Journal articles: 'Bud Powell'

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Seguin, Pierre-Emmanuel. "Wail: The Life of Bud Powell, and The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop." Jazz Research Journal 9, no. 1 (September 4, 2015): 93–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jazz.v9i1.28288.

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Marcel, Jean-Christophe. "« En suivant ma pente » : de Bud Powell à la Revue française de sociologie." Revue européenne des sciences sociales, no. XLII-129 (March 1, 2004): 385–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/ress.454.

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Lomanno, Mark. "The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop." Jazz Perspectives 8, no. 1 (January 2, 2014): 93–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17494060.2014.961324.

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Bushard, Anthony. "The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr." Notes 71, no. 1 (2014): 105–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/not.2014.0100.

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Gridley, Mark C. "Mr. P. C.: The Life and Music of Paul Chambers by Rob Palmer, and: Wail: The Life of Bud Powell by Peter Pullman." Notes 71, no. 3 (2015): 492–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/not.2015.0000.

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DeVeaux, Scott. "Bird: The Life and Times of Charlie Parker. By Chuck Haddix . Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013. - Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. By Stanley Crouch . New York: Harper Collins, 2013. - Wail: The Life of Bud Powell. By Peter Pullman . New York: Peter Pullman, 2012. - The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop. By Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013." Journal of the Society for American Music 12, no. 1 (January 25, 2018): 89–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752196317000530.

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Resnick, Barbara. "M. Powell Lawton Award Presentation." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 865–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3196.

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Abstract Dr. Lawton focused his life work, starting in the 1960s, on improving the lives of older adults, particularly those with dementia. He did this at a time when care was custodial at best. He was innovative and initiated new thoughts about how to best care for individuals in institutional settings. He raised our awareness about the importance of the environment and the value of individualized care. We build on that work today. The focus of this 2019 Powell Lawton award presentation is on sharing my lifetime work, starting in 1972, on helping older adults, particularly those who are institutionalized and may have cognitive changes, maintain their functional ability and increase time in physical activity. Along with Dr. Lawton’s experiences, I and the teams I have worked with, have met challenges ranging from the use of Houdini vests to bed alarms and wheelchairs, to the persistent call out by caregivers to older adults-“don’t get up you might fall.” I will share information, resources and data from over a 20 year period developing and testing Function Focused Care, an approach to care that helps caregivers optimize function and increase physical activity among institutionalized older adults. Further, the process for how to disseminate and implement Function Focused Care across multiple settings and how to be a resilient researcher will also be reviewed. Participants will be able to take the findings and resources from this presentation and implement this approach into their own settings of care.

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DeMotta, David. "Bud Powell’s Improvising and the Aesthetics of Bebop Rhythm." Jazz Perspectives 12, no. 3 (September 1, 2020): 339–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17494060.2020.1840417.

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Du, Dajun, Rui Chen, Xue Li, Lei Wu, Peng Zhou, and Minrui Fei. "Malicious data deception attacks against power systems: A new case and its detection method." Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 41, no. 6 (January 8, 2018): 1590–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0142331217740622.

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Power systems usually employ bad data detection (BDD) to avoid faulty measurements caused by their anomalies, and hence can ensure the security of the state estimation of power systems. However, recently BDD has been found vulnerable to malicious data deception attacks submerged in big data. Such attacks can purposely craft sparse measurement values (i.e. attack vectors) to mislead power estimates, while not posing any anomalies to the BDD. Some related work has been proposed to emphasize this attack. In this paper, a new malicious data deception attack by considering a practical attacking situation is investigated, where the attacker has limited resources for corrupting measurements. In this case, attackers generate attack vectors with less sparsity to evade conventional BDD, while using a convex optimization method to balance the sparsity and magnitude of attack vectors. Accordingly, the effects of such an attack on operational costs and the risks of power systems are analysed in detail. Moreover, according to security evaluation for individual measurements, such attacks can be detected with high probability by just securing one critical measurement. Numerical simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed new attack case and its detection method.

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Emmet, Dorothy. "Function, Purpose, and Powers." Government and Opposition 28, no. 4 (October 1, 1993): 456–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.1993.tb01381.x.

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I HAVE A STRONG RESISTANCE TO LOOKING BACK ON THINGS which I have written in the past: sometimes they may not seem too bad, but more often I notice inadequacies which are embarrassing if not painful. In any case, life and one's interests move on, and one leaves past writings for others to make what they will of them. But on reflection I thought that I would like to take a look at the question which I was addressing in Function, Purpose, and Powers, and see how it might appear more than a generation later.

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Kitching, Karl. "Taking Responsibility for Race Inequality and the Limitless Acts Required: Beyond ‘Good/Bad Whites' to the Immeasurably Whitened Self." Power and Education 3, no. 2 (January 2011): 164–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/power.2011.3.2.164.

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Ramasamy, Karthik, Mark T. Drayson, Gulnaz Iqbal, Victoria Stalker, Salma Akhtar, Janet Dunn, and Stephen Schey. "Optimal - a Study of Bortezomib, Bendamustine and Dexamethasone (BBD) Vs Thalidomide, Bendamustine and Dexamethasone (BTD) in Patients with Renal Failure Defined As an Egfr below 30 Mls/Min." Blood 134, Supplement_1 (November 13, 2019): 3135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-128157.

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Background Renal impairment is a life threatening complication of myeloma with up to 20-25% of patients presenting with renal dysfunction. Outcome is poor as a result of a high early mortality. Around 28% of newly diagnosed myeloma patients with renal failure do not survive beyond 100 days compared with 10% overall. Studies have shown that within weeks of diagnosing myeloma with renal failure, treatment with dexamethasone alone or combined with bortezomib lowers serum free light chain (sFLC) levels by more than 50% in half of patients; achieving lower sFLC levels in this early period is associated with a greater chance of being alive and dialysis free at 100 days. Methods OPTIMAL is a randomised, multi-centre phase II trial of newly diagnosed myeloma patients with renal impairment. Renal impairment defined as <30 mls/min were eligible to be included in the trial if they were >18 years old, chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4 or 5, not pregnant or risk of pregnancy for child bearing women, or partner of male participants, free of malignancies for >2 years, able to comply with all trial requirements and give fully informed consent. Patients were randomised to receive 4 cycles of either Bortezomib, Bendamustine and Dexamethasone (BBD) or Thalidomide, Bendamustine and Dexamethasone (BTD); all participants received bendamustine and dexamethasone in three week cycles. Treatment period for participants receiving 4 cycles of therapy was 12 weeks. Participants not considered suitable for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) could be given a further two cycles of treatment (up to 6 cycles in total) in their respective arms. The trial was powered to detect 23% differences in the percentage of patients achieving >50% reduction in sFLC between treatment arms, e.g. from 60% to 83%, with 80% power and a 5% 2-sided significance level, recruiting 60 patients in each arm. At the pre-planned interim analysis, the data and safety monitoring committee endorsed the closure of the trial as a 60% difference in sFLC was detected and there was no obvious benefit for the BTD arm. This was also endorsed by the trial steering committee and trial management group. Co-primary endpoints were sFLC response from baseline to week 6 (after receiving two cycles of trial treatment) and renal response according to the modified International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria after receiving four cycles of trial treatment. Secondary endpoints included haematological responses, toxicity and overall survival. Results OPTIMAL recruited 31 patients between March 2015 and March 2019 from seven centres within the UK; 16 on BBD and 15 on BTD. Fifty two per cent of patients were ≤70 years old, 55% male, 35% were CKD stage 4 and 65% were CKD stage 5, 48% had planned autologous-stem cell transplantation, 75% had ECOG performance status 0 or 1, 29% were on dialysis and 90% were ISS stage III. Serum free light chain response was assessed in 29 patients where samples were available at screening and at the end of two cycles of treatment. 81% of patients on BBD achieved vGPR compared to 23% on BTD, Fisher's p=0.006, table 1. Nine patients were on dialysis at the time of screening (6 on BBD and 3 on BTD). Complete or partial renal response was achieved by 2 (50%) of patients on BBD compared to 1 (11%) on BTD, Fisher's p=0.05, table 2. Two patients on BBD arm reported reversibility of dialysis dependency after four cycles of treatment. Two patients not previously on dialysis required dialysis after 4 cycles of BTD. Seven deaths were reported from the total 31 patients (5 (31%) on BBD arm and 2 (13%) on BTD arm). There were 33 reported serious adverse events (SAEs) 14 on BBD and 19 on BTD. Conclusion OPTIMAL demonstrated a significant increase in the number of sFLC responders after the first 2 cycles for those patients allocated BBD compared to BTD; this trend continued when assessing renal response after 4 cycles with more patients being dialysis independent after receiving BBD. Funding: Project funded by NAPP Pharmaceuticals, JANSSEN-Cilag Ltd and Bloodwise (formerly named Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research). Disclosures Ramasamy: Oncopeptides and Sanofi: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Celgene: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; NAPP Pharmaceuticals Ltd.: Research Funding; Janssen-Cilag Ltd.: Research Funding. Drayson:Abingdon Health: Consultancy, Equity Ownership.

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Čupera, J., and T. Šmerda. "The usage of CAN-Bus messages for engine power determination." Research in Agricultural Engineering 56, No. 4 (December 1, 2010): 138–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/45/2009-rae.

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Determination of the actual power of tractor's engine in the operation can be done by calculation which requires the use of a range of parameters such as coefficient of rolling resistance, mechanical efficiency, the moments of inertia, etc. Their values are usually tabulated and therefore the engine power cannot be determine without simplifying. Another solution is to use the actual engine torque message from the CAN-Bus, which brings a specific value of the actual torque. The aim is to use the current torque to calculate the engine power in the deployment of tractor's set in transport operation. The results show that at a uniform movement of the flat section the engine power reached 73 kW. When driving uphill, the value of the actual power reached from 130 to 150 kW depending on the selected gear. Using the actual parameters of torque makes possible to identify the known full speed characteristics of the current engine without the need for assembly demanding measurement techniques.

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Castledine, George. "New powers to deal with bad practitioners more easily." British Journal of Nursing 13, no. 14 (July 2004): 887. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2004.13.14.14320.

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LUCENA, Leandro Ricardo Rodrigues de, Juliana De Souza PEREIRA, and Maurício Luiz de Mello Vieira LEITE. "Growth curve Nopalea cochenillifera in fractionation function of cladodes using power regression model." REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE BIOMETRIA 36, no. 3 (September 26, 2018): 578. http://dx.doi.org/10.28951/rbb.v36i3.238.

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In this work we evaluate the growth length of bud of Nopalea cochenillifera using five different forms of crops through power regression model. The adjusted models showed very similar estimates of lengths observed independent using of planting method. The power regression models showed coefficient of determination of model high 99.65% (treatment 1), 99.82% (treatment 2), 99.26% (treatment 3), 99.93% (treatment 4) and 99.34% (treatment 5). The power regression model proved effective to model the growth length of Nopalea cochenillifera of bud can generate strategies and plans for future plantings, as well useful information as: appropriate crop management, increased plant growth period and pest control.

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Konkov, Viacheslav. "The environmental control indoors with application of moisture-regulating plasters." Budownictwo i Architektura 17, no. 1 (April 20, 2018): 149–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.24358/bud-arch_18_171_18.

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Provision of comfortable conditions in the premises with simultaneous optimization of costs throughout the life cycle of the building was the main objective of the study. The analysis of the world engineering practice of troweling compounds with high moisture-regulating ability is performed. Information on the features of the manufacture of plasters with moisture-regulating ability is given. Usage of expanded aggregates that have the ability to quickly collect, store, and then slowly release moisture is an effective way to regulate moisture in living areas of buildings under construction as well as of newly erected ones. As a result of this study, it has been shown that it is possible to produce environmental control in residential premises not only through the operation of costly air conditioning systems that consume a significant amount of power, but also by using accumulating and easily releasing moisture building materials, providing a dampening effect. Studies have been carried out and troweling compounds with a high moisture-regulating ability with the use of domestic components have been developed, allowing, in addition to the above-mentioned purposes, to reduce the risk of water vapour condensation on the walls and the occurrence of fungi and mould in the room.

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Muflihunna, A., Rahmawati, Mamat Pratama, Andi Mu'nisa, Astuti, and Tenri Ayu Adri. "Antioxidant Activity Test Ethanol Extract of Lontar Fruits (Borassus flabellifer L.) and Ginger Bud (Etlingera elatior (Jack.) R.M. Sm) Using Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power Method." Materials Science Forum 967 (August 2019): 34–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.967.34.

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This study aims to examine the activity of the antioxidant activity of ethanol extract of lontar fruit peel (Borassus flabellifer l.) and ginger bud (Etlingera elatior (Jack.) R.M. SM) by using the ferric reducing antioxidant power method. Extraction was carried out by maceration method using 70% ethanol. The extracts were analyzed quantitatively with the addition of FRAP reagents measured by UV-Vis spectrophotometer analyzed at a wavelength of 752.29 nm in the ginger bud fruit peel and 727.05 nm for palm fruit skin using a quartetine as a comparison. Based on data analysis, the average value of the three antioxidant activity of the replication was 2.482 mg QE / g Extract on the skin of ginger bud fruit and 99.846 mgQE / g extract for lontar fruit skin. The conclusion shows that both the ginger bud fruit skin and lontar fruit skin have antioxidant activity.

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Kim, Hyoseob, Byoungwook Min, Seungho Lee, Duhoon Park, and Jeseon Yoo. "Eight-Phase Integration of Powers of Bed Shear Velocity for Entrainment and Bed Load Vector." Journal of Coastal Research 85 (May 2018): 1151–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/si85-231.1.

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Kassens-Noor, Eva, and John Lauermann. "Mechanisms of policy failure: Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid." Urban Studies 55, no. 15 (November 28, 2017): 3369–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098017740286.

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Planning for mega-events such as the Olympics is at a turning point. There has been a power shift in the relationship between cities and the International Olympic Committee towards the former. This shift is based on the emergence of anti-bid opposition movements; the increasing complexity of bidding; demands for locally relevant legacies; and a changing political economic relationship between citizens, city governments and sports federations. Our paper draws on a long-term study of Boston’s failed bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, based on an ethnography within the bidding corporation and interviews with pro- and anti-bid stakeholders. We lay out the reasons why the Boston bid failed, and conclude that bid failure involves factors that work against elitist powers and towards democratic beneficiaries.

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Szulej, Jacek. "The method of determining damping coefficients of vibration for complex structures." Budownictwo i Architektura 5, no. 2 (December 13, 2009): 039–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2344.

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The purpose of this paper is to present methods of determining damping coefficient of vibration. The methods, such as: collocation method, two energetic methods and half-power bandwidth method, concern composite structures. Verification of methods was taken into account in this research. Real compound models and numerical models were created. Time histories of vibrations of these models were measured or calculated. Comparison of methods were made on a basis of obtained results.

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Flaga, Andrzej, Jacek Szulej, and Piotr Wielgos. "Comparison of determination methods of vibration’s damping coefficients for complex structures." Budownictwo i Architektura 3, no. 2 (December 11, 2008): 053–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2322.

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The purpose of this paper is to present methods of vibrations damping coefficient determination. The methods, such as collocation method, two energetic methods and half-power bandwidth method concern composite structures. The verification of methods has been taken into account in this work. Two real compound models and two numerical models have been created. Time series of vibrations of these models have been measured and calculated. The comparison of four methods has been made on the basis of obtained results.

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Lipecki, Tomasz, Ewa Błazik-Borowa, and Jarosław Bęc. "Wind structure influence on surface pressures of rectangular cylinders of cross-section dimensions 10 cm x 20 cm." Budownictwo i Architektura 10, no. 1 (June 11, 2012): 069–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2231.

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The paper deals with results of measurements which have been carried out in the wind tunnel. Vertical, fixed prism of the cross-section dimensions 10 cm x 20 cm was the object of the experiment. Distributions of mean wind pressure coefficient on the surface of the prism were accepted as results presentation. The following parameters of the wind structure were analysed: vertical mean wind speed profile, turbulence intensity profile, power spectral density functions with respect to their influence on pressure coefficient values. Changes of the angle of wind attack were taken into consideration.

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Dr.B., Gopinath, Kalyanasundaram M., Pradeepa M., and Karthika V. "Locating Hybrid Power Flow Controller in a 30-Bus System Using Chaotic Evolutionary Algorithm to Improve Power System Stability." Bonfring International Journal of Software Engineering and Soft Computing 8, no. 1 (March 30, 2018): 12–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.9756/bijsesc.8382.

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Breuer, Peter, Tadeusz Chmielewski, Piotr Górski, Eduard Konopka, and Lesław Tarczyński. "Investigations of dynamic characteristics of a tall industrial chimney due to light wind and solar radiation." Budownictwo i Architektura 12, no. 2 (June 11, 2013): 087–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2083.

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The present paper describes field tests conducted on the 300 m tall industrial chimney, located in the power station of Bełchatów (Poland), where the GPS rover receivers were installed at three various levels. The objectives of these GPS tests were to investigate the deformed vertical profile of this chimney, and its dynamic characteristics, i.e. the first natural frequency and the modal damping ratios. The results for the satellite signal receptions, the synopsis of recorded baselines and their ambiguity solutions, drifts of the chimney due to solar radiation and air temperature variations and dynamic wind response characteristics are presented.

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Andrew J. Birtle. "Bad Strategies: How Major Powers Fail in Counterinsurgency (review)." Journal of Military History 73, no. 3 (2009): 1030–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jmh.0.0321.

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Grabowski, Wojciech, Jarosław Wilanowicz, Marta Andrzejczak, and Marcin Bilski. "Conditions for use of fly ashes as filler for hot-mix asphalt." Budownictwo i Architektura 13, no. 1 (March 11, 2014): 181–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.1938.

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The main purpose of this work is to get to know the structural and functional properties of fly ashes, i.e. industrial waste from lignite-fired power plant, from the perspective of their use as fillers for hot-mix asphalt (HMA). Analysis of the results of laboratory tests: grain-size distribution, specific surface, air voids of dry compacted fillers, stiffening properties in bituminous mastics showed that the fly ashes do not meet the requirements for fillers to HMA, because they cause too much stiffening impact. The results of extensive research has shown that these ashes can be used for the HMA, as so-called the mixed fillers with the participation of limestone filler used traditionally.

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Lipecki, Tomasz, Jarosław Bęc, and Ewa Błazik-Borowa. "Wind structure influence on pressure coefficient distribution on the surface of circular cylinder of the diameter 20 cm." Budownictwo i Architektura 10, no. 1 (June 11, 2012): 081–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2232.

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The paper deals with results and analyses of the model investigations which were performed in wind tunnel and were focused on the flow around single circular cylinder. Presented results are related to variations in the distribution of the normalized mean pressure coefficient on the surface of the model as well as its standard deviation. Sic cases of the approaching flow were taken into consideration. The flow was described by vertical profile of the mean wind speed, vertical profile of the intensity of turbulence, and power spectral density functions. The height and dimension of the model were respectively equal: H = 100 cm, D = 20 cm. Selected results of measurements have been shown in the paper as the effect of these experiments.

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Knapik, Karolina, Joanna Bzówka, and Giacomo Russo. "Compressibility of kaolinite treated with fly ash from fluidized bed combustion." Budownictwo i Architektura 13, no. 2 (June 11, 2014): 033–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.1848.

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Waste products such as fly ash can be an economically advantageous alternative for lime and cement in ground improvement techniques. Current state of knowledge indicates the possibility of using this material successfully in various engineering projects. However, the chemical composition of fly ash is related to the type of coal and combustion technology used in power plant. This fact indicates need for further studies aiming determination the effect of fly ash addition on soil properties. Rate of soil improvement considered in macro level includes designation of treated soil mechanical properties, inter alia compressibility characteristics. Presented results of laboratory tests are a part of a larger experimental work aiming to determine the suitability of fly ash from fluidized bed combustion for the purpose of soil strengthen with the use of selected ground improvement.

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Potrzeszcz-Sut, Beata, and Ewa Pabisek. "The analysis of stresses and displacements in the aluminium structure with replaceable elements." Budownictwo i Architektura 12, no. 1 (March 11, 2013): 275–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2210.

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The paper concerns the non-linear analysis of stresses and displacements in an aluminium truss tower. The Ramberg – Osgood material model was assumed. This model introduced power type relation between stresses and strains. In order to identify the inverse relation, a neural network was used. Because of the need to strengthen the tower, a number of aluminium bars was replaced by steel bars. The perfect elastic material model was assumed for the steel bars. The analysis of stresses and extreme displacements was performed during the cyclic loading and unloading of the system. Two global unloading processes were considered: elastic and elastic-plastic processes. The relationship between the load factor and deflection of the top of the tower is shown. Analysis was performed using a hybrid FEM/ANN program.

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Zeng, Wei Liang, Yan Ling Guo, and Kai Yi Jiang. "Research on Powder Spreading Property Improvement of Wood-Plastic Composite SLS Rapid Prototyping Process." Applied Mechanics and Materials 26-28 (June 2010): 616–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.26-28.616.

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In this paper, powder spreading property in Wood-Plastic Composite(WPC) Selective Laser Sintering(SLS) rapid prototyping(RP) process is studied. WPC is more suitable for make parts by SLS according to its advantages, such as low-cost and green biological etc.. But as wood power is mainly composed of wood fiber and wood fibers have irregular shapes, easy to aggregate and block power spreading process, spreading powder uniformly on bed by leveling roller is difficult, resulting in bad shape quality of parts. In order to further improve powder spreading property of RP process, with optimal design of components, viscosity reducer calcium is added into WPC. Finally, as result of better powder spreading property, shape quality of the parts made by WPC is improved greatly and have good as well as with good laser sintering properties.

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FRANTZIKINAKIS, N., M. JOHNSON, E. LESIGNE, and M. WIERDL. "Powers of sequences and convergence of ergodic averages." Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 30, no. 5 (August 3, 2009): 1431–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0143385709000571.

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AbstractA sequence (sn) of integers is good for the mean ergodic theorem if for each invertible measure-preserving system (X,ℬ,μ,T) and any bounded measurable function f, the averages (1/N)∑ Nn=1f(Tsnx) converge in the L2(μ) norm. We construct a sequence (sn) which is good for the mean ergodic theorem but such that the sequence (s2n) is not. Furthermore, we show that for any set of bad exponents B, there is a sequence (sn) where (skn) is good for the mean ergodic theorem exactly when k is not in B. We then extend this result to multiple ergodic averages of the form (1/N)∑ Nn=1f1(Tsnx)f2(T2snx)⋯fℓ(Tℓsnx). We also prove a similar result for pointwise convergence of single ergodic averages.

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Rychkov, Petro. "The monastery of the Bernadines at Dubno in the light of little-known archival sources." Budownictwo i Architektura 12, no. 4 (December 11, 2013): 205–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.1975.

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The first half of the17th century is characterized by active building of new catholic churches and monasteries on the east territories (“kresach”) of the Polish Commonwelth. One of the most noticeable foundlings, Bernardine monastery in Dubno town in Volhynia, was initiated by Janusz Ostrogski, the last representative of this Ukrainian princely family, which was turned to the catholic faith. Unfortunately after a few repairs and alterations during 18 – 20th centuries this monastery complex reached to our time with the considerable losses of its architectural image. Available historical information on this known architectural monument is substantially supplemented by the little-known sources, which was opened by author in the archive’s collections of Petersburg and Kyiv. They allow completer to imagine and to estimate style of this architectural complex and than to prepare its graphic reconstruction in that state, in which he existed before the beginning of its scale alteration on the Orthodox church carried out by Russian power in 1875-1876.

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Ćwiąkała, Michał, Andrzej Greinert, Joanna Korzeniowska, and Paweł Tarasewicz. "The advantage of virgin soil in rural service road constructions." Budownictwo i Architektura 12, no. 3 (September 11, 2013): 129–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2009.

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Virgin soils as a result of geotechnical processes are element of road’s solid bottom. The bottom ought to have enough capacity and durability which is provided by proper virgin sub-grade’s enhancement. The sub-grade is road’s base course right bottom. It is possible to improve virgin soil’s parameters by road’s hydraulic binding agent. The agent is a mineral frame’s micro-particle extender or enhancement. The researches were focused to define main soil-cement compound’s mechanical parameter called CBR. Compounds consisted of rural virgin soils (five grain-size types) and two hydraulic agent types (endurance rates 3 MPa and 9 MPa). Hydraulic agent’s main component was activated fly ash and white cement (CEM I 42,5 MPa). The ash is from Pątnów Power Plant and is a result of brown coal burning. The researches answered that it is possible to exploit virgin soils in rural service road’s construction thanks to innovative road cements with binding qualities.

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Mychajłyszyn, Olga. "Roman – catholic churches of the interwar period at the Volyn’s modern architectonic landscape." Budownictwo i Architektura 6, no. 1 (June 13, 2010): 077–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2292.

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The results of the research of preserved Volynian Roman-catholic churches of the interwar period are represented in the article. During the 1920-30s many cathedrals were built in the region, which became an element of the Polish strengthening in the annexed eastern territories. The power legitimization in Volyn had a great importance because of the polyethnic character of this region and the numeral majority of the Orthodox population. Till our time predominantly stone cathedrals were preserved, which represent the wide architectural-style range and reflect the change process of the style priorities from the folk-romantic direction to constructivism. Besides, each cathedral played a great role in the planning and spatial development of the settlements; it was the compositional center of the building complex, the architectural accent. The state care and preservation of the Roman-catholic churches today is a feature of recognition of these buildings as a part of the European cultural heritage.

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Senthilkumar, V., Yong Soo Kim, S. Chandrasekaran, Balasubramaniyan Rajagopalan, Eui Jung Kim, and Jin Suk Chung. "Comparative supercapacitance performance of CuO nanostructures for energy storage device applications." RSC Advances 5, no. 26 (2015): 20545–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra00035a.

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(a)–(c) FE-SEM images of CuO nanoplates on Ni foam, flower-shaped CuO and bud-shaped CuO. (d) Specific capacitance and (d) and (e) Ragone plots of power density vs. energy density according to CuO electrodes in an asymmetrical device.

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Kaczmarska, Elżbieta. "Contemporary symbols in the space of Baku." Budownictwo i Architektura 19, no. 2 (August 28, 2020): 121–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.2166.

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When performing even a cursory analysis of the visual image of contemporary Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, one simply cannot ignore its ancient history, the political influence of nearby powers and the almost age-old dependence on Soviet Russia. The regaining of independence in 1991, associated with the policy of then-national leader Heydar Aliyev, stimulated the young country’s ambition to open up to the world and organise an international cultural event. The preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 initiated another construction boom in the history of Baku, fuelled with petrodollars, and became an occasion to present a new vision of the capital. In the years 2007–2012, numerous new cultural, artistic and sports buildings were constructed and which are now a hallmark and symbol of contemporary Baku. One such building, which creates a new, futuristic city space and is presented in the article, is the Heydar Aliyev Centre, a centre of art and museum designed by Zaha Hadid. The author notes the creative intent, external appearance and structure of the building, as well as new means of expression in creating place-based ambience. Also noted were the use of contemporary art in the creation of attractive utilitarian spaces. Other presented buildings display the ages-old symbols of the ‘Land of Fire’ in a new way and are embedded into the contemporary panorama of the city

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Zhong, Huixin, Dajun Du, Chuanjiang Li, and Xue Li. "A Novel Sparse False Data Injection Attack Method in Smart Grids with Incomplete Power Network Information." Complexity 2018 (November 1, 2018): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8503825.

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The paper investigates a novel sparse false data injection attack method in a smart grid (SG) with incomplete power network information. Most existing methods usually require the known complete power network information of SG. The main objective of this paper is to propose an effective sparse false data injection attack strategy under a more practical situation where attackers can only have incomplete power network information and limited attack resources to access the measurements. Firstly, according to the obtained measurements and power network information, some incomplete power network information is compensated by using the power flow equation approach. Then, the fault tolerance range of bad data detection (BDD) for the attack residual increment is estimated by calculating the detection threshold of the residual L2-norm test. Finally, an effective sparse imperfect strategy is proposed by converting the choice of measurements into a subset selection problem, which is solved by the locally regularized fast recursive (LRFR) algorithm to effectively improve the sparsity of attack vectors. Simulation results on an IEEE 30-bus system and a real distribution network system confirm the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed new attack construction method.

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Makonese, Tafadzwa, Daniel M. Masekameni, and Harold J. Annegarn. "Influence of coal properties on the performance of fixed-bed coal-burning braziers." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 28, no. 2 (June 23, 2017): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2017/v28i2a1374.

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Informal fixed-bed coal-burning braziers are used extensively in low-income communities of South Africa for space-heating and cooking needs. An investigation was carried out on the effects of coal moisture content and coal quality on the thermal and emissions performance of domestic coal-burning braziers in three field-procured braziers (with three different air ventilation rates), using the bottom-lit updraft (BLUD) and top-lit updraft (TLUD) ignition methods. Results showed that an increase in coal moisture content (from 2.4 wt.% to 8.6 wt.%) led to 18% and 30% decreases in fire-power when using the TLUD and BLUD methods, respectively. The combustion efficiency increased by 25% with an increase in moisture content. Measured carbon monoxide (CO) emission factors increased with an increase in moisture content, while carbon dioxide (CO2) emission factors remained unchanged. The use of A-grade coal resulted in a 49% increase in PM emissions compared with D-grade coal at high ventilation rates, despite no statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) in CO and CO2 emission factors produced between coal grades.

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Kobernik, V. S. "Fuel consumption of thermal power technologies under maneuvering modes." Problems of General Energy 2020, no. 4 (December 22, 2020): 45–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/pge2020.04.045.

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A characteristic feature of the present day development of power engineering lies in the increase in the unevenness of power systems schedules. The structure of generating powers of Ukrainian energy engineering is overloaded with basic powers and characterized by a sharp deficit of maneuvering wanes. To cover the uneven load of the power system during the operation of existing and construction of new power plants, it is necessary to take into account the possibility of their operation under maneuvering modes. This paper determines the influence of work of power plants i under maneuvering modes on the specific consumption of conditional fuel on the released electric energy at working on gas or coal fuel. Fuel consumption for starting of a unit depends on its type and downtime in reserve. The use of steam–and–gas facilities and gas turbines helps to enhance the maneuverability of power plants. Alternative options for the development of thermal energy are the introduction of gas–piston power plants and power units with fluidized–bed boilers. We present formulas for the calculations of fuel consumption on by power units for start–ups and specific consumptions depending on the load and degree of their involvement to regulating loads for different thermal energy technologies: steam–turbine condensation and district heating power units; steam–and–gas and gas turbine plants; gas piston installations; power units with fluidized bed boilers. For enhancing the maneuverability of power plants, working on fossil fuels, their modernization and renewal of software are necessary. Quantitative assessment of the efficiency of power units and separate power plants during their operation under variable modes is important for forecasting the structure of generating capacities of power systems, the need to introduce peak and semi–peak capacities, the choice of the most profitable composition of operating equipment at different schedules of electrical loads Keywords: thermal power, power unit, maneuverable mode, electrical load, specific fuel consumption

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J.Sosamony, K., and P. A.Soloman. "Treatment of Pretreated Textile Wastewater Using Modified Mbbr." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 3.8 (July 7, 2018): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.8.16843.

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Currently, water pollution control is one of the major logical zones. The textile industry is a major pollution causing industry among the industrial pollutions. Treatment of textile effluent utilizing customary physical as well as chemical strategies is costly, produces enormous amounts of sludge and needs the expansion of lethal chemicals. BOD to COD proportion of textile effluent is low. Thus it is not appropriate to treat textile effluent by a solitary physicochemical or biological process. In this investigation, the textile effluent is dealt with utilizing Moving Bed Bio-film Reactor (MBBR) with the magnetic field after improving the biodegradability by the solar photo-Fenton process. The carriers in MBBR is inoculated with azoarcus bacteria isolated from textile sludge. The fundamental parameters as pH, carrier filling ratio and contact time were optimized utilizing Box Behnken factual design. The MBBR process has most extreme efficiency at pH 7, filling ratio of 62% and a contact time 2.4 days. In this optimum condition 68.9% BOD and 80% COD are expelled. At the point when the pretreated wastewater was dealt with MBBR reactor under the influence of magnetic field, the efficiency of the treatment is additionally expanded, so 87.4% COD expulsion and 87% BOD evacuation were accomplished at 12 mT attractive field power when exposure time was at 12 hrs.

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Fic, Stanisław, and Andrzej Szewczak. "Hydrophobisation effectiveness of building ceramics, polymeric inorganic ultrasound integrated with the addition of fillers." Budownictwo i Architektura 14, no. 4 (December 8, 2015): 019–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.1517.

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The article describes the studies of efficacy of ceramic brick surface hydrophobisation by preparations based on silicones (micropolymer). The different series of specimens were subjected to a process of surface hydrophobisation by immersion for 15 s using the hydrophobizing formulations, whose structure was further sonificated by power of 400 W. In order to determine the average absorption of polymer by specimens in respective series, before the hydrophobisation samples were dried to a constant weight and weighed. Then, after 14 days of their immersion in the formulation, specimens were weighed again in order to determine the percent change in the sample weight to the weight of the dried sample. The impact of ultrasonic energy on the viscosity of the polymer (measured by Ostwald viscometer) and on the surface tension (measured by stalagmometer) was determined. The hydrophobic properties of the resulting nanofilm created on the surface of the ceramic brick were determined on the basis of the measurement of surface free energy γs (SFE) by using Owens – Wendt method measuring the sample surface contact angles with distilled water (highly polar liquid) and diiodomethane (a polar liquid) to determine the dispersive γsd and polar γsp components (expressed in mJ/m2). Based on the results, the effect of sonification on some adhesive and physico. – mechanical properties of the tested material surface was determined.

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OBAYASHI, Shuichi, Masaaki ISHIDA, Koji OGURA, Akihisa MATSUSHITA, and Fumiaki TAKEUCHI. "3D13 85 kHz wireless power transfer system for rapid charging of electric bus(Urban Transportation)." Proceedings of International Symposium on Seed-up and Service Technology for Railway and Maglev Systems : STECH 2015 (2015): _3D13–1_—_3D13–9_. http://dx.doi.org/10.1299/jsmestech.2015._3d13-1_.

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Alsaddah, Mohammed, Ashfaq Khan, Kristian Groom, and Kamran Mumtaz. "Use of 450-808 nm diode lasers for efficient energy absorption during powder bed fusion of Ti6Al4V." International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 113, no. 9-10 (February 21, 2021): 2461–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-06774-4.

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AbstractThe additive manufacturing process selective laser melting (SLM) uses a powder bed fusion approach to fully melt layers of powdered metal and create 3D components. Current SLM systems are equipped with either single or multiple (up to four) high-power galvo-scanning infrared fibre laser sources operating at a fixed wavelength of 1064 nm. At this wavelength, a limited laser energy absorption takes place for most metals (e.g. alloys of aluminium have less than 10% absorption and titanium 50-60% absorption). The lower absorption of 1064-nm laser sources requires higher laser powers to compensate for the loss of energy due to reflectivity and fully melt the feedstock material. This makes the use of 1064-nm lasers within current powder bed fusion SLM systems energy inefficient. Further to this, there is limited potential for scale-up of these laser sources within an SLM system architecture due to physical space requirements and high economic cost, placing further limitations on current state-of-the-art SLM productivity. This research investigates the use of low power, highly scalable fibre coupled diode laser sources and the influence of shorter laser wavelengths (450–808 nm) on material absorption and processing efficiency using a diode area melting (DAM) approach. It was found that when processing Ti6Al4V, absorption was 11% higher using 450-nm lasers when compared to using 808-nm lasers and 14% higher than 1064-nm lasers. The maximum powder bed temperature for irradiation at 450 nm and 808 nm was 1920 0C and 1760 0C respectively when using only 3.5 W of laser power. Due to the speed at which the DAM process scans the powder bed, the melt pool cooling rate was much slower (750–1400 0C/s) than traditional SLM (105–106 0C/s). This encouraged the development of β phases within the formed Ti6Al4V component. The low power, low cost, highly compact short wavelength diode laser is viable energy source for future powder bed fusion additive manufacturing systems, with potential for productivity scale-up using a DAM methodology.

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Baumeister, Roy F., Ellen Bratslavsky, Catrin Finkenauer, and Kathleen D. Vohs. "Bad is Stronger than Good." Review of General Psychology 5, no. 4 (December 2001): 323–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.5.4.323.

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The greater power of bad events over good ones is found in everyday events, major life events (e.g., trauma), close relationship outcomes, social network patterns, interpersonal interactions, and learning processes. Bad emotions, bad parents, and bad feedback have more impact than good ones, and bad information is processed more thoroughly than good. The self is more motivated to avoid bad self-definitions than to pursue good ones. Bad impressions and bad stereotypes are quicker to form and more resistant to disconfirmation than good ones. Various explanations such as diagnosticity and salience help explain some findings, but the greater power of bad events is still found when such variables are controlled. Hardly any exceptions (indicating greater power of good) can be found. Taken together, these findings suggest that bad is stronger than good, as a general principle across a broad range of psychological phenomena.

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van Peski, Caecilia J. "Good Cop, Bad Cop." Security and Human Rights 24, no. 1 (2013): 49–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02401008.

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Over the summer month of August 2008, Georgia launched a large-scale military offensive against South Ossetia in an attempt of reconquering the territory. Four years later, on October 1, 2012, Georgia is holding its first Parliamentary Elections after the conflict that caused so much harm. The Parliamentary Elections constitute the 7th legislative elections held since Georgia’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It is however the first time for Georgia to elect an alternative party from the ruling party solely based on principle of democratic vote. The article examines the almost ten years of President Saakashvili’s Administration. During this decade, Saakashvili’s United National Movement government realized many positive works. Works like the successful reform of police forces and the determined force-back of corruption. These liberating works were all eagerly welcomed by Europe and other western nations. However, in the apparent loss of sense of reality towards the end of its reign, Georgia’s United National Movement government turned to dictating and ordering as a main style of governing. This in turn pushed citizens away from Saakashvili’s politics into voting for the opposition. Unforeseen by even the most experienced Southern Caucasus and Georgia experts, Georgia’s 2012 Parliamentary Elections gave way to the opposition coalition Georgian Dream to sweep to victory, leaving President Saakashvili to ceded defeat. Despite President Saakashvili’s statement that he would go into opposition there has not been a complete paradigm shift in Georgia’s domestic politics. With the Georgian Dream’s failure to gain a constitutional majority and questions over the ideological compatibility of the coalition – along with the fact that United National Movement still has the greatest representation in Parliament relative to the other parties, Saakashvili and his supporters keep hold to substantial political leverage. Also, Saakashvili will remain President until the October 2013 election. His opponent, Prime Minister Ivanishvili is expected to manifest himself, bringing in a less contentious, more pragmatic approach to relations with the country’s giant neighbour to the north. Overall, it can be said that Georgia’s unrivalled ballot-box transfer of power elevated the country to a category fundamentally higher in terms of democratic development than virtually all other post-Soviet states. This has been the more remarkable even since Georgia had been widely cited as an example case of a failed state, with a destroyed infrastructure and economy, dysfunctional state institutions and something approaching anarchy as its governance model. The impact of the ongoing reform of Georgia’s constitution and electoral law has lead to major shifts in Georgia’s political landscape. However, opinions vary as to whether the farsighted amendments made to the Georgian constitution on the initiative of the United National Movement are a genuine attempt to improve the country’s system of governance or that they rather are an effort by the incumbent president to cling on to power. The adoption of the amendments and the timing of their entry into force strongly suggest that the latter might be the case. Meanwhile, as a result of the changes to the Georgian constitution, a system of dual power has come in place. These and other factors suggest that Georgia’s political landscape is set to become more predictable. The article examines the degree to which this can be held true. In the streets of Tbilisi, hundred days into the reign of the new government, there is an air of optimism amongst the people. This holds especially true when it comes to youth. The hope is that the Georgian Dream becomes a Georgian reality. The disappointment otherwise might be shattering. In spring 2013, the new leadership offers new opportunities for Georgia. It can improve its democratic system and economic growth and establish a dialogue with Russia and the breakaway districts of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This would alleviate the frozen conflict and tense security dilemma’ on the Administrative Boundary Lines. Yet, if the transition of power does not go well, there will be prolonged power struggles that could cripple the policy making and cast Georgia back to pre-Saakashvili times. The article addresses the overall question whether the smooth transfer of power Georgia achieved after October’s election sets a standard for democracy in the region depending on whether the new government can strengthen the independence and accountability of state institutions in what remains a fragile, even potentially explosive political climate. The victory of the Georgian Dream Coalition over the United National Movement has brought pluralism into Georgian policymaking. However this political pluralism also includes that awkward dual powers; Georgia’s good cop and bad cop.

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Yuan, Ming, Xuejing Jia, Chunbang Ding, Shu Yuan, Zhongwei Zhang, and Yanger Chen. "Comparative Studies on Bioactive Constituents in Hawk Tea Infusions with Different Maturity Degree and Their Antioxidant Activities." Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/838165.

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Hawk tea (Litsea coreanavar.lanuginose) is a very popular herbal tea in the southwest of China. According to the maturity degree of raw materials, Hawk tea can usually be divided into three types: Hawk bud tea (HB), Hawk primary leaf tea (HP), and Hawk mature leaf tea (HM). In this study, some of the bioactive constituents and antioxidant properties of the three kinds of Hawk tea infusions were comparatively investigated. The results showed that the contents of total flavonoids, vitamin C, and carbohydrates in Hawk bud tea infusion (HBI) were higher than those in Hawk primary leaf tea infusion (HPI) and Hawk mature leaf tea infusion (HMI). HPI had higher contents of total polyphenols and exhibited better DPPH radical scavenging activity and ferric reducing activity power. HBI could provide more effective protection against erythrocyte hemolysis. As age is going from bud to mature leaf, the ability to inhibit the formation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) conjugated diene and the loss of tryptophan fluorescence decreased. The bioactive constituents and antioxidant activities of Hawk tea infusions were significantly affected by the maturity degree of the raw material.

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Szołomicki, Jerzy, and Hanna Golasz-Szołomicka. "Technological Advances in Japan’s High-Rise Buildings." Budownictwo i Architektura 18, no. 2 (November 29, 2019): 047–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.554.

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The architectural and structural analysis of selected high-rise buildings in Japan is presented in this paper. Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya have the largest share in development of high-rise buildings. Those cities are very densely populated and moreover they are located in one of the most active seismic zones. The combination of these factors has resulted in the creation of sophisticated designs and innovative engineering solutions, especially in the field of design and construction of high-rise buildings. The foreign architectural studios (Jean Nouvel, Kohn Pedesen Associates, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) which specialize in the designing of skyscrapers, played a major role in the development of technological ideas and architectural forms for such extraordinary engineering structures. Among the projects completed by them, there are examples of high-rise buildings that set precedents for future development. An essential aspect which influences the design of high-rise buildings is the necessity to take into consideration their dynamic reaction to earthquakes and counteracting wind vortices. The need to control motions of these buildings, induced by the force coming from earthquakes and wind, led to the development of various methods and devices for dissipating energy during such phenomena. Currently, Japan is a global leader in seismic technologies which safeguard seismic influence on high-rise structures. Due to these achievements the most modern skyscrapers in Japan are able to withstand earthquakes with a magnitude of over seven degrees at the Richter scale. Applied damping devices applied are of a passive type, which do not require additional power supply or active type which need the input of extra energy. In recent years also hybrid dampers were used, with an additional active element to improve the efficiency of passive damping.

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Feddersen, Falk. "Quality Controlling Surf Zone Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Observations to Estimate the Turbulent Dissipation Rate." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 27, no. 12 (December 1, 2010): 2039–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010jtecho783.1.

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Abstract High-quality measurements of the turbulent dissipation rate ε are required to diagnose field surf-zone turbulence budgets. Quality control (QC) methods are presented for estimating surf zone ε with acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) data. Bad ADV velocity data points are diagnosed with both the ADV signal strength (SS) and correlation (CORR). The fraction of bad SS data points (δSS) depends inversely upon the wave-amplitude-normalized transducer distance below the mean sea surface. The fraction of bad CORR data points δCORR can be elevated when δSS is low. The δCORR depends inversely upon the wave-amplitude-normalized sensing volume distance below the mean sea surface, and also increases with increased wave breaking, consistent with turbulence- and bubble-induced Doppler noise. Velocity spectra derived from both “patched” and “interpolated” time series are used to estimate ε. Two QC tests, based upon the properties of a turbulent inertial subrange, are used to reject bad ε data runs. The first test checks that the vertical velocity spectrum’s power-law exponent is near . The second test checks that a ratio R of horizontal and vertical velocity spectra is near 1. Over all δCORR, 70% of the patched and interpolated data runs pass these tests. However, for larger δCORR > 0.1 (locations higher in the water column), 50% more patched than interpolated data runs pass the QC tests. Previous QC methods designed for wave studies are not appropriate for ε QC. The results suggest that ε can be consistently estimated over the lower 60% of the water column and >0.1 m above the bed within a saturated surf zone.

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Longhurst, Kerry, Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska, and Katarzyna Skiert-Andrzejuk. "Re-thinking soft power: China, Russia and the European Union in Central Asia." Sprawy Międzynarodowe 72, no. 3 (September 27, 2019): 151–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.35757/sm.2019.72.3.03.

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This paper seeks to bring the concept of soft power into the spotlight and to provoke discussion about its application and relevance to China, Russia, and the European Union in the context of their respective approaches to the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The region offers up a viable test-bed to consider the roles of these three external actors. The paper also hopes to initiate discussion about the theoretical and conceptual implications of viewing China and Russia as Soft Powers given that the basic assumptions behind existing research is that soft power is intimately tied to the promotion of democracy, liberalism and ultimately the spreading of Western values. By way of a conclusion, the paper will attempt to bring some clarity to core questions about the relevance of soft power research and to then map out how a future research agenda might be developed, especially in relation to non-Western powers.

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Carrión, M., J. Alba, and F. Thalasso. "Effect of hydrodynamic conditions on biofilm oxygen consumption rate in a fixed-bed nitrifying reactor." Water Science and Technology 52, no. 7 (October 1, 2005): 91–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2005.0186.

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The effect of the hydrodynamic conditions on oxygen consumption rate was studied in a fixed-bed nitrifying reactor. For that purpose, the kLa, the overall oxygen consumption rate and the maximum biofilm respiration rate were measured under several mixing powers. It was observed that the maximum biofilm respiration rate was dependent on the hydrodynamic conditions. From the results obtained, a simplistic model was developed to predict the overall oxygen consumption rate from the mixing power applied.

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