Examination of the Behavior of Gravity Quay Wall against Liquefaction under the Effect of Wall Width and Soil Improvement by Ali Akbar Firoozi, Mohd Raihan Taha, S. M. Mir Moammad Hosseini, Ali Asghar Firoozi

“…Also, the behavior of liquefiable soil is simulated by the use of “Finn” constitutive model in the analysis models. The “Finn” constitutive model is especially created to determine liquefaction phenomena and excess pore pressure generation.…”
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Sources of Legal Regulation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Consolidations, Joint Stock Companies in Russia and Corporations in the United States by S. E. Kuzmin

“…Both in Russia and in the USA there is a constitutional separation of powers between the Federal authorities and the Subjects of the Federation/States respectively. …”
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Regulations Concerning the ‘Temporary Period’ in The New System Sought to be Established in Cyprus and Its Properties by Soyalp Tamçelik

“…This partnership will reveal itself as a new state system organized within a framework of a federation that consists of two communities from a constitutional aspect and of two regions from a territorial aspect. …”
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Reconsidering the “Critical-Corrective” Article of the Single Article Approved in September 2017 on “Iranian Citizenship of Children Born to Iranian Women Married to Non-Iranian M... by Mostafa Daneshpajooh

“…However, the conceptual ambiguities and implementation problems of this single article caused the legislator to repeal the previous single article by approving a new article in 1398.This article is an attempt to illustrate the article’s strengths and weaknesses by reconsidering the “critical-corrective” nature of the new single article, and especially to explain its incompatibility with the forty-first principle of the constitution; it is finally suggested that due to the truth and nature of citizenship and more compatibility with Article 41 of the Constitution, maternal lineage, like paternal lineage, secure the Iranian citizenship to the child.…”
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New Approach for the Analysis of Damped Vibrations of Fractional Oscillators by Yuriy A. Rossikhin, Marina V. Shitikova

“…The dynamic behavior of linear and nonlinear mechanical oscillators with constitutive equations involving fractional derivatives defined as a fractional power of the operator of conventional time-derivative is considered. …”
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Study on Statistical Damage Theory Model of Tailings in a Metal Ore under the Action of Moisture Absorption and Dehumidification Circulation by Bing Cao, Hua Wei, Mei-Qi Dou, Lin Hu, Yao-hui Guo

“…Compared with the results of indoor triaxial consolidation undrained test, this constitutive model is more reliable.…”
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Climate Science as Counterculture by Daniel Cunha

“…By pursuing the “logic of its aporias”, it is shown that climate science emerged at the confluence of the objective development of the means of production (constituting a “planetary general intellect”) and the countercultural movement of the 60s, which put ecology at its center, but was broader than mere “environmentalism”. …”
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Inverse Approach to Evaluate the Tubular Material Parameters Using the Bulging Test by Yulong Ge, Xiaoxing Li, Lihui Lang

“…An inverse procedure is adopted to determine the tubular material properties in Krupkowski-Swift constitutive model of material deformation using a hybrid algorithm that combines the differential evolution and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithms. …”
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Metastasis to Sartorius Muscle from a Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer by Ioannis Katafigiotis, Antonios Athanasiou, Panagiotis K. Levis, Evangelos Fragkiadis, Stavros Sfoungaristos, Achilles Ploumidis, Adamantios Michalinos, Christos Alamanis, Evangelos Felekouras, Constantinos A. Constantinides

“…Bladder cancer constitutes the ninth most common cancer worldwide and approximately only 30% of cases are muscle invasive at initial diagnosis. …”
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Pseudo-Elastic Analysis with Permanent Set in Carbon-Filled Rubber by LiHong Huang, Xiaoxiang Yang, Jianhong Gao

“…It was found that the theory of pseudo-elasticity and the Ogden constitutive model are applicable to this composite, and if combined with plastic deformation, the models are more accurate for calculating the residual strain after unloading.…”
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Exploring the buffalo whey: a look at nanotechnology in search of strategies for the modern nutraceutical industry by Franco E. Vasile

“… Buffalo whey is the most important by-product of the cheese industry. Whey proteins constitute the most exciting component from a technological and economic point of view. …”
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Spinal Tuberculosis and Cold Abscess without Known Primary Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rima Patel, Vedavyas Gannamani, Emily Shay, David Alcid

“…Bone and joint involvement constitute about 10% of extrapulmonary TB cases, with the spine being the most frequently affected site. …”
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Pratique de la philosophie et fraternité : un levier pour lutter contre les inégalités by Christian Budex

“…Being both a constitutional principle and a French Republican value, Fraternity strains to find an embodiment in the laws as well as in the habits. …”
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Implications des consultants qualité dans l’institutionnalisation du nouveau mode de pilotage du système éducatif chilien by Manuel González Carpanetti, Gilles Monceau

“…The results of the research show how these consultants mobilize the technical objects that constitute their « toolbox » to influence the involvement of school leaders and their teams in the process of institutionalizing the piloting through the quality of the education system. …”
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Quand la forêt s’impose comme une évidence paysagère pour l’habitant by Eva Bigando

“…Through the landscape experiences that it generates, the forest at times constitutes a breathing space and at others a refuge, thus contributing to the quality of life and well-being of its inhabitants.…”
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A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY UNDER DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATIONS by MOHAMMED LAWAL TAFIDA

“…Using liberal-democratic prescriptions that define civilian control as conceptual framework, it employs the historical, constitutional, structural and institutional approaches as analytical tools. …”
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Il n’y a pas de normes sexuelles. Il n’y a que des normes sociales » by Aurélie Pfauwadel

“…The unconscious and the various discourses constitute responses to this hole in order to make up for “the absence of sexual relation” through the intermediary of semblance and makeshift solutions that are always singular. …”
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Deux regards sur l’œuvre de Jean-Pierre Péneau à travers ses archives by Diane Aymard, Daniel Siret

“…His personal archives were recently transferred to the Centre d’archives d’architecture contemporaine in Paris and constitute a valuable legacy for understanding the life and work of Jean-Pierre Péneau in his time. …”
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Measuring the power of parties within US Government from 1993 to 2018: New key variables by Matteo Laruffa

“…Indeed, the second part accurately refers to the degree of which its political balances, institutional guarantees and constitutional design provide effective defense to democracy. …”
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La législation de 1964 sur les Droits Civiques aux États-Unis : mythe d’une égalité de droit, réalité d’une égalité de fait ? by Eric Agbessi

“…In the USA, the congressional work on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was part of the reassertion of the concept of citizenship, nearly one century after the amendments to the Constitution passed for this purpose in the aftermath of the Civil War. …”
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