The First Passage Time Problem for Mixed-Exponential Jump Processes with Applications in Insurance and Finance by Chuancun Yin, Yuzhen Wen, Zhaojun Zong, Ying Shen

“…As applications, we present explicit expression of the Gerber-Shiu functions for surplus processes with two-sided jumps, present the analytical solutions for popular path-dependent options such as lookback and barrier options in terms of Laplace transforms, and give a closed-form expression on the price of the zero-coupon bond under a structural credit risk model with jumps.…”
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Damage Analysis of CFRP under Impact Fatigue by George Tsigkourakos, Vadim V. Silberschmidt, Ian A. Ashcroft

“…In recent years carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs) have become some of the most important structural materials in the aerospace industry due to their excellent stiffness and strength to weight ratios. …”
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Concevoir et apprendre, deux expériences homologues en architecture by Marion Howa, Daniel Estevez

“…From a pragmatic perspective in architecture, experience is a fundamental structural element of any critical design process. It renders precise observation and the transformation of inhabited environments inseparable and operates outside the scope of normative models in the production of objects. …”
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The effect of knowledge management on the performance of lecturers and performance of private universities by Umi Rusilowati, Denok Sunarsi, Azhar Affandi

“…A sample of 120 respondents with data collection using an online questionnaire which was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling using the Smart PLS 3.0 data processing tool. …”
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D’une école de paysage à l’autre : retour d’expérience sur un enseignement de la géographie au service des paysagistes by Hervé Davodeau

“…It provides an opportunity to grasp the structural effects of these institutional frameworks on a teaching method that seeks to adapt to them by being part of specific training courses and to defend the disciplinary fundamentals common to the courses. …”
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Elaboration of the Method for Safety Assessment of Subsea Pipeline with Longitudinal Buckling by Liudmila Muravyeva, Nikolai Vatin

“…The task of designing the marine gas pipeline involves making the reliability analysis of the pipeline, taking into account the required conditions of structural reliability in all construction phases. As per the Russian standards, the vertical buckling is not considered in the stability analysis, whereas the standards of the USA, Norway (DNV-RP-F110), and the Great Britain emphasize the need for considering the lateral buckling caused by axial forces. …”
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The implications of new censorship theory: Conformity and resistance of subtitle translators in China by Lu Yan

“…Subtitle translators, under the impact of explicit and implicit regulations imposed by state actors and structural mechanisms of control, either conform to or circumvent and challenge these regulations. …”
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INTEGRATION OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND BUSINESS: CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS by V. S. SHEINBAUM, O. V. BUDZINSKAYA

“…In developed world economies, integration of science and education is associated with technologization, the transition to knowledge-based industry embodied in the form of advanced structural amalgamations, such as Silicon Valley entities – clusters, technology parks and business incubators. …”
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Nonlinear Earthquake Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Fiber and Bernoulli-Euler Beam-Column Element by Muhammet Karaton

“…A beam-column element based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory is researched for nonlinear dynamic analysis of reinforced concrete (RC) structural element. Stiffness matrix of this element is obtained by using rigidity method. …”
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Economic Sustainability and Intergenerational Fairness: A New Taxonomy of Indicators by Róbert I. Gál, Judit Monostori

“…Fourth, we show some structural differences between indicators of sustainability and fairness. …”
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Nonlinear seismic analysis of a reinforced concrete building for Brazilian conditions and standards by José Vittor Siqueira Cóco, Mauro Schulz

“… Abstract This paper presents a methodology for the nonlinear analysis of reinforced concrete beam structures subjected to Brazilian seismic actions and safety standards. …”
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Modeling the number of university graduates for the development of the economy of the Kemerovo region by T. V. Bobko, T. I. Efremkova, T. V. Petrova

“…The results of the study can be used by structural divisions of the Government of Kuzbass, the leadership of universities and organizations of the Kemerovo region.…”
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Colonialism and Climate Crisis: The Root of Environmental Changes and the Rise of Environmental Awareness in Indonesia by Devi Itawan

“…As a result, it brought about systematic and structural deforestation, transforming the landscape of many parts of Indonesia. …”
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Ivabradine and Milrinone—Bridge to Recovery in New HFrEF With Low-Output Heart Failure by Lekha Racharla, Lucas Gitzel, Max Joseph, Desire Guthier, Nael Hawwa

“…Ivabradine and/or home milrinone were used during their tenuous hemodynamic period as a bridge to optimize guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), device therapy, and eventual reverse remodeling. Evidence of structural heart improvement continued far beyond 1 year.…”
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Crescere nella migrazione. Generi e sessualità fra gli adolescenti di origine straniera by Federica Tarabusi

“…Giving voices to the children of immigrants, the empirical data helps us to deconstruct, through the lens of sexuality, gender and bodily practices, essentialist ideas and stereotypical representations attached to the so-called second generations as well as to discuss the role play by structural inequalities and exclusionary processes in shaping their experience of being adolescents.  …”
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Hybrid Warfare Studies and Russia’s Example in Crimea by Mehmet Seyfettin EROL, Şafak OĞUZ

“…Russian military strategies, called “hybrid warfare” by the western countries, resulted in the successful annexation of Crimea and, caused a serious security problem for the West resulting important structural and functional changes for the military system of NATO. …”
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Multistrategy Cooperation Particle Swarm Optimization for FEM Model Update of the Continuous Warren Truss Steel Railway Bridge by Yiqiang Li, Liming Zhou

“…It is very difficult to obtain an accurate finite element method (FEM) model to further analyze structural mechanical properties. Therefore, as the main means of establishing accurate models, the model update has become a research hotspot in the dominion of bridge engineering. …”
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La fabrique sociale : autonomisation et légitimation dans le domaine de l’information de santé by Adrian Staii

“…The evolutions presently taking place in the field of health information are connected to larger social trends and they unveil their full meaning when linked to these structural conditions: the renewal of the confidence in the expert systems, the enhancement of social autonomy and the enlargement of the well-being culture. …”
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Murine Leukemia Viruses: Objects and Organisms by Alan Rein

“…Although gammaretroviral structure and replication follow the same broad outlines as those of other retroviruses, we point out a number of significant differences between different retroviral genera.…”
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The “revolving door” or the circulation of leaders between the economic and political fields of power in Mexico by Julia Chardavoine

“…It shows that there is mainly a one-way revolving door in the country, from private companies to the State and not vice-versa and analyzes the multiple forms of investment of the political-administrative field of power by the business leaders in the country, taking into account the structural diversity of the economic field of power. …”
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