Did Bank Capital Regulation Exacerbate the Subprime Mortgage Crisis? by M. A. Petersen, M. C. Senosi, J. Mukuddem-Petersen, M. P. Mulaudzi, I. M. Schoeman

“…For instance, institutions worldwide have badly misjudged the risk related to investments ranging from subprime mortgage loans to mortgage-backed securities (MBSs). Also, analysts are now questioning whether Basel II has failed by allowing these institutions to provision less capital for subprime mortgage loan losses from highly rated debt, including MBSs. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of RC Beams by the Discrete Model and CBIS Model Using LS-DYNA by Seung H. Yang, Kwang S. Woo, Jeong J. Kim, Jae S. Ahn

“…First, it has the advantage of reducing the time required for FE modeling; second, saving computer CPU time due to a reduction in total number of nodes; and third, securing a good aspect ratio of concrete elements.…”
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COVID-19 vaccines as a game-changing tool? A corpus-based study of vaccine communication in People's Daily and The New York Times by Zhihan Wen, Ming Liu, Changpeng Huan

“…While The New York Times focuses primarily on addressing domestic vaccine hesitancy, People's Daily aims to secure wide international recognition for Chinese vaccines and to highlight China's contribution to global health efforts. …”
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Comparison of Coupled and Uncoupled Modeling of Floating Wind Farms with Shared Anchors by Katherine Coughlan, Ericka Lozon, Matthew Hall, Bruce Martin, Sanjay Arwade

“…As design options for floating wind farms continue to be explored, shared (or multiline) anchors that secure mooring lines from multiple turbines remain a promising technology that can potentially reduce the number of anchors and overall mooring costs. …”
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Position Verification in Connected Vehicles for Cyber Resilience Using Geofencing and Fuzzy Logic by Maria Drolence Mwanje, Omprakash Kaiwartya, Abdallah Naser

“…Position verification is essential in connected and autonomous vehicle technology to enable secure vehicle-to-everything communication. Previous attempts to verify location information have used specific hardware, traffic parameters, and statistical model-based techniques dependent on neighbouring vehicles and roadside infrastructure and whose judgements can be influenced by untrustworthy entities. …”
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Influence of Cleats-Surface Interaction on the Performance and Risk of Injury in Soccer: A Systematic Review by Diogo C. F. Silva, Rubim Santos, João Paulo Vilas-Boas, Rui Macedo, António Mesquita Montes, Andreia S. P. Sousa

“…Bladed studs can be considered less secure by increasing plantar pressure on lateral border. …”
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A Hybrid Approach Using Oversampling Technique and Cost-Sensitive Learning for Bankruptcy Prediction by Tuong Le, Minh Thanh Vo, Bay Vo, Mi Young Lee, Sung Wook Baik

“…The diagnosis of bankruptcy companies becomes extremely important for business owners, banks, governments, securities investors, and economic stakeholders to optimize the profitability as well as to minimize risks of investments. …”
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Introducing the Canadian Thoracic Society Framework for Guideline Dissemination and Implementation, with Concurrent Evaluation by Samir Gupta, Christopher Licskai, Anne Van Dam, Louis-Philippe Boulet

“…The framework outlines expert methodological support for KT planning, development and evaluation including a practical guide for implementers and a novel ‘Clinical Assembly – KT Action Team’, and in-kind logistical support and assistance in securing peer-reviewed funding.…”
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A Finite Element Analysis-Based Modeling and Evaluation Method for Sternum Support Brace by Linhua Lv, Junyi Hu, Wanquan Liu, Jianqing Peng

“…Sternum support braces are commonly used in thoracic surgery to secure the chest after open chest procedures. Despite their widespread use in postoperative recovery, current modeling and performance evaluation methods have significant limitations that hinder the optimization and improvement of sternum support braces. …”
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Childhood Injury Prevention: Intervention in the Bedouin City of Rahat by Michal Hemmo-Lotem, Efrat Merrick, Liri Endy-Findling, Aziza Abu Freh, Claudia Jinich-Aronowitz, Liat Korn, Joav Merrick

“…The main goal was to identify hazards and dangerous obstacles in public places in Rahat, then remove or repair the obstacles found, in order to secure a safe public environment for children. “Obstacle” was defined as any barrier that could endanger the safety of a child. …”
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Rethinking Gender and Epistemic Injustice: A Comparative Study of Male and Female Breast Cancer Memoirs by Mahua Bhattacharyya, Ajit K Mishra

“…Therefore, reading and writing such memoirs might secure future epistemic justice to all breast cancer patients irrespective of their gender.…”
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Bladder Neck Contracture after Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Treated with a Thermo-Expandable Metal Stent (Memokath® 045) by Jan Wen, Bettina Nørby, Palle Jörn Sloth Osther

“…The correct position was monitored with antegrade and retrograde endoscopy, securing the proximal cone expanded above the stricture and the distal cone above the sphincter. …”
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«Partnership for Modernization» as an Instrument of Developing the Legal Base of Customs Cooperation between Russia and the EU by D. A. Turlanov

“…Besides, legal base of Russia-EU customs cooperation does not take into consideration the following measures of modernization of customs regulation in the EU: active use of preliminary information change, electronic methods of fulfilment of customs formalities as well as implementation of modern customs techniques, targeted at simplification and securing of customs formalities. Due to the above-mentioned facts and keeping in mind the high role of mutual trade for well-being of both Russia and EU, improvement of customs cooperation legal base becomes the urgent task. …”
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Fatigue crack paths under the influence of changes in stiffness by G. Kullmer, B. Schramm, H. A. Richard

“…Regions with differing stiffness also arise from ribs, grooves or boreholes. Since secure findings on the propagation behaviour of fatigue cracks are essential for the evaluation of the safety of components and structures, the growth of cracks near changes in stiffness has to be considered, too. …”
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Platform Tolerant RFID Tag Antenna Design for Safety and Real-Time Tracking of On-site Workers at Riskier Workplaces by Aarti Bansal, Rajesh Khanna, Surbhi Sharma

“…Furthermore, WTMiddleware (Worker Tracking Middleware) using Javascript, CSS, and HTML has been implemented to demonstrate a real-time secured web-based remote access of workers to provide their actual on-site monitoring and tracking of construction equipment carried/operated by the workers for tracking solutions. …”
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Hispanic-serving HBCUs: towards an anti-colonial meso-relevant theory of organizational identity in sacred spaces of Black education by Dwuana Bradley, Gina Tillis

“…Findings also emphasize the need for dual federal designation for HB-eHSIs to secure funding and legitimacy.…”
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High-Dimensional Quantum Key Distribution by a Spin-Orbit Microlaser by Yichi Zhang, Haoqi Zhao, Tianwei Wu, Zihe Gao, Li Ge, Liang Feng

“…Quantum key distribution offers a promising avenue for establishing secure communication networks. However, its performance is significantly hampered by the conventional two-level information carriers (i.e., qubits) due to their limited information capacity and noise resilience. …”
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Ripple-Spreading Network of China’s Systemic Financial Risk Contagion: New Evidence from the Regime-Switching Model by Beibei Zhang, Xuemei Xie, Xi Zhou

“…The network centrality results of the heterogeneous ripple-spreading network indicate that most securities and banks and some real estate companies have the highest systemic importance, followed by the insurance, and finally the diversified financial institutions. …”
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“A New Ruling Class”. The mayors of Buenos Aires Province during the National Reorganization Process in Argentina by Paula Vera Canelo, Juan Pablo Kryskowski

“…The inquiry led to the following findings: i) this political elite had distinctive features, linked to the wider political and repressive goals of the dictatorship; ii) In a first period a majority of military mayors were appointed in towns considered as a “priority” for repression( densely populated, industrial, seat of important educational institutions or military facilities); iii) the profile of most of these officials was similar to that of other contemporary elites: male, professional, engaged in occupations typical of local public figures and with party affiliations characteristic of “compatible civilian leadership”; iv) the stability of their political careers was favored by traits such as a civilian background, landownership, previous experience in provincial civil service and prior political experience; and v) although the creation of a new ruling class was among the primary goals of the dictatorship, only a few of the Buenos Aires province mayors were able to secure their political survival upon the return of democratic rule.…”
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Intelligent Acting Digital Twins (IADT) by Ahcene Bounceur, Mostefa Kara

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