PURPOSE The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of four pretrial jail release mechanisms (i.e., bond types) commonly used during the pretrial phase of the criminal justice process in terms of their ability to discriminate between defendants failing to appear in court (i.e., bond forfeiture). These include attorney bonds, cash bonds, commercial bail bonds, and release via a pretrial ...

An improved numerical model that can simulate the nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete beams subjected to blast and impact loadings is introduced in this paper. The layered section approach is based in the formulation, and the dynamic material behaviors of concrete and steel are defined with the use of the dynamic increase factor. Unlike the classical layered section approach that usually ...

Designs evolve from a preliminary concept by a process of iterative evaluation and refinement. Every cycle of this process necessarily consists of assessing the extent to which functional specifications have been satisfied. It is hypothesized that providing a tool for automatically modeling and analyzing devices and relating individual component characteristics to device behavior would aid the ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to compare the micro-shear bond strength of composite resin on superficial and deep dentin after conditioning with phosphoric acid and erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (er:yag) laser. methods: thirty human molars were selected, roots were removed and crowns were bisected to provide a total of 60 half-crowns. specimens were ground to expose superficial...

We quantify equity and bond market sensitivity to sovereign ESG scores their variations which, theoretically, is equivalent evaluating the demand for at global scale. do so by estimating a longitudinal model, issue level, that captures exposures factors both fixed income indices. In spite of surging interest in investing, our results not support strong impact on returns international markets, i...

In the structure of the title compound, C14H12O3, the substituent side chain, in which the H atoms of both methyl groups are disordered over six equivalent sites, lies outside of the plane of the naphthalene-dione ring. The ring-to-chain C-C-C-C torsion angles are 50.7 (3), -176.6 (2) and 4.9 (4)°. An intra-molecular meth-yl-hy-droxy C-H⋯O hydrogen bond is present. In the crystal, mol-ecules ar...

The reaction of [Zr(TrenDMBS )(Cl)] [Zr1; TrenDMBS =N(CH2 CH2 NSiMe2 But )3 ] with NaPH2 gave the terminal parent phosphanide complex [Zr(TrenDMBS )(PH2 )] [Zr2; Zr-P=2.690(2) Å]. Treatment of Zr2 with one equivalent of KCH2 C6 H5 and two equivalents of benzo-15-crown-5 ether (B15C5) afforded an unprecedented example (outside of matrix isolation) of a structurally authenticated transition-metal...

We report the critical point for site percolation for the "explosive" type for two-dimensional square lattices using Monte Carlo simulations and compare it to the classical well-known percolation. We use similar algorithms as have been recently reported for bond percolation and networks. We calculate the explosive site percolation threshold as p(c) = 0.695 and we find evidence that explosive si...

The title salt, (C(19)H(18)NO(2))(2)[Cu(2)Br(6)], was obtained from an attempt to synthesize the copper(II) complex of 2,6-bis-(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)pyridine (L) from a reaction between CuBr(2) and one equivalent of L in CH(2)Cl(2) at room temperature. The resulting compound is the salt of the 2,6-bis-(2-meth-oxy-phen-yl)pyridinium cation and 0.5 equivalents of a hexa-bromido-dicuprate(II) dianio...