing arbitrarily shaped yield surfaces with convexity constraints and non-associated flow rules. …”
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Transforming education: exploring the influence of generative AI on teaching performance by Heni Mulyani, Mohamad Azim Istiaq, Elvia R. Shauki, Fitrina Kurniati, Hanifia Arlinda

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Problematic issues related to forensic examination of written language and handwriting in pre-trial investigation by O. O. Yukhno, H. V. Smirnov

“…The article retrospectively examines the genesis of theoretical and law enforcement issues, legislative and other regulatory frameworks relating to forensic examination of written language and handwriting with a view to improving them and further prospects for their use in forensic science and forensic examination. …”
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Who gets to define flourishing? Disentangling social science from theology in flourishing measurement and policy prescriptions by Sarah S. Willen, Abigail Fisher Williamson, Colleen C. Walsh

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Experiment Investigation on Stress Characteristics of Grouting Microsteel Pipe Piles with Cement-Soil Wall by Shujuan Yang, Mingyi Zhang, Xiaoyu Bai, Xueying Liu, Chen Zheng

“…The inner force change laws and bearing capacity of microsteel pipe piles were discussed through in situ stress measurement and laboratory antibending tests on three microsteel pipe piles. …”
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RESEARCH ON THE FATIGUE LIFE CALCULATION METHOD OF HYDRO-TURBINE HEAD COVER CONNECTING BOLTS BASED ON PD-STFA by LIU Yu, JIN Jian, WANG YongFei, ZHAO JunJie, YU Bo

“…Long-term alternating loads on the connecting bolts of hydro-turbine head cover,which results in fatigue damage causing many serious accidents.Therefore,it is necessary to carry out in-depth study on the calculation method of fatigue life of head cover bolts in order to improve the accuracy of fatigue life calculation.In order to solve the above problems,a method for calculating the fatigue life of Turbine head cover bolts based on combination of power density and short-time Fourier analysis（PD-STFA） is put forward,with emphasis on the influence of coupling action of loading frequency and amplitude load on the fatigue life of head cover bolts.Firstly,the position and stress of dangerous section of connecting bolt are calculated by finite element method;secondly,the average stress of contact surface of bolt head is measured by strain-based hollow pressure sensor,and then the measured average stress of contact surface of bolt head is transformed into the stress of dangerous section according to generalized Hooke’s law;finally,based on linear damage accumulation theory,the fatigue life of the head cover bolts is calculated by PD-STFA method and the traditional rain flow counting method.The calculation results show that the fatigue life of the head cover bolts is 1.966× 10~5 h based on PD-STFA method and 4.113 ×10~5 h based on traditional rain flow counting method.According to the investigation of power plant users,the calculation results based on PD-STFA method are closer to the actual service life of bolts for about 30 years,and can predict the fatigue life of the turbine head cover connecting bolts more accurately,thus providing theoretical guarantee for the safe and stable operation of the hydro-turbine.…”
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Road Performance of Mica Powder Modified Asphalt Mixture by Chao FENG, Huiming BAO, Huan BAO, Wei ZHAN, Shi YAN

“…AC-20 mica powder modified asphalt mixture was prepared to explore its road performance and the influence law of mica powder dimension content on asphalt mixture road performance was determined by grey correlation analysis. …”
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