Bearing Behavior of the Fly Ash Deposits on Expressway by Chun-yu Cui, Shu-jian Wang, Wei Cui, Xiao Zheng

“…Fly ash has a good condition to run the dynamic consolidation for meeting the requirements of embankment compaction. …”
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The diversity of local political agendas during COVID-19: A comparison of Mexican states by Enrique García-Tejeda, Juan Guillermo Vieira-Silva

“…At least for the case of COVID-19 in the short run, the size and diversity of local agendas in Mexico seem to be based on institutional factors, such as information processing according to bounded rationality, incremental solutions, and the functional labeling of local governments. …”
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A PROFILE OF ONLINE COURSE STUDENT by L. V. Popova, N. N. Marfenin, P. L. Pekker

“…These figures are similar to the ones collected by foreign researchers on the basis of analysis of MOOCs run in other countries. One of the reasons for subscribing to an online course given was the opportunity to enlarge knowledge. …”
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ACCELERATED ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF PHANTOM «ROZI» BY OS-SART METHOD USING ORDERED SUBSET PROJECTIONS by S. A. Zolotarev, M. M. Mieteeg, A. N. Al-Nadfa

“…The efficiency of using ordered subsets of projections was first established for sequential programs that run on the central processor of the computer (CPU). …”
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Cause and Possible Treatments of Foot Lesions in Captive Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) by Mélisa Veillette, Julie Guitard, Stéphan G. Reebs

“…Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) run extensively in exercise wheels. This running may cause paw lesions. …”
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ESTIMATING TURKISH STOCK MARKET RETURNS WITH APT MODEL: COINTEGRATION AND VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION by Özge SEZGİN ALP, Fazıl GÖKGÖZ, Güray KÜÇÜKKOCAOĞLU

“…The results have revealed that significant macroeconomic variables vary upon sectors and have a long-run effect in determining stock indices. Consequently, it should be noted that empirical tests of APT have robust estimations in analyzing the Turkish stock market.  …”
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Mises en scène du pouvoir et enjeux statutaires chez les jeunes Palestiniens réfugiés (Liban) by Agnès Gharbi Mesmar

“…Based on an ethnography written between 2005 and 2006 in a centre run by the NGO El Markez in the Nahr el-Barid Palestinian refugee camp (northern Lebanon), this article explores issues of power, status and reputation faced by youths who must build a future in an extremely difficult economic context. …”
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Bandwidth Reduction via Localized Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Video by Ken Kerpez, Yuanqiu Luo, Frank J. Effenberger

“…Detailed simulations of passive optical networks (PON) are run, and these generate statistics of P2P video localization. …”
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An Analysis of the Relationship Between Investor Risk Appetite and CDS Premiums in Turkey Using Asymmetric Methods by Adnan Güzel, Yüksel İltaş

“…The findings show that in the long run, positive changes in the CDS premium have a greater impact on REKS Domestic and REKS Qualified indices than negative changes, while negative changes in the CDS premium have a greater impact on REKS Domestic Real, REKS Domestic Corporate and REKS Domestic Funds indices than positive changes. …”
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Climate change impacts on maize and dry bean yields of smallholder farmers in Honduras by MENDOZA, Carlos O., GIGENA, Rubén, DÍAZ-AMBRONA, Carlos G. H.

“…The cropping systems simulation dynamic model CropSyst was calibrated and validated upon field trail site at Zamorano, then run with baseline and future climate scenarios based upon general circulation models (GCM) and the ClimGen synthetic daily weather generator. …”
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Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Hydropower Development in Sondu Miriu Basin by Willis Owino Ochieng, Christopher Oludhe, Simeon Dulo, Lydia Olaka

“…The hydropower production from the two existing run-of-river hydropower projects on the Sondu Miriu River is vulnerable to rainfall variability and requires strategies for building resilience for the local communities. …”
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A Hybrid OFDM-TDM Architecture with Decentralized Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for PONs by Taner Cevik

“…Instead of sending bandwidth demands to the optical line terminal (OLT) which is the only competent authority, each optical network unit (ONU) runs the same bandwidth demand determination algorithm. …”
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Collaborative Governance Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemics: Czech Republic and Slovakia by Daniel Klimovsky, Ivan Maly, Juraj Nemec

“…Based on comprehensive case studies and following analysis, the article suggests that in countries with limited quality of collaborative governance and no experience in similar pandemics, short-term “ultramobilisation” and positive results are indeed possible, but failures are non-avoidable in the long run. During the second wave of the pandemic, the weaknesses in governance resulted in massive governance failures. …”
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Scalable Full-Stack Benchmarks for Quantum Computers by Jordan Hines, Timothy Proctor

“…Quantum processors are now able to run quantum circuits that are infeasible to simulate classically, creating a need for benchmarks that assess a quantum processor's rate of errors when running these circuits. …”
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EXPLOIT MINING HIGH UTILITY ITEMSETS WITH NEGATIVE UNIT PROFITS FROM VERTICALLY DISTRIBUTED DATABASES by Cao Tùng Anh, Ngô Quốc Huy, Võ Hoàng Khang

“…Experiments show that the run-time of this method is more efficient than that of the centralized database.…”
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Ìfẹ-ìtumọ̀-lójú: Wíwá Ọ̀rọ̀-Ìperí Fún Àrùn Kòkòrò-Apa-Sójà-Ara (KASA) àti Èbólà by Clement Odoje

“…A ṣàwárí pé oríṣìí mẹ́ tà ọ̀ tọ̀ ọ̀ tọ̀ ni irú àwọn ọ̀ rọ̀ yìí; kò sì sí ìyọnu láti ní òye ìtumọ̀ tuntun tí a wà wọ àwọn ọ̀ rọ̀ náà lọ́ rùn. Ó tilẹ̀ mú ìtumọ̀ gbéetán bá àwọn ọ̀ rọ̀ tuntun tí a lò wọ́ n fún. …”
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The Psych Behind Psychedelics: Exploring Hallucinogen Use as a Marker for Untreated Mental Health Disorders by Liyana Ahmed, Sanjana Konda, Latha Ganti

“…Using age group as a control variable, different variables were run through a crosstab in order to find significant data pointing to the implications of hallucinogen use…”
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Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Bearing with Vibration Signals Based on a Novel Indicator by Bo Wu, Wei Li, Ming-quan Qiu

“…The performance of the proposed method is validated by an accelerated bearing run-to-failure experiment, and the results demonstrate the advantage of this method in achieving more accurate RUL prediction.…”
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From a grand hotel to an urban symbol: the Astor Hotel in old and new Tianjin by Taoyu Yang

“…Moreover, the expansion of the Astor Hotel evolved along with the development of Tianjin from a hypercolonial city to a Chinese-run metropolis. Shortly after the Communist Revolution in China, its ownership was overtaken by the Tianjin Municipal Government. …”
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Leaking Network Devices with Rubber Ducky Attack by Zeynep Rana Donmez, Şeyma Atmaca, Yıldıray YALMAN

“…Unlike traditional electronic attacks, it relies on manipulating individuals to run malware-infected devices or share sensitive information willingly. …”
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