Improving expected shortage estimations in the base-stock policy by accounting for undershoots by Eugenia Babiloni, Ester Guijarro

“…Therefore, the Expected Shortage per Replenishment Cycle, ESPCR, is an essential indicator in inventory management for several reasons. On the one hand, it gives information about the number of units not served in each cycle, and on the other hand, it is fundamental in determining service levels or shortage costs. …”
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Metrics for code obfuscation based on symbolic execution and N-scope complexity by Yuqiang XIAO, Yunfei GUO, Yawen WANG

“…Code obfuscation has been well developed as mitigated endogenous security technology, to effectively resist MATE attacks (e.g.reverse engineering).And it also has important value for the reasonable metrics of code obfuscation effect.Since symbolic execution is widely used in anti-obfuscation attacks, metrics for code obfuscation resilience can refer to the efforts of generating input test set for executing all program paths.However, some adversarial techniques could reduce the symbol execution efficiency significantly based on the nested structure of the program and increase the error of the resilience reference.To solve the above problems, a metrics for code obfuscation was proposed based on symbolic execution and N-scope complexity.The obfuscation resilience was defined with symbolic execution time and obfuscation potency was defined based on the proposed N-scope complexity for better robustness in measuring the resilience of multi-nested structure programs.Furthermore, the correlation analysis of obfuscation effect was proposed and the effect was quantified by symbolic execution and control flow diagram extraction of programs.Over 4000 obfuscated programs from 3 open-sourced assemblies were evaluated with proposed metrics in the experiment, which indicated the generalization performance and practicality of the metrics.And an example of this metrics application was presented in a simulated obfuscation scenario which provided references of obfuscation technology metrics and obfuscation configuration for obfuscation users.…”
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CASUALISATION OF WORK IN CONSTRUCTION, AND THE PLIGHT OF WORKERS IN BLOEMFONTEIN by Lesiba Mollo, Fidelise EMUZE

“…The study explored the reasons why unemployed people are choosing to become casual workers, and the challenges that they face in the construction industry. …”
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Armenia: an Uneasy Choice Between Russia's New Initiatives and the EU Eastern Partnership by M. Y. Vardazaryan

“…The article identifies the reasons of "freezing" Armenian-Russian relations in early 2013. …”
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Impact of Guideline Markings on Saturation Flow Rate at Signalized Intersections by Zhengtao Qin, Jing Zhao, Shidong Liang, Jiao Yao

“…The proposed model was validated using a before–after case study. The underlying reasons for the impact of intersection guideline markings on the saturation flow rate are discussed. …”
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Analysis of Modal and Vibration Response of Gearbox of Urban Rail Train by Chen Zhongwei, 2Lu Ning, Yang Jianwei

“…The random vibration analysis indicates that reasonable gearbox structure design can encourage good external vibration response. …”
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De la meilleure façon de constituer une collection. Le cas des émaux « byzantins » de Mikhaïl Botkine by Aglaé Achechova

“…A thorough investigation by the designer of the house of Fabergé, François Birbaum, enabled the secret workshop that had produced most of the enamels in Mikhail Botkin’s collection to be discovered in 1914. The reasons for a collector to put together, apparently with full knowledge of the facts, a collection of fakes may be many: the control of the quantity and the quality of the pieces he was collecting, the mastery of the competition of the elimination of the concerns usually encountered: the rarity and uncertain provenance of the objects.…”
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Dynamic Simulation Analysis of the Antiswing Device for Ship-Mounted Batch Transfer Hanging Basket by Jianli Wang, Haolin Li, Shenghai Wang, Haiquan Chen, Yuqing Sun

“…The force on the four control ropes has been reduced by ∼24.1%, 23%, 26.4%, and 25.1%, resulting in the force that is more reasonable and enhancing the safety of hanging basket system. …”
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Forecast of China’s Carbon Emissions Based on ARIMA Method by Longqi Ning, Lijun Pei, Feng Li

“…The results can provide guidance for decision-makers to set reasonable carbon emission reduction targets and take appropriate energy conservation and emission reduction measures.…”
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Maffesoli e a "investigação do sentido" - das identidades às identificações by Eduardo Portanova Barros

“…It is a prospective type of reasoning, like Nietzsche's. Of all the post-modern affiliation theorists, Maffesoli is the only one that tries to include the imaginary, under the durandiano view, in his form of thinking. …”
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Speed Limit Compliance Index (SLCI): A Conceptual Method to Enhance the Efficiency of the Advisory Intelligent Speed Adaptation System by Seyed Mohammadreza Ghadiri, Riza Torkan, Ahmad Farhan Mohd Sadullah

“…The experiences of pioneers have revealed that the intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) system reasonably has brought a promising future to speed management and road safety. …”
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The Experimental Studies on Behavior of Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete Confined by Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Tubes by Zong-cai Deng, Jiu-ling Qu

“…None of the models provided a reasonable prediction for strength and strain of HFRP-confined UHPC specimen; therefore, a new ultimate strength and strain perdition model considering the confinement effectiveness of different hybrid FRP series was proposed. …”
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CuTCP: Custom Text Generation-based Class-aware Prompt Tuning for visual-language models by Min Huang, Chen Yang, Xiaoyan Yu

“…Abstract Visual-language models (VLMs) excel in cross-modal reasoning by synthesizing visual and linguistic features. …”
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The effectiveness of monitoring as a necessary condition for the adoption of correct decisions on the security оf technosphere by V. M. Mikhailov

“…Organizational structure of monitoring with reasonable time and address of the measurement mode taking into account the main features and stages of forming controlled natural and technogenic processes should ensure the acquisition of data needed for further calculations of the start time of earthquakes, territorial distribution and levels of water or air pollution, etc. …”
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Study on Settlement Influence of Newly Excavated Tunnel Undercrossing Large Diameter Pipeline by Qian Xu, Wenchao Zhang, Cheng Chen, Jun Lu, Peng Tang

“…By studying the relationship between the grouting reinforcement range and the vertical distance from the newly built tunnel to the existing pipeline, it is found that the soil engineering effect within 0.3 d above the arch line is more reasonable, and the feasibility of the proposed scheme is verified through actual monitoring data. …”
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URBANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND HUMAN SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by Damian Kehinde Adesegha, Adeshina Iyanuoluwa Omotayo

“…Migration is also global phenomenon that involves a complex and multifaceted process that deals with the movement of individuals or groups from one geographical location to another for various reasons. Today, urbanization continues to be a major trend worldwide, with more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas. …”
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Lawson’s Psychological Critical Thinking Exam as an instrument to improve critical thinking by Marta-Natalia Torres-Domínguez, Itxaso Barberia, Javier Rodríguez-Ferreiro

“…This study aimed to adapt Lawson’s revised version of the Psychological Critical Thinking Exam (PCTE) into Spanish, and to use it to assess improvement in Psychology students taking a module on reasoning. METHOD. Eighty-seven third-year Psychology students responded to the odd items of the original PCTE at the beginning of the term, and to the even items at the end. …”
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Turkey’s Drought Status Associated with Climate Change by Emine Su Turan

“…One of the most harmful and least recognized natural disasters is drought. There are many reasons for the increase in drought in our semi-arid climate. …”
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转向节特性对盘式制动器尖叫影响的研究 by 金鑫君, 方晓汾, 邓小雷

“…Considering that the effect of steering knuckle on squeal is usually ignored when performing analysis of disc brake squeal,in this work,a finite element model of disc brake system including steering knuckle component is established,and the vibration characteristics of the brake system are predicted and analyzed by using complex eigenvalue analysis method.On this basis,the influence of steering knuckle characteristics on brake squeal instability behavior is studied.The results show that the increase of friction coefficient will enhance the tendency of braking system to generate squeal instability,and the steering knuckle plays a significant role in affecting the coupling between different components of the brake system.The mode of knuckle may induce the generation of brake squeal.Ignoring the steering knuckle during squeal analysis and prediction will cause the phenomenon of‘over-prediction’and ‘under-prediction’.The stiffness of steering knuckle has a strong influence on squeal behavior.The increase of steering knuckle stiffness will cause more unstable vibration of frequency and accordingly increase the squeal intensity of the system.In addition,since there is no significant friction movement between the knuckle and the disc hub,the friction coefficient at the knuckle-disc hub connection shows little impact on the braking squeal behavior of the system.The above research results provide a basis for understanding the generation of brake squeal and proposing reasonable measures to improve the squeal.…”
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Experimental Study on Curtain Grouting with Large Hole Spacing and Deep Holes in the Panlong Lead-Zinc Mine by TAO Wangxiong, FENG Yuanyu, LI Xijia, ZHANG Aiheng

“…In the upper reaches of the Datangxia Water Control Project,the high-pressure head formed by water storage will increase the water inflow in the Panlong lead-zinc mine to a certain extent and thus affect the safety of underground production.In order to eliminate the adverse effects brought by water storage,two anti-seepage curtains are planned to be built on the east and west sides of the mine.In addition,to provide reasonable technical parameters for the actual grouting construction,this paper carries out the grouting test at a suitable position on the axis of the curtain.The test results show that:① The double-row grouting with 3 m row spacing and 6 m hole spacing can basically meet the anti-seepage standard of curtain design when arranged in a plum blossom shape;② cement clay slurry can be applied in dealing with special sections such as large karst caves and wide fissures in karst areas;③ in terms of the vertical heterogeneity of karst development,the bottom elevation of hanging curtain with deep holes in karst areas should enter the aquitard,with a depth of not less than 10 m.The results of the grouting test provide a reference for the design and construction of curtain grouting with large hole spacing and deep holes in karst areas.…”
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