The seizure process has been considered from the non-equilibrium thermodynamics and self-organization theory standpoints. It has been testified that, for the intensification of powder mix particles seizing with the substrate during spraying, it is required that relatively light components of the powder mix should be preferably transferred into the friction zone. The theory inferences have been ...

Facing the influences of economic globalization, China timely seizes opportunities, deals with challenges and promotes the development of human resources and public sector reform. I. Timely seizing opportunities 1. Problems resulted from China’s human resources development and public sector reform; 2. Positive influences of economic globalization; 3. Timely seize favorable opportunities to make...

This paper presents a hyper elastic finite element-based lattice access for the illustration of post-buckling reaction in single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). A one-term incompressible Ogden-type hyper elastic model is taken in under axial compression to describe mechanical response of SWCNTs. Numerical experiments are transferred and the results are juxtapose to finite atomistic simulations,...

Intangible assets are a very economically significant asset class yet are largely excluded by accounting conventions from corporate balance sheets. Ownership (or control) of intangible assets can allow firms to differentiate their offerings to customers and establish some degree of competitive advantage. However, intangibles do not, apart from a few cases of licensing, generate value on their o...

Bitcoin is an online distributed ledger in which coins are distributed according to the unspent transaction output (UTXO) set, and transactions describe changes to this set. Every UTXO has associated to it an amount and signature verification key, representing the quantity that can be spent and the entity authorized to do so, respectively. Because the ledger is distributed and publicly verifiab...

Bernanke (2005) hypothesized that a "global savings glut" was causing large trade imbalances. However, we show that the global savings rates did not show a robust upward trend during the relevant period. Moreover, if there had been a global savings glut there should have been a large investment boom in the countries that imported capital. Instead, those countries experienced consumption booms. ...

Nonperforming assets (NPA) reflect the risk factor of the concerned commercial bank. Some of these banks operate at a threshold point where further reduction of NPA is not possible without reducing loans and advances, a desirable output. Pursuing an additive slack based efficiency DEA model the potential rate of reduction of NPA is explored for 50 commercial banks operating on Indian soil.

The EU anti-migrant smuggling operation in the Mediterranean sea – known as ‘EUNAVFOR Med’ or ‘Operation Sophia’ – is now entering its operational phase, aimed at boarding and seizing on the high seas vessels suspected of being used for human smuggling and trafficking. This follows a first phase of intelligence gathering on smuggling networks and is intended to precede operations due to take pl...

We highlight the importance of dialogue management in systems that support mixed-initiative interaction. For concreteness, we focus on interaction with recommender systems. We propose an approach that uses both a dialogue grammar and a recommendation strategy. The dialogue grammar makes explicit the opportunities the user and system have for seizing and ceding the initiative. But it maintains o...

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study aims to understand how organizations accelerate a digital transformation (DT) and leverage innovations in services the modus operandi of dynamic capabilities (DC) development. DT provides an agile resource mobilization relation operational flexibility technological informational capabilities. Originality/value: contributes with new theoretical-applied perspective on...