Traverse Vibration of Axially Moving Laminated SMA Beam considering Random Perturbation by Hao Ying, Gao Minglei

“…Considering the effects of axial movement and random perturbation, the dynamic equation of the SMA laminated beam is established by means of physical equation, force balance conditions, deformation compatibility equation, and the constitutive relation by polynomial function. The transverse vibration differential equation of axially moving SMA laminated beam with two simply-supported edges is obtained through the Galerkin method. …”
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We Can Fix Ourselves by Masilo Lepuru

“…Another reason is the “success” of the Congress tradition as epitomized by the ANC through its so-called negotiations to usher in an era that is compatible with its political vision of a non-racial constitutional new South Africa. It is in this sense that the intellectual and ideological marginalization of the Azanian tradition which Black Consciousness is a part of, is intimately linked to the “failure” of its political vision.Why this political and historical backdrop? …”
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Le passif peut-il éclairer les esprits ? by Valentina Vapnarsky

“…The hypothesis put forward is that linguistic modes of reference to spirits and to their actions are jointly constitutive of the forms and gradations of agency that are assigned to them, insofar as they index, qualify or obliterate typified and contextual relationships of agency between the speaker, other participants in the speech event, and spirits.…”
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Divorce, remariage et condition juridique des femmes en Moldavie (xviie siècle-début du xixe siècle) by Elena Bedreag

“…Because of their consequences and their implications, both at the level of kinship structures and at the society level, divorces and remarriages, as indicators of social dynamism, constitute extremely important research subjects regarding family history. …”
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Qu’imite-t-on dans une traduction ? by Camille Fort

“…The translator will not attempt to delete what, in the text, constitutes a testimony to or dialogue with the linguistic and literary conventions of the time, but they will bring the text into a certain present – that of the aesthetic event. …”
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Yorùbá Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities by Adeshina Afolayan

“…Premised on the fundamental assumption that Yorùbá philosophy constitutes a fundamental site of scholarship within which the task of understanding and reinventing the Nigerian state and societies can be achieved, the Introduction weaves this assumption into the analysis of the fourteen essays that explores Nigeria’s postcolonial realities ranging from overpopulation, public (im)morality, ethnic conflict, injustice, and democratic deficit to environmental degradation, disability, depersonalization, youth culture, and a glaring disconnection between educational theory and practice. …”
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Ecritures autobiographiques, remémoration et enjeux symboliques by Christine Plasse-Bouteyre

“…Our objectives will therefore be to evaluate how these autobiographical productions constitute specific discursive practices, testamentary and commemorative discourses as statements revealing themselves through rhetorical and formal expressions and precise themes for which we can define the conditions of production and the social and symbolic effects.…”
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Anatomy of the endemic palms of the Near and Middle East: archaeobotanical perspectives by Romain Thomas

“…Woody petioles and midribs of these five genera constitute a common source of fuel, as shown by the many palm fragments found in domestic hearths on archaeological sites. …”
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Le rapport à l’écriture en groupe by Arnaud Dubois

“…This proposal allows him to consider the report (s) to the writing in this group of analysis of practices, as pertaining to certain forms of transfer to the malleable medium that constitutes writing. This research focuses on a single clinical case: the material collected consists of two monographs written almost ten years apart by the same student, and an interview. …”
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Histoire Croisée by Bénédicte Zimmermann

“…Like entangled, shared or connected histories, Histoire croisée takes a cross-border approach.Their common feature is shifting the analysis from comparative approaches centered on territorial entities to the relationships that flow through and the interactions which constitute them, as well as moving away from approaches solely focused on state relationships. …”
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Las elecciones presidenciales de 1946 y el peronismo naciente vistos por el periódico La Vanguardia by Claudio Panella

“…As a result of this electoral contest -the first one free from fraud since 1928- Juan Domingo Perón became a constitutional president of Argentina.This paper will analyze the attitude of the aforementioned newspaper towards the election, the kind of discourse as well as the arguments used to definitely favour the Unión « Democrática » and harshly criticize Perón and his supporting political and social forces. …”
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Socialisation professionnelle en ligne : étude cyber-ethnographique d’une communauté virtuelle de maîtres supplémentaires by Quentin Magogeat

“…Based on a netnographic study of a virtual community of additional teachers in primary school constituted on social networks, we sought to identify and understand the uses of this technological tool favoring remote and asynchronous communication. …”
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From Uniformity towards Unequality in Regional Development Policy: The Case of France by Ildikó Egyed

“…Spatial disparities and the fear of the desertification of rural areas due to the generalisation of industrialisation and the rapid extension of the Fordist capitalist accumulation regime constituted the background of the genesis of spatial planning to serve as a counterbalance to spontaneous processes of spatial polarisation.…”
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The Irish Catholic clergy, Stuart sovereignty and the 1650 appeal to the Duke of Lorraine by David FINNEGAN

“…The ‘hidden transcript’ of Irish Catholic political thinking, shaped by the Irish Catholic clergy, intruded into the public sphere and revealed perceptions of faith, nation and state that historians have largely ignored because they do not fit the pre-existing historiographical model of what constituted Irish political thinking in the early modern period.…”
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The Orange Feeling. Mood and Atmosphere at Roskilde Festival by Hans Kiib, Gitte Marling, Line Marie Bruun Jespersen

“…The paper focuses on this term, and on important elements which constitute the environment and the conditions for the constructed situation in which this special atmosphere actually occurs. …”
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Sexualité préconjugale, souillure et reconstruction de soi. Les adolescentes au prisme d’une politique du corps féminin en Tunisie by Meryem Sellami

“…Feminine prenuptial sexuality, even if it is tolerated in the interstices of the social, remains highly a source of guilt and shame for girls. Maintaining guilt constitutes the central basis of sexual hierarchies as well as a source of eventual suffering for young women. …”
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On Tense, agreement, and the syntax of null and overt subjects by Gerardo Fernández-Salgueiro

“…I first provide evidence that Tense and Agreement constitute separate syntactic heads in these languages, as argued by Belletti (1990) among others, and also apply this analysis to non-finite clauses in Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese. …”
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Usage de l’instruction au sosie pour la conception d’actions de formation en situation de travail (AFEST) : une illustration avec des liquidateurs/trices de retraite by Stéphane Balas, Solange Ciavaldini-Cartaut, Jean-François Métral

“…On the basis of empirical material collected from pension liquidators, we are studying how the instruction to the double makes it possible to identify the learning situations for an AFEST but also how this approach can constitute a training device for the actors. Our results confirm the interest of such an approach on both counts. …”
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Écrire collégialement en formation pour soutenir la construction d’une identité collective au sein d’un nouveau corps de professionnel·le·s by Gaëtan Botty, Sandrine Biémar

“…The reflexive writing carried out individually and collectively in training constitutes the object of the study conducted. Its objective is to gradually participate in the development of a collective professional identity that helps this new staff to act with coherence and unity. …”
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Considering the fate of equestrian sports after the Olympics in Paris 2024 by Małgorzata Lubelska-Sazanów

“…The equestrian sports industry constitutes a lucrative branch of business for numerous stakeholders. …”
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