This event-related potential (ERP) study explored the behaviour of N400 and post-N400 frontal positivities (pN400FP) during the processing of emotionally biased and unbiased sentences that randomly led to highly expected or unexpected word outcomes. Unexpected outcomes (as determined by sentence completion written tests) elicited significantly larger N400 and pN400FP responses than did highly e...

Abstract—This study estimates the seismic demands of tall buildings with central symmetric setbacks by using nonlinear time history analysis. Three setback structures, all 60-story high with setback in three levels, are used for evaluation. The effects of irregularities occurred by setback are evaluated by determination of global-drift, story-displacement and story drift. Story-displacement is ...

Setback in elevation of a structure is a special irregularity with considerable effect on its seismic performance. This paper addresses multistory Reinforced Concrete (RC) frame buildings, regular and irregular in elevation. Several multistory Reinforced Concrete Moment Resisting Frames (RCMRFs) with different types of setbacks, as well as the regular frames in elevation, are designed according...

The paper aims to analyse the street-level bureaucrats’ (SLBs) perception of President Bolsonaro’s administration’s effects on Brazilian environmental policy, emphasising deforestation prevention and control in Legal Amazon1. Besides policy dismantling concepts, a theoretical model integrating three complementary analytical dimensions SLBs’ action – institutional, individual, relational was emp...

The introduction of new linear block method for the direct simulation fourth order IVPs has been developed in this article. reason adopting initial value problems is to address some setbacks reduction method. When developing method, we adopted approach through a one step We have validated accuracy on without process, and results are better than conventional numerical experiments were given obta...

Utilizing e- learning platforms has become the norm for educators to disseminate knowledge and information students during Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, this study aims analyse e-learning setbacks obstacles faced by 30 academicians in a private university Malaysia. This conducted via survey-based questionnaire was able successfully responses from lecturers of varying experiences multidisciplinary f...