Paths of interactive cracks in creep conditions by K. Nowak

“…For the plate with multiple cracks the paths starting from different cracks can develop independently until they merge and/or span the plate width. …”
Get full text

Cobalt Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Hip Arthroplasty: An Increasingly Prevalent Problem by Russel Tilney, Melanie Roberta Burg, Mark Adrian Sammut

“…Blood levels are not entirely useful as there is no identifiable conversion factor for levels in whole blood, serum, and erythrocytes which seem to act independently of each other. Interestingly cobalt cardiomyopathy is frequently compounded by other possible causes of cardiomyopathy such as alcohol and a link has been postulated. …”
Get full text

Cursorial ecomorphology and temporal patterns in theropod dinosaur evolution during the mid-Cretaceous by Kohta Kubo, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

“…In the evolutionary history of this group, a specialized foot morphology, the arctometatarsus, evolved independently in several lineages and has been considered an adaptation for cursoriality. …”
Get full text

From Kabul to Cairo and Back Again: The Afghan Women’s Movement and Early 20th Century Transregional Transformations by Marya Hannun

“…When Afghan women are mentioned in the story of the country’s independence, it is most often in relationship to men, as either objects of King Aman Allah Khan’s Islamic reforms (r.1919-1929) or else as the locus of backlash against these reforms. …”
Get full text

Fast surfing for availability or deep diving into quality - motivation and information seeking among middle and high school students by Jannica Heinstrom

“…</b> The sample consisted of 574 students, grades 6 to 12, who independently sought information in order to learn about a curriculum topic. …”
Get full text

The Value of Compulsory Military Service in the Soviet Army (1967–1990) from the Conscripts’ Perspective by Ieva Šimanauskaitė

“…While many view their military service as ‘lost years’, some men recognize positive outcomes, such as increased maturity and greater independence. The harsh conditions and difficult living environment during their service also led to feelings of alienation and caution, reinforcing certain Soviet lifestyle habits, such as dishonesty, theft, adaptation, and time-wasting. …”
Get full text

Hybrid mechanical metamaterials: Advances of multi-functional mechanical metamaterials with simultaneous static and dynamic properties by Ana Carolina Azevedo Vasconcelos, Dingena Schott, Jovana Jovanova

“…Although such metamaterials introduced significant contribution for solving independently static and dynamic problems, they were facing certain resistance to their use in real-world engineering problems, mainly because of a lack of integrated systems possessing both mechanical and vibration attenuation performance. …”
Get full text

On the use of length scale parameters to assess the static strength of notched 3D-printed PLA by Adnan A. Ahmed, Luca Susmel

“…Using the TCD in the form of the Point Method, failures were predicted by directly post-processing the linear-elastic stress fields estimated through the well-known analytical solutions due to Glinka and Newport. Independently of the notch sharpness, the estimates being obtained were found to be highly accurate, falling within an error interval of about 20%. …”
Get full text

Research and development investment and board characteristics by Ahlem Selma Messai, Fathi Jouini

“…Employing generalized least squares, the Newey-West estimator, and weighted least squares methods, we comprehensively analyze the relationships between board size, independence, gender diversity, meeting frequency, CEO duality with R&D expenditure. …”
Get full text

Canada in the Looking-Glass: Days and Nights in Calcutta (1977), by Clark Blaise and Bharati Mukherjee by Christine Lorre

“…Clark Blaise et Bharati Mukherjee, dans deux récits indépendants, juxtaposés, rapportent chacun l’année qu’ils ont passée en 1973 à Calcutta (ponctuée de séjours plus brefs à Bombay), loin de Montréal où ils s’étaient installés plusieurs années auparavant. …”
Get full text

Crack path in aeronautical titanium alloy under ultrasonic torsion loading by A. Nikitin, C. Bathias, T. Palin-Luc, A. Shanyavskiy

“…It has been shown that independently on production process as surface as well subsurface crack initiation may appear under ultrasonic torsion loading despite the maximum stress amplitude located at the specimen surface. …”
Get full text

Cellular therapy for the peripheral arterial disease treatment: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mónica Rodríguez-Valiente, Cristina Fuente-Mora, Javier Sánchez-Gálvez, Micaela Ortín-Pérez, Manuel Pardo-Ríos, José Manuel Sánchez-Sáez, Isac Davidson Santiago Fernandes Pimenta, Grasiela Piuvezam, Laura Ramos-Petersen

“…Studies will be selected independently by two reviewers and will include all published randomized and non-randomized clinical trials. …”
Get full text

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CONFLICT AS A CHALLENGE TO PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by ANTHONY IMEH UMOH, BARINAADAA NWINKOL

“… It is an indubitable fact that African countries has been highly susceptible to inter and intra conflicts after independence. This has made Africa to be christened the hub of conflicts and wars. …”
Get full text

Exploring Migration Motivations from Developed to Developing Countries: A Study of American Emigrants to Developing Countries by Mustafa Şeref Akın

“…Having an income from home country, combined with the lower cost of living in developing countries, enables Americans to achieve financial independence. Notably, tax benefits are a low priority, contrary to popular belief about tax avoidance as a motivation. …”
Get full text

FROM ETHICS OF JUSTICE AND SUFFERING TO ETHICS OF FREE AND UNCONDITIONED PERSONALITY by V. E. Gromov

“…Utopian character and unfeasibility of spiritual ethics idea are determined by its independence from empirical conditions and by the difficulty concerned with conscious self-transformation of conditioned personality. …”
Get full text

Values and basic beliefs of working and non-working students by N. A. Tsvetkova, K. E. Lagvilava

“…Intergroup differences in the value of “power” are established: its indicator is higher among working students; non-working students attach more importance to independence. Working students, in comparison with non-working students, have a higher individual significance of conformity and achievements. …”
Get full text

Sylvia Plath’s October 1962 Poems: “Things Are Resolving” by Gary LEISING

“…In these poems and letters, we see conflicted speakers. Independence—personal and financial—and a view of better things to come suffuse many of the letters of this period while Ariel—especially as edited by Ted Hughes—appears darker, as does the ultimate and tragic trajectory of Plath’s biography. …”
Get full text

Formation and creative manifestation of functional ensembles of intellectual agents based on live information in various spheres of life activity by Evgeny Bryndin

“…Functional ensembles of harmoniously interacting intellectual agents with live creative practice can cooperate with a person, and can also independently virtually model the creative creation of new designs of a specialist, if the ensemble has enough acts of creation.…”
Get full text

ETHNIC POLITICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA by UKWU FELIX EMEKA

“… Since Nigeria gained independence, there has been a persistent demand for an electoral system that would foster a functional democratic process. …”
Get full text

The roles of Non Timber Forest Products in the development of community forestry in Menoreh Hills (A case of Hargorejo Village, Kokap, Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta) by Maria Palmolina

“…The management of HKm was conducted independently by DAMAR fondation. In addition to the condition of being green and cool environment (66% of respondents said the village environment becomes greener and cooler), increased water discharge (76% of respondents expressed a lot of water supplies), the positive impact of community forest management in Hargorejo’s Village was also the contribution to the household economy of farmers (a reduction in the percentage of less well economic conditions of farmers from 80% to 52% after the access HKm).…”
Get full text