IFAS Community Development: Identifying Local Power Structures, The Decision-Making Approach by Mark A. Brennan

“…This paper focuses on the decision-making approach to identifying community power structures. It discusses the assumptions, the procedures for application, the types of leaders identified, and the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. …”
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Output Feedback Variable Structure Control Design for Uncertain Nonlinear Lipschitz Systems by Jeang-Lin Chang, Tsui-Chou Wu

“…This paper develops a full-order compensator-based output feedback variable structure control law for uncertain nonlinear Lipschitz systems having matched perturbations. …”
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Introduction: Content, Design and Structure of Major Databases with Historical Longitudinal Population Data by George Alter, Kees Mandemakers, Hélène Vézina

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Experimental Investigation into the Effects of Fracturing Fluid-Shale Interaction on Pore Structure and Wettability by Yan Zhang, Zhiping Li, Fengpeng Lai, Hao Wu, Gangtao Mao, Caspar Daniel Adenutsi

“…The fractal analysis showed that the pore structure of the sample was strongly heterogeneous. …”
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Topsoil Compaction Risk Based on the Different Responses of Soil Structure to Compaction Stress by Huiqing Zhang, Tingfeng He

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Structural Characterisation of Asphaltenes during Residue Hydrotreatment with Light Cycle Oil as an Additive by Yong-Jun Liu, Zhi-Feng Li

“…Asphaltenes (precipitated from Kuwaiti AR, a hydrotreated AR, and a hydrotreated blend of AR and LCO) were characterised by chemical structure and changes during residue hydrotreatment. …”
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Seismic and Tsunamis Vulnerability Assessment of the Shelter School Building Structure with and without Retrofitting by Fauzan, Zev Al Jauhari, Geby Aryo Agista, Atsushi Yokota, Masharya Eko Putra

“…However, the construction remains incomplete. A structural assessment using current Indonesian building codes and vulnerability analysis is necessary to proceed with construction and ensure the building’s strength against the working loads. …”
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Estimation of High Structural Reliability Involving Nonlinear Dependencies Based on Linear Correlations by Liulin Kong, Heng Li, Bo Zhang, Hanbin Luo

“…Two examples including a frame structure with different stochastic material properties and a cantilever beam with spatially variable stochastic modulus are investigated to discuss the possible effects of nonlinear dependency on structural reliability. …”
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Novel stability results for traveling wavefronts in an age-structured reaction-diffusion equation by Ming Mei, Yau Shu Wong

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Effect of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on the Internal Structure and Performance of Semirigid Base Materials by Yiqi Wang, Yiqiu Tan, Meng Guo, Xinglong Wang

“…X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) was used to conduct a spatial voids structure analysis. Three variates were selected to study the factors influencing the spatial distributions of the internal structures, including freeze-thaw cycles, curing time, and cement content. …”
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Reverse design of broadband sound absorption structure based on deep learning method by Yihong Zhou, Lifeng Ma, Xi Kang, Zhiyuan Zhu

“…By utilizing deep neural networks, a mapping relationship between structural parameters and the sound absorption coefficient curve is established. …”
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Structure and Functions of Human Serum Albumin in Normal Conditions and in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis by A. A. Turkina, M. V. Mayevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The proportion of irreversibly oxidized non-mercaptalbumin-2 with impaired functional activity increases in liver cirrhosis.Conclusion. The conformational structure of the albumin molecule plays an important role in maintaining its non-oncotic functions. …”
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A Multilayer Structure Facilitates the Production of Antifragile Systems in Boolean Network Models by Hyobin Kim, Omar K. Pineda, Carlos Gershenson

“…Here we study how the multilayer structure affects the antifragility of the whole system. …”
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Digital financial inclusion, population structure, and consumption upgrades: Evidence from China. by Qianwen Liu, Jianjie Zheng, Shihui Luo

“…This study empirically tests the role of population structure in the process of digital financial inclusion empowering the upgrading of consumption structure by taking 248 prefecture-level cities between 2013 and 2019 as the research objects. …”
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Soil Microbial Community Structure and Target Organisms under Different Fumigation Treatments by Sadikshya R. Dangi, James S. Gerik, Rebecca Tirado-Corbalá, Husein Ajwa

“…In general, the effects of Telone C35 (299 L/ha) under PE tarp had the least impact on microbial community structure and better effect on controlling target microorganisms and, therefore, indicated the better option among fumigation treatments.…”
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The dynamics of excited state structural relaxation of 4-dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) and related compounds

“…<p>The excited state structural relaxation of <mml:math alttext="$4$"> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:math>-dimethylaminobenzenes with various <emph>para</emph>-acceptor substituents having double-band emission, local excited (LE) and charge transfer (CT), has been investigated. …”
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CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FIRMS IN NIGERIA by Nasiru Adamu Kanoma, Nurudeen Usman Miko, Augustine Ayuba, Idris Mohammed, Idris Mohammed, Mark G Tagwai

“… This study seeks to examine the effect of capital structure on financial performance of the listed information and communications technology firms in Nigeria. …”
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Seismic Performance Analysis of Self-Centering Concentrically Braced Steel Frame Structures by Ergang Xiong, Kun Zu, Qian Zhang

“…To study the seismic performance of self-centering concentrically braced frame (SC-CBF) structure, the static elastoplastic analysis, low-cycle repeated loading analysis, and elastoplastic time-history analysis were conducted for a four-story SC-CBF structure, compared with the traditionally concentrically braced frame (CBF) structure. …”
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Comparative organelle genomics in Daphniphyllaceae reveal phylogenetic position and organelle structure evolution by Rongxiang Zhang, Ying Liu, Shuwen Liu, Yuemei Zhao, Niyan Xiang, Xiaoman Gao, Tao Yuan

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Detection of antibodies to non-structural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus (review) by A. S. Yakovleva, A. V. Scherbakov

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