The financialization of healthcare by Norberto Montani Martins, Carlos Ocké-Reis

“…Financialization exerts a direct influence on the delivery of public health services while also reshaping the behavior and operations of private healthcare providers and health insurance firms. …”
Get full text

I See Your Gesture: A VR-Based Study of Bidirectional Communication between Pedestrians and Automated Vehicles by Michael R. Epke, Lars Kooijman, Joost C. F. de Winter

“…Furthermore, the eHMI improved the predictability of the AV’s behavior compared to no eHMI, as inferred from self-reports and hand-use behavior. …”
Get full text

Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis and Comparison of In-Plane Strength of Circular and Parabolic Arched I-Section Cellular Steel Beam by Besukal Befikadu Zewudie

“…However, less attention is given to understanding the in-plane and out-of-plane structural behavior and performance of arched cellular steel beams. …”
Get full text

Recruitment in Swarm-Founding Wasps: Polybia occidentalis Does not Actively Scent-Mark Carbohydrate Food Sources by Benjamin J. Taylor, Erik V. Nordheim, Teresa I. Schueller, Robert L. Jeanne

“…Many social bees exhibit this behavior, but scent-marking is absent in social wasps, except for Vespa mandarinia. …”
Get full text

Dimensions of Rational Decision-Making during the Demographic Transition; Aranjuez (Spain) Revisited by David Reher, Glenn Sandström

“…This paper goes beyond the original ones in two important ways: (a) the sex composition of the surviving sibset is included in the analysis and (b) behavior is modeled by means of event history analysis. …”
Get full text

A Review on Natural Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite and Its Applications by Layth Mohammed, M. N. M. Ansari, Grace Pua, Mohammad Jawaid, M. Saiful Islam

“…Impacts of chemical treatment on the water absorption, tribology, viscoelastic behavior, relaxation behavior, energy absorption flames retardancy, and biodegradability properties of NFPCs were also highlighted. …”
Get full text

Composite Sand–Clay Infrastructural Soil Fills: Characteristic Consolidation and Hydraulic Properties by Burcu Dışkaya, Tanay Karademir

“…To this end, in this study, the specimens of sand-bentonite clay mixtures prepared with different contents of sand-bentonite clay were subjected to one-dimensional consolidation tests to investigate the effect of bentonite content used in the mixture on consolidation behavior, hydraulic properties, and effect of sand amount on rate of consolidation and on resulting compressive strength behavior.…”
Get full text

Cluster Analysis of Daily Cycling Flow Profiles during COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK by Matthew Burke, Dilum Dissanayake, Margaret Bell

“…The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting government-enforced lockdown affected the travel behavior and lives of people worldwide. In this research, hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) is used to quantify the impact on daily flow profiles of cyclists due to the public’s response to different levels of restrictions during a 6-month period of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. …”
Get full text

LEGITIMATE PERMISSIONS AND SPECIFITY OF THEIR ENFORCEABILITY IN MODERN RUSSIA by V. Subochev, A. Sheriev

“…But legal right and freedom - are those means of regulation, which are directly approved and sanctioned by the state which presuppose duty of a person to a particular behavior. The author's vision of the specifity of legal enforcement of legitimate admissions is presented.…”
Get full text

Differential Micronuclei Induction in Human Lymphocyte Cultures by Imidacloprid in the Presence of Potassium Nitrate by Polychronis Stivaktakis, Dimitris Vlastos, Evangelos Giannakopoulos, Demetrious P. Matthopoulos

“…The present study suggests a novel role of a harmless environmental factor, such as KNO3, on the genotoxic behavior of a pesticide, such as imidacloprid. KNO3 rendered imidacloprid permeable to lymphocytes, resulting in elevated MN frequencies.…”
Get full text

Empirical mode decomposition/Hilbert transform analysis of postural responses to small amplitude anterior-posterior sinusoidal translations of varying frequencies by Rakesh Pilkar, Erik M. Bollt, Charles Robinson

“…Other modes illustrate that the stimulus frequencies produce a ‘locked-in’ behavior of CoP with platform position signal. The combined Hilbert Spectrum of these modes shows that this phase-lock behavior of APCoP is more apparent for 0.5, 0.625, 0.75 and 1 Hz perturbation intervals. …”
Get full text

Moral and Psychological Stability of Police Officers in the System of Their Professionally Important Qualities by I. V. Klymenko

“…The author has singled out psychological structure of this characteristic, namely: motivational component, the indicators of which are a positive attitude to service, awareness of the importance of conscientious performance of official tasks and conscious desire to perform professional duties, belief in the value of moral norms and the need to subordinate own behavior; cognitive component, which includes knowledge of the legal basis of professional activity, ethical requirements of police officers’ behavior, the rules of use of physical force, special means and firearms; professional-personal component, which contains such professional moral and psychological qualities as professional honor, justice, decency, honesty, compassion and empathy, attitude to the rule of law, discipline, humanity, responsibility and a reflective component that characterizes the ability of a police officer to analyze phenomena of own consciousness and activity and assess the level of formation of moral and psychological stability, ability to effectively solve job problems. …”
Get full text

Diagnosing Oncocytoma by Core Needle Biopsy: A Single-Center Experience by Chen Mayer, Yasmin Abu-Ghanem, Zohar A. Dotan, Iris Barshack, Eddie Fridman

“…The lesions exhibited benign behavior during follow-up after biopsy, consistent with the diagnosis of oncocytoma. …”
Get full text

A Profile Based Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention System for Securing Cloud Environment by Sanchika Gupta, Padam Kumar, Ajith Abraham

“…With network profiling, a profile is created for each virtual machine (VM) in cloud that describes network behavior of each cloud user (an assigned VM). The behavior gathered is then used for determination (detection) of network attacks on cloud. …”
Get full text

Arithmetic-Like Reasoning in Wild Vervet Monkeys: A Demonstration of Cost-Benefit Calculation in Foraging by Sayaka Tsutsumi, Tomokazu Ushitani, Kazuo Fujita

“…This monkey also adjusted his “foraging behavior” according to the quantity of the reminder for a task requiring stepwise mental manipulation (i.e., “(2−1)−1”), though the results became less evident. …”
Get full text

Experimental Study on RC Deep Beams with Non-Prestressed Tendons as Main Reinforcement by Seyed Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Milad Shakiba

“…Therefore, the main reason for the analytical study is to develop a model that can predict the flexural behavior of RC beams with ordinary reinforcements and/or with non-prestressed tendons (cables). …”
Get full text

Climatological Study on Cyclone Genesis and Tracks in Southern Brazil from 1979 to 2019 by Bruna Alves Oliveira Destéfani, Micael Fernando Broggio, Carlos Alberto Eiras Garcia

“…By clarifying cyclone dynamics and seasonal patterns, this study enhances our understanding of cyclone behavior and contributes to improved assessments of regional climate resilience in southern Brazil.…”
Get full text

Technique for Outdoor Test on Concentrating Photovoltaic Cells by Paola Sansoni, Daniela Fontani, Franco Francini, David Jafrancesco, Giacomo Pierucci, Maurizio De Lucia

“…More generally tests with direct exposure to the sun are useful to understand the behavior of components and new materials for solar applications in real working conditions. …”
Get full text

Flexural characteristics of additively manufactured continuous fiber-reinforced honeycomb sandwich structures by Rafael Guerra Silva, Gustavo Morales Pavez

“…This study analyzes the effect of reinforcement material and fiber orientation on the flexural behavior of continuous fiber-reinforced sandwich structures built entirely using a commercially available fused filament fabrication printer. …”
Get full text

Analysis of Travel Mode Choice To Hospitals concerning Socio-Economic Attributes (Case Study: Shiraz Downtown) by sanam afaridi, fereshte ahmadi, ali soltani, mahmood mohamdi

“…Optimal condition of accessibility and rapid, easy, and safe travel to health_ treatment land uses can be performed by the systematic analysis of transportation sub-systems like behavior. Developed countries are in essential need of proper transportation system for better accessibility. …”
Get full text