The Provence Coalfield: trajectory, assessment and prospective by Daviet, Sylvie, Schleyer-Lindenmann, Alexandra, Raynal, Jean-Claude, Batteau, Pierre, Noack, Yves

“…We approach this space from a global perspective, considering the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the socio-ecosystem. …”
Get full text

State-Feedback Stabilization for Stochastic High-Order Nonlinear Systems with Time-Varying Delays by Fangzheng Gao, Zheng Yuan, Fushun Yuan

“…Under the weaker conditions on the power order and the nonlinear growth, by using the method of adding a power integrator, a state-feedback controller is successfully designed, and the global asymptotic stability in the probability of the resulting closed-loop system is proven with the help of an appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional. …”
Get full text

A comprehensive review of KCC-1 fibrous silica for water treatment by Saeed Shirazian, Niloofar Pirestani, Alexander E. G. Baker, Roozbeh Soltani

“…Abstract The growing global demand for freshwater necessitates advanced water treatment technologies. …”
Get full text

A narrativa entre aspas de Bernardo Carvalho: legitimação e paratopia em um estudo de Onze: uma história by Paulo César Silva de Oliveira

“…The connections between local and global; author policies and text policies; as well as the place held by the Brazilian fiction in the contemporary scenario will be investigated inside Bernardo Carvalho’s textual machine, aiming at establishing limits and reaches of his writings regarding a modernity constituted by displacements, border crossings, and the dilution of political, geographical and fictional frontiers.…”
Get full text

«Future War»: the experience of analytical foresight of military conflict by Red Army intelligence practitioners by I. V. Fedotova

“…The history of the creation of the work is presented, the accuracy of the forecasts proposed by theorists is analyzed, and the modern relevance of this study is revealed in the light of the current global geopolitical situation, when Russia, as in the 1920s, is opposed by a block of unfriendly states.…”
Get full text

Stability and Hopf bifurcation in a diffusivepredator-prey system incorporating a prey refuge by Xiaoyuan Chang, Junjie Wei

“…A diffusive predator-prey model with Holling type II functionalresponse and the no-flux boundary condition incorporating aconstant prey refuge is considered. Globally asymptoticallystability of the positive equilibrium is obtained. …”
Get full text

Intrinsic Square Function Characterizations of Variable Hardy–Lorentz Spaces by Khedoudj Saibi

“…The aim of this paper is to establish the intrinsic square function characterizations in terms of the intrinsic Littlewood–Paley g-function, the intrinsic Lusin area function, and the intrinsic gλ∗-function of the variable Hardy–Lorentz space Hp⋅,qℝn, for p⋅ being a measurable function on ℝn satisfying 0<p−≔ess infx∈ℝnpx≤ess supx∈ℝnpx≕p+<∞ and the globally log-Hölder continuity condition and q∈0,∞, via its atomic and Littlewood–Paley function characterizations.…”
Get full text

On the Solution of a Class of Nonlinear Systems Governed by an 𝑀-Matrix by Woula Themistoclakis, Antonia Vecchio

“…We propose to solve it by means of a sequence of linear systems defined by the iteration procedure (𝐼+𝜑(𝑥𝑟)𝐴)𝑥𝑟+1=𝑝, 𝑟=0,1,…. The global convergence is proved by considering a related fixed-point problem.…”
Get full text

Stochastic Delay Logistic Model under Regime Switching by Zheng Wu, Hao Huang, Lianglong Wang

“…By using generalized Itô formula, Gronwall's inequality, and Young's inequality, some sufficient conditions for existence of global positive solutions and stochastically ultimate boundedness are obtained, respectively. …”
Get full text

Terrorismo extremo e os tensionamentos nas democracias by Hugo Arend

“…The article proposes an alternative way of conceiving of the conflicts that emerge from terrorist attacks in a globalized world, a way that challenges the theory of the clash of civilizations.…”
Get full text

Geometric Representations of Interacting Maps by Tsuyoshi Kato

“…Real rational dynamics are deeply studied from global analytic viewpoints. On the other hand, automata appear in various contexts in topology, combinatorics, and integrable systems. …”
Get full text

Automated Observations of the Earthshine by P. R. Goode, S. Shoumko, E. Pallé, P. Montañés-Rodríguez

“…These telescopes observe the earthshine to obtain a global mean terrestrial reflectance utilizing a coronagraph-like design for long exposures of the dark of the Moon and have internal moving parts in the optical train, which presented some design and control problems.…”
Get full text

Economic Contributions of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Industries in Florida for 2010 by Alan W. Hodges, Mohammad Rahmani, Thomas J. Stevens

“…The economic contributions of these industries were evaluated for 2010 to update previous reports and provide further information on economic trends in the wake of the historic global recession of 2007–2009. This 27-page report was written by Alan W. …”
Get full text

Fairness and Self-Interest in International Climate Protection by Lisandra Flach, Johannes Pfeiffer, Karen Pittel

“…Fair burden-sharing between industrialised and developing countries is indispensable for global cooperation in climate protection. Only in this way can effective and economically efficient measures be implemented, which is in the interest of all states.…”
Get full text

On the Differential and the Integral Value of Information by Raphael D. Levine

“…We examine both a local, differential measure and an integral, global measure for the value of the change in information when additional input is provided. …”
Get full text

LMI-Based Stability Criteria for Discrete-Time Neural Networks with Multiple Delays by Hui Xu, Ranchao Wu

“…By Lyapunov stability theory and techniques such as linear matrix inequalities, sufficient conditions guaranteeing the existence and global exponential stability of the unique equilibrium point are obtained. …”
Get full text

Stability Analysis of the Periodic Solutions of Some Kinds of Predator-Prey Dynamical Systems by Neslihan Nesliye Pelen

“…The main problems for this study are to detect the if and only if conditions for attaining the periodic solution of the considered system and to find the condition for global asymptotic stability of this solution for some different types of predator-prey systems that are obtained from that system. …”
Get full text

La lutte internationale contre la piraterie au large de la Somalie depuis 2008 by Alban Sciascia

“…At the hands of this increasing interest about this phenomenon, it is advisable to question ourselves on the deep interest which could be the sources of this global struggle against piracy. Basing on a diversified body of knowledge and on an analysis of the powers at play, we will questioning about the deeper motives of the States attendees that allow the deployment of an international coalition of the Somali coast. …”
Get full text

CIDADANIA, ESTADO E SISTEMA MONETÁRIO INTERNACIONAL by Fábio Lima Quintas

“…RESUMO Inspirado na abordagem de Karl Polanyi de explorar as interconexões entre o político e o econômico, o local e o global, o presente artigo indica a possibilidade de ampliar a compreensão sobre os arranjos institucionais do sistema monetário internacional a partir do conceito de cidadania, considerando os diversos paradigmas constitucionais (Estados Liberal, Social e Democrático de Direito).…”
Get full text

Adaptive Synchronization and Antisynchronization of a Hyperchaotic Complex Chen System with Unknown Parameters Based on Passive Control by Xiaobing Zhou, Lianglin Xiong, Weiwei Cai, Xiaomei Cai

“…The essential conditions are derived under which the synchronization or antisynchronization error dynamical system could be equivalent to a passive system and be globally asymptotically stabilized at a zero equilibrium point via smooth state feedback. …”
Get full text