The diversity of local political agendas during COVID-19: A comparison of Mexican states by Enrique García-Tejeda, Juan Guillermo Vieira-Silva

“…At least for the case of COVID-19 in the short run, the size and diversity of local agendas in Mexico seem to be based on institutional factors, such as information processing according to bounded rationality, incremental solutions, and the functional labeling of local governments. …”
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Supporting Characteristics of Soldier Piles for Foundation Pits under Rainfall Infiltration by Changxi Huang, Xinghua Wang, Min Zhang, Hao Zhou, Yan Liang

“…The transition of the boundary condition from flux boundary to head boundary is taken into account, and the rationality of the solution is verified. The safety factor of soldier piles’ stability against overturning is derived, and its displacements are obtained by the finite-difference method. …”
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Theories and Experiments of Torpedo Shaped Charge Warhead Penetration into Water-partitioned Armor by Qifeng ZHU, Qin LI, Tuanmeng WANG, Wei SHANG, Hongbing MA

“…Calculations, simulations, and experimental results were then compared and analyzed, which verified the rationality of the theoretical model. The research can provide support for the penetration power prediction and the optimization design of torpedo shaped charge warheads, as well as the technical research of new powerful torpedo shaped charge warheads to more effectively destroy the submarine protective structure.…”
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Role of MicroRNA in Governing Synaptic Plasticity by Yuqin Ye, Hongyu Xu, Xinhong Su, Xiaosheng He

“…Understanding of the way in which miRNAs contribute to synaptic plasticity provides rational clues in establishing the novel therapeutic strategy for plasticity-related diseases.…”
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Uprooting, removing and relocating populations: The role and significance of internal displacement in the syrian regime’s integrated military–political war strategy by Samer Bakkour, Rama Sahtout

“…It draws on an emerging literature on displacement, along with a range of reports on the Regime’s internal displacement activities in the Civil War, to propose that it needs to be engaged and understood as a rational strategy that is being applied to alter existing demographic realities. …”
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Bhavana, an Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Method and a Versatile Drug Delivery Platform to Prepare Potentiated Micro-Nano-Sized Drugs: Core Concept and Its Current Relevance by Rohit Sharma, Prashant Bedarkar, Deepak Timalsina, Anand Chaudhary, Pradeep Kumar Prajapati

“…Scholars of ancient Ayurveda (Indian system of medicine) were extremely reasonable and had strong scientific rationality in fundamental concepts, which are also applied to drug manufacture and therapy. …”
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Risk Assessment Method for Offshore Structure Based on Global Sensitivity Analysis by Zou Tao, Li Huajun, Liu Defu

“…The calculation result sufficiently demonstrates the new risk assessment method’s rationality and security.…”
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Multiple Criteria Decision Making Based on Probabilistic Interval-Valued Hesitant Fuzzy Sets by Using LP Methodology by M. Sarwar Sindhu, Tabasam Rashid, Agha Kashif, Juan Luis García Guirao

“…PIVHFSs describe the belonging degrees in the form of interval along with probabilities and thereby provide more information and can help the decision makers (DMs) to obtain precise, rational, and consistent decision consequences than IVHFSs, as the correspondence of unpredictability and inaccuracy broadly presents in real life problems due to which experts are confused to assign the weights to the criteria. …”
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Nonlinear Min-Cost-Pursued Route-Swapping Dynamic System by Wenyi Zhang, Wei Guan, Jihui Ma, Tao Wang

“…This study proposes a nonlinear min-cost-pursued swapping dynamic (NMSD) system to model the evolution of selfish routing games on traffic network where travelers only swap from previous costly routes to the least costly ones. NMSD is a rational behavior adjustment process with stationary link flow pattern being the Wardrop user equilibrium. …”
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A stable and biocompatible shortwave infrared nanoribbon for dual-channel in vivo imaging by Cheng Yao, Ruwei Wei, Xiao Luo, Jie Zhou, Xiaodong Zhang, Xicun Lu, Yan Dong, Ruofan Chu, Yuxin Sun, Yu Wang, Wencheng Xia, Dahui Qu, Cong Liu, Jun Ren, Guangbo Ge, Jinquan Chen, Xuhong Qian, Youjun Yang

“…We propose a crystal-aided aggregate synthesis (CAASH) approach to introduce a layer of rationality for the development of J-aggregate and the successful development of a water-soluble SWIR JV-aggregate with a bisbenzannulated silicon rhodamine scaffold (ESi5). …”
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Devastaciones ecosociales: ecología política y perspectivas críticas latinoamericanas by Andrea Lehner, Lina Álvarez Villareal, Nicolas Lema Habash

“…Moreover, it is fostering a new epistemology and rationality centered on the Earth rather than on humankind. …”
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A Novel Curcumin-Based Drug Powder Inhalation Medicine for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Qin Shen, Yongjie Jiang, Jing Chen, Xueling Wang, Jiao Zheng

“…This mode of delivery is also one of the most rational ways to treat pulmonary diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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The molecular basis of Human FN3K mediated phosphorylation of glycated substrates by Ankur Garg, Kin Fan On, Yang Xiao, Elad Elkayam, Paolo Cifani, Yael David, Leemor Joshua-Tor

“…Our structural work provides the molecular basis for rational small molecule design targeting FN3K.…”
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Policy pathways through FinTech and green finance for low-carbon energy transition in BRICS nations by Bo Dai, Jian Zhang, Nasir Hussain

“…The findings reveal a stable and positive relationship between the increase in the share of renewable energy sources, advancement in financial and technological sectors, the preservation of biological diversity, and the rational use of resources. The use of environmentally friendly energy solutions is particular sensitive to improvement in financial technology (FinTech) and sustainable funding sources. …”
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Voters response to public information disclosure policies in the local head election of Ciamis Regency 2024 by Kiki Endah, Irfan Nursetiawan, Endah Vestikowati

“…The lack of political education for the people of Ciamis Regency in local head elections has an impact on the lack of voter information on local head candidates, so that political behavior is based on assumptions and non-rational factors. Voters are vulnerable to negative influences in the local head election process and are rooted in political fraud at the grassroots. …”
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Quantification of solution annealing effects on microstructure and property in a laser powder bed fusion 316H stainless steel by Lin Gao, Srinivas Aditya Mantri, Xuan Zhang

“…The profound effect of dislocation structures and secondary phase particles on mechanical performance, particularly under tension and creep conditions, is rationalized using deformation models that incorporate microstructural inputs. …”
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Analysis of the Structural Characteristics of the Online Social Network of Chinese Professional Athletes by Yue Wang, Qian Huang, Qiurong Wang, Yang Xun, Yujiao Tan, Shuqin Cui, Linxiao Ma, Penglin Huang, Meijuan Cao, Bin Zhang

“…Through the analysis of the online whole network structure, it was found that the network density of the online support network was generally greater than that of the online discussion network, and athletes still showed stronger practical support demands and behaved more rationally in the process of training and learning life, while from the perspective of the relationship structure, the athletes’ family and classmates’ online support is weaker than that in previous studies; in terms of the whole network, strong relationships still dominate in this population, while attention should be paid to the impact of weak relationships.…”
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Effect of the size of nucleic acid delivery systems on their fate in cancer treatment by Mengyun Ye, Junni Gong, Wang Chen, Xiaoxuan Liu, Dandan Zhu

“…This mini-review briefly introduces the various biological barriers of NADS in cancer treatment and focuses on the influence of the particle size of delivery vectors on the in vivo fate of NADS and their therapeutic efficacy, which provides new insights into the rational design of NADS.…”
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Identification of the Anisotropic Elastic Parameters of NiCrAlY Coating by Combining Nanoindentation and Finite Element Method by Jingyu Zhai, Yugang Chen, Xinyuan Song, Hongchun Wu, Qingkai Han

“…Based on the identification results, finite element models are established to analyze the vibration characteristics of the coating-substrate composite structure, which verify the rationality of the anisotropic elastic parameters for vibration analysis. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Electromagnetic Characteristics of a Single-Phase Permanent Magnet Linear Oscillation Actuator by Hongbin Zhang, Zhaoxin Wang, Minshuo Chen, Zhan Shen, Haitao Yu, Zhike Xu

“…By comparing the experimental and simulation results, the accuracy of the theoretical analysis and the rationality of the motor design are verified.…”
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